newsroom and good to have you with us, i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto, and soon former vice president pence could be answering questions, because he has been subpoenaed, and what the special council is wanting to learn from him and what it could mean in terms of executive privilege. and plus another major review in tennessee after the death of tyre nichols, and the shelby county district attorney is expected to review all prior cases involving those five officers is charged for their role in nichols death, and what that could mean. and if the death toll continues to rise in turkey and syria and we are hearing of remarkable stories of survival and one girl survived after 107 hours under the rubble, and hope is understandably dimming in hopes of finding survivors as the crews continue their search there. we begin this hour with vice president pence who is under investigation in regard to former president trump, and so, in regard to this subpoena, what does the white hous
major consequences for all americans. just one hour from now the federal reserve is expected to roll out its eighth straight interest rate hike. experts, executives and the markets all hope it will be one of the smallest yet. just a few blocks away, down at the white house, president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy will sit down for their first stare-down since mccarthy became speaker over the debt ceiling. if one doesn t blink soon, you can say goodbye to federal elt benefits and hello to a financial meltdown, all courtesy of your representatives on capitol hill. let s start with cnn s matt egan over at the fed. matt, is today the day that jerome powell starts to pump the brakes on these interest rate hikes? it certainly looks that way. it would be a big surprise if that didn t happen. fed officials have been dropping hints, strong hints for weeks now that they do plan to dial back this war on inflation today. the thinking is that the fed goes from a 50 basis poin
ukraine. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start with breaking news, the united states military has taken down another high-altitude object flying over the united states this afternoon. the white house announced the object was shot down at 1:45 p.m. eastern time at the direction of president biden. u.s. officials say it was flying off alaska s northern coast at an altitude of 40,000 feet and was approximately the size of a small car. as of now, the administration is not offering many more details than that. we re calling this an object because that s the best description we have right now. we do not know who owns it, whether it s it s state owned or corporate owned or privately owned. we just don t know. the context, of course, is crucial. last saturday, less than a week ago, the u.s. military shot down what the biden administration says was a chinese surveillance balloon. they did this off the coast of the united
history making officials begin the transition to power. progress is not inevitable, but progress is possible. how will they govern? maryland democratic governor-elect wes moore joins me exclusively in moments. and all wrapped up? the january 6th committee completes its work. now it s two republican committee members are leaving congress. i m here to investigate january 6th, not in spite of my membership in the republican party, but because of it. did they make their case and change their party s future? republican congressman adam kinzinger will be here exclusively. plus, making way. top house democratic leaders stepped aside for the next generation. have you heard i was 83? our exclusive interview with outgoing house democratic majority leader steny hoyer ahead. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is wishing you a happy new year. it is sunday, january 1st, 2023, and we hope you re enjoying a restful holiday. here in washington th
Over the years the oscars have certainly had their moments. But none of these have had the Cultural Impact of the Slape Hearmyd around the world. Presenting one of the worlds best documentary. The most interesting thingmih that has ever happened in the Academy Awards happens. Chris rock spots jade pickett smith, will smiths wife sitting in the front row, and she is rocking this bald head. No hai r than most women look with hair. Cant wait. The entire audience Laughsit Tiincluding will smith. She shootris whale this look that she is not amused. Th and thenen will like hitting a light switch jumps up on stage m like aom picture in the bottom f the ninth. Eral violence spiked at the oscars. That is the moment we knew crimn was ou tt of control and liberal cities. First i thought that it was staged. Oh staged. Oh no way did that really just happen. Then he starts cursing at chrisi then he starts cursing at chrisi rockth. Somehow has enough composure to not freak out about it and go on with