when da mar hamlin collapsed on the field. we ll have an update on his condition this morning. and happening right now, house republicans are holding a meeting ahead of a nail biter vote for kevin mccarthy s bid for speakership. steve kornacki will break down how historic it would be if he doesn t clear a first round. and in just a few hours, the suspect accused in the murder of four idaho students will peer in a courtroom. we ll have a live report from outside the courthouse. and in brazil, crowds are gathered to bid farewell to the late soccer legend pele. the only player to ever win three world cups. we begin with the latest on the condition of damar hamlin. the 24-year-old collapsed on the field last night after making a hit in the first quarter of the highly anticipated game against the cincinnati bengals. the bills say he suffered cardiac arrest and said, his heartbeat was restored on the field and he was transferred to the uc medical center for further test ask
Step counter those sport matt and wireless remote call good morning. Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning, its saturday, april 20. Im victims walker. Heres what were working on for you this morning congress is in session for a working weekend because see a final vote on a 95 foreign aid package for ukraine and israel as early as this afternoon. A much different vote though could cost. Mike johnson, the speakers gavel, Marjorie Taylor greene says theres a civil war in the House Of Representatives. And as another lawmaker joining her motion to vacate, were going indepth ahead annually, a half a dozen blasts, rock a Military Base belonging to an iranbacked militia in iraq at a time of high tensions across the mideast. What we know about it coming up and former President Donald Trump hits the Campaign Trail today, just two days hes before Opening Statements begin. In an historic Hush Money Trial in new york, the judges stern warning to trumps legal team, thats coming so in just about
heat alert and temperatures soar across midwest and northeast. janice dean is tracking it all. and one of the closest primaries in the country is too close, the latest vote count out of virginia. and u.s. open champion bryson dechamgeau is left off the u.s. olympic team, take a closer look at that controversial decision. you are watch ing fox and friends first, i m carley shimkus. todd has the day off, we start with a fox news alert. major league baseball hall of famer willie mays has died. two-time m.v.p. and all star regarded as one of the greatest players in history. his son says, i want to thank you for unwaivering love you have shown him over the years. he was an incred ible hitter an defender, becoming an icon with plays like this over the shoulder grab in the 1954 world series known as the catch. fans gathered at willie mays plaza. rob manfred, bill melugin measures mbe lb commission er. he will never forget this true giant on and off the field. willie mays is 93 yea
resistance to that message. all right, well, we re out of time, but we will continue the beit. i m sure it was walking the great. all right. thanks a lot. battle. thank you for joining us. i m on a rodgers cnn news central starts right now uncontrolled and dangerous rather across the country in the west, wildfires turned deadly and very destructive buildings going up in flames as thousand because if people fleeing for their lives at the same time, a brutal heatwave is hitting tens of millions of americans as the atlantic seasons first potential tropical storm is brewing in the gulf. just 342 votes. that is, don t razor thin margin in a bruising report public and congressional primary, one of the most conservative members in the country be punished for not endorsing donald trump. brand new surveillance video of the time surrounding justin timberlake s dwi arrest with new details are emerging about how officers say he was behaving. kate is out. i m john berman was sarah sid
joining us now, nbc news chief political analyst, chuck todd, the man behind the article and nbc news correspondent, vaughn hillyard. chuck, when you go back and look at 2020, and why donald trump lost, is there a definitive answer for why he lost? i think if you surveyed political strategists and political scientists, you wouldn t get a definitive answer. i think he lost simply because of covid. there s a lot of people because of what happened after the election with january 6th, they think about his antics, the first impeachment. then we had the second impeachment that sort of took place right after the inauguration. we never really had that sort of consensus, you didn t have the after action reports because you have one party was in denial that they actually lost, so they didn t do an after action report. but in some ways, neither did the democrats and i think that what i feel like i m watching is what the biden campaign thought their theory of the case was in october of