live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and four a.m. in islamabad. relief across pakistan. six children and two adults who got stuck in a cable car above a ravine in the north west of the country have been rescued. the group was left dangling hundreds of feet in the air for more than 1a hours after a cable snapped. the military tried to reach them first with helicopters then with zip wires. huge crowds gathered to watch the rescue attempts. our pakistan correspondent caroline davies has the story. shouting. through the darkness and forest, the sight the crowds had been hoping, waiting and praying for strapped to the cable, the final rescue, waiting arms and shouts of god is great. 15 hours earlier, the children were taking the cable car to school when a cable snapped. makeshift cable cars are common in the rural mountains of pakistan, taking minutes over ravines while roads
morning and welcome to cnn this morning it is sunday, march 17. i m danny freeman in per victor blackwell. good to be with you. danny, i m amara walker and here s what we re 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 hours-long 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 port-au-prince, you ll 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 russia s president
states, canada, and around the world. i m kimberly for this is cnn newsroom now, if i don t get elected, it s going to be a bloodbath. donald trump s stark warning as the former president makes his first dumped speech since clinic using the republican nomination, loss russians cast votes in the last day in the country s presidential election look the calls for protests at polling stations in the coming hour. and the us is working get americans out of haiti in the midst of an unstable situation what cnn crews on the ground, seeing as gang violence erupts in the capital city live from atlanta. this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber we begin this, our focused on the presidential race here in the us and former president donald trump out on the campaign trail trump was in ohio on saturday, two days before the state s primary and a few days after securing enough delegates to clinch the republican party s presidential nomination, trump promised to protect the us auto industry
good morning and welcome to cnn this morning is sunday, march 17. i m danny freeman, info your blackboard. good to have you, danny, i m amara walker. thank you so much for joining us this sunday morning. and here s what we are watching for you, donald trump hits the trail for the first time since securing the republican nomination as president biden dines with reporters and politicians in washington, the very different warnings both candidates are issuing on the campaign trail, posted arms stand up paralyzes and new jersey neighborhood for hours on saturday will tell you what we know about what led up to it and how it all finally ended evacuations are underway in parts of iceland is a volcano near the famous blue lagoon a ropes, once again, the impact on nearby towns is a lava continues to flow this morning, and the final day of voting is underway in russia s presidential election. and although vladimir putin is assured victory, we re seeing protests across the region.
governor, jeff duncan, confirms to the newspaper that he was notified that he will testify before the grand jury on tuesday. it is all coming as trump is making his first public appearance at the iowa state fair today since the protective order ruling in his election interference trial. here is what he told our own vaughn hillyard moments ago. i don t have to take a look at it. the whole thing is a fake. it s about biden. they put it out because they can t win an election the fairway. it is all overblown election interference. biden put it out because he can t win the fairway. he is right down in the polls. mr. trump, did you intend to overturn the 2020 election. you know the answer to that. joining me is former federal prosecutor on kyushu dory. and nbc news justice reporter, ryan reilly. also the author of sedition hunters. set to be released in october. let me start with you on this one in the pekingese we are following out of fulton county. the a.g. sea getting