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thank you for wicking up with us. i am amara walker. >> i'm paula reid in for boris sanchez and i am thrilled to be back with you today. >> thanks for coming back. i am glad we didn't scare you away. well, we are following two top stories this morning. a solemn moment expected today in alabama. president biden will visit selma to mark an important moment in civil rights history. the 58th anniversary of bloody sunday. and a raucous welcome for former patient. the conservative political action conference in maryland facing a slew of investigations. the twice impeached republican promised a reckoning with democrats and establishment republicans. >> in 2016 i declared i am your voice. today i add i am your warrior, i am your justice, and for those who have been wronged and betrayed, i am your retribution. i am your retribution. >> a lot to get to this morning.

let's begin with priscilla alvarez in delaware with the president. this is president biden's third trip to selma but his first as president. what are we expecting to see today? >> that's right. it's going to underscore voting rights. remember this was a march that happened in 1965, as you said, he is marking the 58th anniversary and it was a march in where police attacked voting rights activists and that's really what he is going to focus on today. the white house said that he wants to commemorate this event and underscore we should not erase history. he is also expected to talk about voting rights being integral to economic justice and civil rights for black americans. he is not only going to provide remarks but also going to walk across the bridge as is typically done on this anniversary. as you mentioned, this is not his first time. it is his third. it is his first time as

president. he is going to commemorate and one where two years ago in 2021 he signed the executive order for promoting access to voting. so all of those themes are expected to be tied into this event when he goes later this afternoon to provide those remarks. amara. >> and right now as you know, a lot of questions about whether if and when biden will run for re-election. what is he trying to accomplish today? >> reporter: well, of course, he has a lot of support among black americans. this is a constituency that helped him in the presidential election before. but the other aspect of this is that he has that executive order that i mentioned and there are parts of it that voting rights activists say need to be worked on and need to happen before the next election if he leaves office. and so that's part of what's going to happen today and what voting rights activists are urging the administration to

continue to work on, especially when congressional action just seems less likely given the fact that the house is controlled by republicans. so it's a mix of speaking to his constituency part of who buoyed him to the presidency, and also putting an emphasis on voting rights at a time where the executive action is the most likely action on this front. >> priscilla alvarez, thank you. and former president vowing to stay in the to 24 race for president, telling reports he wouldn't think about leaving. and trump taking center stage on the last night of the 2023 conservative political action conference in maryland. >> headlining that conference. and before an adoring crowd dec declaring his run as the final battle and taking veiled jabs at some republican opponents. here is christian holmes with more.

>> reporter: well, former president talking to a very enthusiastic crowd here at cpac. he painted somewhat of a fatalistic picture of the 2024 elections saying the people knew he needed to win and took on the establishment, talked about obliterating the deep state and went after republicans in particular. take a listen. >> we are not gag back to people that want to destroy our great social security system, even is some in our own party. i wonder who that might be. that want to raise the minimum age of social security to 70, 75 or even 8 # in some cases, and that are out to cut medicare to a level that it will no longer be recognizable. >> reporter: that was a thinly veiled jab at florida governor ron desantis while he was in congress did say that he supported changes to those programs like social security and medicare. we know that donald trump has

already started to take on desantis. of course, desantis himself has not entered the presidential race but he is seen as trump's most formidable opponent should he decide to do so. and it was very clear here as we were walking around cpac for several days that had had become the trump show. florida governor ron desantis was not clear. former vice president mike pence also not here. they notably skipped the event. instead, it was a who's who of maga world, including a number of speakers like don jr. and matt gaetz when supported trump in 2024. but it did also show the deepening divide in the republican party and just how ugly this primary is expected to get. >> thank you for that. joining me now to discuss is daniel strauss, senior political correspondent for the new republic. good morning, daniel. thank you for getting up early for us. what are your big takeaways especially from last night in this speech from the former

president? >> first, let's set the scene here. it is trump country now and that didn't used to be the case a few years ago, cpac used to be rand paul country. now this is very much a trump fest. and i think that is a big reason why we didn't see two of the likely or declared presidential candidates at this event. but i think the most remarkable comment he made in his speech was that he would stay in the race regardless of whether he faces any kind of indictment. this really shows that former president trump sees his candidacy as a shield against any prosecution in the coming months despite the number of investigations against him. it's also telling that he used this speech to needle ron desantis not by name on social security and medicare. desantis isn't even in the race yet, but trump has devoted a fair amount of time and attention to the florida

governor. and this shows just how serious a candidate desantis would be if he became an official candidate in the race. what's telling here overall is that this is going to be a divided primary. this is going to be a large primary. trump has failed to totally scare any other candidates away from jumping in, and that is pretty cheelear in the speech h gave. >> when you look at the cpac attendees, you mentioned this is a trump country, cpac is not what it used to be, you know, many years ago, but among the attendees who were surveyed they said that their first choice for the 2024 gop nominee, 62% said they would prefer trump. this isn't exactly reflective of how the republican party feels, right? this is a party that is divided when it comes to its allegiance to trump and the way forward? >> yeah, that's true.

but you also have to remember that this point in any presidential cycle candidates aren't really focused on general elector elector. they are interested in activists. that's who comes to cpac, activists. the fact that trump is leading the polls shows that he has the most support among the activist community that buoys and pro fells candidates early in the race. it is telling, but it isn't reflective of who is going to vote in the end. >> back to his speech. it was nearly two hours. we heard a lot of the same themes that he pounded, you know, in 2016. you know, this angry, you know, talk about, you know, the deep state, fear mongering. is that going to, i don't know, resonate again? >> these are his greatest hits, i guess. it's something that i think we are going to see in the coming

weeks and months. there has been a visible fraying of support for trump among the republican grassroots, but still it's telling that he can go to cpac and he is the main event and the headliner. but i have heard over the coming -- over the past weeks and months the phrase like time to move on, time for something new among republican strategists in reference to trump, and that really is an indicator that there is an interest to some extent in something different and something other than trump. >> how much should the likes of nikki haley and mike pompeo take away from their reception? really was lukewarm to them, to their speeches, and also to their presence. i mean, what does this portend for them, especially for nikki haley who has announced her run and mike pompeo seems to be intent on jumping in the race as well? >> it's pretty clear that they

both have an zwrup hill battle in terms of name recognition. neither would-be candidate or candidate is extremely well known. neither is in elective office right now and have the benefits that come with that. in the coming weeks and months i think we will see efforts if pompeo gets in the race and by haley to really differentiate themselves and highlight their candidacies among the gop field. >> you know, the lurch to the right, also, you know, on display, quite noticeable at this conservative political action conference and michael knowles said transgenderism u.s. must be eradicated from public life entirely. some may argue this is outside the mainstream perhaps of republican policy. but do you see this as kind of, you know, a sign of the platform, you know, that the republicans are going to

prioritize, especially when it comes to culture wars and identity politics? >> you do just because this is a common theme among all of the candidates and would-be candidates. and again right now this is the time in the presidential cycle where candidates are activists and the fact that they keep bringing up cultural war topics and these discussions about threats in the classroom, threats about transgenderism. i think it tells you that what their analytics, their polling shows that this resonates with the activist base of the party. so at least for the next few months this is what they are going be talking about. >> that's for sure. daniel strauss, appreciate you joining us this morning. thanks for the conversation. so a shelter-in-place order has been lifted in the town of springfield, ohio, following a train derailment. another one on saturday afternoon.

20 cars came off the tracks. no injuries were reported. this is the second time a norfolk southern train derailed in the last month. what a witness saw. >> i was watching it and people are sitting there and you could see it off the tracks, kicking up gravel and stuff. once the cars started coming off and going sideways and collapsing on each other, it was time to go. that's when i take off and you kinda see everybody going backwards down the road and getting out of there. >> terrifying, especially given what the state has been through. officials say the train was not carrying any toxic materials and there is no risk to public health. norfolk southern teams are expected to be on site soon to begin the cleanup. all right. this morning multiple states in the northeast are digging out from yesterday's heavy snowfall and winter weather that caused at least 13 deaths. over the last two days the storm system battered parts of the south and midwest with major flooding and hurricane-force

winds capable of toppling tractor-trailers. >> in kentucky video captured the moments a delivery man narrowly escaped being hit by a falling tree. that was a close call. 250,000 people are still without power in kentucky and the state's governor says it could be days before electricity is restored to some customers. >> utility partners are working quickly to restore services but this may take some time. this is very significant, widespread damage. throughout kentucky, it is multiple utility providers that are working and it's going to take at least days to get power up in some places. >> meteorologist allison chinchar has been tracking the weather for us. >> the good news, especially for the folks in kentucky, today will be full of sunshine which will help the cleanup process. same thing for a lot of other states. the difference is going to be in the western half of the country.

we have a series of low pressure systems here that are going to be causing some problems for a lot of states. in fact, take a look. you have numerous location under wind advisories and winter storm warnings the next 48 hours . right now you have them in a couple of spots. snow in the high plains areas of utah and idaho and pretty heavy rain pushing across the sierra nevada. here is a look, too. we have the focus of not just this snow, but also the wind. you have got wind advisories, high wind warnings and red flag warnings indicating not just windy and dry and that could increase the potential for wildfires there. but even the other areas. you are talking wind gusts up around the 50 to 60 miles per hour once you get into the higher elevations, could be higher than that. so certainly something to keep a close eye on. here is a look at the next wave as we go through the next 24 hours. heavy snowfall in oregon and northern and central california. that begins to spread eastward into some of the other states

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surrounded. cnn correspondent melissa bell joining us now live from kyiv. melissa, give us the latest on the battle for bakhmut. >> reporter: well, for the time being it continues despite the extraordinary loss of life. not just on the ukrainian side. on the russian as well. what we have been hearing from the deputy mayor of bakhmut this morning and he is outside of bakhmut, they've had to go, it's civilians left inside, but the administration had to leave the town center. he was explaining it is another day of hell in the town. it is mortar strikes, artillery strikes. the russians he says throwing everything they have at leveling this town and targeting multi story buildings, any residential buildings they can find in an attempt to try to weaken the ukrainian resolve to hold on to it. four and a half thousand civilians is the estimated number of civilians still

inside. the deputy mayor points out there are two districts of downtown that are completely without communication. they started to evacuate them on the 27th of february, he says, at the height of the evacuations there were five to 600 a day managing to get out of the town. they are down to five to ten a day. that tells you about the desperate plight of the civilians trapped inside partly because of the access routes have been badly hit these last few days. so some civilians managing to get out, but many still trapped and really what is a picture of hell, amara. >> and ukraine is looking towards rebuilding. they are plan to use seized russian assets to do it. what can you tell us? >> reporter: that's right. what we have been hearing is from the deputy prime minister of ukraine this morning holding a press conference in lviv where leaders are talking about war crimes and also speaking to the potential reconstruction of

ukraine and saying ukraine announced it seized $460 million werth of russian assets from banks that were in the country and that it's going to use those funds towards the reconstruction of ukraine. of course, that just part of the many billions this have been pledged by the outside world, the united states, of course, with 1.1 billion specifically aimed at rebuilding the energy sector and also the billion promised by the european union. so ukraine even as it continues to fight this war and try to keep pressure on russian troops at those flashpoints, including bakhmut, looking how to rebuild its economy afterwards. i think that is an important point in terms of morale for the country as it tries to get past these terrible first few weeks. >> melissa bell, appreciate you being on the ground for us. and sources tell cnn the u.s. is trying to determine how long it could take to train ukrainian pilots to fly an f-16 fighter

jet. as you know, president volodymr zelenskyy of ukraine has been campaigning publicly for these f-16 jets for some time now. now, two pilots are currently being vaulted in tucson, arizona, on flight simulators and officials are looking at how much training would be required to fly military aircraft, including the f-16. in a statement to reporters, official describe the exchange as a, quote, familiarization event and the military to military dialogue with ukraine. as the war in ukraine drags on opponents of president vp ladim putin face a decision. do they challenge the kremlin and speak out against the war? >> putin's critics face danger, even death for speaking out. details from cnn's senior international correspondent matthew chance. [ crowd chanting ]

>> reporter: it takes a certain type of bravery to stand up to the kremlin. across the country arrests and beatings to crush dissent against the ukraine war. some anti-war protesters even drafted into the army in a cruel punishment for pacifism. always a risky business in russia, now essentially outlawed. with prominent opposition leaders recently sentenced to 8 1/2 years in jail for criticizing the conflict. this will all end soon, he shouts in defiance. but there is little really reason for optimism. this was another leading russian

opposition figure in moscow back in 2015 after surviving a suspected poisoning at the hands of kremlin agents. he was allegedly poisoned 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. but the price of speaking out against putin's russia is extraordinarily high, too. case in point. the former president of georgia, a country lost to brief war with russia in 2008. >> translator: we will never give up freedom. we will never give a square mile. >> reporter: two years ago imprisoned in georgia in what supporters say were trumped up charges. now this one-time putin foe is

at death's door, allegedly poisoned, too, and accusing moscow of orchestrating his plight. the kremlin rejects the allegation. but his family are adamant. >> to put somebody in this state after a year of imprisonment, that was unexpected. >> reporter: but for years kremlin critics have been ruthlessly silent, like russia's most prominent investigative journalist until she was gunned down in her moscow apartment building in 2006. or a former russian fsb agent poisoned in london in the same year with a radioactive isotope. in 2018, a former russian spy and his daughter were poisoned in britain using a potent nerve agent. he survived. three years before, russia's

leading opposition figure was shot dead within sight of the kremlin. of course, the kremlin denies any connection to any crime. but exile, jailed, poisoned or killed is how so many of putin's critics seem to end. matthew chance, cnn, london. >> thank you. turning now to north korea which is objecting to the latest u.s./south koreaen joint military exercises. pyongyang is calling on the united nations to urge them to stop. >> the united states and south korea carried out an air drill on friday. it involved u.s. long range bombers as well as south korean fighter jets and the two countries announced another ten days of large-scale exercises next week. >> according to ckorean state media, they say it's inflaming

the situation on the korean peninsula. and teams from the iaea could be in iran within the next few days reinstalling equipment to monitor nuclear capabilities. this development came out of a meeting between the iranian president and the u.n.'s nuclear watchdog. >> at a news conference they said iran will allow concrete access to people of interest and more sites where your uranium is being enriched. they will insist in the investigation of uranium particles. they called it steps in the right direction butted there is more work to be done. and coming up, there are growing concerns over an albuterol shortage nationwide. some doctors fear a recent supplier shutdown may strain hospitals. passing through their uk port every year.

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to the medicine that they need. and the manufacturer that shut down was the only company to make a certain bottled form of albuterol a staple in children's hospitals. we will be watching this closely and the impacts it might have on patients and hospitals. back to you. >> quite concerning. thank you. and rates of congenital syphilis are skyrocketing here in the u.s. in just the past ten years, listen to this, they have increased by about 700%. >> mothers unaware that they are infected are passing the sexually transmitted disease to their child during pregnancy. cnn's elizabeth cohen has more. >> we are losing a lot of men to venereal disease, general. thank you. see for yourself. >> reporter: world war ii government health campaigns like these warned u.s. soldiers about the dangers of syphilis. it took decades but eventually

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other children born with syphilis suffered liver problems or become deaf or blind. congenital syphilis rates have increased 700%. in 2021, 2,600 babies born with the infection. 200 died. por . >> syphilis and congenital syphilis are things that many doctors have not seen in their careers. it's important for people and providers to be aware that syphilis has returned. >> venus' illness, other babies deaths could have been prevented with penicillin. >> something we should be able to eliminate in the country because we have the ability to screen and properly treat everyone. >> reporter: now a fate from 80 years ago -- >> if we could have discovered the condition of the mothers before the fifth month of pregnancy, we could have help them. >>. >> reporter: that fight is back. a disease that was on its way to

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>> reporter: plus, all this. >> the whole concept is to create a healthy environment to move forward. >> reporter: a half step in the right direction. one veteran toiled me. >> it's great they are opening one building but they still owe us over 1,000 units of housing for the veterans. >> reporter: in november we met joshua petit, an unhoused iraq war vet. >> build us housing. they could send us to war and you are not going to deal with us? no. >> reporter: are you moving in this week? and why? >> age and money. >> reporter: for that building you have to be 62? >> yeah. >> reporter: you make too much money on disability benefits to move in? >> from the v.a. i make too much from the v.a. to live at the v.a. >> reporter: he hopes to get a spot in another building soon. >> nobody is telling us nothing. another delay. >> reporter: as of today, 57 veterans live here in permanent homes provided by the v.a. once there were thousands. this land nearly 400 acres was

gifted in the 1880s by one of christine barry's relatives. >> it wasn't given to anybody but veterans for a home. >> reporter: but over the years veterans were moved out, the v.a. focused on the hospital, land was leased for parking lots, oil drilling, ucla's baseball feet. >> it's upsetting they show more importance on baseball stadiums than us. >> reporter: and the exclusive brentwood schools lovely sports facilities. this land was mismanaged. >> where did all that money go? >> for years i believe it was stolen, parts of it. >> reporter: in 2016, after settling a lawsuit, the v.a. agreed 1,200 units would be built for homeless vets by the best case timeline they should be open by now, but just 113 are ready for move-in. do we know when we are going to hit the 1,200? >> we are on track to do it in ten to 12 years. >> that's unacceptable to reach that 1,200 marker.

in l.a., high-rise apartments go up all the time. doesn't take 12 years. >> reporter: but the developers have to raise the money. the v.a. only pays for the utilities. the department of veterans affairs has failed miserably, read an l.a. times editorial in december after another lawsuit was filed demanding the v.a. has 3,500 homeless vets around this crumbling campus and obey the law and tear up the lesions for the likes of brentwood schools. you are one of the plaintiffs. >> yeah. >> reporter: the v.a. has to monday to responds. told cnn in 2020 the v.a. provided 1301 permanent housing placement to formally homeless veterans in los angeles. despite that progress, there is still work to do. there is. there is those brentwood school facilities are still here and a few thousand vets are still living homeless on the streets of l.a. and people die on these streets.

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. nba superstar ja morant has been suspended after gnashing what appeared to be a gun during an instagram live stream. >> carolyn manno joining us from new york this morning with the details. >> good morning to you. well, morant is a young superstar, he has lucrative endorsement deals and he is admitting he is struggling with coping with the pressure of being in the nba spotlight. the 23-year-old was live-streaming inside a club overnight on friday when he briefly pulled out what looked

lining a gun and hours later the grizzlies announced he would be away from the team at least the next two games. the nba is also investigating this now. it's possible he will face additional punishment. this is the second time this career he has been the subject of a league investigation. they are apologizing. he said he takes full responsibility for his actions for letting down the city of memphis and the organization and that he is going to use the time away to get help as he put it and to work on learning better methods of dealing with his stress and his overall well being. elsewhere on the court, in sports the 76ers visiting the bucks. milwaukee a 16-game win streak, the longest in the league this season. up by 18 late in the third quarter but philly stormed back. james harden would hit a three to bring it within one. he had a game-high 38. joel embiid had 31, including

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♪ hello, everyone. sunday, march 5th. i think it might be spring break week for some of you and your children. at least it is for me. thanks for waking up with us. i'm amara walker. >> i'm paula reid in for boris sanchez. great to be with you again today. >> thanks fo joining us this morning. we begin with a solemn moment expected today in alabama. president biden will visit selma to mark an important moment in civil rights history. the 58th anniversary of "blbloo sunday. >> this is president biden's third trip to selma, but his first as president. what are we expecting to see today? >> reporter: well, we expect him