cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin the hour with two dueling lawsuits and two separate states, putting the national spotlight back on the issue of abortion rights. in texas. a federal judge has ruled that the fda is more than two decades old approval of the drug wordpress stone should be halted . this is one of the most trusted and widely used drugs for medication abortions. the court did pause the ruling for one week so that an appeal which is already underway can be filed . president biden vowed late friday night that he will fight the ruling in texas. meantime in washington state, a federal judge moved to protect access to that very same. abortion medication across 17 democratic led states and the district of columbia. cnn s rosa flores is in houston forest. rosa walk us through both the judge s order and how we got here. this is a very big story down in texas, where you are. you know, it absolutely is. and this judge judge matthews has merrick really did
counsel investigating donald trump could finally get testimony from former vice president mike pence. that could be incredibly significant. you know, it s a month of pushback, and now pence, it appears, is going to finally testifying. the special counsel s investigation into trump and his actions on january. six. a spokesman for the former vice president says he will not appeal a judge s ruling in order that he must appear before the grand jury that s investigating the insurrection and trump s efforts to overturn the election. that means pence could testify about the one on one conversations he had with trump leading up to that day, including what we know is a heated phone call that happened the morning of the riot when pence, refused trump s efforts to get him to try to block the certification of president biden s win, plus a cnn exclusive this morning as cnn sources are telling cnn that former national security officials have testified that trump was repeatedly warned he di
completely embarrassing to this administration and embarrassing to the democratic party. republicans getting new documents of the hunter biden financial dealings. comer says he has discovered another one of biden s family members may be involved in influence peddling. no denying it now with the bank records. we will keep following the money. davis. there it is. 3 for the win. it is no good, ball put back, no good and pittsburgh advances in the ncaa tournament. steve: now i m hungry again. good morning, capitol hill. if you were in that building walk out the door 33 degrees feels like 21 on this 15th day of march. that s right. beware the ides of march. remember what happened to julia caesar. he was warned. ainsley: saint patrick s day falls on a friday this year. so the pubs in boston and new york packed. brian: people show great responsibility during the work day and leave early. they got work or school the next day. ainsley: wear green. gentlemen wear gr
manhattans, he will face a 34-count indictment related to hush-money payment made in the run-up to the election, jen psaki says democrats might want to consider restraint. where does that leave democrats? what should they be doing about the indictment news? let me start with what i don t think you should be doing. as much as you may want to, now is not lock them up t-shirts and mugs, that is what trump and his supporters would do. now is not the time to celebrate, brag, predict outcome of the legal cases. if you can, i would put your head down and stay out ever it for now. greg: moderate democrats have doubts about the case. it is a very, very sad day for america, very sad day, especially when people believe the rule of law or justice is not working the way it is supposed to and biassed, we can t have that. no one should be above the law. no one should be a target of the law. it will lead to political theater. greg: grab your bucket and mop, the media is wetting their p
the british and us governments scramble to reassure their tech start up sectors after the collapse of one of the main sources of funding, the silicon valley bank. hello and welcome to bbc news. the impact of gary lineker s removal from the match of the day programme in the uk is continuing to affect the bbc s sports output. coverage of the women s super league and sunday evenings match of the day 2 programme have been hit because fellow presenters and commentators refuse to work in support of the presenter. the bbc had forced gary lineker to step back from his duties after he posted a tweet criticising the government s language on migrants. the prime minister says the controversy is a matter for the bbc, but opposition mps have accused the corporation of bowing to pressure from the conservatives to sanction the presenter. with more, here s our media correspondent, david sillito. have you spoken to tim davie yet, mr lineker? i i m going to walk my dog and i m going to do my sh