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told president biden just the second catholic u.s. president met with the pope for an unprecedented 90 minutes. he also sat down for a fence mending discussion with french president emmanuel macron. biden telling president macron the u.s. was quote clumsy in handling that nuclear submarine deal that caused a diplomatic upa uparrow with the long time american ally. it has put his agenda on hold. for how long we ll see. also today, though, republican congressman adam kinzinger, outspoken republican critic of donald trump announces that he will not run for reelection. i stand in awe at the courage of the other nine members in the house who voted to impeach a president of their own party. knowing it could be detrimental to their political career. most importantly, though, i admire those everywhere that put their country above their party. joining us now, gloria borger, cnn s chief political analyst, and astead herndon, national politics reporter for the ”the new yor ....
we begin with breaking news. one of the biggest names in the nfl has resigned after a series of newly released emails showed him frequently and over several years making homophobic, racist, and misogynistic comments. overnight jon gruden announced his resignation from the raiders hours after the new york times published details from emails gruden sent over a period of seven years. they were discovered in an nfl workplace misconduct investigation into the washington football team. they showed gruden denouncing female referees, the drafting of a gay player, and the tolerance of players protesting the national anthem during the national anthem. gruden said he never meant to hurt anyone but he did not exclusively apologize for the disparaging comments. joining me live with more on this, omar? jon gruden one of the biggest names in the nfl, one of the highest paid and all this is unearth. the new york times and wall street journal reviewed emails from gruden showing ....
state, including private employers. this is another act of resistance to public health measures and just a few minutes ago, two major companies said they will not comply with the governor s orders. cnn s nick watt has the latest for us. nick? reporter: well, victor, there are a bunch of big names based down in texas, at&t, oracle, dell, exxonmobil, and we have been wondering all morning, will they comply? well, we just heard from american airlines and southwest, they say they will not comply with the governor. they will continue following the federal law, which says that they ve got to mandate vaccines for their employees. now, governor abbott had already said that government entities in texas were not allowed to mandate vaccines. today, he just went a step further, a big step. in texas, governor greg abbott just doubled down. now no one, not even private companies, can mandate covid-19 vaccines for staff or customers. vaccines, he says, must always be voluntary for t ....
in the snowy city 50 miles north of moscow, officials are going door to door, this is the final day of the russian presidential election and everyone including the sick and elderly will get a chance to vote. this person is 87 and she is worried about the war in ukraine. i is worried about the war in ukraine- is worried about the war in ukraine. i wish this special operation ukraine. i wish this special operation would ukraine. i wish this special operation would end - ukraine. i wish this special operation would end and i ukraine. i wish this special operation would end and it ukraine. i wish this special. operation would end and it is ukraine. i wish this special- operation would end and it is a pity that people are dying, what a pity. can you imagine how many people are dying, but i am elderly and i m very worried about this.- i am elderly and i m very worried about this. the war is the main worried about this. the war is the main focus worried about this. th ....
good morning to you on sunday, the 17th of good morning to you on sunday, the 17th of march. our main story: residents in england are to be given more say on whether traffic controlling measures should be used in their area. the restrictions in low traffic neighbourhoods can include blocking access to some streets and reducing speed limits. so the guidance from the department for transport now means councils will have to show they have support from local people and emergency services before any traffic restrictions can be introduced. let s get more from our political reporter, leila nathoo. low traffic neighbourhoods, or ltns, are designed to reduced residential traffic on roads, and they are loved by some who see quiet streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists and improve air quality but there are others who think roads are being disrupted and schemes poorly imposed. here they are, putting up traffic cameras, and they can t even fix up a pothole! ministers have now issued ....