Good morning you were alive in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington today, democrats are Breathing A Sigh of relief after President Bidens fiery state of the Union Address and his impassioned speech that lasted border an hour the president s son ought to diffuse concerns about his age and draw a stark contrast with the maga movement. He lambasted his republican rival more than a dozen times without ever saying his name referring to former president donald trump, simply as my predecessor, republicans in the meantime, sat on their hands. Most of the night, not even president s call to defend democracy he could elicit a unified response and he had no qualms. The president had no qualms about pointing that out history is watching just like history watch three years ago on january 6 when i surrection storm this very capitol in place, a dagger to the throat of american democracy. My predecessor and some of you here seek to bury the truth about january 6, i will not do that. This is
Now. At least 67 people have died in maui. And that toll is expected to unfortunately rise as more rubble is being searched. The wildfires damaging more than 3,000 home. Cnn is on the ground in maui with the very latest reporting from there. And a moment in American History. 50 years ago today hip hop was born in the bronx. Tonight we celebrate this Trailblazing Art Form that has changed america and the world. We have a whole lot of superstars on this stage tonight but i want yall to know one thing this is my house i wish we could start with run dmc, but we are starting here. The Attorney General has announced a Special Counsel will take over in the hunter biden investigation. Its not someone from outside the system. It is the same trump appointed federal prosecutor whos been overseeing the case for five years now. This is because the settlement, both Hunter Bidens lawyers and the prosecutors had agreed upon in his tax evasion and Gun Charge Case fell apart when the judge rejected it.
Ability to serve another four years. A Senior Administration official says israel agrees to a new Border Crossing for aid to be delivered into Northern Gaza. More details in a moment. Former President Trump planning to rebut his rival in real time while a Maga Super Pac floods the airwaves with a controversial ad questioning bidens ability to even survive until the end of a second term. Immigration, abortion, the economy, Prescription Drug price relief and the wars in gaza and ukraine. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. We report on the white house plans for the most important speech of the biden presidency. His Election Year State Of The Union. In eight hours, President Biden will be entering the House Chamber to address a Joint Session Of Congress and the largest bipartisan audience of his reelection campaign. Top aides say mr. Biden is putting the finishing touches on the speech today. Tonight, he will try to lay out his vision for a potential second term. Just on
Cases may not proceed to trial before the general election in november. Meanwhile, the former president continued his Unimpeded March Towards Becoming the republican partys president ial nominee for a third time. Yesterday, he cruised to victory in the states that held nominating contests in, idaho, missouri and michigan. Let only know trump decidedly win in each of those, races he is projected to receive every single delegate that was a for grabs yesterday. That is just the beginning. March madness is about to kick into gear this, week and im not talking about College Sports because i never talk about College Sports. This is set to be a jampacked month as the primary season reaches its peak, while at the same time trumps legal cases approach some key inflection points. Today, The District Of Columbia is holding its republican primary and north dakota will hold its contest to morrow. Then, two days from, now Super Tuesday, 16 states plus the territory of American Samoa will held democr
maria corina machado in caracas, venezuela, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen. it s a pleasure. well, it s great to have you on the show. for years, you have argued that participating in democracy in venezuela under nicolas maduro s rule is a grave mistake because it ends up legitimising maduro. so, how come you ve now decided to put your hat in the ring and seek the nomination from the opposition to fight in next year s presidential election? for years, we, the venezuelan people have been explaining to the world the way nicolas maduro has been rigging elections and the turning down, through control and repression, thejudiciary system, the national assembly, as well as the military and every single democratic institution. we ve reached a point in which we realise that maduro is willing to do anything to stay in power, and the only way through which we can confront and defeat him is building a huge, unprecedented, social movement, citizen movement, that is righ