Meantime up on capitol hill as son hunter biden is sitting for what could be a very long deposition with congressional lawmakers takers, and Scorched Earth in texas. Very dangerous wildfires have now exploded. One of them burning three acres every second hello, im wolf blitzer in washington in euro, the cnn newsroom we, begin this hour with President Biden over at the Walter Reed Medical Center outside washington, dc in bethesda, maryland. Thats where hes currently getting his annual physical exam. This likely will be the last public update on his health before the november president ial election. President biden is 81 years old, the oldest sitting president in us history. His age at the age of his likely opponent, donald trump, who is 77, are becoming campaign issues. See you then, White House Correspondent Arlette Saenz and dr. Jonathan reiner are standing by to join me. Dr. Reiner is a cnn medical analyst and a professor of medicine and surgery at the George Washington university. H
Trial. Well have expert legal analysis for you on that in just a moment. Also ahead, the end of an era for Senate Republicans. The partys longest Serving Leader in the Upper Chamber is stepping down at the end of the year. Well take a look at Mitch Mcconnell legacy and who could replace him. And that comes as congressional leaders now have a deal to fund part of the government for a few more weeks, giving lawmakers a little more time to get a lot done. O get a lot done good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, february 29th, a weekday, just what we needed this year to be a little longer. Im jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. And we begin with some massive news that broke late yesterday. The Supreme Court has agreed to consider former President Trumps claim of president ial immunity in his federal election interference case. The conservative courts decision to hear the case will further delay a potential trial. The high court has scheduled argument
President biden is at Walter Reed Medical Center for the physical. The visit was unannounced. The White House Press secretary said last week he was due for a physical. Not exactly the same thing as putting it on the schedule. Just Out Of The Blue having the marine one Helicopter Land on the lawn if front of all the reporters while he takes off. The white house says it will release a summary of the results of the president s medical examination later today. That information will likely be closely scrutinized. The president at 81, oldest commanderinchief in u. S. History. Americans taking part in polling across the country show a majority of voters think he is not fit to be president for another four years. Those same concerns were amplified earlier this month in special counsel robert hurs report on the president s handling of classified material. That report described him as sympathetic wellmeaning elderly man with a poor memory. It sounds benign but has really done damage for him. Wel
the 2024 road show has begun. the lead starts right now. president biden leaving the beltway. taking the state of the union message to voters in some key battleground states. will he get cheers or jeers from the american people? then, more than 12,000 people now have been killed. the death toll from the earthquake in turkey and syria continuing to rise to staggering heights as hope fades of finding survivors left in the rubble. and a passenger s battery catching on fire mid flight, forcing a plane to make an emergency landing and sending four people to the hospital. what you need to know about flying with potentially dangerous electronic devices. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. the scene after the state of the union address looks like the campaign trail. president biden is in the crucial swing state of wisconsin, where he is talk ja jobs and the economy. echoing the themes of last night. kamala harris is in georgia, another key battleground state, that you mig
the fbi at all about the hunter biden matter. reporter: while democrats slammed the premise of wednesday s hearing. it s an abuse of public resources and abuse of public time. reporter: james comber making clear this is just the beginning. i can assure you this committee will succeed in holding the bidens accountable. so much of the evidence of wrongdoing from this family is located in that hard drive that you all led the american people to believe was russian disinformation. reporter: now, despite what we ve heard about james comer s private conversations with elon musk, we didn t hear new bombshells from twitter. we got an indication from the democratic witness, a former twitter employee, that the trump white house actually reached out to twitter at one point asking them to pull down a tweet from celebrity chrissy teigen when tegan unleashed a rant against