questions about his 2024 ambitions. let s get to cnn s arlette saenz. she joins us from delaware where president biden is spending the weekend. what more do we know? reporter: well, jim, this will mark a significant shift in the leadership at the white house as cnn has confirmed chief of staff ron klain is expected to step down from his post in the coming week. sources saying that that is expected to happen after the state of the union address set for february 7th, but klain would stay on for a transition period as they work toward his replacement. now this comes as klain has steered the ship at the white house since the beginning of biden s presidency. seen accomplishments such as steering the country and getting covid-19 relief passed up on capitol hill. there was also that massive infrastructure bill, as well as historic investments when it comes to climate change initiatives. of course there have been a host of challenges facing this administration that klain has over
been. i told president zelenskyy when we spoke in kyiv yesterday, i can proudly say that our support for ukraine remains unwavering. meanwhile, russian president vladimir putin is dialing up his rhetoric against the west, suspending participation in the last nuclear arms treaty with the u.s., even using the word war as he sends a clear message about what russia has long called a special military operation. translator: i would like to repeat, they started the war and we used the force in order to stop it. complicating questions about the future of this conflict, china s top diplomat is now in moscow this morning. live reports from russia, poland, and ukraine in moments. meanwhile, back here at home, a compounding crisis in ohio, the head of the epa is back in east palestine today as a clinic is set to open to address the community s health concerns following the derailment of the train with toxic chemicals on board. can they treat the mistrust building in the community
make sure you have downy unstopables in-wash scent boosters. well, tonight, we ve got some newly-released video from the august deposition of the former president donald trump as part of the new york attorney generals civil investigation into fraudulent practices at the trump organization. trump taking the fifth more than 400 times and his deposition, saying in the released video that, well, he d be a fool not to take the fifth. anyone in my position not taking the fifth amendment would be a fool, an absolute fool. one statement or answer that is ever so slightly off, just ever so slightly, by accident, by mistake, such as it was a sunny, beautiful day, when actually was slightly overcast, would be met by law enforcement. but this is frankly just one piece of the broader investigation surrounding trump as he s trying to jump-start his 2024 campaign. i want to bring in cnn political commentators charlie dent and ashley allison, back with us also is cnn legal analyst elli
melugin and gillian. great it would have you in week two. and the dew points in delaware, and even some democrats are supporting investigation into classified materials. and we have lucas on the lawn of the white house. good afternoon, gillian. and they are he a they are curious why the president is at his summer house in delaware. and the president is going to the rehoboth home, does that have to do with classified documents found. it is relates to the documents, the president takes is seriously, i would reefer you to the white house counsel s office for any new developments coming from here and as relates specifically to the investigation, i would refer you to the department of justice. president biden first arrived in washington as a u.s. senator 50 years ago this month, when richard nixon was president. and and after days of ignoring reporters questions about his classified documents the president responded late this week. i think you re going to find there s
a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the understand and around the world. i m bianca nobilo. and i m max foster. just ahead justice for tyre! we re all tyre now. and we re all going to stand up with his family. it has been treacherous for people traveling. once this ends in dallas, we ll see another wave of this. anyone in my position not taking the fifth amendment would be a fool. in people who are part of his base who say that he is the victim of a witch hunt. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, february 1, t 9 ong:00 omiin london. and in memphis, there are calls for police form and tyre nichols will be laid for rest. and his brother says that tyre would want this to be as peaceful as possible. my brother is the most peaceful person you ever met. he has never lifted a finger to nobody. never raised his voice to nobody. and if my brother was here today, he d tell us to do this peaceful. t