congress, right? is there push to impeach the president implodes their star witness has been indicted for lying about the bidens and bribes. a big embarrassment for house republicans who are still vowing to push ahead tonight. also so an uproar over a first of its kind, ruling, the alabama supreme court says that frozen embryos are children and destroying them could land you in prison it could impact fertility treatments for people who want to have a baby. and tonight, president biden is weighing going it alone to address the border prices. after republic look, it s tanked a bipartisan border deal. an executive action that would make it harder for migrants to get asylum and easier for the us to deport them. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source tonight, the impeachment investigators are back on cattle capitol hill, justin time to interview their first member of the biden family under oath, the president s brother, james, and they re preparing to haul in hunter biden to
agents shirt after commander bit him in the chest, bite to a different agent required six stitches. the first dog has since been removed from the white house. thanks for joining us ac360 starts now tonight on 360. what house republicans are saying now that they ve learned their star witness and the biden impeachment inquiry, who s already been charged with making up allegations does he got the dirt he was peddling from russian intelligence. we re keeping them honest. also tonight, what we re learning about the russian american dual nationals now being held in russia, and how $150 charitable donation may have factored in charges that could send her to prison there for 20 years. and breaking news in the lawsuit brought by the parents of gabby petito against the parents of brian laundrie, the fiance, who admitted he killed her good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin tonight with breaking news just a short time ago, the president s brother, james biden, finished up more tha
joining us. we begin tonight with breaking news just a short time ago, the president s brother, james biden, finished up more than eight hours of testimony before the house oversight committee investigating what some republicans on the committee of alleged is criminal conduct by the biden family, though that meant committee chairman james comer was tied up for much of that time. the chairman has spent the remainder of the day dodging reporter s questions about the news which broke last night, about their star witness in their case. his name is alexander smirnoff he was charged last week with lying to the fbi when he claimed to have knowledge of corruption by president biden and his son hunter, involving ukraine then last night court documents reveal that he said he got the bogus smear material from russian intelligence now we should say at the outset that he is only an alleged liar, not a proven liar in his claims about ties to russian intelligence are just that claims what i
tonight. the news continues right here on cnn welcome to the lead i m jake tapper in this hour and immediate chilling effect in alabama after a ruling by the state supreme court equating frozen embryos to children. the term quote, wrath of god, uses to justify the decision coming up. the ivf treatment now on hold in that state as clinic thanks. and patients in the state consider their legal liability plus the shocking headline today in the new york times that would grab the world s attention. that headline reads, quote us warns allies. russia could put a nuclear weapon into orbit amid this year we re going to start this hour with breaking news sources telling cnn that the white house is considering new executive action on the southern border. let s get straight to cnn s priscilla alvarez at the white house. priscilla, this executive action would target asylum for migrants. tell us more. that s right, jake, the idea here is to limit asylum at the us mexico border f
official tells cnn that karelina, a dual-citizen, traveled to russia on january 2, that the us found out about her arrest just a few days ago on february 8th, her boyfriend spoke to cnn earlier tonight knowing casenia is that s the difficult bodies. i know who she s she s she s so full of life, she needs to be out this year. the sensory needs to be with a french she needs to live life, i believe in america, i do believe that america will bring it back to me and that s the hope i m holding onto. right now. we are told us officials have not been given consular access to karolina. russia is claiming that she will be detained until april that we ve seen them extend those before. we ll continue to keep an eye on that. thank you so much for joining us. tonight on 360. what house republicans are saying now that they ve learned their star witness and the biden impeachment gray, who s already been charged with making up allegations, says he got the dirt. he was peddling from russi