you were in, the cnn newsroom i m paula reid in washington. any moment now at st. patrick s day, tradition, president joe biden will soon deliver remarks from the white house. and we ll bring that to life. i ve just ahead. but for now, we had to russia, where election officials say vladimir putin is in the lead in the presidential 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 russia s longest-serving leader since soviet dictator joseph stalin cnn s 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 haven t come in, it looks like this has been a landslide victory as expected for the russian president to secures a fifth presidential term. and these were shot comments at his campaign headquarters. he walked
will: good morning and welcome to fox and friends this saturday morning. the brass quintet will be with us all morning long at the national museum of the marine corps. rachel: we should say semper fi or something for the marines. happy armed forces day to everyone else especially my dad and my brothers in the military. lawrence: first generation not to serve. rachel: does not too late. just can t wear gucci shoes. will: maybe we will see those shoes, we would love to see your patriotic photos. every saturday we play the national anthem. send those. fox news alert. one person is dead as officials say at least 40 are hurt in a rare michigan tornado. rachel: damaged homes ravaging one sound to you. lawrence: jackie ibanez has more. reporter: no report on the condition of those injured. the storm quickly move through the town of gaylord, michigan, the twister flipping cars, tearing roofs off of homes and collapsing an entire building in its path. the twister also bri
which gave african-americans the right to vote. this event was held at the university of the south in suwanee, tennessee. good morning, everyone. my name s john mccartle. i m the vice chancellor and president of the university of the south here at suwanee, tennessee. also i m proud to say a member of the history department. and in those several capacities it s a pleasure for me to welcome all of you attending this symposium in person. as well as our audience on c-span to this second annual symposium on constitutional issues. this year we examine the 15th amendment and invite a conversation as our program states on suffrage in light of the hopes and realities of american identity and governance. in many ways this university is the ideal venue for such a conversation. envisioned as a great national episcopal institution by a group of founding bishops in the 1850s, the university of the south by 1860 possessed more than 6,000 acres of land on the cumberland plateau in tennesse
and in those several capacities, it s a pleasure for me to welcome all of you attending this symposium in person. as well as our audience on c-span to this second annual symposium on constitutional issues. this year, we examine the 15th amendment and invite a conversation as our program states on suffrage in light of the hopes and realities of american identity and governance. in many ways this university is the ideal venue for such a conversation. envisioned as a great national episcopal institution by a group of founding bishops in the 1850 s, the university of the south by 1860 possessed more than 6,000 acres of land on the cumberland plateau in tennessee. it had an endowment half the size of harvard s. i often think with my regents about what that would mean for us today. we wouldn t be lamenting an 8% return. and saw itself, in that vision, with colleges of different sizes, schools of law and medicine and business and theology. saw itself indeed as america s first truly