it is the first day of black history month. happy black history month, everybody. or as ron desantis calls it, month. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. we re going to get to what is happening down in florida. there you key caitlan is live on capitol hill. president biden face s a series of investigations. also moments from now, the gop is gearing up to kick congressman omar off of a key committee. big questions on whether or not they have enough votes. they believe they do. they face some pushback from republicans. also hunter biden with a counter offensive. the president s son demanding investigations into those who access data from his personal laptop. what is behind this really aggressive new legal strategy. we ll get to all that in a moment. we re going to begin with breaking news out of ukraine. there is heavy shelling this morning. live to sam kylie. sam, hello. what are you hearing? well, hearing is quite literally what we ve been doing here,
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
group, the russian army that is now dominating the battlefield. another outfront first. a young chinese woman who took on the country s strict covid policies posted video, if you are seeing this, i ve already been taken by police, and now she is missing. there are other fears that other young women may also be argued the. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the breaking news, 42 rounds. that is how many shots were fired in the monterey park mass shooting that left 11 dead inside a dance studio. according to a press conference that just wrapped up moments ago. the l.a. county sheriff was there and answered questions about the motive behind the horrific attack, including rumors that it was committed due to jealous, relationship issues. here s what he said. we re hearing those things too, but have not confirmed any of that information. it s part of what our investigators are diligently looking into. so many questions tonight. here s w
i get accused of all kinds of things every single day as does every member that serves in the public eye. but that doesn t stop you from doing your job. it is our duty, and it is my duty. the fbi just seized my phone. oh, yes, congressman scott perry under investigation by the doj for his role in the plot to over turn the 2020 election, will now be part of the investigation into his own investigation. just the latest in a long history of republican oversight madness. also tonight, two big depositions. fox s main man, rupert murdoch, under oath today about his network s role in pushing false election riggling theories as donald trump makes a very telling mistake in the e. jean carroll rape allegation lawsuit. plus, florida students can take a.p. courses in italian culture, german culture, and japanese culture, but ron desantis has decided learning about african americans, quote, lacks educational value. but we begin the reidout tonight with the republican circus that h
unusually high for november, we live in daytime highs researchers in the uk say blood that of around 17 degrees, some rain in the north west, has been grown in a laboratory has been put into people, sunshine further south east. in a world first clinical trial. it could help scientists manufacture rare blood groups. and liverpool have drawn holders real madrid in the last 16 of the champions league in a repeat of last season s final. the head of the united nations has warned the cop27 climate conference in egypt that nations must co operate in the effort to reduce global emissions or perish. antonio guterres decribed the progress made since last year s gathering in glasgow as woeful. the prime minister, rishi sunak, is expected to warn world leaders later that it s essential that countries stick to the commitments made then to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius above pre industrial levels. delegates have now agreed to discuss sending money to poorer nations to hel