remains under seal. trump says it is all political persecution. republican lawmakers say it is simple and wrong. the manhattan district attorney alvin bragg has had it out for trump all along. i said from day one this is a political stunt. what s behind all this? hatred. this is absolutely a political witch hunt through and through. this is the kind of witch hunt that can only serve to tell people in the future if it works, you should try to indict people to keep them from winning elections. you are talking about a misdemeanor that gets bootstrapped onto election law in a way i ve never seen. democrats know it has nothing to do with the laws. they are sending a message. harris: kevin mccarthy is vowing the house will hold alvin bragg and his unprecedented abuse of power accountable. and we have live pictures outside mar-a-lago, florida, where former president trump s sporters are gathering. that s his home in that town. national correspondent bryan llenas, how a
[the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] pete: good morning and welcome to fox and friends on saturday morning. joey jones hanging out with us for four hours, two days on this easter weekend. joe: i was at disney world. rachel: that s not a vacation. joe: i brought my brother in law who pushed me around in my chair most of the time. i get the disability pass, just to bring everybody with me. rachel: you come in handy. joe: ila crippled old guy. will: needing a vacation from your vacation. glad to have you with us this morning. everybody smells wonderful on the couch. rachel: apparently to kathleen. will: happy to have you with us if this morning. we start in nashville, tennessee where vice president kamala harris made a visit. she didn t make a visit with the direct message for the covenant christian victims but made a visit in support of what is being dubbed the tennessee three, the three tennessee state legislators, two of which have been expelled from
string of derailments, primarily the derailment and toxic spill in east palestine, ohio, that s terrified residents. i want to begin today by expressing how deeply sorry i am for the impact this derailment has had on the residents of east palestine and the surrounding communities. i am determined to make this right. you have my personal commitment. norfolk southern will get the job done. this hour, an update on mitch mcconnell s health. the longest serving senate leader in either party hospitalized overnight after tripping at a private dinner in a d.c. hotel. tammy baldwin joins me to discuss her bill to legalize abortion rights across the nation, restoring the rights stripped away by the supreme court s dobbs decision. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. at a hearing today, senators in both parties are pressing norfolk southern s ceo to honor his company s commitments to the people of east palestine for months or years after the train derailment rais
totally unnecessary. it was unnecessary. we are starting early. i want to talk about how performance has part replaced belief from politics to the classroom to social media is start with the democrats newest star justin pearson. he is one of the tennessee dam two started a near riot at a government building and disrupted disrupted invited legislative session with a bullhorn. to understand how he is now a star, let s go back a bit here he is in 2016 in college. i am justin j pearson and i running for president of bsg. their theories running this campaign that messier. one has to do with representation how can we represent all voices in a conversation? i want to do this by partnering with organizations and the democrats to the republicans went to bring together differen voices at dissenting voices. voices that may maybe my libera or conservative. so we can reach a point of the radical middle. he seems like the nicest young man ever running for school office and he makes
ito territory and at the same time iran and china are now cozying up to russia. china s top diplomat today mate face-to-face with russia dictator vladimir putin and the wall street journal is reportin xi jinping is planning to visit moscow and meet with putin. fund they are. we are also learning that china may be on the brink of providin lethal aid to russia. to beat back in ukraine because they re not winning that war that they started. just yesterday putin pulled out of the new start training that was actually the last one in th u.s. and that country if contro agreement between the two largest nuclear armed powers an signaled the era of formal arms-control may be over a. raising some questions about whether we could be facing a ne nuclear arms race very national security council spokesperson spelled out what is at stake. with these alarming developments . we are already concerned about the invasion they haven t enforced sanctions against mr. hooton holding him accountable