critics we will tell you what s happening tonight. meantime, knocking on doors on anyone who was a law makers who crossed him. plus, new health concerns for senator dianne feinstein, more complications from shingles, including inflammation of the brain. more on that and who the mystery woman is by her side at all times now. and it s a real life episode of succession, the world s richest man has to choose one of his children to take the reigns, who will it be? good evening, i m air rain burnet. out front, putin targeting his own. putin police forces breaking down doors and detaining. armed police at one politician s home. this is break ting down with a crow bar, ripping the door off, and part of a sweep that reportedly was looking for people with ties to a former russian law makers. a man who was forced into exsill after he became the only law makers to vote against putins annexation of crimea. look what they re doing to people they say are connected to him. moments ago i spok
hopefuls, and potential candidates that say that trump should never step foot in the oval office again. that is where former or concern governor asa hutchinson, former new jersey governor chris christie, and new hampshire governor chris sununu land. more candidates with less name recognition are also jumping in with various platforms. for his part, desantis travels to another early nominating state. that s tomorrow, when he visits new hampshire. here now, with his take on the road to 2024, michael starr connick, host of smerconish, here on cnn and of the michael smerconish program on sirius xm. michael, governor desantis has said all of these things, saying the donald trump can t win, but he and joe biden might. do you buy it? hi, sarah, first of all. thank you for having me. ron desantis would seemingly have a very strong hand, right? florida governor, he s going to be very well funded. he s got organizational support and a lot of endorsements. maybe we ve seen this movie
president biden signalled he might be open to them, democrats in congress revolted. they aren t fair, and they don t work, dems argued. republicans say they are fair and that it is only responsible to have a baseline standard for who can receive government benefits like medicaid, that a requirement to work would motivate people to work. a hand up, not a hand out, says speaker kevin mccarthy. so how does a work requirement function in actuality? we ve got one of my favorite policy wonks with us to explain because it is a tricky issue. one that could sink a deal, and in light of that, a number of democrats are coming up with a plan b. there s one in the house to force a floor vote on the debt, over the objections of gop leadership if need be, and another being floated in the senate to negate a vote entirely. president biden, you have the authority all on your own, they say. one of those senators joins us to explain why. but first, let s get to the reporting and the policy. join
serve in congress. our panel will share their thoughts on that special number. plus, the case of the ex-buffalo bill player, matt awry sa, a rookie who was cut from the team after ugly accusations went public. now prosecutors have declined to press criminal charges against him. was his career ended prematurely. and the lawsuit by parents and authors against a florida school district that s been removing books from shelves, freedom of speech versus parents rights. which one will win. let s begin with dianne feinstein and questions about her fitness for office. she was out of work for a month fighting a bout of shingles. today we learned she suffered from inflammation of the brain, something she denied to cnn earlier today. she described it as a really bad flu. her staff also confirmed today that she s suffering from a rare neurological disorder called ramsey hunt syndrome, which causes facial paralysis. the pictures of her back at work show a more frail senator than we
the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy beginning a critical trip overseas, with plans to attend the g7 meetings in japan, as his military gears up for a potential decisive battle against russia. a chilling video, how the mass shooting in farmington, new mexico, earlier this week unfolded. watch how the officers had to take down the shooter. and the big apple has a big problem. a new study suggests manhattan sky scrapers could be pushing the city down at the same time that sea levels are going up. we re following the major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central the high-stakes g7 summit in japan has taken on a whole new meeting, now that ukraine s president will have a seat at the table. volodymyr zelenskyy will arrive in hiroshima this weekend to speak with leaders of the world s largest economies. those nations just announced a major new round of sanctions targeting russia, and the united states is signaling a path forward