unions, that would only make his legacy greater. of course, howard shultz not a fan of unions. this is all going to play out in the next couple months. there is a new ceo stepping in. that could change the game. howard shultz, one of the last acts is testifying before the senate before he leaves his job as ceo about the very issue that has been really important to the workers for a year and a half now. >> and we'll be watching and you'll be covering. poppy is very interesting in this. she interviewed him. >> yeah. exactly. >> if you have not said he would show up for this and they would subpoena him. >> there would be a subpoena coming, for sure. >> thank you. "cnn this morning" continues right now. the president of the united states thus wrote a personal check for the payment of hush money as part of a criminal scheme to violate campaign

finance laws. >> good morning. listen, we don't know what happened if there is going to be an indictment. they say it's pointing that way. no one knows. good morning, everyone. poppy is off. the testimony you just saw that, was from four years ago. now will this be the case that finally sticks against the former president sflum -- donal trump? >> we're tracking a violent mexican drug cartel that written an alleged apology letter saying, sorry for the deadly kidnapping of four americans that killed two of them. did they actually turn over their own gunmen? we'll investigate. >> new trouble for tiger woods. his ex-girlfriend is now suing and trying to tear up a nondisclosure agreement. we're going to discuss all of.

that but we're going to begin with this story that we told you off the top. donald trump hush money and a potential indictment that could be coming soon. "the new york times" is reporting the district attorney's office here in manhattan is signalling trump will face criminal charges over hush money payments to the adult film actress stormy daniels. but this is not a slam dunk. the case could pose a big challenge for prosecutors. the times reports the former president was told he could appear before a manhattan grand jury next week if he wishes to testify. a strong indication that an indictment could soon follow. trump repeatedly denied having an affair with stormy daniels and he denies telling his long time fixer michael cohen to buy her silence for $130,000 right before the 2016 presidential election. but cohen insists that he has the receipts, personal checks, signed by the former president to reimburse him. the senior legal affairs correspondent is paula reid. she is following this story this morning in washington. good morning to you. the d.a. is giving trump the

chance to testify. do you think he'll take it? >> i do not. we know that his lawyers have recently met with the district attorney and they're concerned. we're seeing this uptick in activity in this investigation. this am probe has been going on for five years. we have seen this parade of high profile witnesses, close associates of the former president. kellyanne conway and hope hicks going to receive before this grand jury. i do not think it is likely that former president will join that parade of witnesses going before the grand jury. in a statement last night, a spokesman dismissed this as insane. but the fact that the invitation has been extended signals that this investigation is likely wrapping up and that an indictment is possible. >> so, paula, this is obviously a major development. but it's a complicated legal theory that the manhattan district attorney is trying to apply here. there are a lot hinging on his former attorney michael cohen who has been convicted, right, and served time.

it is a strong case? >> we know a lot about this. this case has been out there for years. some people -- some have been investigated. in have been charactered. we know a lot of the basic facts of the case. it's a fact. this conduct is approximately seven years old. at the core this is a paperwork crime that has to be prosecuted on a novel legal theory in new york and the witness at the center of all this is michael cohen. don, you know, you interviewed him. you spoke with him. every time he speaks in public, the issue of the former president comes up. he appears pretty fixated on former president trump being charged in any good defense attorney would seize on that and the fact he is a convicted liar to try to undermine his credibility. and you really need a credible witness to support a case like this. so the larger question is why is the district attorney digging back into this now? we know that he's under a lot of political pressure. it is possible that they have

unearthed some additional evidence. but based on what we know now, this is not the strongest case that the former president is possibly facing. as compared to something like down in georgia where they're looking into his efforts to interfere with the election outcome. you have recordings, documents, something like that even though the former president's attorneys will admit they're less concerned about. >> did he go to jail for brokering this deal. you see what i'm saying? >> he had a lot of legal problems. personal legal problems with the irs, his business dealings, beyond just this hush money payment. i think intelligent minds can disagree. i think at this point it's the case against the former president and it is not terribly strong based on the fact that we know but we don't know everything. >> right on. thank you, paula reid. speaking of the 2024 race this morning florida grofrn ron desantis is going to iowa amid expectations that he is going to

be running for president potentially in 2024. something he has not announced yet. his first visit to the gop's first nominating state is coming ahead. it expected potential launch. that is not expected to happen until at least the end of the legislature session in florida. but ron desantis is already polling in the top tier. second so far only in several of them to former president trump. >> we're live in des moines, iowa this morning. i know you've been speaking with a bunch of voters on the ground. do they still want to hear from desantis? what are you hearing from them? >> good morning that, is exactly the issue that any republicans here in iowa have. there is high anticipation for the florida governor to make the first trip here to iowa. he is going to be speaking in davenport, iowa, eastern edge of the state and coming to demoin. two public paernss. behind the scenes, i'm told, he's going to be having several

meetings with republicans. some top republicans here. they're from a soft launch to a book toor to exploration for president. it's not official, of course. they have the earliest voice in the republican nominating contest. they can stick with donald trump. take a listen to what we found. >> in iowa, breakfast is served with a hearty side of politics. >> welcome to the west side conservatives. talk has alreadturned to the en the campaign revolving around one question above all. >> we like him. the question is, can he win? >> he, of course, is donald trump. who remains at the center of the conversation at a regular gathering of loyal conservatives that kim schmitt presides over. >> right now, he is closer to getting that majority probably in the party than anyone else.

but it didn't work last time and we're concerned about that. >> reporter: a clear sense of trump fatigue has set in among many republicans. but not terry pierce. he's still proudly wears his make america great again hat and believes to his core the former president can win again. >> i think donald trump is the only one that can lead us back to where we were in 2020. >> reporter: others are more blunt. >> i'm a trump supporter. if he's not on the ballot, i'm going to write him in. >> so voters there often really reveal something about the mindset of the electorate. right there the voter said if he's not on the ballot, i'll write him in. that sis a dilemma facing republicans. what do do you? that is a question playing out. will they support the ultimate nominee? that is getting ahead of ourselves. right now, we're at the beginning of the phase of the presidential campaign.

one other thing i picked up this is not a two man race. the fact that former south carolina governor nikki haley campaigning here, more than other candidates. and republicans, the bottom line is they're in a couple of camps. you're either with donald trump and believe he is the one that can restore the party, win back the white house, or you were looking for an alternative. yes, the florida governor is at the top of the list for many people now. they want to see him. but there are also many other choices. the iowa caucuses have a long storied history of humbling frontrunners and a sort of rising or elevating other candidates. so, that is the issue here when the florida grofrnovernor comes. he has meeting behind me later today. this is his first soft appearance. but he has many more stops. voters want to hear from him and see if he can live up to all the hype. >> yeah. that's a really good point. we don't know where this is going. luckily you were talking to the voters to find out. jeff, thank you so much.

i want to bring in alyssa griffin, former white house communications director under former president trump. jeff makes a really good point. yes, we're focusing on where die san ' -- desantis is going. nikki haley has been all over the state. asa hutchison is considering a run has been there. >> who's going to be on later. everyone wants to see desantis and trump. but there -- it's early. >> it's so early. i remind folks that at this time in 2015 ahead of 2016 jeb bush was the unequivocal front-runner. can trump drag and if not doing as well, could desantis peak? sure. a lot of early polling which i'm skeptical of has trump massively outperforming desantis at this point. i think until he's a formally announced candidate, it's hard to see that head-to-head. there are other going to be only candidate that get into the race. >> yeah.

>> it's anyone's race at this time. >> can we talk about this possible indictment? not a slam dunk. everyone is saying sitcoming? -- is it coming? we don't know for sure. what is your response? >> this, you know, not a lawyer, this is probably the case that trump's least afraid of. of the plethora of lawsuits, of different investigations he's facing, two within the department of justice, the carol case, the fulton county case, this is one that trump world prepared to hit back fit goes the way that we're anticipating to say this is the liberals still trying to undo the 2016 election. this is a weak campaign finance case. i don't know that i think this is a slam dunk. my other caution is this. trump is usually embolden when he looks like he's under attack. as we saw after the march qulag y -- mar-a-lago raid, they rallied around donald trump saying this is unprecedented. this is an overstep of justice. i anticipate you may see this. >> they said he wasn't going to

run until -- i don't know if that's true. remember they said he wasn't going to run until that raid happened. and then this sort of embolden him. i'm going to do it now. >> emboldens his base. he positions himself. i'm your retribution. i'm taking the spears and arrows for you. i think it may help him. doesn't mean justice shouldn't be served. something like this is hardly going to be trump's undoing. >> i think he was always going to run. it was a rallying cry he used at the time. you mentioned snag is inter -- something that is interesting. ron desantis is not the only grof glof governor in this race. yunkin really got to his office using channeling anger over children's education. he was on cnn last night doing a town hall on education. he had this answer about transgender students. governor, your policies require that students play on the sports teams and use the rest rooms

that correspond with their sex at birth. look at me. i'm a transgender man. do you think the girls in my high school would feel comfortable sharing a restroom with me? >> so first of all, thank you for, again, asking the question and being here tonight. we need gender neutral bathrooms so people can use a bathroom that they're comfortable with. i think sports are very clear. i don't think it's controversial. i don't think that biological boys should be playing sports with biological girls. >> i was really fascinated by the whole town hall. what did you make of that answer? >> so this issue kind of, some of the rights war with the transgender community. you see how overblown it is when you put a face to that community. the culture wars are animating but so destructive in a general election. there are clear policy answer that's could deal with the issues of how do we deal with bathrooms and sports? glen yunkin was winning when he

was talking about getting kids back in the classroom after covid. education choice. i think these issues are a lot more dicey. they impact families and they see their families in the faces of those people that are targeted. >> yeah. >> good to hear from a transgender student there. as adults, it's easier and new york city, you know, we live here, there are gender neutral bathrooms. it is tougher in schools. but usually it's just a gender neutral bathroom and maybe there is a common space where everybody goes to wash their hands. tough in schools. >> yeah. >> seems simple. >> thank you. good to see you. >> a lot of topics. thank you. hn norfolk southern ceo grilled by senators over the train derailment last month in east palestine, ohio. >> i want to begin today by expressing how deeply sorry i am for the impact this derailment has had on the residents of east

palestine and the surrounding communities. >> the february 3rd train derailment resulted in the release of toxic chemicals into the air, water and soil leaving residents fearful it is not safe to stay in their homes. they have given $21 million already to help east palestine. they pressed them to commit more funds and resources to the community, particularly for health care. >> you talked about covering the needs of the people of east palestine. does that include paying for their health care needs? all of their health care needs? >> senator, we're going to do what is right for the citizens -- >> will it cover their health care needs. will do you that? >> everything is on the table, sir. >> now there was a really remarkable moment as this hearing was going on. over an hour into shaw's testimony, this happened -- >> mr. shaw, the news is reporting that there is just

been a significant derailment in alabama of one of your trains. i certainly hope that all of your team and anybody in the vicinity is safe and well. >> that was another norfolk train derailment. this time in my home state, alabama. it is northeast, about 80 miles of birmingham, alabama. that happened at 6:45 a.m. the day that the ceo was testifying. crews were seen riding overturned train cars and initial reports indicate that 30 cars ultimately derailed. so far, no reports of injuries. no reports of toxic leaks. those are two really important details. new this morning, norfolk southern said they found loose wheels on a series of the wheel cars in springfield ohio cars last week. so what is behind all this? ryan young is live in alabama at the scene of that derailment that happened yesterday. it's just remarkable that we keep talking about this and this happened hours before the ceo was testifying before congress.

>> yeah. kaitlan, when you think about this in calhoun county, you can see the train just behind us. we've been able to get extremely close to it. luckily this was in an area that is remote and there is almost a one lane road that leads to this location. can you see that train right now. that rail workers are working to right up a little later on. at some point, they'll be af to move it and move this e heavy machinery in to move the trains. we have an our eye in the sky. take a look at this derailment. you can see from above the destruction created here. luckily, the residents that are near here are not affected by this. but look at that destruction. look at the machine that they had to bring in to move these trains back on to the track at some point. they brought new tracks in so they can fix this. you can see the wood line right there. we are about a mile away from

any heavy residential area. but at the same time, you understand why america is focused on this right now. when you see a derailment like this you're concerned about the folks who live nearby, especially after what happened in ohio. but look at this destruction. we need to figure out from the ntsb what caused this. the question here now is what led up to this crash right before that ceo was talking? you have norfolk southern and their operations here now trying to put this together. all the hotels in this area are actually full with workers who are back out here obviously at first light like we are right now. to start putting this back together. it's something to see, especially from the sky when you see the trains derailed and those containers there. we've been able to make it to this location. hopefully we'll be table to talk to the investigators later this afternoon. >> it is amazing for people to see -- see this drone going over the train cars. there are about 30 of them. >> that's live. >> yeah.

this drone is flying over it right now. ryan, here's my question on this, is -- it feels like we're hearing more and more about the derailments. people are worried it's going to happen. there are so many places just like this in calhoun county where they have a train that runs through the backyard or neighborhood. is it a pattern? it is happening more often or paying attention more, ryan? >> that is the scary part. you know this. people who live near train tracks sort of have this love/hate relationship. you live in your house. you get to the point where you don't hear the train go by anymore. everyone knows they have to wait for some of the trains to pull through. they're also concerned, especially after what happened in ohio, about their livelihood. nobody wants to have one of these trains derail near their home with any toxic chemicals or anything onboard like that. luckily in this case we don't have that situation. look, we had to work our way back to this location and then get the drone up in the air for you to even be able to see it.

it is so rural in in location. then you add on the fact that there is all this rain. you're hoping investigators can get back there and figure was this a malfunction? did a wheel come off? did something dart out in front of the track? we don't have that information right now. obviously for the communities that live next to the train tracks this is some of the most important news conference they can have. they want to know what's going on with the trains. >> absolutely. we do too. bryan young, thank you. let us know what you find out. also this morning, russia, we're learning, launched a total of 95 missiles across ukraine over the last day alone. now we're getting a bigger look, better assessment of the damage. the former defense secretary is going to join us to talk about his view next. and later, an alleged apology letter from the mexican cartel after that deadly kidnapping of american citizens. we'll tell you what it says. the only smart bed in the world that actively cools, warms

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city. moscow launched 95 missiles over the last 24 hours. ukrainian officials say russia is targeting the energy grid like this power plant in kyiv. let's bring in mark esper. the ukraineian energy minister says russia is using a new tactic in this large-scale offensive against ukrainians. what does this tell you about the strategy right now? they're doing all of the cities, they seem to be bombarding them. the strategy is ramping up. >> well, the sense is what was at the attack in the last 24, 48 hours was retribution for an attack committed by the u kranian wnz russia. the response is hit them hard with 95 plus missiles. use a range of ballistic missiles, hyper sonics, cruise, drones. what you find out when you dig deeper is they're using air defense missiles and anti-ship

missiles to attack ukraine's infrastructure. it tells that you the stocks are fairly depleted. kudos to ukrainians, the energy infrastructure is back online today. shows you the resilience of these people. >> when it comes to the hyper sonic missiles that they're using, you know, they used six so far in this latest attack. they have barely used anything like that in the entire last year. so what does it say to you that they're ramping up the hyper tonic missiles. ukraine has nothing that can knock those out of the sky. >> right. look, they're hard to defeat. they travel five times the speed of sound, up to ten times the speed of sound. very difficult to knock out of the air. it's a challenge that we in the united states military we're looking at as well. we know that china is developing hyper sonic weapons. it's going to remain a challenge. the fact they haven't used more of them is surprising. but this, again, calls for the need to ukraine to get the air

defenses it needs. i don't think they still have patriot air defense systems. not that patriot could defeat hyper sonic. still, there is much more we need to give and provide the ukrainians to beat back the russian assaults. >> is that problematic for america and nato? putin will see this -- anything that nato does is an act of aggression anyway. >> well, we already committed to providing patriot. we have ukrainian soldiers in oklahoma training on the system. but it takes time to train. it takes time to deliver the systems. another european ally providing systems as well. but again, these were things that the ukrainians were asking months and months ago. it's a shame that they don't have them yet. same goes for tanks and f-16s. >> on the f-16s, i'm fascinated. we're seeing a real split between the u.s. and ukraine on this. prooub is saying they have done the assessment. president zelenskyy is saying they could be make or break to the outcome of the war. they want to have the ukrainian

pilots training on them. it is a mistake for the united states not to do it? >> sure it s president biden said no, no, no. we now understand that ukrainian pilots are evaluated here in the united states to do so. there are also reports coming out of the security conference about the united states' top general in europe, supreme court ally commander, told lawmakers, yes, f-16s would make a difference for the ukrainians. they need a platform to conduct strikes against russian elements in ukraine. it would help with the ukrainian counter offense you have that will be launched sometime in the coming months. the sure, they need advanced aircraft. >> this is something that is disturbing that we're hearing coming out of the war. we have new reporting here at cnn that russia has been sending u.s. weapons captured in ukraine to iran. how dangerous could that be? >> first of all, absolutely not surprised by this. i suspect, frankly, the chinese

have some as well. because this is what happens in it warfare. weapons get left on the battlefield. a unit gets overrun. they scoop them up. much this becomes important intelligence collection materials for adversaries. look, the good news is these things are hard to reengineer. we also build, design into our systems anti-tampering and other type of mechanisms to defeat anybody trying to take them apart and reengineer them. but that said, we, you know, we should be trying to find out what the iranians have and how long it may take them to gain some information about how we design our own systems and how they might go about countering them. >> mark, while we have you here, "the new york times" is reporting that prosecutors are signalling criminal charges, maybe likely for trump that he might be indicted here in new york in this case. it's been on going. he has said that even if if he's indicted he's not going to drop out of the presidential race. do you think if he's indicted he should drop out of the race? >> you know, i don't know. i'm not following all the cases.

he has a half or dozen or so, investigations into him. i'm not surprised he's not going to drop out. i assume he's going to run all the way until the end. we'll see how that plays out. >> you don't think he should run, right? you said that before. >> i said i hope he doesn't run. i actually hope we see a new generation of leaders in the republican party and i think on both sides of the ledger we need a new generation of leaders. >> former secretary esper. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> appreciate it. all right. also this morning, tiger woods in the sports world, his ex-girlfriend filed a lawsuit against his trust. >> he's the most unlucky person. between the e high interest, the fees... i felt trapped. debtbt, debt, debt. so i broke up with my credit card debt and consolidated it into a low-rate personal loan from sofi. i finally feel like a grown-up. break up with bad credit card debt. get a personal loan with no fees, low fixed rates, and borrow up to $100k.

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tiger woods' ex-girlfriend now filed two separate complaints after their six-year relationship ended. much the first is a complaint filed against a trust that is owned by tiger woods. in it, erica herman claims the pair had an oral agreement that allowed her to live in a home that was owned by the trust for five years with all expenses

paid. woods locked her out of the home and suing for more than $30 million. woods was served with the second complaint on monday, we're told, and in it herman is trying to free herself from a nondisclosure agreement she signed in 2017. citing to speak out act that became law in december 2022. that is the federal law that prohibits enforceability of a case of sexual assault or harassment arise after someone signed it. for more on this conversation, i want to bring in the co-author of a book and a woman that settled gretchen karlsson's suit bens fox news. the two of you are like a power house panel to talk about this. >> so good to see both of you. >> good morning. >> let's start with you. what do you make of all this? >> i think it's interesting to think about just these two things. we're talking about ndas and trusts. this is really at the heart of this is a story about a very

prominent world famous athlete. and the ndas and trusts are things you don't use in sentences when talking about sports. i think tiger is someone who t transcended athletics for so long. he's a worldwide figure. the most recognizable people on the planet. there is a level of sophistication around him that most athletes never get near. and i think that's part of what you're seeing here. it's the wealth, fame, fortune that he's had not for a little while but for a long while. since he was really since a teenager. and part of that is what is playing out here. ndas are something we ran into relentlessly when writing the biography of tiger woods. almost everybody we approach for ain't view had signed one. and it makes it complicated if you're trying to do that kind of research. but so that part doesn't surprise me. the fact that there were ndas signed, that is typical status quo for tiger. >> just quickly, how many people would you say had said they

signed an nda? >> i don't know if i could give you a number. i'm telling you that almost everybody -- i'm not just talking about women. i mean, women had signed them. but all kinds of people, house keeper, almost anybody who was in his orbit signed an nba. that part of the storey is not unusual. >> i've been watching your face as he's talking. i want to hear what you think. >> well, i think ndas are abusive. you shouldn't be able to commodify somebody's own life to say to somebody you can't describe your own experiences in your own life while the other person can say whatever they want about you which is what is happening here. this is specific allegation of misherman that he's out there saying whatever he wants and she's bound by an nda. and he's dragged her into arbitration which is always secret. ndas are what allow harvey weinstein to abuse for 30 years. ndas allowed roger ails to do it.

they're usually used in an unequal power relationship where somebody with power says to somebody without power, your own life experience is now my property now. and the speakout act was passed because it's allowed perpetrators of sexual harassment and sexual abuse to continue to have victim after victim after victim. so that's why the speak out act passed. unfortunately, it only applies to predispute signing of an nda which, in fact, she did in this case. miss herman worked in his restaurant. >> she wassen an employee. >> it doesn't change it. because she's an employee. but it makes it more complicated because she's an employee. and she did sign it clearly predispute, five years me dispute. the five years before he allegedly tricked her to get her out of the house and brought her -- said she was going on a vacation. >> no one can -- i don't think anyone can dispute what you're saying. what if someone is -- if you are

a person of note, right, a high profile person and you have someone say coming in doing work for you or what have you. you don't want thedisclosing conversation that's happen in your home or private things that they may see in your home. do you understand what i'm saying? >> i absolutely understand it. if she was showing his checkbook to people or things that are totally private, not about her experiences, but to own somebody else's own life and shdescribin how she was treated. her photographs, had her videos, her family events to somebody else's own life to me is wrong. >> you know him really well. you interviewed him. you interviewed people around him. you have written books on him. he has been through -- i mean his whole life is such a fascinating thing. but also recently. the car accident. he tried to make this come back. what do you think when you think about him as a person navigating this situation? >> i think it's really hard for people to -- and i'll include myself when i say people, i'm in

that group of people, it's really difficult to put yourself in it the shoes of someone like tiger woods and truly understand what it's like to be him. so there is a lot of things that happen in his life as outsiders you say, what? why? and to me, the presence of ndas, i don't find surprising. sort of to don's point, i actually think in his case asking people to sign ndas as they enter his orbit is understandable. because there is a lot of people who enter his orbit and you don't know what they're intentions are. there is a level -- i'm not making excuse here. i'm just saying, there is a level of complexity around that level of celebrity that is not normal even for star athletes. and there's only a few people -- tiger to me is much more like a show business entertainer at the very top. he's one of the most recognizable people on the

planet. we quickly realize, like, right down to the house keeper or the person who comes over to walk his and elan's dogs is signing an nda. it's partly because he's got sophisticated lawyers around him. agents that most people don't have. they're the ones who produce these documents and ask people to sign them. it is a little bit different than harvey weinstein situation where women are being asked to sign ndas on the back end after a bad thing happened and they enter into a settlement. most of the time in this case, in tiger's case, people are signing ndas when they meet him or when they go into business with him or thentery enter a relationship with him. i'm not saying it's a good or bad thing but it's a little different. >> you don't want people to profit off come in and profit off you. >> partly. that we have to remember where tiger's been. i mean, that -- what he went through in '08 and '09, '10, his

own making, but the aftermath of t that mess that was made, we saw the most public spectacles for a professional athlete in the world that we've ever seen. >> this is not a house keeper. this is an intimate relationship he had with a woman. having her sign an nda about her own experiences in that relationship is very different than saying the house keeper shouldn't reveal what the kids' got on their home work. >> i don't disagree with you. i'm not saying it's the same. i'm trying to say it's different than harvey weinstein. >> it's nuance. >> yeah. >> par for the course for him. >> yeah. >> and we thank you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> we need to say that cnn reached out to woods' representatives for a comment but did not immediately receive a response. jeff benedict and nancy erica-smith, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> thank you. also this morning, the fda now updated the regulations for mammograms. this is the first time this happened in 20 years.

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comcast business. powering possibilities. the fda is announcing new regulations for mammograms for the first time in 20 years. it will include information about breast density which is really important. apparently women with dense breasts higher risk for breast cancer and dense tissue can make it harder to detect cancer in the mammograms. joining us is the chief of breast surgery at mount sinai health system, dr. lisa port. so what are they looking at? what are they changing? why is this such a thing that they haven't considered before but need to now? >> sure. i think it's important to know

that some of it is changed but some has not. understand that starting in 2009 a number of states had already enacted legislation about informing patients of their breast density or informing their doctors. what the fda is now doing, we're up to 38 states that have legislation. what the fda is doing is saying now everyone has to do it. all states have to do this. and more importantly, kaitlan, we have to inform the patients themselves. so it's much more consistent and uniform regulation. >> yeah. so they're looking at these regulations this is what we're going see be different, right? >> right. so, number one, the patients themselves have to hear about their breast density. that's going to be in the form of an added paragraph of text in the person's mammogram report that they receive. >> okay. >> number two, it has to explain how breast density can influence the accuracy of a mammogram. i guess we'll talk about that in a minute with our pictures

showing that if a woman has a lot of density, it can make it more difficult to pick up a cancer. she should consider doing additional types of tests that may prevent that. and obviously, this makes this more of a national initiative rather than a state by state kind of decision. >> yeah. so, strengthening oversight, it means basically making sure all states are on the same page. >> and compliant. it's a regulatory compliance. >> you don't want to be different. breast cancer is not different state-to-state. i'm fascinated by this. i didn't know much about this until katie couric came out with her story and talking about how much of an issue it was. the so what are the droctors lok forg? looking for? >> as you can see, less dense tissue shows up darker on a mammogram. more dense tissue shows up as whiter. okay? a cancer is usually a white ball

or a little white speck on a mammogram. it is really easy to imagine how a white ball or white speckle against this background that the proverbial snowstorm situation would be difficult to pick up. compared to something like that. so, it's hidden kind of effect where the cancer may not be seen as easily on this type of dense mammogram. >> yeah. given your role, has this just been a long time coming? >> you know, for us, those of us who are in the trenches trying to -- it's all about saving lives. picking up cancers earlier. equally as importantly, they save lives while doing less. you find a cancer earlier, you are way more like to be able to have smaller surgery, which some women would much prefer. you are way less likely to need more aggressive treatment like

chemotherapy. so saving lives and picking up cancers earlier is our number one goal. it always has been. and if this leads more women, number one, to get mammograms, and number two, to get additional tests they might need if mammograms miss something, it's a win. >> yeah, absolutely. doctor, thank you for explaining all of that. that is such critical information. thank you for breaking it down for us and using the magic wall for the first time. we will bring you back on election night. >> thank you. okay. also this morning. the cartel that is believed to be responsible for the armed kidnapping of four americans now say pierce to be saying sorry. what is inside the alleged apology ahead. this new video of an incredible rescue out of minneapolis. >> it was like, okay, guys, the house is on fire, we need to get out. >> come on! get out! >> you hear from the officer who was yaus three days on the job when he helped save an elderly

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two minneapolis police officers are being recognized for thinking fast and literally running that danger after finding themselves the first to arrive to a burning home. they sprang into action without a single thread of protective gear. adrienne broaddus has their story in this week's beyond the call of duty. >> reporter: as smoke from a burning home in minneapolis filled the sky -- >> they didn't know the house was on fire. >> reporter: a couple in their 80s was in danger. >> two-alarm fire. >> reporter: but before this fire crew arrived -- >> police! anyone in here, call out! >> reporter: officer zachary randall and jamal mitchell were finishing a call nearby. they were the first to respond.

>> someone upstairs calling for help. >> there was confusion. it was like, okay, guys, the house is on fire. we need to get out. >> come on out! get out, get out, get out! >> i remember stepping in the house and seeing a thick cloud of smoke, not being able to breathe normally. >> get down! >> so i grabbed her by her hands and helped her down the stairwell. >> are you alone? >> no, my husband is right behind me. >> that is lucky, too, that he was right behind her. i don't know how we would have found anyone much less without respirators or any of the fire equipment. >> police officers are not trained to run into fires. they are not equipped with the protective equipment and breathing apparatus to go into a fire. >> we are not trained to run into fires. but we are trained to put others' lives in front of ours.

when we found out possibly someone was in that house, we didn't second-guess running in to make sure no one was in there. >> three days before officer mitchell was in this situation, i had literally just sworn him in as a police officer. he was brand new. >> third day on the street in minneapolis, yes. >> i am incredibly thankful and just impressed. >> reporter: so is the fire chief, brian tyner, who said it took two hours to fight this fire, which is now an arson investigation. >> witnesses actually saw somebody throw an incendiary device through the window. >> reporter: leaving this massive hole. >> it could have been pretty tragic. it could have resulted in a fire death. we are fortunate they were where they were. >> okay. >> i think we were fortunate enough to be in the right spot at the right time at someone's

most unfortunate day and we were able to help someone out. >> is there anyone else in the house? >> no. >> reporter: adrienne broaddus, cnn, minneapolis. >> running towards danger. >> yeah, amazing story. "cnn this morning" continues right now. ♪ do you know about $130,000 payments? >> no, no. >> you will have to ask my attorney. >> do tu know where he got the money to make that payment? >> they did ask michael cohen. >> so many seminole moments from the trump presidency but that question is one of them. it was on camera and now it's been used so many times. >> you're right. that moment stands out on the

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