You were in, the cnn newsroom im paula reid in washington. Any moment now at st. Patricks day, tradition, President Joe Biden will soon deliver remarks from the white house. And well bring that to life. Ive just ahead. But for now, we had to russia, where Election Officials say Vladimir Putin is in the lead in the president ial vote polls close earlier today after a three de, vote with no genuine opponent running against putin he is expected to win, keeping him in office until 2030 and continuing russias longestserving leader since soviet dictator Joseph Stalin cnns Matthew Chance is in moscow and Frederik Pleitgen is in berlin. Starting with you, matthew putin just spoke. What did he say . Yeah it was a very short victory speech, even though the final results havent come in, it looks like this has been a Landslide Victory as expected for the russian president to secures a fifth president ial term. And these were shot comments at his campaign headquarters. He walked into the room, he t
It is historic it is unprecedented, and it is on this morning, there are two presumptive president ial nominees for the longest stretch we have ever seen. Weve got new reporting on how both campaigns are attacking this period. And extinction level threat to humans. The new warning now from the State Department about the possible impacts of Artificial Intelligence and banning one of the worlds most popular social media apps. The major vote against tiktok before the house today as the nations top intel chief warns, china could try to use that app to metal the 2024 elections. Im kate bolduan with John Berman Sara is out today. This is Cnn News Central this morning or jiu presumptuous, arent we all actually the right word is presumptive, and it is not really us. It is them. President biden and donald trump overnight they became the presumptive nominees for president. They may be presumptuous to, but thats not an issue here. This morning. They are both secured enough delegates to get their
Happening now, Breaking News and extraordinary root pda it should have donald trump as former Vice President mike pence declares he cannot, in good conscious his words endorse his former boss. Were getting reaction to pences decision as some of the other republicans are rally behind trump and his bid to return to the white house. Also breaking trumps Special Prosecutor, nathan wade, just resigned in georgia after a judge rural District Attorney, fani willis may stay on the Election Interference case only if Wade Ball Good quits. Are experts are breaking down the decision and what it means for the former president. All of this coming as trump just secured a delayed in his first criminal trial, a new victory in his efforts to drag out his multiple legal cases until after the election welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world, i will blitzer a year in the Situation Room the skis cnn Breaking News. Thats good right to the Breaking News. Donald trumps former Vice
Case. Hes facing in the peach state he and more than a dozen. 41 counts have been thrown out the judge saying that prosecutors committed a quote, fatal mistake in filing the charges he ordered be dropped. And one of the dismiss charges involves defendants interactions with georgia secretary of state, brad raffensperger, who you remember received this infamous phone call from trump in 2021 well, i want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 loads, which is one more that we have because we won the state todays decision is a small victory as the former president still faces at plus criminal charges amid four separate indictments at the state and federal level. Lets discuss with cnn chief Legal Correspondent paula reid paula explain why some of these charges were dismissed and what this means for the broader case. Well, here the judge is saying, look, its not that you didnt make sufficient allegations in terms of the conduct. He said, look, theres an abundance of alleged criminal conduc
This final version of the bill. But a couple of things have unfolded. In the last half an hour. One of them is that a key amendment that was really important to some of those hard line republicans failed. Theyd failed on a ti, the vote was serenely close, 212 to 212. So what you were seeing play out on the floor, right now is a vote on the underlying bill. The final version of this legislation that does not include an amendment that was very important to some of those conservatives that would have required a warrant. Even american citizens sam was picked up in some of those dragnet searches that are part of the federal Intelligence Surveillance act, section 702. So right now, what youre for seeing as many more democrats voting for this legislation, then republicans, of course, there are some democrats who are on the side of the privacy concerns that hardline republican pins but this is a very interesting moment for Speaker Johnson. This is something that a lot of hardline conservatives