Step counter those sport matt and wireless remote call good morning. Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning, its saturday, april 20. Im victims walker. Heres what were working on for you this morning congress is in session for a working weekend because see a final vote on a 95 foreign aid package for ukraine and israel as early as this afternoon. A much different vote though could cost. Mike johnson, the speakers gavel, Marjorie Taylor greene says theres a civil war in the House Of Representatives. And as another lawmaker joining her motion to vacate, were going indepth ahead annually, a half a dozen blasts, rock a Military Base belonging to an iranbacked militia in iraq at a time of high tensions across the mideast. What we know about it coming up and former President Donald Trump hits the Campaign Trail today, just two days hes before Opening Statements begin. In an historic Hush Money Trial in new york, the judges stern warning to trumps legal team, thats coming so in just about
mornings starting today at eight on cnn knew this morning and explosion at an iran-backed militia base south of baghdad killed a member of iraq s popular mobilization forces and injured at least eight others out. this incident follows israeli strikes at a military base in iran yesterday, ron s president did not mention that strike while praising last weekend s iranian strikes against israel the tension is between israel and iran is sparking fears of an expanding middle east conflict. cnn is not bashir is following all of this for us. so where do things stand right now? not in terms of the tensions and the fear of escalation well, if suddenly has been mounting concern over the potential for this to escalate more broadly in the region at this stage, it appears as though a broader regional war has been averted for now.