Lost. And there was that rose garden moment after the Supreme Court decision. And he said to you, i dont want people to know i lost, right . He said that to mark meadows. I was standing catty corner to mark meadows. We were leaving the residence. We were at a christmas reception. The president was going back to the residence from the oval office. I was with mark steps behind mark. And this was a conversation between the president and mark meadows. That was part of our interview with former white house aide Cassidy Hutchinson almost exactly a month ago. Now her former boss mark meadows may have flipped on the former president. Meanwhile, another attorney from Donald Trumps elite Strike Force Legal team takes a plea deal in the Georgia Election interference case. We have a lot to cover this morning on the legal cases tied to donald trump. Plus, well go through the on going republicanled chaos on capitol hill. Still no speaker . Mike johnson of louisiana is now the partys fourth nominee f
Did he change any minds . Also ahead, President Bidens prime time address to the nation. His message with israel on the version of a Ground Invasion of gaza. Plus, the desperately needed humanitarian aid ready and waiting at gazas border. Will that border ever open to let it through . Good morning, happy friday, its 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting alongside my colleague and friend jose diazbalart for more continuing special coverage. And we begin with some Breaking News from capitol hill. The house about to gavel into session preparing to hold a third vote for speaker. So republican jim jordan is struggling to save his bid for the gavel, holding a News Conference just hours ahead of this vote. I think the American People are thirsty for change. I think they are hungry for leadership, and frankly, they know that the white house cant provide it. We have our capitol hill reporters gathering the latest information, our Steve Kornacki is standing by at the big board. Also with us is
the trump administration under trump, donald trump. trump at the time said they would do that. donald trump. donald trump. donald trump. so when he gets off the teleprompter, you don t know what he s going to say. a whole lot of trumps from ron desantis. he knows he s the number one front-runner. ron desantis goes after, you guessed it, donald trump. why the florida governor showed new urgency in attacking the front runner after months of pulling his punches. plus losing support over indiscriminate bombing of gaza. how the israeli prime minister is reacting as we learn the idf has started flooding some hamas tunnels. breaking overnight, a done deal. nearly 200 countries sign on to a historic climate deal to move away from fossil fuels. hear what happens next. cnn this morning starts right now. here is where we begin. witnessing a very tenuous moment in the history of u.s./israel relations. the public rift over the war in gaza is growing with president biden delive
what is that money going for and how are you doing in keeping up with the destruction that vladimir putin unleashed? well, usa s job is to work with our ukrainian partners when the energy grid is hit to get it back up as quickly as possible. we work in the food sector to try to ensure that grain that has been backed up because of russia s blockade of the black sea and even now it s kind of temper mental relationship letting grain out, we need to diversify and make sure the ukrainians can move grain into europe by river, by barge, by road, by truck. are you keeping up with vladimir putin s i think so. i do think so. it s not us keeping up, it s the ukrainians and we re there to support and make sure they have generators and boilers and transformers and the substations to replace. so we go hunting and forging on the open market to try to get them the supplies they need but they re the ones out there on the front lines with their flak jackets and helmets, you know,
point, give it momentum? no. i do not think so. i think kherson will fall the next couple of weeks and then enter old man winter. this thing will slow down on the ground. last thought, joe. watch the sea. watch the black sea. watch the fact that the russians have pulled back on his grain deal that s going to hurt huge swath of the developing world. right. if the grain can t get out. right now, today, as we are talking, brave sea captains, merchant ship captains, are still sailing that grain out. wow. without guarantees from russia for safety. quickly watch the sea. quickly on that, even as you re talking breaking news. russia says it will rejoin the deal allowing grain shipments from ukraine s ports, relieve uncertainty around grain supply. unusually good news. why putin has chosen that path. not because of his better angels. it s because he knows if he tried to stop those grain