know for monday, march 20th. donald trump making a push to avoid criminal charges. in the stormy daniels case, one of his allies will testify before a new york jury today, and this all comes as trump claimed that he will be arrested tomorrow but the timing of any potential indictment remains unclear. a lot more on that. and another roller coaster week for financial markets began as a major bank takeover is announced. swiss relagulators announced ub is buying credit suisse. asian and european markets are down. vladimir putin playing host today to chinese president xi jinping. the two leaders are set to meet in moscow, a critical moment for russia s war in ukraine, days after the war crimes arrest for vladimir putin. a state of emergency has been declared in miami beach. unruly crowds, the city s mayor is calling the situation untolerable. ted lasso is headed to the white house. jason sudeikis and the cast will be there to talk about the importance of mental health. cnn
Good morning. We begin with breaking news. Were just learning that president obama plans to announce his nominee to replace Supreme Court justice antonin scalia, who died in february. The white house says the president will make the announcement at 11 00 a. M. Eastern time in the rose garden. According to reuters, the president s nominee will be either sri srinivasan, who if nominated would be the first indianaamerican, first asianamerican, and first hindu justice on the Supreme Court, or merrick garland, who became chief judge in 2013. Most Senate Republicans have vowed not to consider anyone the president puts forward. Senate republicans have vowed there will be no hearing and no votes for a new justice until president obama is out of office. Of course, nbc news will have live coverage of the president s announcement when it happens. Another primary tuesday, another big night for donald trump, and an even bigger one for Hillary Clinton. Trump dominated if florida, winning by nearly 2
Campaign 2016 today. Polls will open in the primary election in half an hour at 6 30. The big races include president , u. S. Senate, governor and so many more. Wbtvs Mark Davenport is joining us live outside a local polling place so mark, what do voters need to know before heading to the polls today . Reporter john, first things first, when polls open and when they close. Like you mentioned 6 30 this morning, in a half hour they will open for you early birds. If you want to get there before you go to work, that is no. 1 on the list. Get there early this morning. Also polls close at 7 30 tonight, so you have more than 12 hours to vote today when youre getting off work you have extra time in the afternoon to vote. 7 30 is when polls close. Next thing, bring the voter i. D. , we have been talking about this the past few week, if you dont have a drivers license, there is other options. You need to have one of these. Passport, military i. D. , out of state drivers license as long as voter
Right now at 11 00, rainy and raw. A storm is pushing towards the tri state, set to pack a punch for the morning rush. Police say it was murder. Charges upgraded against a Staten Island mother accused of dumping her baby in the trash. Two people and a dog stabbed hours apart in front of the same in both cases, victims were asked the same questions. People in the queens neighborhood say they are worried they could be next. Ida siegal is in Jackson Heights with new information. Reporter one of the stabbing victims was just 16 years old. Police tell me he was walking his dog down the street behind me on queens boulevard when two men came from behind and asked him, are you down with abk. He said no. And then he was stabbed in the back. Are looking at the hospital bed of a 16yearold boy. His face deliberately cropped out of the photos by his mother. Her son was stabbed in the back last night around 7 00. She spoke to our sister station in spanish over the phone. She says her son is very ups
Contentious road ahead in clinching the nominations. Reporter donald trump won in North Carolina, illinois, and florida. We are going whip, to win, win, win, and we are not stopping. Reporter he ended marco rubios campaign. While we are on the right side, this year, we are not on the winning side. I want you to know the Campaign Goes on and i also want you to know its been my intention to make you proud. Reporter the race between trump and cruz in missouri is too close to call. Only two campaigns have a plausible path to the nomination, ours and donald trumps. Reporter Hillary Clinton and more than ever shes eyeing the fight with the front runner. Our commander in chief has to be able to defend our country, not embarrass it. Reporter sanders believes he can win the nomination. You do not have to accept the status quo. We can do better. Reporter the candidates now turn their attention to states like arizona and utah who have primaries next week, and now again in the delegate count this