Morning and welcome to cnn this morning it is sunday, march 17. Im Danny Freeman in per victor blackwell. Good to be with you. Danny, im amara walker and heres what were watching for you this morning, dueling for dollars President Biden ranks in a record haul of 53 Million Dollars in donations and just one month as former President Donald Trump is reportedly scrambling to raise Campaign Cash are breaking down the numbers. And why trump says losing the election will lead two calls of a bloodbath and accused killer in custody. What we know about the deadly pennsylvania Shooting Spree that led to an hourslong stand up in nearby new jersey, plus escaping the chaos, the state Department Announces plans to rescue americans trapped in haiti as Gang Violence escalates. A report from portauprince, youll only see on cnn most the final countdown we are live in moscow where Vladimir Putin is hours away from likely clinching an unprecedented fifth term as russias president all right, just in the pa
Leading this hour, a new sign of the clear dysfunction in the republican party, right . Right now. I mean, how bad things have to be to turn down two days. All expenses paid at a Luxury Resort well, thats the reality for many many House Republicans and a source says, fewer than half of them have rsvp. Yes. For the annual event starting today, that is meant to build party unity. Republican Congresswoman Name since he made shes doing a tv or parents instead congressman Kelly Armstrong says hed rather focus on his campaign for governor. And congressman tim burchett remarked, quote, i dont retreat i move forward. I got a farm to run. This comes just one day after republican Lawmakers Said hes quitting congress altogether next week because of the fighting and bickering cnns Melanie Zanona is live for us in white sulfur springs, West Virginia where this retreat is taking place. Melanie, nice gig. What are you hearing . From lawmakers who did show up apparently we lost Melanie Zanona as sound
Sink in that these are the people we have to choose from, and we have ourselves to blame for this total lack of imagination to think of everyone at home thinking what stage of grief is it when i went john or on television. Thank you. I thank you for coming in, sir. Appreciate the next hour of Cnn News Central starts now the kremlin says it is ready for nuclear war. Russian president Vladimir Putin issues a stark warning to the us saying any us troops on the ground in ukraine will come with dire consequences b. Eovaldi, police chief suddenly submitted his resignation just days after the citys Independent Port cleared local officials. Local officers of wrongdoing in the horrific Elementary School massacre, and a possible end two hours of scrolling in tiktok okay, content creators say maybe millions of Small Businesses, house lawmakers set to vote on a bill this morning that could ban the popular app in the united im john berman with kate bolduan. Sara is off today. This is Cnn News Centr
Headquarters in new york city. The grand shakeup. A stunning move in the Georgia Elections case against donald trump. But its not about whether d. A. Fani willis stays or goes. The judge dismissing six counts in the sweeping racketeering indictment including three against the former president. What led to the decision . And what it means for trump and his codefendants. Plus The Last Time America pitted the same pair of president ial nominees against each other two elections in a row, gas was a quarter, a burger was less, and donald trump and joe biden were just kids. Now americans have the rematch most say they never wanted but voted for anyway. And it ramps up the veepstakes for trump. What the price of admission could be. And one storm washes away more than half a Million Dollars worth of investment. What an Oceanfront Community is now asking for after watching its brand new protective sand dune disintegrate. A lot to get to, but we start with that Breaking News out of georgia. Judge
Police say its the most dangerous situation they can face. A call for a domestic disturbance last night that brought them to the front door of 16767 glad stone investigators say kurt was wait and armed. When the officers arrived, they were met by a victim at the door who had claimed that his roommate had pulled a large knife on him. Commissioner evans says when officer Matthew Morris and officer Richard Cintolo went inside figueroa immediately opened fire shooting both men multiple times. Officer officers drakd two injured men to safety. And returned fire killing figueroa. The commissioner says had come unhinged. He was a dangerous individual in and our officers went in there unsuspecting of what took place. But investigators despite figueroas fire power and body armor they dont think it was a planned am burn. Clearly i dont think it was sort of an issue where the with sole purpose of attacking the officers. A to want evans says those two men oar lie thanks to sole toll quick actions o