welcome to viewers joining us in the united states and around the world watching cnn newsroom i m rosemary church norfolk southern getting slammed again after another train derailed in ohio, what we know about the second train and what it was carrying. an active gop likely presidential candidates speaking from maryland to california nailing talking points but refusing to target trump. is that a winning strategy? the battle for bakhmut and what it could mean for the war in ukraine if the city falls to the russians. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with rosemary church. thanks for joining us. start in the u.s. midwest with where the u.s.s transportation investigation board is sending to ohio 24 hours after another norfolk southern freight train derailed, the second derailment by that company in that state in a little over a had month after the toxic crash in east palestine, cnn polo sandoval has the latest the owner and operator in saturday s derailment s
luster with the allegations of sexual misconduct against allegations by another republican, and also the effectively become a trump subsidiary, so it wasn t that big a deal they stayed away. the bigger deal is that they no one yet in the republican field is willing to make a direct case against donald trump. i think what if anything in last few weeks showed us, despite everything that happened, january 6, the threat of indictment, the losses in 2022, so many candidates said he hand picked for the gop, he still has the biggest piece of the party, he is still the biggest figure in the party. what that means is that if you re going to beat him, you ll have to give voters a very clear and persuasive reason why they should pick you or him, whether mike pompeo or nikki haley at cpac or others no one has been willing to do that. only run as far as pretty veil
held dear. ron brownstein is a cnn senior political analyst and editor for the atlantic. joins me now from los angeles, great to have you with us, at the cpac gathering donald trump attacks president biden and many vowing retribution, and establishment republicans and what became clear at that gathering is that trump remains king for now at least, and that is reflected in polls showing had my far ahead in the field although ron desantis has a chance of threatening trump s position but only if it becomes a two-man race. where do you see the republican nomination for the presidential race going from here? you know, it s interesting because as you point out, donald trump has reestablished a lead in polling, there have been more polls showing desantis ahead including some key states like new hampshire the last few
in his remark, president biden called for passage of a sweeping voting rights measure named after lewis arguing it s the right to vote that makes democracy possible. selma is reckoning, a right to vote, a right to vote to have your vote counted. is the threshold of democracy and liberty. with it, anything is possible. without it, without that right, nothing is possible. and this fundamental right remains under assault conservative supreme court has gutted the voting rights act over the years. mr. biden also took part in the annual walk across the bridge on sunday, former president donald trump has a long history of inaccurate statements and falsehoods and said more of the same at the conservative political action conference in maryland last
week, his lengthy address was filled with wildly inaccurate claims on a range of topics, foreign affairs, crimes, election, joe biden s presidency and his own with the greatest history of any president ever, cnn reporter daniel fat checked his cpac speech. this claim is not even close to true, the economy lost about 2.7 million jobs over trump s tenure, that s the worst, not the greatest jobs record for any modern day president. you can say well, there was a covid 19 pandemic, that hurt jobs but if you look at the first three years, he still wasn t the greatest, there were about 6.5 million jobs created not even close to the actual record, she was 11.5 under bill clinton in the early 1990s, now