yes. good morning, everyone. glad you are with us on cnn this morning. i m joined by erica hill. kevin mccarthy facing a growing republican revolt as the house prepares to vote on his debt limit deal he struck with president biden. we are about to find out if the speaker can pull it off. a chinese fighter jet intercepting a spy plain of the pentagon accusing the pilot of being unnecessarily aggressive forcing the plane to fly through dangerous turbulence. also, sources tell cnn former new jersey governor chris christie is going to jump in the race for the white house. he will make it official with an announcement on tuesday giving donald trump yet another republican challenger. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. snu and we begin on the debt limit and the deal and can it pass. it is a crucial day. we will see on capitol hill the house is set to vote on it after it narrowly cleared a major hurdle last night. mr. norman. mr. norman, no. mr. roy? mr. ro
deer. all i want for christmas is you. and you. millivanilly, y all. from the cnn studios in new york city, it s king charles . we re not going to waste your time. nope. with gayle king. i m beyonce, but you can call me gayle. and charles barkley. it s cold out here. tonight, astrofphysicist, tyson, writer, director, jefferson, and from the new york times , herndon. king charles starts now. welcome, welcome, we thank you for joining us tonight. first, toif say this off the bat. charles, what s the name of your nba show? i know last inside the nba. inside the nba, on tnt, i was watching that last night, and you, he, you sounded terrible, and i thought there s no way you re going to make it here tonight. gayle, never going to let you down. i was so worried about that. full hazmat suit, i ll be here for you. uh wasn t the only one who was worried. this is what your co-workers had to say about you last night. this can t be good. shaquil
good morning everyone. welcome, caitlyn is off. anger fear and frustration at last night s cnn town hall. a railroad ceo coming face-to-face with residents after a toxic train wreck released a toxic chemicals in their town. and a tv journalist shot and killed at a murder scene when learn about the shooting spree that left three day including a child. and the grand jury investigating donald trump is going deeper into his circle. but we begin with the train disaster in east palestine, ohio. and pete buttigieg is going to the scene. just hours from now federal investigators are expected to release their preliminary report as to why the train derailed and burst into an inferno. cnn analysts the video of the train leading up to the wreck. sparks flying from the wheels indicate they may have been overheating and the train slowed down dramatically but kept going for 20 miles before going off the rails. it raises the question, did the engineer realize something was wrong? and in
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