Also spreading around the world. The who saying it is not a pandemic but saying it is deeply worrying. Before we came on air i was looking at the definition of an epidemic and a pandemic. An epidemic affects a few regions, but a pandemic is something which goes global. We have cases in italy, cases in iran, kuwait, over 12 dead in iran. Is it a pandemic . It seems to fulfill that particular criteria or definition. David what is the risk posed to beijing . They postpone the congress and language coming out of the Conference Call that was held by president xi suggests he is concerned about beijing. 170,000 people on the Conference Call, and some of the details coming out. The fear is does president xi jinping consolidate power . This is a question being asked by a lot of people. People have already seen him grab power with reducing his second term. He has unlimited terms. On. Nt to get what is going we have just gone 1 00 in the morning. There is an airy calm. When we look at what is goi
Its the biggest election day of the year so far. Welcome to cnns Special Coverage of super tuesday im wolf blitzer in washington and im kate bolduan in new york. The first polls are closing in just a few hours from now. And turnout in states like North Carolina is strong as millions of americans and six next extreme states are now voting for republicans. It is a big day, 865 delegates are at stake. Donald trump expected to win most of them making the republican front runner almost unstoppable potentially. By the end of this light tonight, trump is expected to be within striking distance of the 1,215 delegates needed to win the republican president ial nomination, which raises the big question, what does nikki haley do next . Our less than an hour will be getting our first early clues about the outcome of tonights vote. Thats where we get the first results from our exit polls. We have our reporters fanned out across the nation right now is better. Voters are heading to the polls. I want
we are not looking for a war with iran. tough choices for the biden administration, how should the president respond to a deadly attack on u.s. troops. and today on shil, house lawmakers a step closer to a vote to um peach a cabinet member. good morning, i m cakasie hunt. it s 5:00 a.m. in washington. new details are ae merging on the strike in iran. the three soldiers killed were all from georgia, a sign of the 718th engineer company. we re learn ing the drone that kilned them approached the outpost around the same time an american drone was returning to the base. u.s. officials tell cnn that led to confusion and caused a delay in the u.s. response. the enemy drone was flying low to avoid detection and may have been intentionally following the american drone. also this morning, cautious optimism for a hostage release and potential cease-fire in the war between hamas and israel. an agreement on the framework has been reached by negotiators in paris. the proposal that
captions by vitac www.vitac.com good evening, everyone. i m tom king in for alisyn camera at that. debt ceiling drama. we re closer to a debt ceiling deal, closer but not there yet. janet yellen gave them four more days, and we ve got a ways to go. even if they make a deal tomorrow morning, can they get it done in time? plus, can a trump-like candidate beat donald trump? that s the question, as ron desantis gets his campaign in high gear. the florida governor not being shy at all about taking on the former president, ripping him on the border of all things, calling him a big spender, and lasting his covid policies. i don t know what happened to donald trump. this is a different guy today than what he was running in 2015 and 2016. and i think the direction he s going with the campaign is the wrong direction. no other republican in the trump era has been able to walk that tight rope. can ron desantis? here s a sobering thought this memorial day weekend. whenever you
it is saturday, may 27th, i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. good to have you. you re in the cnn newsroom. we begin with debt ceiling negotiations getting down to the wire, as the white house and gop lawmakers are racing against the clock to try to prevent a first-ever u.s. default. congress now has fewer than nine days to pass a deal after treasury secretary janet yellen warned yesterday that the country could hit the debt ceiling by june 5th. sources say negotiators are hoping to announce an agreement as soon as today. but major sticking points remain. on everything from spending caps to work requirements. earlier, i spoke with congresswoman debbie ding whole called for an ent to the back and forth. we cannot be cutting a deal for conservatives, far right conservatives, that are never going to vote for this bill. we need to do something so that we stop this drama, this kabookie dance of going down to the wire on our debt ceiling. cnn is live on the hill this