supreme court. we re going to go through the arguments on both sides of the case. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, february 28th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. many of the republican party s biggest names will not be attending the annual conservative political action conference in maryland this week just outside washington, d.c. potential 2024 candidates will not be at the annual gathering. rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniels, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell and house speaker kevin mccarthy are also sitting out this year. this year s conference comes as cpac s chair faces a lawsuit that alleges he fondled a male aide to then senate candidate herschel walker back in october. his lawyer says he denies those allegations. none of the politicians that have said they are not attending have cited the allegations as the reason for their absence. however, several republicans who spoke to nbc news anonymously have said the al
now, people are using the clock to speed up other things. look at this interview from the president. is your age into your own calculation as to whether to run again? first of all, look, first of all, to look, they the no but yes. there you go. it worked. jimmy fallon having some fun with baseball s new rule. we have a lot to get to this morning. a major conservative conference is going to be missing some star power. we ll go through the big names in the gop who are skipping cpac. we ll tell you which event many of them are attending instead. meanwhile, ron desantis takes control of a key figure in his so-called war on woke. we ll explain what is happening in florida. and we ll have the latest bombshells to come out of court documents in a lawsuit against fox news, including rupert murdoch s testimony on false claims about election fraud. also ahead, we will be joined by education secretary miguel cardona, as president joe biden s plan to cancel student
there for the moment. and the u.s. is warning china that it is going to face stiff consequences if beijing goes ahead to give weapons including drones and ammunition to russia for the ongoing invasion of ukraine. this is two ukrainian worker were killed amid a fresh wave of russian attacks. and we have the late west the storms overnight. at least seven tornadoes touching down in oklahoma. we have ed lavandera in norman which is south of oklahoma city. you been doing a good job this morning to showing people what it looks like in the wake of one these, and tell us what you are seeing now? well, the sun is up, and the residents here are beginning to go through the neighborhood, assess the damage and begin the cleanup process, but you can see the magnitude of the car, and this is flipped up on top of another one, and this is ripped apart by the storm, and we have seen this throughout the particular neighborhood in norman, oklahoma. the good news, it is isolated, so once you
department spokesperson era hut, republican the pollster, legal analyst elliott williams, and x e o assist the idea that with all the subpoenas with the mar-a-lago classified documents investigation, what is the significance of this now to you? it s easy to forget that the mar-a-lago investigation has been going on because all the headlines for the last two weeks of focused on new york city investigation into the former president there. but also fulton county georgia where the president is also being investigated. and the mar-a-lago investigation has been carrying on this entire time. look, any investigation is going to require speaking to other employees other than the individual who might be in the center of it. it shouldn t surprise anybody. it s significant because whenever anybody gets a subpoena, no matter who they are, it s a big deal, and it s evidence, and it s testimony. who knows where this ends up? but it s a big deal. speaking of who was subpoenaed, we are
hello, everyone, and good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, february 26. i m amara walker. good morning. i m boris sanchez. we are so grateful that you are spending your morning us with, starting your week with us. i am pumped to be alongside amara. how are you doing? same here. good to be with you. it s our friday. i am doing great. plenty to get to this morning. here is what we are watching. one thing that has been made clear to me is that everyone wants this contamination gone from the community. the epa stopping the removal of all contaminated material from that toxic train derailment in ohio as a battle now looms over how and where it should be moved. there is an outcry from neighboring states and the white house is responding, too. the war in ukraine is now in its second year and marked by fierce fighting in the east. our alex marquardt is there with troops from around the world who joined the front lines to fight russia s invasion. see