Many states will be different. Many will have a different number of weeks, or some will have more conservative than others, and that's what they will be. At the end of the day, this is all about the will of the people. Now it's up to the states to do the right thing. Like Ronald Reagan, I am strongly in favor of exceptions for rape, incest, and life

of the mother. You must follow your heart of this issue, but remember, you must also win elections

to restore our culture. Donald Trump with some more mixed messages in a statement on abortion

yesterday, leaving key questions about the issue unanswered.

We'll have more of his comments and show you how the Biden campaign is responding.

Meanwhile, the president was out on the campaign trail yesterday announcing another major effort

to bring student debt relief to millions of Americans.

And it could be a chaotic week on Capitol Hill as lawmakers return from a long break with a key vote on Ukraine aid in the House which could threaten Mike Johnson's speakership. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Tuesday, April 9th.

I'm Jonathan Lemire.

Thanks for starting your day with us.

And we'll begin this morning with the race for the White House, where Donald

Trump is facing backlash from both sides of the aisle for his position on abortion. After

months of teasing a statement, Trump finally spoke about the issue yesterday in a four-minute video

posted to Truth Social. Here's a part of it.

Many people have asked me what my position is on abortion and abortion rights,

especially since I was proudly the person responsible for the ending of something that all legal scholars both sides wanted and, in fact, demanded, be ended.

Roe v. Wade. They wanted it, ended.

It must be remembered that the Democrats are the radical ones on this position because they support

abortion up to and even beyond the ninth month. The concept of having an abortion in the later months

and even execution after birth, and that's exactly what it is. The baby is born. The baby is

executed after birth is unacceptable, and almost everyone agrees with that. My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint,

the states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both,

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