Underway for donald trump and 18 allies to surrender any day in atlanta. Plus, the effort by his former Chief Of Staff to get this case moved. Also ahead, new reporting on why the Special Counsel wanted trumps tweets and a new warning from his former a. G. About trumps social media habits and the potential for more trouble. The latest on that legal labyrinth just ahead. And the death toll from the wildfires in hawaii, now over 100, 1,000 still missing and new reporting just in about when the president will visit the burn zone. Thanks so much for joining us. Its 10 00 eastern, im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york, and this morning the countdown is on for donald trump and his allies to surrender to authorities in georgia. The former president and his 18 codefendants have until high noon next friday to voluntarily surrender, and we have some new details about where the booking will happen. Atlantas Rice Street Jail. This as trumps former white house Chief Of Staff mark meadows is trying
donald trump defies legal advice one-on-one. the former president with a live speech. he also made a big admission about the classified document at the center of the classified indictment. plus, mike pence says he cannot defend trump s conduct while nickki haley is trying to get the answer just right. and dangles a potential pardon. and the house speaker breaks a floor freeze by hard-liners, establishment replicans will run out of what to give away. i m dana bash, let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, donald trump celebrates his 77th birthday at his golf club. look at the front pages of major papers, usa today, the wall street journal, the washington post, every head line flashes in big bold face type. the indictment is the political story of the moment. trump followed his federal court appearance with a defiant speech, to his team, the politics are clear and winning. but what is also clear, mr. trump is not helping his lawyers every time he
we are following all the developments in the house where lawmakers are on track to vote on a bill to raise the nation s debt limit. a key vote in this race to avoid default is just over two hours away and we re on it. u.s./china tensions soaring. a chinese fighter jet gets so close to a u.s. spy plane it causes turbulence. the pentagon is calling it an unnecessarily aggressive maneuver in international airspace. we ll have more on this close call ahead. and nasa tracking ufos. the space agency holding its first-ever public meeting on unidentified aerial phenomenon. the truth is out there. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. heading to the house floor with no time to lose. soon the house will hold a critical vote on president biden and speaker kevin mccarthy s debt ceiling deal, with the nation barreling toward june 5th, the day the treasury department says it will no longer bow able to pay its bills.
good morning, everyone and welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday. april 9th. i m amarillo walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for spending part of your easter sunday with us. i don t i don t really remember the easter speeches from childhood. i just know i gave a lot of them. did you used to speeches? i remember that some of that may be in a break. all right. here s what we re watching this morning a weekend of religious celebrations, but also escalating tensions in the middle east. the israeli military has carried out retaliatory attacks in syria, and we re live in jerusalem, with the latest on that happening now. pope francis delivering his easter message after presiding over mass at the vatican, his message to the world is coming up. the department of justice is investigating after trove of apparent u. s intelligence documents were posted on social media. what the documents show and the potential implications for the u. s and its allies. we got a chance. and oklaho
right here on cnn newsroom. rival us court rulings put access to a widely used abortion pill in jeopardy will tell you where the issue could be headed for a final resolution. two young black men expelled from the tennessee house of representatives over their protest following the nashville school shooting. here with their constituents have to say and separate attacks in the middle east. leave at least three people dead. we will go live to jerusalem for the latest live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with poland. two conflicting u. s federal court rulings have thrust the abortion debate back into the stop into the spotlight. access to medford. best crestone, a key medical abortion pill is now up in the air, with one federal judge ruling to suspend its approval from the food and drug administration and the other ruling to protect it. cnn legal analysts and former manhattan chief assistant district attorney explains what s at stake. most women now choose to do this medical