Yesterday. Nearly 40,000 reasons to believe that leaders didnt lead. They didnt learn. Or maybe its reasonable to ask whether they dont care. The president is complaining about too many tests. He proudly refuses to wear a mask. And he held a Campaign Rally with more than 6,000 people so medically fraught that every one of his Campaign Staffers there is now in selfquarantine. This morning, 32 states are seeing a rise in cases. Every state there in red, the deep red states, that much worse. The cdc says the number of americans infected with the virus is likely ten times higher than reported. And overnight, arizona and new mexico joining texas and eight other states in pausing their reopening plans. Texas is reporting an alltime high in new cases. And the city of houston faces a dire Critical Care shortage. And this morning, the White House Coronavirus task force will hold its first briefing in nearly two months. Lets begin our coverage with cnns lucy kafanov. She is live in dallas with o
You dont see him campaigning in tampa, going through the i4 corridor. That could change. He has a boost. He has the numbers. This is still clintons race to lose. Gop. This is giving fuel to the trump fire. Why are you people saying im on the way down . Theres now and august. Trump up in florida. Look at rubio and bush in their home state. Ohio, trump on top, now and do we have a comparison . Up again. This is why he was getting so inflamed about people saying when are you getting ready to drop out . You see, look, other people have moved more. Theyve moved more down. Look at kasich in his own state. When you see these numbers, what do they mean to you, maggie. As you say, donald trump is not going to be going anywhere for a while. He sees no reason to go anywhere for a while. Theres been a remarkable staying power to trump in a lot of the polls. Political watchers who have been looking at races for years, most of them thought by now his numbers would have started coming down, based on
Lets get the latest, though, on the conflict. On the new action extended russia involvement. Matthew the russians seattle to be escalating their involvement even more this morning. Thats right. That now a week into this air campaign in syria, its been seven days since they started bombing targets across that country. They say theyre targeting islamic state. Of course, other rebel groups, opponents of Bashar Alassad have also fallen into the firing line. They seem to be focused again this morning with overnight airstrikes intensifying as you mentioned in the west of syria. As you mentioned as well, theyre coordinated. This is really interesting. Because theyre working handinhand with the syrian army and other forces like hezbollah and the Iranian Forces that are on the ground in syria. To really crack down as hard as they can on these opposition groups that pose a challenge militarily to Bashar Alassad. That seems to be the strategy now the russians playing games to basically play the a
Hes really just playing us for chumps. Some republican groups spending big to derail the front runner. But is it too late . Plus Bernie Sanders cozies up to president obama . On the by a that obama was inaugurated republicans came together and said what are we going to do . Ands obstruct obstruct obstruct. Next, South Carolina and then super tuesday. Can sanders stay in the hunt . Lets talk live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning, im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. We begin with two big political stories. Donald trump picks up his Third Straight win with a sweeping victory in nevada and at any minute were expecting democrat Bernie Sanders to hold a News Conference in klum South Carolina. Well keep an eye on the podium but first trumps big win in the west because hey, donald trump hit the jackpot in nevada. In a total blow out he now moves one step closer to the gop nomination. Here are the final results from last nights caucuses. Trump winning and winning big. Picking
Are not citizens of this country voted in this last election . When were complete and were satisfied well expose the rest to the public. So, certainly nice of to you join us at 7 00 a. M. On 7 01 to be exact on a saturday morning. Im christi paul. Im victor blackwell. Good morning. The president has a busy day. In less than two hours, he will start to speak to the first of a list of World Leaders. Shes starting with japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe, followed by four others. Leaders of germany, france, as you trail and russias Vladimir Putin. Russia is what people are focusing on right now. Sparking concern among World Leaders and u. S. Lawmakers including republicans as President Trump said he is interested in warmer ties with russia but says, quote, its too early to start discussing lifting sanctions. Just moments ago, france spoke out regarding the president s exec of it order, banning refugees and immigrants from seven muslim countries. The French Foreign minister calling it, quot