It will for, i think, a larger segment of the population that people may realize. And i think thats one of the dynamics that both campaigns but especially the Biden Campaign has to take into account is youve got the other variables you cant take your eye off of. And there are many of them and i am glad you all underscored them. Thanks a bunch for you guys and see you next week. All right my friend. Velshi begins now. Good morning. It is sunday march 17th. Happy st. Patricks day. 2024 has been dubbed the year of elections. Citizens of many countries will head to the polls this year, including in eight of the ten most populous nation in the world. But some of those elections are less legitimate than others and one of them is happening right now. At some point today, we will get the results of russias president ial election. Its a real nail biter. Putin is facing off against three nobody who barely campaigned and in reality its a foregone conclusion. Even though you may see images like th
Person arraignment in the maralago documents case. Well tell you what happened when his two codefendants showed up in court. Plus new reporting from propublica about Clarence Thomas and his wealthy network of friends who allegedly financed his luxurious gifts and travel. And we begin this morning with a devastating wildfires in hawaii. At least 36 people have died as the flames rip through the island with crews in the skies and on the ground urgently battling three active fires. The flames have destroyed homes, wreaked havoc on businesses and forced thousands to evacuate. Residents seeking safety are flocking to airports and shelters. My family is thinking of just leaving the island completely. We have nothing but the clothes on our backs right now. Everything is gone. Some had to jump into the ocean to escape dangerous flames, swallowed more 2,000 acres of land. Want you to see Satellite Image that captures what the town of lahaina looked like, a Historic Town before and after the bla
Saying, quote the fires began on tuesday and are now about 80 contained. The blazes spread quickly, fuelled by strong winds generated by a hurricane over the pacific ocean. Thousands are still in emergency shelters. Visitors are being evacuated from the island. These are the latest pictures we Have Smouldering Ruins and total devastation. The worst destruction has been on the island of maui, where some beachfront areas have been completely levelled. Us President Joe Biden has now declared the wildfires a major disaster. This triggers the release of federal funds to help Recovery Efforts. He spoke earlier. We have just approved a major disaster declaration for hawaii, which will get aid into the hands of people who desperately need the help now. Theyve lost, anyone who has lost a loved one, whose home has been damaged or destroyed, is going to get help immediately. And ive directed that we send support to these brave firefighters and First Responders and Emergency Personnel working arou
Good morning and welcome to cnn this morning, it is sunday, march 10. Them, Isabel Rosales and grammar walker. Im victor blackwell. Thank you so much for joining us this morning. Were following Breaking News out of haiti. The state Department Says its evacuating nonessential personnel from the us embassy because of heightened Gang Violence. Cnns Patrick Oppmann is joining us live from the phone. Patrick, when did this start . So overnight last night, we know a us Military Helicopter did travel under the cover of darkness to portauprince, haiti and evacuated. We dont know how many, but us diplomats were told only us diplomats were evacuated from from the embassy because the ongoing civil unrest in haiti, Gang Violence that is essentially brought that country to a standstill, has made it too dangerous to have the embassy fully staffed. So theyre not closing the us embassy in portauprince, certainly. But they are reducing the footprint that number of spats there. And really the only way t
Those who have been displaced select wasnt of some of the governor had to say. Its select wasnt of some of the governor had to say. Governor had to say. Its a heartbreaking governor had to say. Its a heartbreaking day, governor had to say. Its a | heartbreaking day, without governor had to say. Its a i heartbreaking day, without a doubt. What we think that has been catastrophic but we tell you there is going to be a team effort to bring our state back. What we saw was the utter devastation of lahaina. We walked from end to end today as a team, mayor bessant for the county, Senator Schatz, federal level and myself, plus all of our teams and what we saw was likely the largest Natural Disaster in hawaii state history. You will recall in 1960 we had one year into statehood a tsunami that hit and took 61 lives on the big island. We are seeing loss of life here. As you know, the number has been rising and we will continue to see but we have extraordinary professionals working on the job. We