The latest news from around the world with host Brooke Baldwin. There in alexandria, virginia. Joe, bring me up to speed on the trial at this moment. Reporter so, our question, of course, as you said at the top, brooke, is when will crossexamination begin . The assumption is its pretty close. What we do know is that the prosecution has asked a lot of questions and there was a break around, what, 2 30 p. M. Eastern time that was supposed to go until about 2 45 eastern time. The judge told the defense to keep questions and crossexamination sharply focussed. Sort of telegraphing the things to come. Now, lets talk a little bit about the last testimony we heard from rick gates. Hugely important, almost anything he says about the case. I think one of the most interesting points that was brought out by the judge at the very end of that direct
defense . Because cant the defense just say this guy is an admitted liar. This is the guy who should be on trial. And really attacking his credibility .
Massive demographic changes have been hoisted upon the American People. And theyre changes that none of us ever voted for, and most of us dont like. From virginia to california, we see stark examples of how radically in some ways the country has changed. Now, much of this is related to both illegal and in some cases Legal Immigration that, of course, progressives love. And since this is the last speech that i will give as president , i think its fitting to leave one final thought. An observation about a country which i love. It was stated best in a letter i received not long ago. A man wrote me and said, you can go to live in france, but you cannot become a frenchman. You can go to live in germany or turkey or japan, but you cannot become a german, a turk or japanese. But anyone from any corner of the earth can come to live in
you know, guy vinson, a strong conservative voice, wrote this on twitter overnight. As conservatives we should not fear or bemoan demographically shifting electo
Nationwide in total, 12 people have died so far. The number of infected has risen as well. There are now at least 226 people who have tested positive with the virus in 19 states. Those numbers really dont tell the entire story because of how few americans have actually been tested. Well talk more than shortly. However, testing has begun on passengers aboard that cruise ship off the coast of california, you see it there. Authorities are using coast guard helicopters to fly testing kits out to the ship and then ferry them back to a lab. Californias governor says the ship will not be allowed to dock in San Francisco until the results are in. And in other developments, the economic side effects are growing. The International Air transport association today raising its estimate of what this could cost the airlines. Last week, the predibz was 30 billion globally in lost ticket sales. Now its 113 billion, nearly four times higher. One Airline Executive today called the travel slump a, quote,
Im chris cuomo in the cnn election center. We have a special edition of cuomo prime time. Countdown to super tuesday. There are big buckets of delegates to be had and now all new stakes. The big question for the democrats is can they come together. We saw some big moves in that direction on the eve of the big event. Were waiting for a Joe Biden Rally in texas as the former Vice President is getting key endorsements tonight. From who . Three former rivals, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, and beto orourke. So what do we see in the state of play . Its now a fourway race. Youve got sanders and biden. Then the two other candidates looking to take them down, bloomberg and warren. This is dramatic lead up to primaries in 14 states all across the country. Youre going to have voters in all different types of time zones and socioeconomic slices going to give their verdict. Now, like i said, its not just about doing well at the polls now. Its about delegates. 1300 delegates on the line for super t
Vice president is getting key endorsements tonight. From who . Three former rivals, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, and beto orourke. So what do we see in the state of play . Its now a fourway race. Youve got sanders and biden. Then the two other candidates looking to take them down, bloomberg and warren. This is a democratic leadup to primaries in 14 states all across the country. Youre going to have voters in all different types of time zones and socioeconomic slices going to give their verdict. Now, like i said, its not just about doing well at the polls now. Its about delegates. 1300 delegates on the line for super tuesday. Thats about a third of all the delegates up for grabs this primary season. You cannot understate or overstate the importance here. This is where the delegate race stands right now. Sanders and biden currently in fairly close competition. Warren trailing. Buttigieg, klobuchar, they have some delegates. Will they with all those people go over to biden . Well see. T