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quick transition. indictment of news going so good morning, everyone. its early. were glad youre with us. lets get started with five things to know for this wednesday, april 5th 2023 donald trump defiant after pleading not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records during a speech last night. he vowed to fight the charges. he railed against prosecutors and the judge. theres a new sheriff in town is a new mayor in town. talking about chicago cnn projects that progressive ...

secretary gina raimondo. >> plus, the republicans leadership challenge. >> get murkowski out of here because shes not a republican. >> how much influence does former president trump have on the gop? marylands republican governor rr larry hogan joins me. plus, pat cipollone testifies after cassidy hutchinsons explosive appearance. >> please dont go up to the capitol. were going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that happen. ill talk to committee member congresswoma...

pictures of gay couples kissing and embracing under the headline equal dignity. the culmination of decades of activism that set off jubilation and airful embraces -- tearful embraces. many a times follow-up, there was revelry is and soul searching on gay pride day. such cities as new york city and san francisco promised a sort of social catharsis of bicoastal toast to the nations rapid shift on gay rights and an extended curtain call for the movement that drove it. now, "the washing...

of 83. thank you, jim . >> dana: harris faulkner is up next. >> harris: breaking news, live pictures now. this is happening in tel aviv. a lot of people, were told hundreds, lining the streets gathering with posters of some 238 hostages being held by the hostage taking killers of hamas. israels military has moved deeper into gaza but the word on the street today is dont forget the hostages. some of them american, there are dozens of countries who have hostages among those who the hamas...

Projects the next mayor. will be liberal cook county commissioner brandon johnson. he beat the moderate former school school board session, say excuse me, school superintendent paul vallas, who ran on a pro police platform in a race that was heavily focused on chicagos violent crime problem next door in wisconsin, the race for a seat to the supreme court. it went to democrat backed janet produce a wits. she defeated the conservative candidate, daniel kelly, flipping controlled to liberals in a r...

The violent crime problem, the fentanyl issue. and we see prosecutor prosecutorial discretion is a very powerful thing. i go back to these are elected officials, and they are reflecting the will of the people and the opposition to the enforcement of these laws. so i think this is a strong stance, and i think its reflective and also why we see coverage of it, because we see that these are things, the open landscape for what this means for everyone on the ground, the impact on every american citiz...

Chicago mayor, lori lightfoot. she says she is planning to raise the spike in crime with him directly. just today, meanwhile, a gunman fired on a chicago police officer and two federal agents while they were in their car, near a police department. all three were taken to a hospital. they are thankfully expected to be okay. this shooting comes after chicago saw its deadliest weekend of the year. that was 100 people in the city shot, 18 of them killed, over a 72-hour period during the fourth of ju...

Anybody to find somebody better qualified for this job. director mueller has, throughout his lifetime, been a dedicated and respected and heroic public servant. he, after college, volunteered to serve as a marine in vietnam, where he was wounded in combat. he attended law school and then devoted most of his career to serving as a federal prosecutor, with the exception of brief stints in private practice, he served as united states attorney in two districts in massachusetts and in northern califo...

On. >> care to comment on that? >> well, of course i do. it just seems the president is so out of touch. he makes enemies where there are friends waiting to be made. both police chiefs want to meet the president and make sure we have the resources and stop violent crime. we need a commander in chief that wants to work hand in hand with us and not against us. there is a way to solve the violent crime problem in america, and its not by cutting homeland security grants, taking our resources away an...

Its about the tragedy that happened in a community. put a full court press together with law enforcement components and trying to be respectful that we dont jeopardize any part of an investigation. or a potential prosecution. or create debate among both sides. just using this issue. >> bret: i fully understand that, rich. i guess my point is how can the authorities stop someone who perhaps has no indication of trouble in the past? that is the real challenge. >> the challenge for law enforcement,...