tuesday, april 18th 2023 happening right now is don was saying the wall street journal s from florida. evans herskovitz is inside of a courtroom in moscow. you see him there that is images of him behind plexiglass preparing to appeal his arrest in russia. the us maintains he is being wrongfully detained on espionage charges. prosecutors in kansas city charging an 84 year old man with assault for shooting ralph ja rule. er, liz, this 16 year old who says that he was shot twice after he mistakenly knocked on the man s door and then just hours dominions along the way to defamation trial against fox news begins in delaware judge expected to seat a jury before opening statements prison next to disney world governor ron desantis floating that idea . in his latest attack on disney and softer buns. go your cheese , more special sauce. mcdonald s starving, tweaking its signature burgers, cnn this morning starts right now. so as we said, let s pull up if we could these images because t
delayed until tomorrow settlement would avoid weeks of further embarrassment for fox, including testimony by its highest profile stars and executives. there s something about being on the eve of trial that can really sober up both parties. it s a reality. another mass shooting this time at an alabama sweet 16 birthday party. it appears that someone just started firing from within, and then he just saw the bodies of teenagers dropping do exactly what we need to do to ensure justice brought to those families. these children had very great features. they just wanted to have fun. the blame game continues in sudan over who exactly is responsible for this fresh round of violence. the majority of fighting is happening in the capital of cartoon as the country s army and paramilitary groups fight for control. people in sudan want democracy. sudan needs to return to that path. kansas city community protests after 16 year old ralph yaro was shot. this is not something that has been dism
stories this morning. first in nashville. new details about the shooter who killed six people at a christian elementary school. and we ve determined that audrey about seven firearms. from five different local gun stores here legally. ah they were legally purchased. three of those weapons were used yesterday, but parents felt that she should not own weapons. they were under the impression that was when she sold the one weapon that she did not own any more. i said thursday. of course it s wednesday. the parents of audrey hill hill also gave critical insight into hail state of mind will be live in nashville with details just ahead. plus an unprecedented ruling and a new setback for trump s legal team. a judge has ordered former president vice president mike pence to testify. federal grand jury is now getting a chance to ask pence about his conversations with the former president. in the days leading up to january, 6th. we begin this morning, though, in nashville, where cnn s car
code. don t wait code now and get the permanent solution protected by the bosley guarantee. herman in eastern ukraine. this is cnn. you live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour with new details in the case against 21 year old jack to share a the air national guardsman is accused of leaking top secret pentagon information is now charged under the espionage act. he worked in i t and had to have top secret clearances for access to the materials at the center of this controversy, prosecutors say. first began posting some of the classified intelligence online. back in december. since the arrest, president biden has directed national security agency officials to take more steps to secure this very sensitive information, and we start now with cnn s white house correspondent jeremy diamond joins us now over at the white house, jeremy one more we re learning tonight. well, jim, this investigation is continuing and the pentagon is working to assess now
good morning, everyone and welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday. april 22nd. i m amarillo walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for spending part of your day with us. we re creeping towards may i just realized i didn t just realize that hopefully my husband s not up yet. it s our 11 year anniversary second. i mean, it was our anniversary six am not six p.m. so you re good. you re good. not too late. what we re watching for you today a major victory for abortion rights supporters after the supreme court, hands down a decision to protect a widely used abortion pill, but the battle is not over. so where does the legal fight go now? fierce fighting in sudan despite a 72 hour ceasefire now, u. s officials say preparations are being made in case diplomatic personnel need to be evacuated. we will have a live report next. and a cnn exclusive. lawyers for hunter biden set to meet with the department of justice next week as scrutiny around a longstanding investigation intensif