through these early states, we were in iowa, now we re in new hampshire, jake, and what we re seeing emerge is when he s on the stump he s talking indirectly about former president trump. he s never naming him. it s when he gets off the stump and talks to media that we get those more direct hits that he s taking at him. and that seems to be kind of the needle he s trying to thread right now because remember, a lot of these voters he s talking to may have potentially voted, or most likely voted for former president trump in the past. so he has to kind of walk a fine line here. and what we re also seeing is how he is pitching himself to voters. and that s really starting to come into focus. and what we re seeing, the lane they re really carving out for him and that he s carving out for himself is that of a sitting executive. he s not a former anything. he is a sitting governor in florida. and when he talks to voters he s really going through and outlining what he and his team h
hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. i m bianca nobilo. max foster is out on assignment. just ahead on cnn newsroom after months of waiting, speculating, president biden may be announcing his run for re-election. that announcement will come four years to the day after the anniversary of his first presidential announcement in 2020. it seems that fox at some point just said enough is enough, we re going to fire him from the network. sudanese people are not giving up on their aspirations for a secure free and democratic future, neither will we. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where in the coming hours president biden is expected to announce his bid for a second term in 2024. the white house is ramping up preparations. sources close to the president confirm he s already picked a campaign manager and decided where the
any moment now we expect to see president biden welcome one of america s strongest nato allies to the white house. the meeting is russia s invasion of ukraine is just beyond the one-year mark. the pentagon has announced another $400 million aid package for kyiv. phil mattingly is live. we ll start with you and what you know about the president s meeting with chancellor schultz. it s a critical meeting and sounds like something with of meeting when it pertains to this war with the allies and alliance that s been together. it stead very fast. there is probably no more critical leader at this point than chancellor schultz. this is a relationship. the two leaders get along quite well. no staff component between the two leaders who have been critical to an alliance that has produced a significant evolution in terms of the types of weapons, the capabilities that they provided over the course of the year. there have been points where the germans haven t gone as far and throughou
the state s attorney general is reviewing the ruling. florida also passed a law recently targeting drag performances. new those restrictions are having an impact on pride celebrations in that state. during a time set aside for lgbtq people to honor their community and their history, some pride events are actually being scaled back or even canceled. cnn s victor blackwell has our report. pride kroosds florida will be noticeably less colorful this year. festival organizers are making significant changes or canceling events altogether due to potential consequences from governor ron desantis new law that many believe targets public drag performances, a mainstay of pride events. welcome, welcome to st. cloud s first pride event. it s very disheartening. reporter: christina, organizer of pride in st. cloud, canceled the orlando area event that was planned to include drag performers. according to the new law signed by desantis just weeks ago, local governments are banned for
less color ful this year. festival organizers are making significant changes or canceling some lgbtq celebrations. they fear potential consequences from ron desantis new law that targets public drag performances, a mainstay of pride events. welcome to st. cloud. the coordinator cancelled the orlando area event planned to include drag performers. according to the new law, local governments are banned from issuing public permits for events that include some adult live performances. venues risk losing licensing if a child is present, knowingly admitting a child would be a misdemeanor. once the bill is signed, we can restructure the event and make sure it s 18 and up for that portion. they went and talked with all the performers and came back and said, we re really sorry, but we just don t feel safe. reporter: organizers