Bbc news. We begin in westminster, where the Prime Minister is resisting pressure for the conservatives to return £10 million donated by the businessman frank hester who allegedly said the mp diane abbott made him want to hate All Black Women and should be shot. Rishi sunak told the commons that the alleged remarks were racist and wrong frank hester has apologised for making what he called rude comments about britains first black female mp. The row dominated Prime Ministers questions as labour has called on the conservatives to give the money back. Heres our Political Editor chris mason. Will you give the money back, Prime Minister . I the Big Questions ringing in the ears of rishi sunak today. Would the party take more money from mr hester . After a morning in which two senior conservatives answered these questions rather differently. I would think about the company i kept, and i would give that money back. I have to give you my view, rather than what the party should do, but ive tho
Now cnn news central. Today its thursday, march 7, right now on cnn this morning, President Biden preparing his State Of The Union speech. Its a highstakes moment in his rematch with donald trump. Plus alabamas governor is signing an ivf protection bill. Critics say it might not go far enough and someone died. I mean youve got to take responsibility a juror or explains why he found the Rust Movie Set Armorer Guilty after alec baldwin was given a gun with live rounds in it all right. 06 00 a. M. Here in washington. A live look at capitol hill, the scene of all the action tonight for the president s state of the Union Address. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you here. Dame, on the rematch that most americans dont want officially kicks off tonight when joe biden delivers a state of the Union Address that could set them up for four more years or make his road to reelection tougher he is expected to highlight the accomplishments of his first term while warning t
Moscow as Alexey Navalny is set to be buried, Cnn News Central starts right now the Breaking News mourners, as far as the eye you can see police lined the streets with snipers on the roofs at the funeral of russian Opposition Leader Alexey Navalny. Now cnns live signal, which was jammed or blocked for a time, is now back up. Locking in a trial date in florida, a critical hearing is happening this morning in the classified documents case against donald trump. Trump is expected to be there. We are there too. So never in the history of recording us whether has 12 feet of snow ever fallen in just one to two days . That could happen this the weekend. Sara is out. Im john berman with kate baldwin. This is Cnn News Central cnn Breaking News and the Breaking News this morning, he was a true hero. I want to say to him, farewell. Youre looking at live pictures from outside the funeral of russian Opposition Leader Alexey Navalny, thousands of mourners are risking their lives and their freedom to
Efforts and where the Ceasefire Talks stand right now plus a major cyber attack is nearly crippled Healthcare Businesses across the country with some saying they may have to close their doors. The impacts and whats being done to get them back up and running it will be another day of dangerous Fire Conditions across texas. We are live in texas as firefighters, their work to get the fire fires under control and his residents began rebuilding we are about to see a critical week play out on capitol hill and beyond Super Tuesday, of course, just a couple of days away. And then on thursday, President Biden will deliver his highly anticipated state of the Union Address. Hes currently at camp david with key advisers there is preparing that speech know hell address the nation hours before another partial Government Shutdown deadline are taking a live look at capitol hill right now. Now, Congress Passed the Stopgap Measure last week, but it only funded the government through march 8. However, th
Starting next on cnn first of all, if the point of the effort to disqualify fani willis from the Georgia Election subversion case was delay. Then the trump team could count. This is a win. There had been weeks of hearings and judge says hell rule within another two weeks, but each side accuses the other of using the race car. Today, the future of the case, and the relevance of race was i speak to a mayor who met with his cities gang leaders to negotiate a ceasefire. A local activist says, this is a quote, the real killers angle i want to talk. Why does the mayor think this will work . And the oprah effect meets the ozempic craze. Hear from experts on what her departure from weightwatchers just means for the company and what it might tell us about the business of weight loss. Now, im Victor Blackwell. Lets start the show we start here in atlanta with Fulton County District Attorney fani willis. The judge says that hell decide within two weeks whether willis will be disqualified from tru