live from cnn world headquarters, welcome. i m ken. president biden hits back, the special council decides against charging him for a crime that paints apholate flattering picture of the 81-year-old. the u.s. supreme court weighs whether former president trump is eligible to run for reelection. and an agreement to free an american journalist can be reached but what will it require? live from atlanta, this is cnn newsroom. we are following three big stories this hour that all have implications for the u.s. presidential election. first, donald trump has won the nevada caucuses and picked up another 26 delegates in his march to reclaim the republican nomination. meanwhile, the u.s. supreme court took up the issue of whether states can disqualify trump from their ballots. the justices seem likely to rule in his favor. he called it a beautiful process. he was handed a political gift when an independent special counsel reported concerns about the current president s age and
one step forward on immigration, two steps back. the house leaders as a bipartisan compromise on border security will be dead on arrival in the republican- controlled chamber. president joe biden says the u.s. strikes of iran backed rebels have been successful and will continue. what is next in the u.s. response to rising tensions in the middle east? we will discuss. california grapples with extreme weather, as heavy rain and strong wind brings power outages and potentially deadly flooding. leiva from atlanta, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. we begin this hour in washington, where u.s. senators unveiled details of the highly anticipated border bill on sunday. it could dramatically change u.s. immigration law for the first time in decades. senate majority leader chuck schumer said that he will take the first procedural step, today. house speaker mike johnson says it will be dead on arrival, tweeting, quote, i have seen enough. this bi
duking it out. in we have seen four years of trump, we have seen four years of biden, an people don t really see a difference in the presidency. hardest thing i had to stomach, is that my child killed other people. we have seen the level of violence come down somewhat. not enough. we want to see more. but the interventions we have made we believe have made a difference. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. hello, a warm welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. and it is friday, february 2, 9:00 a.m. in london and 4:00 a.m. in michigan where u.s. president biden has been working to consolidate support from a critical bloc in a battleground state. he met with the united autoworkers including some who were making calls for his campaign ahead of the state s democratic primary on february 27. powerful union endorsed mr. biden last week. during his remarks emdhe said t current economic strength relies on organized l
on in downing street during the very covid restrictions he d imposed on the rest of us? all guidance was followed completely during number 10. really? there was no party, and that no covid rules were broken. a senior civil servant, sue gray, investigated. so, too, the police. today, another page turns. the conclusion devastating for mrjohnson. let s be blunt, this report concludes that he lied. it says he deliberately misled mps, he deliberately misled the committee. he breached their confidence by saying out loud what was in their report before they did, and that he was complicit in a campaign of abuse and attempted intimidation of the committee. look at what else the committee had to say. it takes aim at the frequency with which he closed his mind to the truth . and it said some of mrjohnson s denials and explanations were so disingenuous that they were deliberate attempts to mislead . is this the end, mrjohnson? we re shouting at boris johnson because he said no to a
during his press conference. with us inflation running still well above the bank s 2% target, it sjob is not yet done. i think, as anyone can see, not a single person on the committee wrote down a rate cut this year, nor do i think it is at all likely to be appropriate if you think about it. inflation has not really moved down. it has not so far reacted much to our existing rate hikes, and so we re going to have to keep at it. most officials think two more rate hikes are needed this year, starting perhaps as early as next month. wednesday s decision ushers in a new phase in the fed s battle to lower prices follows a path carved out by central banks in countries such as australia and canada, which recently announced rate hikes following a break. michelle fleury there in washington, dc. the latest decision by america s central bank comes at a time when inflation is slowing but not as quickly as the federal reserve wants it to be. earlier, i spoke to blerina uruci of t.rowe pric