with you at my side, we will demolish the deep state. he s back and making a splash at cpac. what donald trump had to say to the enthusiastic crowd and the thinly veiled swipe he took at a potential rival. another train derails in ohio, just one month after the hazardous material spill in east palestine. what residents are saying about the two incidents. and the battle over abortion, now being waged in drugstores. what a decision by a leading chain could mean for women across the u.s. zp announcer: live from cnn center, this has cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. former u.s. donald trump got a rapturous reception from the political action conference in maryland on saturday and some momentum for his 2024 presidential campaign. trump spoke for nearly two hours. he said he wouldn t drop out of the presidential race, even if he was indicted in the state or federal investigations he faces. and he alluded to some familiar conspiracy theories. here he is. i will totally
and for those who have been wronged and betrayed, i am your retribution. i am your retribution. fiery words from donald trump in front of a very supportive crowd. we ll bring you the message he and other republicans brought to cpac. ohio once again facing a train derailment. details plus the latest from the toxic spill in east palestine is just ahead. and later, one ukrainian mother s journey to america, with her children to escape the horrors of war. the remarkable path she took, the stranger who took her in, and her message to those she was forced to leave behind. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. an adoring crowd at the conservative political action conference gives former u.s. president donald trump a rapturous reception and momentum for his 2024 presidential campaign. trump said he wouldn t drop out of the presidential race if he was indicted in the state or federal investigations he faces. he also promised retribution
the latest u.s./south korean joint military exercises. pyongyang even calling on the united nations to urge them to stop. the united states and south korea carried out a combined military air drill on friday. the exercises involve u.s. long-range bombers, as well as south korean fighter jets. the two nations will conduct large-scale military exercises dubbed freedom shield beginning in mid-march. north korea has responded to previous military exercises with missile launches and nuclear threats. for the ninth straight week, protesters in israel have staged massive rallies against their country s far-right government. in teleaviv, some demonstrators breached a barricade and temporarily blocked a highway before they were dispersed by police. more than 150,000 people marched through that city on saturday. tens of thousands more demonstrated in other places across the country. most were protesting against the prime minister s plan to weaken the independence of the judiciary. some were als
were dispersed by police. authorities say more than 150,000 people marched through that city on saturday. most were protesting against the prime minister s plan to weaken the independence of the judiciary. some were also there to condemn israeli settlers for attacking a palestinian town. israel s finance minister said last week that the town, quote, needs to be erased, but he later walked back his comments. today, the prime minister thanked him for taking his words back. earlier, cnn spoke to the opposition, to israel s government with aaron david miller, and we asked him what was behind these large protests. here he is. the protests are unprecedented in size and scope and intensity and duration. so that s new. israel has never had a governor like this. two of its prime ministers are openly homophobic, racist, anti-democrats. and you have a prime minister who wants to use the judicial to undermine the powers of the supreme court in favor of the
welcome to the show, everyone. it s 10:00 a.m. in ukraine and 60 people are feared dead after russian forces reportedly bombed the school in the luhansk region of eastern ukraine. images from the scene show the building reduced to little more than a smoking pile of debris. the regional governor says around 90 people were sheltering inside the school when that bomb hit. 30 were rescued from the rubble. so far, two bodies have been recovered and the governor says they are unlikely to find more survivors. to the west, ukraine s military says russia fired six cruise missiles at the port city of odesa. so far, no casualties have been recorded but strikes on historic cities like odesa almost inevitably lead to other collateral damage. saturday, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy said nearly 200 cultural heritage sites had been damaged so far during this war. have a listen.