Twice in the last 24 hours. And an almost uncontrollable crowd in new york city. What police say led to the surge that resulted in dozens of arrests. And Tens Of Millions of people in the u. S. Once again starting the day under heat alerts. One city is even putting sunscreen on the roads. Announcer live from cnn center this is cnn newsroom with lynda kinkade. The republican front runner donald trump takes his Election Campaign to South Carolina tonight, a state considered a bellwether of future electoral outcomes, and trumps appearance at a republican event in Alabama Friday came hours after he pleaded not guilty for the second time in two days. That was for additional federal charges related to the classified documents case in florida. Special counsel jack smith has asked a federal judge to set strict rules for trumps legal team when they receive evidence in the 2020 election case. Smith wants to keep trump from having copies of key evidence, particularly grand jury testimony, for fea
Zack cohen really appreciate it. Thanks so much. The news continues right here on cnn its Super Tuesday, march 5, right now on cnn this morning, donald trump hoping for a Super Tuesday sweep hes asking the Supreme Court for more help after the justices ruled that states like colorado cant kick him off the ballot. President biden, preparing for his state of the Union Address its his campaign hoping Super Tuesday doesnt reveal more vulnerabilities and will Super Tuesday been nikki haleys last stand or is she going to try a different path to the presidency all right. 05 00 a. M. Im here in washington. A live look at the washington mind a little bit foggy this morning here. Good morning. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to be with you. Will come to Super Tuesday. Its maybe the last day that nikki haley can really make a credible claim of any kind to the republican president ial nomination voters in 15 states with about a third of it delegates at stake head to the polls this morning. All signs
news the suspect posted disturbing messages online before the shooting, which is just one of many over the holiday. authorities in shreveport are searching for the suspect wanted for killing four people at a birthday block party. 18 people killed, more than 100 wounded in mass shootings over the last four days. trevor ault is in philadelphia. record-breaking heat and travel. more than 50 million americans are now making the return trip home after the long holiday weekend. the tsa screening an all-time high of 2.8 million in one day. and tonight, a new round of severe storms from denver to chicago. heat alerts from oregon to florida into the northeast. and the new record for the hottest day on earth. tensions rise in the gulf of oman. the u.s. navy releases video showing an iranian naval ship, accusing iran of trying to seize two foreign oil tankers in international waters, firing at one of them. a u.s. navy destroyer racing to protect the ships. marcus moore standing by.
a ziplock baggy filled with cocaine found just steps from the west wing where guests are often ushered through the white house. now the question who dropped it, setting off sunday s hazmat evacuation. then, the phenomenon unique to the united states, gun violence in america reaching a new level of horror. 356 mass shootings so far this year. a stunning 15 of them just this past holiday weekend. coming up, why these tragic shootings always seem to spike in the summer months and what can be done about it. plus, a federal judge slapping the biden administration with new restrictions on social media saying the biden administration cannot decide what is and is not misinformation. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we begin with something of a mystery in our political lead. who left a baggy of coke at the white house? there was a brief evacuation sunday night after the powdery substance was found in an area of the west wing that is accessible to some tour groups. this
subpoenas for and asked questions of some of the lawyers associated with donald trump s efforts to over turn the results of the 2020 election. among the names, some of them you probably recognize. sidney powell, for example. so central sp spending baseless accusations of voter fraud. and then emily knewmon who worked with her and mike roman and we told you last week about rudy giuliani s conversation with investigators. the result of a so-called proffer agreement. we now know that meeting actually spanned eight hours. and of particular interest, that infamous white house meeting back in december of 2020. and heated clash in which sidney powell put forward a plan to have our country s military seize voting machines all in order to rerun the election. and thanks to the committee, there is an abundance of public testimony related to that meeting. some of the participants in their own words. i was asked, are you claiming that the democrats are working with hugo chavez and whoev