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
November rematch. Both candidates clinching their Party Nominations last night with primary wins in georgia, mississippi, and washington state. Trump, taking a victory lap in this video released by his campaign its your favorite president speaking to you on a really great day of victory, the Republican National committee has just declared as the official nominee. And so whether the official nominee of the republican party, which is a big deal the biden trump rematch will be the longest General Election president ial campaign ever. Once it became clear, the president had clinched the democratic nomination team, biden released this slickly produced video ready to protect our brain our panel is with us this morning. Lets bring in republican strategist, Kristen Soltis anderson, democratic congressman Jake Auchincloss of massachusetts remains with us. Former White House Communications director Kate Bedingfield is here and Zolan Kannoyoungs White House Correspondent for the New York Times we
The pressure is on President Biden is preparing to go you have one of his most important speeches ahead of the november election tonights State Of The Union. His allies are hoping to see a fiery version of the president , while republicans are planning on how they will strike back the armorer are in charge of weapons on the set of rust found guilty guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter. So what does this verdict mean for the case against alec baldwin . Conduct a controlled burn or let a derailed train sit and risk a catastrophic explosion. Those were the options left in the hands of officials in ohio after that train derailed last year. Now, the ntsb says they made the wrong call. Why investigators saying no one on the ground had enough information to make the right one im kate baldwin with john berman and sara sidner. This is cnn news central hours from now, a highstakes so dress by the current president and ill promised real time rebuttal by the former president trying to take back the
Midst at all. Standing the test just State Capitol in atlanta. This is cnn tonight be sure to tune in for special coverage of President Bidens state of the Union Address. Ill be back here along with my esteemed colleagues, dana bash and erin burnett. Abby philip, and a cast of thousands, 08 00 p. M. Eastern on cnn. Our coverage continues right now happening now, we are learning some of what President Biden will say tonight about the state of the union. Details on that and why theres so much focus on how he delivers his message to congress and to the country. Also tonight theres Breaking News on Donald Trumps 83 million Defamation Judgment and what a judge just ruled on trumps request for a temporary delay and in uvalde, texas, parents of murdered children erupted grief and anger at a new report on the massacre at robb elementary, where 19 children and two teachers were shot and killed welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the S
The American People before this summers conventions. What he needs to do for a strong state of the Union Address tonight and how some allies are working Behind The Scenes to push the president to own the big stage. And within the next few hours, the city of uvalde, texas is expected to release its findings of its report on the Botched Police response to the Robb Elementary School massacre. We have a closer look at what we can expect and were learning burning more about last years Train Derailment in ohio and how the response that followed was based on a bad call. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central The Stage is set for tonights big speech from president joe biden, perhaps the biggest of his presidency. And just a few hours he sets deliver a State Of The Union dress that i have to navigate some pessimism about the economy, anxiety over record immigration, frustrations with the israelhamas war and growing concerns about