right now on early start, the new poll releasing this very minute showing nikki haley is closing the gap on donald trump in one early primary state. plus the republican front runner planning to be in court just hours from now while his lawyers argue he s immune from prosecution. hi, everyone. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. good to see all of you. i m omar jimenez in for kasie hunt. it is tuesday, january 9th. we are we have a lot of news to get to. let s get going. we want to start with 5:00 a.m. in washington. we have a brand new cnn poll for you all. that poll shows donald trump s lead narrowing as nikki haley surges. the former president now at 39% of likely gop primary voters with haley just 7 points behind at 32%. the rest of the field hovers at least 20 points further back in the poll taken just this week. chris christie is at 12% fo followed by vivek ramaswamy and ron desantis in single digits. now trump is roughly where he was
we re live with what all this means for a critical moment in the war. health officials are on their way to ohio following that toxic train derailment. the health concerns residents say they are now liveing with despite assurances from local officials. plus funeral services set to be held today for alonso baggily, the man killed by police. we re getting our fist look at the body cam video shows the moments leading up to his shooting. plus taking up arms, how some asian americans are taking steps to protect themselves following an increase in awe tacks on the asian community. that s coming up on cnn this morning. welcome to the weekend. saturday, february 18thth, we re so grateful that you are starting it with us. good to be with you. coffee has kicked in, so let s go. vice president kamala harris condemning russia s acts in ukraine as crimes against hu humanity. she delivered the rebuke against russia had in a speech before the security conference. here s a clip.
i m ann marie walker. i m alex march quart in for boris sanchez. the house of representatives finally elects a speaker. how kevin mccarthy gets the votes. remarkable progress for damar hamlin and the moment he face timed his teammates from his hospital bed. and new details on the horrific murder of four idaho college students. what we re learning from a recently released affidavit and the father of one of the victims tells cnn why he believes the group was targeted. plus, the fda grants approval for a new alzheimer s drug. the reported benefits and the concern coming up on cnn this morning. it is saturday, january 7th. thank you so much for waking up with us. thank you so much for having me back. alex, it s great to be with you. we re matching. we re in lock step together. good to be with you, alex. happy new year. and to you. thank you so much. who needs reality tv when you have cspan. cnn after days of deadlock, 15 ballots and a lot of deal making, republi
debated over the last several hours, whether or not a deal to free the israeli hostages has been approved or not. we don t have that information for you quite yet. as we await the developments here, obviously very significant. thank you, matthew chance. thank you, all of you for joining us. ac 360 starts now. the waiting must be almost unbearable, but for at least some of the families whose loved ones have been held captive by terrorists for the last 46 days, the waiting could be closer to being over and their loved ones could be that much closer to coming home. john berman here in for anderson. just moments ago the israeli s full cabinet meeting ended with hamas. the cabinet meeting just ended. we do not know what they decided on. according to multiple sources, these are the proposed points of a possible agreement. hamas would free 50 women and children, mostly children, taken on october 7th. in exchange, israel would release 150 palestinians and take a four to five day
thank you so much. we re following growing backlash over lloyd austin s sudden hospitalization on new years day. the problem is president biden and others didn t know until days later that austin was even in the hospital. the white house says the president has no plans to fire austin, but there already will be a review of the process and procedure. alex march quart has more. reporter: it has been a week since the country s most senior defense official has been in the hospital. very few people were aware. the pentagon now says that secretary of defense lloyd austin was rushed to walter reid last monday due to severe pain after elective surgery right before christmas. the pentagon revealed even for the initial procedure in december, austin and his team didn t tell the white house or austin s deputy. now shock and anger from both parties are now spreading across washington for austin s failure