book called the power of, one how i tell the trent strength to tell the truth and blow the whistle. happy father s day to all the dads and father figures out, there stay right where you, are inside jen psaki begins right now. another week, another arraignment for donald trump. the former president pleads not guilty to 37 felony counts. as lots of his former allies say enough is enough. trump s former national security adviser john bolton is among those speaking out, and he s coming up first. plus trump on enemies list congressman adam schiff is probably on it. so what does he think about trump s promises to weaponize the doj against his opponents if he is reelected. i will ask him when he joins me in just a few minutes. also today, we are hearing a lot of complaints from the former presidents defenders about a two tiered justice system. and they are right. just not in the way they think. and later, a trip to maryland for a conversation with one of the democratic party
in kharkiv. they are blaming each other for serious deconstruction. what do we know about what happened and what is being done i guess to save lives and property here? reporter: the exact cause of a substantial explosion that destroyed this hydroelectric power dam that holds up the dnipro river remains under investigation. of course ukrainians say russian pre-mined it, in other words set explosives on that dam. and that the ukrainian side of the dam had been regularly subjected to shelling. rather the ukrainian bank. so that had been under russian control. but nonetheless 80 settlements the government here saying are being affected as this vast amount of water is unleashed. huge amount of the water of course that has been built up over the winter months, melt water building up the size of the dnipro river now being unleashed downstream, likely to affect kherson or parts, districts of the city recappturd by ukraine last year. but most of the flooding is likely to be to the e
powerful republican in the senate is open to raising the minimum age to buy a semi-automatic weapon from 18 to 21. he has said that in private, but mitch mcconnell has not and won t, it seems, say it in public. it is highly unlikely that it will be part of any agreement on gun safety as talks intensify between democrats and republicans. two weeks ago republican senate cynthia lieu mass of wyoming said she doubted any ideas to curb gun violence would be welcomed in her pro-gun state but now she s signaling an openness to finding legislative solutions because her office has been flooded with calls from con sit stants demanding an end to mass shooting. let s bring in arlette saenz and sunlen serfaty about this. let s talk about why discussions stand. there s optimism from both sides at this moment but they have not brokered a deal, have not had an agreement on some of these issues and that is what today is all about. today they have to sit down as negotiators, narrow their d
this is new day weekend with victor blackwell and christi paul. a live look at the rose garden yesterday, we heard three word, help is here. and you will hear that more as these $1400 stimulus payments start to hit bank accounts. yeah, soon president biden will hit the road to tout his nearly $2 trillion rescue plan. andviewed the pr push yesterday. and the other message, normalcy is near. the president saying that may 1st is the deadline if all documents to be eligible for a vaccine. and he has his eye on independents s from the virus b the fourth of july. and health experts are worried about americans traveling for sbrpring break an more states ease restrictions. and we start in wilmington, delaware with jasmine wright. we know the president is spending his weekend there, economic aid starting to roll out. what do we know about what comes next? well, the president turned his focus noimplementing his cod relief bill. he said it yesterday, the devil is in the deta
resistance from pro-gadhafi forces. correspondents are reporting on the ground. cnn s sarah sidner is hunkered down in green square and matthew chance is in the city s hotel, the same hotel where senior libyan officials just fled moments ago. our first correspondent in tripoli, nic robertson, he is in our washington bureau and national security contributor, fran townsend is in new york and zain verjee is following international reaction from left knee done. dan lothian is with the president on martha s vineyard and barbara starr has the military perspective from the pentagon. all right. let s get to tripoli where all the action is right now. we ve been telling you about the fighting in and around green square. it s been a big symbol for the gadhafi regime. in fact, until recently, they ve been using it for big pro-government demonstrations. cnn s sarah sidner has been watching the rebel invasion and pretty heavy fighting as well. she fired this report before the rebels pull