Closer. Im Michael Smerconish in philadelphia on friday, the thirdparty group no labels ended months of speculation about whether it would field a unity ticket for the president ial race in a Virtual Convention with an 800 delegates from all 50 states voted to move forward with the process and on the heels of that news, several outlets are reporting theres a particular candidate. Now under consideration. Geoff duncan, 48 yearold, was a republican Lieutenant Governor of georgia under brian kemp from 2019 to early 2023, is a conservative republican and also a vocal critic of Donald Trumps efforts to over returned the 2020 president ial election. Duncan recently wrote an oped in the Atlanta Journal constitution titled end doesnt justify the means on trump about why he wont support trump for president. Writing quote, trump has become incapable of leading in a respectable or mature way until more of us are willing to acknowledge that pardon, truth, we will be on the outside looking in. 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
Fiber im Clarissa Ward In Jerusalem Hello Again and welcome. Its time to get together with some smart people. Theyre break down the big stories today, were asking facing stiff headwinds from bad balls, border prices, and rowdy republicans what did the President Big speech tell us about the state of job . Five then Donald Trumps remarkable political comeback. But will a jury of his peers stopped him in his tracks. And the March Madness At One University that has everything to do with the basketball team. But nothing to do with the game itself. The panel is here and ready to go. So sit back, relax, and lets talk about it up. First. President biden spending the weekend on the Campaign Trail trying to build on whatever momentum he gained from this week State Of The Union union address. A speech before tens of millions of americans that biden used to launch his campaign for reelection the state of our union is strong and getting stronger joe biden turned the traditional State Of The Union s
You are in the cnn newsroom. Im jim sciutto In Washington. We begin with what could be a Major Development from the us Supreme Court. The court has scheduled the release of a ruling tomorrow, driving speculation. This could be the decision on whether former President Donald Trump can appear on colorados president ial ballot. The courts decision likely to decide the matter in several other states that now have similar pending challenges. Those states include maine and illinois boy, he states argue that trumps actions surrounding january 6 and the 2020 election, his attempts to overturn it disqualify him for office under the constitution based on the 14th amendments insurrectionist ban. Cnn Senior Supreme Court analyst Joan Biskupic joins me now. Joan, great to have you unusual announcement from the us Supreme Court teeing this up. Why do we expect this as the Ballot Decision . Now, all signs pick pointed that direction, jim, first of all, at Close Of Business on friday, there was no ann