American hostages being held in gaza. That the president or any other leaders would refer to people that are moving through our Justice System as hostages. Its just unacceptable. I was there on january 6th. I have no doubt in my mind, margaret, that some people were caught up in the moment and entered the capitol, and theyre entitled to Due Process Of Law for any nonviolent activities that day. But the assaults on Police Officers, ultimately an environment that claimed lives, is something that i think was tragic that day. Ill never diminish it. Mike pence once again taking a stand against his former boss. He also refused to endorse trump for president. Those comments from donald trump came during a stump speech for a Senate Candidate in ohio. Trump was more focused on his personal grievances, giving more incendiary remarks. Meanwhile, the former president has so far refused to condemn Vladimir Putin for the death of Alexei Navalny. But for the first time publicly, putin addressed the d
We hear you. And we stand with you. We are steeped in the good evening, america. Im katie britt, and i have the honor of serving the great people of alabama. But tonight, ill be auditioning for the part of scary mom. And ill be performing an original monologue called, this country is hell. You see, im not just a senator. Im a wife, a mother, and the craziest [ bleep ] in the target parking lot. First and foremost, im a mom. And like any mom, im going to do a pivot Out Of Nowhere into a shockingly violent story about Sex Trafficking. And rest assured, every detail about it is real, except the year, where it took place, and who was president when it happened. And tonight, i am not just responding to the State Of The Union, i am also selling these bejewelled cross necklaces. Kitchens are where families have the hard conversations, like the one well have tomorrow about how mommy freaked out the entire country. To the American People who are struggling right now, know this, we hear you. We
it is thursday. i m off tomorrow for my daughter s first play. this is very exciting. you re looking particularly beautiful this morning. oh, gosh. you are so sweet. it s true. we have a lot going on this morning. let s get started with five things to know for this thursday, june 1st. also i had mom s birthday. happy birthday, mom. really significant news here first on cnn. caught on tape. federal prosecutors have donald trump in his own words acknowledging he held on to a classified pentagon document after he left the white house. and told people he couldn t share it with them. this is first on cnn reporting. what does it mean for the investigation? and speaking of trump, his former number two mike pence about to take him on for the white house. pence will announce his run next week as will former new jersey governor chris christie. the house overwhelmingly passing that debt limit deal in a move to avert a national and global economic crisis. the fate of the bill w
welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, december 17th. i m amara walker. i m omar jimenez in for victor blackwell. look, we are looking at a lot of things, watching a lot of things. namely, the biden campaign are accusing donald trump of parroting adolf hitler after the former president made disturbing comments about immigrants at a rally. senators are working on big immigration changes as they try to reach a deal on ukraine funding. severe weather impacted millions at the start of last-minute christmas shopping and holiday travel. and in israel the idf facing scrutiny after soldiers accidentally killed israeli hostages in gaza. prime minister benjamin netanyahu acknowledges international pressure but adds, we are in a war for our existence. and could not just rocks, but hot rocks that glow brighter than the sun be the key to helping us end our dependence on fossil fuels? we will look at the new innovative way to address the climate crisis ahead on cnn this morn
general, the department of justice. he alleged senior officials and invited a ministration reason fbi to target political opponents of the democratic party. specifically, friend said the fbi leaders would often use heavy armed swat teams to show use of force to arrest supporters of donald trump. purely for political reasons and, steve friend would know. it was on the fbi told swat team. if that s true, it s illegal. in a doj the cared about equal justice it would trigger an immediate investigation but, when steve friend filed his complaint, the doj did not give him any whistleblower protections. which are required by federal law. instead, the doj retaliated against steve friend. they escorted him out of that daytona beach field office. they put him on unpaid leave and pressured him to resign. he left the agency that he testified publicly about all this.he is a brave guy. no one in the democratic party has said a word about what happened to steve friend. they do not care. they