take these cuts off the table. remember i said it no, i m serious. remember what i said, i said so you re not going to cut it, huh? no, i said okay, we ve got a deal. i sure hope that s true. president joe biden hits the road following a strong state of the union address keeping republicans in the spotlight for proposed cuts to social security and medicare. plus speaker kevin mccarthy spent parts of biden s speech trying to calm down rowdy members of his own party. we ll show you what he had to say about their outbursts. and house republicans got to air their grievances against twitter. we ll have the big moments from yesterday s contentious oversight hearing. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, february 9th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. president joe biden is continuing his populous push following his state of the union address taking his message to the swing state of wisconsin yesterday. the president spoke t
lapping now, gut-wrenching images of homes and lives destroyed near the earthquake epner. cnn is on the scene as the death toll in turkey and syria soars above 12,000. also tonight, president biden is doubling down on a line of attack against republicans that prompted gop jeers during his state of the union address. he is taking the top themes on the road in key presidential battlegrounds. and ukrainian president volodymr zelenskyy is now in ha included a stop in london, a visit with. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situati situation this hour a race against time in the earthquake zone as the window for finding survivors narrows and the death toll grows more catastrophic. cnn s nick paton walsh is in turkey right now. nick, tell us what you have been seeing and experiencing. reporter: yeah, it is sadly, wolf, around this time that it seems the race against time for survivors is slowly being lo
the 2024 road show has begun. the lead starts right now. president biden leaving the beltway. taking the state of the union message to voters in some key battleground states. will he get cheers or jeers from the american people? then, more than 12,000 people now have been killed. the death toll from the earthquake in turkey and syria continuing to rise to staggering heights as hope fades of finding survivors left in the rubble. and a passenger s battery catching on fire mid flight, forcing a plane to make an emergency landing and sending four people to the hospital. what you need to know about flying with potentially dangerous electronic devices. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. the scene after the state of the union address looks like the campaign trail. president biden is in the crucial swing state of wisconsin, where he is talk ja jobs and the economy. echoing the themes of last night. kamala harris is in georgia, another key battleground state, that you mig
in the faulkner focus. today s hearing comes after the twitter files exposed execs conversations around the hunter biden laptop story and the biden family business dealings. lawmakers looking to those witnesses, among them twitter s former deputy general counsel james baker to explain how the true story on hunter biden s laptop was censored by social mead and dismissed by media outlets including the new york times and washington post as disinformation. the republican and democrat leaders of the committee are already clashing from the jump. america witnessed a coordinated campaign by social media companies and intelligence community to suppress and delegitimize the existence of hunter biden s laptop and its contents. now mainstream media outlets have verified the laptop. the damage has been done. silly does not begin to capture this obsession. the conspiracy theory have gotten what they want, an apology. what more do they want 57bd why does congress have to be involv
also come together on immigration. make it a bipartisan mission once again. a major theme in last night s state of the union, president joe biden calling on a divided congress to work together and pass legislation on several key issues. however, some members of the gop decided to make a scene during the speech heckling the president over the budget and the border. and then there was george santos who found himself in a tense exchange with of all people republican senator mitt romney. we ll show you what romney had to say about the freshman congressman who s facing multiple legal investigations. good morning and welcome to wail on this wednesday, february 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. president joe biden delivered his annual state of the union address last night before a newly divided congress. speaking for just over an hour, biden touted his administration s accomplishments while repeatedly stressing that the job isn t finished yet. h