quick transition. indictment of news going so good morning, everyone. it s early. we re glad you re with us. let s get started with five things to know for this wednesday, april 5th 2023 donald trump defiant after pleading not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records during a speech last night. he vowed to fight the charges. he railed against prosecutors and the judge. there s a new sheriff in town is a new mayor in town. talking about chicago cnn projects that progressive brandon johnson has won. the runoff is going to join us live in the eight a.m. out. we re going to talk a lot about why he thinks he won what needs to be done in chicago, a sea change for wisconsin cnn projects the liberals will now hold the majority on the state supreme court a significant flip that could have major implications for abortion rights and future election and speaking of major implications for the international community speaker kevin mccarthy is defined china as he is prepari
secretary gina raimondo. plus, the republicans leadership challenge. get murkowski out of here because she s not a republican. how much influence does former president trump have on the gop? maryland s republican governor rr larry hogan joins me. plus, pat cipollone testifies after cassidy hutchinson s explosive appearance. please don t go up to the capitol. we re going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that happen. i ll talk to committee member congresswoman stephanie murphy about what cipollone told the committee. elon musk wants out of his deal to buy twitter over a dispute about spam accounts. he s just reaching out to something to blame. we re hear from tara swisher co-host of the box media s pivot podcast. joining me are hallie jackson, daniel la gibba and rich lowry, editor of national review. welcome to sunday. it s meet the press. from nbc news in washington, the longest-running show in television history, this is meet the p
pictures of gay couples kissing and embracing under the headline equal dignity. the culmination of decades of activism that set off jubilation and airful embraces tearful embraces. many a times follow-up, there was revelry is and soul searching on gay pride day. such cities as new york city and san francisco promised a sort of social catharsis of bicoastal toast to the nation s rapid shift on gay rights and an extended curtain call for the movement that drove it. now, the washington post front page story said the decision rewarded years of legal work by same-sex marriage advocates and pointed to the vexing challenge now facing republican presidential candidates and the gop itself, how to get in step with modern america. we also looked at the coverage of the original 1973 roe v. wade decision, and while it was overshadowed by the death of lbj, it reflects that newspapers mainly took a just the facts approach. the washington post quoted the majority, then the minority
of 83. thank you, jim . dana: harris faulkner is up next. harris: breaking news, live pictures now. this is happening in tel aviv. a lot of people, we re told hundreds, lining the streets gathering with posters of some 238 hostages being held by the hostage taking killers of hamas. israel s military has moved deeper into gaza but the word on the street today is don t forget the hostages. some of them american, there are dozens of countries who have hostages among those who the hamas terrorists took on october 7th. the united states is pushing to get our own citizens separate from the hostages, those citizens who were perhaps visiting with family in gaza, cannot get out. only five of them have managed so far. they are trying to get out. hamas has been blocking them from leaving, which i ve been saying for the last 24 hours feels more like hostage taking. sources are telling fox news there are 400 americans stuck in gaza along with family members who may or may not be ameri
projects the next mayor. will be liberal cook county commissioner brandon johnson. he beat the moderate former school school board session, say excuse me, school superintendent paul vallas, who ran on a pro police platform in a race that was heavily focused on chicago s violent crime problem next door in wisconsin, the race for a seat to the supreme court. it went to democrat backed janet produce a wits. she defeated the conservative candidate, daniel kelly, flipping controlled to liberals in a race that shattered all the time you have spending records for state judicial elections, the shift in the balance of power comes with the state high court due to a rule in coming months on a strict abortion ban and on gop jeremy mandarin that could affect the outcome of the 20. 24 presidential race. this story. why because i think it has you heard this? can t when she was on the trail. she did not hide her views on things, especially the political maps and wisconsin. she often called them unfair