Cnn newsroom. Im Paula Reid In Washington tonight in russia, president Vladimir Putin is proclaiming Russian Unity after polls closed in a three today president ial election, with no genuine Opponent Running against him. Putin is expected to win, keeping him in office until 2030 and continuing as russias longestserving leader since soviet dictator Joseph Stalin cnns Matthew Chance is in moscow matthew, what else did putin have to say tonight well, it was a, an extraordinary post election sort of makeshift Press Conference, Ad Hoc Press Conference that he gave two members of the press, the local press the Foreign Press as well. There were members, theyre asking various questions. He just finished giving his thank you speech to volunteers and to supporters in the auditorium, saying that the election victory, that the final results hasnt come in yet, but the election victory a represented essentially, and im paraphrasing him here. A mandate for his continued work in the country, which we
Barricade situation and reportedly involving hostages Cross State Lines in new jersey . Yeah. Yeah. I mean to say the least, this has been a terrifying morning in and around this area. Bucks county and now into new jersey. And its still, as you said, very much ongoing, three people dead at this point. And as you said, reports, now that not only is the suspect barricaded, but also potentially holding hostages, but let me tell you a little bit about how this all started. This started just before 09 00 a. M. Thats according to the false Township Police department. They initially got a call of a shooting in levittown, pennsylvania, again, about 30 miles north of Philadelphia Police then said that 26 yearold Andriy Gordon shot and killed two people. Then he went to a separate address in Leavitt Down Pennsylvania and shot and killed a third person then he went to 1 general in morris fill, pennsylvania. Thats right on the border of pennsylvania and new jersey carjack someone at 1 general, the
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situation room, stay with cnn are special live coverage of this truly historic criminal trial continues right now. on the lead with jake tapper cnn breaking news and welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, donald trump s hush money trial is in its final phase as the prosecution is in the midst of giving its closing arguments, court will be back from break at any moment. the prosecution has been arguing that president trump, quote, quote, corrupted those around him, and he got them to lie and covered up unquote. trump picked michael cohen as his fixer. the prosecution says, quote, because he was willing to lie and cheat for donald trump this follows nearly three hours of closing arguments from trump s defense attorney todd blanche, who attacked michael cohen using trump like nicknames, calling him the gloat not the goat, the glutes. the greatest liar of all time. he also said that michael cohen is quote literally like an mvp of liars and added quote, i don t know how many leinz