preventable. the united states averaging more than 108,000 new cases per day. the seven-day average is showing 19,000 new cases per day and the hospitalization rate for florida more than triple the national rate but the governor there ron desantis is going to take a stand against measures that can stop the spread before its innocent kids who before it hits innocent kids that can t be vaccinated and hits them where? it hits them in their schools. he feels so strongly about this, so strongly school boards not take steps that they and medical experts say are needed to protect the kids that tonight he is threatening to withhold the salaries of superintendents and school board members who disregard his executive order prohibiting mask mandates for school districts. previously he threatened to cut funding to school districts that require masks. seriously? he s declaring war on local school officials who may feel it s necessary for children in their districts to wear masks? is mak
than 108,000 new cases per day. florida the virus is raging. the seven-day average is showing 19,000 new cases per day and the hospitalization rate for florida more than triple the national rate but the governor there ron desantis is going to take a stand against measures that can stop the spread before its innocent kids who before it hits innocent kids that can t be vaccinated and hits them where? it hits them in their schools. he feels so strongly about this, so strongly school boards not take steps that they and medical experts say are needed to protect the kids that tonight he is threatening to withhold the salaries of superintendents and school board members who disregard his executive order prohibiting mask mandates for school districts. previously he threatened to cut funding to school districts that require masks. seriously? he s declaring war on local school officials who may feel it s necessary for children in their districts to wear masks? is making kids sick som
40 in washington and this is cnn cnn breaking news good morning, everyone. i m casey khan, live in washington, dc and we do begin this hour with major breaking news overnight. a bridge in baltimore collapsing after it was hit by a large ship. you can see that happening there video from that live stream shows the moment of impact with the francis scott key bridge, which then crumbles into the water. this happened around 01:30 a.m. eastern time overnight. official say that multiple cars fell into the tab sco river below right now rescue cuz crews are searching for at least seven people. one official called the collapse, a quote, developing mass casualty event. cnn s gabe cohen has been dispatched to baltimore. he joins us on the phone and route to the scene good morning to you. what do we know at this hour yeah. so casey is you mentioned at this hour we have confirmed that this shipping container, a couple of hours ago around 01:30 a.m. eastern time collided with it appears
anywhere. cnn news central starts right now the 2024 campaign in full swing this morning, new details of biden s reelection message to voters as the 2024 presidential rematch expected to be set in stone after tomorrow s primary. a cnn exclusive, russia s war machine is cranking out three times more artillery munitions missions than the us and europe combined are producing and sending to ukraine in bursting with kenergy what a night at the oscars, we have all the behind the scenes you did not even know you missed on hollywood s biggest night. i m ken berman with kate bolduan and sara sidner. this is cnn news central a key swing state primary, a new court hearing, and a battleground blitz all on deck this week as the trump-biden matchup mirrors, it s not many clinching moment tomorrow, voters across four states cast ballots with enough delegates at stake to make the likely presidential rematch officially official. georgia is one of those states and the site where both can
now on cnn this morning, president biden and donald trump campaigning in georgia ahead of tuesday s primaries. they re trump drawing some outrage after he mocks the president s stutter a red line for israel, president biden calling for an end to violence in gaza. but prime minister netanyahu, not backing down. and republican senator katie britt backtracking, trying to explain her much maligned response to president biden s state of the union right it s 05:00 a.m. here in washington. a live look at that beautiful capitol dome on this first monday under daylight savings time in this little darker for all of us early risers. good morning to you. i m happy to have you with us. i m kasie hunt. we re getting into politics and just a moment, but let s take a quick look at last night s oscars here it comes and maria, i see oppenheimer that understatement oppenheimer blew away the competition last night, winning seven awards, killing murphy one for act best actor playing j. ro