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just ahead on "cnn newsroom" -- >> mr. president -- >> a decision on whether to seek an indictment is very close at hand and frankly it is quite likely here. we're not out of the woods with the winter storms and this is a big one. we're looking at this as a big event. >> all four of the americans who were kidnapped are back on u.s. soil. >> we heard gunshots and there were 12 continuous shots. we saw people being taken away in black bags. >> liver from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster and bianca nobilo. >> it is friday, march 10. this 4:00 a.m. in new york where donald trump may be just a short time away to become the first

former president ever to be criminally indicted. >> the district attorney's office recently offered him one final chance to testify next week. that would be before the grand jury hearing evidence in the stormy daniels hush money case. according to the ti"times," in almost always indicates an indictment is close. >> the investigation centers on $130,000 that within time fixer michael cohen paid to daniels to buy her silence near the end of the 2016 campaign. cohen was later reimbursed by the former president. according to the "times" trump has yet to testify but is expected to decline. >> anderson cooper spoke with elie honig about what the offer to testify means for trump and whether he might be indicted. take a listen. >> this tells me that decision on whether to seek an indictment is very close at hand and frankly that an indictment is quite likely here. this is an unusual feature of

new york state law that says when prosecutors are getting close to indicting someone, you have to give that person a chance to testify. that is different from federal law. and you would not do this tactically as a prosecutor until he w you were at the very end stage because on the off chance they accept and comes into testify, you need all your ammo to question that person. so this tells me that we are in the end stage of this. but if you do testify being anything you say can and will be used against in you an eventual trial. >> western u.s. is in the midst of a multiday flood threat. governor newsom has requested a presidential emergency. more than 60 million people are under flood alerts and man of them just starting to recover from intense storms in recent weeks. >> we've been working every week when we can since then, and it

is just starting right now to feel like it was before the storms. so this is kind of discouraging to be facing it all over again. >> the flood threat is enhanced by rain falling on top of snow pack especially in the mountains. the weather prediction center says the most vulnerable areas are creeks and streams in the foothills of the sierra nevada. the storms are also expected to bring heavy wet snow to the highest elevations, some areas could get pounded by up to 8 feet. wind is also a factor. 20 million people across the rest are under high wind alerts. and this extreme weather will continue into the weekend. derek van dam has the latest. >> new overnight, the weather prediction center really upping the ante with the latest atmospheric event pounding the state of california with heavy rain and snow. they have issued their highest alert level for flash flooding in and around monterey county

and to put that into context, this is the first time they have done that since 2010. still overnight, the moderate risk of flash flooding for san francisco bay region. and friday the high risk level extends further south it the central sierra nevada mountain range. remember all the events we've covered so far this winter dumping copious amounts of snowfall, burying homes and vehicles quite literally? this particular storm will be milder than the previous atmospheric river events because we're trappdipping in on take g moisture. you can track the train all the way from hawaii into the state of california. the various computer models that meteorologists look to indicate that the freezing level is actually going to be about 1,000 feet higher than what we previously anticipated yesterday. that means more rain will fall

out of this system on top of that deep snow pack that you saw just a moment ago. there will still be snow, several feet of it across the sierra nevad range, but more rain anticipate d acros the central valley to the coastline. this will allow for rapid snow melt, potential for flooding, landslides and mudslides, and the flood watch continues. here is the first event lasting through the day friday and moves inward along with the moisture bloom and then look what is waiting in its wings. another rain and snow event anticipated by the end of the weekend and early part of next week. u.s. labor department will release the monthly unemployment report for february if just a few hours and more strong job numbers could push the federal reserve towards another heavy interest rate hike. >> nasdaq and s&pless about 2%

each. january's report surprised everyone showing more than half a million new jobs. there is all on the heel of president biden laying out his budget for fiscal year 2024. he hopes tax increases on the wealthiest americans will slash $3 trillion from the federal deficit. and he vowed to protect social security and medicare and keep insulin prices low. >> do you know how much it costs to make it and package it? $13.50. and charging the kind of money they charge, guess what, guess what, now we've lowered the cost of insulin to maximum $35 a month. >> the trading day gets under way in the u.s. in just over five hours time and here is where futures stand right now. it is not looking so good as we start this morning. meantime european markets are

already up and running and again same story here as we know that concerns are hitting big banks. and asian markets again not a good picture. mexican drug cartel thought to be responsible for kidnapping four americans last week and killing two of them has reportedly issued an apology letter. >> the gulf cartel himself handed over five of its members to local authorities according to images posted online and an fibl f official familiar with the investigation. >> cnn can't confirm any of that. v rosa authflores has this update. >> reporter: all four back on u.s. soil, the two americans who were injured had been in the united states since tuesday getting medical attention. the other two americans, the americans who were killed, were

returned to the united states late on thursday. there was a caravan of vehicles that crossed from matamoros to brownsville, texas that carried their caskets. they were taken to a funeral home. a second autopsy is expected this as we learn more about the hours and the days after the kidnapping of these four americans. mexican authorities saying that they found a clinic where these americans were given or stayed and they also seized an ambulance that was used to transport the americans to that clinic. it is important to note that in mexico there are private ambulance services and there clandestine clinics in the area. we're also learning from mexican authorities that mexico has sent hundreds of troops to this area to secure the border. according to mexican authorities, that includes 200 mexican army soldiers and 100 national guard members. all this as a source within the

state ag's office telling cnn that this is still an ongoing investigation and that they are investigating all angles. rosa flores, cnn, brownsville, texas. the death toll from the shooting of a jehovah witness center in hamburg is climbing. seven people are now confirmed dead along with the gunman. not long ago the german chancellor condemned the attack calling it a brutal apct of violence. >> no word yet on a possible motive. seven wounded, some seriously. >> and jim bittermann is tracking this live from paris. as max was saying, initially the police thought that there could have been several specifics involved, but late updates suggest just one gunman who was shot or died last night. what are you learning about the investigation? >> reporter: well, in fact the investigators are working flat out according to the interior minister to find out exactly

what the background of the shooting is. and they do believe that the gunman was found dead at the scene among the seven victims and the eighth person was said to be the gunman. but they are working to see exactly what the motive of this might be. it is known that jehovah witnesses have long been discriminated against in europe. in germany itself, there is about 170,000 members of the jehovah witnesses and about 2 th ,000 congregations. discrimination has taken all kinds of forms. here in france for example in the late '90s, the organization lost its tax exempt status and they fought hard against it. they eventually won it back after taking an appeal to the european court of human rights. and so it is a group that has faced this kind discrimination in the past not only in europe but other parts of the world.

that might have something or nothing to do with it. we're expecting a briefing from police in about two hours and so maybe we'll have more information on what kind of motivation there might have been behind this attack. but as you mentioned, seven dead and along with the gunman who is also dead. >> jim bittermann, thank you. protestors in georgia aren't going away quietly even as the ruling party has revoked a foreign agents bill. tens of thousands gathered outside parliament. >> some calling for early elections while others want government reforms that help move georgia toward membership of the european union. georgia's president congratulated protestors on what she called an important victory. >> translator: i commend the authorities for taking the right decision to revoke this law. they recognize the true power of the people. the unity exhibited with this move. >> georgia's interior ministry says it has released all the

demonstrators who were detained and still investigating those who attacked police and committed other violent acts. governor desantis is taking a break from the culture wars. many see him as trump's biggest rival for a republican presidential nomination. the story straight ahead. plus russia is reportedly changing its game plan with its missile strikes on ukraine. you'll hear about new tactic. and then the secret negotiations that allowed thousands of ukrainians to leave a steel plant early in the war. but before we go to break, take a look at members of the ukrainian choir rehearsing alongside the chorus of the london royal opera house. they have been exploring both traditional ukrainian music and a selection of operatic music for their sold out concert on march 16 dedicated to ukraine. mucinex nightshift fights your worst nighttime symptoms so you can get to sleep and wake up ready to go. how could you?

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barrage on thursday leaving at least six people dead and more than 20 wounded. >> kyiv says russia did something knew, it fired different types of missiles and drones at the same time including some that ukraine can't shoot down such as russia's hypersonic weapons. salma is here to explain all of this. it is an interesting tactic. >> absolutely. more than 90 different missiles fired, plus several different drones iranian-made drones. if you look at the weapons list of what was used during this massive assault all across ukraine from odesa to lviv, you see things like the hypersonic missiles which can evade air defenses. also land, air and sea, some of these missiles being fired from warships in the black sea, airstrikes as well. the result is that some cities like lviv shook for the first

time in nearly a year. we're seeing residential buildings destroyed, several civilians killed, several injured. kyiv there the electricity grid was impacted as well as in several other area of ukraine. so again civilian infrastructure impacted. some of the power has been restored, but we've seen the scenes repeated elsewhere. the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as well was impacted by that, disconnected from power. and president zelenskyy has been clear that this new tactic no matter what it is is still not going to make people stand down. i want you to take a listen to what he said about it. >> translator: we have already shown what ukraine is capable of. no matter how treacherous the russia's actions are, our state and people will not be in chains. neither missiles nor russia's atrocities will help them. >> russia's defense ministry says this is retaliation for an alleged cross-border attack that

took place a few days ago. ukraine denies involvement in that attack. but i think that it shows you it is a reflection of the kremlin's thinking when retaliation looks like attacking civilian areas. >> yesterday when you joined us, you mentioned how the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant had been knocked off the power grid for the sixth time i think in this conflict. obviously raising a lot of alarm. what more do we know about the safety of the plant at the moment? >> i think what shook me is the quote from the head of the international atomic energy agency. he said one day our luck will run out. and that is the concern. we're talking about a nuclear power plant right on the front lines that is russian-occupied but run by ukrainian engineers and ukrainian staff that has over and over again been impacted by these massive missile attacks, by these massive strikes coming from moscow. the eiai saying this is

dangerous and on the brink and unacceptable. there have been several visits of course by the nuclear watchdog, but that has yet to find a resolution to this. so you are still looking at europe's largest nuclear power pl plant caught in the crossfire with no solution as to how that plant can be stabilized and people can be certain that it doesn't become something worse. >> and running on emergency power, so not completely out. >> no completely out. it goes in to blackout mode. but you are still talking about a nuclear power plant. and there is still concerns when talking about supplying power to a nuclear power plant and that supply not be stable. >> salma, thank you so much. early into russia's invasion of ukraine, a brutal siege unfolded in mariupol. thousands sought refuge in the

steel plant which russia then bam boa about him barreded for week. >> secret talk were under way that allowed a safe evacuation and surrender which then allowed russia to fully seize mariupol and secure its long sought land bridge. al nex marquardt has this exclusive report. >> reporter: three months last year russian forces lay siege to the azovstal steel plant. more than 2,000 taking shelter deep under ground. in the port city of mariupol, it was ukraine's last stand. after vladimir putin spoke on state television ordering the plant sealed off, quote, so that not even a fly can escape, these new exclusive videos show that some of his top generals were dispatched for intense never before seen oig negotiations

with the release and surrender those in azovstal. and these photos are from a ukrainian member of parliament who previously was a paratrooper. he told us he reached out to old contacts in russian security services. [ speaking non-english ] soon he said two senior russian military intelligence generals were involved. and both are highly decorated. general zoren involved in russia's campaign in syria seen here with president as sad. and the other general is deputy head sanctioned for cyberattack including election interference and eu and uk for the 2018 poisoning in england of a former

russian intelligence officer and his daughter. this clip shows them at the steel plant surrounded by ukrainian troops which russia calls nazis. [ speaking non-english ] three times he went to mariupol which he says was under constant shelling. a senior ukraine intelligence official joined him and took charge of the talks with the russian generals. [ speaking non-english ]

in ellie he elhe early may, civ released but soldiers still under attack. on may 16, a final deal was struck, soldiers would leave, russia would take over mariupol. first soldiers emerged on stretchers. many others carried or limping. they surrendered their weapons. general zor een seen here speakg with the military commander. he says he went with the soldiers as they were taken deeper into russian occupied ukraine.

he says that he continues to try to work on bringing home those remaining fighters who were of a azovstal, around 2,000 are still being held in russia or russian-held territories. and for his work in marmariupole got a commendation letter for his important and invaluable help in ending the siege at azovstal. alex marquardt, cnn, lviv. in the coming hours u.s. president biden will welcome european commission president to the white house. >> the two will discuss continued cooperation on ukraine. and also focus on china as well as investments in clean technology. this is on the heels of her visit to canada as she pushed to more access for canadian raw materials. and former governor of south carolina heads to iowa to drum up support for her presidential

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manhattan district attorney is signaling a near end to its investigation into donald trump's hush money payments to stormy daniels. trump denied the alleged affair and claims that he had no knowledge of the payoff. the u.s. is nearly a year out from the presidential primaries, but in some corners respec the 2024 election is already a hot conversation. >> and ron desantis visits iowa in the coming hours, he is seen as former president trump's biggest rival for the republican nomination. and troom ump still looms larger republican politics. >> reporter: in iowa breakfast is served with a hearty side of politics. >> welcome to the west side conservatives. >> reporter: in less than a year, these republicans will help start the 2024 presidential contest. yet talk has already turned to the end of the campaign revolving around one question above all. >> we like him.

he question is can he win. >> reporter: he of course is donald trump who remains at the center of the conversation of a regular gathering of loyal conservatives. >> right now he is close to getting that majority probably more than anyone else, but it didn't work last time and we're concerned about that. >> reporter: a clear sense of trump fatigue has set in among many republicans. but not terry pierce. he still proudly wears his make america great again hat and believes to his core the former president can win again. >> i think donald trump is the only one that can lead us back to where we were in 2020. >> reporter: others are more blunt. >> i'm a trump supporter and if he is not on the ballot, i'm going to write him in. >> reporter: the republican field slowly taking shape. ron desantis visits iowa for the first time friday. nikki haley is on a three day tour here. and trump comes monday. >> he will have to sell himself.

>> reporter: kelly cook is driving around dallas county, fastest glowirowing iowa, and s admires trump but bracing for rising attacks among gop rivals. >> we didn't want two strong candidates to duke it out in the boxing ring and see the best man standing. so hopefully grace, dignity, poise, smarts, calculation, because in the end we're all wanting to support the nominee. >> reporter: david, a des moines businessman, said republicans need a fresh start. shoot party move on from trump? >> i'm not sure he needs a third nomination. donald trump's message is getting a little stale, a little old. looking backwards more than forwards. >> reporter: and bob is president of a christian group family leader. he wants to turn a page. >> there is an appetite for somebody other than trump. >> reporter: is that trump fatigue? >> i think part of it is.

i think part of it is an exhaustion. i think that there is also some people saying look to the next generation leaders. >> reporter: but a field too large and unwieldy he says will only benefit trump. >> if trump wins in iowa, i don't see anybody stopping him after that. >> reporter: republicans like maryann are listening and sizing up all of contenders. mindful the iowa caucuses have a long history of humbling frontrunners and elevating alternatives. >> it is not a two-man race at all. i think that it will be a wide open field. not necessarily in terms of 15, 16 people running, but i think that open in terms of that everybody has got a chance at it. >> reporter: there is an appetite to move on, but others are steadfast in their support of donald trump. but all eyes are on iowa when ron desantis makes his first trip ever tozeleny, cnn.

and nikki haley is taking on social security and medicaid. a risky move. they are critical to most older mens a americans. >> and haley says younger people who are now entering the workforce need to adjust their expectations about when they will retire or the benefits that they may receive. here is how she explained it at a campaign stop in iowa on wednesday. >> social security will go bankrupt in ten years. we need to fix it. how do we fix it? you focus on the duenew generat and what is next. first thing you do, you change the retirement age of the young people coming up so that we can try to have some sort of system for them. second thing is, you limits the benefits for wealthy people. >> haley declined to recommend a specific new retirement age, but said that it should reflect that most americans are living longer.

and she also stressed that people who are now retired or near retirement would not be affected by this plan. >> sensitive topic in an election. a spokesperson for mitch mcconnell says the republican leader will stay in the hospital for a few more days. he is being treated for a concussion after he tripped and fell at a washington hotel on wednesday night. >> the 81-year-old is the senate's longest serving republican leader in history. he was first elected in 1984 and has served seven terms in the senate. another norfolk southern train derailed thursday, this time in calhoun county, alabama. officials say that 37 cars went off the tracks but the train was not carrying hazardous materials and no reports injuries. >> the national transportation safety board is investigating. why are we hearing about so many of these derailments suddenly? >> we were discussing this yesterday, and our producer was explaining about the state of american infrastructure in general but also the fact that we've had a pandemic where

perhaps certain checks weren't carried out. we didn't know. and other factors as well which can affect the efficacy of parts of the infrastructure, even things like climate change. >> the alabama crash is the latest in a string of train crashes across the u.s. and lawmakers want answers from the company at the center of it all. on thursday in washington, d.c., a senate committee asked pointed questions of the ceo of authorize folk tr-- norfolk soi. >> and lawmakers want to know what the long term environmental and health damage will be for those impacted in east palestine. authori norfolk southern says they will make sure the problem is solved. >> i am determined to make this right. norfolk southern will clean the site safely, thoroughly and with urg urgency. you have my personal commitment.

norfolk southern will get the job done. we will be in the community for as long as it takes. >> the disgraced attorney alex murdaugh is appealing his murder conviction for killing his wife and son. one of his attorneys said that it was the next step in the legal process to fight for alex's constitutional right to a fair trial. >> last week a judge sentenced murdaugh for life in prison for the shootings. prosecutors argue that he killed them to distract and delay investigations into his alleged financial crimes. fox ceo is dismissing the allegations from the dominion voting system lawsuit as noise. court filings show that hosts privately ridiculed voter fraud claims but reported them as facts on air. >> the news organization has an obligation and it is an obligation to report news

fillfill fulsomely and without fear of favor and that is what fox news has always done and will always do. and i think a lot of the noise that you hear about this case is still actually not about the law and not about journalism and really about the politics. >> court filings show even his father rupert murder decrease rejected claims that dominion rigged voting machines to that biden would win. and some of the top hosts went too far. china's president is securing his grip on how an unprecedented third tooil term. we'll have a look at the challenges facing xi jinping the next five years. and plus an iranian american held for years in detention begs for u.s. help securing his rel release.

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the 51-year-old namazi was arrested by iranian authorities while visiting the country. and namazi remains in iranian custody today. >> and he is held along with two other u.s. citizens in a notorious prison. and he spoke with phone by christiane amanpour. from inside the high walls, namazi asked u.s. officials to ramp up efforts to secure his release and explained why he was willing to take such a dangerous step. >> the very fact that i've chosen to take this risk and appear on cnn from evin prison should tell you how dire my situation has become by this point. i've been a hostage for 7 1/2

years now. that is six times the duration of the hostage crisis. i keep getting told that i'll be rescued and deals fall apart or i get abandoned. honestly, the other hostages and i desperately need president biden to hear our cry for help and bring us home. and i suppose desperate times call for desperate hmeasures. so this is a desperate measure. >> cnn reached out to the iranian and u.s. governments for comment. tehran has not replied by the u.s. gave us the following response -- iran's unjust imprisonment and about employ exploitation of u.s. citizens is contrary to national norms. the united states will always stand up for the rights of our

citizens including namazi. >> and senior officials meet and consult regularly with the namazi family and will continue to do so until there is an end to the detention. and china's national peoples congress has handed xi jinping an unprecedented third term as president, this makes him longest serving head of c communist china. >> the vote was a formality. it is a highly choreographed event meant to illustrate the unity of the political elite. >> steven jiang is live for us in beijing. this vote was a formality. we knew xi jinping was going to continue, he has obviously had the rules changed back in 2018 to be able to continue beyond two terms, but what did the other votes an appointments of key roles tell us about the communist party? >> yeah, this much is clear,

right? this massive sand storm with almost zero visibility, they now completed the transition that really began last october at the national congress where he got that third term as party boss. because obviously in this system that is where his real power comes from. but this get unquote event on friday is still very symbolically significant because now he has been given a third term in all of his most important titles. even though the presidency is largely ceremonial, he is now basically able to further cement his iron grip over the party, the state and the entire nation allowing him to drive forward this agenda of reasserting the communist party's dominance of every aspect of chinese life. not just politics and military affairs, but also the economic and social cultural affairs. he obviously runs the world's

second largest economy at a time when tensions are rising between china and the u.s. that is something that he actually touched on himself just a few days ago telling delegates that the u.s.-led west has been trying to contain and suppress china in a comprehensive way and vowing to fight back. so tensions are really unlikely to subside anytime soon. but the one potential pitfall of having so much concentrated power in one man's hands of course is he may find himself in a situation where he has no one else to blame when things go wrong as we saw last november when protests erupted nationwide against his draconian zero covid policy. >> steven jiang in beijing, thank you. one of the many fascinating aspects of what we've seen at these meetings and during these votes is a lot of politicians are having to step done because of because -- step down because of the retirement age. i think it is 68 for top

officials. xi jinping turning 70 this year. so it doesn't apply to him. >> incredible. nearby kim jung-un is again showing off his daughter. >> and according to state media the child recently appeared at a live fire artillery exercise. the girl is believed to be kim's s second child and estimated to be about 10 years old. western observer believe recent public appearances of kim and his daughter are meant to show that the kim family dynasty backed up by the north korean ministry will continue after he is gone. >> long term succession planning. rising tensions between israelis and palestinians flared again, this time in the entertainment district. >> a 23-year-old palestinian man was fatally shot by police after he opened fire wounding three

israelis. at the same time, this growing unrest among israelis over a radical proposal to weaken the nation's judiciary. this is the tenth week of large street protests. they blocked major roads in tel aviv. >> and it delayed but didn't prevent lloyd austin from making a brief visit to tel aviv on thursday. during a press conference he took a jab at the proposed changes to the legal system saying an independent judiciary is vital to a strong democracy. still ahead, tiger woods in the rough with his ex-girlfriend, why she's suing to get out of a non-disclosure agreement with the superstar golfer.

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