fox news top of the hour, three big stories topping the news. china s military carrying out massive blockade drills around taiwan today. china announced three days of drills on saturday after taiwan s president met in california with house speaker kevin mccarthy. protests expected in tennessee today where the state legislature is back in session for the first time since it voted to expel two democrats for their role in a chaotic gun control protest. a at the detention of erin gershkovitch. more on those stories throughout the hour. first. someone got shot. dana: the army sergeant convicted in the death of a black lives protestors in 2020 says it is self-defense but facing a possible sentence of life in prison. texas governor abbott is calling for the state to grant a pardon. that is developing now. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. good morning. bill: i know you had a good weekend. excellent. great easter weekend, thank you. i m bill hemmer
still legal in her state i ll ask how far she ll willing to go to defend that an embarrassing breach for the defense department the investigation under way to figure out who posted details about u.s. spying on russia s military on an online video game message board. a lot of questions here. are they all authentic the big question, is there a mole in the pentagon a mad political scramble at the easter egg roll at the white house. president biden sending unexpected campaign shock waves, making this announcement to al roker live on today. i plan on running, al, but we re not prepared to announce it yet well, sounds like he just did. so how does the president s announcement impact the plans of his potential 2024 rivals. let s begin with the epic clash after conflicting court rulings yet again up ending abortion rights here in america starting us up correspondent laura jarrett, former senator claire mccaskill who is now an msnbc political analyst, and dr. jamila parrot,
mass shooter. heart pounding footage is now taking us inside that louisville bank body cams rolling as officers rushed towards the gunfire, one official saying. there s only a few people in this country that can do what they did this morning. the killer s family is giving insight into his mental health challenges. will donald trump s sexual assault trial be delayed? the former president s attorneys are now using his historic hush money indictment. as a reason to postpone the assault and defamation case that trial now just 13 days away. this smoke is definitely toxic and alarming warning from officials after this huge fire break saturday recycling plant in indiana, thousands of people ordered to leave their homes. they say this could burn for days. these stories and more here on cnn news, central. alright let s get right to richmond, indiana, and the eastern part of that state. there was a press conference moments ago about this huge fire toxic fire at a recycling plant there.
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