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tattoos of the sun and the moon. maybe that would happen >> white the ties the lead with jake tapper starts right now >> new york shakes and rattles while california rolls, it's the lead starts right now the strongest earthquake to rock new jersey and more than 240 years there are reports of some structural damage and just how long northeast folks may feel aftershocks. we'll bring it to you a plus two israeli military officers fired for that strike that. killed seven aid workers with world central kitchen, the non-profit started by celebrity chef jose andreas. will israel do more in the wake of criticism of the deadly strike? >> but first new >> science today of what could be a brewing legal battle between the special oh, counsel investigating donald trump and the judge overseeing one of the criminal cases against him
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welcome to the lean. i'm jake tapper and we start today with our law and justice lead. and what could be a looming battle between special counsel jack smith and the judge overseeing donald trump's classified documents case. judge, aileen cannon, they're already appears to be no love lost between federal prosecutors on smith's team and judge cannon, who was appointed by donald trump. and whose performance has been questioned by legal observers. cannon has been slow to make some decisions which happens to help trump's delay strategy. and one of her major rulings in the investigation was overturned by a higher court you might remember just a few days ago, prosecutors took the very unusual step of harshly lambasting her, suggesting that some of the judges actions seemed based on a quote, fundamentally flawed understanding of the case. though one one that has no basis in law or fact. well, judge cannon's now firing back
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in a filing of her own, leaving one to wonder how far this back-and-forth might go and whether special counsel jack smith might try to get judge cannon removed from the case. cnn's paula reid joins us now and follow how is special counsel jack smith going to handle judge cannon's decision yesterday? >> well, jake, i don't want to think of this so much as a personality clash as it is just a basic fact prosecutors can't go into a trial if they don't know how a judge is thinking about the law and right now, they are asking the judge to decide whether she is going to let the presidential records act factor into this case. that's at post-watergate law that governs which records created during an administration belong to a president versus the
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government. now, trump is using this as one of his many defenses, arguing that these were quote, personal records. the special counsel is asked cannon to reject that in that fiery late tuesday night filing, they wrote, quote, the court should be aware at the outset the trump's entire effort to rely on the pra is not based in any facts to post-talk justification that was concocted more than a year after he left the white house problem is jake, in her opinion yesterday, she didn't really answer the question, so they can't really appeal something. she hasn't said or done. but as we get closer to trial, this issue, this question and many others will continue to come up. and if she does decide when they have to put forth their defenses, that she will let this in them the special counsel can appeal, but at this
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point, she hasn't decided anything that can be appealed to the record if they want to try to get her removed as of right now, there's no indication they're going to do that. >> all right. paula reid, thanks so much. also, in our law and justice lead today, former trump attorney john eastman, the father of the illegitimate theory that vice president pence could single-handedly overturn the 2020 presidential election, is now fighting to get back his law license as he faces some of the consequences of his actions around january 6, 2021, a disciplinary hearing last month stripped eastman of his ability to practice law in the state of california. eastman is arguing in a new court filing that he needs to be able to work as a lawyer so he can pay his own legal bills. so cnn's kaitlan hole lands is following the story for us, kaitlyn, what is his basic argument besides he needs the money and what comes next for him? >> well, right now for johnny's menn, he can't practice law and he's on the path to disbarment, but he is telling a judge in california who has made his law license
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inactive and said he has no remorse what he was doing for donald trump after the election. this is something that is in violation of his ethics codes as a lawyer, he's telling that judge, he has bills to pay those bills are because it's quite expensive to be a criminal defendant. he is one, a guam side, donald trump in fulton county, georgia for his 2020 election actions. he says his it's bills there are $1 already. and if he goes to trial, which he says he wants to do to try and clear his name, his bills could be up to 3.5 million. so he wants to keep practicing law to be able to pay those bills and what he's also revealed to this california attorney discipline judge, as he's trying to ask her to let him continue practicing law, he says, let me show you some of my clients. those clients submitted letters and sworn statements to the court. they include the colorado republican party who is hired, john eastman to challenge the state's open primaries and two republican
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members of congress pretty well-known people, matt gaetz and marjorie taylor greene who say in their letters, there's no other competent, qualified attorney that they would trust, like one, john eastman all right, katelyn polantz, thanks so much for joining me now to discuss and ankush khardori, he's a former federal prosecutor. he currently covers legal issues for politico magazine anchors. thanks so much for joining us. welcome to the le, let's start with what we just heard about john eastman. does he have a strong legal argument when he claims that being his lawyers, his livelihood and he needed let's to be able to practice law to pay his bills. i >> don't think it's a particularly strong legal argument. it's possible that the courts will have some sympathy for him. it's possible to predict how they will resolve it but i don't think this is sympathetic argument at all. i mean, this man was a very bad lawyer and he did a very bad job and quite possibly the highest stakes setting we could imagine in the run-up to january six. and on january 6 he really shouldn't be practicing law and i don't know where matt gaetz and marjorie
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taylor greene had been looking for lawyers, but he is definitely not the only competent lawyer that they can find. there are many, many more we know of two other former trump attorneys who have taken plea deals in that fulton county case to avoid trial. sidney powell and kenneth chesebro you interview johnny's been last year do you think his financial situation? could affect his approach to the charges he's facing in georgia? >> i doubt it. and the reason why i say that is because when i spoke to him last year as all this stuff was still underway, this proceeding was still underway. he was quite strident and i think even to this day, he really has not acknowledged any kind of error or mistake or note of contrition throughout this whole proceeding. he seems to want to fight this until the last possible opportunity. and if you can't pay for his lawyers, many people can pay for lawyers. they get public defenders, right? >> all right. let's hop from georgia to florida when it comes to the classified documents case before judge aileen cannon there are questions about her conduct in this case. some people wonder if she's just inexperienced
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she was only confirmed at the end of 2020, former trump white house attorney could ty cobb is not fully buying the idea that this is just inexperienced. and again, before i run this clip, i just want to remind people. this is a former trump attorney. let's roll yes, she may be in competent, but at this stage of the game the hearn competence is so >> gross that i think it clearly creates the perception of impartiality, of partiality in her attempt to put her thumb on the scale. so i think that should disqualify what's your tick >> i think i see things probably a little bit differently i tend to ascribe these sorts of incidents where i can to sort of normal human frailties rather than malice i do think she's an experienced not just on the sort of criminal classified documents setting that's very rare to have that type of experience. but more generally, complex large litigation, she doesn't seem to have any experience managing it and a lot of the problems that was referring to
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the backlog of motions and things like that i see as a function of that, i also see some of the commentary that she has been making, including this order this week that has been drawn rightly drawing a lot of attention as somewhat symptomatic, i think of maybe things i'm making her a little uneasy in terms of the attention she's getting and the negative attention she's getting. >> all right. >> because you could do all right. thank you so much. good to see you. welcome to the show also in the law and justice lead today. donald trump has for a long time now been inaccurately describing the january 6 prisoners as hostages, though he has not been specified to whom he's referring. finally, though he did name one, although he spelled your name wrong, but be that as it may today on truth social, mr. trump's singled out, rebecca love rent, saying, quote, she is one of joe biden's january 6, hostages. now, prosecutors say that this woman roamed restricted areas of the capital on january 6, and a jury ever peers found her guilty of all four misdemeanor counts against her misdemeanors. we've been
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examining all of these cases in a series. we call trump's january 6 hostages because a whole bunch of them are not like rebecca liver who was found guilty of nonviolent misdemeanors, a bunch of them engaged in violent felonies, such as, for example, zachary jordan alum of centreville, virginia prosecutors say mr. alum leap through a broken window to get into the capitol on january 6, he tried to kick in the door he threw are red velvet theater rope from a balcony down at police guarding the rotunda in the house speaker's lobby. prosecutors say alum walked up to capital police officers and shouted multiple times and apologies ahead of time for the language here, but he shouted at police officers, quote, i'm going to you up again. he said this to law enforcement officers, prosecutors say alum punch the glass of the speakers lobby doors with his fist pushing up against three officers. that's when another one of the rioters, a woman tried to climb through the window and that woman was actually babbitt whom a capital police officer seconds later. and he was worried about protecting members of congress from this angry, violent mob. this police
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officer shot and killed her in what was later deemed in the line of duty prosecutors say, as alum left that area, he yelled to fellow writers that they quote, need guns zachary jordan allen was arrested three weeks later in pennsylvania. a jury found him guilty of all eight felony counts, including crimes involving assaulting police officers, plus 3d misdemeanors. alum is supposed to be sentenced later this month. once again, that is one of mr. trump's j. hostages, whom he says he will pardon and release as president again these are not hostages. >> their >> criminals >> here's video showing the other big story today. the moment one of 4.8 magnitude earthquake rattled than northeastern united states is morning, this is the view from the top of new york's statue of liberty, a shaky view there. the epicenter was just north of lebanon, new jersey lesson 50 miles west of new york city. people well up and down the east coast could feel the tremors. cnn's polo sandoval's in new york, frozen paulo. this part of the country for those watching abroad definitely not accustomed to
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earthquakes >> yeah. how many times have you actually heard that? you've seen an earthquake or at least felt an earthquake, i should say in times square, it's highly unusual why historic here. now new york city officials shake their reporting. no >> david rohde >> certificate damages, also, no injuries. so really wanted the attention is now shifting to infrastructure in an assessment of it, we're talking things like over million buildings in the city alone. so far, the builders department here, new york city over no reports of any buildings compromise. so that this session continues. also roads and tunnels, bridges, as well the mta reported today that their infrastructure is actually built to withstand a seismic event to even greater stronger than the 4.8 earthquake that was felton and today. and the transit system, which we're told continues to operate safely and effectively according to because she's us your logical survey, jake, they say that the epicenter of the quake was likely about 50 miles west of here in northern new jersey abby said that, we're
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close to at least 23 million people according to that agency that may have felt some degree of shaking and speaking to people throughout here today. take i can tell you that the reaction is fairly mixed. >> there were some that were shaken, even >> scared by this event that took place on about 10:30 this morning. but there were others, including a couple of fraud mexico city, one also from california. he seemed unfazed. i myself don't even feel it. i was on the new york city subway system, but nonetheless, it certainly is historic and certainly something that people, even here at tech score talking about today. >> all right, polo sandoval in new york. thank you. coming up the notable spot of an aftershock halfway around the world shortly after that new jersey quake. but first new criticism after israel's report today, we're building exactly strike killing aid workers from the world world central kitchen >> that's next spatial colombia, the final flight, premieres sunday at
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aid, more humanitarian aid can be delivered to palestinians in gaza. this follows the idf's release of its preliminary investigation, which highlights a series of mistakes behind those three airstrikes that took out three world central kitchen vehicles and gaza earlier this week killing seven cnn's jeremy diamond has more on what we're learning from israel's internal findings as us secretary of state, blinken is calling for an independent investigation >> six months into the war in gaza, the israeli military tonight delivering its moos, thorough and public admission of wrongdoing for killing civilians in gaza four days after targeted air strikes killed seven aid workers, the israeli military says several of its commanders violated military protocols and made errors in decision-making leading to a fatal sequence of events at 10:00 p.m. on monday night, a world central kitchen aid convoy departs this pier on the gaza coastline heading south on al rashid street. 28
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minutes later, the israeli military says its forces identified a gunman on top of with one of the aid trucks as the convoy passes the world central kitchen welcome center for additional wck vehicles join the convoy, driving south along al-rasheed and then east, arriving at a warehouse just off salaheddin street at 10:46 p.m. as aid pallets are unloaded at the warehouse, israeli forces misidentify a bag slung over one of the passenger's shoulders as a weapon and soon israeli commanders make a deadly and false assumption that the car is accompanying the trucks are not part of the aid convoy, but rather carrying hamas militants world central kitchen had cleared the convoy, including the cars with the military, but the israeli military says the commander's involved in the strikes had not seen that information as three vehicles
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carrying the seven wck workers leave the warehouse heading south on al rashid street, israeli commanders give the order to strike. the first vehicle is hit at 11 oh, 9:00 p.m. and israeli military official says, some of the passengers survive fleeing into the next vehicle the two minutes later, an airstrike hits that vehicle a half-mile down the road at 11 pm of third missile hits the final vehicle interest four minutes, seven members of the world central kitchen team are dead international uproar ensues triggering the most comprehensive israeli military investigation into its deadly actions in gaza today the statement, the israeli military said, the investigations, findings indicate that the incident should not have occurred. >> those who >> approved the strike were convinced that they were targeting armed hamas operatives and not wck
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employees. the strike on the aid vehicles is a grave mistake stemming from a serious failure due to mistaken identification, errors in decision-making and an attack contrary to the standard operating procedures general, herzi halevi, the idf's chief of staff dismissing to nahal brigade officers involved in the incidents kernel no-fee mendel, the brigade chief of staff, and an unidentified major serving as the brigade fire support officer. >> get st. go badly, jabalya, >> three others are formally reprimanded. kernel yet year zuckerman, the nahal brigade commander brigadier general eat seek cohen, the division commander and general. yeah. rohan, think goldman? head of israel southern man >> in a >> statement, world central kitchen called the disciplinary actions important steps, but said without systemic change, there will be more military failures, more apologies and more grieving families calling for an independent commission to investigate the killings.
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the idf cannot credibly investigate its own failure in gaza, the aid group said, it's very important that israel is taking full responsibility for this incident. it's also important that appears to be taking steps to hold those responsible accountable as israel pursues any military operations against hamas it has to prioritize the protection of civilians as bombs continued to fall on gaza today, human rights groups continuing to raise questions about israel's >> broader commitment to protecting civilians in gaza vowing a longer road to accountability and while the israeli military has sought to convey the gravity of this error, the gravity of this strike killing seven aid workers, some members of prime minister benjamin netanyahu's right-wing government disagree with it. namely, itamar ben-gvir, the country's national security minister describing this as the
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abandonment of soldiers in the middle of war, calling this a grave mistake that he says conveys weakness. jake. all right. jeremy diamond. thank you so much. this sunday marks six months since pro-moscow invaded israel and began this horrific conflict. six months since those attacks killed more than 1,200 people in israel, most of them civilian, some of them children, six months since 250 hostages were taken captive into gaza by hamas, with more than 100 still there six months of a that rages on between the idf and hamas with tens of thousands of lives lost and no end in sight. cnn's bianna golodryga has been following for specific israeli hostage families. this one weekend, she's going to take a look at their fights to bring their loved ones home. here's a look at a piece of the conversation with the calderon family the, last message we've got, the jump from the window and hiding in the bush. and then we lost the connection >> she later learned they jumped because terrorists were
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tossing explosives into their home, but they stayed hidden watching the h4 for two hours. >> and then a younger man, like 19 years old, was let's jump on the window and make legs. jim, you know, like sport >> one of doing pull-ups? yes, something like that. and then he saw them. if just behind there's a bush and then this young boy called the house terrorist my saw her. she couldn't run away because her legs fell asleep she couldn't move it was very clever >> it tried to >> get up to the roof, but then they saw him. they show the gun and they said go out or we should >> so >> har areas and they're 50 year-old father. oh, fair called their own were caught >> and bianna golodryga joins me now beyond such a, such a powerful interview that the
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calderon family, it's just one of so many still just waiting for hamas and the other terrorists and gaza to return their loved ones yeah. >> and the call drone family are among the lucky ones. jake, because the har and erez were part of that one week exchange where they were actually able to be reunited with their mother missing, however, is their father and being in israel, we were there for a week in february you get a sense of the country's resilience, but you also get a sense of what is missing in the country everywhere you go, you see the bring them home dog tags, you see the posters, bring them home, you see all of these families just torn apart and those that have come home, jake, are you can imagine going through therapy. they're not the same two of the families that we interviewed lived aqiba cim. they are never going back to the keyboard. seem they told me they don't trust their government to protect them. they were concerned even prior to october 7, and now they're stuck. the government is paying for their housing, but there
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are new schools and new homes. and then you you have all of those, the tens of thousands that are relocated from the north total, you have a quarter of 1 million people in israel who are relocated at this point given the conflict and it's just not sustainable, we are we are six months into this war as of sunday how are people in israel feeling right now >> they are feeling torn because they're country is obviously in chaos. they aren't more and they want to protect their country and defend their country, but they see the direction that this war has taken. yes, the majority of israelis believe and support fighting this war. but they do not necessarily agree with how this war is being conducted. they don't necessarily have faith and their government. you see the approval rating for benjamin netanyahu and his likud party continue to suffer because they don't feel that he is doing enough that his party in government is doing enough to bring these sausages home. obviously, they're not
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negotiating with themselves. hamas is also the key factor here and thus far, they're rejecting any hostage deals. jake all right. bianna golodryga. thank you so much. and everyone should tunene in t hear more of this story on the whole story with andson cooper this sunday evening at eight eastern only here on cnn a very opinionated senator bernie sanders was here in the lead yesterday. he told me he does not think israel should get anymore us military aid until netanyahu's policies on gaza change is that sentiment shared across the democratic party of vocal house democrats going to joi join us next the rt age for neutrogena retina >> that's whenever you want it to be. >> it has germ proven retina >> that targets vital cell turnover, even skin tone and smooths fine lines with visible results in just one week, nutrients jena retinol, i will never again lose to my brother. decided isa, because i've
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>> grow your business easily with freelancers fiverr not manu raju on capitol hill. >> and this is cnn we're back with our world lead and the strong condemnation from independent senator bernie sanders right here on the show >> yesterday, he criticized israel's deadly attack anaconda world central kitchen convoy in gaza earlier this week, here's part of what senator sanders told me yesterday >> israel should not be getting another nickel in military aid until these policies are fundamentally changed. so if you know, my view is no more
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military aid to israel when children in gaza are starving >> democratic congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz of florida is with me congresswoman. what do you make of what senator sanders had to say? do you agree? do you disagree? >> jake, the activation of the wck humanitarian aid workers? well an absolute devastating tragedy. and one that should not have happened. and that is something that president biden made very clear to crime minute now who israel has taken the steps necessary to quickly investigate, determine that they're protocols were and communication or violated. and there was accountability with idf leadership who were responsible for that, who lost their jobs unlike many countries, that certainly don't investigate that quickly and don't claim responsibility as israel has. we already have account, we already have the ability in place to condition
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are aid not just to israel, but any country. the memorandum of understanding that president biden issued with just a few weeks ago applies to all countries to which we provide defense assistance and so that's the mechanism that's in place. but at this point, we have to remember that israel was attacked on october 7, as you know what bianna said in the in your conversation with her just a few moments ago, is absolutely accurate. i lead a women members congressional delegation last week. and it is clear this life and israel is turned upside down. you have the towns in the north that have graduated the south evacuated. and that was hamas's intent to upend the security and stability of israel and ends the normalization process. so that eventually there isn't an israel an acceptable and it's not going to >> so i'm interpreting that as a no, you don't agree that that israel should not get any more military aid until they change their policies. as senator sanders suggests that he said, the congress. but let me just okay. you're saying
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they did change their policies, but their overall policies, and gaza they've changed that >> well, when president biden spoke with prime minister netanyahu, after that, very difficult conversation is real opened up the erez crossing and insured another access point is stepping up humanitarian aid to make sure toward that more gets in had that investigation and had their accountability and consequences as a result. and that's what needs to happen. more aid gets in that's what we as a delegation communicated with the prime minister last week. but we also have to make sure that a deal is reached. that hamas, accept the deal on the table. it's at ten to one ratio of palestinian prisoners who are terrorists to killed israelis to every one hostage that deal needs to be accepted so that there can be a ceasefire for six weeks. and ensure that we can get the hostages out, get humanitarian aid, and the ball is in hamas's court right now >> so axios reporter, cnn,
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analyst barak ravid wrote about president biden's ultimatum in the phone call with netanyahu and biden reportedly told netanyahu, if israel does not change course in gaza, quote, we won't be able to support you. do you think open? coming up this one, crossing allowing more aid into gaza from israel will be enough for president biden >> well, i think what was made clear in that conversation and i saw his report. it was made clear that the directions from an conversation with president biden and the prime minister were that we need to make sure that more aid gets in, that a ceasefire is reached. attached to the release of the hostages. and that we absolutely have to make sure that israel has has the ability to continue to end the threat that hamas represents a not have a terrorist organization sworn to its destruction on its doorstep. but we have to make sure that israel is taking all the steps and they do, they
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take unprecedented steps as you talk about j. to ensure that humanitarian aid is not only getting in, but the civilians or removed from harm's way as much as possible while hamas is using their own people as human shields. and so this is a very difficult, dense urban warfare situation. israel has to do more as a result of being the one that is in inside of gaza and there's more of expected of them. and we are indicating that while at the same time ensuring that we're supportive of their ability to never have to go through another october 7 and ensure the safety and security and the and the continuity of their people i also to get your reaction to this big news from your home state of florida this week where your state supreme court said that the current controversial six-week abortion ban can >> take effect because there's nothing in the constitution to say that it can't. but the court also ruled that florida can have a referendum are sort of sorts on the ballot in november of a proposed state
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constitutional amendment men, which would enshrined in the constitution the right to an abortion governor desantis is predicting that voters will not approve the abortion amendment, which i think requires 60% approval. do you think you'll get 60%? >> i, do think so. the maga extremists supreme court at the appointed essentially established a near-total abortion ban that will take place in 26 days. and we'll have six months of graphic reproductive health care policy that will hear a story after story nightmare scenarios that women are going to be facing where the government, judges and politicians are going to interfere with their reproductive choices. we heard from a woman, deborah norbert, at a hearing, we had a field hearing we had in my district this week where she was forced under the 15 week ban to carry and her fetus to term and induce pregnancy while having no amniotic fluid and her baby was certain to be born without
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kidneys, who died 94 minutes later in her arms. that is the kind of torture that ron desantis is supreme court. and ron desantis is putting women through in the state and it impacts the entire south. voters will go to the polls. they have an eight out of eight opportunities to ensure brian reproductive rights in their constitutions and defeat referendums to take those rights away because they believed that politicians, judges, and the government should stay out of their bedrooms. examination rooms, and they're counters. so if >> you are able to rally 60% of people to vote in favor of that constituted mitchell amendment enshrining abortion rights in the constitution. that's going to potentially have a big impact on voter turnout. in general, role. >> and while >> i don't know, i get a do you think that actually it could help? republican whoever the democrat is, it's going to face a republican senator rick scott. could it even help joe biden win florida? i mean, i'm a little skeptical having having covered the 2000 florida
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election and recount and such. but how significant do you think that that turnout convey? >> this is really not a political question when it comes right down to it there were over 1 million signatures that we're obtained through get this amendment on the ballot, and 20% of those signatures. but that was like almost 200,000 more than they needed. 20% of those signatures were from republicans. and so this this is an issue when it been pulled and florida that cuts across party lines and nonpartisan affiliated voters. they don't want the government or politicians in their personal private health care decisions. and the impact of this six-week ban being in effect for six months is going to make the choice very stark. by the way we've had the minimum wage past with 60% of the vote, a dramatic change to the way our districts are drawn with 60% of the vote we've had controversial, contested amendments passed with over 60% of the vote and none of those
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had because of across the board supports like this reproductive freedom amendment will so people will go to the polls and vote yes, on america before. and i think more than 60% will come to the polls to approve that florida democratic congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz always good to see you. thanks for joining us. while many of you scramble to find some of those special glasses, you need to watch the eclipse next week, one woman is finalizing plans to make sure tourists in her city stay safe. we're going to talk to her about that monumental task next >> you introducing ned's plaque psoriasis. >> he thinks is >> flaky red patches are all people see tesla is the number one prescribed pill to treat blacks oh, tesla can help you get clears >> don't use a tesla if you're allergic to it. serious allergic reactions can happen as i may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. some people take new tesla had depression, suicidal thoughts, or weight-loss. upper respiratory tract infection, and headache may occur live in the moment.
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we'll be watching closely to see if the state's plans run smoothly and jessica the serous, joins us now and jessica, i know that you do not like the term eclipse. are i know you said it makes you cringe but it's such a cool title. i i'm sorry. i want to acknowledge that you don't like it though, but more importantly, explain how monumental of a task you face to ensure that new york tourism benefits from this eclipse while also trying to make sure nothing goes wrong >> well, it's delicate balancing act. of course we want to welcome as many people as we can to new york state because we have a lot of assets to show off. our beautiful downtowns in upstate new york. but at the same time when you have a lot of people coming into assistive, it constrained transportation communication systems so we've been giving it a lot of thought for about 18 months to come up with a plan that balances that. and we're trying to encourage people to have a memorable experience, but to do it safely you're also preparing for really bad traffic beyond just regular
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tourist traffic. why >> well, we've got places in new york state that are great at moving people upstate new york, buffalo is bills games, they know how to move people. rochester for had the pga championship the adirondacks have a lot of tourism but that's all happening all at once. so we're surging resources, but we haven't seen this happen all at once. and then you add additional hundreds of thousands or millions of people coming in. it will straight a system we are expecting backups we did see from research in other states experienced in 27, we saw backups and so we're planning for that and we're just trying to prepare the public for that and ask them to be prepared. it'd be safe what was one of the most unique challenges you're facing while, while planning for this eclipse >> the weather is always a wildcard. upstate new york is in april. it could be at and sunny or the snowstorm like we
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on jake tapper. and hour, the >> countdown to the final four for and women are dominating the games. sports commentator bob costas will be here to talk college basketball and more plus new comments today from robert f. kennedy jr. on the january 6 attack is polarized isaac remark as he questions the fallout of that day, but we're going to start this hour with breaking news us is actively preparing for a quote, significant attack by iran against israel. that's an attack that could come within the next week, we're told this is according to a senior administration official, biden administration official who says a direct strike on israel by iran is one of the worst-case scenarios at the white house is preparing for iran has vowed to get revenge after israeli airstrike on iran embassy complex in syria on monday let's get straight to cnn's mj lee at the white house and mj, what else are your sources preparing for? >> yeah. j. we are being told