You were in, the cnn newsroom im paula reid in washington. Any moment now at st. Patricks day, tradition, President Joe Biden will soon deliver remarks from the white house. And well bring that to life. Ive just ahead. But for now, we had to russia, where Election Officials say Vladimir Putin is in the lead in the president ial vote polls close earlier today after a three de, vote with no genuine opponent running against putin he is expected to win, keeping him in office until 2030 and continuing russias longestserving leader since soviet dictator Joseph Stalin cnns Matthew Chance is in moscow and Frederik Pleitgen is in berlin. Starting with you, matthew putin just spoke. What did he say . Yeah it was a very short victory speech, even though the final results havent come in, it looks like this has been a Landslide Victory as expected for the russian president to secures a fifth president ial term. And these were shot comments at his campaign headquarters. He walked into the room, he t
some signs that the temporary ceasefire agreement due to end in a day s time could be extended. hamas and us presidentjoe biden have said they would like to see an extension, but the israeli prime minister said he was open to the idea but has also warned that the war will resume at the end of the deal. 0ur senior international correspondent aurier garin has more. rejoicing in israel after the darkness of recent weeks. the latest group of hostages freed from gaza waved to supporters as they are welcomed home. both israel and hamas are signalling their deal could be extended to free more of those being held. for reunions like this, after 50 days apart. young hostages finally home. emily hand embraced by herfather, thomas, who at one stage believed her dead. now she is free and, he says, doing well. yesterday, we finally got emily back from the hands of the gazan terrorists. she s lost a lot of weight. from herface and body. but generally doing better than we expected. emily s f
hostages come out and search more humanitarian relief into those who are in need in gaza. we ll hear more on the possibility of that extended truce later, from our correspondent on the ground. it all comes as m more israelis held by hamas including nine children as well as three foreign nationals were released on sunday. among them is abigail idan, the first us citizen to be freed. she was just three at the time she was taken hostage, and she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were killed by hamas gunmen during the october 7th attacks. members of her family have released a statement, saying. we hoped and prayed today would come. the family also thanked the qatari and us governments for helping to secure her release. here s her grandfather, speaking earlier. translation: it was wow . i couldn t believe translation: it was wow . i couldn t believe it translation: it was wow . i couldn t believe it until- translation: it was wow . i couldn t believe
hostages come out and surge more humanitarian relief in to those who are in need in gaza. we ll hear more on the possibility of an extended truce later, from our correspondent on the ground. it all comes as m more israelis held by hamas including nine children, as well as three foreign nationals were released on sunday. among them is avigail idan the first us citizen to be freed. she was just three at the time she was taken hostage, and she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were killed by hamas gunmen during the october 7th attacks. members of her family have released a statement, saying. the family also thanked the qatari and us governments for helping to secure her release. here s her grandfather, speaking earlier. translation: it was wow . i couldn t believe it until i saw her. i simply couldn t believe it. now i m a bit more relieved. not relieved completely, because there is happiness mixed with missing abigail s parents. there are other people w
day of the temporary truce with hamas. whilst 39 palestinian women and children were released from israeli prisons. hamas and president biden have said they would like to see an extension of the current four day truce but the israeli prime minister has maintained that his country will return to war. our senior international correspondent orla guerin has more. rejoicing in israel after the darkness of recent weeks. the latest group of hostages freed from gaza waved to supporters as they are welcomed home. both israel and hamas are signalling their deal could be extended to free more of those being held. for reunions like this, after 50 days apart, young hostages finally home. emily hand embraced by herfather, thomas, who at one stage believed her dead. now she is free and he says, doing well. yesterday, we finally got emily back from the hands of the gazan terrorists. she s lost a lot of weight from my face and body. but generally doing better than we expected. emily s family