Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning, saturday, march 9. Im Victor Blackwell. His horizontals in for amara walker. Thanks for joining us. And you look refreshed, coming back from vacation. Thank you very much. Im a couple of shades. Darker. Got a little red toner into there. What i want to beat, feel better all right. Heres what were watching. Were you this weekend will get a preview of what to expect in a headtohead rematch between President Biden and former President Trump as the to hold dueling rallies here in georgia today. Plus, well discuss a Biden Campaign strategy to try to seize on momentum from the state of the Union Address Tornado Watches are in effect across parts of the southeast this morning with some major cities at risk for tornados and dangerous hail were also tracking a significant flood threat. Cnn got exclusive access to one of the first ship set to bring cool. So humanitarian supplies to gaza well, show you whats being delivered and how the us is helping in t
just two weeks ago he was leading an armed insurrection against vladimir putin. meantime russian state media reporting that police have allegedly found passports, wigs, cash, gold and guns during a raid on prigozhin s homes stepping up an apparent propaganda campaign against prigozhin. let s bring in nada bashir from london. obviously a lot to unpack here. the reason this is so noteworthy of course is because we thought prigozhin was in exile in belarus. he has not been seen from or heard from since the armed rebellion on june 23rd. what are you hearing? you re right. there have been questions since he hasn t been seen the failed insurrection. they believe there was a deal struck with the belarusian president lukasalexander lukash but of course as we ve just learned, according to lukashenko who was speaking at a press conference, yevgeny prigozhin is said to be in st. petersburg in russia. this is as russian state media has released video footage purportedly from yevgeny pr
The new normal. Eight People Killed in a texas Shopping Mall rampage. A 5yearold child among the injured. It is just unfathomable to see the carnage. What will it take for americas leaders to act . The state from uvalde, democrat roland gutierrez, will join me on his efforts to change gun laws. Tough talk. President biden and Speaker Mccarthy set to meet with the nations Financial Stability hanging in the balance. America is not a deadbeat nation. We pay our bills. Reporter will we, when the bill comes due next month . Top democrat dick durbin will be here to talk about that and a crisis at the Supreme Court. Plus power struggle. New setbacks for russia and a growing threat in the middle east. A Special Cnn Exclusive as the House Intelligence Committee heads overseas. Republican chairman mike turner and ranking democrat jim himes join me. Hello. Im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is once again shaken. Eight people are dead and at least seven others injured outsid
deal reached with kevin mccarthy to raise the nation s debt limit. here is what the president had to say. i m about to go in and call mccarthy now, make sure all the ts are cross and the is are dotted. a few on capitol hill have expressed some skepticism that the bill will have enough support to pass. today, speaker mccarthy told reporters that he is confident there will be enough votes to get through his chamber. to take you back to where we started, back to february 1. sat down with the president. i said, let s work together to raise the debt ceiling but curb the amount of spending. cut red tape. get work requirements to help people get back into work. i think this agreement frames all of that from limit, save, grow. it doesn t get everything everybody wanted. i think it s a positive bill. we did a conference call with our conference. over 95% were excited about what they see. they get the text today. look, in every single negotiation, when it comes to the debt ceilin
united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, plenty of new twists in the 2024 race for the white house. ron desantis has chosen an interesting way to announce his candidacy, while donald trump will likely be facing a criminal trial right in the middle of a critical primary month. a monster storm is barreling down on guam right now. the island is bracing for torrential rain, life-threatening storm surge, and 165-mile-an-hour winds from typhoon mawar. plus grandma s road trip. we ll speak to the 93-year-old woman who just visited all three 63 national parks. the oldest woman to do it, and the grandson that went with her on this wild adventure. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. republican ron desantis will kick off his presidential campaign in the hours ahead, but not in typical fashion. the florida governor will make the announcement during a conversation with twitte