tech execs were accused of having blood on their hands. a parent that he apologized to is here tonight. plus, the fate of ukraine s top general up in the air this evening. could a major military shake-up be under way? we have brand-new cnn reporting on what it means for the state of the war. also tonight, a stark warning from the fbi director on major threats that are facing the united states. christopher wray says hackers in china are preparing to wreak havoc, and we aren t paying enough attention. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. it s incredibly rare these days to see any kind or shred of unity on capitol hill, but even more astonishing, what we saw today were the words that were directed at the chief executives of the five big tech companies today. meta, tiktok, snap, discord, and x, formerly known as twitter. angry members of the senate judiciary committee confronting them about their companies ties to the deaths of children, kids who were in some way
rnc meeting which shows the maga elitism problem the party faces. this is behind the closed doors. the r fl rnc meeting has a behind the doors closed meeting. this is a departure from the past. you can see how it used to look in the old days. take haley barbour, 94 rnc chair or michael steele who so many people know from the similar meeting they held when he was chair to the closed press secret meetings. this is a file photo that shows the contrast over the years, the tightening secrecy. why is it a secret? the rnc is clearly trying to duck any further pressure, scrutiny or efficacy to end the employ primaries which would have tried to declare the primaries over and trump the nominee. the rnc said haley should drop out, trump has to be the winner. this morning nikki haley did something unusual, something trump hasn t done, which is face questions from a different and more adversarial set of interviewers. she went, just like biden has, to the breakfast club and took the que
right now. hi, everyone. it s 4:00 here in new york. this month could be a pivotal one for the mountain of legal troubles for the disgraced, twice impeached liable for sexual ex-president. because he happens to be the front runner for the republican nomination for an historically unprecedented third time, it could be a pivotal month for the 2024 election with our democracy as well. any day now, we are expect odd to hear from the d.c. court of appeals on trump s claim that he cannot be prosecuted for trying to overturn the 2020 election. because his efforts took place when he was president of the united states. the so-called immunity claim. no matter what happens there, either trump or jack smith is expected to appeal. we are also waiting on a verdict from a new york judge in the blockbuster $370 million civil fraud case brought by the new york attorney general against donald trump, two of his sons and the trump organization. and then there s the case that could kick trump o
a brand new poll releasing right about now reveals what voters now think of joe biden and america s economy. plus the trump organization s former financial base is in talks to potentially plead guilty again this time to perjury. and i ve told this to anybody who will hear it. i am not going anywhere. nikki haley is holding out even with calls for her to quit the race. but for how long. what s going on, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m omar jimenez in for kasie hunt. it is friday, february 2, 5:00 a.m. on the east coast. coming up, a new cnn poll, numbers just in, they show america s deep pessimism about the economy might be easing up even if only a little. 26% say the economy is starting to recover versus 48% say it is still in a downturn. which doesn t sound great until you compare it to the poll last summer when only 20% said the economy is recovering. like practically everything else now, views of the economy are sharply split
ice beneath the waterline in terms of what this means for all the people that interact with it that you don t see, but this is happening to all versions of this. it s what it means to be sort of holding up democracy in this day and age. you be to be prepared for late night cellphone calls threatening your family. thank you, my friend. you bet. and thanksfr to you at home for joining us this hour. sous the matchup of the year is set, and it s a rematch of 2020. it s the same teams. it s the red team versus the other red team. that s right. kansas city chiefs are set to face-off yet again against the san francisco 49ers in super bowl lviii. okay, all right. if you thought that was a wind up toou the likely battle betwe president biden and donald trump in 2024, well, it is also that, too. and that is because bear with me here a segment of right-wing media is convinced that the kansas city chiefs qualifying for the super bowl this year is actually a vast left-wing consp