He said come home, she said no. A family feud in court. A teenager suing her mum and dat. Good morning, welcome to al jazeera. Secretary of state john kerry is set to meet russias minister, amid a war of words over the standoff in crimeas peninsula. John kerry arrived for talks ontuesday, the high level meeting the first between the two countries since russia september troops to crimea. Ukraine offered little assurance of a peaceful solution. A meeting two the two countrys defence ministers on tuesday epded in a stalemate, one said we have no sign of hope. Lisa stark joins us from washington in a moment. But Jennifer Glasse is in the crimea city of sevastopol. Good morning. We heard from foreign minister Sergei Lavrov before the meeting with kerry. What did he have to say . Good morning, Sergei Lavrov speaking in madrid making clear the russian position is far from the american position. Moscow believes president Viktor Yanukovych was ousted illegally. That moscow was forced to act bec
Closer to having this issue be resolved, and judiciary chairman Chuck Grassley had hoped to hold a Confirmation Vote at one point as soon as monday. But sources telling manu raju and Ariane De Vogue that they did reach a tentative agreement to do a hearing on thursday, that news emerging minutes after the white house releasing the statement saying the Judiciary Committee appeared no closer to a hearing. It is dragging it out, from the white houses perspective, but its granting fords request for more time to prepare before she appears before the Judiciary Committee. Again, a tentative date set for thursday, knowing theres more details to be hammered out, which is expected to happen tomorrow. Ariane and sarah, thank you both. Joining us now, former democratic senator barbara boxer, host of the podcast fight back, and back in 1991, she was part of a group of female lawmakers who marched
thursday. So the date is set. But were not sure yet or for sure if it will be public. Would you encoura
Is he afraid of a coup . Whos left to pose a real threat . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Start with the breaking news. Stakes couldnt be higher. Youre looking at a picture of the debate hall in milwaukee, wisconsin, where just four hours from now Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will have their first showdown since the New Hampshire primary. The bbs news hour democratic president ial debate will also air right here on cnn. After being pummeled by sanders in the primary, clinton will try to get back on track tonight. She just landed a very big endorsement, but sanders is on a roll and his Campaign Cash is rolling in. Republicans are going all out ahead of the South Carolina primary. Marco rubio today slammed his opponents, claiming he has Foreign Policy experience that they simply lack. Jeb bush says rubio has no record of accomplishments, and donald trump for now at least all of a sudden hes going a bit positive. Hes dropping an ad critical of ted cruz and hes focusin
Isis . Rising rivers, effecting millions of people. A potentially historic Flood Disaster unfolding. The Mississippi River cresting now near st. Louis. The water possibly reaching record levels with levees in some areas threatening to fail. Will they give way . And cosbys defense. Lawyers for bill cosby vowing a vigorous defense against Sexual Assault charges they call unjustified. The 78yearold comedian possibly facing up to 10 years in prison. Will he take a plea agreement . Ill be asking one of his lawyers. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im Brianna Keilar. And youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. We are following breaking news. Dramatic images from dubai. Its a fire that swept through a luxury highrise hotel, massive flames leaping up the sides of the 63story building lighting up the night sky as the new year arrived. At least 14 people are injured. And while theres no word yet on the cause, wit
Threatening 50 Million People. Theres a lot of snow. There will be a lot more. Well keep you up to date with that all morning. As we say, welcome to you our viewers in the United States and around the world. This is your new day. It is wednesday, march 7th, 6 00 in new york. Heres our starting line. They do not like chaos in the white house. Markets down sharply on news that President Trumps top economic adviser is resigning. His name is gary cohn. Hes just the latest in a series of highprofile departurinesdep. Cohn clashing with the president on steel and aluminum. President trump denying the obvious, reports that there is chaos in the west wing. But admitting that he likes conflict. Cnn has learned that the president has done nothing to stop some of the public attacks on his embattled chief of staff. And porn star Stormy Daniels suing over her affair and hush agreement. The nondisclosure is void because donald trump never signed it. Did this payment from Donald Trumps lawyer break Ca