good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it s kasie hunt. it s thursday, 5:00 a.m. here in washington. it s 4:00 a a.m. in iowa. there are now four days until the caucuses. hours ago, ron desantis and nikki haley went head to head on the cnn debate stage in the fight for number two. both deploying the pants on fire strategy. you have said it again. stop lying. she said she never said it. you re lying. it doesn t change the fact that ron is lying because ron is losing. you lie a the lot. hnikki haley gives him a run fo his money. you get the point. they both also took some time to go after the no-show, far away republican front runner, donald trump. i think what happened on january 6th was a terrible day. i think president trump will have to answer for it. he sat in the white house and tweeted law and order. but he did nothing to ensure law and order. as your president, i will never let our city burn. at that very moment, trumps wa
right now on early start, the new poll releasing this very minute showing nikki haley is closing the gap on donald trump in one early primary state. plus the republican front runner planning to be in court just hours from now while his lawyers argue he s immune from prosecution. hi, everyone. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. good to see all of you. i m omar jimenez in for kasie hunt. it is tuesday, january 9th. we are we have a lot of news to get to. let s get going. we want to start with 5:00 a.m. in washington. we have a brand new cnn poll for you all. that poll shows donald trump s lead narrowing as nikki haley surges. the former president now at 39% of likely gop primary voters with haley just 7 points behind at 32%. the rest of the field hovers at least 20 points further back in the poll taken just this week. chris christie is at 12% fo followed by vivek ramaswamy and ron desantis in single digits. now trump is roughly where he was
i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. did kevin mccarthy calm a swirling debt deal drama? the speaker saying the agreement to pull the united states back from a crippling default is on track to pass. i don t want to be on the the wrong side of history. every single one of those members who vote no will miss the opportunity to vote for the largest cut in american history. plus ron desantis shows two sides to himself in iowa with the voters, the florida governor keeps donald trump s name out of his speech with reporters, though, he says it s time to give the former president the gold watch. move opt to the next generation. and today, new special counsel threats. jack smith now reportedly looking into the firing of the cybersecurity chief who called the 2020 election secure and why a mar-a-lago employee wanted to know the ins and outs of how the compound s security cameras work. up first for us, kevin mccarthy climbs out of the quick sand. ther
hu. if you know you know. thank you for jojoining me t to. i i ll see youou next satuturda 8:00 a.m. smerconish is up next. there s an election coming, but you ll never hear jack smith say so. the supreme court is about to have more influence on the outcome of a presidential election than at any time since is the 2000 decision in bush verv. gore. jack smith asked the court to bypass the appellate level and make a decision about whether donald trump is entitled to immunity. and separately, this week they agreed to hear a challenge to a law used to prosecute hundreds of january 6th defendants for obstructing or impeding an official proceedingsing, which could impact smith s prosecution against trump on those charges. here s what s interesting to me. nowhere in the government s petition is there any specific reference to the 2024 presidential election, but that s clear ly what is driving smith s request. in making his case, here s what he told the court. quote, this case prese
today on inside politics, a last-ditch plea. ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy just left capitol hill after meeting with the entire senate. zelenskyy is trying desperately to secure the critical funding his country needs to defend itself against russia, but time is running out. just moments ago, house speaker johnson spoke to reporters right after his meeting with zelenskyy ended. the senate has been mia on this. the house passed hr-2 more than six months ago. it s been collecting dust on chuck schumer s desk. i told him personally that these are our conditions because these are the conditions of the american people. and we are resolute on that. it s not the house s issue right now. the issue is with the white house and the senate. and i implore them to do their job because the time is urgent and wept to do the right thing. as you just heard, republicans are insisting they will not back more funding for ukraine unless democrats agree to major border policy changes i