Cnn newsroom. Im Paula Reid In Washington tonight in russia, president Vladimir Putin is proclaiming Russian Unity after polls closed in a three today president ial election, with no genuine Opponent Running against him. Putin is expected to win, keeping him in office until 2030 and continuing as russias longestserving leader since soviet dictator Joseph Stalin cnns Matthew Chance is in moscow matthew, what else did putin have to say tonight well, it was a, an extraordinary post election sort of makeshift Press Conference, Ad Hoc Press Conference that he gave two members of the press, the local press the Foreign Press as well. There were members, theyre asking various questions. He just finished giving his thank you speech to volunteers and to supporters in the auditorium, saying that the election victory, that the final results hasnt come in yet, but the election victory a represented essentially, and im paraphrasing him here. A mandate for his continued work in the country, which we
Barricade situation and reportedly involving hostages Cross State Lines in new jersey . Yeah. Yeah. I mean to say the least, this has been a terrifying morning in and around this area. Bucks county and now into new jersey. And its still, as you said, very much ongoing, three people dead at this point. And as you said, reports, now that not only is the suspect barricaded, but also potentially holding hostages, but let me tell you a little bit about how this all started. This started just before 09 00 a. M. Thats according to the false Township Police department. They initially got a call of a shooting in levittown, pennsylvania, again, about 30 miles north of Philadelphia Police then said that 26 yearold Andriy Gordon shot and killed two people. Then he went to a separate address in Leavitt Down Pennsylvania and shot and killed a third person then he went to 1 general in morris fill, pennsylvania. Thats right on the border of pennsylvania and new jersey carjack someone at 1 general, the
Hi everyone and thanks so much for joining me this afternoon. Im in dc and we are following two Major International stories this afternoon. The first of them out of israel or the us and jordan have conducted more humanitarian aid drops into gaza. And the first equipment to build a Temporary Port In Gaza for aid is now in route to that region. Were going to get to more on that in just a moment. Again, in haiti, where the us military has evacuated Nonessential Personnel from the us embassy in portauprince. The Airlift Operation was ordered as the Gang Violence in that Island Nation worsens. Gang leaders are now threatening civil war if the Prime Minister does not leave office. And now at is under a State Of Emergency until april 3, cnn chief National Security correspondent Alex Marquardt is joining us by phone and cnns Patrick Oppmann is live from cuba with the latest details. Alex, lets start first with you. Tell us more about this evacuation well jessica significant concern growing abo
As he hits the road. And we turn our focus to this general election. Well, just these dueling rallies certainly provided a window and what were expected to see in the months to come between President Biden and his republican rival, donald trump were the president ticked through multiple themes over the course of his remarks to a rowdy audience. But one of the prominent themes and one that his Campaign Launched on was protecting democracy. And on that front, the president kicked off his remarks, talking about Donald Trumps coziness to authorities, syrian regimes, and also making clear that its a stark contrast between him and donald trump. Take a listen my lifetime has taught me to embrace The Future Of Freedom and democracy and trump and i have a very different value set of an obvious already biden is based on core values of the defined america. And the rest of the world looks at us that way decency fairness, equality were all know donald trump sees a different america and american sto
welcome back everyone to cnn this morning, it is almost 7:00 a.m. here in our atlanta studios in amara walker with blackwell coy wire, derek van dam, amara walker flanked by some really dapper looking then this morning you go clean up pretty well sometime it sometime sometimes a little hagari here are there for you a state of emergency is in effect in atlanta after water main breaks said, guys there s a water gushing into the streets, cutting off water for homes and businesses, even forcing some hospitals to evacuate patients. what the mayor is saying about the problem in california, a fast moving fired doubled in size yesterday and is now forcing some people out of their homes more on what we re learning about injuries and what s fueling the fire can t stop, won t stop another round of severe weather possible today across the central and northern plains. i ll highlight exactly what we re coming up later in the show in the florida panthers are headed to the stanley cup fi