america s rivals? fred fleitz, ready to go, geared up and we ll be joined shortly. john: begin america reports with an indictment watch for former president trump as manhattan d.a. alvin bragg s motives are questioned by critics. john roberts in washington. happy tuesday, sandra. sandra: and john, you are warmed up yet again. sandra smith in new york city. the former president predicted he would be arrested today, but he is not expected to be arraigned until next week, the grand jury has another witness to hear from. john: the manhattan district attorney for the soft on crime approach is taking heat for what critics say is politically motivated. his office is firing back. sal wisenberg in a moment. bryan joins us live in studio. what is the latest from district attorney alvin bragg s office? the office has responded to jim jordan and house speaker kevin mccarthy s calls for bragg to testify to congress over the possible indictment of former president trump. the
connection, either a past or current employee. still waiting details. a lot unfolding. nate foy has the latest. what s the latest on the injured officers? one was in critical condition, one was currently in surgery. waiting for an update at 3:00, 1 was in emergency surgery in critical condition. the other officer s injuries are described as less serious. police believe the shooter was a current or former employee of the old national bank in downtown louisville. it s unclear if it was a self-inflicted gunshot wound or if he was shot by police. the shooting started at 8:30 this morning. louisville police, atf, fbi on scene investigating. we are seeing reports of local media reporting that a woman called her husband, she spent the shooting in a bank vault hiding from the shooter, horrific scene playing out, but you mentioned the quick police response, they were there within three minutes of getting the call. here is governor andy beshear talking about the heroic response from
thousand times. you can stick a gun in someone s face, ask them to empty the cash register. as long as nobody got hurt, only a misdemeanor. since taking office, downgraded 52% of felony cases to misdemeanors. years old hush money payment to a porn star we all forgot about, that the feds dismiss? that demands a full force of the law and upgraded felony charge. all of this should come as no shock. the fix was in from the start. here s brad campaigning on getting trump. lot of people are wondering whoever has this job, are they going to convict donald trump. that is the number one issue. i was the chief deputy in the attorney general s office. we sued the trump administration over 100 times. you believe it should happen? i believe we have the hold him accountable. house republicans right through bragg s political charade. he brags about lowering felonies to misdemeanors and not prosecuting. this wasn t something they would pursue. even this district attorney saying
conversations. two different takes on a controversial ruling out of texas, overturning fda approval of a drug used in medical abortions. we ll have much more about that and all the reaction to it just ahead. plus, local leaders in tennessee are working to reappoint two democratic lawmakers who were expelled from the state house there. and also ahead, former attorney general bill barr ranks the most pressing legal issues for donald trump and predicts another indictment is coming for the former president good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, april 10th i m alley i have day tally in for jonathan lemire. we begin with a string of gun violence over the holiday weekend including three mass shootings. it started in south carolina with a mass shooting at a beach during a high school graduation celebration. six were shot, including two teenagers. six were arrested on gun possession charges. in new orleans investigators are working to find a car who sp
in tennessee and late friday, a ruling on a abortion pill that could hav enormous implications for wome all across the country senator catherine cortez masto described that texas rulin with a word i can t say on television and that exclusive interview i coming up first. plus, what is next for justi j. pearson, one of the tennessee three who captivated this country this week i will ask him when he joins m in a few minutes meanwhile, after donald trump arraignment in new york, republicans stepped up their calls to defund the fbi and th doj. i will explain all the reasons why the gop is anything but in the party of law and order and later, what was th governor of california doing a alabama? i traveled to montgomery for a wide ranging conversation with governor gavin newsom. i asked him about gun reform abortion rights in the, trum indictment, and of course hi favorite foil, ron desantis. i try not to be alarmist on the show, but every now an then there is good reason to