greg: that is true! happy thursday, everybody. thank you. so disney has announced that the next star wars movie will be directed by a woman. you heard that right. disney admits they can define a woman. but the new director s not just any woman, no, she s a pakistani canadian feminist activist. exactly the kind of person the star wars franchise needs. the kind who s idea of fun is lecturing you about oppression while combing dandruff out of her armpits. not her, somebody like that. see i saved that one. it s no secret that the star wars audience is mostly male. and by mostly, i mean virgin. so here s charmeen in 2015 talking to jon stewart about how she interacts with that horrible gender with the y chromosome. i like to make men uncomfortable. i enjoy making men uncomfortable greg: see that explains why jon stewart looked so comfortable. well, no doubt she s made plenty of men uncomfortable especially the ones that own disney stock. because this movie promises to be a
it s great to have you back with us, amara. she s back off the slopes in europe. she had a wonderful vacation. thank goodness i got off the slopes. i wasn t standing most of the time. i was seriously tumbling down the hill the entire time i was there. i ve got a few bumps and bruises and i m happy to be back. i have been watching you. it s good to be back. your skiing and snowboarding form is better than mine. that s really bad. america s largest banks come to the rescue of first republic, throwing out a $30 billion lifeline. the efforts underway to shore up the financial sector and prevent a bigger crisis. do you believe it s possible that one day we will see president vladimir putin in the dock? i think those fail to understand history. an arrest warrant if russian president vladimir putin for alleged war crimes. putin s response to the war and the odds that he s actually arrested. is he resisting? is he combat irv at all in those moments? no, not at all.
good morning, everyone, and welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, march 4th. yes, it is already march, and i m amara walker. and i m paula reid in fur boris sanchez. it s so good to be here this morning. it s so good to have you. you look refreshed and like you had some good sleep. thanks for joining us this mor morning. professional hair and makeup. here s what we re watching this morning. it just came up. 20 seconds later, it was gone. i mean, total chaos. wind, glass breaking out everywhere. severe storm sweeps through the south. at least ten people are dead this morning, a million people without power. we re going to take a look at the damage and where that system is this morning. the white house with $4 million more for eastern ukraine. a look at bakhmut. he admitted that. he s not a murderer. alex murdaugh will spend the rest of his life in jail after being convicted of murdering his wife and son. reaction from his attorneys and what s next fo
world. i m kim brunhuber. this is the final weekend before the critical midterm elections in the u.s. we ll tell you what big names are focused and who seems to be resonating with voters. tornadoes are wreaking havoc in southeastern u.s. at least nine touched down in texas. we ll have more in a few minutes. and a crowd sourcing campaign like you ve never seen before, how people in the world are helping ukraine in its war with russia. the january 6 investigation, the u.s. president s domestic agenda, abortion rights, voting rights are all on the line as americans prepare to vote tuesday in the midterm elections. candidates across the board are pulling all the stops in the final week of campaigning. president joe biden will be in illinois with a message on lowering prescription prices and shoring up medicare. and then he ll head to pennsylvania. the president sounded optimistic. here he is. i know you always ask me how are we doing. we re going to win this time around
good morning. buenos dias and welcome to your new day. i m boris sanchez. good morning, boris. i m amara walker. with the final push to election day till the midterms, president biden makes a final pitch and now the student debt relief program has hit a roadblock. we ll tell you what it can mean for millions of people across the country. plus, an alarming surge in respiratory viruses among kids leaving pediatric wards overwhelmed. what is behind the spike and what does it mean heading into flu season. and the january 6th committee hands over a s&p to former president donald trump. will he comply and what s next. ukraine s infrastructure and forcing rolling blackouts. we re going to take you to ukraine for the very latest. take a nice big deep breath. it is the weekend. saturday, october 22nd. we re so grateful you are starting it with us. great to be with you, amara. great to be with you as well, boris. good morning and happy weekend. as we were saying this mo