This is cnn Breaking News good morning made, this sunday and have recovered and we begin with this Breaking News moments ago in russia, the last polls closed following a threeday president ial election. With no genuine opposition candidates appearing on the ballot. The outcome was never in doubt. Vladimir putin is expected to win the vote that will keep his grip on power through 2030. He has already, as russias longestserving ruler since soviet dictator joseph stalin, weve got full coverage for you. Cnns Matthew Chance is in moscow and Fred Pleitgen is in berlin. Matthew, you first despite the lack of opposition, there were there any acts of defiance today were yet to happen. In fact, of the course of the past three days when voting has been taking place has been a surprisingly high level of acts of defiance, disruption at Polling Stations, and things like that. Youve got to remember, russia is a country where public displays of dissent and criticism of the kremlin cant have extremely
You good morning, everyone. We are so glad you are with us. 8 00 a. M. Out east. There is a lot happening around the world and in the political world, that is for sure. Former President Trump bracing for possibly more indictments, but we are learning that his Political Action committee is nearly tapped out of money. It had more than 100 million at the start of last year. Now it has less than 4 million. Most of that money went to legal bills. And the u. S. Punching their ticket to the Knockout Stage at the womens world cup. It wasnt pretty and it was pretty close. Carli lloyd called it uninspiring and disappointing. We will have highlights. And a Concertgoer Filing a report against cardi b saying they were struck by the microphone she threw from trt stage. What may have happened before cardi b was hit with a drink that was thrown at her. This hour of cnn this morning starts now. Good morning. Brandnew this morning, i hope you are all awake at 3 00 a. M. The u. S. Womens soccer team was
we will watch the court, maggie vespa, thank you very much. that s going to do it for me. deadline white house starts right now. hello, everyone, it s 4:00 in new york. i m ali velshi in for nicolle wallace. just a few hours ago, attorneys for donald trump filed a brief defending their can client s place on the ballot in that critical 14th amendment case that s before the supreme court over whether his role in the january 6th insurrection bars him from running for office. oral arguments before the justices are on thursday. we are also hearing from special counsel jack smith, his prosecutors are mounting a defense of the classified documents probe in a filing to judge aileen cannon. we re going to have more on that in a little while as well. we begin with developments in the middle east where the threat of further air strikes looming across the region and a furry of diplomacy with one goal, preventing the war in gaza from widening even further. president biden and his
debt ceiling deal in principle though. and now the race is on get the votes to pass it and get it signed in order to avoid a default. if you are planning to go to the beach this weekend, be cautious. officials are telling people to be on high alert after a string of recent shark sightings and some attacks. what you need to know to protect yourself and your family. a warning from the surgeon general. why he says social media presents a, quote, profound risk for children. we are going talk to an experts about what parents can do to protect their children. have you seen it? i mean, it was a huge night for boston and the celtics. this buzzer-beater really is a fraction of a second at the ind end. you ve got to look closely to see it. they forced a winner-take-all game seven. we will show you highlights ahead. all right. we begin this morning with the race in washington to craft legislation, the text of it all, to raise the nation s debt ceiling and avoid an historic defau
opening statements set to begin. fox agreeing to pay dominion over $787 million, avoiding one of the biggest media trials in decades. what the two sides are saying tonight. just breaking, a parking garage collapsing in downtown manhattan. one person is dead and five injured. inside the urgent rescue operation under way. also tonight, the kansas city homeowner charged with shooting a black teen who mistakenly rang his doorbell surrenders and posts bail. the 84-year-old suspect telling police he thought someone was trying to break into his house. the 16-year-old s classmates rallying around him. and another shooting at the wrong address. a man who opened fire on a car that accidently drove into his driveway, charged with murder after killing a 20-year-old woman. the american reporter appearing in a russian courtroom accused of spying, charges the u.s. is blasting as baseless. and the surprise announcement. buffalo bills safety damar hamlin cleared to play again after