happening now, joe biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy can just wrapped up their first high-stakes talks on raising the nation s debt limit. mccarthy telling reporters moments ago that he thinks he and the president can find some common ground. also tonight, mourning in memphis, as tyre nichols is laid to rest three weeks after he was brutally beaten by police. we ll take you inside the emotional funeral and the urgent outcry for police reform. and cnn is in the trenches with ukrainian soldiers on the eastern front, as officials in kyiv warn that russia is gearing up for maximum escalation of the war. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. stories. important developments in the debt limit showdown right now. joe biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy just wrapped up a very high stakes meeting at the white house. their first face-to-face since mccarthy won the gavel. our reporter is on c
pandemic, getting infrastructure passed up on capitol hill, as well as one of the largest investments in climate change initiatives that was passed earlier in the fall. this would certainly mark a big moment of change for the white house, as president biden is entering his final two years of office, and potentially launching another re-election bid. ron klain has worked with biden for a very long time, dating back to his time in the senate, also as vice president and advising his campaign from the outside back in 2020. cnn has reached out to the white house for comment on this and has yet to receive comments specifically. the new york times today is reporting on a very significant development as they say the white house chaff ron kli chief of staff ron klain will step down in near weeks. is he stepping down, does it have anything to do with the recent classified documents, handling of, you know, from the white house? is it instead, as the new york times is reporting,
see that s accumulation, three quarters of an inch, we have threat and ice reports across the south, the mid south, and we still have ice storm warnings in place, winter storm warnings. there is your winter weather alerts across texas and the deep south. as this continues for tonight, we ll start to see it taper off by tomorrow morning. but temperatures might not get above freezing until late tomorrow or even friday for some folks. let s hope it warms up soon. jennifer gray, thank you very much. coming up, is tom brady finally ready for retirement? what the legendary quarterback is now saying after he temporarily stepped away from the game last year. i m bill lockwood, current caretaker and owner. when c covid hit, we had some challenges like a lot of businesses did. i heard about the payroll tax refund, it allowed us to keep the amount of people that we needed and the people that have been here taking care of us.
resign right now, nothing gets solved. what she s proposing is elections next year, 2024, in april, which is two years ahead of schedule. that s what she s offering. the protesters say that s too long, we want elections now. wow. this is incredible. all right. keep us posted on all the developments. rafael romo, good to see you, thank you. after nearly six years in office, new zealand prime minister jacinda ardern says she is stepping down. why she says she doesn t have the energy to seek re-election next. i m bill lockwood, current caretaker and owner. when c covid hit, we had some challenges like a lot of businesses did. i heard about the payrololl tax refund, it allowed us to k keep the amount of people that we needed and the people that have been here taking care of us. see if your business may qualify. go to getrefunds.com.