you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. good evening. the 2024 election is heating up as we mark one year until voters cast their ballots in the race for president. a fresh set of polls from the new york times and sienna college show troubling signs for president biden at this stage in the campaign. hypothetical matchups in four key swing states show trump taking the lead. but it s not all good news for the former president. in just 14 hours, trump is expected to take the stands in a trial that could help decide the fate of his business empire in new york. this comes on top of the 91 criminal charges he s facing in other cases. meantime, president biden is facing growing pressure here at home. this was the scene at the white house last night, some of the gates covered with handprints after a pro-palestinian rally. over in the middle east, u.s. secretary of state tony blinken is in turkey for another key diplomatic meeting. earlier today, he made
erin? jeff, thank you very much.. and thananks to all l of you fo. good evening with the israeli military saying troops have now surrounded gaza city, we have been watching for most of the evening now some especially heavy air strikes on gaza, intense enough that cnn military analyst cedric layton said earlier tonight it reminded him of what he called the shock and awe air campaign against iraq. here is some of what it looked like and sounded like from sderot, across the border from gaza. with flares overhead for much of the time, israeli warplanes launched wave after wave of air-to-ground guided munitions at targets in gaza. one ripple of tightly grouped ordnance after another could be seen streaking downward, while in the background outgoing artillery followed by thumps of warheaded and shells landing. shortly before this began, antony blinken left on a swing, including stops in israel and jordan. his message was twofold. well, as we said, and it s important, israel h
Back to the maps. I will show you how things are shaping up. Route 4, route 5, and 220 clear of any issues. Thank you, larry. Just about 5 02 tonight, and tonight the remaining president ial candidates will take the stage in stage for the debate since the super tuesday. Ben carson is expected to suspend his campaign tomorrow. When asked trump did not condemn the actions of one group voting for him. You dont want me to condemn a group i dont know anything about. Reporter he later clarifies saying he disenbowed david duke. Another group will hold a conference to talk about trump. Leaders say he has energized their movement. In an interview you will only see on wusa 9. Richard spencer talks about what makes him so appealing to the National Policy institute. Just the simple idea of im going to get along with putin is a radical and powerful idea because its a vision of a united white world. Reporter spencer says he is voting for trump but will not announce his support for the candidate for
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