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
Reelected. Ill get reaction from quintin folk, president for the Biden Harris Campaign. And Steve Phillips standard of democracy. And inside the fight to enshrine abortion laws. And breaking with the boss. Former Vice President mike pence on january 6th and his decision not to endorse donald trump. The fact that the president continues to insist that i had the right to overturn the election that day is a fundamental difference. But i want to be clear that, you know, ive forgiven the president in my heart for what happened that day. Im jonathan capehart, this is The Sunday Show. Its official, biden versus trump. And what is shaping up to be the first president ial general election rematch in nearly 70 years. Sure it feels like deja vu all over again. But this 2024 version is all together different. Biden seeks reelection with a strong record to stand on and defend. A record that includes a booming economy despite all those hair on fire prediction that the u. S. Would slip into recession
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Look at the us capitol. Beautiful evening, actually, here in washington as we jue just moments awas. Capity fm President Biden and tonights state of the Union Address. Y frompresidengood evening from. Im brad there. Good evening, everybody. Im martha maccallum. Any moment now President Biden will be announced on the house floor with the familiar callilia of the house sergeant of arms. He will make his way down cate, greeted by lawmakers all along the way. There you see mitt romney talking to joe awmakers manchin. Seems like theyre pretty engaged in some conversation ses that happens on the sidelines as you have a lot of lawmakersnh waiting a long time in the chamber. A lot of folkse chambe, you knos expressing themselves different ways. Republicans, some of the more in buttons, die of about the bo. Others dressed in white on the democratic sidemocratic in solidarity. Lets set the stage now with White House Correspondent I Peter Doocy with a preview of the president s speech. Good eveni
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