defeat in michigan in the trial of four men accused of plotting to kidnap michigan governor gretchen whitmer after her covid restrictions. finding two men not guilty, a mistrial for two others. >>> two men in court accuse of impersonating federal agents. prosecutors believed they duped several secret service agents. martha raddatz is here. >>> in new york city, the deadly shooting at a high school. what we're learning tonight. and at the very end, the dad and the very precious cargo pushed across the finish line. who is our person of the week? >>> this is "world news tonight" with david muir. >>> good evening, and it's great to have you with us as we near the end of another week together. we do begin tonight with russia's war in ukraine. tonight the single deadliest attack on civilians since the war began. at least 50 people killed. more than 100 wounded in a deadly missile attack on a crowded train station. mothers and children trying to flee the war. a warning tonight, the images are graphic and they are disturbing. ukraine says the missile hit the station filled with evacuees trying to fl

tonight governor whitmer says the plot to kidnap her was because of violent political rhetoric that's become all too common >>> the two men accused of impersonating federal agents and lavishing gifts on secret service agents appeared virtually at a court hearing today. and new images show the arsenal prosecutors say they had amassed, guns, ammo, tactical gear and several fake i.d.s. prosecutors say the two pose a threat to national security and asked they be held without bail. the hearing is set to resume on monday >>> in 60 seconds, the new concerns about covid and a warning from dr. fauci as infections start to rise again and questions remain about boosters >>> all right, we're back now with an update on covid as much of the country lowers its guard. infections are rising again in some places. there's been an outbreak among officials in washington we've been tracking and new questions on booster shots here's emmiilie ikeda >> reporter: tonight cases are creeping up in a covid fufeeged country even infiltrating the washington elite 53 people testing positive after attending a formal

tucker: why do they have to ask uncomfortable questions about what governor whitmer is doing?at's her position. brian: i feel bad for law enforcement. they have to enforce these ridiculous rules. david: a series of protests denouncing the governor culminated in threatening scenes inside the capitol building. phil: --so everybody is getting in there. male: open the door. open the door. you betrayed us. the police have betrayed the people. you're filthy rats. donald: well, these are people expressing their views. they seem to be very responsiblpeople to me. all: let us in. let us in. female: some members of the michigan state legislature are wearing bulletproof vests today. [shooting guns] male: oh, it's good. david: michigan liberty militia are particularly upset by the lockdown measures. phil robinson is one of the founders. phil: it was a stomp on our constitutional rights. i mean, executive order is not law, so we all comply to unconstitutional laws. david: people entering the capitol with those long arms, how do you view that? phil: it should be accepted. it's our right to

with us now, michigan governor gretchen whitmer. governor, it's a pleasure to see you.ault on women's privacy rights and bodily autonomy is a very clear and present danger. that's why i'm going to court, using unique tools that the governor of michigan has to protect women's rights. we're going straight to the michigan supreme court to ask that they acknowledge women have the right to privacy, the right to bodily autonomy under our due process clause of the michigan constitution. no matter how mud elled roe gets at the national level, michigan women will have these rights going forward. >> what are these unique tools that you're using? >> the governor of michigan has a constitutional ability to take on a constitutional question on behalf of the citizens of michigan. i can file this lawsuit because i've got the constitutional authority to do that. i also have tools to bypass the local courts and the court of appeals to go straight to the michigan supreme court. they have never weighed in on this issue. it is absolutely imperative that they do because we know the u.s. sup

. >> reporter: prosecutors called it a plot born of rage to kidnap governor gretchen whitmer./2 days of deliberating, a federal court jury came back with not a single conviction. adam fox, barry kroft jr., brandon kaserta, and brandon harris, were accused of targeting the governor because of her covid restrictionings. the jury found kaserta and harris not guilty. jurors were deadlocked in the charges against fox kroft. they planned to kidnap from her summer home. they practiced using weapons, and practiced surveillance of the governor's home to prepare but defense lawyers said the four were just big talkers, sometimes fueled by drug abuse who were spurred on by no fewer than 12 under cover agents and informants. >> pushing the conspiracy that just never was, never was, never was going to be. our governor was never in any danger, and i think the jury, even though they didn't get all of it, they smelled enough of it. >> the verdict was a big blow to the use of informant, but not a total shut out. two other men earlier pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges. governor whitmer's offi

they each faced federal charges for allegedly conspiring to kidnap gretchen whitmer.ping experience, but the federal jury failed to reach a verdict when it comes to the remaining defendants, fox and croft. and that force adjudge to eventually declare a mistrial on friday. two additional defendants, as you may recall, ty garber and franks previously pleaded guilty to kidnapping conspiracy and testified in the trial against these fore our defendanted. in fact, you'll recall that an indictment alleged that the six men altogether conspired to kidnap whitmer and hold the democratic governor for ransom back in 2020. gar ben testified that they planned to kidnap whitmer from her vacation before the presidential election back in november of 2020 to, quote, cause as much as of a disruption as possible to prevent joe biden from getting into office. he also testified that they planned to bomb a nearby bridge in order to delay the response from law enforcement. the defense claiming that the feds basically manufactured this whole kidnap conspiracy through confidential informants a

they faced charges for aspiring to kidnap whitmer. the charges facing fox and croft, and that eventually forced a judge to declare a mistrial yesterday. two additional defendants, as you my recall, previously pleaded guilty to kidnapping conspiracy and even testified in the trial against those other four defendants. an indictment had alleged that the six men conspired together to kidnap whitmer and hold the democratic governor for ransom in 2020. in fact, garbin testified during his trial that the group planned to kidnap whitmer from her vacation home before the presidential election in november of 2020 to, quote, cause as much of a disruption as possible to prevent joe biden from getting into office. garbeen testified the group was going to bomb a bridge to delay law enforcement who would have been responding. the defense claiming that the feds manufactured this kidnapping conspiracy through confidential informants and through undercover agents. as for the governor's office, her chief of staff released a statement after this outcome

dan: a jury failed to convict anyone in the botched kidnapping of gretchen whitmer.at role did the fbi play? why not everything is stacking up here. dan: welcome back to "unfiltered." there are growing concerns about the suspicious role the fbi played in the failed kidnapping plot of michigan governor gretchen whitmer. the trial failed to have a single conviction. they note at least a dozen fbi agents informants and at the direction of the supervising agent concocted and funded the sting operation. the main informant got $60,000 for bringing people together? what the heck is going on? joining me, kevin brock. i wanted to get to your article on the hill. your thoughts on this. when i was a federal agent, if you lost a case at trial, you were getting calls from someone in the doj asking why. >> i only half joked that this will be a case study for agents in quantico for years to come on all the things you shouldn't do. it was trouble from the start. you had case agents involved that were discovered to be charged with domestic violence. one was running a side business wh

gretchen whitmer has filed a suit to keep abortion legal in her state if the supreme court rolls backing. starting us off is emily wales. thanks for joining us on this. we appreciate it. this not only impacts women living in oklahoma but this is also impacting women specifically living in texas as well. i've been in the border state of texas especially after that strict texas abortion law was passed. you had a heck of a lot of women trying to seek out abortion services elsewhere because they couldn't get it in their current state, and the same thing was happening in oklahoma. >> absolutely. reelry for the past seven months wave been living in a situation that's a crisis. we know what desperation looks like. we see it in the faces of our patients when they've woken up at 3:00 or 4:00 a.m., driven hours, often lied to family and friends not because their family and friends wouldn't be supportive but they feel that their actions are criminal and they'd be putting their family and friends at risk if they told them they needed abortion care. now our legislature is choosing to create the sa

governor whitmer released a statement saying she feared this would embolden extremists. trials here in washington against the january 6 defendants. the biden administration justice department say they want to focus on domestic terrorism. what is the significance of what this jury did today in that context? mark: i don't think you can draw a bigger analogy to what happened on january 6. i don't know that this will embolden other people. these defendants, two of them are still facing potential long prison sentences and the other two had to face a prosecution that was quite vigorous. john: a former federal prosecutor in washington, thank you very much. mark: you're welcome. ♪ geoff: today there are thousands of cryptocurrencies. and every day, it seems, a new nonfungible token, or nft, is marketed. our economics correspondent paul solman explores the digital asset boom. paul: asset inflation gone wild. so-cled hard assets like housing, up 32% since the pandemic began. stocks up 84%, at least until russia invaded ukraine. but consider digital assets. bitcoin is up more than

the four allegedly conspired to abduct whitmer in 2020.ll get the details later in the broadcast. a second member of the extremist group proud boys pleaded guilty today in the riot at the u.s. capitol, on january 6 last year. charles donohoe admitted to plotting to stop coness from certifying the presidential election results. he agreed to aid in other investigations, which could lighten his sentence. the white house celebrated judge ketanji brown jackson's confirmation to the u.s. supreme court. on the south lawn, president biden and vice president kamala harris joined jackson, who's now set to become the first black woman on the high court. pres. biden: i could see it as a day of hope, a day of promise, a day of progress. a day when once again the moral arc of the universe, as barack used to quote all the time, bends a little more toward justice. judge jackson: it has taken 232 years and 115 prior appointments for a black woman to be selected to serve on the supreme court of the united states. [applause] judge jackson: but we've made it.

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dan: a jury failed to convict anyone in the botched kidnapping of gretchen whitmer.fbi play? why not everything is stacking why not everything is stacking up here. we need to reduce plastic waste in the environment. that's why at america's beverage companies, our bottles are made to be re-made. not all plastic is the same. we're carefully designing our bottles to be 100% recyclable, including the caps. they're collected and separated from other plastics, so they can be turned back into material that we use to make new bottles. that completes the circle and reduces plastic waste. please help us get every bottle back. dan: welcome back to "unfiltered." there are growing concerns about the suspicious role the fbi played in the failed kidnapping plot of michigan governor gretchen whitmer. the trial failed to have a single conviction. they note at least a dozen fbi agents informants and at the direction of the supervising agent concocted and funded the sting operation. the main informant got $60,000 for bringing people together? what the heck is going on? joining me, kevi

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jury in michigan returns for a second day of deliberations over the conspiracy to kidnap governor whitmers that signal to you? >> reporter: that signals that there might be some jurors classify an explosive device as weapon of mass destruction. i possess these and they're not destr destructive, they're recreational. does this constitute a weapon. >> always a peek into what is going on with the weapons. there are four defendants on trial. do you think all four guys face the same potential sflerd could there be some plus here? four of them are charged with conspiracy and three charged with conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and then other weapons and- >> my gut feeling is a chance that they didn't intend to do it. i think there is good chance the jurors will be unanimous. >> so the essential argument from the defendants is the government set them up. i wonder in your experience, you know, you've been doing these cases for a long time. how often do entrapment defenses work? >> in all honesty, laura, not too often. one of the things a defendant has to establish in an entrapment de

a jury has ruled the kidnapping plot of michigan governor gretchen whitmer was basically a set-up bylty while the jury is hung for the other two guys. this is a turning out just to be a giant humiliation for the fbi who helped fund and orchestrated this whole plot to set these guys up. and it might be an even bigger humiliation though for the media who ran with this story to smear trump and his supporters before the midterms or before the election. >> donald trump tweeting out liberate michigan. for most people that's just one more donald trump tweet. but for if you are a whack job, if you are unstable, those things trigger you. and those things lead to action. >> you don't need to actually tell somebody to do it before you create this belief that this is what donald wants us to do. we are doing it for him. >> domestic terrorists that were given comfort by trump that were told to liberate the state by trump plotting to take per out. >> jesse: well, they were wrong and that last guy doesn't have a job anymore. mollie hemingway is the editor and chief of the federalist. so this was a p

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governor whitmer, she ran in her race, her first race, when she was running for governor.illion from the federal government to help fix the damn roads, put $3.5 billion in her own budget to fix the damn roads and just brokered a bipartisan agreement in her state legislature for $4.7 billion to fix the damn roads. that's what democrats need to run on if they would like to be successful. >> point to the wins. >> exactly. if i was advising republicans back in the day, which i wasn't, but if i was, okay, i think republican strategists are sitting around saying, look, let's point to all the things they say that they were going to do and that they didn't get done. let's talk about the border. let's talk about how gas prices are high. inflation is going to be an issue. look, the polls right now are reflective of how people feel. that's really all polls are. i'm more partial to focus groups, because you can talk to people about what they're feeling and get follow-up questions, but the polls are a snapshot of how people feel at a given time. joe biden and the white house have done

they are accused of plotting to kidnap gretchen whitmer. the jury apparently agreed with the defense claim that government informants were prodding those men to act. prosecutors vow to retry the group's two leaders. >>> another grim milestone of the pandemic. new data pinpoints the deadliest week of the omicron surge. it happened in late january. more than 18,000 people died across the country from covid that week. most of the deaths were among older people and unvaccinated. the death raid was high in the south and southeast. the data shows there's a racial disparity with african americans baring the brunt. >>> former president obama said to deliver the keynote address at a stanford forum on misinformation later this month. the forum is partly virtual. it's hosted by the cyber policy stanford. disinformation is causing business problems around the world. we know that. the event aims to shed light on the causes, complex 'tis and solutions. president obama was part of a similar event in chicago this week. >>> the massive san francisco central

case >> reporter: when daniel harris was asked if he agreed to kidnap michigan governor gretchen whitmer, he responded absolutely not. the former marine says he joined a militia group called the wolverine watchmen to maintain his infantry skills, not overthrow the government his attorney asked did you have a physical reaction? harris responded, i did. i threw my hat at somebody harris is one of four on trial charged with conspiring to kidnap the governor. he called one of his co-conspirators a buffoon, another, a stoner p r pirate the group was arrested in october of 2020. >> i knew this job would be hard but i'll be honest, i never could have imagined anything like this. >> reporter: prosecutors say the militia group targeted whitmer because of her covid restrictions she saw protests over her stay-at-home order. >> there are lots of pressure points we are trying to navigate. >> reporter: the group had firearm training sessions where they built a shoot house as a mock-up of the governor's home today harris denied that his attorney asked did you believe it was a mock-up of the governor's

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. >>> the fate of four men accused of trying to kidnap the michigan governor gretchen whitmer in thest minutes later they sent a note to the judge. >>> plus, getting creative in a covid lockdown people in shanghai going to extremes to protect their pets as the government's zero covid policy takes aim at all those four-legged friends. >>> the convicted sex trafficker ghislaine maxwell will not get a new trial. that, late today from the federal judge who presided over the case maxwell's defense argued a new trial was necessary after one of the jurors said, following the verdict, that he was a victim of sexual abuse the jurors said his experience came up during deliberations he didn't disclose any abuse on the initial jury questionnaire and there lies the rub but today the judge ruled the juror held no bias and was fair and impartial. maxwell faces up to 65 years in prison sentencing is scheduled for june 28th. >>> the trial of the four men accused of plotting to kidnap the governor of michigan is now in the hands of a jury attorneys on both sides delivered their closing arguments today

the government said these men plotted to kidnap the governor because they were upset at governor whitmer's response to the covid pandemic. the restrictions on keeping buildings open. it seems odd to say it but this is what the government claimed. they were especially upset that gyms, gymnasiums were being shut down and that's when they started. the prosecution said these men started talking about attacking government officials and mentioned the governor firstcaug in the informants. the defense said it's the informants that egged them on and pushed them into specific acts that the men would never have been able to do on their own. and apparently it's the defense claim that the jurors agreed with. >> pete, stand by for a second because danny, these are strong words from the governor's office. right? the normalization of political violence. pete has laid out sort of how we got here. what are the options moving forward? like where does this go next? >> for the ones who were acquitted the options were zero for the government. the defendants walk. they walk out of the courthouse and move on with

federal jury in michigan today found two men not guilty of conspiring to kidnap governor gretchen whitmer in 2020 in an alleged plot to force the state to drop its covid restrictions. the jury was deadlocked on the same conspiracy charges for two other men, and the judge declared their cases a mistrial. the defense teams had argued that the government used f.b.i. informants and undercover agente alleged plot. the dangerous heat wave that's been gripping the west is finally easing up. more than two dozen record highs were hit today in california. it will be much cooler tomorrow. meanwhile, it will feel like winter across the central plains on saturday with frost and freeze alerts in more than a dozen states. a half a foot of snow could fall in the mountains of west virginia and north carolina. ll right, it was a giant leap for space tourism today. spacex launched three businessmen and their retired nasa astronaut guide to the international space station. the civilian crew from the u.s., canada, and israel, reportedly paid $55 million each for a seat, and they will spend eight days in space

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jurors have just reached a partial verdict if the trial of men accused of plotting to kidnap gretchen whitmerhas details. >> certainly this was a significant plot. you recall back in 2020, six men were arrested and indicted and charges for this plot to kpidna the governor. they talked about blowing up bridges and going to the governor's home where they were going to kidnap here and then try to somehow either get some ran some or get something change because they were angry over the pandemic, the restrictions that she placed during the pandemic. and so the fbi was in on this investigation. this was a massive investigation from law enforcement as for the fbi. and so they charged six people. they now went to trial. four of the people went to trial and today after five days on the fif ng day of deliberation, they came back with a partial verdict. not so good for the government. two of the defendants were acquitted of all charges. they were acquitted of kidnapping and conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction because they talked about using a bomb and at one point even built something that wa

. >> and michigan, governor whitmer following all lawsuit to challenge the almost 100 year abortion ban even though it's not enforceable due to roe v wade. >> we've got to take this seriously and use every tool we have to fight back. this is not just a theoretical risk, this is a real and present danger. >> with many states rewriting their abortion laws, all eyes point the supreme court, the court heard arguments on the mississippi law in december and legal experts argue a decision could be handed out in june with pro-abortion activists continuing their fight to the highest court in the land. >> maybe they will come back and say they stand behind roe versus wade. >> the california lawmakers have proposed making the state and abortion sanctuary is sorts if roe versus wade is over turned by the supreme court. >>> steve bannon, has asked a judge to dismiss his case of criminal contempt of congress. as for why, he said the case should be dismissed, he points to the makeup of the house committee investigating the january sixth insurrection saying that he is being targeted targeted to send a

barry and adam and daniel all accused of conspireing to kidnapped the michigan governor gretchen whitmer in 2020 over covid restrictions. in federal court on friday, the prosecutors argue the group trained and plotted for months to abduct and blow up a nearby bridge to trip up police. >> they are domestic terrorists. the groups that were plotting to kidnap and probably murder me. >> reporter: all four defendants' lawyers pushing back. fox's attorney says his client is guilty of speaking his mind. harris' lawyer says her client wasn't in on any plan. the government evidence was presented out of context. croft's attorney called it smoke and mirrors. saying the fbi could have got the governor killed if these guys were actual criminals. that allegation tied to a question raised by all four defense teams. was there entrapment? >> entrapment arguing the defendant was a patsy. a tool for the government or the fbi agents who wanted to commit the crime. that is a difficult defense to make out. >> reporter: the jury gets together again on monday to deliberate and decide this case. if the four men

. >> reporter: in michigan, governor whitmer filing a lawsuit to challenge the almost 100-year-old abortion >> we have to take current assault on women's rights seriously and use every tool we have to fight back. this is not a theoretical risk but real and present danger. >> reporter: with many states rewriting abortion laws, all eyes point to the supreme court. court heard arguments on mississippi law in december, daw could be handed down in june. >> maybe they will stand behind roe vs. wade. i want to believe so. >> reporter: cnn, atlanta. >>> still to come on the program, what life is like for millions of people experiencing weeks of strict covid lockdowns in shanghai. you're watching "cnn newsroom," we'll be right back. you're probably thinking thathese two are in some sort of lover's quarrel. no, no, no. they're both invested... in green energy. and also each other. digital tools so impressive, you just can't stop. what would you like the power to do? (cto) ♪ i want the world. ♪ ♪ i want the whole world. ♪ (ceo) ♪ i want today. ♪ ♪ i want tomorrow. ♪ (dispatch) ♪ i want it noooooow! ♪

two men accused of plotting to kidnap gretchen whitmer were acquitted. >> that was a stunner. the conduct was so outrageous, so dangerous. the problem was a couple things. one, prosecutors had a hard time articulating what the conspiracy was. different witnesses described the plans quite differently. second of all, there was entrapment, while there were government agents involved and they essentially were the plotters here. and they overrid our will to make us do this. keep in mind, though, two other defendants, there was a hung jury. so they can be retried. >> all right. thank you very much. we appreciate it. great to see you. >> all right. jim. thank you. >>> one year after a crash crash that almost cost him his leg, tiger woods looks for a fairy tale ending at the masters. can he do it? a live report from the masters in augusta is next. can you be free of hair breakage worries? we invited mahault to see for herself that dove breakage remedy gives damaged hair the strength it needs. even with reated combing hair treated with dove shows 97% less breakage. strong hair with new

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. >> reporter: in michigan, governor gretchen whitmer chall challenging -- filing a lawsuit challenginguse every tool we have to fight back. this is not just a theoretical risk. it is a real and present danger. >> reporter: with many states rewriting their abortion laws, all eyes point to the supreme court. they heard arguments on the mississippi law in december. legal experts argue a decision could be handed down in june right before summer break, with pro-abortion activists continuing their fight to the highest court in the land. >> maybe they will come back and stand behind roe v. wade. i hope that they do and i want to believe so. >> reporter: now, florida governor ron desantis signed another bill into law this past week. it provides aid for educational and mentorship programs for fathers in florida. it also comes with a $70 million price tag of funding for those programs for youth and family support services throughout the state. paula. >> nadia, bills like this almost inevitably face legal challenges, so what are you learning in your reporting about the next round of litigation ov

amy: michigan governor gretchen whitmer has promised an independent investigation of the shooting by state police. the justice department has agreed to settle four cases brought by black lives matter activists who were brutally cleared from a peaceful protest outside the white house just days after the murder of george floyd. on june 1, 2020, then-attorney -- police beat and tear gassed peaceful protesters gathered in lafayette park after then attorney general william barr cleared a path for president trump to walk to the nearby st. john's episcopal church for an infamous photo op holding a bible. as part of a settlement announced wednesday, the u.s. park police will update policies requiring that officers wear visible identifiers and will require officers to attempt de-escalation tactics before any moves to deploy so-called less lethal weapons. texas governor greg abbott is facing mounting criticism over his new policy ordering state authorities to inspect commercial vehicles crossing the state's border with mexico after the vehicles have already been checked by federal inspectors.

of four men who were accused of plotting to kidnap and kill michigan democratic governor gretchen whitmer a jury acquitted two men on all charges and deadlocked on the verdicts against two others. defense attorneys argued the plot was manufactured by the fbi and a team of at least 12 informants who helped plan and encourage others to take part. a warning to our viewers and listeners, the following includes images of police violence. two buffalo police officers have been cleared of wrongdoing for knocking over a 75-year-old racial justice protester in june 2020. martin gugino, a longtime peace activist, suffered a brain injury, a fractured skull, and spent a month in the hospital after being shoved to the ground by police. a video of the incident quickly went viral. the officers are expected to be reinstated today following the arbitrator's ruling. and mexico's president andrÉs manuel lÓpez obrador has overwhelmingly won referenm on whether he should complete his six-year term. amlo called for the referendum himself to fulfill a campaign promise to give voters a chance to remove him from o

. >> reporter: in michigan, governor whitmer filing a lawsuit to challenge the state's 100 year old abortiongh it's not enforceable due to roe versus wade. >> we have to use every tool we have to fight back. this is not just a theoretical risk. this is a real and present danger. >> reporter: with many states rewriting their abortion laws, all eyes point to the supreme court. the court heard arguments on the mississippi law in december. legal experts argue a decision could be handed down in june right before summer break with activists continuing their fight to the highest court in the land. >> maybe they'll come back and stand behind roe versus wade. i hope they do. >> reporter: florida's governor ron desantis signed another bill into law that provides aid and mentorship and programs for fathers in florida and comes with money for youth and family support services but that's a side bar to the 15-week abortion ban that the governor signed. we're seeing legal contesting all across the country with different groups like the aclu battling against the legislatures as they push forward with the ba

governor gretchen whitmer -- >> it is a clear and present danger. >> the debate has private companies fighting back. in response to the texas number, they offered to cover travel costs for employees who need abortions and they'll relocate workers and pay legal fees kevin stit is a state issue. they addressed this issue and gave it back to the states where it belongs >> you hear that >> perry russom, thanks very much >>> people screaming from their balconies. roads barricaded an update on the covid lockdown inside shangha okay, i don'i.know where the hole for this is. ...or fourth time streaming that period drama dan... you just made me miss her best line, so now i'm going to have to start it again ...even insisted he didn't need directions dan. okay, i'm not lost. i'm exploring. that said, do you know where i am? earn 5% cash back in your top eligible spend category, up to $500 spent each billing cycle. with the citi custom cash℠ card. (customer) [reading] save yourself?! money with farmers? (burke) that's not wrong. when you switch your home and auto policies to farmers, you could sa

breaking news out of michigan where the jury was hearing the case of the four men planning to kidnap whitmerrbara mcquaid, and so megan, break down what happened. >> that verdict coming in within the last couple of minutes here. barry croft and adam fox they could not reach a decision on, the jurors, so that was declared a mistrial, and the other two were acquitted. prosecutors do have an opportunity to retry croft and fox, and that was a hung jury. this was a month-long trial. prosecutors presented 13 days worth of evidence, including testimony from fbi agents as well as informants who infiltrated this group as they were, according to prosecutors, conspireing to commit kidnapping on the governor of michigan, and just within the last couple of minutes these jurors returned a verdict saying they did not find anybody guilty, and two miss mistrials for the other defendants. >> barbara, help us understand? >> this is a big blow for the government. the acquittals speak for themselves. they found the evidence was insufficient. and the fact that two have been acquitted doesn't mean the other two ca

new action just this month maryland state lawmakers accessed a law in michigan governor gretchen whitmer filed a lawsuit to protect abortion. >> the assault on women's privacy rights and bodily autonomy is no longer a theoretical risk it's a clear and present danger. >> it is a clear and present danger. >> the debate has private companies fighting back. in response to the texas number, they offered to cover travel costs for employees who need abortions and they'll relocate workers and pay legal fees oklahoma governor kevin stitt says this is a state issue they addressed this issue and gave it back to the states where it belongs >> today yelp is added to the list they're covering the travel expense for any worker who has to leave the state to get one. shep. >> thanks very much. >>> people screaming from their balconies. roads barricaded an update on the covid lockdown inside shanghai. that's as the government tries to keep cases and public opinion under control. >>> get out of shanghai. that's the directive from the >>> get out of shanghai. that's the directive from the united states gove

. >> reporter: in michigan, governor gretchen whitmer filing a lawsuit to challenge the state's 100-yearthe current assault on women's rights seriously and use every tool we have to fight back. this is not just a theoretical risk, this is real and present. >> reporter: with many states rewriting election laws. legal experts argue a decision could be handed down in june right before summer break with pro-abortion activists taking their support to the highest court in the land. >> maybe they will come and support roe v. wade. >> nadia romero, cnn. atl atlanta. >>> you may not have to stick a swab up your nose ever again after a covid breathalyzer test isis approved. but how well does it w work? we'll discuss that, next. but you u can find her right now on upwork. when the world is your workforce. finding the perfect designer, developer, marketer, or whomever you may need. tends to fall right into place. find top-rated talent who can start today on upwork. my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis... ...the tightness, stinging, the pain. with tremfya®... ..ost people saw 90% clearer skin at 16

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governor whitmer filed lawsuits to block in 1930s law if the supreme court weakens or overturns roe vis not going to defend michigan in this case because of your own personal experience and you have been open about it. i will say, you were pregnant with triplets at the time. how did that frame your position that this law is harmful to women. >> i've always believed that women should have the right to have bodily autonomy, and those kinds of difficult decisions should be between a woman and her physician or a woman and her family, certainly politicians in our state should not be able to place themselves either in an individual's doctors office and be making those decisions on behalf of women. my decision not to defend the law wasn't based so much on my personal experience, though i thought it was important to share that but on the experiences of thousands and thousands of women around our state and the understanding that not only do i believe that law to be unconstitutional, but i know that for certain, if it is enforced, women in my state will die. we have 2.2 million women in our sta

has been reached in the trial of four men accused of plotting to kidnap michigan governor gretchen whitmerrning. the jury said they're deadlocked on other counts. they asked the judge for guidance on what to do next and plead not guilty. they face up to life in prison if convicted on the most serious charge. >>> there's also this. tiger woods is set to be back at it today at augusta national for the next round of the masters. after what is being called by pretty much everyone a very impressive opening round yesterday. back in the tournament just a year after that horrible car accident, where he nearly lost his leg. cnn's coy wire is at augusta, he's here with us now. what is the very latest from there? >> reporter: kate, finishing the first round ahead of eight of the top players in the world. almost had his leg removed. four shots behind the leader. sungjae im. tiger was lifted and no doubt, battling physically and mentally to push through the miles and miles of the masters. 46-year-old described all it would take overnight to prepare for today's round two. listen. >> lots of ice. lots of

you could look at michigan with governor whitmer, and grisham, and there are two names that come to thee in a state that donald trump won twice. you have to ask the question. how did roy cooper win in 2016 when trump won and get re-elected in 2020 when trump won? it's a question we have to ask as we saw in the last election. are you going to go the pathway of that person that tries to bridge partisanship within the united states or do you choose a bold, progressive, perhaps a diversity ticket to really energize and mobilize the democratic party? that ultimately will be the first choice the party has to make going into the next presidential election. >> mm-hmm. mm-hmm. i want to pick up on something that really touches on what michael said earlier, and that's a pollster who gave an interview to politico who said, a lot of us feel if trump runs, a lot of us feel no one else could beat him except joe biden. he's always ahead, by one or two points. even at his lowest approval ratings, he still beats donald trump. is that how you see it, susan? >> to some extent, but you know what? joe biden

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