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wolf blitzer is on assignment. i'm brianna keilar. and you're in "the situation room." >>> tonight, mexican officials say one person has been detained in connection with the deaths of two of four kidnapped americans. the investigation intensifying as they are back this the u.s., trying to recover from their harrowing ordeal. rosa flores is near the border and following all of the new details. >> reporter: two of four missing americans are back in the united states and receiving medical treatment in texas after being kidnapped in mexico, after what a u.s. official tells cnn was a case of mistaken identity. two members of the party were found dead and one of the survivors is severely injured with a wound to his leg. according to u.s. and mexican officials. in the party of four, lavatiy mcgee and eric washington survived. the other two killed. >> we're providing assistance to them and their families and extend our condolences to the family and loved ones of the deceased. >> they crossed the border into mexico on friday for mcgee to attai

we're hearing from president zelenskyy in a brand new interview with wolf blitzer.nt zelenskyy making the case for continued bipartisan support of ukraine right here in the united states. watch this. >> house speaker kevin mccarthy and house of representatives here in washington says he supports ukraine but doesn't support a blank check, a blank check for ukraine. that criticism is being echoed by former president trump. possible leading contenders for the republican nomination. how worried are you, president zelenskyy, how worried are you about this trend among some republicans that it could threaten the flow of support to ukraine? >> translator: firstly, i would like to thank the bipartisan support of ukraine. it's very important. i had a meeting with representatives of the republican party. and thankful to congressman who visited ukraine. they want to support ukraine very much like democrats and don't want to slow down. we have a different approach. we want to give more now but not dragging it forever. that was the signal. we don't care about i think speaker ckev

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so this is holding the russian's attention for a long time. >> as president zelenskyy told wolf blitzernce in his view. lieutenant general mark hertling thanks as always. >> thank you. >>> be sure to tune in tomorrow where president zelenskyy joins wolf blitzer for that exclusive interview. hear more of why he says ukraine must and will prevail. cnn prime time begins tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >>> the biden administration reiterated it does not seek conflict with china and insists that has not changed. first, though, president xi jinping accused the u.s. and allies of suppressing economic dwoe development. and then china's new foreign minister warned of consequences if the u.s. doesn't change course. this rhetoric from xi jinping it's rare for him to call out the united states by name. >> it was the direct nature of xi jinping's comments and the foreign minister's comments and what struck people over the last 48 hours but the u.s. officials are not trying to amp up their rhetoric, engage any back and forth. they want to maintain what they view has been the status quo they've b

that's why our guys are standing there. >> wolf blitzer joins us now.oumpb his puck bab against the russians. is this a significant disagreement between the u.s. defense secretary? this would only be a symbolic victory. president zelenskyy seems to disagree. he seems to think he needs to hold the city. >> he made that clear in the interview. he said if the ukrainians lose this one town, it would open the door for the russians to move throughout all of the area and take all the towns. he totally disagrees with the assessment to forget about backmutt right now. it's just a small, symbolic achievement for the russians. he doesn't believe that. he's determined to fight on. >> let's talk about that. a 45-minute conversation. as you sat down, you talked about how grateful he is to president biden not only for the physical support, the financial support of the military sporpt, but for showing up. that's another symbol of the fight continuing. >> it meant so much to the ukrainian people. to see the president of the united states show up, walk on the streets of

president mike pence joins wolf blitzer, cnn primetime tonight at nine. the battle between disney and florida governor ron desantis maybe reigniting this after disney quietly stripped power from a descent is backed board, which is supposed to oversee the governance of the company's florida parks. steve contour no is live in st petersburg with the details. so steve, how did disney secretly get this by the governor? last month. the legislature in florida was meeting to strip disney of this special governing powers and put governor desantis in charge of the board that oversees its vast holdings in central florida. but while this was going on florida are the board that oversees this property was also meeting in sort of secret, very quietly, where they where they voted to hand over much of their power. to disney. and when this new board that's desantis handpicked came in, they discovered that this that the outgoing board had basically given away all their powers to disney at this all came about during yesterday's meeting of the board, where they began to discl

president mike pence joins wolf blitzer cnn primetime tonight at nine. we're going to discuss now a big step towards addressing america's opioid crisis, the fda approving the opioid overdose antidote narcan for sales over the counter drug will soon be available on the shelves, potentially saving thousands of lives. cnn's chief medical correspondent, of course , is dr sanjay gupta. he joins us. good morning, sanjay. what kind of impact of this decision had well, you know, down since we've been reporting on this over the last two decades, more than a million people have died of drug overdoses. in the majority of those are have been opioids. i mean, people have been hearing these numbers for some time. and the numbers have been getting worse. i mean, you know, in 2020, you had some 69,000 people who died of opioid overdoses. specifically the numbers we've gone up since since then. um so you know, i mean, any strategy that could potentially be helpful is what people have been looking for in narcan is essentially an antidote to an opioid overdose. it can bloc

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former vice president mike pence joins wolf blitzer, cnn primetime tonight at nine. top of the hour this thursday. i'm jim sciutto. great to be with you, jim. hi, everyone. i'm jessica dean. and any moment now, officials at fort campbell in kentucky will be giving everyone an update after two blackhawk helicopters collided overnight, killing nine u. s service members that is, according to an army official. we're standing by for that, and we'll bring it to you live as soon as it happens. the governor among those who will speak their plus russia has now arrested an american journalist, it says on suspicion of espionage. even draskovic, a reporter for the wall street journal, detained in a small town east of moscow, the wall street journal strongly defending their reporter, the kremlin says. he was caught red handed, refuses to offer any details their track record on this kind of thing. begs a lot of questions. we're going to have details ahead. we begin this hour with that tragedy in kentucky again. we're waiting for that press conference to begin at any moment. but fi

it's right there in the bottom right of your screen, promoting with blitzers interview with presidentodymyr zelenskyy. time has now arrived. the cnn prime times but shull, the zelenskyy interview, hosted by with -- wolf blitzer, starts right now. tonight, a wartime president with the message to the world. [speaking non-english] >> we will have our victory. >> volodymyr zelenskyy in an exclusive interview with cnn on the urgent battle. >> things are looking rather grim for ukrainian forces in and around the city of bakhmut. >> the execution video of a ukraine -- you essay to ukraine and republican skepticism about spending more. >> i said no blank checks. >> what president biden told him in the war zone. [sirens] and his plea for american warplanes. >> our western fighter jets, u.s. fighter jets, the weapon that will make or break a ukrainian victory. >> a cnn primetime special, the zelenskyy interview starts right now. good evening, i'm wolf pulitzer at this very moment, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy at his nation are facing a critical time in russia's invasion. now and its

thank you, wolf blitzer. turning to our national leader, day of mixed messaging on the safety of drinking water, and philadelphia has prompted panic buying a bottled water across the city. well now, city officials have an updated message for residents. the water is fine, but only until 11 59 pm tonight. cnn's danny freeman is in philadelphia, where water a basic life essential may or may not be safe after a chemical spill. water whiplash and philadelphia were afraid to drink the regular water, the city, assuring philadelphians the water coming out of their taps is safe to drink. at least for today. you do not need to go out to the store and buy water there is not and has not been any contamination in the water that's coming out of your tap, but residents are not taking any chances after news of a nearby chemical spill, why don't you trust the city right now? why i mean they sound like they really don't know what they're talking about. this all started friday night when princiotta manufacturing company 20, mil

biden is again calling on congress to ban assault weapons after that school shooting and nashville blitzer is here and wolf. you're gonna be focusing on this in the situation room. what exactly are you going to be looking at here? we're looking at all the details of what's going on right now, because there's so much pressure right now. there's so many americans who want to see what's called common sense gun control here in the united states. it's clearly not happening there clearly major differences in the house of representatives where there's a republican majority right now. and in the senate right now, in order to get some new legislation. as you know, phil passed in the senate, they need to break a filibuster. there will almost certainly be a filibuster, and that would require 60 votes. schumer the top democrat. that doesn't believe they necessarily have 60 votes, so he's not even ready at least right now to put it up for a vote. a lot of other senators would like at least to come up for a vote and embarrass those republicans who will vote against. as i said, what's called this common

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i am wolf blitzer in the situation room.ing the moment ukrainian soldiers shoot down a russian fighter jet. you will see it surprises the ukrainian troops. this is russian pres. vladimir putin, now a wanted man on the world stage. plus, america's banks taking another beating, the dow sinkg

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. tonight another u. s citizen is in custody in russia. this time a journalist for the wall street journal accused of espionage. cnn's alex marquardt has details on the arrest and why this particular reporter may have been targeted by moscow. this video from russian media appears to show american wall street journal reporter evan herskovits arriving at a moscow court today. the russian security services arrested herskovits while he was on a reporting trip for suspicions of espionage, something the white house called absolutely unacceptable. espionage charges are ridiculous . the targeting of american citizens by russian government is unacceptable. we condemn the detention of mr covic in the strongest in the strongest terms . the court announced that the moscow based journalists will be held until may 29th detained in a pre trial center. his lawyer was not allowed to attend the hearing can only guess what position has been taken, his lawyer said. evan was taken away from here with the decision to hold him

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i'm wolf blitzer. at this very moment, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy and his country are facing a critical time in the invasion. now in its second year. for the first time in eight months, the russians could, could be on the cusp of capturing a ukrainian city, bakhumt. the sight of the bloodiest battle of the war. a warning that bakhmut may fall in the coming days. ukrainian's military claims to be holding off putin's army around the city saying they killed more than 100 russian soldiers in a 24-hour period. they also acknowledge the russians are still advancing and advancing fast. we're live in ukraine's capital where report thor is standing by. president zelenskyy said if the russians gain control of bakhmut, it could change the direction of the entire war. here's part one of my interview. >> mr. president, thank you for joining us at this crucial moment in your country's history. i want the start with the battle for bakhmut. ukraine has put up a tremendous fight and inflicted massive losse

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> let's get right to the very dramatic developments over the black sea today. a russian fighter jet forcing down a u.s. drone during an incident the u.s. air force is calling reckless and unprofessional. cnn pentagon correspondent oren lieberman is joining us. how did this up fold and how are u.s. officials responding tonight? >> reporter: this all plays out early tuesday morning over the black sea where a u.s. air force mq-9 drone, a surveillance drone, was operating, as we have seen it do since the beginning of this war and earlier than that. what's different is how this played out next. according to the pentagon, for 30 or 40 minutes over international waters, two russian su-22 fighter jets flew right near the drone, cutting it off, even dumping fuel in front of it. then the u.s. says one of those jets struck the drone in such a way to damage the propeller. the u.s. viewing this with s sev severity. this is the pentagon press secretary. >> on the a

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> tonight, russian mercenaries claim they have gained new ground in bakhmut, now a flashpoint in vladamir putin's war against ukraine. president volodymyr zelenskyy tells me his forces are vowing, vowing to stand strong, even as they acknowledge theeadvancing city. but first, to the war zone. melissa bell has the latest on the battle for bakhmut. >> reporter: bakhmut, now a place of horror and death. before the war, bakhmut was about life. its sculpted hedges and rose gardens regularly instagramed. a picture of peace. and one of the oldest cities in the donbas. its genteel facades built on the prosperity of salt mines. marina is the fourth generation of her family born and raised in the city. now, she and the people she taught have had to flee. her life, she says, lies in ruins. like the old theater which she had her wedding photos taken. >> translator: they started by destroying the buildings that will be hard toast rebuild. the priceless, historical

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welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." tonight officials here in washington and in new york city are gearing up for something this country has never seen before, the possibility that a former president of the united states may soon be indicted and arrested. our senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid has details. >> reporter: this was the day former president trump claimed he would be arrested on charges related to a hush money probe. but there was no sign yet of an arrest or even an indictment. still, law enforcement continues to prepare for possible protests. in washington, d.c., barriers erected around the capitol. in new york, police officers told to be in uniform and ready for deployment. so far, officials say there are no credible threats despite online chatter calling for civil war if trump is indicted. today, small groups gathered outside trump tower and mar-a-lago. there has been no word from the manhattan district attorney after a last-ditch effort by trump to avoid charges. attorney robert

he spoke with wolf blitzer in an exclusive interviews talking about how his force still needs the # fe the fighter jets to deal with it, to counteract the russian hits, and we really need this. and we really appeal to the presidents that they start training ukrainian pilots. president biden told me that it would be worked upon and i believe that the united states will give us the opportunity to defend our skies. >> joining us now from the white house lawn is john kirby, the white house's national security council spokesman. john, we see fighting in ukraine every day. we see attacks every day. but this seems to be different. what more can you tell us? >> this was a sizable set of airstrikes with a mix of platforms whether it's drones, cruise missiles, hypersonics. the ukrainians are reporting more than 80 missiles. we can't confirm that, but we wouldn't refute it. it wasn't just in terms of the targets. civilian infrastructure for sure knocking out the power, trying to turn off the heat. certainly affected places like kyiv, but also -- and odessa. also widespread across the country, al

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> let's get straight to the breaking news. sources now telling cnn that russian naval craft have arrived at the site of the u.s. drone downing in the black sea. cnn's orrin leiberman is working his sources for us over at the pentagon. orin, u.s. officials believe the wreckage would be extremely difficult to retrieve, but the russians appear to be trying. what are you hearing from your sources. >> reporter: two u.s. officials tell us the russian navy, essentially russian assets in the black sea were able to reach the crash site of the m-q9 drone. the russian navy has ships based in crimea so it wouldn't have been that difficult for them to get their ships to crash site. of course the crucial question is this is what's unclear is how much if anything the russians were able to uncover from the m-q9 drone. earlier today with press secretary lloyd austin and mark milly it was milly who said there probably isn't all

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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. let's get right to the nashville school shooting and what we know about the woman who pulled the trigger that, according to police, cnn national correspondent dianne gallagher is working the story for us. she's on the scene, diane as we await an update momentarily from police. what do we know at this hour? wolf. we just got a notification from police on the identities of the six people who were killed this morning in the covenant school in nashville, tennessee. i want to read their names to you, um evelyn decals. halle scruggs, william kenny, all of them just nine years old cynthia peak 61. katherine coons, age 60 and mike hill age 61. according to police. all six of them were killed by a 28 year old woman who they say may have been a former student. they say they were received calls at 10 13 am about the shooting at according to police, that woman was armed with at least two assault rifles as well as a handgun. they say that she entered through a side door they believe and got to the

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i'm wolf blitzer, you're in the city. aeration room. we begin this hour with all the new video and new information about the nashville school shooting and the attacker who was killed by police. cnn's aymara walker has our report and we want to warn our viewers. some of the video is disturbing. no body cameras revealed police running toward the sound of gunfire without hesitation. about 3.5 minutes elapsed between the time they go in. bbo . and when they confront the shooter. metro nashville police said these two officers opened fire, killing the shooter at 10 27 am about 14 minutes after the initial call for help. i was really impressed that with all that was going on. the danger that somebody took control and said, let's go. let's go. let's go. police still have not isolated what motivated audrey hale, a former student students that were targeted were randomly targeted. there was not any particular student that they were that she was looking for at the time of the incident. but police did reveal hail legally bought seven different weap

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i'm wolf blitzer.>> we begin on the front lines of eastern ukraine right now, where the battle for bakhmut is growing more urgent by the hour. russian fighters making gains as they move to surround the city. cnn's alex marquardt is joining us live from the war zone right now. alex, are the russians on the verge of their first notable battlefield win in many months? >> reporter: well, they certainly may well be, wolf. they are certainly getting closer, and we are starting to hear u.s. and ukrainian officials start to downplay the potential of a russian victory. but we are also hearing from president zelenskyy saying they are not throwing in the towel. he met with top generals tonight. he says that they recommended that they continue to defend bakhmut, that they reinforce, and he says that's what they're going to continue to do. in the meantime, wolf, we are seeing russian forces led by the wagner mercenary group. they continue to make progress. they have made advances in encircling the city to the north

i'm wolf blitzer, you're in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news, and we begin with the breaking news in two investigations of donald trump, the former president's lawyer ordered to testify before a federal grand jury investigating his handling of classified documents, and we also have new reporting on the manhattan district attorney weighing a possible indictment of trump in the stormy daniels hush money case, a source says the prosecutor is trying to decide whether to call back former trump lawyer michael cohen or another edition. final witness to refute testimony. by a trump ally. this week. we're covering it all with our correspondents here in washington and in new york first, let's go to cnn's senior crime and justice reporter caitlin poland's caitlin, a federal appeals court just ruled in the investigation of trump's handling of classified documents and moral lago. give us the latest. that's right. wolf and donald trump's defense lawyer, evan corcoran, has been handling the response on behalf of the former president

i'm wolf blitzer, you're in the situation room. this hour. the people of nashville are coming together to grieve for the victims of the covenant elementary school shooting with first lady joe biden there to offer her support. she has just arrived. this comes as do information about the investigation is now emerging. carlos suarez and diane gallagher on the ground for us in national and nashville. i should say first to you, carlos what more police revealing as they search for a motive. well wolf. just a few minutes ago, the first lady doctor joe biden . she showed up here to take a look at the memorial outside of the entrance of the school. the first lady a walked around. she took a look at some flowers and some photos that have been left behind to remember the six victims of this school shooting the visit to the school. at least the entrance of the school is taking place as police. the chief of police here provided cnn with an update on where that investigation stands, and we all so heard from a former art teacher who described an encounter s

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news and we start with the breaking news. a very dangerous tornado outbreak is tearing across the midwest and south right now, with millions and millions of americans under a rare high risk. storm alert. let's check in with cnn meteorologist chad myers, chad give us the latest off about an hour ago, we had a tornado that rolled through little rock. we do know that there is damage there. we do know that the tornado was on the ground for quite a long time. it did move across the northwest part of the city, and this tornado is likely either still on the ground, are still making some damage. with hail farther to the north, a completely separate situation going on here. hail and also rotating storms. not that far from chicago and more to the west into iowa. ottumwa, iowa, a tornado very close to you don't know whether it hit the town or not, or just to the north and northeast of the town, but it's still on the ground right now. the 22 is still on the ground at this hou

we appreciate it this morning and be sure to tune in tonight when cnn's wolf blitzer sits down with former vice president mike pence for a wide ranging interview on everything from his political future to those investigations into former president trump is tonight at nine p.m. eastern, right here on cnn. congress is aiming to claw back their constitutional power to declare war a major step just taking to make it happen and what follows. i'll be joined by congressman adam schiff has been pushing for this for a number of years. that's coming up. and we are moments away from the opening bell on wall street where u. s futures are all up this morning, as comes despite new data showing that the u. s economy grew at a slower pace in the fourth quarter than previously estimated markets ended wednesday higher prompted by a surgeon, big tech stocks and the wall street journal reporting the white house will recommend tougher rules for midsize banks as soon as this week. before the bell is brought to you by cfp profefessionals fd your cfp prorofessional today at let's make a plan .org. check that pret

here's what he told our wolf blitzer just last night.one is above the law, including former presidents. maybe clear on that point. and the american people know this. but in this case and controversy over campaign finance, i can't speak to the merits of this case at all. but i can speak to the issue emanating out of the question over campaign finance. should never have risen to the level to bring and unprecedented and historic prosecution against the former president. so let's discuss now with pence's former chief of staff, mark short, mark , good to see you. thank you so much for joining us this morning for having is it a contradiction to on one hand, said that nobody . even the former president is above the law. but then, on the other hand, say that there shouldn't be an indictment for trump because the details are unknown now, mark yeah, that that's fair, don i think there's a paradox there, but i think you're asking for the prosecutor to have some discretion. if the reality is the prosecutor has campaigned on a pledge to voters that h

vice president mike pence , joins wolf blitzer, cnn primetime tonight at nine.disgraced fdx founder sam blankman freed was in court today and pled not guilty to multiple financial charges. cnn's kara scannell joins us now live from outside the courthouse , keira 13 count indictment and one of these has to do with a $40 million bribe. yeah boris. that's right. so sam blankman freed, the founder of ft x was back in court today. he entered a plea of not guilty to these new charges and among those charges include securities fraud , commodities fraud, but also conspiracy to commit foreign bribery. that's what prosecutors say that he allegedly had helped transfer $40 million in cryptocurrency to at least one chinese government officials so that they would unfreeze an account holding as much as a billion dollars in digital assets. blankman freeze attorney said that they do intend to challenge these new sets of charges that came after he was extradited from the bahamas. that's because bank winfried agreed to the extradition on the initial eight charges, so they're singl

speaking with my colleague, wolf blitzer.he called the indictment and outrage republicans tonight criticizing the case and the manhattan d a. behind it. i'm joined now by former republican congressman lee zeldin of new york, who has long defended donald trump. congressman zeldin . good to see you. thanks so much for joining us. let's start off. what's your reaction to this unprecedented indictment? well so far, we only know what's been reported. based on this information. i believe that this is a political prosecution and in my life, like many of us, we have people who are on the right who maybe are center right center left or further to the left, and i think, what's most informative some of my conversations with people who are center right center left. they are also commenting, even people who might not even like president trump that they feel like this is a political prosecution. what we'll see what the indictment says to that point, you tweeted tonight, quote. if alvin brags. that's a the manhattan district attorney if alv

speaking with my colleague, wolf blitzer.he called the indictment and outrage republicans tonight criticizing the case and the manhattan d a. behind it. i'm joined now by former republican congressman lee zeldin of new york, who has long defended donald trump. congressman zeldin . good to see you. thanks so much for joining us. let's start off. what's your reaction to this unprecedented indictment? well so far, we only know what's been reported. based on this information. i believe that this is a political prosecution and in my life, like many of us, we have people who are on the right who maybe are center right center left or further to the left, and i think, what's most informative some of my conversations with people who are center right center left. they are also commenting, even people who might not even like president trump that they feel like this is a political prosecution. what we'll see what the indictment says to that point, you tweeted tonight, quote. if alvin brags. that's a the manhattan district attorney if alv

t tonight at nine on cnn primetime vice president mike pence talks with wolf blitzer.on swirls around his political future, is being ordered to testify about conversations he had with former president trump cnn. primetime former vice president mike pence tonight at nine. is this a called if i ever heard, but yes, it is. by killing themselves. they ensured. their immortality. sels who make on time payments see a 30 point bump in their credit score, on average, download the app today. i'm natasha chen in los angeles. and this is cnn. good morning to you. i'm jessica dean. and i'm jim shearer new this morning russia has arrested an american journalist, it says on suspicion of espionage. herskovits a

former vice president mike pence, talking live with wolf blitzer right now, more on his former boss,more than 30 counts related to business fraud. that is what two sources familiar with the case against donald trump. tell her john miller about tonight's indictment. before the break. our evan perez reported that a court date has been set for this coming tuesday when donald trump is expected to turn himself in in manhattan and to give you some idea of the gravity of the former president situation our next guest. one of his attorneys has already given testimony to a grand jury hearing a different case. one of at least three others we know of timothy parla . torrey joins us now, mr parla, tory. thank you so much for joining us again. you're not representing him in this matter, but what is your reaction? to president trump, former president trump being indicted. well it was kind of a surprise, obviously, the timing of it, but, you know, the new york county district attorney, it's an office that i've gone against many times. i served my career in new york city, and they have often brought

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former vice president mike pence talks with wolf blitzer speculation around his political future.e's of arthritis, back aches and sore muscles. absolutely free text g a r d e n +2231231. cnn presents a max original heaven's gate sunday at 10 on cnn. there's big news in the trump hush money probe tonight. maybe that there is no big news. the grand jury investigating the payments that were made to stormy daniels is taking a long break is going to be pressing the pause button next wednesday and is expected to be on hiatus for most of next month. meanwhile former vice president mike pence tonight is on the ground in iowa, where he is facing several questions about that judges new ruling that he actually has to go and testify before a grand jury investigating january 6th about the conversations he had with former president trump leading up to that day here on time, everything will be speaking with our attorneys in washington before the end of the week and sorting out what our next steps are obviously have nothing to hide. let me say again. i'm very pleased. that the federal judge recog