. . welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. ahead here on cnn newsroom, norfolk southern getting slammed again after another train derailed in ohio. what we know about that second train and what it was carrying. an active gop likely presidential candidate speaking from maryland to california, nailing the talking points but refusing to target trump. is that a winning strategy? we ll ask our senior political analyst, plus the battle for bakhmut and it could mean for the war in ukraine if the city folds to the russians. . . . live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with rosemary church. good to have you with us, with the u.s. national transportation safety board is sending investigators to ohio a little more than 24 hours after another norfolk southern freight train derailed. it was the second derailment by that company in that state in a little over a month after the toxic crash in east palestin
gathering where his base has seemingly seized control. and the man who tried but failed to overturn the 2020 election results appears to be his party s front-runner at least for now according to recent polls. late this afternoon, cpac released its very own nonscientific straw poll. trump crushed the politician seen as the biggest rival for the nomination, at least at this point, florida governor ron desantis, 62% to 20%. cnn s kristen holmes joins us from the cpac gathering. how s it been going so far? what s the former president saying? reporter: so former president trump still speaking. we re at the 90-minute mark. we expect him to go for a little bit longer now. he is really appealing to this crowd. a mix of old and new. he talked about how he wants to take on the establishment, particularly the republican establishment. he talked about how he got rid of political dynasties, he said the party would never go back to being the party of karl rove, paul ryan, and jeb bush. h
in friday s fighting, a russian missile destroyed a vital supply bridge into the city. bakhmut has seen intense fighting for weeks, as russia tries to claim a victory in eastern ukraine. cnn s melissa bell joins us now from kyiv. melissa, where do things stand? reporter: well, we ve just been hearing from the british ministry of defense, saying that they understand that ukrainian forces are under increasing pressure. that s what we re hearing from the ground, with one soldier on the ground telling us that they were essentially outmanned four to one. and this has been the story for the last few weeks. so russian forces sending in more and more men to try and take every trench, every defensive line, at huge cost to themselves, first and foremost. there is also ukrainians, will there is a lack of ammunition compared to what the russians have, and they are trying to capture bakhmut, but yes, for the time being, this town still stands with his four and a half thousand civilians
service are backing up the bombshell testimony from a former trump white house aide that an irate president trump demanded to go to the capitol on january 6th. since cassidy hutchinson went under oath, there has been an ongoing campaign by trump and his allies to discredit her testimony about what she saw and heard on january 6th. cnn has now spoken with two secret service employees who both say they also heard about a confrontation inside the presidential suv that day, a story they say spread widely around the agency in the weeks and months that followed january 6th. they say trump indeed demanded to be taken to the capitol and when the secret service said no to the trip, trump berated his security detail, saying something to the effect of, i m the effing president of the united states, you can t tell me what to do. the other concerning development is the new information about who may have been pressuring hutchinson ahead of her sworn testimony. a source tells cnn one person
inevitable, people say they re comforted by their faith. all is well with the spirit, all is well with his soul, and he has lived as the master would have him to live. marvin is the former ceo of the boys and girls club of albany georgia including the location in plains that bears the name of jimmy and roslyn carter, she s gotten to know the former president well the past five years especially when carter resisted having his name on the club. only time that i ever had a disagreement with him was about the name of the club, didn t deal with him riding his bicycle and how to negotiate peace, we negotiated peace that day. respect and admiration echoed by many, whose lives crossed path with carter he liked learning about what possibly s life experiences were and trying to think, about ways that we could contribute as the carters entered to making life