thursday, january 25th. we have a lot to get to this morning, including the red flags with donald trump s campaign coming out of new hampshire. new exit polls are exposing his weaknesses in a general election. it comes as the haley campaign what a shock, by the way. you mean he s weak in a general election? who would have i don t know. ever seen that in 2017, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, or 23. this is so shocking. who could have seen this? it comes as the haley campaign says it has seen a significant bump in donations since tuesday s primary. look at the orange. okay. we re going to go back. it s a really pretty dress. it is a beautiful dress. gorgeous. we wonder about the makeup, you know, it is caked on orange. i i don t know what s going on there. look. could be i don t want to i don t think it d be right to talk about someone s appearance. it is not presidential. the dress and the orange. exactly. i think i would probably, if
we begin with vladimir putin delivering a major speech doubling down on the goals of russia s so-called special military operation in ukraine that began a year ago. it is a day after president biden s surprise visit to the ukrainian capital. this teach along with biden s planned address in warsaw setting up an extraordinary split screen moment hours apart, the two leaders laying out their vastly different visions of the conflict. we have coverage from every angle. clare sebastian, let s start with you. on the heels of biden s unexpected historic trip to kyiv, what is vladimir putin saying this morning? well, this was unmistakably a tirade against the west. this was president putin blaming the west for starting the war in ukraine and escalating it, blaming the west for the casualties. he said west started it and russia is using force to try to stop it. and he says russia has been trying to work through this through peaceful means. take a listen. translator: i ve done absol
not staking together. he thought he could outlast us. i don t think he s thinking that right now. reporter: while zelenskyy called the moment the most important in the history of the u.s.-ukraine relationship. translator: this is the visit in this most difficult period for ukraine when ukraine is fighting for our own liberty. today our negotiations were very fruitful. they were very important and crucial. reporter: negotiations about continued military aid. today president biden announcing an almost half billion dollar aid package including ammunition, howitzers and air defense, but big-ticket items like longer range missiles and fighter jets still up for discussion. tran tran this conversation brings us closer to victory. reporter: this surprise, unprecedented visit on the eve of a bloody anniversary. extreme secrecy shrouding biden s journey. no word but there were signs, deserted streets and heavy police presence suggesting a prominent arrival. president biden left
but that could rise even higher, as officials carry out more search and rescue missions today and work to access areas cut off from flooding. more than 800,000 customers are still without power in the state. and new today, the ft. myers police department is warning residents to be on the lookout for hurricane recovery scams. ft. myers beach will be closed for the next week. as some are demanding answers over whether lee county ordered mandatory evacuations soon enough. every loss of life you have to say to yourself, what could you do differently next time. should that have been done differently? unfortunately, we can t bring anything back. we ll look and find out. i want to know because it s an issue i had as governor trying to stay what did i learn to make sure we don t lose a life? the new york times had one of the six models, one model said 40% probability. and that s what they re hanging their story on. we have done everything we can from using state resources,
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