good morning. welcome to cnn this morning, saturday, march 9. i m victor blackwell. his horizontals in for amara walker. thanks for joining us. and you look refreshed, coming back from vacation. thank you very much. i m a couple of shades. darker. got a little red toner into there. what i want to beat, feel better all right. here s what we re watching. were you this weekend will get a preview of what to expect in a head-to-head rematch between president biden and former president trump as the to hold dueling rallies here in georgia today. plus, we ll discuss a biden campaign strategy to try to seize on momentum from the state of the union address tornado watches are in effect across parts of the southeast this morning with some major cities at risk for tornados and dangerous hail we re also tracking a significant flood threat. cnn got exclusive access to one of the first ship set to bring cool. so humanitarian supplies to gaza well, show you what s being del
with a big focus on the southern border and the broken immigration system i want to get straight to cnn s priscilla alvarez, who s been traveling today with the president priscilla. the georgia audience heard a lot of overlap at the rally tonight between the state of the union and his message there in atlanta. but the president also apologized for something that he said to the country on thursday night. what did he say? that s right, alex. and it was a bit of a pivot. he was referred he was asked, i should say, about his comments during the state of the union when referencing the alleged suspect in the laken riley killing here in georgia in the moment he called that person, any legal that s a term that has long been decried right. immigrant advocates. but when interviewed on msnbc today, the president said that he should have said the word on documented documented version. i shouldn t have usually gone as undocumented and look, when i spoke about the different future in
a new york gas station in custody what police are saying. the severe storms in the south flood evacuations and rescues, and more dangerous heat. we re tracking it all. donald trump entering his second not guilty plea in 24 hours, this time to new charges in the classified documents case the dramatic video, a ukrainian sea drone striking a warship in the black sea. our richard engel is standing by. simone biles back in action for the first time since withdrawing from the tokyo olympics and do you have your tickets more than a billion dollars up for grabs tonight. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome. we start tonight with breaking news. police in new york city restoring calm tonight after a riot broke out in manhattan s union square neighborhood. a crowd estimated at 2,000 people descended into the area after popular social media influencer kai cenat advertised a video game giveaway. the crowd appearing to be mostly you
the streets, throwing objects, climbing into cars, food trucks, even the roof of a major subway station. the nypd activating its highest mobilization level to restore order. tonight, the social media influencer and playstation giveaway said to have started it all. also tonight, a victim tied to the gilgo beach murders investigation identified 27 years after her remains were discovered. why did it take so long? and is rex heuermann a suspect? the suspect in the fatal stabbing of a professional dancing at a gas station in custody. what police are saying. the severe storms in the south. flood evacuations and rescues and more dangerous heat. we re tracking it all. donald trump entering his second not guilty plea in 24 hours, this time to new charges in the classified documents case. the dramatic video, a ukrainian sea drone striking a warship in the black sea. our richard engel is standing by. simone biles back in action for the first time since withdrawing from the t
artist by colbie wouldn t dream of just mailing it in. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. thank you, mailman mike. can you do that again? i have never heard you do that. i m warm. you are warm. especially when it s 95 degrees outside. the next hour of cnn this morning starts now. good morning, welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. spending part your saturday with us. i used to love mail as a kid. something was for everyone else. and i had usually current resident mail, but it was for me. now i go to the mailbox, ugh. i might have all this junk in there. here s what we re working on. former president trump mostly steered clear of his legal troubles in iowa. some of his rivals, not so much. if we elect donald trump, we are willingly giving joe biden four more years in the white house and america can t handle that. the message the candidates are pushing to try to stand out in the crowded field and what voters are saying about the new charges. millions a