Hello and welcome to newsday. We start with russia, where president putin has hailed his predicted victory in russias president ial election, saying it would allow the country to become stronger. He had been the only serious candidate and now has a 5th term in office, after a landslide 87 of the vote. But there was defiance in the form of large queues at some Polling Stations in russia heeding the call of allies of the late Opposition Leader, Alexei Navalny who urged people to turn out to spoil their ballots or to vote for any other candidate. Mr navalny died suddenly in a penal colony in russia last month. At least 80 protesters were arrested. His widow Yulia Navalnya cast her vote at Russias Embassy in berlin. There were protests held and queues to vote in a number of other countries. In london there was a line a mile long outside the russian embassy. From moscow heres our russia editor steve rosenberg. For Vladimir Putin, six more years in the kremlin. Russias president is sounding
Designed to confirm Vladimir Putin in the presidency. Allies of the late opposition leader, alexei navalny, had called on people to turn out at midday, in moscow and other cities to spoil their ballots or vote for any other candidate. His widow, yulia navalnaya, voted at the Russian Embassy in berlin, having queued there for several hours. As she left, she told reporters she had written navalny on her ballot. Her husband died in an Arctic Penal Colony last month and was barred from standing in this election as well as the president ial vote six years ago. These were the scenes in moscow. Thereve been no protest chants. The authorities warned that activists could be arrested. A Rights Monitoring Group in russia says more than 70 people have been detained. Vladimir putin is certain to win, giving him another six years in power. The kremlin has ensured he faces no credible opponent. There have been demonstrations at russian embassies around the world, including the uk, france, tokyo and
here we go. cb cotton is live with the very latest. reporter: this is how you would expect to see times square, tourists shopping, out to eat but at some point this area became a crime scene during a botched robbery next to me. jesus alejandra figaro is being taken into custody 20 miles north of new york city friday afternoon. you can hear her mother sobbing in the background, facing multiple charges to include 2 counts of attempted murder and two because of criminal possession of a weapon. the teen came from venezuela six months ago and saying a migrant shelter when he robbed the sporting goods store thursday evening and fired at a security guard and police officers who tried to stop him. a pause around the city. no regard for uniformed police or anyone in the area. reporter: and two weeks, new york city has seen two high profile incidents involving migrants and the police. a total of seven migrant men were indicted for their alleged roles during the assault on two n
quoting now, he is not qualified to hold the office of the president under section three of the 14th amendment, period. she joins us momentarily. this comes on the day in which the former president was temporarily back on colorado s ballot pending supreme court decision. cnn s katelyn polantz joins us now with this breaking news out of maine. what can you tell us about this decision, kaitlan? john, there is a lot of meat towards secretary of state china bellow wrote from maine today in her ruling. one, january six was an insurrection. she made that finding, two, donald trump engaged in that insurrection. three, that means he is not qualified to be on the primary ballot in maine. four, she found that it is her responsibility to make these decisions. so, putting that all together, this came because of voters had asked her to look at this, to make a ruling under the way that the state lays out. she can as the secretary of state to determine whether people are eligible for the
6 amg capital in jerusalem. We continue our breaking News Coverage in israel. Americas late knew, Fox News At Night. Full coverage of the war coming now. We have a Breaking News Update for the Mass Shooting in lewiston, maine. Robert card accused of killing 18 has been found dead with a self inflicted gun shot wound. We will get to more in minutes. Meanwhile sunrise in tkwasz tkpwa z a 48 minutes away. The gunfire is happening reportedly right now. The ground war hasnt officially even begun. Were told the expanded Ground Operations in the early going are aimed to prepping the battlefield and laying a pathway for morris rayly soldiers for joining the fight. Tonight Team Coverage on w. More on the u. S. Response to iranian proxy attack on american troops. Jonathan hunts with his experience in gaza. Steve has more on the escalating tension with hezbollah. We begin with alex hogan live in tel aviv with more on the new phase on the ground war of hamas. Good evening, trace, we see again repe