What it stands for in the aftermath of the trump presidency. Kevin mccarthy expected to meet very soon with representative Margery Taylor green who is under a lot of fire right now for spreading dangerous and false Conspiracy Theories and lies. Senate Republican Leaders including the republican leader Mitch Mcconnell is now condemning what he calls greens looney lies saying theyre a cancer on the gop as democrats are working to throw her off committees. All this comes a week before the second trump Impeachment Trial. House democrats laid out their case today saying the former president s blame for the deadly riot at the u. S. Capitol is unmistakable. Trumps lawyers are resorting to the argument that the senate has absolutely no Constitutional Authority to try him after leaving office. Also tonight, the white house says President Biden hasnt budged on his 1. 9 trillion price tag for covid19 relief after meeting with republican senators last night. This hour, ill talk with the White Hous
in fact, all around the is horr million jews slaughtered. so important indeed. and to our viewers thanks very much for watching. erin out front next, breaking news. trump hit with a more than $83 million verdict for his repeated attacks on e. jean carroll. a c? plus fighting intensifies in gaza. you ll hear from an american doctor who has just returned from the area. why he calls this conflict and what he saw on the ground the worst he s ever seen. and new tonight a border shutdown. cnn learning a key group of senators have now agreed to close the southern border if m specific number. let s go out front. good evening. i m erika hill in for erin burnett. out front tonight, breaking news. $83.3 million. that is what a jury says donald trump must pay e. jean carroll for defaming her while he was president. this is the woman of course trump was found liable for sexually abusing. $83.3 million is a massive number. there s no way getting around that. it was agreed upon afte
cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. i m phil mattingly with erika hill in new york. poppy is off today. there s a lot of news on this thursday, december 21st. starting with a new delay tactic from donald trump and his legal team. trump asking the supreme court to stay out of a key case for now as the justices face several issues that could reshape the entire race. and the political fallout continues from colorado s top court banning trump from the ballot. and hamas growing worldwide influence since the brutal attack on israel. u.s. intelligence warning hamas credibility has expanded dramatically not just in the middle east but beyond. and ten americans freed from venezuela, six who were wrongfully detained, what they had to say after arriving back on u.s. soil. cnn this morning starts right now. the u.s. supreme court could soon decide the fate of donald trump and the fate of the 2024 election. but the former president is turning to a favorite
good thursday morning i m erika hill. i m jim sciutto. happening right now, house lawmakers on capitol hill receiving a closed door classified briefing on the chinese surveillance balloon. this as cnn has new reporting on when u.s. officials were first warned about the threat. all of it sparking sharp criticism on defense and intelligence officials who were not aware of the depth of that threat. live on capitol hill with the latest. plus, incredible stories of survival out of turkey, including an infant pulled from the rubble after 58 hours, small signs of hope there. rescue workers among so many things facing freezing temperatures, lack of water and power. the death toll hard to imagine. now surpassing 17,000. cnn is on the scene. back here in the u.s. on the road again today. cue the 2024 election music. president biden headed to florida, where he is expected to drive home his pledge to protect social security and medicare. we have a preview of the trip ahead. we want
cruise missiles and not going to be effective against drones. so it s doubtful you could say if they had the patriots it would make a huge difference in this particular type of barrage because this was largely cruise missiles and drones. any indication they are using iranian missiles yet, john? no indications that they have purchased or are using missiles from iran. we suspect, we believe that most of what they are using are those drones. i want to get you to respond because we hear from the russian ministry of defense, they say they launched this retaliation strike for an alleged attack in russia. can you respond to is that? it s difficult to know. i can t confirm the russian s account of this. we need to take what the russians are saying with a huge grain of salt here in terms of their justification. i mean, these kinds of these strikes while they were certainly massive are very much a piece of the kinds of brutalizing tactics that mr. putin has been visiting upon