we hope you are doing well. from all of our colleagues across the network of nbc news, thank you for staying up late, icu at the end of tomorrow. of today, i saw down with former secretary of state presidential candidate hillary clinton and we covered a lot of ground. we talked about conflicts overseas in the middle east and in ukraine. we talked about donald trump s legal jeopardy and the utter chaos and the republican party. chaos that, by the way, it s in full display tonight. with the senate now scrambling to find a path forward after republicans killed their own bipartisan border legislation in order to appease donald trump. for weeks, republicans have insisted that they would not pass aid for israel in taiwan, as well as urgently needed funding for ukraine unless democrats agreed to have new border policies. just to put this all into perspective for, ukraine is facing some of its biggest challenges since this war began. russia has ramped up missile strikes across the co
good evening, my friend. we have a big news making interview tonight. we will get right into it. today, i saw down with former secretary of state presidential candidate hillary clinton and we covered a lot of ground. we talked about conflicts overseas in the middle east and in ukraine. we talked about donald trump s legal jeopardy and the utter chaos and the republican party. chaos that, by the way, it s in full display tonight. with the senate now scrambling to find a path forward after republicans killed their own bipartisan border legislation in order to appease donald trump. for weeks, republicans have insisted that they would not pass aid for israel in taiwan, as well as urgently needed funding for ukraine unless democrats agreed to have new border policies. just to put this all into perspective for, ukraine is facing some of its biggest challenges since this war began. russia has ramped up missile strikes across the country, as ukraine has been forced to ration muniti
fatigue and morale issues, and in thele meantime republicans a playing politics. they are playing politicwise the vital resources ukraine needs to defend its democracy from invaders. the democrats agreed to work with republicans and to craft a bipartisan bill to increase border security measures in exchange for that aid. but then donald trump came out against the deal. he did not want to hand president biden a victory on trump s favorite campaign issue, which is drumming up fear about what s happening eaautothe bord. and so today republicans voted to kill their own bill in the senate. the finaln vote was 49-50 with all but four republicans voting against r it. after that stunning defeat democrat chuck schumer put a second bill on the floor. it strips out the border stuff and juste funds aid to israel d taiwan and ukraine, which is what the democrats wanted in the first place. 58 voted to advance that bill. that is just shy until the 60 they need for final passage. now the sen
a brand new poll releasing right about now reveals what voters now think of joe biden and america s economy. plus the trump organization s former financial base is in talks to potentially plead guilty again this time to perjury. and i ve told this to anybody who will hear it. i am not going anywhere. nikki haley is holding out even with calls for her to quit the race. but for how long. what s going on, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m omar jimenez in for kasie hunt. it is friday, february 2, 5:00 a.m. on the east coast. coming up, a new cnn poll, numbers just in, they show america s deep pessimism about the economy might be easing up even if only a little. 26% say the economy is starting to recover versus 48% say it is still in a downturn. which doesn t sound great until you compare it to the poll last summer when only 20% said the economy is recovering. like practically everything else now, views of the economy are sharply split
biden nationwide as biden fights for votes in the pivotal battleground state of michigan and both candidates gear up for the potential rematch this fall. stand by for our revealing snapshot of the race and new reaction. also breaking, sources say the former chief financial officer of the trump organization, allen weisselberg is in talks to potentially plead guilty to a perjury charge tied to a civil fraud investigation. we ll tell you what that could mean for him and possibly for trump. plus, historic testimony, on the stand defending her actions as prosecutors attempt to hold her criminally responsible for the slaughter carried out by her son. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m alex marquardt. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. we do begin with that breaking news. cnn s exclusive new nationwide poll showing how voters view the widely anticipated trump/biden rematch ri