i m okay with it. sorry see you in a week. good morning. you re going caitlin s gone back monday . welcome to cnn this morning. we re glad you re with us on this friday. caitlin is off. let s get started with five things to know for this friday, march 24th overnight, significant breaking news the us launching strikes in syria. after an american contractor was killed in a drone attack. there are five other u. s. service members wounded. the pentagon suspects it wasn t iranian affiliated drone. developing news soon a top attorney, though for donald trump said testified today before the grand jury in the classified documents investigation. the new york times reports that evan corcoran is not intending to plead the fifth utah banning kids under 18 from using social media unless they get their parents permission. it is the first state to enact this type of law today, the united states and canada announcing a deal to turn away asylum seekers at their border, president biden set to
i m chris jansing in for jose diaz-balart. right now on capitol hill, democratic lawmakers are about to gather for a remembrance event marking two years since the deadly insurrection at the u.s. capitol lawmakers, staff and law enforcement fear for their lives after a pro-trump mob stormed the halls of congress. norma torres will account her experience on that terrible day. we re day four of an intense speakership battle where a group made up of 2020 election deniers is rebebl belling against kevin mccarthy s bid throwing congress into paralysis. mccarthy isn t backing down. we re going to make progress. we re going to shock you. why? why what? how are you going to shock us today? you re going to get there today? i don t know, you ll see progress. reporter: a brand now gnu jobs report shows a better than expected 222,000 jobs were added in december. we ll ask the labor secretary what this means for the state of our economy. also this hour, we ll take you live
let s get started! the final countdown of the election day in three of the most recent presidents are all held it out on the campaign trail. in the sand by state digging into key races just days ago. we ll go one-on-one with congresswoman debbie dingell but americans worry about political violence. plus! how are the latest lose about donald trump s potential 2024 run affect the midterms? well this country compared to election deniers on i ll pose that question to my panel of political experts. and later, elon musk lays off thousands of twitter employees. including the ones fighting disinformation. with election day just 72 hours away, is a social media company where detail without truth from lies? the all that and more coming right up! all right, good morning to you. i am sam stein. i m in for katie fang. thanks for starting your saturday with us. with more than 37 million votes already cast. candidates are getting ready for a big campaign events on this final weekend. be
supporters worst impulses. it s flailing around about the classified documents he stole as a judge prepares to make a decision on trump s request for a special master to decide if he can get the stolen property back or decide what happens to it next. we begin with the battle for the soul of the nation. topic of tonight s primetime speech by president biden. he ll deliver that speech in about an hour in front of independence hall in philadelphia one week after calling his predecessor s vision for america semifascist. biden will make the case that the fate of america s democracy is at stake. here s some of what he plans to say, that maga forces are determined to take this country backwards, backwards to an america where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love. for a long time we ve reassured ourselves that american democracy is guaranteed but it is not. we have to defend it. protect it. stand up for it. each
work through the weekend to pass a major tax climate, and health care plan. after almost a year of negotiations. the first votes expected to begin tomorrow afternoon. today, the senate s top democrat laid out key parts of the bill. this is a very, very, very big deal. including producing prescription drug costs, fighting climate, change closing tax loopholes for corporations in the wealthy, and reducing deficit. i believe we will have 50 votes to pass this legislation at the end of the day. as senator schumer said, this bill includes significant ways to have corporate america be more accountable. finally imposing a corporate minimum tax and another, attacks on companies doing stop by buybacks. this is a common practice when they have extra cash and they choose not to spend it on employees, or research and development. instead, they buy back stock to boost its price and hookup their shareholders. now they choose to do that, should this bill pass, they will be hit with a li