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Washington, dc alongside brianna keilar, and it is a tuesday unlike any other, its Super Tuesday. So millions of americans are going to cast votes across 16 states and american samoa. It could be a decisive day for President Biden and donald trump were hoping to have theyre respective president ial nominations. All but clinched by the end of the night. And we could see answers to really critical questions. Will this be the final day of nikki haleys campaign . Will President Biden face more Protest Votes from frustrated democrats . And is there an appetite for trumpstyle republicans down ballot . We may have now the answers within hours and looming over all of these questions, are these polarizing issues that voters are weighing immigration, abortion, and inflation among them. Cnn has reporters on the ground across the country. So lets start in the increasingly purple North Carolina with dianne gallagher. Dianne, what are you hearing from voters there so weve been pretty steady turnout at this particular Polling Location. And cornelius, North Carolina are about 40 minutes north of charlotte and you probably see a couple of people standing out here. The majority of voters that ive spoken with have given me issues like education abortion democracy, and the border as what is key for them when going in there and choosing their ballot. Now in North Carolina, most voters, the largest number of registered voters or unaffiliated, so they can go in and choose democrat or republican, whichever they want to. And ive been talking to voters who say that theyre looking at the top of the ticket, but also an extremely long downballot in the state with everything from the governor and the attorney Attorney General to members of congress and local races. They have to choose from as well. I spoke with a haley voter, a trump voter, and a biden voter about why they made the Decision Visions they did today. Take a listen i chose to vote republican, but im an independent who did you vote for . Nikki haley. Why vote against trump . Hes the only man can help us as a country and bring everything back. The way it should be. A normal daytoday living for all americans. I dont want to make sure that gun laws are countries, especially with schools thats take care of. I just opportunity for resources. I know Abortion Laws is always changing. So making sure theres obviously for ladies that do seek abortion. They can get the opportunity to do so and they have equal rights to take care of their body i will tell you that all of the haley volker voters that ive spoken with today tell me that they were unaffiliated and they actually do plan to vote for President Biden november. But this was something of a protest. Vote for them during this primary season. Also, they wanted to weigh in on the republican side of those downballot races. Boris, brianna, more than 695,000 North Carolinians have already cast early ballots before they started even voting. Today on primary day here in the gubernatorial primary in North Carolina is expected to be the really contentious, given some of what weve seen happen in North Carolina recently, specifically that abortion ban that was passed in the state, thats gonna be a central issue in the General Election campaign. And i imagine its on voters minds in the primary as well. It is. And especially, of course, on the republican side of the Gubernatorial Race here, you have three main republicans who are running. Of course, the front runner, the current Lieutenant Governor, mark robinson, who was a bit of a Lightning Rod, if he will opt for controversy, he has a history of offensive inflammatory, and bigoted remarks. This those that hes tried to in some of his more conservative position avoid talking about as much on the trail, including past positions of wanting to ban all abortion, including any exceptions in the past. Now, his opponents, businessman bill graham, as well as the state treasurer, dale falwell, have said that they feel like come the General Election that democrats are just going to quote, play the hits and use past statements against the Lieutenant Governor in General Election. Now, on the democratic side, the current Attorney General, josh stein, is the overwhelming favorite, but he does have some competition including the endorsement from the progressive caucus, from a retired Supreme Court justice in mike morgan. We will see what happens there. But the belief, of course, brianna and boris is that that we will see both Lieutenant Governor mark robinson, who has been endorsed by former President Trump, as well as josh stein proceed on the General Election there for a very competitive i think of race. Dianne gallagher live for us from cornelius North Carolina. Thanks so much. Lets get to virginia now and cnns alayna treene, alayna, donald trump lost the General Election. Theyre both times that hes run in 2,016. 20, 20 with voters that youve talked to, does that mean that theres an opening for nikki haley there . You know, its really interesting. Boris and brianna because South Carolina is one of few states participating in Super Tuesday that actually have open primaries. That means republicans, democrats, independents alike, as long as they are registered voters and come to the polls and pick whichever candidate they want. And so i think its been reflected actually in some of the interviews ive done. Weve heard from a variety of people as theyve been leaving that Polling Location just behind me. Some say they voted for biden, others for donald trump some for nikki haley. Now its been really interesting. I actually spoke to a lot of voters who did say they voted for nikki haley. They are republicans. They say they identify as that. However, they varied on whether or not they would vote for donald trump in a potential Trump Versus Biden General Election rematch. Take a listen if it ends up being a Trump Versus Biden rematch duda, who youd vote for a hold my nose and vote for biden again. Are you at all thinking about donald trump again . Its time a particular if he becomes the nominee, no he becomes the nominee. Its going to be a terrible decision. Were going to move i know. But i mean, i cant see the democrats solving any problems and i cant see donald trump solving the problems thats what i think nikki haleys got some sound like nikki haley what now boris and brianna, the through line that ive really heard from all of my conversation today is that those who voted for joe biden or for nikki haley, they were really casting their votes against donald trump, which i found very interesting. Ill, some of them did have things that they liked. Of course, in each candidate, but they said they really were motivated by their dislike of donald trump. And i do just think, you know, going back to the open primary aspect of the race here in in virginia, excuse me, is it could potentially help nikki haley. I mean, we know that her campaign is really been pushing for moderates and independents to come out and vote for her. Well see if that makes a difference, but it isnt interesting dynamic here in the state yeah, certainly is alayna treene. Thank you. And we also have brian todd in utah and brian, you were in a state where donald trump performs pretty poorly compared to how other republicans have done the haley team is banking on a strong showing there tonight. Tell us about this. Right . Brianna and boris, donald trump has gotten lukewarm support here in past election cycles. Were going to set the scene for you quickly here. This is where the caucusgoers here are going lets start showing up in about seven hours. Voters are not coming in all day, like they do in the primary states. Theyre going to show up here for the caucus and about seven hours time, all showing up here at once at all to high school here . For in sandy, utah, 32 different precincts are going to be voting here tonight. So its gonna be a very busy caucus night here. As weve kind of pivot and show the rest of the area here with a Beautiful Mountain ranges. Those are the Ocher Mountains over there. The Wasatch Mountains are here spectacular views. I have to say. Now, as far as nikki haley, maybe getting some support here that shes counting on. Nikki haley does have some advantages here. The lukewarm support for donald trump in the past, donald trump lost the 2016 a caucus here pretty handily to ted cruz whos he did beat joe biden in the General Election in 2020 here in utah. But there are other factor favoring nikki haley, the governor of utah, has said he doesnt really like donald trump or joe biden, that spencer cox, republican governor he has not formally endorsed nikki haley, but he says he likes nikki haley. The governors wife, abby cox, has endorsed nikki haley, also, Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson has endorsed nikki haleys so that does play into the dynamic here. And youve got the mitt romney factor here in utah, the retiring us senator, former president ial candidate, still a popular figure here in utah, clearly kind of an antitrump person. Hes been very critical of the former president for years and will mitt romneys Fluence Play A part here in utah . Now the advantage that donald trump has here is that this is a caucus run by the party and the caucus is run by the parties tend to kind of draw the more conservative committed voters. Thats going to favor donald trump here. Is that going to be enough to carry him over the top here in utah in the caucuses. Were going to find out later tonight. Heres sample of the ballot that they can be casting here. This is a very simple, you got ryan binkley here at the top, then nikki haley and donald trump. Thats what voters are going to be doing once they come in and listen to the speeches, then theyre going to be casting the votes at about 07 00 p. M. Local time. Thats 09 00 p. M. Eastern time and then the count will take place about an hour later. Were going to have access to the school, go in kind of rover around those 32 different rooms where the votes are going to be taking place. And hopefully show our voters a lot of that dynamic its gonna be a pretty funny evening here certainly will be, will be looking to see if its an outlier. Brian todd. Thank you. Lets bring in cnn senior political analyst, mark preston and what we should be watching for today that you try is going to be interesting because even though its such a red state trump doesnt really do that well there. But that might be this one bright spot that nikki haley its really looking for. And she told jake tapper yesterday, shed stay in the race as long as were competitive. So i wonder mark how you read that. What that can mean for her campaign . And if she doesnt have any wins tonight or if she just has maybe one. Sure. Let me first say that brian todd just brings excitement to a empty room brian todd can bring it, but also very informative, like, heres a situation with nikki haley mathematically impossible. Of course, we know that the data that well all be looking at, will it be corrupted basically . Because people arent necessarily engaged. Theyre not going out to the primaries. However, she did raise 28 million in january and february, so if she wants to continue on, how much money does she have left now because you know, when youre at the beginning of a campaign, you only have to spend money traveling around iowa, new hampshire, South Carolina, small states, smaller media markets, not as expensive. She has to go to california and texas in minnesota and you just all across the country. So at some point, you know, shes probably going to realize that she doesnt have the funds to keep going. Notable that shes not even out on the campaign today. Shes back home in South Carolina, perhaps gives you an indicator of where her mental state is at a pivotal day for her campaign. On the flip side for President Joe Biden we saw this Concerted Campaign to vote uncommitted in michigan. Were not expecting those kinds of numbers today. When you look at the primaries for democrats, is turnout a barometer of where the president stands in the minds of voters right now. This is, this is what i think i would consider it like having like a cold. Okay. So like look. What happened in michigan. Its spread beyond muslims, right and arabs would have you in a connected to other dissatisfaction which were young people who might not necessarily been fully being in whats going on with israel and hamas. But now they are getting engaged. And then it also connects over to the more progressive folks who again may not have been as engaged in whats going on in israel, hamas, but theyre all kind of coming together in this cold now is becomes a bigger problem. Now, if you look at whats going to happen tonight, look at minnesota to see necessarily if there was any spooler spillover from an adjoining state, but also lets look in the commonwealth of virginia where i live or in North Carolina as well, specifically, you know, with therell be enough people that come out that will continue to send the message to President Biden, that he needs to change his policy on that issue. Yeah. And if some of the rhetoric the Biden Administration has sort of amped up since michigan, if thats going to make a change in how theyre reacting it with their ballots will see that as well. You mentioned the data and basically raised this idea are the polls really going to show us whats going on . Because enthusiasm can sometimes mess with that a little bit. So what kind of questions . Do you have about what were going to see today versus what weve been seeing in the polls and how enthusiasm can impact that. Well, virginia as a perfect example, again a state where i live that is has very reliable red areas, certainly around the washington, dc area you know, reliably blue in those suburbs. The question is, will people even come out . I know several republicans who were probably going to vote for nikki haley, but said why im even going to go to the polls today because honestly it just doesnt matter. It wasnt the same kind of enthusiasm. Or i guess focus that you saw in iowa, new hampshire, South Carolina really small states that really is familiar with playing a really Important Role in the process. And then you come to some of these big states and folks are saying themselves, look if Donald Trumps going to win then hes going to win. Thats really no reflection on nikki haleys. Its a reflection of the reality of where we are now. Yeah, those early states set the tone at this point. The tone has been set. Mark preston, always pretty shared the analysis thats still plenty more news to come on. 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I think its been shameful joining us now cnn, political commentators analysts, wise voices, wise voice, thats karen finney and Kristen Soltis anderson. Ladies, thank you so much for being with us. Karen first just tell you how big is today a test for President Biden . We were just chatting with mark preston about the uncommitted vote in michigan. He sort of described it as a contagion of sorts. You wants to see the for it spreads. What do you think its an important point that he made, although i would point out that biden did better this time then obama did in 2012, and thats one of the things that weve been looking at is because its the most comparison, best comparison itll give us some will have some indicator haters. I think one of the things though that is important is just to see where people turn out in terms of weve had quite decent turnout in a number of these states where there hasnt really well even been much of a campaign. And so that tells us people are prime to vote. And i would even say with the folks who are voting uncommitted, they clearly care about making their voices heard. So if over the course of the next several months, we can move them back into the president s and many of them said they werent necessarily voting against President Biden. If we can win those votes, that bodes well for the fall, it a lot of democrats are saying theyre voting on committed, but theres still engaged in the process. Will see, like you said, at that translates, i wonder christine, how you think the Biden Campaign should be looking at turnout today on this huge day. And what that could be, something theyre reading into the General Election. Well, i think turnout is going to be a big issue for democrats in the general because their coalition is comprised a lot of groups that have expressed real dissatisfaction with joe biden. Young voters chief among them, young voters not being a huge piece of the Republican Coalition these days, but a big part would have how democrats put their wins together and getting young people to turn out in the primary is always a challenge, but especially if they are among the group saying there the least likely to approve of biden you would want to see more young voters learning where their Polling Places getting engaged, making their voice heard with that said, i am reluctant to read too much into what happens to mike because we have a Long Way To Go and there are a lot of voters who right now may participate in a primary to blow off some steam to say on ticked off at the options that we have. And i want to make note own that i dont like those options. But when push comes to shove in november, they will probably pick a side, just gonna say, i think thats a really important point because think about a particular on the democratic side. We dont really have much of a primary. Okay. Dean phillips, but not really. So it is an opportunity for people to just make their voices heard in a way that you you would if there was a primary where you would be, you know, kind of checking the different candidates out and seeing who you are interested in kristen on The Other Side, you mentioned we have a Long Way To Go, doesnt seem like we have a Long Way To Go for nikki haley. Shes not out there campaigning today. Were not expecting her to give a big speech at a rally tonight this is effectively over for her well, as long as you have resources, you can stay in the race, but i do think that once you get through Super Tuesday, you have given Republican Voters in a lot of states the opportunity to make their voice heard. If you dont like donald trump to blow off steam, as i mentioned. But once you get past Super Tuesday, the risk becomes that suddenly if donald trump is looking can like hes going to lose in november. And thats when nikki haley keeps saying hes going to lose in november. Suddenly the longer youre in the race, the more hes gonna say, see she wouldnt let the party heal now, donald trump keeps picking at the scab. Hes the one for sure that keeps saying if youre not with me, if youre with nikki haley, youre out of the party. But the sooner that the primary ends on the republican side, the faster the party really can consolidate. I would just make an analogy that 2016, although burning, i mean, nikki haleys not having the same impact that bernie didnt want hillary she is still turning out people who are saying, i am not voting for donald trump. And again, if you look in the state, 25 , 20 , that could be the margin of victory and allow the states falling if we again can have those voters support biden care on the New York Times today has this headline. Do americans have collapsed . Collective amnesia about donald trump and a story about how quote, the erosion of time appears to be working in mr. Trumps favor as swing voters base their support on their feelings about the president , not the past. How does the Biden Campaign need to confront that . I think donald trump is going to help us do a lot of that work. Frankly because the more when we are in the General Election, which frankly i think starts tonight and thursday will be the first speech of the General Election. The more we are staying the splitscreen of the two men and hearing more from donald trump because again, we havent been hearing from him every day. All day tweeting and, you changing i mean, no News Broadcasts at the lastminute with a tweet, then i think people will start to remember the chaos that we have. And as well as the vitriol and he will be so focused on the past and hopefully buyin. Were going to hear thursday and Going Forward is talking about whats in our future. And i do think thats going to make a big difference. Kristie, the last word i think that for joe biden, he profited back in 2020 from the fact that voters felt like trump had been very chaotic, wasnt for them. They wanted to turn the page. But what they it found with joe biden is that things havent necessarily felt more unified, less chaotic. So biden has lost that advantage. Hes got to make sure that the economy is better. The sorts of things that are pushing voters who dont like donald trump to nevertheless say maybe i want to go back to that. Kristen soltis anderson, karen finney, ladies, thanks so much. I appreciate it. In kelvin for it is the race that everyone is talking about. Were not talking about trump or biden were Gonna Go There next tonight . Eight Super Tuesday 16 races, one consequential day. I no one can bring to you like cnn and the best Political Team ay official coverage begins tonight at 06 00 p. M. 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Thats when 808, 59, 2,400 all right. Welcome back to cnn news Central Special coverage of Super Tuesday, and were not just focusing on the president ial primaries in california, voters are deciding whos theres going to face off in november to fill the seat of the late senator dianne feinstein. The race critical, one that could alter the Current Senate makeup. Front runner first on the democratic side in a threeway race. Congressman adam schiff, whos National Profile skyrocketed from his starring role in former President Trumps first impeachment which meant trial. And then theres congresswoman barbara lee and katie porter and on the republican side, former dodger great steve garvey and attorney eric early, stan and Stephanie Elam is watching turnout at a Polling Precinct in Southern California there in santa ana. Tell us what youre seeing. Tell us what we might expect well, brianna i can tell you that theres been a slow trickle of people coming in here to drop off their ballots. Some of them coming into make sure that their names are read so they can vote here in california, as you know . A lot of people can vote by mail, so theyve already dropped in their ballots and maybe have even gotten their texts from the state saying that theyre valid has been received and its been counted. So thats already what the city tuition is here. But while we do not see theres the large turnouts for the primary votes. This one does have a lot of importance because of that senate race that you were just speaking of . The way things are done here in california, the top two candidates that win, no matter what party theyre from, go on to the november ballot. So weve seen a lot of ads spending here. In fact, since the beginning of february, more money has been spent on ads here for this senate race in california, there have been spent on the president ial race more than 71 million has been spent on that. And were seeing adam schiff who says hes running as if he is the underdog, spending a lot of money. Hes got a lot of support from the California Cornea Democrats here. Theres support within congress for him as well. So hes moving his momentum that way and also trying to raise the profile steve garvey, the republican, which may seem counterintuitive , but hes hoping that if he can get steve garvey to be the number two winner, then it will be a democrat versus republican come november, which since the odds here of democrats or two to one versus republicans, he sees that as a shoe and that he would be able to fill that position. That has been empty since centers Senate Senator feinstein passed away in september of rihanna. Yeah, its this idea of being able to vote for two senate candidates. Stephanie is, its kind of a wild thing. I wonder if anyone there is strategizing yeah. So its really a shortterm thing, but you do have to vote when you get your ballot. You do have to vote for senator twice. And the reason is theres one to vote for who will finish out sinister . Senator feinsteins term. And then you have to vote again for the full sixyear term that will begin january 2025. Now you remember Governor Newsom appointed Laphonza Butler sir, to be in that position for now. She already indicated she wasnt going to run for it. So you have to vote to see who end out the year and then vote for that full sixyear term. And, whether or not people are going to vote for the same person or not. Thats what were waiting to see, but its a very special situation here in california for sure. California always special says this california. All right. Stephanie halasz thank you. Boris. We are watching several competitive downballot races today that could offer some key insights into what to expect back in november. And its not just california, texas, alabama, and North Carolina also have races tonight with Major Political implications. But first, lets look at these special golden state as briana put it in californias district 30, thats where theres a familiar face on the ballot. You may know him as Korea Matthews from the hit 90s sitcom, Boy Meets World, in the realworld, though former child star ben savage is running as a democrat and hes trying to fill the seat vacated by congressman adam schiff, whos running for senate. Savage is just one of some 15 candidates vying to be on that General Election ballot. Theres another big vacancy in california in district 20. Tonights race is going to determine the top two candidates running to replace former House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy after his resignation earlier this year, the top candidates include a trump facts, state assemblyman, a local sheriff, and a former teacher. Meantime, democrats will be eagerly watching the Senate Primary in texas. Congressman colin allred, a former nfl linebacker. Hes amassed a sizable war chest but can he surpass that 50 threshold needed to avoid a runoff in may . Hes running against state senator Roland Gutierrez and state representative carl sherman on the republican side no real surprises expected there. Senator ted cruz. Well, on his way to locking up the nomination tonight in his quest for a third term. Lets now move to the south for an ultra rare contest because friends have become foes in alabamas first Congressional District because of redistricting, you can have two republican incumbent house members now going headtohead. Jerry carl, and barrymore were both elected into congress in 2020. Both of them are running on a hardline immigration platform. They both tried to position themselves as the more conservative candidate will see who prevails there and finally North Carolina, much like alabama, this is a new congressional map this year the race to watch there is the governors race, the republican front runner. Hes a Lightning Rod of controversy. Hes the states first black Lieutenant Governor, mark robinson. Hes backed by donald trump. Donald trump actually called him Martin Luther king junior on steroids his a history of disparaging remarks against lgbtq plus people, antisemitic remarks as well, even dabbling and Holocaust Denialism the leading contender on the democratic side, state Attorney General josh stein. He has the backing of the states former governor, or rather the states current governor, whos term limited, whoever wins these primaries, the race for the Governors Mansion in North Carolina will be one of the most competitive on the map. Come november, a lot to watch out for tonight, special coverage starts and roughly fourandahalf hours, we know youll tune into that, but dont change the channel just yet. Because Donald Trumps court dates have become their own Campaign Events for the former president. 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He did when the Supreme Court struck down a bid to have him removed from the ballot in colorado, here in the coming months though, hell have to juggle campaigning and a myriad the court appearances. The calendar is loaded and just three weeks Jury Selection is going to begin in his Hush Money Trial in new york than in april. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments so on Whether Trump has immunity for alleged crimes he committed while in office, that ruling will impact if and when trumps federal election subversion case and his georgia interference trial may happen on july 8th. Special Prosecutor Jack Smith wants to start trumps classified documents trial and a week later, republicans hold their national convention. Were trying trump is hoping to officially become the gop president ial nominee. Lets discuss the loaded calendar and more with Anthony Scaramucci. Hes a former Trump White House Communications Director anthony. Thanks so much for sharing part of your afternoon with us im wondering, as you hear about the slew of court dates that donald trump has and youre watching tonight on Super Tuesday, as it appears that hes just going to dominate across the map. What do you specifically . Watching for that would give you any indication that theres a weakness in trumps argument for president that might be persuasive to voters in his base persuasive to voters in his base. Boris, im not so sure because i think mr. Trump is probably right. You can shoot people on fifth avenue and therell be some level of art and support in his base. However, some of your polling, cnn polling suggests that if hes convicted in any one of those cases, there might be a few people that live on what i think would be the most concerning thing is are independents, mr. Trump knows that hes not polling well, when nikki haley voters i think its a blended 40 of those voters say they will not vote for him under any circumstances. And so you guys know, you have to win the Crossover Vote to win the presidency. Bernie sanders voters did not vote for secretary clinton. She lost but Hillary Clinton voters did vote for barack obama. He won and of course, mr. Trump got the voters from the republicans in 2016. So this is a big issue for him. Im going to Say Something very contrary, contrarian on your air. I think jack smiths onto something with that job. July 8, court date right now, the Trump Campaign is riding high. They want to 90 in the Supreme Court. But if you hearing oral arguments in april, you could render a decision in june which is customary for the court. And i dont think they give mr. Trump or any president for that matter, absolute immunity, selective immunity shore. While youre in office, but i dont think the Supreme Court wants a president to have the ability to assassinate adversaries or to potentially even insurrect the darken government. So you could be in a situation here three weeks before the convention, where mr. Trump is in a criminal prosecution with the chief witness being mark meadows, his former white house Chief Of Staff anthony, i wonder how you think all of trumps financial obligations created by his legal issues will be affecting him personally and well be affecting his campaign so i dont i dont see it affecting him in his campaign. Could it affect him personally, meaning world, youll have to let let go of some assets my guess is people always overexaggerate mr. Trumps wealth and they under exaggerated and so he is a wealthy person. And i think he can come up with the money necessary to pay these things now, of course, yes, a post a certain amount of money before the appeal is heard here in the state of new york. But i dont see that as a big Feather Ruffling for him. A lot of people do. I dont i think the real case its the january 6 insurrection case, where youve got people who claim they have him on tape premeditating that. And so he certainly innocent until Proven Guilty in the court of law. But thats Gonna Be A Very Heavy Case and theres gonna be a lot of unfolding of facts right in prime time of convention season. And that could damage him again with independence, not with his base. I think weve i think weve determined that his base is going to be with them no matter what basically, ill put take a lot of independence will be turned off by the elicit activity, the miscreant behavior listen, theyre gonna be a lot more vocal people other than me coming into the fall. There are 38 trump cabinet and subcabinet officials that have said very publicly they would not support the former president to take on that job. Again, hes hes unstable and theres a touch of Insect Entity there. And the people that really loved the country that are not politically motivated i think are going to speak out about this more as we get into the fall yeah, well have to have to see their anthony. Thank you so much. Its great to have you on Anthony Scaramucci thanks for having me and ahead on Cnn News Central much more on our Super Tuesday coverage. And another story that we are following closely, ukraines military claiming a key victory in its fight with russias black sea fleet. Were live from ukraine next tonight. Eight Super Tuesday 16 races, one consequential day. I know when you bring to you like sienna and the best Political Team in the business, Super Tuesday special coverage begins tonight at 16 on cnn and streaming on max look, we know its going to be a big change, but its the right thing to do for all of us. Its just your mother and i went different things, which is why we got sling tv so we can watch live and free tv on one app thats right. 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And his hope you get the compensation you deserve 800 to eight to 44, 44 welcome back to Cnn News Central here some of the other headlines were watching this hour, starting in michigan, where investigators are looking into an explosive fire vape shop that sent debris raining down nearly a mile away and killed an onlooker. Officials say the vape shop was storing more than 1,000 vape pen, sorry, 100,000 vape pens and an excessive number of butane canisters, more than what is allowed for the space. Were told the 19 yearold who was watching the fire from up to a halfmile away was struck and killed by one of those canisters. And an interstate in nashville has been narrowed to just two lanes today, as officials investigate the scene of an overnight plane crash Traffic Cameras were recording as a small plane fell onto the Highway Shoulder and burn burst into flames, killing all five people on board shortly before impact, the pilot can be heard by air Traffic Control in an Audio Warning that hed lost engine power and asking for safe place to land and finally, a retired Army Lieutenant colonel has been charged with sharing Classified Information on a foreign Day Dating Website prosecutors say back in 2022, David Franklin slater attended classified briefings about the war in ukraine and then sent the classified Info Formation to someone who claimed to be a woman living in ukraine. Turning now to the war in ukraine after claiming theyve knocked out a third of russias warships since the end invasion began. Ukrainian officials are now taking credit for sinking another one. New video shows an explosion aboard the massive patrol ship in the black sea. Ukraine says that drones destroyed the vessel, which was reportedly equipped with a Missile Defense system and had been targeted before but as Nick Paton Walsh explains, Ukraine Success At Sea comes amid major setbacks on the ground its a lonely path ahead. The russians have never been louder or closer occupied bakhmut is just up the road. But now some ukrainian tank guns are silent just when theyre needed most. Here, they dont have enough shells but sometimes they just wont far at all for whole day, other days, therell be shooting constantly and it is loud on The Other Side of that hill. Sort of surreal to hear that noise over there and see this tank unit having a russia by visible year, the year displaying on my sumy, its giving the frog with Mitchum Chablis Militias little better day the silence here is what losing sounds like. So too is what these soldiers to say easily. And logans of need a shirt from the Dng Stonewalled says are here theres going to be the worst here on the war. Well, i do know that theres certain units that there here are running out of tanks. How angry does it make you . Yeah, im im absolutely off. Theres no point in trying to paint this in any sort of light where its good for us that russia takes ukraine. Thats going to be very, very, very bad for us geopolitically youve had a number of things today suggesting that ukraine is projecting power in ways that strategically were not likely at the start of this war, taking out a patrol boat called the sergei caught off in the kerch strait. They said maritime drones did that yesterday. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy talks about 15 fighting yet its being shot out of the sky and just february alone, but i cannot stress you how complicated and difficult things are here, just near the front lines in the east. They are struggling to hold the Defensive Line that they thought they could hold off. They pulled that avdiivka two weekends ago, constant series of assaults by russia, a russia that is emboldened, a russia that is rich, or russia that has endless personnel and financing. And i think a real sense of immediate crisis here in ukraine that unless they get that financing now, the the forthcoming few months or a forgone conclusion now the backdrop, of course, the log jam here in the United States in congress to get aid over there. Nick paton walsh. Thanks so much for the update. Still ahead, our extensive coverage of Super Tuesday rolls on. Were live from texas and North Carolina, two States Holding important primaries were back in just moments. What happened to the golden boy of new jersey . I engaged in an affair with another man did you want to be how would it again, knighted states have scandal with jake tapper. I gotta get a therapist if. 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