And this is the scene live at a Polling Station in moscow. There is the potential for a run off vote if no candidate wins more than 50 in the first round. But with many of mr putins opponents unable to run, it seems inevitable that Vladimir Putin will be re elected without a need for that second ballot. The election is encompassing the territories which russia has annexed in ukraine. In all, more than 112 Million People have the right to vote at the last election, in 2018, he took more than three quarters of the vote. Our russia editor, Steve Rosenberg has more on the issues surrounding this election. These days, when Vladimir Ovchinnikov paints russia, the result is very dark. From a mountain of skulls and a dictators ambition to this russias war in ukraine likened to stalins terror. The 86 year old artist had taken his anti war message onto the streets, graffitiing stop the war. All these paintings were scrubbed out, and vladimir fined twice for discrediting the russian army. But he
For joining me. Im Rahel Solomon Fredricka Whitfield has the day we begin this hour with a biden trump rematch in full swing, fresh off his state of the Union Address, President Biden is now on his way to the Battleground State Of Georgia and thats exactly where Presumptive Republican nominee donald trump will be today their dueling Campaign Events will be happening in just a few hours biden is holding an event in atlanta and trump is holding a rally in rome. Thats located in the northwest part of the State Of Georgia is a key Battleground State that biden won in 2020 by less than a percentage point the only swing state among primary contests happening on to say, we do have a team of correspondents covering todays dueling Campaign Events. Steve contorno is with the trump campaign, but lets actually begin with camila to shallow, she is in wilmington, delaware. Thats where the president is about to head to georgia. Camila good to see you. So what can we expect . What messages . Do we thi
Gaza. This after President Biden said this, or than hes helping cnns scott mclean is following all of these developments for us from istanbul. So what more did we hear from the israeli Prime Minister yeah, erica, as you mentioned, President Biden, et cetera. An interview on Msnbc On Saturday that look, his red line would be israel going into rafah, which even israels closest allies and many other countries prison the International Community would be a catastrophe because you have well over 1 Million People there who are sheltering. And frankly, there is nowhere for them to go. Israel, he says that they would evacuate them elsewhere, but there is fighting and bombing taking place in virtually every other part of the country. And yet despite that warning from President Biden of not crossing that red line, we have Prime Minister netanyahu saying that that offensive in rafah will in fact go ahead saying that his red line is october 7, and making sure that that doesnt happen again. And he s
The s p 500 negative by 0. 1 . 16 positive weeks out of 18 for the First Time Since 1971. A long run to friday. We have a double dose of chairman powell, state of the union from the president and a payroll support. Lisa which is the most important aspect for these because its a blockbuster week across the Monetary Policy and economic activity. Ultimately it has to come down to the jobs report, ultimately its can it come down to whether the economy continues to grow at the case people expect. Weather february confirms january. If it does we had a big repricing, what is that mean for the fed and this market . The Market Pricing out only a 25 basis point rate cut or less than that by june for the First Time Since october. We have not seen this type of lack of rate cuts being priced in since going back to late last year. Markets arent really alarmed about that. Maybe people think they are just pushing it back. They are not deferring them indefinitely. Jonathan we begin another week at reco
Noon. Good afternoon. Im Gasia Mikaelian lien. Im andre senior. Thank you for joining us. We begin with developing news in the north bay where a suspect is dead. And four sheriffs deputies are hurt after a shootout and chase near santa rosa. Crime reporter henry lee is live at the scene with the latest details. Henry yeah, still very much an active scene just outside Santa Rosa City limits. Take a look behind me as we push in. You can see a white suspect vehicle thats crashed. We are on stony point road near butler avenue. Now. Santa rosa police are here investigating this deadly shootout involving Sonoma County sheriffs deputies and a man with a high powered rifle that show you some video from earlier. Now, it all began just after midnight when Sonoma County sheriffs deputies responded to reports of a man brandishing a rifle at a restaurant at stony point and todd road that doubles as a nightclub at night. As deputies arrived, the man took off in a white toyota. A short while later, a