Breaking bread and bolstering military ties. Vladimir putin makes a promise to his special guest, kim jongun. At the u. S. Warps Ns A Pay Is W pei a price. The battle is on but not all House Republicans want to fight it. When House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy is saying about the growing divide over his attempt to impeach. Plus, from crab walk to perp walk. An escaped murder captured in pennsylvania. Were following all of those stories and much more here on Cnn News Central. Today north korean dictator kim jongun pledged his full support for the ongoing invasion of ukraine. Comes as ukraine officials are sounding the alarm about an actively advancing arms deal between the two nations. Ahead of their summit putin gave kim a tour of russians far east. Russia said they would help develop their space and Satellite Program and while kim was there they launched two Ballistic Missiles off the eastern coast of the korean peninsula. It did not look like a coincidence. Cnns will ripley joins me from t
asking the supreme court to fast track a decision on whether the former president should even face trial for january 6th and the supreme court has already responded. also in the documents case, new revelations about what the former president and his associates have been saying to a former employee and potential witness. and later, today s life changing decision by the texas woman caught between the state s strict abortion laws and a pregnancy almost certain to end in the death of her child. that and the court ruling on it just moments ago. we begin tonight with the breaking news. just hours after special counsel jack smith asked the supreme court to take up the question of whether the former president is immune from prosecution in the election subversion case, the court responded. though it s only the court s initial move, it is the speedy first step toward a historic decision, with echos of another landmark case involving the president and the law nearly 50 years ago.
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sandwich. he tore off a corner of it, a piece of bread. he ate it, and he gave the rest to his dog. they ve taught me a lot too. i ll close by saying this. an act of kindness can change your day. change someone s day. an act or gesture of kindness can change somebody s life. thank you. [ applause ] what a night. we want to thank everybody for joining us. thank you, laura. oh, my goodness. thank you for holding my hand. that was beautiful. can you imagine the level of generosity to say give back immediately? this tells you why we do this. thank you so much. you can support all of our honorees right now by going to cnnheroes.com and click donate. each donate will be met dollar for dollar. if you know someone as amazing as tonight s honorees, you can nominate them to be a cnn hero in 2024 because officially, anderson, nominations are now open. we hope that some of these stories have inspired you to get involved and do your part because you, too, can be somebody s hero. t