happy birthday, everybody. thank you.ha so disney has announced the next star wars movie will be directed by a woman. adm oh, you heard that right. disney admitits they define def a womainn, but the new director is not just any woman. no, she s sharmeen obaid-chinoy annoy, a pakistani canadian feminist activist. ofs you know exactly the kind of person that star wars lectchise needs. the kind whose idea of fun is lecturing you about oppression, welcoming dandruff out of her armpitsf . not heard somebody like that.t h that fancy. i save that one. ant the star secree star wars audience is mostly male. and by mostly i mean. so here s sharmeen in 2015 talking to jon stewart about how she interact s with that horrible gender with the y chromosome. e me i like to maken men uncomfortable. i enjoy making men uncomfortable. see, that explains why jon stewart looked so comfortable. well, no doubt she s made plenty of men uncomfortablene, y especially the ones that own disney
greg: that is true! happy thursday, everybody. thank you. so disney has announced that the next star wars movie will be directed by a woman. you heard that right. disney admits they can define a woman. but the new director s not just any woman, no, she s a pakistani canadian feminist activist. exactly the kind of person the star wars franchise needs. the kind who s idea of fun is lecturing you about oppression while combing dandruff out of her armpits. not her, somebody like that. see i saved that one. it s no secret that the star wars audience is mostly male. and by mostly, i mean virgin. so here s charmeen in 2015 talking to jon stewart about how she interacts with that horrible gender with the y chromosome. i like to make men uncomfortable. i enjoy making men uncomfortable greg: see that explains why jon stewart looked so comfortable. well, no doubt she s made plenty of men uncomfortable especially the ones that own disney stock. because this movie promises to be a
you with us, it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and a lot of news to cover this hour including a major house vote on the debt deal set to happen today, right now kevin mccarthy is trying to hold back a republican revolt. dozens of gop members have come out against this bill. progressive democrats aren t happy either. the whip of the progressive caucus will join us live. and breaking 2024 news this morning, a familiar name is getting ready to enter the race, chris christie hoping to be a disrupter to the trump desantis dynamic. plus, a dangerous moment high in the sky when a chinese pilot flies just a few hundred feet away from a u.s. surveillance plane. tensions between the two nations threatening to boil over. and later, at least five people are still unaccounted for after that iowa apartment building collapsed with two of them thought to be buried beneath the rubble. with we re all heartbroken. we re all confused. we re all looking for answe
and his top republican rivals are swarming the campaign trail tonight with 2024 almost here. we re getting a new read on the former president s confidence heading into the iowa caucuses. his campaign already predicting when he ll clinch the gop nomination. also tonight, a major legal challenge to a strict and sweeping new immigration law in texas. will civil rights groups be able to block the measure that authorizes police in texas to arrest migrants? a stunning explosion of red-hot lava as a volcano erupts in iceland. cnn is right near the danger zone getting updates on the threat from the oozing inferno and the toxic gases spewing into the air? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with presidential politics at an all-out push for votes in iowa tonight. the top three republican candidates are getting ready to hold events in the lead-off caucus state. front-runner donald trump i
force wrap . as cnn first reported, george santos is now facing federal criminal charges and could appear in court as soon as today. the charges remain under seal. they are in the east district of new york. the justice department has reportedly been looking into whether he broke campaign finance laws. santos has been resisting calls from democrats and some new york republicans to resign ever since reports revealed he lied about much of his personal history and work experience. when do we expect them to be unsealed and what reporting do you have on what they are likely tied to? reporter: yeah, poppy, much of the reporting coming from our colleague mark morales and evan president zelenskyy. george santos could appear as early as today. if he comes forth, he would have to be, like any other citizen, walk up the long stairway to the door. of course, he is not necessarily like every other citizen. he will probably be swarmed by press if, when he shows up today. the indictm