2023. russia baselessly accusing america of being behind the drone attack on the kremlin. ukraine denies any involvement in that. we called the white house and pentagon. waiting for their reaction. another regional bank may be in trouble. shares of pac west are plunging 50% after the bufrpg ank could seeking a sail. police arrested the gunman accused of shooting five women inside of a medical center. one was killed. the suspect caught after an hour s long manhunt. and jack smith is looking into how the trump organization handled surveillance footage from mar-a-lago. and may the 4th be with. carrie fisher will get a star on the hollywood walk of fame today. star wars fan? um i can say i haven t seen star wars . i didn t want to admit. but i ve always loved her. and i m glad to see her honored in this way. let s get to the breaking news. this just coming in. russia is now accusing the united states of being behind that drone attack we told you about yesterday
senator joe manchin s team confirming that he will, quote, unequivocally not support any climate provisions in the democrats economic package or consider raising taxes on the wealthy or corporations. moments ago president biden took off for saudi arabia in a highly anticipated and controversial meeting with the crown prince mohammed bin salman. the president is seeking to boost oil flow and reset the relationship with the kingdom, less than two years after vowing to make saudi arabia a pariah for its human rights abuses. cnn s kaitlan collins and wolf blitzer are in jeddah, saudi arabia, where the president will be visiting. wolf, to you first. the president, before he left the west bank, met with the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas this morning. he continues to advocate for a two-state solution, announced an aide, but right now there are no substantive talks between the israelis and palestinians. where do those negotiations stand and where does a two-state
but let s begin in saudi arabia where the president is set to land. nic robertson is joining us there from jeddah. so they are waiting obviously highly an takes pay thing this arrival. what is the sense there ahead of this meeting, one that clearly the saudis wanted not only to have but to have images for the world to see, really legitimizing the regime? reporter: yeah, there is a real sense here that this is a moment for the saudis to have to get through because they know the focus and international attention that will be on president biden casting them as a pariah for the murder of jamal khashoggi. they recognize that. but they really feel that this is a moment to sort of punch through that situation. they are very keen to have face-to-face with president biden. they believe the very fact that president biden is coming here kind of resets the relationship so that they can get to the things that they want to get to which are all the sort of economic development investmen
the subaru forester wilderness. dog tested. dog approved. love. it s what makes subaru, subaru. something to keep an eye on, a trump executive and his son are expected to testify in the mar-a-lago classified documents case. sources saying that prosecutors are planning to ask about the handling of surveillance footage as well as conversation that s happen between employees after they were subpoenaed for that footage last summer. cnn first report that footage has been of particular interest to the special counsel jack smith and that prompted a new round of grand jury subpoenas. let s bring in our senior legal affairs correspondent who got this exclusive reporting along w with cnn s reporter. why is this so important to jack smith?
ver verse controversially his son. he will try to reset the relationship with the kingdom less than two years after vowing to make saudi arabia a pariah for its human rights abuses. while the president is away, in the u.s. the democrats economic package that had been in gosh negotiations for months multiple forms up ended again by joe manchin. the democrat says that he will not support any delay moot provisions or consider raising taxes on the wealthy or corporations, it is a massive blow to the administration as they set to meet international climate commitments the u.s. has already made. not sure how they meet those now. new overnight, cnn first report, january 6 committee is getting new information that corroborates former white house aide cassidy hutchinson s account of what happened between former president trump and his secret service agents after the january 6 rally when he wanted to go untop to the capitol.