good morning, everyone, and welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, march 4th. yes, it is already march, and i m amara walker. and i m paula reid in fur boris sanchez. it s so good to be here this morning. it s so good to have you. you look refreshed and like you had some good sleep. thanks for joining us this mor morning. professional hair and makeup. here s what we re watching this morning. it just came up. 20 seconds later, it was gone. i mean, total chaos. wind, glass breaking out everywhere. severe storm sweeps through the south. at least ten people are dead this morning, a million people without power. we re going to take a look at the damage and where that system is this morning. the white house with $4 million more for eastern ukraine. a look at bakhmut. he admitted that. he s not a murderer. alex murdaugh will spend the rest of his life in jail after being convicted of murdering his wife and son. reaction from his attorneys and what s next fo
sanchez. i m amara walker. thanks for joining us. i ve been checking the poll enforecast every day. it hasn t been good here. how about you? we may be getting the cherry blossoms. here s what we re watching. the white house rolls out another $400 million in aid as fierce fighting continues in the eastern part of the country. our alex marquardt has a look at the bat tle for bakhmut. it sounded like a freight train going by the house. at least ten people are dead after severe storms hammer the south. where we re seeing impacts from that system this morning. alex murdaugh will spend the rest of his life in jail. the judge s worjs for murdaugh during the sentencings and why the former south carolina lawyer will likely find himself in court again on dozens of other charges. also, cnn still in east palestine, ohio, as residents there begin to recover from that toxic train derailment. they care about their food. they want to know what they re getting. they want to kn
welcome back to the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. just minutes from now former president donald trump will be less than ten miles from the u.s. capitol, addressing a crowd of his adoring supporters as for all intents and purposes the front-runner for the 2024 gop nomination. despite his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, trump has been loading in several polls of republican voters as he delivers the keynote address at the annual cpac gathering later on this afternoon, even though other gop contenders are warning the party to move on from trump. his maga faithful have come to dominate the republicans long-time event. at any moment they will release the results of their straw poll. trump has won the last two with florida governor ron desantis coming in second. both times desantis has not formally announced for 2024 and is skipping this gathering. kristen holmes joins us from cpac where they re gathering in maryland just outside the nation s capital. kristen,
all. thank you for watching morning joe weekend. happy weekend everybody. it was a busy week, especially in maryland where republicans are wrapping up their annual conservative political action conference. donald trump is expected to be the big headline for the final day today, but many of the party s biggest names opted out of just it means there is a change including, not, they re a florida governor ron desantis senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, and house speaker kevin mccarthy, pretty big names. the conference was, once one of the biggest events for conservatives. so, what happened? we are happy. and here s what our panel had to say earlier this week. there is a way regan would always go, this is where every sort of conservative used to go, then at some point it became obvious that it was going forth and you would have it became a libertarian gathering, not republican or conservative, that is when you have ron paul and rand paul start winnin
yes, sir. conservative entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy officially launches his 2024 g.o.p. campaign. we are going to need to rediscover that national identity that we all share. ashbury university is planning to end its 24/7 religious revival. over 50,000 people have traveled to the area to participate. when so many people gather with this much love in their hearts, it s amazing. i m getting those good vibes i m living this good life i m breathing on god s time and i ain t going to waste one breath i m soaking in. steve: live from new york city on this 22nd day of fen, february, currently 33. going for a daytime high of 43 later on in the day on this, the first day of lent. it is ash wednesday. and welcome. ainsley: that s right. steve: welcome to hour two of fox & friends. it s a holiday here around the world. and ainsley, appropriately enough, you are in ashbury university in kentucky for something that we have been watching for the last, what, cl