donald trump dominating right now. this is the picture being painted from new polling out this morning, polling in georgia, polling in michigan and in iowa. will a president of harvard be forced out of her job for what she said about genocide before congress? major developments expected before the end of the day. and a trail of destruction in tennessee, six people are dead after multiple tornadoes ripped through the northern and central part of the state, including the nashville area. one of those tornadoes traveling more than 40 miles on the ground. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right now right here to cnn news central. this morning there is some new insight into where the presidential race stands right now and also where it may be headed with new cnn polling out this morning from two key battleground states. donald trump is leading president biden in both in georgia has a five point lead in michigan in this hypothe
donald trump announced that he s now not going to testify at his new york civil trial. clearly a reversal here from donald trump. this is smart move, or the least self-destructive move. congress stalled over foreign aid to ukraine and israel. if we don t solve this, vladimir putin is going to have an opening to march through ukrainian threatening all of europe. two university of pennsylvania leaders have stepped down. an intense spotlight is on the heads of harvard and m.i.t. it made us feel like we re alone in this. good morning, everyone. we have new cnn polling this morning showing donald trump leading president biden in two crucial battleground states that biden won last election. in georgia, hypothetical rematch shows trump ahead by five points. many michigan, trump is up by ten points. a state that president biden won by nearly three points back in 2020. trump s dismissed biden s warning that he s a threat to democracy. he said it s a hoax. baker
russia. vladimir putin congratulated emanuel macron. he may have wanted marine le pen to win but he congratulated macron. i sincerely wish you success in your state activities as well as good health and well-being. president macron has tried very hard to use his personal diplomacy to end this war, calling macron calling putin a lot of times in the beginning. that didn t go great. no, because i think that putin has already decided to go to war unfortunately. in the past he had some success with him. for instance, when he met him in 2019, and then the result was a normal diplomat meeting on minsk, and it was very encouraging at that time. but after that there was the