gathering where his base has seemingly seized control. and the man who tried but failed to overturn the 2020 election results appears to be his party s front-runner at least for now according to recent polls. late this afternoon, cpac released its very own nonscientific straw poll. trump crushed the politician seen as the biggest rival for the nomination, at least at this point, florida governor ron desantis, 62% to 20%. cnn s kristen holmes joins us from the cpac gathering. how s it been going so far? what s the former president saying? reporter: so former president trump still speaking. we re at the 90-minute mark. we expect him to go for a little bit longer now. he is really appealing to this crowd. a mix of old and new. he talked about how he wants to take on the establishment, particularly the republican establishment. he talked about how he got rid of political dynasties, he said the party would never go back to being the party of karl rove, paul ryan, and jeb bush. h
with you at my side, we will demolish the deep state. he s back and making a splash at cpac. what donald trump had to say to the enthusiastic crowd and the thinly veiled swipe he took at a potential rival. another train derails in ohio, just one month after the hazardous material spill in east palestine. what residents are saying about the two incidents. and the battle over abortion, now being waged in drugstores. what a decision by a leading chain could mean for women across the u.s. zp announcer: live from cnn center, this has cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. former u.s. donald trump got a rapturous reception from the political action conference in maryland on saturday and some momentum for his 2024 presidential campaign. trump spoke for nearly two hours. he said he wouldn t drop out of the presidential race, even if he was indicted in the state or federal investigations he faces. and he alluded to some familiar conspiracy theories. here he is. i will totally
thank you for wicking up with us. i am amara walker. i m paula reid in for boris sanchez and i am thrilled to be back with you today. thanks for coming back. i am glad we didn t scare you away. well, we are following two top stories this morning. a solemn moment expected today in alabama. president biden will visit selma to mark an important moment in civil rights history. the 58th anniversary of bloody sunday. and a raucous welcome for former patient. the conservative political action conference in maryland facing a slew of investigations. the twice impeached republican promised a reckoning with democrats and establishment republicans. in 2016 i declared i am your voice. today i add i am your warrior, i am your justice, and for those who have been wronged and betrayed, i am your retribution. i am your retribution. a lot to get to this morning. let s begin with priscilla alvarez in delaware with the president. this is president biden s third trip to selma but his fi
again, no hazardous material believed to be on board, though they have representatives on the way to assess the situation and find out a little bit more. ohio state route 41 heavily impacted now because of just an absolute disastrous scene. really going to be more of a cleanup mess and a headache. i want you to hear from one of the witnesses, sean heaton, who captured video and reacted real time to this latest derailment that took place just a few hours ago. i was watching it, and people were just sitting there. you could kind of see it like off the tracks, kicking up gravel and stuff. but then once the cars started coming off and going sideways and collapsing on each other, it was just time to go. that s when i take off, and you kind of see everybody going backwards down the road and getting out of there. reporter: just for added context, the federal railroad administration records roughly 1,000 derailments that happen a year. so unfortunately, may not be that unusual. but certain
20 cars came off the tracks. no injuries were reported. this is the second time a norfolk southern train derailed in the last month. what a witness saw. i was watching it and people are sitting there and you could see it off the tracks, kicking up gravel and stuff. once the cars started coming off and going sideways and collapsing on each other, it was time to go. that s when i take off and you kinda see everybody going backwards down the road and getting out of there. terrifying, especially given what the state has been through. officials say the train was not carrying any toxic materials and there is no risk to public health. norfolk southern teams are expected to be on site soon to begin the cleanup. all right. this morning multiple states in the northeast are digging out from yesterday s heavy snowfall and winter weather that caused at least 13 deaths. over the last two days the storm system battered parts of the south and midwest with major flooding and hurricane-force