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
welcome. i m neil cavuto. it has happened again. a lot of people wondering how the heck it happened again. growing questions again for the transportation department secretary and what this means where we re going. garrett tenney in chicago chicago with the latest. folks that live in the small town are now allowed to go back to their home after the entire town was evacuated in the middle of the night. this train was 40 cars long. nearly two dozen derailed with several cars carrying hazardous material breaking open and catching 4. firefighters had to go door-to-door to evacuate the town. we heard the train come through. we heard a loud boom. it s like oh, my gosh, i wonder what is burning. i didn t know if it was toxic chemicals. 14 of the cars had hazardous materials, corn serum and ethanol, which is flammable. state officials say the fire is control and most of the spilled ethanol has burned off. we re concerned about what we re breathing, what s in the cars. look at
demanding tighter gun laws. and for the first time, the chilling calls for help from inside that elementary school. please. they are coming, they are coming. norah: two black hawk helicopters collide, killing nine american soldiers. why this nighttime exercise went horribly wrong. this is a truly tragic loss. russia has arrested an american journalist on the suspicion of espionage. lsaiovich,s wl street journal, was trying to obtain classified information. as the area is still trying to recover from last week s storm outbreaks risk. hello friends. norah: at sports broadcasting by jen jim nantz reflect on a nearly four decade career covering march madness. being able to have the seat for that long, to tell so many stories, and document some of document some of the great events, no regrets. norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this historic night in our nations history. for the first time ever, a former president of the united
are you listening to what i m saying? children are dying. 9-year-old children. the solution is not to arm the teachers. have you ever worked in a school? tense moments on capitol hill yesterday. as democrats demand action on gun legislation following the deadly school shooting in nashville. we ll have more of that heated exchange and the latest from tennessee in just a moment. meanwhile, donald trump is fighting a judge s order to force some of his former staff and aides to testify about january 6th. we ll go through the legal precedent that is not on the former president s side. and also ahead, some new reporting on how top republican donors are feeling about a third option in the 2024 presidential race. good morning. welcome to way too early on this thursday, march 30th. opening day. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we begin this morning with new details about what we learned about the suspect and investigation into this week s deadly school