uses another network service like verizon or t-mobile. they ve even recommended in some situations, using social media to try and get in touch with police or fire departments. and in some situations, we ve also seen tweets from fire departments saying make sure if your fire alarm goes off that fire alarm may not necessarily be able to connect with or contact the fire department automatically through its own dedicated telecommunications service. so make sure if your fire alarm goes off make a call to 911 just to be sure. now, on the other hand, we have also seen ports that people have been making test calls to 911, trying to make sure that they can get through if if need be, and the massachusetts state police has been warning people that, hey, our naimah one call centers have been flooded by these so-called test calls. and please do not do that. do not call nine 11, just to make sure that you can get through because that bandwidth, that capacity is really needed for real emerg
3, 4, 9, 8, 7, 1 8, 8, 8, 5, 2, 3, 4 9, 8, 7. i m katie bo lillis in washington, and this is cnn first of all, needing a parent s permission to listen to a book written by a black person is objectives outrageous? book about any controversial topic or political theory, just a book written by a black person. but that s exactly what teachers in south florida say. they felt forced to get this week because so the new state law today was the school making a political statement or do black history month programs now need special approval? plus the testimony of fani willis grilled by lawyers trying to force her off the donald trump case here in georgia, some black professional women say they saw a double standard. we ll get into that. and biance goes country treat, listen, we knew there would be some haters, but much of the criticism of her making music and genre is just ignorant of history. so we re going to educate some people i m victor blackwell. let s start the show if you
we re joining live comments now, president biden in chicago, making his economic pitch to voters as the 2024 election campaign kicks in. let s listen in. i think you are the best man. by the way, when i have questions about anything at all beyond judicial, i still call him anyway for advice. so thank you. representative danny davis. danny, you ve got a good friend for a long time. [ applause ] he s always there. to all the elected officials, members of congress, and officials here today, thank you for welcoming me to chicago. you know, the first court, carl sandburg described chicago as the city of big shoulders. he was describing the big shoulders of the working-class american town who were building this city. at the same time building the middle class. i m here in chicago today for the first quarter of the 21st century to talk about the economic vision. the economy grows from the mid you will out and bottom up, instead of just the top down. when that happens, everybod
watching for any movement from two grand juries now. and the dark dangerous haze and unprecedented smoke hanging over a huge swath of the northeast. tens of millions of people forced inside. we have the latest forecast on how long this is all going to last. this is cnn news central. breaking and frankly unexpected news out of the supreme court this morning. the justices have ordered officials in alabama to redraw the state s congressional map giving more power to minority voters. we are on this from every angle. what it means for control of congress, and what it says about the court, what it say about the law. we start with jessica schneider and what it means for alabama. yes, it is a victory for black voters of alabama. the supreme court orders alabama to redraw their congressional maps that have been in the congressional cycle since 2022 to give black voters more representation, and upholding the section 2 of to voting rights act. it denies any election, it bars any
trying to wait us out. we will be here as long as it takes. i think that is the view of these two principals, these two presidents. interestingly, of course, they re under pressure from their parties and the opposing parties most certainly. you get the impression that what they re trying to do is cognizant of the fact that they might be voted out, they re trying to frontload as much as possible and make things like once you ve given ukraine a number of f-16s and the way to support them, that s not something that a next administration can reel back, like you can undo an executive order. a lot to watch for in that two and two. clear both leaders fond of each other. we ll see what it means when it comes to democracy and the war in korean in ukraine. thank you so much. right now, donald trump and a small group of his aides are huddling at his club in bedminster, new jersey. there are more advisers who are expected to join him there in the coming days. and his team has als