We begin with a shakeup in the u. S. President ial race, thanks to a man who wasnt even running. Thats right, Vice President joe biden announced on wednesday he would not seek the presidency, giving up a lifelong dream. Our White House Correspondent has the details. Joe biden walked into the rose garden to extinguish a dream. Unfortunately i believe were out of time, the time necessary to mount a Winning Campaign for the nomination. With those words today, the Vice President closed the door to weeks of selfinduced speculation about joining the 2016 president ial race. It turns out he wasnt filing a warning shot to Hillary Clinton over her suggestion that republicans are the enemy. I dont believe, like some do, that its naive to talk to republicans. He was offering an optimistic lesson to fix a broken washington. I believe we have to end the divisive partisan politics that is ripping this country apart. Reporter of all the places to make his announcement. Mr. President , thank you for l
We saw a number of passengers being released. They are largely Egyptian Nationals being released right now, though. A number of foreigners as well as crew members. What we are hearing from officials, they are saying this is not an incident of terrorism. They are saying that the motive behind this has to do with an exwife. Egyptian officials also casting doubt over whether or not this bomb is actually real. But officials arent taking any chances this morning. In the past hour, we have seen more hostages being released. When you see them being released, they arent fleeing from the plane running as if they feel their lives under under immediate threat. Officials arent taking any chances. Stay with us, if you would. We want to bring in our cnn aviation analyst and former fbi special jonathan. I want to start with you, jonathan. How do you know when someone claims they have an explosive belt on to take it seriously . You dont know. You have to treat it as though its the real deal. Because i
That zone where government offices are held. The United States and russia say they have agreed on a renewed cessation of hostilities in parts of syria. The u. S. Is pushing for the truce to include the city of aleppo which has seen 230 People Killed in the past week alone. U. S. And middle eastern diplomats will meet in geneva on sun. In nairobi, kenya, 16 people are confirmed dead following collapse of an Apartment Building on friday. Dozens more still missing. This sevenstory tower collapsed on friday amid heavy rain. The building had been condemned but the order was ignored. Americas choice, 2016, the president ial race, it is mathemat mathematically impossible for republican candidate ted cruz to secure his partys nomination on a first ballot in july. However, cruz is trying hard to stop donald trump from doing that. On tuesday, the state of indiana holds a very important primary. Cruz released two ads there linking donald trump with the democrat front runter Hillary Clinton. Heres
He stands just inches from clinching the nomination. Meanwhile, the tone gets even nastier, the warfare appears to be underway. Guests are here to break it all down for us. Lets begin with Jason Carroll and the antitrump violence. Trump said during his speech that he is doing great with hispanics, and going to win them over. Clearly, he has not won over those who protested in the streets last night, nor has he won over new mexicos republican governor. Overnight, police in riot gear, blasting pepper spray. And using smoke grenades to disburse antidonald trump protesters outside his rally in albuquerque, new mexico. Hours after the presumptive gop nominees speech. Dozens of protesters, stomping on police cars. And throwing rocks and bottles at police, injuring several officers. Earlier during trumps speech at the citys convention center, protesters breaking through the metal barriers surrounding the venue, some making their way inside. Only to be dragged out by security. Inside, trump cr
Good evening breaking news on new points. New polls Shows Hillary clinton is losing her edge with donald trump. And trump hires vetter for research. Trump is taking steps to raise his stature in the gop. More on all of it from jim acosta. Reporter it is a mood seen to calm conservative critics. Presumptive nominee released a list of picks to replace Supreme Court antonin scalia. John cornyn who criticized trumps tone last week praised the list as, quote, reassuring. Trump tauksd policy credentials with henry kissinger, came one day after trump closed the idea of talking with kim jongun in what would be dramatic departure from u. S. Foreign policy. I would speak to him, i would have no problem speaking to him. At the same time, i would put a lot of pressure on china. But you say you would talk to kim . I would speak to him. I have no problem with speaking to him. Reporter he mocked trump with this tweet, asking whether the job of secretary of state would go to former nba star Dennis Rod