We will be anticipating potentially updates throughout the day on how this is going on. But right now, of course, there will not be a joint Press Conference between the u. S. President and putin at the end of the day. Separate indeed. Thank you. Multiple issues are involved in this Meeting Today between these two President S. Joining us to explain what some of those issues are, national Security Correspondent kylie atwood. Tell us what we anticipate, kylie. Wolf, i want to go through a number of issues we expect the two leaders to discuss. Lets start with cyberhacking. This is perhaps the most highstakes, challenging and urgent issue between the two countries right now given what we have seen by russian hackers, russianbased criminal groups, cyberattacks, Ransomware Attacks against u. S. Federal agencies, u. S. Companies, a Gas Pipeline along the East Coast here in the u. S. This is something we know President Biden is going to discuss. Its something that President Putin has already de
floyd s autopsy and ruled his death a homicide. tell me about his testimony. reporter: today was arguably about the most important part of this trial, the cause of george floyd s death. this was a highly anticipated day because we heard from dr. andrew baker, the chief medical examiner in hennepin county and the one who conducted george floyd s autopsy. he ruled floyd s death a homicide. he went back and forth over what it means to be a factor in someone s death and what it means to be the cause of death, specifically when it came to a pillar of the defense s argument that floyd died from medical history. that played a role in the death but didn t directly cause the death. so, for example, you know, mr. floyd s use of fentanyl did not cause the subdual or neck rest restraint. his heart disease did not cause the subdual or the neck restraint. so in your opinion, both the heart disease as well as the history of hypertension and the d drugs that were in his system played
base. we ll have more on that soon. welcome to our vurszs in the united states. all around the world. this is early start. i m laura jarrett. i m christine romans. it s wednesday, march 3rd. the finish line for of marathon pandemic is in sight. but some states are stopping short. they re now reversing course in baffling ways. core restrictions lifted by two republican governors just a day after warnings, dire warnings from the cdc. texas its 29 million americans effectively restrictions-free. governor greg abbott announcing restriction there s end in texas and mississippi and iowa theirs. they join 14 other states that have no mask requirements. one texas icu nurse says this all comes way too early. it s a little nerve racking to see that, you know, we re going to take away the masks. i don t think it s safe to do that right now. we don t have people in the hallways anymore in stretchers. we re not putting dead bodies into rooms at this point. the breathing is a little
worshipping satan, drinking the blood of children? anderson, i thought you did that. there is brand new evidence that the new coronavirus variants are spreading in the u.s. rates of illness are lower fon kids who are in school than out of school. when the protocols are followed they work. when they are not followed is when you can have breakdowns. i m pamela brown in washington. welcome to viewers in the united states and around the world on this saturday evening. you are in the cnn newsroom. we start this hour on capitol hill where the gop is essentially turn on itself. rookie congresswoman marjorie taylor greene is not only facing fierce criticism from democrats but also from one of the republican party s former standard bearers, senator mitt romney. joe johns is with us now to tell us more. this may poorersonify the battl for the gop here? reporter: right. not pretty. congresswoman marjorie taylor greene is kind of doing her own thing right now. she tweeted out
to break through a door. she was shot to death by a police officer. she was a 14-year veteran. this was her at a trump rally in september. how does a veteran fall into a conspiracy cult? to understand what qanon is, you have to go down a rabbit hole, mixed with age-old antisemitic conspiracy theorys and resentments. some q believers liken it to a scene in the matrix, when the truth of the world is revealed to those who take the red pill. the truth, according to q, was that then president trump was a kind of messiah. some q followers believed he might have been a time traveler or being from another planet. they believe trump was secretly fighting a holy war against the deep state and a kabial of celebrities and politicians, molesting children. it sounds ludicrous, but not if you believe in qanon. once you believe, you see the signs everywhere. [ inaudible ] those vague words about the storms spoken by then president trump, the white house october 5, 2017, are often cited as