first democrat to win statewide and the senate race there this. is an, amazing thing to see, something like this happen in alabama and it's just confirms what we've seen in special election after special election. and since dobbs women have come out and a lot of republican women are breaking with the party beyond this issue. and it's particularly with trump in some of the candidates that are out there, particularly in north carolina and ohio. the senate candidates and gubernatorial candidates that the republicans have nominated are on the wrong side of this thing. and i think it's making even the senate more competitive. in 2024 in november >> all right, we'll leave it there for now. a joe trippy, alice stewart, good to see you both. thank you >> all right. another hour of cnn, news central starts right now.

>> all right. the breaking news divers there's are back in the water searching for bodies in that as we just learned, that the black box is now on shore the ntsb chair just told us for the first time overnight investigators were able to get onboard the vessel that crashed into the francis scott key bridge they retrieved the blackboard boxes. they're analyzing the data, right now in sometime later today, they do expect us to do expect to be able to tell us what they have learned but. what possibly went wrong new details on the investigation into sean combs. he was briefly in custody his lawyer now accuses investigators of military-level force and a showdown in los angeles courtroom as hunter biden pushes to get the felony tax charges against him dropped kate and sarah are out today.

i'm john berman and fredricka whitfield. this is cnn news central all right this morning, the breaking news who's divers are in the water trying to recover bodies in the black box is now on shore. the chair of the ntsb just told us investigators war on, were able to get on the dali the vessel so the crashed into the francis scott key bridge overnight. they are analyzing the black box data, right now and later today, they do expect to have some answers as to what caused the crash. see, you also told us they will begin conducting interviews with those onboard the vessel and people on who might have information about what what happened. some of what has been mentioned publicly, officers say the ship experienced a total blackout. we've all seen the video footage of that. they also say that was engine failure and an official told the wall street

journal the smell of burnt fuel was everywhere we're also learning this morning that a coast guard team that specializes in hazardous materials is monitoring the threats of leaks. >> red. all right. john, we also just found out divers are now back in the water resuming their recovery effort for the six missing construction workers who are now presumed dead, many of them were longtime residents of maryland karlin cnn's gabe cohen is live for us from the scene with more on their lives. the challenges at the recovery accrues are going to have while trying two, once again, being very chilly unpredictable water escape if red, that's right. >> conditions could be very difficult for those cruise today as they do this search and recovery, we're expecting cold temperature maturers again and some rain choppy waters potentially, there's even concerned about flooding and so they're going to have their hands full as they search for those six missing prison soon dead construction workers. and

we're learning more about those six lives. as you mentioned, these were people, many of them longtime maryland residents with families that dearly loved them. we've learned about 38 year-old mayner. you see, or suozzi sandoval. he was an immigrant from honduras who had been a us resident for 18 in years he was a married father of two, an year-old son. and a five-year-old daughter. his brother told cnn describing him as a really beloved, a member of their family. we've also learned about miguel luna. he's a father of three from el salvador, who had lived in maryland for more than 19 years. you can feel fred the heartbreak as you talk two people here in the baltimore community about the lives that have been lost in as john mentioned before, this investigation into what went wrong is really kicking into high gear this afternoon the ntsb has said they have boarded the dali there investigators,

they have posted two, doesn't have them here at the scene, and they've started collecting electronics in looting that data recorder, which is essentially the black box and the shift to try to piece together a timeline that we're expecting to get a little bit later today. they're processing it in their lab right now, but that could tell us what caused this total blackout on the ship. the reason the pilot might have lost control's lost, the ability to operate the ship as he tried to slow it down, tried to drop anchor i couldn't pull that off fred before colliding with the column of the bridge causing that collapsed. a lot of questions, but it is promising that the ntsb has said they are hoping we now have a much better timeline by later this afternoon. >> we look forward to that. i mean, amazing to hear that losing the ability to steer, but all having the wherewithal to be able to issue that may day and potentially save a whole lot of lives. are gabe cohen. thank you. you so much.

>> john, are with us now. is the mayor of baltimore, brandon scott, mr. mayor, thank you so much for being with us this morning. we did just hear that divers are back in the water. what are you hearing from the recovery efforts? >> well, listen, that's the focus is to recover those who are in the water that we lost in this unthinkable tragedy right before getting a few, i got to update from my fire chief and they had just broke the meeting with the divers as they went back out to do their incredible work. and as we've been noted already this morning that work is already dangerous, but will be even more so today, what the expected rain, the choppy waters, and we all know about the bri and other things that there'll be dealing with. so we also have to live those first responders up who are putting their own lives at risk to be able to bring home. those who we lost to have some sort of closure for those families. >> is there still a state of emergency in baltimore this morning? >> yes. there's still a state of emergency. we will have that for the foreseeable future. we

know that our governor governor more has also issued a state of urgency and my counterpart in baltimore county has done the same thing. this is an unthinkable tragedy that impacts our city and our community now state in so many different and ways. and while we'll focus on making sure that we are recovering of those who we lost, those who were simply working and trying to make transit better for the rest of us. we also understand the weight of how this this is going to impact our city and our state. >> what is happening on the shipping docks a day i was reading some 15,000 workers. there are people even at work today. can they work? >> well, i think listen, we know that there's efforts that have been made to try to offload some of the vessels and things. but this is going to be an impact to those workers. those folks are as long as the port is closed and ships can't go in and out we know that the

level of work that they're accustomed to being this port been the ninth largest in the country and number one for automobiles is going to be directly in deeply impacted. we'll have to figure out how we're going to wrap our arms around that community, those workers, those families who depend on the port. and really the supply chain, it depends on the port of baltimore we're all right now, i'll still focus on recovery. that's what we're talking about today, is recovering those who we lost. >> what is your message to the families of those who are now presumed lost, some of whom that we're learning very well may have been hearing yeah, i think the first thing is that the entire city of baltimore is with them. my heart and my prayers are with them, but we're going to be with them for the long haul. this once the phone calls go away, once the cameras go away and folks them onto another issue will be their support you in every way that we can make sure that we

help you heal as much as possible from the loss of their loved one >> here, brandon scott. i know how difficult this has been for for you and the city of baltimore. thank you so much for being with us today. best of luck as the day moves on >> thank you. fred. >> all right. new details about what sean diddy combs was about to do before he was briefly detained as federal investigators rated his home. and donald trump now, under a new gag order in the new york hush money case what he said just sparked the judge's order >> and >> if you're tossing and turning every night a workout, there may be the solution details from a new study check, we hear nothing. >> the space shuttle accident excuse not one thing. it's a series of events. >> is that part of the wing coming apart >> space shuttle columbia, he

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>> i'm paula reid in washington and this is cnn >> knew this morning a source close to sean diddy combs tells cnn he was about to leave miami for a plead pre-planned trip with his twin daughters when he was stopped by law enforcement at the airport. one of his associates were learning is now under arrest for drug charges. >> in >> this comes as a lawyer for combs is slamming the rays on his properties, calling them, quote, a gross over a use of force well, dow, cnn's elizabeth wagmeister. what's the latest elizabeth >> hey, john, and good morning. so as you said, it, diddy's attorney is slamming these rains on his homes in los angeles and miami has attorney is calling these raids a witch-hunt. those are the words that he used. now how a statement from diddy's attorney, i want to read you part of that, john, he says, quote yesterday there was a gross overuse of military-level force as search warrants were

executed at mr. holmes residences. there is no excuse for the excessive show of force and hostility exhibited by authorities or the way his children or employees boys were treated. now, that is just part of a lengthy statement that we received. but as you see, their diddy's legal team was shocked. that is what they say by the scope of these raids on his homes. but as you said, i have learned from a source close to the wrapper that he was on his way out of my ami where he owns a residence with his two twin teenage daughters. they were on their way out for a spring break trip. that is what i hear, not is when he was stopped by authority and spoke with them briefly, but then was released. there was no arrests made. of course, this is an investigation at this point. did his team is maintaining his because in a sense, they say that he is going to fight to clear his name, but of course, this all comes after diddy is facing five lawsuits right now

with very serious allegations. john, back in november is when the first lawsuit came against dethie from the singer cassie. he was in a long-term relationship with her. she has accused him of rape, of grooming, of deck of about a decade of abuse. so these are very serious allegations. and of course, while this is an investigation, the department of homeland security is saying that diddy is a target, and this is a department that investigates for sex trafficking. so again, very serious, but diddy's team is saying he is innocent and i'm also hearing john that diddy's team believes that the media was tipped off on these raids in los angeles. they say that the chopper from local news was above his home in los angeles before his home? was breached. so they believed that the media was tipped off and they believe that this is a witch-hunt. that is what they are saying >> look, combs is obviously a

huge figure and has been in the entertainment industry for several decades. but these allegations swirling around him are very serious. what is the reaction bid inside the industry >> it's a great question because as you've said, diddy is one of the biggest figures in not just music and entertainment. he is a mogul. i mean, just in september of last year, he received the global icon award at the mtv video music awards. then you fast forward two months and he's hit by this lawsuit. he is responsible for launching the careers of people like usher and mary j. oblige. and yet we have not heard anything, anyone defending him. right. >> the silence is >> very, very low. loud when you are looking at all the people that did, he knows all the people that he has worked with. nobody is coming to defend him and not is because these allegations are incredibly serious. his team can continue to deny them and

they are and again, at this point, they are just allegations there has been no arrest. there is ben nothing criminal at this point, but there is a pattern here. if you look at all of these five lawsuits, these are people who do not know each other who worked with dethie or came across diddy at different points throughout the years. and there are very similar accusations of sexual assault, of abuse of group grooming of drugging women, of minors. so there are some patterns here and i have covered many stories throughout the me too movement, john. and just because there's one allegation doesn't mean that's not true, but certainly when you establish a pattern of behavior from different accusers that leads you to believe that when they're smoke, there's fire >> let's with wag, mice are obviously an investigation is what we are looking at right now. keep us posted as to what you hear. >> bread all right. happening this morning. hunter biden will

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contend that the special counsel cave to pressure from donald trump and congressional republicans. seen as katelyn polantz all over this story. what do we expect to see play out here in a few hours? >> well, john, this is going to be arguments and they're gonna be midi arguments where hunter biden's team is asking a judge in california, federal judge to dismiss the indictment. he's facing on tax evasion crimes. this is one of the moments that is going to put special counsel, david weiss and the statement here in california, the federal charges against hunter biden before the judge, and really stress test them >> some of the >> things that hunter biden's team will be challenging is the ability of the special counsel to file these charges. the fact that they were filed in california where hunter biden's team says he wasn't living at the time he was alleged to have violated or evaded paying taxes and then on top of that, they're going to be talking to the judge about

the politics around the investigation because they say a biden should not have been charged here and he was treated improperly. his privacy as a taxpayer was it's invaded because of this investigation and some of the things that played out in the political sphere afterwards related to him. so all of this coming also in an election year, what happens here? there's not gonna be a decision today from the judge. very likely. >> but >> what happens here in this >> case, if it moves forward or if it is tossed, that has major implications for the president's son and the conversation around a biden as he is a criminal defendant john yeah. >> a lot of lawyers and campaign strategists, no doubt, watching this hearing and very carefully, katelyn polantz, great to see you. thank you. >> fred are joining me right now. is defense attorney and former federal prosecutor, shan wu to talk more about all of this. good to see a shan. so hunter biden and his attorney will try to get these charges involved having nine tax

offenses dismissed. what do they need to argue or perhaps even produce in order to achieve this >> well, i think there are two areas that they got a little bit of traction on. one's easier than the other. the first is they're going to argue that really the prosecution's flawed because they had reached an agreement previously. we remember that plea agreement that rather spectacularly crashed and burned and they want to argue that hundred biden didn't do do anything to violate that agreement, which involved diversion on the gun charges and all these other charges. that one's probably not going to fly with the judge, but the second one, which is really a selective prosecution issue, saying that he's not being treated the same as similarly situated people facing tax evasion charges who've already paid the money back. that's going to have a little bit of traction. i don't think it will ultimately succeed, but in making his arguments, they're going to put the special counsel, david weiss, under a

lot of pressure because it's really going to be opening up the history of this case. it's been over a half decade and there are this zero point. so why is this going to have some tough questions to answer before the judge as probably going to preview some of the difficulties weiss is going to have and prosecuting this case at trial and more on that latter point, you just made i mean, biden a hunter. biden is alleged to have failed to pay taxes on time missing deadlines, even filing false returns. but hunter biden claims that he has paid all of it back. so why doesn't that matter? >> well, i think it was also claiming his all or refund at this wednesday make things worse for weiss it doesn't matter because at the time that the crime was committed, if he failed to file if he failed to evade, they simply show in the indictment probable cause that happened and now they have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that happens. so it's technically it doesn't matter whether you paid it back or not. the problem for david

weiss is that numerous prosecutors, including myself, have noted that it's rare when a defendant has paid back the money that they would still go african criminally unless with some really ginormous amount of money, which is nadh, it's i think it's about 1 million or so. so that's makes it an unusual situation. and worse for weiss, there's gonna be a big jury nullification factor, which is it's so well known that biden's notoriety is one of the main reasons why he's being looked at for over half a decade, that that's going to make an uphill fight to get the jurors to want to convict you. >> all, right let's move on to another case in new york supreme court, judge juan merchan, placing a limited gag order on donald trump because of prior extra-judicial statements. the judge says so how how affective might this be? >> well, judging from the past record, that may not be may not be that effective we remember that in the earlier at trial

would and judge engoron, there were some very small finds that were slapped on trump. he made me a little bit more careful here at this point, having experienced that before, i think the order itself is very reasonable. it's very similar to the other ones have an imposed on trump. >> and >> again, the order does not include trump's quote, remarks, the really disparagement of the actual judge or the actual prosecutor. i don't think that's right. i think it shows a lot of disrespect and pains the system for trump to be talking about the judge and the who is one thing that say i disagree with the ruling and it's another to come out and call people names and claim that they're corrupt >> that takes >> the jury pool, it affects it, and really taints the whole process too. it's wrong. >> what will be the penalty if trump defies the order? >> well, theoretically the penalty could be fines and even jail time for a contempt of court. i think almost everyone thinks unlikely he'd be put in jail unless he totally goes off

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cruises, cnn's matt egan is with us now. this is a big deal. i mean, nothing's moving. yeah. john, this is a very big dummy first and foremost, of course, this is a human tragedy, but make no mistake. there will be an economic impact as well. hopefully that economic impact is localized because we're talking about one of the biggest ports in the country has been affected will be crippled as a major employer more than 15,000 direct jobs, 139,000 jobs for lie on this this port here. and again, it's been effectively shut down. its is a major hub of economic activity. it's the number one port for exports of coal. number one for imports of sugar. it's a major sure. port when it comes to farming and construction machinery. >> and also, of course, for >> autos last year alone, 850,000 vehicles went through this port. that was an all-time high and a lot of major companies, household names are going to be impacted because they rely on this port or the bridge or both, including everyone from ford and bmw, gm,

stellantis. we also have know that amazon fedex under armour. they all have facilities nearby and carnival that company has moved there cruises through virginia. another company, domino sugar, that refinery in baltimore. it's not just a landmark, it's actually the biggest refinery for sugar in the entire western hemisphere. that's being impacted here as well. and listen, john, we all learned more than we ever wanted to during covid about supply chains and about how if something breaks in one place, there can be stress everywhere. so we need to pay very close attention to the impact here. >> it looked me nothing's moving in and out of that port right now, the mayor just told me baltimore. yeah. there are some 15,000 people will work on those dots. they're loading and unloading some of the things that are stuck in there right now. but there's only so much they can do, right? exactly. when you think about the national impact here everyone's on high alert right now for the us. in terms of any sort of shocks, right? because remember inflation has cooled, but it remains high listen to what? the governor of maryland

said about the national economic impact here >> you have got to get this bridge back up and we have got to get the port of baltimore moving. this is one of the most one of the most efficient and effective ports that we have in the entire country. and the economic impact of the port of baltimore does not just its impact the state of maryland. it's over 51 million tons of foreign cargo. it's the largest in the country. >> now the saving grace here when we look at the map, is there are other options, right? there are major east coast ports that traffic has already being diverted to, including the port of virginia, port of philadelphia, and new york and new jersey. of course the extra traffic in those ports that can add to congestion that could actually increase the shipping costs there. the truck costs as well. and then when you think about the situation in baltimore, of course, there's a lot of trucks and cars more than 30,000 every single day that went over the key bridge now, most of that can get diverted it can go to the tunnels, but not all of it

because some of this is hazardous material that can't go through the thomas. i think that when we zoom out and we think about the big picture in the economy, it looks like the national economy, right? can be spared here because there are other options is options. there's contingencies. we're not hearing about economists downgrading their growth forecasts for warning of price spikes. but listen like everything else the longer this is shut down, the bigger the impact. >> i asked secretary of transportation, pete buttigieg when he thinks do they have an estimate of when the channel when they may be able to get a channel open to get in and out there. and he just doesn't know. i mean, i don't think there is an answer right now. i think he would love to have an answer, but right now, they just can't be sure. >> they can't be sure because john this is something that was on nobody's radar until 24 hours ago. and here we are madigan great to see thanks very much. >> bread. >> all right. this morning, a new push by the us for israel to take a different approach in gaza, israeli defense minister yoav gallant met with cia director bill burns and defense secretary lloyd austin on tuesday and cnn the tasha bertrand is at the pentagon

with more on what we're learning. natasha >> yeah, friday it was a jam-packed couple of days of meetings for golan here in washington, dc, he met with white house officials, including national security advisor jake sullivan. he met with us secretary of state. he met with us secretary of defense and he met with cia director bill hello burns, where the two discussed a potential plan to release it to get hamas to release around 40 hostages in exchange for israel to release about 700 palestinian prisoners, something that hamas really has yet to respond to that the israelis are waiting to see how, how it unfolds. but in terms of his meetings with secretary austin dan yesterday, look, the two sides till still seem relatively far apart on how this operation in rafah in southern gaza is going to play out. secretary austin really emphasized the need for some kind of alternative to the plan that israel appears to be weighing right now, which is kind of an all out assault on rafah, which would endanger the over 1 million palestinian rights fugees who have taken

shelter in the south as a result of israel's campaign in gaza austin really emphasizing that israelis need to think about a more sequential plan in terms of targeting senior hamas leaders. they're getting the refugees to a safe place as well as fortifying the border between egypt and so that hamas terrorists cannot escape their gone. of course, he told reporters last night that that israel still believes that there are about five hamas battalions in rafah and they need to eliminate them. and that is something that israel has been extremely firm on. and so the two sides. we are told they agreed to keep talking, they agree to keep the these discussions ongoing at a working level between the us knees really size to figure out the best way forward here because of course, really the safety of the hostages in gaza and the safety of those 2 million palestinians all across the gaza strip really depend on how this all plays out. and of course, the us and israel, their relationship really he has hit a new low point this

week after netanyahu canceled another israeli delegation to the us in objection to a un security council, a vote that the us did not veto. and so they're still trying to figure out the best way forward here. but as of right now, it seems like they're just going to keep talking and hope of course that these rules at least take the us as advice about the best way forward. and rafah read >> all right. natasha bertrand. thank you so much all right. and now let's dig >> deeper into how the baltimore bridge collapse may have happened. we're learning a lot more today about potentially the timeline will be presented. the ntsb and officials say they are going to be able to board the vessel for the first time and actually interview the crew a lot can be learned as a result, with us right now roberto allele, own professor of construction engineering at virginia tech, is joining us right now. great to see you. so with the ntsb and other investigators able to board the vessel for the first time? ask questions of the crew

what do you believe among the first questions that ought to be asked in your view >> well, i think the dsb is going to be interested in what essentially trigger this event, why they lost power, and why typically there will be several backup systems in situations like this. and so why those didn't come into play at all, and why they lost control completely over the vessel and so i think that in the end what they are looking for is how to improve procedures in napa russian and import activities so that this accident does not happen again. >> and we heard initially from officials that there was a loss of steering that that's something that they experienced on this vessel. you would have a local crew that would help navigate this vessel under the bridge. it has a better professor christian c, and knowledge of the potassium go

river and how these vessels should traverse that area. but what's the coordination between the local crew that's going to get on board and help navigate that vessel, as well as the existing crew on this singapore vessel. and it's knowledge of the vessel, how do they work together? what do you believe some of the lapses might have been or perhaps some of the gains so it's way too early to speculate even as to what the lapses might have been really >> the important thing is here. why was there some sort of electrical or mechanical failure? and why they were not able to recover from that in the end, i think the questions will be asked about whether the crew had been trained for an event like this and so on. from my experience the issue of how

ports handle ships in and out is very much a local well think so. i'm not familiar with the baltimore ones. but you did see that they were tugboats that took it out and basically put it on its way. and at that point the ship seem to be in the right course. and it was a few minutes later that they'd lost control very close to to the bridge and that's where the accident occurred. >> the ntsb also says today that it has the data recorders in their possession typically, what will be learned from those data recorders, these are similar to say like the black boxes of an aircraft. but what's the kind of information that will be retrieved from? vessel >> so there is an enormous amount of information in these black boxes. and of course, the ntsb in any investigation of this type is very much interested in correlating

what's in that box with what people are telling them. because sometimes they're contradictions there or in congruencies in the testimonies. and in fact, trying to track down exactly the source of the initial failure >> and what human actions could have led to a worse result or to a better result. one of the things that we learned in accidents of this type is that human intervention is extremely important and initial accident of this type could be mitigated very much if the humans are trained and have the knowledge as to what to do or the situation can be made much worse. >> all right. virginia tech professor roberto leon. thank you so much for your time. appreciate it. john.

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even potentially reverse a deadly disease known as pulmonary arterial hypertension. without any treatment, patients typically live just two to three years after their diagnosis. cnn medical correspondent, meg tirrell has details on this omega fellas more about how this new drug works. it sounds amazing yeah, i think one of the best ways is really to illustrate both the perils of this disease and sort of the miracles of medicine when you get one that >> really works is to look at one of the patients who enrolled in the clinical trial of this medicine. >> her name is >> katrina barry. she was 25. she was spending the summer in greece when she suddenly got severely short of breath. she jumped on a plane home. it turned out when she was seen by dr. she had had a heart attack at the age of 25. she had to have open heart surgery and they discovered that she had pulmonary arterial hypertension. now, a while later, she enrolled in a clinical trial of this medicine, who's experimental name was subtask are saved. >> and >> she found over the course of

a few years taking this medicine, she really started to feel like she improved even dramatically. i think we have a photo here of her back in greece a few years after starting this medicine, hiking up a volcano so she really credits it with this dramatic improvement in her outlook. now the fda has approved this medication, this disease is a rare disease, pulmonary arterial hypertension, about 500 to 1,000 people in the us are newly diagnosed with it every year it typically affects women between ages 30.60, although not exclusively this drug actually goes after what is causing this disease. the arteries in the lungs start to become thicken and narrow, and that puts pressure on the heart, trying to pump blood and ultimately over time, the heart starts to weaken. so this actually goes after a protein that's important in that sort of narrowing of the arteries, there is a hope that potentially this could reverse the disease. we need more data on that so far in the clinical trials we have seen that very many fewer patients either died

or had their disease worsen than placebo. in the study. and of course, they'll continue to watch the progress of this medicine as it gets out there on the market, guys, right? mostly impacting women are exclusively impacting women i don't believe it's exclusive. >> okay. >> all right. so i wonder this is a very rare disease. i mean, we know that drugs can be especially pricey. is this on the costly side or is this fairly accessible? >> while it is a rare disease? and typically that business model is to price drugs very high. and so this drug costs $14,000 per vial, merck, the maker of the medicines as it's priced via patient's weight and the average patient will probably use enough to make this cost about $243,000 there's per year that's not out of step with other drugs for rare diseases. and a lot of insurance coverage. we'll have to come into play, obviously to make that accessible to people. >> indeed. all right. meg tirrell. thank you so much.

john. >> all right. this morning, what is the rnc asking perspective hires. now the trump loyalists and the trump family have taken you can over the party apparatus. they're asking would be staffers. do you think the 2020 election was stolen? of course, it wasn't. so why are they asking with us? cnn's alayna treene, this is your reporting. what's going on here? >> right? well, you're exactly right, john, over the past few weeks, trump advisers have been asking current and potential employees at the rnc what their views are of fraud surrounding the 2020 election and essentially was the election stolen and that's according to sources familiar with the interview questions he told me that they viewed it as an apparent litmus test for potentially being hired and some of these people also described it as unusual for a job interview question. of course, it seems to the impression they had is that it seems to be are they questioning their loyalty to

donald trump now, this new hiring question comes shortly after the trump campaign and the rnc effectively merged their operations according to my conversations with trump campaign advisors, as well as rnc officials, they essentially argue that they are now operating as one and the same. and i do want to just read for you what rnc spokeswoman, but and also trump's folks, when she operates as well on both sides of this told us regarding this reporting, she said, quote, candidate who worked on the frontline in battleground states or are currently in states where fraud allegations have been prevalent. were asked about their work experience. we want experienced staff with meaningful views on how elections are won and lost. and we'll experience-based opinions about what happens in the trenches. and that is from daniela alvarez, again, rnc spokesperson, as well as eight trump's spokesperson. and i do just want to take a step back here and give you some context around this drawn, this comes as the rnc, one of their key focuses ahead of the 2024

election is going to be on what they call election integrity. and really focusing on potential claims of fraud in the upcoming election. now, we know that donald trump, one of his key issues with the rnc over the past few years is that he did not like the way that they handled his false claims of fraud surrounding the 2020 election. and we know that that was part of the reasoning that he really has relationship with former rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniel fractured. it was largely over this issue and how she handled that. and so it's definitely a key focus for the new leadership at the rnc. people who were hand-picked by donald trump, including his daughter-in-law, lara trump, who's now the co-chair, as well as michael whatley they're going to be leading some of these efforts. and again, a big focus for them as they look ahead to november yeah, fascinating election denialism now seemingly the price of admission to work at the rnc, alayna treene. thank you so much for your reporting. >> bread, right, john, in fact, nbc news is now cutting ties with the former rnc chair, ronna mcdaniel days after

hiring her as a contributor because of major backlash flash from some of its biggest anchors mcdaniel was a significant promoter of donald trump's 2020 election lies sources tell cnn that she is already interviewing attorneys prepping for a potential legal battle with and be seen. cnn's oliver darcy joining us right now. so i'll ever i mean, the backlash was so strong within the network that the nbc news president really didn't have a choice, did he, or at least that was his feeling >> he didn't really have a choice. i mean, this was a huge disaster where you had some of the biggest stars like rachel maddow, chuck todd going on the air and rebelling against nbc news is c-suite we're saying they made the wrong decision in hiring mcdaniel, who not only wasn't election denier, but actively work to subvert the 2020 vote alongside donald trump. and that did not sit well with the nbc news journalists with msnbc hosts. and you saw them come out and protest on nbc's own air until

nbc reversed the decision. i'll read to what cesar conde, the nbc universal news group chair, the real big boss over their email to his employees announcing this yesterday, he wrote, i want to personally apologize to our team members who felt we let them down while this was a collective recommendation by some members of our leadership team, i approved it and take forward responsibility for it. so nbc hoping to sweep this under the rug and move on. the problem for them as they're now facing a fresh crisis. where they're being criticized by the right. so you saw donald trump come out and basically characterize them as intolerance woke leftist. you're seeing that among the fox news crowd. and so now nbc news is going to have to deal with the tax from the right as it tries to emerge from this crisis, fred. >> all right, oliver darcy. thank you so much. >> all. right and knew our piano new central starts