Who has just written a book and well explain how their jokes and their ideology and their violent tension vincis are becoming hidden influences and the 2024 elections plus or just one week from the start of the Republican National Convention. And today a key Party Committee approved the new platform with changes made to reflect Donald Trumps views on multiple issues. So what exactly is in these plans for the gop and leading this hour . A quote, im in this race to the end, unquote, president Joe Biden telling supporters today, democratic lawmakers and the american public, that he has no plans to drop out of the 2024 race. Instead, his team is going on offense, which today included joining a call with top donors to his Reelection Campaign where the president said he is still the only democrat who can beat Donald Trump. The growing number of democratic lawmakers, however, are calling on biden to drop out of the race, including congressman adam smith, the highest Ranking Democrat on the ho
cnn s breaking news welcome to lead. i m phil mattingly in for jake tapper today in this afternoon, we are live in baltimore, maryland, where just behind me, just over my left shoulder is the scene of today hey, is horrific bridge collapse. we just got an update state and federal officials on the ground here who confirmed there is still an active search and rescue operation underway in the river. now it s not clear how many people are still missing. official said earlier today but six people were unaccounted for, although a baltimore city council member told cnn just moments ago, at least one body has been pulled from the water. now this all started just before 130 eastern this morning when according to maryland s governor, a cargo ship issued a may day call then the crashed into baltimore s francis scott key bridge. president biden says, all signs point to this being an accident, something state and federal officials have repeatedly said the same video showing lights on
american people deserve to hear from the leaders of the intelligence community. director haines, continue the second category is a set of more intense in unpredictable transnational challenges, such as climate change, corruption, or codex trafficking held security, terrorism, and cybercrimes cyber crime that often interact with traditional state-based political, economic, and security challenges. and the third category is regional and localized conflicts that have far-reaching and at times cascading implications not only for neighboring countries, but also for the world and all three challenges are affected affected by trends in new and emerging technologies, environmental changes, and economic strain that are stoking instability and making it that much more challenging for us to forecast developments and their implications. these dynamics are putting unprecedented burdens on the institutions and the relationships that the united states relies on to manage such challenges.
it s the biggest election day of the year so far. welcome to cnn s special coverage of super tuesday i m wolf blitzer in washington and i m kate bolduan in new york. the first polls are closing in just a few hours from now. and turnout in states like north carolina is strong as millions of americans and six next extreme states are now voting for republicans. it is a big day, 865 delegates are at stake. donald trump expected to win most of them making the republican front runner almost unstoppable potentially. by the end of this light tonight, trump is expected to be within striking distance of the 1,215 delegates needed to win the republican presidential nomination, which raises the big question, what does nikki haley do next? our less than an hour will be getting our first early clues about the outcome of tonight s vote. that s where we get the first results from our exit polls. we have our reporters fanned out across the nation right now is better. voters are heading
today at the state capitol building demand ending new laws on the books after that controversial ruling by the alabama supreme court classifying frozen embryos as children plus a must see special report disturbing discovery after cnn spent weeks combing through video of damage in gaza, comparing that with satellite imagery. and two accounts of those who survived strikes in the war ravaged region. and leading this hour, the moment house republicans have been trying to score for months and their impeachment inquiry into joe biden, the president today star witness, the president s son, hunter biden, finally giving closed door testimony as republicans try to connect hunters sketchy business dealings to his father with us now to discuss democratic congressman robert garcia, he s a member of the house oversight committee. he was in the room for hunter biden s testimony today. congressman, thanks for joining us. so hunter biden in his opening statement today, we re told said, quote,