in ukraine it s confirmed a new offensive to push out putin s troops is under way. i m debora patta in kyiv where president zelenskyy says his military is optimistic about defensive actions under way. clearing the air. air quality improves for millions of americans, but canada s wildfire fight heats up. survival story. four children found alive in an amazon jungle 40 days after their plane crashed. and later, an uber driver steers his life in a new direction earning a college degree on a free ride. announcer: this is the weekend evening news from new york. donald trump made his first public remarks since this week s bombshell federal dime, 37 counts. he described his re-election campaign as a final battle with corrupt forces he maintains are destroying the country. tonight he speaks again in greensborough, greensboro, north carolina. that s where we find scott macfarlane who leads us off tonight. scott. reporter: mark, less than 72 hours until donald trump
a jury orders rudy giuliani to pay nearly 100 and $50 million to the georgia election workers he defamed in the aftermath of the 2020 election. the attorney for ruby freeman and shaye moss is gonna join me alive. plus, the four times indicted republican front runner is once again echoing the anti immigrant language of adolf hitler. but house republicans seem much more concerned about their feckless impeachment inquiry into president biden. i ll ask congressman about all of it. also today, as kate cox fleas texas to get an abortion, ted cruz fleeced from reporters when he s asked about her story. this isn t a messaging problem, it s a policy problem. later, my conversation with the families of hostages taken captive by hamas. i ll ask them about their meeting with president biden this week, their frustrations and how they find hope during the most difficult moment of their lives. ever since donald trump entered the political spotlight years ago, it s kind of seemed lik
and shaye moss is going to join me, live. plus, the four times indicted republican front runner is once again echoing the anti immigrant language of adolf hitler. but house republicans seem much more concerned about their effect and peach men inquiry into president biden. alas congressman jonah about all of it. also today, as kate cox fleas texas to get an abortion, ted cruz fleas from reporters when he s asked about her story. but this isn t a messaging problem, it s a policy problem. and later, my conversation with the families of hostages taken captive by hamas. i ll ask them about their meeting with president biden this week, their frustrations, and how they find hope during the most difficult moment of their lives. ever since donald trump entered the political spotlight years ago, it s kind of seem like he never really pays a price for all of the lies he spread. at times, his conspiracy theories have taken hold so fast, so fast, they are pace the ability to even
communities on the brink, as thousands cross into the u.s. daily. we are live once again at the border. plus, released on bond. the u.s. marine who held a homeless man in a deadly chokehold on a new york city subway is now out of jail, after his first court appearance. daniel penny is facing a second-degree manslaughter charge. we have the latest on this case. and the oklahoma governor is waging a war on a pbs station, the home of sesame street. why the governor says it doesn t line up with oklahoma values. we are following major developing stories and many more coming in here to cnn news central. we begin with the crisis many fear has no clear end in sight. the rush of migrants to the southern border now that title 42, which of course dates back to the covid pandemic, is over. the policy allowed the u.s. to immediately remove undocumented arrivals, it expired 14 hours ago. and over the last two days federal authorities reported more than 10,000 people in border custo
three more people charged with murder after a virginia man died in custody, his family calling for justice after seeing video of his last moments. and growing legal problems for donald trump. thousa now dozens of staffers at mar-a-lago are receiving subpoenas. here we go, friday, st. patrick s day, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with china s president xi jinping set to meet with vladimir putin next week in russia. the kremlin says the two will discuss strategic cooperation. this is amid fears that beijing might provide weapons to russia for its war in ukraine. kristie lu stout in hong kong for us. what else do we know about this meeting? reporter: chinese leader xi jinping will be traveling to russia to meet with vladimir putin from march 20th to the 22nd. according to a spokesman earlier day, they will discuss bilateral relations, regional issues, while drawing a blueprint for the two countries relation