You were in, the cnn newsroom im paula reid in washington. Any moment now at st. Patricks day, tradition, President Joe Biden will soon deliver remarks from the white house. And well bring that to life. Ive just ahead. But for now, we had to russia, where Election Officials say Vladimir Putin is in the lead in the president ial vote polls close earlier today after a three de, vote with no genuine opponent running against putin he is expected to win, keeping him in office until 2030 and continuing russias longestserving leader since soviet dictator Joseph Stalin cnns Matthew Chance is in moscow and Frederik Pleitgen is in berlin. Starting with you, matthew putin just spoke. What did he say . Yeah it was a very short victory speech, even though the final results havent come in, it looks like this has been a Landslide Victory as expected for the russian president to secures a fifth president ial term. And these were shot comments at his campaign headquarters. He walked into the room, he t
you see, music isn t just the harmony of sound. it s the harmony of human beings, of different races, genders, religions, identities, sexual orientations knowing we re different but rejecting division to find moments of joy and unity and harmony. and that s what music is all about. yes, the right s biggest nightmare. a celebration of everything they fear broadcast to an audience of millions. they can t stop it, but they surely will keep on trying. also tonight, the florida governor s efforts to whitewash history preceded very controversial changes by the college board to a proposed a.p. african american studies course. but was desantis behind the updates? kimberly crenshaw, one of the scholars expunged from the course joins me. i ll also talk to an executive with the college board. and we are on the eve of president biden s state of the union address, following a year of impressive victories. now he looks ahead to next year and increasingly likely re-election campaign
i m not the governor who attacked walt disney world because they expressed their point of view. i m not the governor who attacked the cruise industry because they wanted to make sure they weren t sick before they got on the boat. you re the most ant-business governor i have seen. a baseball team for send ago tweet saying that they were sorry that children were gunned down in uvalde, suddenly the governor of florida decided to actually penalize a baseball team for expressing sympathy with the parents of dead children. culture wars were a major topic in last night s debate between the two candidates for governor of florida. we re going to have more from that show down this morning, including the big question ron desantis would not answer. plus, the latest from eastern europe as there are growing fears that vladimir putin is planning a new type of attack as a justification for escalating the war with ukraine. also ahead, adidas finally appears to be taking action on its
todd: tributes pouring in over the death of lisa marie presley s death. releasing this statement to people magazine it is with a heavy heart that i must share the devastating news that my daughter lisa marie presley has passed us. wees sat most loving woman i have ever known. thank you for the love and prayers. lisa marie died thursday after being rushed to the hospital earlier in the day. l.a. county first responders were called to the her calabasas home 11:00 a.m. for a woman in cardiac arrest. paramedics arriving six minutes later performing cpr regaining signs of life. presley taken to a nearby hospital but pronounced dead a short time later. celebrities sharing touching tributes for the singer and songwriter leann rimes tweeting how heart breaking i hope she is at peace in her dad s arms. my heart goes out to her family. too much grief in just a couple years. in an emotional post, john travolta says says lisa, baby girl, i m so sorry. i will miss you but i know i wil
ex-president to have the fbi execute a search warrant on his home. trump posted just before 7:00 p.m. last night that mar-a-lago was, quote, currently under siege, raided and occupied by a large group of fbi agents. adding, quote, they even broke into my safe. a source familiar with the search tells nbc news the investigation is related to the transfer of classified government documents from the white house to mar-a-lago. the national archives reported in february that 15 boxes of documents were improperly taken to the president s florida estate when he left office. at the time, the agency said it had asked the justice department to investigate. a source familiar with the situation tells nbc news, boxes of documents were seized during yesterday s fbi search. trump s attorney released a statement claiming the former president and his legal team have been cooperative with the fbi and doj, quote, every step of the way. trump slammed the search as, quote, prosecutorial misconduct