If it's Friday, the CDC's vaccine chief quits, then meets the press, speaking out on the crisis of confidence and leadership turmoil that has enveloped the health agency under HHS Secretary Kennedy and the future of vaccines in America.

Plus, one nation under guard?

Former President Obama joins high-profile Democratic leaders

who are blasting President Trump's military show of force in U.S. cities to crack down on crime,

warning that Americans' liberties and free and fair elections could also be at risk.

And the parents of the two young children murdered in the tragic mass shooting at a Minneapolis

church speak out as new details emerge in the investigation and the shooter's past interactions

with the police.

Welcome to meet the press. Now I'm Kristen Welker in Washington, where President Trump is testing the boundaries of his power, seemingly trying to silence his dissenters and ousting top officials at some of the nation's most crucial in historically independent agencies. Today, attorneys for Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook were in court, arguing the president overstepped his authority when he tried to fire her this week over allegations of mortgage fraud,

allegations she denies.

Now, removing Cook would create a vacancy as President Trump is pressuring the central bank to dramatically

slash interest rates. The judge did not rule today on whether she would temporarily block

the president's firing. Meanwhile, the showdown between the White House and top public health

experts is intensifying today following the firing of CDC director Susan Menares.

Four other top CDC officials resigned in protest, and I'm going to speak to one of those

officials in just a moment.

Former CDC acting director Richard Besser telling meet the press yesterday that he spoke to

Menares and that her firing came after she refused to follow directives from Health and Human

Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Take a look. What she said to me is that she had a couple

lines in the sand, which is so critical when you're in these roles. She said she would never do anything

illegal and she would never do anything that ran counter to the science.

And she said the secretary asked her to do both.

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