supreme court. we re going to go through the arguments on both sides of the case. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, february 28th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. many of the republican party s biggest names will not be attending the annual conservative political action conference in maryland this week just outside washington, d.c. potential 2024 candidates will not be at the annual gathering. rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniels, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell and house speaker kevin mccarthy are also sitting out this year. this year s conference comes as cpac s chair faces a lawsuit that alleges he fondled a male aide to then senate candidate herschel walker back in october. his lawyer says he denies those allegations. none of the politicians that have said they are not attending have cited the allegations as the reason for their absence. however, several republicans who spoke to nbc news anonymously have said the al
. you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in the battleground state of georgia live in atlanta. the clock is ticking and the stakes are climbing. the mid-term elections are just two days away. control of congress, of course, hangs in the balance. the senate could be decided by three key toss up races right here in georgia. and in nevada and pennsylvania, other crucial states are also in play and are very tight. the importance of pennsylvania, though, came into sharp focus this weekend big time as three presidents past and present stumped for their parties nominees in that state. you re looking live right now where donald trump has been sharing the stage with florida senator marco rubio. and on the other side of your screen you can see right there, there s president biden getting off of air force one. of course he s going to be in yonkers just a short time from now. but former president of the united states donald trump, and joe biden, the current president of the
forecast models are putting florida in the bull eye s for a hurricane in days. this is what we re watching at this hour. thanks so much for being here. i m kate bolduan. putin s war on ukraine is where we do need to start at this hour. russia is staging referendums in four occupied areas of eastern ukraine beginning today. residents being forced to vote on whether the regions should become part of russia. the referendums are widely considered a complete sham of course but this is drawing global condemnation. ukraine s president zelenskyy is calling on russians now to revolt as putin is facing a growing decent from his people over his orders to mobilize 300,000 more soldiers. hundreds have been rounded up in anti war protests as we ve seen and more and more russians are trying to escape the draft and leave the country. cnn ben wedeman starts us off live from kharkiv on this referendum votes. what are you learning about how this will go? reporter: well, it s going, i think, a
Israel. Israeli military Bombarding Gadza and mounting limited ground raids over notice u. S. State department telling american its get out of lebanon right now isreal targets hezbollah cells. Tray is live with the latest. When is the latest on the ground in good morning we understand from the Israeli Military 320 different targets were hit in gaza over night. They have been lunching into gaza territory an effort to destroy the hamace or jihad positions on the border. Yesterday near a town israeli soldier was killed. We were reporting in that area the day before israelis electric to garth as much information ahead of the expected Ground Operation you here the blasts headed gadza in the distance. Gives you a sense of the border here and how a lot of that fire continues. Here are images inside gaza. Many that are sheltering after the vkz order its head south. Emages from gaz at Palestinian Health ministry 4700 People Killed since the massacre and the israeli response 39 man who describes