this sunday, crime and punishment. president biden backs down from fighting a republican effort to block dc s more lenient approach to crime. we will make chicago the safest city in america. just after the perception of rising crime took down chicago s mayor. we fought the right fights. can biden s moves help democrats from being seen as soft on crime going into 2024? plus, divide and conquer. florida governor ron desantis isn t officially in the race yet, but he s eagerly courting trump s base. i think there is a strong anti-woke majority across the country. the primary fight is kicked into high gear as more candidates consider challenging trump. for those who have been wronged and betrayed, i am your retribution. i will talk to chris sununu who is considering his own white house run. and confronting china. a bipartisan push to face the growing threats from beijing. this is an existential struggle over what life will look like in the 21st century.
nation once again. we re not a free nation right now. we don t have free press. we don t have free anything. just a small sample of donald trump s dark speech at cpac. we ll have more of the former president s maga messaging in just a moment. meanwhile it sure sounds like his former secretary of state is also running for president. mike pompeo is making the rounds, criticizing trump s fiscal record while in the white house. and also ahead, we ll have a look at president joe biden s visit to selma, alabama, to mark the anniversary of bloody sunday. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, march 6th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this week just outside washington, dc, where former president donald trump returned to the stage at cpac over the weekend. for nearly two hours saturday evening trump addressed a smaller than usual crowd at the conservative conference in national harbor, maryland. there the 2024 pre
american mainstream. i m talking about main street americans in their millions. they come in all sizes, shapes and colors. blue collar workers, blacks, hispanics, shoe keepers, scholars, service people, housewives and professional men and women, they re the backbone of america. we can t move america without moving their hearts and minds, as well. they want all electric stoves all over the country. but we don t have the electric power for that. we want electric stoves, but we also want gas stoves. it s april fools . why do they want that? cpac then and now. the conservative conference has shifted in recent years to grievance politics. those two speeches 41 years apart. now, led by former president donald trump who delivered a dark speech, telling a sparse crowd at cpac, quote, i am your retribution. we ll have more of his remarks and what they mean for the 2024 presidential race just ahead. plus, we ll get a live report from springfield, ohio, where another norfolk south
the train that derailed yesterday near springfield, ohio. the derailment of another norfolk southern freight train prompted a temporary shelter in place for nearby residents, and cnn s polo sandoval joins me now. polo, we re getting some new wrinkles of information about what was on that train yesterday. very interesting. what can you tell us? reporter: yeah, jim. in the last couple of hours, we heard from an initial at norfolk southern, who is the owner and operator of the train that derailed in springfield, ohio, yesterday afternoon, confirming that the train was transporting hazardous material. however, that it was not on train cars that derailed. roughly 20 of the 212 train cars that were going south from northern ohio down to birmingham ended up leaving the tracks. officials there saying this accident happened in an area that does not have any protected water source. and most importantly, according to the state s epa director, that there was no release of any sort of c
thank you for wicking up with us. i am amara walker. i m paula reid in for boris sanchez and i am thrilled to be back with you today. thanks for coming back. i am glad we didn t scare you away. well, we are following two top stories this morning. a solemn moment expected today in alabama. president biden will visit selma to mark an important moment in civil rights history. the 58th anniversary of bloody sunday. and a raucous welcome for former patient. the conservative political action conference in maryland facing a slew of investigations. the twice impeached republican promised a reckoning with democrats and establishment republicans. in 2016 i declared i am your voice. today i add i am your warrior, i am your justice, and for those who have been wronged and betrayed, i am your retribution. i am your retribution. a lot to get to this morning. let s begin with priscilla alvarez in delaware with the president. this is president biden s third trip to selma but his fi