Morning and welcome to cnn this morning it is sunday, march 17. Im Danny Freeman in per victor blackwell. Good to be with you. Danny, im amara walker and heres what were watching for you this morning, dueling for dollars President Biden ranks in a record haul of 53 Million Dollars in donations and just one month as former President Donald Trump is reportedly scrambling to raise Campaign Cash are breaking down the numbers. And why trump says losing the election will lead two calls of a bloodbath and accused killer in custody. What we know about the deadly pennsylvania Shooting Spree that led to an hourslong stand up in nearby new jersey, plus escaping the chaos, the state Department Announces plans to rescue americans trapped in haiti as Gang Violence escalates. A report from portauprince, youll only see on cnn most the final countdown we are live in moscow where Vladimir Putin is hours away from likely clinching an unprecedented fifth term as russias president all right, just in the pa
Call 1803558999, or visit home serve. Com im eva mckend in washington and this is cnn all right everyone, thanks for joining me. Im omar jimenez in today for fredricka whitfield. Weve got some Breaking News to start this hour. The us has begun airdropping desperately needed humanitarian aid into gaza its three cargo planes dropped a total of 66 bundles today, they included mainly food but no water or medical supplies. Cnns Priscilla Alvarez this is in washington. Paula hancocks is in abu dhabi and the united arab emirates, which has also been airdropping aid into gaza. But priscilla, i want to start with you because were getting some news around the possibility of a ceasefire ceasefire. What are you hearing . Yeah, omar, were hearing from Senior Administration officials here in the last hour who said that israel has quote, basically accepted the framework of a hostage deal that would include a sixweek ceasefire. This would do two things and would allow more humanitarian aid into gaza,
Breaking news, its now up to the judge in the Georgia Election fani willis the foreign will highstakes hearing ending just a short while ago, with willis in the courtroom and the fate of the criminal case against donald trump on the line. Also tonight, trumps trial date in the classified documents case is still Up In The Air after a crucial hearing in florida attended by the former President Trumps lawyers arguing against the Special Counsels proposed july start date while warning about conflicts with Trumps White House campaign. And theres more Breaking News. Were following President Biden announces us airdrops of humanitarian aid for gaza, urging an immediate temporary ceasefire between israel and hamas as the president faces dissent among fellow democrats over the war. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world im wolf blitzer a year in the Situation Room excuse cnn Breaking News. Lets get right to the Breaking News on the fani willis disqualification hear
District attorney fani willis is fates still up in the air as the judge weighs whether to disqualify her and her entire team of prosecutors from the case against donald trump and other defendants for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. These people, your honor, is a systematic misconduct and they need to go lawyers for trump and others charged in the case are arguing that willis hired nathan wade, a Special Prosecutor when they were romantically involved, and then she benefited financially from the trips they took and dinners they shared. She put her boyfriend in the spot paid him, and then reap the benefits from it that she created the system and then didnt tell anybody about it. Willis testified last month insisting the relationship began after wade was appointed to lead the trump case and arguing she paid him back in cash when i saw how did they did mr. Wade april 2020 2022 around the i dont know, growing up, my daddy had three safes and now, though my father bou
did it come from a lab? this question is fundamental to help us predict and prevent future pandemics. expert witnesses putting holes in the story, we ve been told, for the last three years. why do so many people believe the virus came from nature? the natural origin camp got its story out first, always a big help. painted the lab leak as a conspiracy theory. it was promoted by science administrators in the united states. dr. fauci dismissed the lab leak theory, for years in fact. he expected it to be a big topic today, new e-mails reveal covid s top doc prompted drafting of a paper to disprove the lab leak theory. former site chairman jason chavetz and marc siegel are on site, interesting to see how they explain this one, mark. interesting details coming out of the hearing this morning, members say they are trying to answer straight-forward, but important question. how did covid-19 first spread? there has been speculation for years, no firm answers. the hearing got un