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
it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m pamela brown, and we begin the hour with a travel nightmare. thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed across the country today. the hardest hit, southwest airlines, which has scrapped more than 60% of its flights. take a look here. these are some of the long lines of southwest passengers in raleigh, atlanta, and denver airports. in a statement to cnn, southwest airlines said it is, quote, experiencing disruptions across our network as a result of the winter storm s lingering effects on the totality of our operations. carlos suarez is on the southwest side of the terminal. what are you seeing? what are you hearing from passengers? reporter: well, pamela, i m hearing a great deal of frustration from a good number of passengers who are stranded, and are flying southwest airlines or at least they were hoping to today. the airport here in atlanta has seen well over 200 canceled flights and a majority of those flights have
first, first person i m to call on is colleen long, associated press. thank you. thanks, mr. president. about two weeks ago you changed course to allow ukraine to fire u.s. weapons into russia. given the reported successes, would you consider further expanding the parameters on u.s. weapons into russia even despite your concerns about escalation? and on the news from home, you re going through something that so many american families go through, the intersection of addiction and the criminal justice system. but you re not like most families. was your son able to get a fair trial, do you believe the justice department operated independently of politics? and for president let me answer your questions. with regard to the first question, it is clear that the near broad meeting, just across the line of the border with russia and ukraine, that it makes a lot of sense for ukraine to be able to take out or combat what is coming across that border. in terms of long range weapons
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