Morning and welcome to cnn this morning it is sunday, march 17. Im Danny Freeman in per victor blackwell. Good to be with you. Danny, im amara walker and heres what were watching for you this morning, dueling for dollars President Biden ranks in a record haul of 53 Million Dollars in donations and just one month as former President Donald Trump is reportedly scrambling to raise Campaign Cash are breaking down the numbers. And why trump says losing the election will lead two calls of a bloodbath and accused killer in custody. What we know about the deadly pennsylvania Shooting Spree that led to an hourslong stand up in nearby new jersey, plus escaping the chaos, the state Department Announces plans to rescue americans trapped in haiti as Gang Violence escalates. A report from portauprince, youll only see on cnn most the final countdown we are live in moscow where Vladimir Putin is hours away from likely clinching an unprecedented fifth term as russias president all right, just in the pa
For . Go to battle at x. Com today and get 70 off every single thing. Oh, rafael roma at the Georgia State capitol in atlanta. This is cnn this is cnn breaking news hello again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me this sunday. Im Fredricka Whitfield and weaving again with this Breaking News Polls are now closed in russia following a threeday president ial election. And with no genuine opposition candidates appearing on the ballot, the outcome whats never in doubt, Vladimir Putin is expected to win the vote that will keep his grip on power through 2030 he has already russia longestserving ruler since soviet dictator joseph stalin. Weve got full coverage for you. Cnns Matthew Chance is in moscow. Fred pleitgen in berlin, and also with a cnn contributor and former Moscow Bureau chief Jill Dougherty so matthew, you first, what is the significance of the Election Results that are coming in . Well, i think its pretty significant in the sense that weve had 50 of the vote counted so far
As the bbc s russia editor Steve Rosenberg reports, mr putin also mentioned his late critic, Alexei Navalny, by name. For Vladimir Putin, six more years in the kremlin. Russias president is sounding more confident than ever. Translation whoever might want to intimidate us, whoever might want to suppress us, ourwilland our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. Then, mr putins first Public Comments on the death ofjailed Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny. Translation you may be surprised, but a few days i before mr navalny died, some colleagues of mine told me there was an idea to exchange him for certain people in prison in the west. You can believe it or not. I said, i agree, even before he had finished talking. But what happened happened. Election results on russian tv, not a hold your breath moment. The winner, by a mile and a half, Vladimir Putin. What an incredible level of support and unity around the figure of putin, he says. And a powerful signal to the w
There for you. Saudi arabias crown prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, has been invited to visit the uk in the autumn. The visit is likely to prompt sharp criticism over the gulf leaders Human Rights Record. It would be the first trip by the crown prince to the uk since the murder ofjournalist Jamal Khashoggi at the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018. Us Intelligence Agencies concluded that the prince must have authorised the killing. Lets talk to may darwich, senior lecturer in the International Relations of The Middle East at the university of birmingham. Thank you for coming out of the programme will solicit about first while this invitation has been extended. I while this invitation has been extended while this invitation has been extended. ~. ,. , extended. I think there are several reasons as extended. I think there are several reasons as to extended. I think there are several reasons as to why extended. I think there are several reasons as to why the extended. I think there are severa
Indictment for the first time were being told that News Conference will take place in about 19 minutes. Meantime lets get you live outside the courthouse to matt finn. He is in atlanta with the breaking allegations on this matter. What do we know . Hydrates we are looking through the Indictment Documents right now, but they do read that donald trump and some of his associates, including Rudy Giuliani and mark meadows, have been listed and charged in this indictment. Theres a long list of various charges, including racketeering, false statements and solicitation of violation of an oath by a public officer. Were reading through this right now will be able to update you much more throughout the coming hour or two. Throughout the day. There was a lot of anticipation or questions. About who might be named in this indictment. If any of Donald Trumps associates would be listed, we now know that many of them are theres a long list, including some of his former attorneys, including jenna ellis.