fredricka whitfield and we begin with escalating tensions in the middle east. israel says it has carried out air strikes in syrian territory. israel s defense forces releasing video it says shows strikes on a syrian military compound radar systems and artillery posts. the strikes were launched after israel says rockets were fired from syria toward the golan heights and in the west bank today, a funeral was held for two british israeli sisters who were killed in an attack on friday. days of violence erupted following an israeli police raid on the al aqsa mosque compound in jerusalem last week. cnn s fred pleitgen is in jerusalem. scott mclean is in beirut, lebanon, fred, let me begin with you. what is the latest hi there, fredricka. well certainly it is still quite concerning here on the ground. i would say it s still very tense and very volatile situation as well. and of course, one of the main reasons for that is what you were just mentioning is those rocket attacks that
investigating donald trump s role in the january six insurrection has finally secured the testimony of former vice president, mike pence. i will talk to one of pence s former top aides and the day after i last spoke with volodymyr carr moussa, the russian opposition figure was arrested for speaking out against russia s invasion of ukraine. he has now been sentenced to 25 years in prison. his wife, the afghan-y tara bosa, goings me this morning. today s meeting of the velshi book club futures award-winning author, lauren broths, who is acclaimed story of marriage and identity with was removed from public shelves in her home state of. florida chill talked me about the book and the ban. velshi starts now. good morning to, you it is saturday april 29th and i m ali velshi. back in 2020, most of the country had not heard of his always ever. but as the montana legislature was in session that, year she was playing close attention to the bills that were being introduced. and she was
district in central florida. i m gonna explain. i m going to say words right now and then ellie hunting is going to explain the words that i m saying but off relationship okay, so locked in key provisions they locked in key provisions before desantis is new board was able to take over and their battle stems from disney s opposition. you ll remember to florida that florida law that prohibits instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity through third grade and only in an age appropriate manner in older grades. that was the law that critics dubbed. don t say gay desantis retaliated, you ll remember by going after disney s special tax status around its sprawling or landau area theme parks. okay so we have a lot to discuss with my panel. jay michaelson is here. he s a rolling stone writer slash rabbi. we have l leoni. he s our cnn senior legal eagle . who s going to explain everything tonight under jones is a former democratic congressman, and evan siegfried is a politica
for you, i will. let s see god and but we need a we need a chop review heaven on a stick it on a stick. that good factor is through the roof right now. i would love a pimento cheese sandwich. breakfast is the food . such a thing. they re not interested. it s good and it s cheap. thank you don appreciate it just amazing dot i love that. you just did that. but the pimento cheese sandwiches. they re they re classic lemonade pulled pork when you make sandwiches, um and yeah, the final cheese the egg salad sandwich producers like we gotta go. it s top of the hour. this morning starts right now. it s all they want today, but they don t realize they don t realize what they re started. good morning, everyone while you were sleeping music city, turning into chaos and national spotlight is on tennessee after two black state lawmakers one of the you heard from there were expelled for protesting on the house floor. we re going to get into, um that story in a pit but violence escalating i
politicsnation tonight s lead, and territory. right now, america is bracin for what could be historically unprecedented event. the possible crimina indictment of a former president. earlier today, former presiden donald trump put out a serie post on his truth social media platform, referencing report that he could soon fac criminal indictment in new yor as early as next week. trump claims that leak indicate he will be arrested o tuesday. but he did not say whether h has actually been informed o any charges or what thos charges would be a spokesman for the manhatta da s office has declined t comment. trump also called for protest, and d.c. news reported frida line forsman agencies includin the nypd, fbi and the secret service. they are already this costin security plans, should charges come down. we will be talking about all o it ahead with our guest, including former trump attorney, michael cohen who testifie before the grand jury this ver week and later, the attorney genera