Evidence. Announcer this is new day, with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. A battle for the soul of the Republican Party is playing out on capitol hill this morning. Last night, Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell condemned congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greenes lies and Conspiracy Theories as, quote, a cancer on the Republican Party, though he never actually used her name. Mcconnell said he had enough of what he calls looney lies. So, what will leader Kevin Mccarthy do now . Meanwhile, on monday we saw this a cordial bipartisan meeting at the white house. Dont adjust your sets. This really happened. President biden and a group of ten republican senators compared their plans for economic relief. Huge gaps remain between mr. Bidens 1. 9 trillion package and the republicans 600 billion counteroffer. We have new details about what happens next in those negotiations even as democrats prepare to
piece of stripe gum. the situation room with wolf blitzer starts right now. see you tomorrow. happening now, breaking news. closing arguments just wrapped up in donald trump s new york civil fraud trial. the former president taking his campaign to the courtroom, launching into a rambling speech before being cut off by the judge who urged trump s attorneys to control their client. plus, we re now in the final stretch before iowa decides with the first in the nation caucuses just four days away. nikki haley and ron desantis trying to capitalize on last night s heated cnn debate and close the gap with republican front-runner donald trump. a key haley supporter, new hampshire governor chris sununu joins me live this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. and let s get straight to the breaking news. donald trump s new york civil fraud trial comes to
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word hoax and refuting reports there s a nuclear component to this. those details coming from the washington post. people familiar with the investigation tell the post classified documents related to nuclear weapons were among the items agents were searching for. associates did not disclose any more details about the type of documents or if any were recovered. as the former president s allies slam the fbi and doj attorney general garland is pushing back. let me address recent unfounded attacks on the professionalism of the fbi and justice department agents and prosecutors. i will not stand by silently when their integrity is unfairly attacked. the men and women of the fbi and the justice department are dedicated, patriotic public servants. you ll remember we shared a warning from the fbi director denouncing a rise in violent rhetoric towards law enforcement wednesday. now the director says he is focusing on the safety and security of fbi employees in the wake of an
three-to-one, three-to-one and today no hbo original series, real time with bill barr wow just see the debate in case you missed it, don t worry or resorted. one of the contestants i mean wow, i mean, trump told lie after lie after lie, he never would have gotten away with that if joe biden was there come on, man you know, joe, he famously loves trains, but apparently not of thought all night confused in the halting and trailing up, i ve seen beauty pageant contestants enter questions better i don t want to say shut the bedroom secrets service name is amber heard. i m there wasn t just what came out of his mouth i mean, the look on his face, the whole night. it just looked like somebody just thought he left the stove on you know? i mean, the last time cna last time scene and coverage them in this lost i gotta get back to that. malaysian airline plane that here s the most ironic part. the republicans were so afraid that joe is going to be beating the expectations. remember,