initiated by max republican, we do not abandon our own. this is not our first trip to the donbass in the liberated territory medicines are what the e fighters need. you can see you just brought a huge car with help. uh, now any help is very much needed, it comes from all over russia . we are very grateful that you, our brothers, have also joined. for this help, they brought us here , uh, quite a lot of medicines. as a doctor, i can't advise. so where exactly are they going? in which department, but i see that there are both children's diapers and adult diapers and a blanket and pillows - this is very necessary both at temporary accommodation points and also for the wounded military personnel in our hospitals. we have almost all areas of the city under shelling every day. and not only our city and civilians suffer no less than military personnel. so they come here, both military personnel and peaceful civilians, of course, a peaceful person, does not expect in the city that they can overtake him. in principle , he is taken more by surprise

the union of women of belarus and the trade union organization , we do not abandon the role of max republicanthis is not our first trip to the donbass on the liberated territory . medicines were brought today, because you can see that the fighters need you to bring just a huge car with help. uh, now any help is very much needed, it comes from all over russia. we are very grateful that you, our brothers, have also joined. for this help, they brought us here, uh, quite a lot of medicines. i as a doctor, i can’t tell you, but where exactly will they go? in which department, but i see that there are both children's diapers and adult diapers and a blanket and pillows - this is very necessary both at temporary accommodation points and also for wounded servicemen in our hospitals. we have almost all areas of the city. every day under shelling and not only our city and civilians suffer no less than military personnel. so they come here, just like you are for employees, and peaceful peaceful citizen, of course, a peaceful person, does not expect in the city that he can hit the projectile. he, in princ

cnn presents a max original heaven's gate sunday at 10 on cnn. republicansreacting tonight to donald trump's indictment, former vice president mike pence, calls the decision a political move. i think the unprecedented indictment former president of the united states on a campaign finance issue. is an outrage. and it appears. for millions of americans. to be nothing more than a political prosecution that's driven by a prosecutor who literally ran for office on a pledge. to indict the former president when you have an attorney general in new york and manhattan, d a. that targeted one particular american in their campaigns. i think that offends the notion of the overwhelming majority of the american people who believe in fairness, who believe in equal treatment before the law, and this appears to be just one more example. wolf. of the kind of two tier justice system that the american people have had enough of. joining me now former congressman and cnn senior political commentator adam kinzinger, congressman, um your thoughts tonight. well in hearing what mike?

how crazy it is. >> but max, can we really say. these are the republicans, they hate that this is happening. they're not aligning with it. but your silence is showing that they are complicit? >> of course, but should we be surprised? donald trump stoked a violent insurrection and they stayed silent after. of course they're going to stay silent in just blatant ignorance and stupidity. but the problem is the, while on its face it sounds like a joke, it looks so utterly stupid. but what marjorie taylor greene's comment struck at the heart of. the strength of the united states of america which is in our unity. when its soldiers deployed. and i remember when i deployed to afghanistan more than a decade ago. you don't deploy with yours states flag on your shoulder. you deploy with a red state or a political party. you deploy what the united states of america. that has been our strengths. so when she says something like that. what she is truly saying is that i hope in the future the united states in the -- and they claim to be the party of strength and patriotism

now let's bring in my politica panel, joining me now is forme democratic congresswoman max rose and former republican. now let's start with the breaking news. former president donald trum claiming he will be arrested o tuesday, although he does no indicate that manhattan da has informed them of any imminen criminal charges the former president has als posted repeated calls for hi supporters to protest. republican speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy ran to trump' defense saying on twitter, and the indictment is quot outrageous abuse of power by a radical da carlos, republicans largel rallied around trump when th fbi searched his mar-a-lag resort for classified document last year. is that what we are seeing pla out again now? and should they be defending you? >> well reverend, what we ar seeing is that donald trump is testing the loyalty of his supporters of his base and thi is what donald trump does he demands absolute oil tv, every day at every hour no matte what he does, he expects peopl to carve out and defend them and support him. and now as he is facing a lo of legal scrutiny, by the wa for doin

joining me now to former congressman from new york lease elden republican and max rose a democrat.tlemen great to have you here, congressman zeldin. um i'm guessing that donald trump may not have the affection for new york that he once had. but what do you think of this? right? i think that you're gonna see people rallying on both sides, but i'm not expecting to see your riots and i think it's important to continue to encourage any protests that take place take place peacefully. for anyone on either side of this issue. the nypd already has their hands full, the secret service as well and allowing them to work out their logistics and keep a law and order is something that is, it really should be top priority for everybody involved. and you know donald trump a bit. i mean, he endorsed you. i know that you've interacted with him. um what does it mean to him that his hometown that he's been indicted in his hometown? i think that this is more of a reflection of the district attorney alvin bragg. i don't think he would view this. as you know, new york city or new york state has indicted

down this path, i remember throwing granny off the cliff advertisements, i remember republicans hey, obama is maxing the credit card, all of those things are true except we never hit the wall. to your point china is doing this longer than us they never hit the wall although they will never be the great economic power people thought they would be. there is modern monetary theory. we saw in the last year-and-a-half under president biden, hey there is no limits to the debt we can have, no limit to the amount of spending we can have. of course now we're living in this inflationary bubble. >> right. again, going back longer term, i just go back to the 40-year 10-year, you see that repeating pattern of lower and lower rates. now we hit the upper trend line again. now rates are coming down. look where the 10-year is, look where the two-year is. the fed still talking about hiking rates the markets are calling them out on this. we heard repeating pattern of financial engineering i think will continue. we think it is extremely bullish this is reset. i think we'll look back, to say this is a reset. we mad semi

supporting him coming to his defense on other news platforms, fox news, news max we have seen his allies in congress, republicanratives coming to defend him here. we just saw from marjorie taylor greene, in fact, calling for protests on tuesday saying that she's going to new york on tuesday, saying we must protest the unconstitutional witch hunt. lindsey graham calling it a shocking and dangerous day for the rule of law, and jose, even some of his likely rivals in the 2024 presidential primary are also criticizing this indictment florida governor ron desantis saying it is un-american and saying florida will not assist in an extradition request. senator tim scott who also is potentially going to throw his hat in the ring saying that this pro-criminal new york d.a. has failed to uphold the law for violent criminals, yet has weaponized the law against political enemienemies. and look, while this is a historic moment because this is the first former president to be indicted, we also cannot forget because mr. trump certainly has not forgotten, that this is also significant because this is a current candidate for a p

max cohen is with us until 8:30 a.m. you can call us and talk to him. you can text us as well. we sought republicanseet in orlando last week to talk about these presentations. what's the mood among the caucus? guest: one of the main takeaways i had is they are in a good mood, they are in the majority. in the first week of january, we saw elongated speaker speeches. kevin mccarthy was flanked by his leadership team. host: things are going better for mccarthy. there is a widespread optimism that they have the majority and the chairmanship and sending out subpoenas. i would caution that the easy stuff has happened and have a harder stuff happens. they have to negotiate the spending deal with president biden. there may be warning signs ahead. host: we saw the president call for republicans to release their budget in light of him releasing his. we're republicans on that? guest: president joe biden was late on his budget and republicans have an opportunity. they will say they are in no rush. there seems to be some discrepancy among the house committee chair and speaker mccarthy. the house said they will r

unbelievable that so many republicans now do not want to oppose russian imperialism and aggression, at the same time they want to take a hard position towards china, these are the words of maxth , a columnist, washington posts, a historian , a military historian of the american writer how did it turn out, mr. oleksandr, we have a minute and a half that in the end the republicans are just for a softer position towards russia , well, you understand, here you have to distinguish the republicans in general from the trumpian republicans and it is mainly this radical faction and their total in the house of representatives of which 10- 15 at most 20 people who are ready to cut off altogether well, cut all aid to ukraine, but you know those crazy presenters, what kind of people are they, so in principle that's all well, i don't know, maybe 5%, maybe 10% of all those representatives, this is not a large group of people of course, for various political reasons, they want to make some kind of trouble. baidy is new because baidy supports this or that in ukraine, this or that. in america itself , of course, they will try to do everything to give him something here. well , as i said. i a

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max cohen is with us until 8:30 a.m. you can call us and talk to him. you can text us as well. we sought republicans meet in orlando last wee

max cohen is with us until 8:30 a.m. you can call us and talk to him. you can text us as well. we sought republicans meet in orlando last week to talk about these presentations. what's the mood among the caucus? guest: one of the main takeaways i had is they are in a good mood, they are in the majority. in the first week of january, we saw elongated speaker speeches. kevin mccarthy was flanked by his leadership team. there does not seem to be widespread anger or disapproval among the never kevin group. things are going better for mccarthy. there is a widespread optimism that they have the majority and the chairmanship and sending out subpoenas. i would caution that the easy stuff has happened and have a harder stuff happens. they have to negotiate the spending deal with president biden. there may be warning signs ahead. host: we saw the president call for republicans to release their budget in light of him releasing his. we're republicans on that? guest: president joe biden was late on his budget and republicans have an opportunity. they will say they are in no rush. there seems to be some discrepan

by the way, it's interesting to me that max, who's been accused of such sexual assault, is still hosting this event and none of these republicaner for their participation notwithstanding the charges. i find it interesting but i will say that cpac today is a complete joke, no one who truly is serious candidate should show up to that. >> cpac grew into a major event for republicans as the party be it to the right during the trump years. but now that right-wing appears split between those who still love the formal president and those who want to move on. the cpac still matter? >> i think the lack of attendants, and it being mostly a trump supported event, it does tell us that maybe, and i'm being an optimist year. but maybe we're seeing the light that we need to move on, move beyond donald trump. and that's my hope would cpac this year. but again, like most people at home, they're not paying attention to what's happening at cpac. and that's a good thing. we need to move forward and move on this fringe of the party. >> michael? >> cpac still matters for the far-right. i think no moderate republican is paying attention to what's ha

max-strength nighttime relief, nyquil severe. >>> leading the nuts, former president donald trump is heading to iowa today as he looks to secure his hold over republican voters. trump's visit comes after a blistering critique from his vice president mike pence. nbc's allie raffa has the details. >> reporter: in his most blistering criticism yet former vice president mike pence laid into his former boss at a washington dinner saturday night for the danger he faced as a result of former president donald trump's pressure campaign to overturn the 2020 election. >> and i hope mike is going to do the right thing i hope so. >> reporter: president trump was wrong. i had no right to overturn the election, he said. his reckless words endangered my family and everyone at the capitol that day and i know that history will hold donald trump accountable. the one time unwavering trump ally not mincing words, but the event did not allow any cameras. pence not so subtly mulling his own bid for the white house as former president trump prepares to make his 2024 iowa debut, the visit coming days after florida governor ron desantis made his own trip to the early caucus st

ensure max protein, with 30 grams of protein, one gram of sugar and nutrients for immune health. >>> tonight, republicans weekend's conservative political action conference known as cpac. listen to what mitt romney told our manu raju. >> i simply can't imagine the chutzpah to think the audience wants to listen to someone go on that long. the gettysburg address, as i understand it, was slightly shorter than that. >> okay, so slightly, yes, he's got a sense of humor. it comes as my next guest says trump has become the one thing he never wanted to be, boring. now, it is written that in my decade of covering the event i've never seen it more dead and mckay coppins is here. mitt romney making the humorous comment about the gettysburg address. two hours, i guess it was an hour and 45 minutes to be exact. pretty incredible. but you've been to cpac for a decade and you describe it, you know, despite a mostly full room when the former president spoke as a maga pep rally but still dead. how come? >> yeah, i think that this was the interesting thing this year. in the early 2010s when i started covering cpac the th

max prison without the possibility of release. david? >> all right, stephanie ramos tonight. thank you, steph. >>> there is also late word coming in tonight involving the republican leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell, of after his fall, now leaving the hospital, but not going home. so, let's get right to mary bruce, live in washington. leader mcconnell now heading to an in-patient rehab facility? >> reporter: david, we are told that his recovery from this concussion is proceeding well and tonight, we've learned that he also suffered from a minor rib fracture that was actually just discovered over the weekend. he has now been discharged from the hospital, and will receive treatment, physical therapy, at an in-patient facility. his office tonight is stressing that it is common to undergo physical therapy to regain strength after a hospital stay. they say it could last one to two weeks, so, needless to say, david, the 81-year-old is not expected to return to the office this week. david? >> mary bruce tonight. thank you, mary. >>> now, to the criminal investigation involving former president trump. the grand jury here in new york hearing from a key witness today.

i agree with max that he is actually going to end up. i believe as far as the republican primary goes. i think he's going to become stronger because of it. i think he's more likely to become the nominee about republican voters. if it becomes stronger afternoon indictment. there's a belief that's a political prosecution that understand targeted my whole thing. about the witch hunt is don't be a witch. so if it's a witch hunt, which you know we could argue, but he's still a witch, right? here's the thing about this political prosecution argument if alvin bragg is bringing this because donald trump is a republican, that is so dumb and i will tell you, alvin is not dumb. and the reason it's dumb is because when you go to court and you're in front of this jury, you don't get to tell them ladies and gentlemen, he's a republican. he has these terrible, draconian policies. let's please convict him on that basis. you have to bring facts. you have to use the law. you have to convince 12 jurors beyond a reasonable doubt. nan imus lee, you don't get to use politics. so if you do that

around the sentiments of grievance, which is all the republican base right now, all grievance, all emotion, i don't think that's a winning strategy. >> maxdan vaughan, thanks to all of you. i need to go to president biden, moments ago he was meeting with the chancellor of germany at the white house. >> chancellor, welcome back to the oval office, welcome back to the white house. a lot has changed since the last year you were here. as a matter of fact, if i'm not mistaken, you were here in february of 2022, and russia was amassing its troops, 185,000 troops on the ukrainian border. and we made it clear if he moved we would both respond, and together we made good on that promise, and i want to thank you for your strong and steady leadership. i mean that sincerely. it's made a world of difference, and together we made good on our promise. you stepped up to provide critical military support, and, you know, i would argue that beyond your military support, the moral support you gave to the ukrainians has been profound. it's been profound. and you've driven changes at home, and increased defense spending, and diversifying away from russian ener

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max cushioning handsfree sketches, clippings. these separate investigations into the former president heat up his chief competitor for the republicannomination, ron de santis, is striking back at the former president's repeated jabs at him. it changed and approach for the florida governor. it comes in a new interview set to air in full tomorrow in one clip that was just released to sanders discusses the allegations of hush money payoffs for adult film actress stormy daniels. criticizes the manhattan d a, but also appears to criticize the former president's alleged behavior. well, i think it's there's a lot of speculation about what the underlying conduct is. that is purported to be it. and you know the reality is that just outside my wheelhouse, i mean, that's just not something that i can speak to. governor desantis also asked about the former president's pension for giving his republican opponents nicknames. which is your favorite nickname that trump's given you so far as it run, rhonda, sanctimonious or meatball rock. why can't even he went off meatball wrong, but i can't i don't know how to spell the sanctimonious. i don't real

of the way the republicans are like, it's bookkeeping, it's an accounting error, for conservative base that supposedly doesn't like adultery appoint stars. don't ask for consistency. maxe murphy, will have to leave it there, always a pleasure. coming up. it's been billed as a trip of peace, while a war rages in ukraine. china's president travels to russia for the first time since the invasion, and since putin's new arrest warrant for the icc. we'll talk about, that when the 11th hour continues. need a backup plan? get plan b one-step. plan b helps prevent pregnancy before it starts by temporarily delaying ovulation—and you can resume your regular birth control right away. i've got this. ♪♪ i wish that shaq was my real life big brother. what's up, little bro? turns out, some wishes do come true. and it turns out the general is a quality insurance company that's been saving people money for nearly 60 years. for a great low rate, and nearly 60 years of quality coverage- go with the general. today chinese president xi jinping is in moscow for his first trip to meet with russian president, vladimir putin's, since the war in ukraine began. our own carrie symonds has more on

. >> max with us until 8:30 asking questions on the republican perspective, 202 748, for democrats to to for a 8001 and for independence 242748 8002. what's the mood amongst the caucus these first few months under the speakership of mister murphy. >> they're in a good mood. they're in the majority. everyone saw the scene with the speaker race. that seems to be the frame of mind republicans at this moment . even some of the freedom caucus tactics there does not seem to be widespread anger approval so things are going better and they looked at the first week of january there is widespread optimism that they have the majority. all the chairmanships and they're sending out subpoenas the feel like they're on our role i would caution that this happened but now it's the hard stuff, you have to raise the debt limit, initiate spending. >> we saw the president call for republicans to release their in light of releasing his. where are republicans on the question. >> job in the bucket they had the opportunity and when you ask doesn't know much biden is still releasing his but it seems to be a dis

of the way the republicans are like, it's bookkeeping, it's an accounting error, for conservative base that supposedly doesn't like adultery appoint stars. don't ask for consistency. maxleasure. coming up. it's been billed as a trip of peace, while a war rages in ukraine. china's president travels to russia for the first time since the invasion, and since putin's new arrest warrant for the icc. we'll talk about, that when the 11th hour continues. th hour continues. 's daylight saving time. what's the big deal? gasp! what's the big deal? what's the big deal? what's the big deal? what's the big deal? ♪marching band music♪ ♪marching band music♪ i'll get a cart. get two! scotts daylawn saving is the biggest deal of the year. stock up early and save up to $20 dollars on the best scotts products. lomita feed is 101 years old. when covid hit, we had some challenges. i heard about the payroll tax refund that allowed us to keep the people that have been here taking care of us. learn more at getrefunds.com. i'm a new york hotel. i'm looking for someone who needs a weekend in the city. you hungry? yeah, i know a place. it's the city that never sleeps. but hey, if you need a last

max penalty for felony with gun drops to four years from 15 years. this bill makes absolutely zero common sense. that is why you had house republicansse, remember, the district of columbia is not a state. congress, under the constitution, has oversight of it. it can override things that the council does. house republicans passing a bill with 31 democrats joining them saying we are not going to allow. >> brian: going to block it. >> griff: going to block it. the senate is going to have people like joe manchin and get on board. and president biden saying okay, you know what? i get it, i'm not going to stand in the way. i'm not going to veto. i'm going to allow congress to block the d.c. city council bill. here is what biden tweeted i support d.c. statehood and rule but i don't support some of the changes d.c. council put forward over the mayor's objections such as lowering penalties for carjackings. if the city votes to overturn what the d.c. council did i will sign it. >> brian: homicides are up 40%. car thefts have more than doubled. they are down slightly year to year buff the numbers the last three years are over the roof. 485 inc

max, under constant attack, under constant pressure by sleazy lawyers, by sleazy phoney journalists because they don't like the competition of ideas period. they don't want the competition from the republican party. that is what's going on. >> mark, right now the fox news poll tuesday trump up by 30 points on ron desantis. this will probably only foster it. let me ask you something. you interviewed the president yesterday, i understand, before the indictment came down. how would you describe his demeanor? >> i went back afterwards because i was invited to dinner. this is a remarkable man. would you be able to eat after you were charged like this, with a phoney prosecutor? he was very strong, he was there with the former first lady and his son was there, don jr. this is a real family. this is a very close family. if you saw the president and melania together, they are tight as can be, they are strong as can be. he is a very recent man. he cares so deeply about the country. you walk around mar a-lago and you think, this man doesn't need any of this. all he has to say is, i'm not running, i'll give up. he's not gonna back down to this stuff. so his supporters and the rest of the american peop

max original heaven's gate sunday at 10 on cnn. happening today on capitol hill. federal reserve chairman jerome powell is meeting behind closed doors with house republicans. top of the agenda is this looming summer deadline to raise the debt limit. without congressional action, the nation would default, leaving catastrophic fallout and there is a lot of posturing ahead of the substance. in a letter speaker mccarthy pushing for the white house to meet with him, and here was the president's response. well, i don't know what we're gonna meet on but i mean. deal was we just put down our budget? i mean, it is a real question here. what are they meeting on? what are the talks about? and here is what kevin mccarthy said yesterday on cnbc about what they are willing to propose to the vitamin ist roesch in the president would have a meeting. exactly what i told him. i will have all the four trillion sitting there and provided to you and you can mark it up. you could tell it to the public. you could do anything you want. the difference here is he wants to play politics with this and i do not. you know, there is another option here available to speaker mccarthy, whi

max foster joining you live from london. just ahead on "cnn newsroom." >> there was no release of any chemical or any hazardous material. >> clean air, clean soil, and clean water for our residents. >>> we had a republicanarty that was ruled by freaks. neocons. globalists, open border zealots and fools. >>> more voices right now in opposition or providing an alternative to donald trump is the best thing. >>> and increasing brutal winter has claimed countless afghanistan lives this year, but so, too, has poverty. >> there's 28 million in desperate need at the moment. 28 million. ♪ >>> live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster and bianca nobilo. >>> it's monday, march the 6. 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in springfield, ohio, where the national transportation board is sending investigators back to the state, this time to visit a second rain derailment site, more than a month after a toxic crash in east palestine. once again, it's a norfolk southern train. >> moment of derailment was caught on camera. an ohio official said there were no chemicals released because of the accident but norfolk chemical said the train was carrying potentially hazardous chemicals. >> there was no release of

max cohen is with us until 8:30 a.m. you can call us and talk to him. you can text us as well. we sought republicanseet in orlando last week to talk about these presentations. what's the mood among the caucus? guest: one of the main takeaways i had is they are in a good mood, they are in the majority. in the first week of january, we saw elongated speaker speeches. kevin mccarthy was flanked by his leadership team. there does not seem to be widespread anger or disapproval among the never kevin group. things are going better for mccarthy. there is a widespread optimism that they have the majority and the chairmanship and sending out subpoenas. i would caution that the easy stuff has happened and have a harder stuff happens. they have to negotiate the spending deal with president biden. there may be warning signs ahead. host: we saw the president call for republicans to release their budget in light of him releasing his. we're republicans on that? guest: president joe biden was late on his budget and republicans have an opportunity. they will say they are in no rush. there seems to be some discrepancy

max maximum penalties beloe d.c. maximum penalty for attempted murder. i see the republican leader is not on the floor. the state of kentucky has a lower sentence for attempted murder than the revised d.c. code has. maybe tomorrow i should introduce legislation to raise the penle itty for -- penalty for attempted murder because i don't think that's good enough for the people of kentucky. that's what we're doing here. we're substituting our judgment for the considered judgment of the people of the district of columbia. let's look at another area, attempted sexual assault. the d.c. government increased penalties for sexual assault from five years to 15 years. again i surveyed some of our other states. we have senators from a number of states, at least six, that have lower penalties for attempted sexual assault than the current, new proposed d.c. law, including once again for the state of kentucky. the state of kentucky has a lower maximum penalty for attempted sexual assault than the new revised d.c. law has. federal assault on a police officer, they raised it from the current max 10 to 14 years. misdeme

maxing out and times are getting tough? what do you do? you 'all back. you stop spending. however you can do that in your own home. my republican colleagues and i stand in direct opposition to what the president is doing with his budget. so, though my remarks on the floor today and the subsequent speeches by my fellow republicans will -- we will continue to highlight the errors in the president's budget. we will also stress the need to strike balance, restraint and regular order. what does regular order mean to people who are watching? that means we go through committees and we compromise and we talk to republicans and democrats and get together. the madam president and i are on the appropriations committee. she's the chair. i'm the ranking member. we're going to do a lot of talking during this process and that's what we need to do. so i intend to full full my -- fulfill my obligations on the appropriations committee and hopefully we can get to this regular order. but right now we need to set priorities in a budget and a spending plan that reflects the real needs we see every day on every street in this country. thank you. mrs.