I came to office determined with the duty to care and get us through one of our toughest periods in history. And we have. President joe biden continues to hit the former president on the Campaign Trail as the former president yesterday appeared to float cutting Social Security and medicare. Meanwhile, trump is also now flipflopping on tiktok, the platform he pushed to ban when he was in office. It comes as the house is set to vote tomorrow. Plus, theres more fallout from alabama senator katie britts state of the Union Rebuttal and how her speech highlights republicans fears of losing women voters this election. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, march 12th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. Former President Donald Trump is vowing to release Hundreds Of January 6th defendants currently behind bars if he were to be releected this november. On truth social last night trump explained that one of his first acts as president would be to, quote,
the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. newly elected speaker of the house kevin mccarthy grabbing the gavel there after four days of voting, the longest speaker contest in 164 years. but despite the sometimes contentious days of negotiations, with the narrow faction of his conference, republicans in the end rallied around mccarthy and his vision for america. i make this promise i ll never give up for you, the american people. and i will never give up on keeping our commitment to america. our nation is worth fighting for. our rights are worth fighting. our dreams are worth fighting for. our future is worth fighting for. [ cheers and applause ] cnn s eva mckend is live for us on capitol hill. so, eva, you know, how did mccarthy eventually get those votes that he needed? reporter: fred, by convincing those holdouts, those never-kevin lawmakers ultimately to vote present. that isn t a ringing endors
We look at what that could mean in the region. Plus, remarkable artwork from 2,000 years ago uncovered in pompeii, the Ancient Roman city. And later, we have ai decoded, our weekly look at whats making news in the world of artificial intelligence. We are going to start with this news in the last few hours, the death of 0j in the last few hours, the death of oj simpson. He was one of the most divisive figures in modern america football star, turned movie star, turned Murder Suspect in what became known as the trial of the century. His family said he died of cancer on wednesday, surrounded by his children and grandchildren. He was 76. Oj simpsons trialfor the murder of his ex wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend was televised and followed Around The World. Millions were transfixed. And when he was sensationally acquitted, many Black Americans celebrated seeing him as the victim of a bigoted police force while many white americans were appalled by his exoneration. He was later found l
Leaving many people without power. Hello, welcome to The World Today, an hour of international news. He was one of the most divisive figures in modern america. Oj simpson has died at the age of 76. He was a Football Star and turned into a movie star, and then a murder suspect. It became known as the trial of the century. Our los angeles correspondent emma vardy has been looking back at his life. Watched by millions, oj simpson famously led police on a car chase through los angeles. On a car chase through los angeles after becoming the main suspect in the murder of his ex wife and herfriend. From an impoverished childhood, he had gone on to become one of the greatest american Football Players in history, and a hollywood actor. But he will be forever remembered for his nine month televised trial for the Double Murder that transfixed america. Accused of killing his former wife in a jealous rage, at one point, oj simpson was shown struggling to try on a pair of gloves found at the crime sc