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a familiar face at the political act conference in maryland, former president trump makes his pitch to be the republican nominee for the white house again. bakhmut could be on the verge of falling to russian troops but ukrainian forces say they're holding on in the fight to keep the city. over a month since the toxic train derailment in east palestine ohio, another norfolk southern freight train derails in the state >> live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with laila >> during crowd greeted former u.s. president donald trump saturday at the conserve in maryland, trump spoke nearly two hours promising retribution against democrats and republicans an scientific strap hold of cpack attendees found

62% want him to be the next republican presidential nominee compared to 20% who want florida governor ron desantis, cnn national correspondent christian holmes is there to at the conference and has this report. >> former president trump talking to a therapeutic crowd here at cpack, he talked about how i wanted to obliterate the deep state. he took on the establishment >> take a look. >> we're not going back to people who wants to destroy our great social security, that want to raise the minimum age to 70, 75 or 80 in some cases and out to cut medicare to a level that it will no longer be recognizable >> that was a thinly veiled

>> ab at's governor ron desantis while he was suggesting changes to the social security and medicare program something trump gone after him a number of times over, florida governor not entered the 2024 presidential race but seen as trump's most formidable opponent. it was interesting as we walked around the event this used to be the premier event for conservatives, instead it's a trump show, supporters, people who wanted to see him in office in 2024 and showcased really the deep divide within the republican party, particularly as we noted so many of these potential 2024 hopefuls decided to skip the event this years, and really set up what is expected to be a very ugly republican primary. christian holmes national harbor, maryland. >> joining me alice stewart is a

cnn political commentator republican strategist and former communications director for ted cruz, are you with us alice >> mr. donald trump speaking at cpac addressing a very supportive crowd. what stood out to you from his speech? >> clearly this was his crowd. this is inside baseball red meat message for the people in the crowd there, and look, they were going to be on a side no matter what he said, i was surprised that -- that the message he gave in terms of he's really taking the fight to not just the democrats and president biden, but also what he calls the fake news media, and rinos, republicans in name only, and naming certain republicans by name in terms of people that he feels as though are not loyal to the party, which in turn means loyal to him. and also throwing a lot of red

meat in there to the crowd in terms of going after woke policies of the democrats, and really going above and beyond and saying the democratic policies are tantamount to socialism and communist policies that's what the crowd wanted to hear and responsive to what he had to say, it was obviously evidence in the straw poll they had at this event where he received more than 60% of the vote of the crowd and ron desantis with about 20%. keep in mind, cpac turned from what it used to be in years passed when i worked on several presidential campaigns, cpac was the place for republicans and conservatives to go and good afternoon their message to this crowd, and talk about republican policies and talk about how we can unite together to take on the democrats.

cpac turned into tpac, trump political action committee and they're more about vying political party in terms of who are mainstream republicans and who are trump republicans it's unfortunate because what we have done instead of bringing the party together ahead of a major presidential election, this is really laying the ground for dividing the party amongst itself as opposed to taking the message to democrats >> let's talk about the straw poll, donald trump you mentioned running for president again and dominated winning by 62% of the vote ron desantis, a distant second at 20% support. does that mean trump is the strongest candidates to run for president? and what does it mean for ron desantis as an alternative for trump? >> well, he was certainly the

strongest candidate in the room today, laila and probably last four day, ron desantis did not go to cpac chose not to speak there, he was invited but chose not to speak there as well as other high named republicans such as mike pence and tim scott. others recognized cpac as more of a place really that is loyal to donald trump, and their time is best served elsewhere. many of them went down to the state of florida to speak with the group called club for growth which is an anti-tax group, and they see that as more of the place to go to move their message forward, and what we're seeing is while a lot of people at this event over last few days are strong, trump supporters as evidenced by the straw poll, many in the republican party are realizing that it's time to turn the page. we're looking at the fact that with donald trump in the white house we lost the house and the senate, of course, we regained

the house but lost the house and senate and the white house due to his leadership, and large part because of his election denying and conspiracy theorist >> but as we've sign at cpac mr. trump did count on a vocal supportive base, does the gop have to brace itself for a long acrimonious primary battle? >> we should. and look, i think primaries are important. robust primary where they which together and debate the issues it's healthy for the party but also democracy and this was a good way to test the policies of these different candidates but check the retail politics, how can they go to the early states and connect with the people. i think strong robust primary is good for the republican party, because that way we have best candidate to go against two of the democrats before. >> alice stewart thank you for

joining us. thanks, laila. >> now, to the criminal investigation into donald trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, sources tell cnn the former president is seeking to block testimony from mike pence on matters covered by executive privilege. cnn politics reporter jeremy has the story. >> reporter: the new court filing from trump's legal team is the latest road block for special council jack smith as he tries to compel testimony from pence and others around trump in the january 6 investigation, new filing is under seal so we don't have specifics. sources tell cnn trump is asking a federal court to block pence from speaking at the special council about certain matters relating to january 6 on grounds of executive privilege. pence himself is also fighting smith's subpoena, he plans to try to block the subpoena by

arguing he's shielded by the constitution debate clause, pence argues he's cover because he was acting as president of senate when he presided over the january 6 congressional certification of the 2020 election, pence, of course, was at the center of trump's efforts to overturn the election as the former president and allies pressured the vice president to block joe biden's win when congress certified the election january 6. subpoena to pence is one key sign that the special council's investigation into both january 6 and the mar-a-lago classified documents is accelerating, the fight over pence's testimony is expected to play out in court. but not yet clear how long the process will take. any rulings could be appealed all the way up to the supreme court. they will have to weigh how important pence's testimony with his desire to complete the january 6 investigation as the 2024 election gets closer and closer, jeremy herb cnn, new

york >> ukraine is still holding the line in bakhmut despite russia trying to make a final push to end circle the city. this video was posted on saturday, showing ukrainian troops exchanging fire with russians on the streets. however ukraine's military says it's city hall holding on to the city center, while the fighting is happening in the outskirts. leader of russia's wagner mercenaries claimed his forces are close to surrounding bakhmut. the city is largely in ruins after months of brutal fighting. one ukrainian soldier says the only thing certain right now is the uncertainty. >> i don't know what's coming tomorrow or even this evening. the situation is changing every minute. there might be shelling even now, no one knows what will

happen tomorrow. we will see. >> for more now, we're joined from london, some of the month's long battle from bakhmut is possibly entering a tea see sive phase >> absolutely, there's serious fears that moscow's troops will be able to say clean that city soon but as of now, ukrainian forces holding the line of resistance, ukrainian troops say they've been able in the last 24 hours to stabilize the front line, russian forces remain on the outside of the city a body of water, a river divides them in bakhmut, the city itself is still under ukrainian control but when ukrainian commander said every hour in that city is like how ukrainian forces say they've been able to repel dozens of attacks just in the last 24, 48 hours by moscow's troops in those wagner mercenaries, of course, attacks by artillery, heavy shelling,

multiple rocket launches literally everything moscow's troops can get their hands on. it would very much be a victory for president putin. the second half of last year, we saw ukrainian forces able to claim back serious amounts of territory from president putin's forces you can imagine the kremlin is absolutely desperate for a win particularly when it's given so much resources depleted so much manpower over the course the last few months to take this one city. but this would be largely a symbolic victory for russia, there's little strategic value in the city of bakhmut itself. it does begin to give them more of a bridge more of that territory in the donetsk region controlled by russian

separatist. it expands the territory of russian control if moscow is able to claim it and for president zelenskyy it's symbolic vowed never to back down, never to let a drop of ukrainian blood go in vein to gain back every single inch of territory for his country men, what you'll see happen the next few days is an absolutely ferocious battle for what very much is the city at the heart of this conflict. >> reporting from london, thank you so much. ahead, weeks after the accident in east palestine, norfolk southern has another derailed train in ohio on its hands, we'll have details. ♪ ♪. that actively cools, warms and effortlessly responds to both of you. our smart sleepers get 28 minutes morore restful sleep per night. proven qualility sleep. only from sleep number. how do i do it all? with a little help. and to support my family's immune health, i choose airborne.

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s . one month after a toxic train derailment in east palestine ohio there's been another norfolk southern train derailment in the state. it happened saturday in springfield, according to norfolk southern there were no injuries reported and no hazardous materials involved, one witness described what he saw. >> i was watching it and people were just sitting there and you

could kind of see it off the cracks kicking up gravel and stuff. once the cars started coming off going sideways and collapsing it was timing that's when i take off and you see everybody backwards down the road and getting out >> the road near the scene of the accident was closed, company teams are heading to the site to again the clean-up operation, police are on the scene assisting, local emergency management officials asked residents within 1,000 feet of the derailment to shelter in place out of a abundance of caution. after a month after the derailment in east palestine they're trying to restore confidence and calm fears, even as the clean-up of the train's toxic cargo continues. we have the story >> over a month since the derailment disaster in east palestine ohio and frustrations

have not faded for many residents, on saturday, authorities offering an opportunity for the residents to visit the town's water treatment plant they hope to answer any questions and concerns they may have. the state, however, continue to insist that all sampling of municipal water walls shown no contaminates that are associated to the derailment. the coming days a lot of focus will include farmers as ohio's department of agricultural will meet with area farmers, they say at this point that any of the crops planted or harvested in east palestine are unsafe but nonetheless, norfolk southern the company involved in this derailment or held responsible being asked to develop a soil sampling plan for not just residential areas but agriculture as well. meanwhile, the department of health released the results of an health assessment survey saying that residents completed

an after capitol exposure survey that basically laid out any unusual symptoms they were reporting or experiencing, including headache, anxiety, coughing, irritation, burning over the skin, all of this information will be used by local, state and federal officials to determine how the derailment may have had any kind of health effects on some residents there. meanwhile the clean-up that is far from over, in fact, in last few days, the process of replacing all of that damaged track, the begun, it's a process that will entail removing the damaged track and replacing the contaminated soil before laying on fresh tracking a process that could, according to officials last until the end of april. paul cnn new york. the station at the center of greece deadly train crash will appear in court today, he will face charges connected to

tuesday's collision, authorities say at first he blamed the disaster on a technical fault but later admitted to making a mistake. 57 people died when the passenger train collided head-on with a freight train. cnn lenny joins us from greece >> the station master will be appearing before prosecutors today to give his version of what transpired, and this is a significant step, because initially he said he made a mistake, and he had sort of admitted to what was going on, but we'll hear details about what we heard and the recording when he spoke to the train driver saying you should pass the red lights and also ordering the switch key operator to not turn the key and change track, that will be absolutely vital in understanding what happened. in meantime being in athens you

get the sense everyone is traumatized, there's a peculiar energy when you walk in the streets and speak to people. i guess it's pretty much evidence in some of the newport news headlines, i want to show you a couple. this is just a black page with candles, this being quite a few vigils around the country every single church is holding memorial service there's another headline called striking it says guilty and fatal and showing people that perhaps are responsible for this including the transport minister that resigned, prime minister, station master and few other people leading the enterprises there will be peaceful protests that are also organized across the country, they will be occurring in around an hour's time. people here feel that there was a lack of maintenance, that they hadn't been focused on a very well known fact that the railway system urgently needed upgrading, the railway,

according to the e.u., had the worst in the index across the european union, it basically shows this was something that had been discussed. another vital points to this is the pain and anger that ensued in the aftermath. most people. most passengers on the train were young university students. there was only one survivor from the first carriage which we know 57 people dead, 13 people in hospital and seven in critical condition. this is a story that will plague the country many months >> reporting live from athens, greece, thank you so much, elaine >> we turn focus to israel where protesters packed the streets for the 9th straight week to condemn the policies of the country's far right government. police say at least 150,000 people demonstrated in tel aviv

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this is cnn. american author marion williamson announced she will once again run for all president in 2024, the democrat launched her campaign on saturday, setting up a primary challenge to president joe biden, who is widely expected to seek reelection. williamson told supporters she's running to fight social and economic injustices. which she says are caused by corporate money in politics. williamson preached a similar message during her previous campaign in 2020. >> the biden administration is pledging another 400 million dollars in security assistance ukraine as the country tries to fight off a russian push to take the city of bakhmut. cnn pricilla alvarez has more on what the package will include. >> the pentagon announced new

security assistance for ukraine, valuing up to 400 million dollars, consists of more ammunition and support equipment in statement pentagon said this will are artillery rounds, demolition, vehicle repair equipment all of this is part of that concert effort by biden administration to continue to support provide to ukraine as it enters the second year of war with russia, making this a top priority and meeting with german chancellor scholz, scholz shown strong and steady leadership, he's a crisis leader in europe an critical partner to the united states and the two leaders needing to discuss what assistance will look like moving forward for ukraine, all of this against the backdrop of

intelligence that suggest that is china may provide lethal aid or at least is considering lethal aid to russia as well as concerns about a russian offensive in the coming weeks or months. president biden and the pentagon here announcing more assistance to the country and this one valuing up to 400 million. cnn wilmington. >> to talk about the bilateral meeting we're joined by london, senior policy fellow to on foreign relations good to have you with us, a somewhat quiet bilateral visit? >> yes, absolutely. it was very quiet visit. german chancellor basically didn't bring anyone, to entourage, press, there was no big press conference, state dinner or anything like it. it was very much sold as a working visit and opportunity for the both for the heads of state and government to discuss

the urgent topics that are on the agenda at the moment. >> now, chancellor scholz made it clear repeatedly that he works with the united states in lock step when it comes to ukraine. he has reiterated that again during this bilateral meeting. we've seen that with the leopard tanks, it's not supplying tanks unless the u.s. agreed to supply tanks as well. has that put strain on bilateral relations >> good question, being discussed a lot in berlin, i don't know so much about dc the whole saga around the leopard tanks the germany didn't want to deliver in the beginning and then decided to deliver, there's been a lot of uncertainty and speculation about it to this day it's not entirely sure whether scholz really asked president biden to deliver them and he gave in.

that's what jack sullivan on the u.s. side said but the german government said no, it wasn't, we didn't put pressure on the u.s. this was a -- decision that we made together, it's not entirely clear how this came about but the message but both really want to send, scholz and biden is a message of unity also among the european and american partners. i don't think they will discuss or they were discussing this issue in particular, that that's yesterday's news, now we're moving forward, but it is true that this was a bit of an odd episode. >> i'm asking that because i mean, what does it mean, you know, this position germany has taken, you know, kind of seeking cover from the united states when it makes these decisions regarding military aid to ukraine, what does it mean for europe's strategic autonomy, the

continent should become less reliant and europe can finally defend itself. >> it's fair question and one i've asked myself. i would agree that the fact that chancellor scholz seems to be looking more to the u.s. including any other partner, insuring all the european sovereignty, we have been discussing for a few years now, that at this point, they're not really, they haven't really materialized yet. it is true that the u.s. is the most important actor when it comes to the western alliance support for ukraine, and to be honest i would have liked germany and also france and other europeans to step up and take more of a lead. all of these countries are supporting ukraine and they're also working together but the choice in particular has been looking a lot to dc more than to, say, london, london also announced they were sending tanks before the u.s. did but that didn't seem to have an

impact. it just shows how central the u.s. is in the western alliance in that we still need the u.s. president in particular to kind of take the lead and make everyone follow that lead. >> and are the u.s. and germany on the same page when it comes to china? >> broadly speaking, question, on details there are questions. so i think in the u.s. it has now been really the decided that the china main competitor possibly even future opponent, hopefully not enemy we'll see how this developing, the position is likely nuance and trade relationships with china and the europeans don't want to kind of proefshg a confrontational cold war where it is, i think when it comes to details there are differents and i think by the way this is one of the topics discussed the role

of china in ukraine more broadly i think chancellor i think is trying to find a common position on china broadly speaking they're on the same page but when it comes to details be it sanctions on technology, strained relationships all kinds of ways to work together, last sentence europeans wants china on board for anything related to fighting climate change, that's also one of the reasons why europeans, germans, really want to keep china engaged in international discussions. >> thank you so much for joining us. >> my pleasure. the war in ukraine taking political brutality inside russia to a whole new level not that the kremlin crack down on decent has ever been anything less than harsh but has matthew chance reports. the political opposition now

surging. >> it takes a certain type of bravery to stand up to the kremlin. across the country, using arrests and beatings to crush decent against the ukrainian war. some even war protesters even drafted into the army in accrual punishment to passivism. >> political opposition a risky business in putin's russia is now essential outlawed with prominent opposition leaders like ilia, yashan recently sentenced to eight and a half years in jail for criticizing the conflict. this will all end soon, he shouted in defiance but little real reason for optimism, this was vladimir, another leading

opposition figure in moscow in 2015 after surviving a suspected poisoning that to hands of kremlin agents, allegedly poised again in 2017 and survived that too, only to be imprisoned last april on charges ranging from disobeying the police to treason. the price of silence he wrote from jail was simply unacceptable. >> the price of speaking out against putin's russia is extraordinarily high. case in point, the former president of georgia a country lost the brief war with russia in 2008. >> my small nation will never give up freedom. >> two years ago, he was imprisoned in georgia in what his supporters say were trumped up charges now this one-time

putin feax is at death's door allegedly poisoned too and accusing moscow of orchestrating this, the kremlin rejects this but the family is adamant. >> to put someone in this state after a year of imprisonment was unexpected. >> for years, kremlin critics have been ruthlessly silenced like anna, russia's most prominent investigative journalist until she was gunned down in her moscow apartment building in 2006. or former russian agent poisoned in london in the same year. in 2018, a former russian spy, sir gay and his daughter were poisoned in britain using a potent nerve agent. they survived. >> few years before, russia's

leading opposition figure boris nempsaw was shot dead within sight of the kremlin. the kremlin denies, but exiled, jailed poisoned or killed is how so many of putin's critics seem to end. matthew chance, cnn london. >> china's national people congress is gathered for the annual session and the policies approved here will likely be felt far beyond china. a live report from beijing just ahead. ♪. ♪. because it stinks. ♪ tell me w why ♪ no, you tell me why i can't get rid of this odor? ♪ have you tried new downy ririnse and refresh ♪ it doesn't't just cover up odors, it helps remove them 3x better than detergent alone. ♪ yeah ♪ guess the odor went bye bye. no, that's not us. sorry. rinse odor away with new downy rinse and refresh.

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it offer as glimpse in beijing's policies and goals, it's largely a formality with dell gets signing off on policy decisions that already finalized by top leaders, china premier expected to step down after ten years in the post delivered an opening address on state of country and beijing continued hard line towards taiwan, take a listen. >> we should persist in implementing our partily overall policy on the new era on resolving the taiwan question. firmly adhere to the one china principle and the 1992 consensus, and firmly take resolute steps to oppose taiwan's independence and promote reunioncation. >> china is plan major boost to the defense spending this year.

what can you tell us, steven >> the ministry spend to increase is very much related to taiwan, as you heard the out going premier mentioning the south governing democracy beijing never controlled but never renounced the use of force to, quote, unquote, reunited with the mainline, when you look at the increase spending 7.2% for 2023 slightly higher than last year's 7.1% but it marks the trend of continuance growth several years in a row and when you take china's economy into consideration that translating into 224 billion u.s. dollars, really dwarfing those of china's neighbors, many of whom are having all kinds of disputes with beijing, not to mention rising political tensions between the united states and china as well. now, recently we have seen the u.s. for example, expand its access to military bases in the philippines and also teaming up

with the u.k. and australia to develop nuclear powered rings for the australias, there's region arms race going on this r that's why the chinese spending increase is concerning for many people but the biggest concerning issue for the legislatures here this year is probably the economic recovery after the government abrupt exit from the 0 covid policy really wreaking havoc on this economy for much of last year, after the initial chaotic deadly exit from december, we have seen the economy post a very strong rebound in manufacturing in construction in services but the question now is how sustainable is this rebound that's why the government target for this year, the gd growth target around 5% according to the premier, that's relatively modest figure by chinese standard probably a reflection of the government's

realization they face a lot of strong head winds domestically and internationally here at home. of course, unprecedented in the real estate sector and high youth and employment internationally as you know, the war in ukraine raising interest everywhere not to mention the u.s. crack down on technology transfer to china. >> reporting live from beijing, thank you so much. may want to send a thank you package to his guardian angel. we'll show you the driver's close call captured on security camera. also, feathers flew and birds got away from her causing a foul at a sports game, and no, we didn't mix up our competitions. ♪. ♪.

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getting seriously hurt or worse when a tree toppled after hours of rough weather. well, he was still scanning packages on the porch when he said something felt off, and he heard a creeking sound and saw a shadow out of the corner of his eye when he started running, after the tree crashed on the porch, tony was unharmed but still called the home's owner to make sure she knew what happened. meanwhile in southern california some residents in the mountains are still buried under several feet of snow after a severe winter storm lashed the region last week, and many are getting more and more frustrated as they're running out of food, medicine, gas, as roads remain closed. cnn camilla burn has the story. >> we're seeing progress today, we've seen a lot of crews firefighters, officials from the county going into the mountains with heavy equipment to try to clean the roads.

we know members of the national guard are there as well. that is their priority, trying to clear the roads so residents can come in and out of the mountain. as of now, officials are saying the entire process will likely take about five more days, that's where a lot of frustration is coming from, there are people that have been stuck in the mountain already for days and they're being told to prepare for even more time at home without being able to access a lot of basic necessities, i spoke to one woman who was able to come down from the mountain, she came down she says in order to buy supplies to buy food, because there's so much snow on her roof she's afraid it will collapse of the problem is she's not allowed back into her home, officials are telling her you'll have to wait about five days to get back in, she was extremely frustrated even in tears as she was explaining her situation, here's what she told me. >> basically we're trying to save our home. that's all we want to do. get home, they should let us up there, we bought a lot of

groceries yesterday, even a restaurant asked us for stuff, we have tons of food that had to go to waste we had no where to store it. we need food, some need diaper, some people need medicine, some people cannot get insulin on times, pharmacies are closed, it's crazy up there, they're not letting us go up >> officials apologizing for how long this process is taking but said look we're also dealing with walls of snow, it has not been easy and they're doing everything they can to help the people that truly need it. they're bringing in food, even using helicopters and just trying to get to the needs of the people that are stuck in the mountains. again, asking for patience, they're saying that this is going to take awhile. camille, burn, cnn san bernardino california. >> usually if someone gives the umpire a bird it's not a thing of beauty, but as we her a women's softball a game was

interrupted when two colorful parrots decided to get a closer look at the action. >> they took the field causing a flap. >> multiple parrots on the field. >> two to be exact. delighting >> just gorgeous birds. >> and freaking out the women's softball players at the university of central florida's field causing an umpire to duck. >> rain delay, yes, but parrot delay? >> that's absolutely a first. >> chad was the home plate umpire. when one of the parrots made a home on his shoulder. >> i felt the wind from the wings, and a gaps from the crowd >> was go to the replay. >> one landed on the umpire. >> chad was so unphased he pretended to put on his mask as if to resume the game with the parrot on him when he tried to

touch the bird, the parrot retreated to the other shoulder, who are these mystery birds? >> the one who eventually got tired and decided to land on the umpire. >> megan brown owns tiki and lee le ling them and i free behind the stadium, they always come back during our interview the parrots dislodged her glasses attacked the lens and pecked it. >> hi, lee la, and purged or megan's head. she said she's a little surprised tiki didn't nip the umpire when he touched him at the feisty age of eight months. >> he's normally kind of a >> >> bit chad loved tiki >> it was just a great moment. >> after about half a minute, one of the grounds crew lured the bird to him and escorted tiki out. the umpire's coworkers teased him.

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