happened happened. we would exchange them. i said only on one condition that he doesn t come back. he is a killer. he s a gangster he is the person who brought my country to the war i ve seen the humanity and these humanity, these are bad. these are animals. while i of course disagree with those in the past, i think the american public disagree with those, but i do think that people see that donald trump is the only candidate in this race, it s going to be able to fix this prices. we re going to continue military pressure and we re going to continue to try to get those officers the taste you re going i agree about the urgent need to increase humanitarian aid in gaza and get this ceasefire deal live from london this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo warmer at the top view as joining us to the us and around the world. i, max foster and i m going to blow it is monday, march 18, atm here in london and we begin in russia, where president vladimir putin is
by bike today, senate majority leader chuck schumer, the highest ranking jewish official in american history. we should note it said that the prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu and his far-right government have lost their way. and it s time for them to be removed from office as a lifelong quarter of israel is become clear to me the netanyahu coalition no longer fits the needs of israel after october 7, the world has changed radically. since then. and the israeli people are being stifled right now by a governing vision that is stuck in the past. the response from republican officials has been outraged senate minority leader mitch mcconnell called the comments grow task. while house speaker mike johnson called them inappropriate and wrong. let s get right to cnn s manu raju on capitol hill and manu, the republican response has been fast and furious. yeah, no question about it. remember, chuck schumer has been a in with bibi netanyahu for many years. in fact, whe
sink in that these are the people we have to choose from, and we have ourselves to blame for this total lack of imagination to think of everyone at home thinking what stage of grief is it when i went john or on television. thank you. i thank you for coming in, sir. appreciate the next hour of cnn news central starts now the kremlin says it is ready for nuclear war. russian president vladimir putin issues a stark warning to the us saying any us troops on the ground in ukraine will come with dire consequences b. eovaldi, police chief suddenly submitted his resignation just days after the city s independent port cleared local officials. local officers of wrongdoing in the horrific elementary school massacre, and a possible end two hours of scrolling in tiktok okay, content creators say maybe millions of small businesses, house lawmakers set to vote on a bill this morning that could ban the popular app in the united i m john berman with kate bolduan. sara is off today. this
people still being held hostage by hamas. regular viewers of the lead know we ve spoken to e ties parents on a number of occasions. he was the second of three sons he was a former boy scout. he was a fierce basketball player or especially computer basketball. here s how his father, rubi described itay to me back in november a very talented kid. he is saying he dances, so he s typically the life of the party. he has been in the boy scouts until the age of 18. so you meant to see young kids and maybe the most important part, his he and all the border play nba 2k. so i get my whooped by my eldest son, so we needs his youngest younger while that the come back. so he could go back and play with them nba 2k it was just last thursday when ruby and his wife, maggie were right here sitting next to me on set, and ruby shared a dream i actually haven t liam two days ago, two nights ago where i saw the vision of husband and biden let s lying to us and saying, well, you kinda tie, he s
outcome was never in doubt. vladimir putin is expected to win the vote that will keep his grip on power through 2030 he has already russia s longest-serving ruler since soviet dictator joseph stalin. we ve got full coverage for you. cnn s may chances in moscow. fred pleitgen is in berlin and also with this cnn contributor and former moscow bureau chief, jill dougherty, matthew, let s begin with you. despite the lack of opposition, there were acts of defiance, weren t there today there have been quite a few actually, but louk, the preliminary results are just coming in and that they re very high, which is expected. we re looking at something in the region of 88% votes for vladimir putin. that s with about 25% of the votes counted. and a turnout of well over 70%. so these are extraordinary high results, even by the standards of an election of vladimir putin. but you re right, it s not been a totally unified and stable election period that has been a lot of defiance, acts of d