good morning. it is the start of the meteorological some this thursday. the weather this week is looking settled. at times there will be some cloud. there will also be some sunshine. mostly dry. but also at times a chilly breeze in the far and east of england. details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday, the 29th of may. our main story. turkey s president, recep tayyip erdogan, has secured another five years in power after winning the country s most important election in years. mr erdogan appealed for national unity as he celebrated victory last night over his opponent kemal kilicdaroglu, who declared the result unfair. our correspondent aruna iyengar has this report. cheering. ecstatic erdogan supporters outside the presidential palace in ankara last night. earlier in the day, the president had sung to the crowd and recited a poem. this erdogan supporter says, bye bye mr kemal. thank god, islam has won. translation: we are very happy. full ofjoy- - i can t ev
i will be put my trust in you alone. and i will not be shaken. holy, there is no one like you. there is none beside you. oh, lock my eyes in wonder. show me who you are. fill me with your heart. and lead me in your love. to those around me. yeah. beautifully done. that is house fires performing build my life as part of the faith and friends concert series we have in this easter season. beautifully done, amazing to have a front row seat to watch that. rachel: amazing. imagine what a better world we would have if everybody would let jesus fill their life. i ve had front row seats to a couple concerts, that might be the next one. do we have to start talking? can we let them play for a few minutes? it s that good. it s the freedom, to your point, of following jesus, being invested, the freedom it brings to your life. rachel: yeah. as opposed to the labor of sin and all the other things in this world. this easter season, pour into it if you re at home w
good evening. today in his new york civil fraud trial, the former president swung a wrecking ball at a pillar of his defense, namely that he left the question of his business empire worth to his accountants. or in the words of his codefendant son, eric, i pour concrete. i don t focus on appraisals. between attacks of the judge and letitia james, his words suggest the opposite, that he was involved. these are appraisals that the judge has already ruled were fraudulent. i would look at them, the former president said on the stand, i would see them, and i would maybe on occasion have some suggestions, which is what the state of new york is claiming, that the appraisals were inflated on his behalf and at his behest. he went beyond those already court determined appraisals saying, quote, the net worth of me was far greater than the financial statements. the former president also admitted involvement in lowering evaluations in the case of his trump tower at the time forbes magazine
it s the top of the hour you re watching cnn news central and it is election day in the united states. we re closely watching several key races on major issues that could reverberate all the way into november 2024 either though joe biden and donald trump or any other republican presidential candidates are not on the ballot today there are issues that fire up their party s respective basises and here they are, abortion. democrats have seen win after win in red states over abortion rights. in virginia one republican is leaning into the abortion fight, convinced he can snap the republican party s losing streak on that issue. we re covering those votes and more. let s start with sunland tracking the virginia race. abortion is not on the ballot in virginia neither is governor glen youngkin, but those two things weigh heavily on the minds of voters. reporter: that s right. the governor has been involved in this race, and made his abortion proposal front and center in this campa
if they re not going to win it, have some fun. andy, thank you very much for that. i will see you tomorrow, my friend. and thanks to all of you for joining us, i m kasie hunt. don t go anywhere, cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. glad you re with us, it is election day. there s a lot of news to get to. let s start with five things to know, tuesday, november 7 th. polls are open in virginia and par parts of kentucky. two governorships and abortion access measures. and donald trump brings his campaign bomb a campaign bombass to the wind stance. and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country needs to oversee security in the gaza strip for, quote, an indefinitely period of time after the ongoing war. this comes as the health ministry says 10,000 people have been killed in gaza. a man is dead after suffering a head injury in southern california. the medical examiner ruling this a homicide. wework has filed for bankruptcy after