increase. your sleep and diet and other bad habits, that improves as well. lots of good reasons. dr. gupta, thank you. cnn this morning continues right now. it s a rigged deal, this whole thing is rigged. election interference. trump is only there to create a political narrative. there s nothing that he can contribute to this trial as opposed to the last trial where he was found guilty of sexual abuse. we can t have a country in disarray and a world on fire and go through four more years of chaos. we won t survive it. you don t defeat democrat chaos with republican chaos. good morning. top of the hour. glad you are with us. donald trump expected to head from the campaign trail to the courtroom within the next hour. it s a critical day in the e. jean carroll defamation lawsuit. will trump take the stand? we have new reporting on what we can expect today. texas refusing to back down on the border battle, ignoring a supreme court ruling and reinforcing border barri
freed and why president biden made the tough call to release the venezuelan president s alleged moneyman from u.s. custody. donald trump back on the campaign trail after the bombshell court decision that could remove him from colorado s primary ballot. his g.o.p. rivals criticizing the move. this is a flagrant violation of the rule of law. margaret: renewed hope for another cease-fire between israel and hamas in exchange for the release of more hostages. the new warning about lithium-ion batteries. what you need to know for your holiday shopping. so pretty. margaret: and a hospital s holiday tradition is making spirits bright. i love it! [laughter] margaret: good evening to our viewers in the west. i m margaret brennan in for norah o donnell. we begin tonight with new details about a major prisoner swap between the u.s. and venezuela. ten americans, including several the u.s. considered wrongfully detained, were released from that south american country today,
we re live on the ground. and president biden s budget, is it dead on arrival. good thursday morning. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. intense bombing is hitting cities across ukraine, russia launching a barrage of at least 81 missiles. this is the biggest attack in weeks. striking residential areas and blacking out power. attacks on kyiv have been reported including on a power plant in the capital. the city s mayor says at least two people were hurt. emergency services are at the scenes of the blast in kyiv. much of the city has been left without electricity. officials say a russian rocket also hitting a residential area in lviv killing five people. ivan watson is live in kyiv for us with more. and it looks like at least seven regions haveaen targeted. get us have to speed. reporter: yes, missiles of different types targeted different cities and regions. i think that we have a man that illustrates kind of just how
ukrainian city of bakhmut. so, there is a lot of incoming and outgoing here. margaret: the acting head of the faa in the hot seat. can you just, right now, assure the american people that flying aircraft in the united states of america is still the safest way to travel? yes, sir. court documents show that fox news chairman rupert murdoch was worried his network went too far with 2020 election denial claims. margaret: and on this international women s day toni morrison, the nobel laureate, acclaimed novelist, and former princeton professor, was immortalized on a new forever stamp. margaret: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. i m margaret brennan, in for norah. tonight, what the fda is saying about a nationwide shortage of adderall, and how it s impacting patients. plus, ahead of march madness, meet the rutgers player who traveled halfway around the world to live the american dream. but first, the federal
russia continues to send waves of troops into the eastern ukrainian city of bakhmut. so, there is a lot of incoming and outgoing here. margaret: the acting head of the faa in the hot seat. can you just, right now, assure the american people that flying aircraft in the united states of america is still the safest way to travel? yes, sir. margaret: court documents show that fox news chairman rupert murdoch was worried his k went too far with 2020 election denial claims. margaret: and on this international women s day. toni morrison, nobel laureate, acclaimed novelist, former professor, immortalized on a new forever stamp. margaret: good evening, and thank you for joining us. i am margaret brennan in for norah. tonight, what the fda is saying about a nationwide shortage of adderall and how it is impacting patients. plus, ahead of march madness, meet the rutgers player who traveled halfway around the world to live the american dream. but firs