It is the biggest night yet in the president ial race with a slew of contact that will likely push donald trump to the brink of clinching the gop nomination. We are tracking every single vote, including in North Carolina, where right now people are lined up to cast ballots on this pivotal night in the fight for the white house. Welcome to cnns lives Super Tuesday coverage. Im erin burnett in new york, and im jake tapper in washington were less than an hour away from the first major round of Poll Closings and the first results on this historymaking normshattering primary night, donald trump, former president , now a criminal defendant four times over hopes to continue his extraordinary winning streak. And the night very close to locking up his third republican president ial nomination. Thats possible because the race for the white house is Going National tonight with 16 States Holding contests and a whopping total of 865 delegates at stake for the republicans. Thats more than onethird o
Bret former President Donald Trump will not have to appear in person for the next hearing hes facing following this weeks indictment regarding alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The trial judge making that ruling today. This comes amid growing questions about the Justice System in the midst of dozens of criminal charges against the former president and multiple investigations involving the family of President Biden. Congressional republicans are vowing a strong response to what they feel is a twotiered application of the law. Senior Congressional Correspondent chad pergram starts us off tonight live from capitol hill. Good evening, chad. Bret, good evening. The g. O. P. Says there are two sets of rules. One for the bidens, another for former President Trump. The right intends to level the playing field. You cant beat them, you persecute them. Republicans believe there is something nefarious going on. It seems as though every time trump goals higher in the poll he gets a new
Dont look now, but the border crisis is back with a vengeance and a big concern among president ial candidates that make that a primary start. Why tim scott shows this time to do it. Scary numbers are probably the reason. Kevin corke has more. Kevin . Griff jenkins. I apologize. Look out, kevin corke. Neil my bad. Ive covered the border forever. Theres a reason why tim scott isnt just going to the border for a photo open. Hes going there because the situation is not under control. Sources tell me that Border Encounters are trending up, averaging between 5,000 and 5,500 a day across the entire southwest border. Cbp says they seized more than 22,000 pounds this fiscal year alone as mexican cartels tightener that grip on the border. Heres senator scott. As president of the united states, i would sign the legislation i created that would freeze the assets of the mexican car tens. We have the power to do that. Just a few hours area, jason owens tweeted this saying yesterday Border Patrol ag
fireworks as they investigate into elon musk and his purchase of twitter. live, president biden will be holding a news conference with the president of the finland that is nato s newest member. cocaine in the white house how it got there and who is to blame, congress looking for answers in a closed-door briefing by the secret service as a biden administration to insist while questions from the news media. welcome to a brand-new wall as america s newsroom. i am dana perino. lindamood and i like it. i like your. your funny. don t you think this he could knows by now, if they are there not telling us because right now that briefings people what they ve learned on the coke from last week last week in the west wing. the presence of illegal drugs raising questions of the level of security maintained in the white house, and a discovery that white powder forcing the evacuation of the entire building. now lawmakers are hoping the secret service can identify the culprit.
an eyesore and an expensive problem fly tipping. it happened more than a million times in england last year but what can be done to stop it? a five goal thriller in the fa cup, with nottingham forest needing extra time to see off league one blackpool in their third round replay. good morning. further heavy snow to come across northern scotland today with blizzards and also drifting. across northern ireland, uk will see snow showers as we well across some of our coasts. in between, there will be sunshine. all of the details later on in the programme. it s thursday, 18th january, our main story. the prime minister has succeeded in getting his key rwanda bill through the house of commons, after a conservative rebellion failed to materialise. it s been called a major step forward in the government s plan to stop migrant boats crossing the channel. 0ur political correspondent peter saull has more. the ayes to the right 320, the noes to the left, 276. a government victory in th