hi, boris. i m amara walker. you are in the cnn newsroom. we begin with the investigation into the hush money scheme involving former president trump and adult porn star stormy daniels. trump taking to truth social saying he expected to be arrested on tuesday and is calling on his supporters to protest. an indictment has been happening soon and he has been preparing for the next steps. kaitlan, we will begin with you. what are you learning from trump s team in regards to the potential indictment? donald trump is out there doing what he does. he is making public statements saying he expects to be indicted on tuesday by the new york d.a., but that as far as we can tell, as far as the reporting coming in from our large team of reporters working on this, that s political posturing. it is not based on anything that the trump team has learned at this point that there has been an indictment returned or even that there would be an indictment returned on tuesday. boris and amara
the balance of power in congress. we have team coverage. charles watson is live in atlanta, rich edson live in pennsylvania. and. selena zito with reaction in just a few minutes. trump backed mehmet os has narrowed the gap in pennsylvania. in harrisburg we find rich edson right now. reporter: this is a full day for john fetterman. he finished a rally in front of union members. he is pushing his campaign promises. says he wants to raise the minimum wage. protect abortion rights. and he knocked his republican challenger mehmet oz. mehmet oz hasn t forgotten a day that i had a stroke. in january i will be much better but he will still be a fraud. reporter: oz and republicans nationwide have been campaigning on inflation, making the case democrat stimulus spending and turn away from fossil fuels raised costs across the country. the oz campaign s communication director said pennsylvania cannot afford more of the same with his dangerous ideas to put criminals back on our streets
in the senate. they re statewide candidate quality having to do with the l come. that s pretty remarkable to hear from the republican senate leader. not exactly exerting a lot of confidence. let s talk a little bit about those gop candidates, almost all of whom were handpicked by donald trump, and almost all of more floundering. there is, of course, arizona republican oblique masters who was endorsed by trump and he has pushed great replacement conspiracies and claimed that black people are to blame for america s gun violence problem. supery cyst believes, i might add. no surprise that masters is running eight points behind kelly with his opponent pushing racist views, he might be on the path to the smooth reelection. and then there s republican herschel walker down in georgia. herschel walker could barely string a sentence together most times. he has refused to debate democratic senator raphael warnock, and you can understand why when you see his long list of gaps, which
the money. yeah. jason carroll. thank you very much. there s an incredible story thanks for joining us. the news continues now here on cnn it s wednesday, may 22, right now on cnn this morning, the defense rests now, the fate of the former for president will be decided by 12 manhattan jurors deadly turbulence, one passenger killed dozens more injured when a singapore airlines passenger jet hits some very rough air and there s a devastating tornado tearing a small town in iowa hello, two pieces all right. 5:00 a.m. here in washington, eight live. look at new york city good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt. it s wonderful to have you with us the defense rests donald trump s lawyers wrapped up their defense of the former president yesterday in his criminal hush money trial. and two, almost no one s surprise, trump did not testify as promised. the jury won t return until tuesday for closing arguments with a verdict possible by the end of next week. trump s sounding com
Recent rise in maternal deaths. some women may have missed doctor appointments or even may have been sick with covid during pregnancy or childbirth. but overall this crisis has been ongoing and experts say here in the united states we can do a better job listening to women when they say something doesn t feel right or something is wrong during their pregnancy or childbirth. we can do a better job providing postpartum care. some advocates say that medicaid coverage should be offered to women for up to a year after giving birth compared to just 60 days currently guaranteed by federal law. bottom line, amara and boris, the nation has a lot of work to do to address this issue. joining me now to discuss this further is dr. terry anne bennet, cheat of maternal fetal medicine at memorial health care systems. i really appreciate you joining us this morning, doctor. the cdc report is disturbing on so many levels and, of course, i have to say i almost died, you