i m sara sidner in new york. jim acosta has the day off. you are in the cnn newsroom. we begin with breaking news here at cnn. former president jimmy carter will begin receiving hospice care at his home in plains, georgia. that is according to a statement from the carter center which says the 98-year-old has decided to spend his remaining time surrounded by his family and forego any further medical treatment. our jeff zeleny has the latest. reporter: the decision of former president jimmy carter to remain in plains, georgia, after a series of hospital stays certainly speaks to the center that this town has really been to his life. he has spent nearly all of his the 8 years in 98 years in plains, with the exception of his time in the white house and has time as a young men in the american military. plains, georgia, a town 140 miles or so south of atlanta really has been the place where this former president has done his life s work in the post presidency. he s talked abo
you by meso book.com. former president donald trump speaking tonight in iowa. his 1st trip to the crucial campaign state. he is announcing his 3rd white house run. rival candidate nikki haley and likely contenders ron desantis and mike pence also making trips to iowa. the base wants to move on from trump. here with me now karen, bob, mona, tia. i m glad you re all here tonight. let s begin with what trump is saying about governor ron desantis. i know you re saying what is he saying? he is what he is had to say. ron desantis red sanctimonious. ron desantis strongly opposed ethanol do you know that? we don t even know if he is running. if he is not running i will say he was fine on ethanol. don t worry. he also fought against social security. he wanted to decimate it and vote against it 3 times. voting against social security that s a bad one. he is under his skin. he hasn t announced his run yet but he is focusing on him. he has no one else to focus on really because t
portions of mississippi and alabama or live in the weather center. awarding to the west, vladimir putin says he will station nuclear weapons in belarus. and risking it all for the american dream, a rising number of pregnant women and minors make the dangerous trek through panama for a chance at asylum in the us from cnn center. cnn newsroom with laila harre. we begin with a massive cleanup underway in the southeastern us after powerful storms that spawned deadly tornadoes barreled through mississippi and nearby states friday night, at least 26 people were killed and dozens injured. the secretary of homeland security is set to tour the area later today and in the past couple of hours, president biden approved the mississippi governor s request for a major disaster declaration to get federal disaster. eight. flowing as quickly as possible. the mayor of heart hit rolling fork saying his city is gone. here s congressman bennie thompson, describing the destruction in his home stat
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,
surrender and appear in court on tuesday afternoon. he reportedly faces more than 30 charges related to hush money payments made to adult film store. stormy daniels. it is impossible to imagine all the scenarios manhattan law enforcement officials are gaming out right now, given what happened on january 6th given that trump has again called for protests this coming tuesday and given that supporters like republican congresswoman marjorie taylor green are tweeting things like this new york put your maga hats on under our constitutional rights. we will support president trump. and protest the tyrants. i ll see you on tuesday . cnn s polo sandoval joins us now, with more on the extraordinary measures going on outside the new york city courthouse in lower manhattan. polo uh, that s a that s a cocktail of a lot of different things coming together on tuesday. you re going to be busy following all of this. what are you seeing right now? certainly all eyes will be on the building is t