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monday, april 1. >> april >> fools right now on cnn this morning donald trump preparing to return to the campaign trail, he had a pretty dark easter message for america, i would say what he said. the first pieces of the key bridge removed from the patapsco river cruise are racing to reopen critical port of baltimore and house speaker mike johnson getting advice from an unlikely source. it seemed maneuvers to try and keep his job all right. >> it is 05:00 a.m. here in washington alive. look at capitol hill and this easter good morning, everyone. i'm kasie hunt. it's wonderful to have you with us will begin with the striking contrast and messaging over the easter weekend, president biden went with uplifting traditional. >> this >> was his easter sunday post donald trump third in a different direction. he had

this all caps tirade on truth, social, happy easter to all, including cricket and corrupt prosecutors and judges that are doing everything possible to interfere with the presidential election of 2024 and put me in prison including those who completely and totally despise me because they want to destroy america. now, a flailing nation that's hopeful and uplifting >> biden >> also celebrated sunday as transgender day of visibility that false every year on march 31st, that did not include some on the right, including the house speaker, mike johnson from saying that the president was sharing the christian holy de, johnson posted on the platform formerly known as twitter. the american people are taking note here was democratic senator and pastor raphael warnock talking about the stark contrast intones we saw this weekend >> this is just one more instance of folks who have who do not know how to lead us trying to divide us and this is the opposite of the christian

faith, jesus centered the marginalize. he sent it the poor and in a moment like this, we need voices, particularly voices of faith, who would use our faith, not as a weapon to beat other people down. but as a bridge to bring all of us together >> all right. dring me now to discuss this. marianna alfaro. she's politics breaking news reporter for the washington post. marianna. good morning. thanks for being here on this easter monday >> so this has >> become a little bit par for the course, but it's still, i think important to remark on president biden, obviously a man of faith himself, his, his catholic faith has always been part of both his private but also his public persona. and he went with a very traditional approach here at the former president donald trump, going with the politics of grievance on again, we should note that religious holiday is about uplift and redemption and rising from the dead and all of that. what does this say about

the presidential race up broadly? and what we're heading for here in november of 2024. i mean, what we saw >> was a lot of attacks from trump's side. i don't know if you saw the truth. social post was just like a beverage of him criticize saying the investigators who are looking into his several cases and then coming after biden and call him all these names two and i think that that's just kinda become part of i think what we all see in this election and it's kind of a little concerning that people are so willing to be like, well, that's just trump being trump. but when you compare it with biden's very com very simple, easter sunday speech or remarks like that. very much quite opposing view right there. yes, certainly. i mean, the biden campaign wants to make sure that it doesn't get lost as just noise. right? that there is kind of focus on this that said, it does also play into their overall when they feel like they're on the best territory for them in terms of running against trump. >> it's trump as chaos, right?

which was some of what we saw over the weekend. yes >> i got i don't know if he shot, but before that, he tried to sell these $60 bibles and they were this kind of common from democrats saying you're, while you're trying to make money out of religion, tried to make money out of i'm trump endorsed bibles and, you know, just kind of appealing to that base of his. it's very christian and angelico, but the same time running with all of these comment and all of this hate democrats are trying to point out that that is just not how christians behave >> well speaking of christians, there was a christian behavior, i should say, there was a video so that trump posted leap friday, friday afternoon, that kight for the got a little bit lost in the holiday weekend. i'd like to show a little bit of that video if we can. it's from trump posted on his truth social platform. and it shows a pickup truck driving on on island with flags on the back of it >> and >> again, they said that they filmed this on long island when

an around the president attending the funeral for the slain nypd officer, and it shows president biden is a picture president biden on the back and he is hogtied and both the trump campaign and the biden campaign responded to this. the trump campaign saying, this is the beginning of the video and watch it as it comes into frame. and there you can see it on the back. again, this is a trump campaign repost. let's get that up on the screen as well, because i don't want us to just be acting like this is something we are showing. this is something that the trump campaign posted. that's enough. let's take it down >> the >> trump campaign spokesman said that picture was on the back of a pickup truck that was traveling down the highway. democrats and they say, can crazed lunatics, they're making a claim in that they've called for violence against president trump. i'm going to sit here and dispute that. they also make the re they claim again, they're recognizing the justice system, the biden campaign said, this image from trump is the type of crap you post when you're calling for a

bloodbath or when you tell the proud boys to stand back and stand by, i mean, it is very clear. i'm not sure i've ever seen an image like that of a sitting president in this context. and again, they can't control what supporters do, but they sure is how can control what donald trump puts on his social feed. and this is something that he recirculated yes >> that was a very violent images, you mentioned. and it goes back to all of these comments. i'm the president biden, the democratic campaigns, saying that he is trying to two and democracy, no trump is calling for all those violence. he's trying you know, we don't know what would happen if he loses again and then come january, would be another january 6 and they're trying to warn that and again, i think that there's this issue when you see polling democrats put the threat to democracy at the top of their concerns meanwhile, republicans are not pulling that high on that issue. they're talking about immigration there, traveling and economy. and i think that there's quite discover munsi about who sees these messages as an actual attack on american democracy and who just like waves them off as being again trumping,

trump. >> what and this is also something saying that is very personal for president biden. i mean, obviously in this case, it's violence against president biden, but i mean, they referenced charlottesville in their statement. right. and what happened there and that has always been a moment that for president biden was galvanizing. i mean, he has said out loud it was a big part. the reason why he wanted to run in 2020, and he also will say that he has acknowledged much to the chagrin, frankly, it was aids sometimes that he's only running now because he's running against trump. one sees it is that important for these reasons? no. yes >> again, i kids always been trying to emphasize that america needs to be united, that we have all these differences. and he is a candidate that can meet those central pressed and those moderate tendon, like never trump republicans somewhere because again, that's a big population of voters who are tired of seeing all of this stuff. we were not used to seeing this level of political rhetoric before. it was so violent and so hateful. and i think that there's still that effort by the biden campaign to new really the nail that. but

they're still struggling to get the message across to all of these like pro trump voters who just haven't been able to let go of all of that denial. let's amend and hatred towards others. well, the mega, the maga base is obviously extraordinarily strong, uh, for donald trump, but there is a ceiling, there because there are very many americans who, who do reject this. let's, let's make sure we emphasize that on, again this easter monday, mary on al-farabi thank you very much for being here. i really appreciate it coming up next here, protesters in israel ramp up the pressure on benjamin netanyahu as he faces calls to resign, see wages, war with hamas plus tornadoes, hail, snow, and floods all in the forecast over the next few days, it's a little biblical. >> and king charles >> making his most significant public appearance since he started that's your treatments >> check. >> we hear nothing. >> the space shuttle accidents usually not one thing. it's a series of events is that part of the wing coming apart >> space shuttle columbia, final flight premieres sunday at nine on cnn

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shop. now that sleep number.com, cnn central. today at 70 welcome back. >> thousands of protesters flooding the streets of israel on sunday for a second night in a row demanding immediate elections and the release of more than 100 hostages. >> still >> many held by hamas. cnn's max foster joins us live now with more max. good morning at what is the root of this pressure on netanyahu >> i think broad support obviously for the war against hamas within israel is just about how best to handle it and how to get those hostages home. so a lot of the aza understand that, a lot of the chants in that in that crowd were familiar ones that we had before the war a lot of anti-government slogans, but also slogans around releasing the hostages the desperate to get them back. obviously and they don't think that know who has the right strategy. he's

obviously under pressure from extreme right parties who very much see the only solutions getting the hostages back as by coming down harder on her mass and there are people with different views. so you're seeing more political protests of the, in the country now, we are several months into this war. a lot of frustration frankly about how it's being handled by netanyahu and maxine >> oh, there's this really interesting twist here because really this is all about if in fact there are gonna be new elections, it's about whether or not this very tenuous coalition that benjamin netanyahu has hangs together. and it involves both the right and then also some more centrist elements. and there's a big question about conscription. every single military age israeli has to serve in the army except ultra-orthodox who've had a religious exemption all the way along that exemption apparently is now in question. >> and the >> significance of that is that

no matter which way netanyahu goes on it, it may fracture the coalition in either direction and spark new elections. i mean, what do you make of that development and do you think that may be? the straw that breaks the camel's back, so to speak >> well, a lot of his supporters say he would win an election, a little polling suggests he wouldn't win an election. currently, he's got a war cabinet, which is this unified a group of parties, as you say, and that's keeping him in power. so he has an interest in keeping that together. and the test will be whether or not for some of the more left-leaning parties eventually pulled out of that. and that's when he's really in trouble, but he's currently just very focused on the right and just taking this view which the americans have really uncomfortable with going in harder and harder on hamas in new areas. and he's still going ahead with his plans, go into rafah, which the love of his coalition partners have a real problem with yeah, now >> for sure >> maximally also asked >> you on a different topic, but when i know that you follow

so closely, king charles attended easter services over the weekend his first real public appearance since his cancer diagnosis. what are we? >> see from charles? obviously, we wish him well >> well, i turned out that yesterday. i we're just expecting to see charles of a slim down service because the doctors have advised him because of his immunity under the current treatments that he should be in. he shouldn't be meeting the public and that was the last bit of advice. we heard about b can see here he goes into the church i was with a whole load of fans outside and some of them were allowed in. you see them here? they were thrilled to bits. and then charles actually went over to them and was shaking hands without gloves. and i think this is a big symbol of reassurance really with him. and the princess both suffering from cancer right now, he's now confident enough to go and speak to the public. so his first public engagement as doctors are currently happy

with that. i spoke to a source saying future engagements are still the subject of medical advice, but this wasn't encouraging sign of how treatment is progressing. and we looked as we look towards the sun and how the road ahead is looking positive. so this was a big moment actually for the monarchy, which has been under so much pressure here. >> yeah, really significant and encouraging. it makes sense. everything you say about the importance of the optics of him doing that, trying to send that message of strength max foster for us in london, max, thank you. i always appreciate see you tomorrow. >> all right. coming up next a challenging cleanup operation now underway at the site of the collapsed key bridge in baltimore, plus the republican congressman whseemed to suggest t that nuclear weapons e dropped on gaza will bring you back >> get your viewing glasses ready eclipse across america, live next monday at one

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good morning to you. thanks for being with us. i'm kasie hunt, the house speaker, mike johnson, dismissing threats from inside his own party to try to oust him here's what johnson said last night on fox >> how does this motion to vacate help went back the majority or when a bigger majority >> i don't think it does and i think all of my other republican colleagues recognize this as a distraction from our mission. again, the mission is to save the republic. and the only way we can do that is if we grow the house majority win the senate. and when the white house, so we don't need any dissension right now. >> cnn is now reporting that days after course woman marjorie taylor greene filed the motion that would potentially spark johnson's removal of speaker began strategizing what we would describe as an unlikely ally, congressman matt gaetz, these same matt gaetz who spearheaded the effort to oust former speaker kevin mccarthy. hey, it's told cnn quote, i gave the speaker some unsolicited

advice that we've got to get into a fighting posture. i was very pleased with how the speaker received that advice even if dates is in his corner, johnson will still have to navigate some nasty intraparty politics over ukraine aid johnson telling fox news, he does expect to bring the aid package forward. when congress returns from recess during me now to discuss all this punchbowl news, congressional report, or make a cell nar and axios congressional reporter stephen newcomb, i think you guys both very much for being here. good morning to you. >> stephen. let me start with you on marjorie taylor greene. and what's going on here. it does seem as though she has she could have been more aggressive and how she filed this motion. right. she's sort of raised it, put it out there, and then they went home for recess. there's some questions about how we go forward, but i do think it was interesting. johnson was clear with less than on fox that he's going to go forward for ukraine, that might mean that he needs democrats to save him. what are the dynamics here? >> yeah i mean, marjorie taylor greene said when she filed the motion to vacate, which is sort of just like you said, floating on the house floor, right now,

that what would be a triggering event for her is the speaker going forward with ukraine aid and that what we've seen in the reporting is that he's going to move forward with that. so that's going to be i think a dynamic that comes to a head when they get back next week >> so mika, it's let's also remind everyone just how difficult johnson's job is with the size of his majority it's really the smallest. certainly in modern times and this is one of the things that marjorie taylor greene wrote about on the platform formerly known as twitter last week, she writes, quote, it's unit party speaker johnson, not conservative speaker johnson. she says, look kids, it's simple math if republicans leave, keep leaving early, we're going to lose the house under speaker johnson, george santos was expelled, a democrat, won his gallagher is leaving. she's referring to mike gallagher, who is thought of as a promising young up and coming republican, leaving past the deadline for his district to hold a special election to replace him, which of course means that the majority is

going to be even more narrow >> she's pointing out >> the reality, what's the significance of her posting this? >> yeah. i mean, i think that a lot of this has been evident in this congress. and i think that speaker johnson isn't a position where he he realizes that he has to work in a bipartisan manner if he's going to be at the top of leadership. and i think that's frustrated a lot of his right flank, including marjorie taylor greene, who obviously also has issues with many. members who are also house conservatives and the rift there. so i think that there's a lot of outrage about this, and i think that johnson center really difficult position where he's like having to be in a position of leadership, having to work with democrats. and i think that his mom's are starting to realize that, but are very unhappy about it. >> yeah. i mean, there's some any here, right? >> like they ousted >> kevin mccarthy for working less with democrats than mike johnson's going to have to do more to keep his job. >> well >> with their sort of backing him into a corner to have to

work with democrats. i mean, we've heard we can take ukraine aid, for example everybody on capitol hill, bipartisan mitch mcconnell in the senate, say urgent need for ukraine aid and there's one person on capitol hill who is in control of the path forward there. and they're putting him into a position with their sort of conservative pushback to have to partner with democrats in the house. >> careful what you wish for, sometimes, right? >> all right. >> another just to change gears for a second another member of the republican conference i'm had some controversial remarks just >> put it >> put it mildly. he was talking about the war in gaza and he seemed to suggest that nuclear weapons might be appropriate. let's just watch the clip. let's watch what he said and then we'll discuss. take a look >> we should it should be like

97 years so we do need to note here that the video appears to have been distributed online by a person affiliated with a >> democratic advocacy group the congressman's office, released the transcript in reaction to the distribution of the video. and here's his statement, mika, in a shortened clip, i used a metaphor to convey the need for both israel and ukraine to win their wars to swiftly as possible without putting american troops in harm's way. my reasoning was the exact opposite of what is being reported the quicker these wars end, the fewer innocent lives will be caught in the crossfire i will just say that's a heck of a way to say that fewer lives will be lost what do you make of his remarks >> yeah. i mean, i think that's really escalated rhetoric and i think that he's gotten a lot of pushback on what was seen on video, but i will say that the war has really driven a wedge between lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. i think that this is going to be an issue that's going to be really critical in 2024. and you see a lot of demos crowds getting pushback from progressive activists and

even people going against the biden administration, you're going to see republicans really in a difficult position to with, between supporting israel on how far they should go in terms of how when is enough, enough. and you see all these calls here for what's going on. and then yahoo this government as well. so it's very, very emotional. it's very divisive >> stephen, what what is your reporting on this >> particular question? because i know it's put a lot of especially progressive alpha1 jewish members of the democratic party in a tough spot. >> yeah, i mean, it's like you said, a lot of them in a tough spot there is a bipartisan concern census on capitol hill of the need to support israel. >> what we've >> seen over the last couple of months, last couple of weeks specifically, is sort of this shift. senate majority leader chuck schumer gave that speech on the senate floor, calling for elections and israel that was sort of a tipping point. and people responded with democrats responded to that supporting hip i think within

israeli politics that is, that is something that has soured that relationship between the democratic party specifically and israeli leaders all right >> mucus owner steven newcomb. thank you, guys both very much for being here this morning. i appreciate it >> all right. today, secretary of state antony blinken leaves for paris on a trip to france and belgium. he's going to set out by meeting with french president emmanuel macron, seeking unity on ukraine and israel. cnn's nic robertson is live in london for us with more on this. nic. morning. always good to see you. how will support from allies that help the us with these two conflict and what is the agenda for blinken? >> yeah i think it's worth saying, of course, european allies in france in particular, we'll be looking to the us to stump up the money in the same way that they finally got the european union to do many tens of billions of dollars of money for ukraine, giving the ukrainians the ability to plan their military campaigns. and of course that money in the united states is very much

stuck. so the french will be looking to see what they can learn from blinken on that issue. but the french this weekend actually, they're armed defenses. minister said that france was going to be sending hundreds of old secondhand, if you like, armored fighting vehicles two to, ukraine, that these would come over this year and next year. so that's important for ukraine. the french also saying that they'll supply some surface that ms some longer range missiles that ukraine desperately needs to shore up its air defenses but i think from from the us perspective, it is really going to be looking to see how much the europeans can do in the shorter term until and f, the united states can organize the huge economic support that ukraine, his desk we're looking for. we heard over the weekend a ukrainian president landscape saying that they may

have to fall back on some frontline positions because they simply don't have the armaments there. and the belgians as well have talked about the adair hundreds of millions of dollars worth of military commitment. the europeans various different nations are making commitments have made commitments on building more production facilities for artillery pieces, which ukrainians are in desperate need of. so i think this is going to be a discussion about what more can be done to try to keep ukraine going. and in the fight when russia seems to be the one making the frontline gains at the moment, albeit small so speaking of russia neck and they're kind of conduct hear sounds like vladimir putin is trying to increase military conscription, trying to add a tens of thousands more people to the front lines. what do we know about that push and what does it say about how russia is

looking at this? >> yeah, so russia has announced the biggest construction since the war began it generally does this typically over six months cycles, 150,000 conscripts is looking for between the ages of 18 to 30. they've up the age from the upper limit from 27 to 30. so that tells you they're throwing the net of conscription wider. it's worth noting here that since the war began, russia has conscripted more than half 1 million people into their fighting force now they say these conscripts don't go and fight in ukraine, but i think what this tells you is that the russians neater, pour more troops into ukraine because they're losing troops in ukraine. and these conscripts will go and backfill around basis and other parts of the country and other functions those more trend military personnel would be going to be

began to ukraine to take up dude, is there so at this really does speak to how much putin needs more mental fight all right, nic robertson for us, live in london, nick, thanks very much for being here. i appreciate it >> all right. next here, a letter from a newspaper editor to every reader who supports donald trump plus the men's final form matchups are set bleacher report just ahead >> get your viewing glasses ready, and experience so rare, it won't happen again for another two decades. joint cnn for live code original round the country of the spectacle in the skies, eclipse across america, live next monday at one on cnn or streaming on macs. >> want to know a secret. >> more than just my armpit sting that's why i use secret whole body deodorant everywhere, four out of five gynecologists would recommend whole body deodorant, which gives you 72 hour odor protection from your fits to your secret full body deodorant

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questions facing us. as journalists. it is something that i think about quite literally every single day when i wake up up to join all of you and it is especially true in the wake of january 6, which affected me both personally professionally in addition to of course, having enormous implications for our democracy. >> this >> is why this all stood out to me, the cleveland plain dealer decided they wanted to address this with their readers head on over the weekend the editor chris quinn, writes this, the north star here is truth. we tell the truth even when it offends some of the people who pay us for information. the truth is that donald trump undermine faith in our elections in his false bid to retain the presidency he sparked an insurrection intended to overthrow our government and keep himself in power. no president in our history has done worse joining me now is chris coyne. he is the editor of the plain dealer and cleveland.com. chris, thank

you so much for being here. it's an honor to have you. >> good morning >> so i loved how you approached this because you started with your readers, with the people who write to you about this. many of them, of course, our supporters of donald trump and you write it's some of them are more thoughtful than others. shall i say? >> but this is something that i have wrestled with >> because there are so many people in the country who support donald trump and many of them have reasons for doing that. that have to do with the circumstances that they face. we don't want to lose empathy fee for those people. we don't want to not speak to those people to be advocates and helpful in terms of providing those people with information. but you sat down and you grappled with this question and you tried to explain why you're doing what you're doing in the way that you're doing it. can you explain a little bit more of that to all of us right now? >> yeah. this is a very challenging piece to write. it actually took me almost six months to get my thoughts

together. i get two kinds of correspondence from trump's supporters and one is not nice. it's very condescending and sneering and i kind of chalk that up to people who had felt left out of society. donald trump gave them a club of the two participate in. and there's nothing i can say or do to help them understand what we're doing. but the other half right me with great courtesy and implore me for an explanation. >> they they >> they say you are dismissing a large segment of the country when you say that donald trump is the monster you describe him as. and i don't see him that way. what do you say to me these are people that watch fox news or newsmax and they believe it because they appears credible than they come to our platforms and see the opposite in there. flicked it because they like us, they redis for the sports coverage and the local moos or what have you said? >> this was for them? i had to

i owed them some sort of an explanation. and the reason it was so difficult as i don't want to demean them, i don't want to criticize them, but i can't stray from the truth the truth is, this guy is a monster. he is the worst president in history and many people understand that those who get their news from not credible sources believe what they're hearing yeah. i will just say i think that the decline in our local media has a crisis for many, many reasons, but not least is that you, as a local paper have a level of trust with people in your communities that is simply not possible to establish when you are a national news organization. and i think that that really comes through in this piece that you wrote and you said another piece of this to your point about what the truth is. you said trust your eyes, trump on january 6, launched the most serious threat to our system of government since the civil war

you know that you saw it. and just before that you write, this is not subjective. we all saw it plenty of leaders today tried to convince the masses. we did not see what we saw, but our eyes don't deceive us i think that this is the piece of it that gets me because i was there on that day and i looked out the window and i saw these people trying to attack the capital. and then now half of the political leaders are trying to say no, actually that thing that you saw with your own eyes did not happen was it that that really was the thing that underscored this the most to you as well >> yeah. and look, it's heartbreaking what you're seeing today. i come from a state where we've had senators like george voinovich and john glenn, people who would never had stood by during these recent years and allowed what's happened to happen. and today, we have jd vance and we might have bernie moreno, whose claim to fame is they want to be puppets for donald trump. and it's not what we should be

about. and that's why i referenced that new yorker piece. >> in what i wrote. because new yorker had a book review that looked back and said, the reason hitler came to the fore wasn't because a bunch of people went and voted to have a fascist leader it was because the people in government, in trying to get power for themselves a him >> and that allowed >> him to rise. that's what we have going on. everybody knows what the truth is that the people in congress were there, they were under threat from it. but for expedience, they're denying it happened do you think that those people who are looking to enable donald trump, as you >> say, what is the level of culpability here? i mean, obviously you're talking about trump himself and his the actions that he takes and his role in trying to hang on to power. but these enablers mean what responsibility do they bear

>> i think they have full responsibility. i think journalists who veer from the truth are going to end up having full responsibility. look, we're a regional news term and we're we're doing what we're actually one of the local newsrooms is kinda figured it out and were thriving. and we're not in any danger of going away but we have our limited influence and so we're doing what we can. >> we >> ask ourselves, what's the right thing to do here? the right thing to do is to call this out, not to say hey, there's two sides to donald trump. there weren't two sets to tunnel trump. >> anybody who's been watching >> and trying to discern what the truth is here, knows that this guy tried to destroy our entire system of government. and will do so again, somebody has to say it. i wish people like dave joyce it's a congressman from ohio who's a good guy, would stand up and just announce it because if you started to have a few people of good conscience do that, maybe

we could stop this wave, which is frightening beyond belief. >> well, i'm very grateful that you took the time to join us today chris and i do commend reading this column. i will again say this is something i think about literally every single day because we do want to be a resource, a place for people who want to support donald trump or who feel dissatisfied with the system in their own lives i just had to make sure that those ears are continuing to be open to us is one is a challenge that i grew up with every day and i really appreciated at reading this. i hope you come back >> thank you for having me have a good morning. thanks. chris quinn, editor of the cleveland plain dealer. >> thank you >> our time now for sports alabama, nc state, purdue, and uconn after a dramatic sunday of college hoops, the men's final four is sad that carolyn nano has the mornings bleacher report, karatay. good morning. good morning. kasie, the one seeds that a lot of people expected to be there are there and we are getting a cinderella of sorts, i guess 11 seed nc state, they wouldn't say they are are led by a pair of super

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>> i don't think people realize like it's not personal via caitlin clark, don't hate each other. like i want everybody to understand that. >> it's just >> a super competitive the game in like i just wish people realize that like once i get between those lines is no friends. >> that game was such a catalyst kasie for so much interest around the women's game. this is must-see tv later tonight. >> it's absolute must see tv. and i got to tell, you know, nobody asked >> the guys are competitive i mean, my goodness, i forgot or we don't have that we don't have enough time >> absolutely. i love it. >> all right. very good for carolyn. >> thank you. i appreciate it. you soon coming up next here, the battle for voters of color, president biden conceding he can't win in november without them. plus 50 million americans facing the threat of floods, tornadoes, and even april snow we'll rahm. >> and >> trucks. or what do you do truck month better than anyone else you do trucks that work

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