Good morning and welcome to cnn this morning is sunday, march 17. Im danny freeman, info your blackboard. Good to have you, danny, im amara walker. Thank you so much for joining us this sunday morning. And heres what we are watching for you, donald trump hits the trail for the First Time Since securing the republican nomination as President Biden dines with reporters and politicians in washington, the very different warnings both candidates are issuing on the Campaign Trail, posted arms Stand Up Paralyzes and new jersey neighborhood for hours on saturday will tell you what we know about what led up to it and how it all finally ended evacuations are underway in parts of iceland is a volcano near the famous blue lagoon a ropes, once again, the impact on nearby towns is a lava continues to flow this morning, and the final day of voting is underway in russias president ial election. And although Vladimir Putin is assured victory, were seeing protests across the region. Were live in moscow
underway once again. and the other major question, if he does take the stand, can he stay within the parameters set by the judge and what are the consequences if he doesn t? we re live at the courthouse. plus, nikki haley sending a message to trump that sounds a lot like you don t scare me. her new fund-raising hall that has him threatening her donors and has given her new energy. the political elites in this state and around the country have said that we just need to let donald trump have this. we are not going to sit there and just give up. . and the severe weather that just won t stop. among the dramatic new images, this woman, how she got stranded on top of her car for 14 long hours before she was rescued. we begin with donald trump off the campaign trail and back in a federal courthouse today. e. jean carroll s lawyers have rested their case and trump s team just started the defense in a trial to determine if he has toay the writer millions of dollars for defam
plus, nikki haley shifting strategy as she fights to win her home state of south carolina. and she s now attacking trump head on. bring it, donald. show me what you got. [ cheers and applause ] also ahead, former trump adviser peter navarro set to be sentenced this hour for criminal contempt of congress, how much time could he face behind bars? and later, flash flooding turning roads to rivers all across the south, we are tracking where all this extreme weather is headed next. it is 10:00 eastern, great to be with you. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, any in a moment now the civil trial against donald trump for defamation of e. jean carroll is set to resume after a three-day delay, and these are live pictures outside the courthouse. the former president is of course fresh off his new hampshire primary victory arriving at the new york courthouse a short time ago. that s when he arrived these images just moments ago. he and his attorney say he will testify in
president that refuses to concede that he lost the election. and he did lose that election. before today, trump s lawyers were absolutely what s the word -e eadamant. that the president had immunity for his conduct while in office. they wouldn t budge on this point. at first they wouldn t budge. right out of the gate, from questioning of one of the judges, they were forced to make a powerful confession, that of course, there is not absolute immunity, meaning you can never charge a former president for action taken while in office, if it was criminal or otherwise. they could you can. you can prosecute under certain circumstances. and they only admitted that, after the judge gave him a whole string of hypotheticals that can really only have one legitimate, truthful answer. could a president who ordered s.e.a.l. team 6, be subject to prosecution? if he were impeached and convicted first. the answer is no? my answer is qualified yes. a qualified what? a qualified y
machine according to their report. and the 2024 gop field got even bigger. both former vice-president mike pence and the very unpopular former new jersey governor chris christie. i think he left office with about a 14% approval rating in his case now entered the race. we have full analysis of all this straight ahead tonight but we begin with this fox news alert. sources have now confirmed to fox that the doj s special counsel investing former president trump s taking of classified documents has now convened a second grand jury, this one not in dc but in south florida. that would be the same district where mar-a-lago is. and based on what we are hearing, the special counsel is now poiseded to wrap up that probe and there are many reports that charges could, in fact, be eminent. at the very same time, we are learning that an indictment against hunter biden could also be forthcoming, but don t expect hunter s charges to implicate the big guy. this will be all about optics, not a