as donald trump makes a third bid for the white house and is the the first votes are to be cast in iowa in just under two weeks. trump s lawyers say the 234-year unbroken tradition of not prosecuting the presidents for official acts, despite calls to do so from across the political spectrum, provides powerl evidence. no president prior toth donald trump tried to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. had his attorneys point to the likelihood of mushrooming prosecutions. and future cycles. the ex-the president snlt prolsing retribution. his al lies aren t the ones plotting to end the independence of the justice department. the most audacious argument, one yesterday. on this program donald trump cannot be tri a criminal court for role in the january 6th insurrectn because heas acquitted by the senate during his second impeachment the new york times reports both legal perts have disdegreed with that position. not least because the federal charges he s facing are not analogous
court documents are now unsealed and several prominent figures are referenced. brian: includes former president bill clinton as well as celebrities and business leaders. lawrence: many of the people named, including clinton, have not been accused of wrongdoing but the documents are answering some questions about epstein s web of associates and famous friends. steve: brooke singman joins us now with the sorted details. brook? good morning, guys. a federal judge releasing nearly 200 names previously redacted from hundreds of court documents filed in a since settled defamation lawsuit brought by one of epstein s accusers against ghislaine maxwell. former president bill clinton one of the biggest names. the documents reveal personal relationship with epstein including four trips epstein took on epstein s plane in the early 2,000s. in the deposition one victim was also asked did jeffrey ever talk to you about bill clinton she answered quoted that one time clinton likes the
shocking abuse of power by the nation s premier law enforcement agency. according to house republicans, who examined material from whistleblowers. the fbi, they say, targeted for investigations pro-life groups, catholics, and parents attending school board meetings, all in this clandestine effort to inflate the sense that they were a domestic terrorism threat. if you re a parent and you attend a school board meeting, there could be an fbi agent in the parking lot scribbling down your license plate number. this is not a conspiracy theory. this is actually testimony that these brave whistleblowers have given us. shocking allegations. still, house democrats were absolutely indignant at the suggestion that hearings like the one that took place on capitol hill were part of the intel community to give whistleblowers free reign to level wild accusations and to keep democrats in the dark in the process. i m not aware that you re able to withhold information from the minority th
of migrant crossings days before covid era policy ends. we are live at the border. plus, rocket systems sabotaged. sources telling cnn that russia is using electronic jammers to throw off rocket systems in ukraine in some cases causing rockets to miss their targets. how the pentagon is responding. the labor market is on fire but april surprise jobs report is complicating the fed s inflation fight. so what will the central bank do next? following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central . we begin as we often do at the u.s.-mexico border. alejandra mayorkas there for a second day now. red cross volunteers also on the ground helping out with the growing number of migrants all crossing into texas. even before title 42, as it s known, ends. that trump-era policy allowed the government to quickly turn away asylum seekers due to covid-19. that expires on thursday. border towns are bracing for an immediate surge, really a furt
are investors starting to act on their doubts about a deal? and campaign endorsements and super pacs, they re great. but do they matter if you can t throw a punch? that s the question hanging over ron desantis and mike pence as they try to figure out how to take on donald trump. but we start with new developments surrounding a pair of mass shootings in texas and new mexico, carried out nine days and nearly a thousand miles apart, but sharing a critical heart breaking detail. both targeting people doing absolutely nothing out of the ordinary turning what should have been a normal day into a nightmare. in new mexico, three people are dead, along with a teenage suspect, after police say he opened fire on a residential street yesterday. apparently just shooting at random. it was the 225th mass shooting of the year in this country. roughly one every 15 hours. and in just about one hour in texas, we re expecting an update on surviving victims of the shooting at an outlet mall.