Off the post. Sweden can win on this kick. Plus, oneonone with Donald Trumps lawyer who claims trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election were aspirational, not criminal. And lost at sea for two days in a boat only 12 feet long. Well show you the incredible rescue and youre live in the cnn newsroom. Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining me this sunday. Im fredricka whitfield. Former president Donald Trumps lawyer speaking out this morning doubling down on his argument that trump was within his First Amendment rights when he asked former Vice President mike pence to overturn the election results. And that it all boils down to the way he asked. And all of this played out in the open. Its all free speech. There was a Supreme Court decision, which is right on point, that says when youre exercising free speech, youre not engaging in a fraud on the government. And thats what unfortunately, most people dont understand in this context. Thats just one example of the actions. Thats just one e
first official re-election campaign rally. cnn s priscilla alvarez is there. what has the president been focusing on for the first big re-election speech? reporter: well, the president has been focusing on his economic message. this is a crowd of unions you see behind me, the different signs and colored t-shirts all representing separate unions and all of which have endorsed president biden. and he is now speaking to all of them and has been for the last several minutes. and he also emphasized a critical endorsement from the afl-cio, and that is a union that had endorsed him early the first time and that s something that he has heralded while he s here, underscoring that he is what he calls the most pro-union president. that has received applause and enthusiasm from the hundreds of people behind me. that s been the theme of the message so far, that he s been pro-union, that he s added manufacturing jobs and made investments in clean energy, that inflation rates have gone do
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