also at this hour, hurricane hunters are flying into the eye of the storm right now and they will be talking with us live. what they re seeing right now with this hurricane. they are the noaa team sending real-time data back. and they re joining us tonight. the other news this tuesday night, the first results coming in from vladimir putin s referendums in eastern ukraine. russia tonight saying 96% of people are in favor of becoming part of russia. we saw the images, pro-russian sldiers armed with assault rifles going door-to-door to pick up ballots. tonight, the u.s. calling this referendum a sham. the new images showing the mass exodus from russia. russian men looking to avoid the new draft. the line, ten miles long. and when putin is now set to address the russian people. ian pannell in ewe train tonight. back here at home, the january 6th rioter convict of attacking an officer. the world has seen those images. tonight, sentenced to more than seven years in prison. and
he used to work have both launched investigations. here s helena wilkinson. actor, comedian, entertainer russell brand, now accused of serious allegations by four women, including rape and sexual assault, allegations he denies. one of his accusers, alice, not her real name, alleges that russell brand assaulted her when he was in his early 30s and she was 16 and still at school. she spoke to radio 4 s woman s hour and had this to say about his denials. first of all, i think it is insulting. it is laughable he would even imply that this is some kind of mainstream media conspiracy. he is not outside the mainstream. he did a universal pictures movie last year, he just happens to have a youtube channel where he talks about conspiracy theories to an audience that laps it up. she also alleged his management attempted to explain their relationship. he told me that his management had told him, his agent, not to be seen out and about. his management had advised him not to be seen out
don t say gay bill. it prohibits gender identity through the third grade in florida s elementary schools. on march 7, chapek told employees as we ve seen time and again, corporate statements do very little to change outcomes or minds. instead, they re often weaponized by one side or the other to further divide and inflame. he said he did not want the company to become a political football. at that time, more than 150 companies had already signed a letter opposing the legislation. two days later, chapek changed course, amid widespread outrage from disney employees and fans. he called governor desantis to express disappointment with the law. on the same day at an annual shareholders meeting he said our originally approach no matter how much attention didn t quite get the job done. he further apologized at a town hall for staff on march 21. on march 28th, desantis signed the bill into law. we ve seen corporate activism, guns after parkland, social justice after george floyd. the
a pulp. i talked to a man who od d on bath salt. walter cronkite and one of the most iconic moments in u.s. history. president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time, 2:00 eastern standard time. i guarantee you ll learn something you didn t know about the most trusted man in america. i m don lemon and here are tonight ooes big stories. anyone with money in the markets and that s most americans will want to keep an eye on wall street tomorrow. the dow dropped more than 2% on friday, down nearly 9% since may 1st. george zimmerman no longer a free man. the man who says she shot teenager try vonn martin to death surrendered to police in sanford, florida. the judge revoked his bail saying zimmerman lied at how much money he had and will take a close look for what s left with zimmerman and the investigation in just minutes. the largest fire in new mexico s history growing even bigger, despied more than 100 emergency vehicles, helicopters and bulldozers, it s
winner this hour on cnn. good morning and welcome to early start, i m sor ride da sam lynn. i m ashley banfield. we re bringing you the news from a to z. it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. we begin this morning with breaking news. we re just learning brand new information on that nigerian plane that crashed into a residential neighborhood in lagos. the airline s director of flight operations confirming the pilot was american. we have no idea how long that pilot worked for the airline. nigeria s president declaring three days of national mourning and ordering a full investigation. all 153 people on board were killed in yesterday s disaster, and at least ten people on the ground died as well. firefighters and police struggled to put out all of the flames. there wasn t any water left more than three hours after that crash. residents helped carry fire hoses and plastic buckets of water to the burning wreckage. into s going to be a rough day pretty much in the financial markets a