while the financial times reports joe biden is asking congress for an extra $36 billion which they say is a sign he expects a long and intensifying conflict. the guardian also leads on the extra aid for ukraine and reports the missile strikes that took place in kyiv during a visit by the head of the un. the telegraph reports that the uk is to send 8 thousand troops and equipment to eastern europe to bolster nato forces in the region. the i covers the sexual harrassment claims in parliament saying a growing number of female mps are now calling for an end to it. the independent has a new angle on claims a tory mp watched pornography on his phone in the commons. it says there are now doubts over whether an inquiry into the case will ever take place. while the times leads with a report that people with arthritis will be told to stop taking painkillers and lose weight instead. so let s begin. thank you both forjoining us. will start with the front page of the telegraph the
iowa caucuses, my conversation with ron desantis about his strategy is coming up. the big news, in my view, is that the media are throwing in the towel. here s politico. the defining feature of the race is just how uncompetitive it s become. donald trump has already iced the rest of the field, trouncing his competitors like a slow motion coronation. washington post, a growing sense among political veterans across the state that the basic outcome is set and a trump victory is all but assured. and that view has spread to television. we ve been talking about this as if it s a real race, but so far we haven t seen evidence that there is anyone who s going to be able to steal this mantel from trump. donald trump is still the front-runner among republicans. and any attempt by his rivals to sell themselves as reasonable alternatives are going even further down the tubes. she does not have a strong performance, that could spell trouble for the end of her campaign. and once agai
cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin the hour with two dueling lawsuits and two separate states, putting the national spotlight back on the issue of abortion rights. in texas. a federal judge has ruled that the fda is more than two decades old approval of the drug wordpress stone should be halted . this is one of the most trusted and widely used drugs for medication abortions. the court did pause the ruling for one week so that an appeal which is already underway can be filed . president biden vowed late friday night that he will fight the ruling in texas. meantime in washington state, a federal judge moved to protect access to that very same. abortion medication across 17 democratic led states and the district of columbia. cnn s rosa flores is in houston forest. rosa walk us through both the judge s order and how we got here. this is a very big story down in texas, where you are. you know, it absolutely is. and this judge judge matthews has merrick really did
custodian were killed, too. can you imagine? of course you can. because at this point in this country you ve either lived through in that shooting or you ve imagined it. we cannot keep having the same conversations over and over again. tonight. we try to find a different way to talk about it. plus listen to this 2017 duet from dolly parton and miley cyrus. living in rainbow land, fluid and things are brand. i where we re free to be exactly. did you hear those inflammatory words there about rainbows? tonight? we re going to talk about why that song was deemed too controversial by one wisconsin elementary school. and gwyneth paltrow is accuser took the stand in that ski collision trial today at his story was very different from hers. we re going to play for you what happened in court, but let s begin with the latest school shooting in nashville today. i want to bring in my panel, los angeles times columnist lz granderson starve cnn john berman, former senate candidate joe pinyo
not a lot. donald trump wasn t going to honor his predecessor when he launched his car spreading the racist birther lie at the 44th president of the united states duly elected twice was not born in this country. that was far from normal but what we saw today said a lot about the office of the presidency, the people we elect to hold it and the peaceful transfer of power to one president to the next. i ve always described the presidency as a relay race. you take the baton from someone. you run your leg as hard and as well as you can and then you hand it off to someone else. knowing that your work will be incomplete. the portraits hanging in the white house chronicle the runners in that race. each of us tasked with trying to bring the country we love closer to its highest aspirations. now, just imagine someone else speaking in that manner. let s be honest. can t. that s what a normal presidency is supposed to be about and today we saw a former president not afraid to make fu