on religion. that is coming up. sandra: begin with the suspected pentagon leaker appearing in federal court after being criminally charged in one of the largest intelligence leaks in american history. hello and welcome on this friday afternoon. sandra smith in new york. and bill, here we go into the last day of the week. bill: great to be with you, bill melugin in for john roberts. national guardsman jack teixeira is detained in federal custody until next week, 30 miles from his house in massachusetts, heavily armed fbi agents arrested him yesterday and found several weapons in his possession. sandra: teixeira was charged with two counts of removing and spreading classified information as prosecutors say he began sharing top secret information with a group of online gamers all the way back to december. bill: temporarily reassured officials the leak is plugged, they face growing criticism why a 21-year-old held a top security clearance with the i.t. role with the air n
weeks. as we come along and deadly debacle for the russian president. thanks to ukrainian bravery and international resolve. president biden bought the first anniversary of the war this week with a surprise visit to kyiv, followed by a speech impediment, expressing solidarity with the ukrainian people as the administration announces another round of aid. the president also appeared alongside ukraine s president and ever shull conference calling on allies to remain united against russia. meantime, biden s republican critics at home are intent on spending their own and divisive and deceptive narratives. some gop makers are trying to cut off additional aid to ukraine, calling the presidents policies of failure. while former president trump traveled to the site of the toxic train derailment in ohio, as he runs for president a third time. claiming the disaster is somehow the white house s fault, as a new grain the situation on the ground and east palestine and it doesn t match dis
with you at my side, we will demolish the deep state. he s back and making a splash at cpac. what donald trump had to say to the enthusiastic crowd and the thinly veiled swipe he took at a potential rival. another train derails in ohio, just one month after the hazardous material spill in east palestine. what residents are saying about the two incidents. and the battle over abortion, now being waged in drugstores. what a decision by a leading chain could mean for women across the u.s. zp announcer: live from cnn center, this has cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. former u.s. donald trump got a rapturous reception from the political action conference in maryland on saturday and some momentum for his 2024 presidential campaign. trump spoke for nearly two hours. he said he wouldn t drop out of the presidential race, even if he was indicted in the state or federal investigations he faces. and he alluded to some familiar conspiracy theories. here he is. i will totally
i m amara walker. i m paula reed in for boris sanchez. you re live in the cnn newsroom. this morning, more than a million people are without power in the eastern united states, as a deadly storm system continues to move north. over the last 24 hours, at least 12 people were killed in multiple states, due to the severe weather that brought tornadoes and major flooding to parts of the south. the majority of those deaths were in kentucky. where hurricane force winds toppled trees and even toppled tractor-trailer trucks. in indiana, the high winds tore the roof off of a church. and in one town, a man says god saved his life, after a tornado swept through his property but left him and his home untouched. the back door started shaking. the house started shaking. and i could see nothing but white. we didn t have time to get anywhere. it was right on top of us, the house was shaking, and we were all close together, in the middle room of the house, still, but wow, this is the
welcome back to the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta. in washington next hour former president donald trump is set to take the stage and likely light the fuse. he will deliver the keynote address a the the conservative political action conference. are trump is joined by other people eyeing the white house. the cpac conference has become maga country. the man who tried to overturn it appears to be his party s front-runner according to recent polls. let s discuss this with cnn s kristin holmes. she joins me now from cpac. what s the latest? what do you think we re going to hear from the former president in this address? reporter: well, jim, what we re going to hear from him is pitching himself for 2024 but it s going to be to a really enthusiastic crowd. he s not going to go after governor ron desantis by name. he ll contrast his policies when it comes to social security and medicare. however, i do want you to know, this event has become maga country. everyone here is incredibl