good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. ok caitlyn, what a great job she did. former president trump said he wouldn t if he want u krin to defeat russia. border countries are expecting a new surge of migrants. and mccarthy said he won t back santos for re-election but won t ask him to resign. and the suspect in the 2005 disappearance of natalee holloway will be extradited from peru to the united states. jordan vander sleuth is expected to be on charged of extortion and wire fraud. advisors to the fda unanimously recommended that a birth control pill be made available over the counter without a prescription. cnn this morning starts ragt now. right now. someone who chief white house correspondents, what is it likd watch is the town hall last night? a slightly different vibe than our day today in the press briefing room, to say the least. i think it is reflective of the fact that individual on stage with caitlyn collins who knows him better than anybo
for today. i am symone sanders-townsend in for alicia bennett. as you can see me every weekend on my show simone, saturdays and sundays at 4 p eastern, right here on msnbc and tomorrow you can catch a lethal, she coughing, jonathan reverend sharpton and myself. our special coverage o the indictment of donald trump it continues at 6 pm eastern coming up on the second hou of eamonn. trump s indictment has force his rivals to do the one thing that hurts the most, defen donald trump, plus the other trump related legal cases with major developments as, wee including a ruling that forces mike pence to testify in the second councils election interference probe and classroom safety in th wake of another school shooting, why the gop is so obsessed wit banning books, but not guns. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s ge started. so in less than 7 hours, donald trump is expecte to turn himself in and appea in court on tuesday. 2:15 pm here is what we know about wha comes next nbc news is rep
Believe their republican officials on this. what is your response to that and reaction? you know, my reaction is that state district attorneys are generally pretty fiercely independent. i mean, they are prosecutors in a sovereign, in a state that is separate and apart from the federal government. i was a federal prosecutor my whole life and i could not tell a state district attorney, commonwealth s attorney or state attorney what charges to bring and what charges to decline to bring. there were times when i would coordinate with them if i were prosecuting somebody they may have had an interest in for a state investigation, but i couldn t control or direct, nor would i even suggest how they should go about making their prosecutorial decisions. this is all political theater, pure and simple. ana, as you say, there are
A fundamental strength of our democracy is the rule of law. We aspire to have the laws and enforcement be blind to race, gender, or standing in the community. I