andrea mitchell is on assignment traveling with secretary blinken. right now, countdown to the caucuses. just one week today as the republican candidates for president make their final push in iowa. meanwhile, president biden is on the trail in south carolina where he ll be speaking at mother emanuel church, the scene of the horrific hate crime in 2015. his message today, the hate that fueled the killing of nine worshippers still rages. at the pentagon, demand for answers grows after lloyd austin failed to tell the white house for days that he had been admitted to the icu. and a critical piece of the alaskan airlines flight has been found as it blasted off the plane mid flight, taking passengers belongings with it. we begin this very busy hour with the race for the white house. we are now just seven days away from the very first primary contest of this high stakes election year. the republican iowa caucuses. while there is still time, so far, it s shaping up to be a 2020
after you meet with moody s. thank you very much. thank you. you are welcome. cnn this morning continues right now. to. breaking news. it is a very busy news day. good morning, everyone. kaitlin is in d.c. this morning. we are following a lot of news. the news is happening from d.c. to new york and all over. new video just released this morning from the u.s. military showing the moment a russian fighter jet forced down a u.s. drone over the black sea. it is stunning. it is rare very and we are going to show you the midair encounter. and we are tracking developments in the manhattan district attorney s hush-money investigation into donald trump. stormy daniels met with prosecutors yesterday and moments from now trump s former ficker and attorney michael cohen who also has spoken with them is going to join lives for his first in-person tv interview since testifying. following the collapse of credit suisse, thrown a critical lifeline by swiss national bank. treas
. hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing a busy breaking news day with us. the fbi searching joe biden s rehoboth, delaware home right now. this as the special counsel is investigating how classified documents ended up where they don t belong, marks his first day on the job. plus, the speaker summit. today kevin mccarthy finally si sits down with joe biden at the white house for the first time as house speaker. expectations are low, but the stakes, including for you, are quite high. nikki haley is ready to take the 2024 plunge. cnn learned a formal presidential campaign announcement is coming. she would be the second to declare, others timid because donald trump went first. we all know he s never kind to competition. we begin the hour with a remarkable legal event happening right now. the fbi is searching president biden s vacation home in rehoboth beach, delaware. the president s attorney plays down the significance s
these are about affirmative action. we re live outside of the court. plus opening statements in the criminal trial against the trump organization. we ll look at those charges against the former president trump s personal business. and the man accused of attacking nancy pelosi s husband will be charged. what he brought with him when he broke into the speaker s home. but the supreme court will begin hearing oral arguments as can considers two cases on affirmative action in higher education. jessica schneider joins us now now. the supreme court has upheld affirmative action but it could be banned nationwide. all eyes and ears are on the conservative justices because it is very likely they will in fact ban affirmative action in particular the chief justice here john roberts has been outspoken about racial issues in many cases in past years. he put it this way in one of the cases. he said the only way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on
By somebody that is a serial liar . I mean there should be no reason that anybody should listen to this guy. Some of Donald Trumps allies showing their loyalty by saying what the former president cant say because of the gag order in his Hush Money Trial. Meanwhile, in the courtroom itself, trumps former fixer took the stand for blockbuster testimony. Well have expert legal analysis for you on what Michael Cohen had to say. Also ahead well have the latest out of ukraine on a surprise visit from u. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken. This as russian president Vladimir Putin will now make a twoday state visit to china later this week. And well go through the new developments in gaza where israeli troops appear to be ready to invade the densely Populated Areas of rafah. Good morning, and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, may 14th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for being with us. Weve got a jampacked show, and well begin here in manhattan where in just hours Michael Cohen, the most p