What he texted. In stark contrast from each other . Yeah. Anderson, nick valencia, thanks. The news continues right here on cnn its thursday, february 20. Happy week here right now on cnn this morning the Supreme Court agree agrees to hear Donald Trumps absolute immunity arguments, throwing his 2024 trial schedule into turmoil, plus yet another legal challenge for trump for an illinois judge booting the former president off that states ballot will look at that and a deal to keep the federal government open is going to have a vote in a matter of hours or still the threat of a shutdown looms all right 05 00 a. M. Here in washington, a live look at the United States Supreme Court, the center of it all this morning morning. Good morning. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us. Were going to start there. The Supreme Court agreeing to decide whether or not former President Donald Trump is immune from criminal prosecution for the actions he took on and leading up to january 6, its a
course, it s been a really fun series to watch. all right. thank you. and the next hour of cnn this morning starts right now. it is the top of a brand new hour. good morning to you. and welcome to cnn this morning . i m victor blackwell. camera walker. thank you for sharing a part of your morning with us, and there won t be much trash talking here at least between me and victor right during the commercial during the commercial breaks. here s what we re watching this morning major decision by the supreme court and a major win for abortion rights supporters, a widely used abortion pill will stay protected, at least for now, but legal challenges still remain. what happens next and what it means for women across the country and explosive mistake. russia accidentally bombs one of its own cities and leaves a trail of destruction will show you the stunning images safe and easy to steal. more than a dozen attorneys general are calling for a federal recall on some hyundai and kia cars
house reporter catherine lucey. catherine good to see you. so let s start with the political potency of this decision, and we can start at the white house where kevin is now the president . as we re expecting, he will announce his reelection campaign next week has an enthusiasm problem. is this an issue that can close that? and is it something that this president is comfortable with? we can note that the president didn t say publicly the word abortion until more than a year into his administration. is this something that can energize the democratic party? is he comfortable with it? this is absolutely an issue that s going to energize democratic voters. and we ve seen it happen already, right, victor? i mean, we saw this in the midterms heading into the 2022 midterms. there was a lot of chatter and discussion about how this is going to be a bad cycle for democrats about how issues around inflation in the economy we re gonna really dominate, and we really saw much better than
there yet in terms of either the president and speaker mccarthy speaking democrats on the hill and republicans, the hill talking um i mean, washington, i think has has never met a deadline. it doesn t want to run right up up against and or don t . we don t quite seem to be there yet. alright well, catherine lucey. we ll see how close to that deadline. we will get all the way all parties say we re not going to default. we ll see. thanks so much. coming up. russia accidentally drops a bomb on one of its own cities, leaving a 65 ft wide crater, the latest on that next , plus a republican state lawmaker and tennessee who voted to expel several of his democratic colleagues earlier this month, has resigned following a report of workplace harassment. wynyndham is waitin. when bucket list need checkingg