And to know your objective, you have to know what your core values are. So, what is the republican position on covid relief . Is there some consensus within the party on what that Relief Package should look like . And who exactly is doing the negotiating for the republicans . It is becoming increasingly clear that republicans do not always speak the same language and sometimes there is no one directing the choir. Take the issue of stimulus checks. Some conservatives argue, yes, there are people in need and yes they deserve help. But that is not the role of the federal government. It is a minority position, for sure, but it is in fact a position of some conservatives. I think the better position is federal and state governments essentially took income and jobs and opportunities in an effort to control the pandemic. And by took, i mean under the takings clause of the constitution. Jobs, income, opportunity were taken in an effort to control the virus. And we understand why government too
looking for one vote. just one. and he s asking north carolinians to help him. cooper who is not running for reelection is on the campaign trail. campaigning not for himself but for access to abortion. pressure your republican state lawmaker he s pleading, tell the state house a 12-week abortion ban is too extreme. standing in the way of progress right now is this republican super majority legislature that only took 48 hours to turn the clock back 50 years on women s health. if just one republican in either the house or the senate keeps a campaign promise to protect women s reproductive health, we can stop this ban. the north carolina legislature voted to roll back legal abortions from 20 weeks to 12 earlier this month. on saturday, governor cooper, a democrat vetoed that bill, and that would have been that, except for what state rep trisha cotham did back in april. she won and ral bied as a republican, giving she has long spoken on the side of reproductive rights. she
just ahead, russia targets ukraine s power grid across several regions leaving the new care power plant completely off- line. we will have a report just ahead. the senate republican leaders hospitalized after a for wednesday night. we will break on the results of the justice department probe into the louisville police force. developing this hour, the u.s. senate republican leader is recovering in the hospital after a fall. his spokesperson says he tripped at a hotel in washington during a private dinner wednesday night. there is no word on his condition. he has fallen at least once before in his home in 2019 when he fractured his shoulder. the 81-year-old is the senate s longest serving republican leader. more on this story as it develops. we looking now at ukraine were a new wave of russian attacks have targeted energy facilities in at least seven regions. at least three people have been wounded in key and power has been knocked out to around 15 percent of the city a
with this kind of weather, you don t know when it will be bad or worse. two of four americans kidnapped in mexico seen in this disturbing video are now in the u.s. and preparing to return home. translator: this is tactical for us. we understand that after bakhmut they could go further, they could go to kramatorsk. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is thursday, march 9. it is 1:00 a.m. in california where the state is bracing for more extreme weather. california s governor has declared a state of emergency in 34 total counties. authorities warning residents to be prepared for heavy rain, strong wind and possible flooding. northern and central california are expected to get the brunt of it in the coming hours before the storms head south on friday. we could see localized flooding. you will definitely see travel impacts because we have saturated ground still from all the weather the last two months. and when you add
we re live on the ground. and president biden s budget, is it dead on arrival. good thursday morning. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. intense bombing is hitting cities across ukraine, russia launching a barrage of at least 81 missiles. this is the biggest attack in weeks. striking residential areas and blacking out power. attacks on kyiv have been reported including on a power plant in the capital. the city s mayor says at least two people were hurt. emergency services are at the scenes of the blast in kyiv. much of the city has been left without electricity. officials say a russian rocket also hitting a residential area in lviv killing five people. ivan watson is live in kyiv for us with more. and it looks like at least seven regions haveaen targeted. get us have to speed. reporter: yes, missiles of different types targeted different cities and regions. i think that we have a man that illustrates kind of just how