Ordering an Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden, no proof of wrong cdoing and no house vo. Well go wherever the evidence takes us. At this point i have not seen that evidence. This is a party divided. Vladimir putin and kim jungun new hints about what russia could swap for weapons. And russians are worried about being the Junior Partner in the beijing access. The idea that russia goes to kim jungun is really a telling sign. Police warn the convicted killer is now armed with a stolen rifle. Owner fired several shots but didnt get him. We consider him dangerous. He is desperate enough. Good morning, were so glad that you are here. There is Major Political news in washington and major geopolitical news overseas. Yeah, no question about it, well get to that in a moment. But we start with something that is shifting the entire landscape not just washington but for the electoral map Going Forward as we head into 2024. Kevin mccarthy has launched a formal Impeachment Inquiry into Presiden
All day long washington will be consumed by the decision to fire james comey. Jon karl starts us with the latest. Good morning. Jon. What a day and morning and night. Reporter good morning, george. This firing has stunned nobody more than james comey himself. Comey first heard on tv. While in the meeting a letter from the president was hand delivered to fbi headquarters in washington. That letter from the president was read to comey over the phone. You are hereby terminated and removed from office, effective immediately. The president wrote, you are not able to effectively lead the bureau. The president also addressed the fbi investigation into russian meddling in the election. I greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that i am not under investigation. The reasons were outlined in a letter from the Deputy Attorney general who wrote that comey grossly mishandled the Hillary Clinton email investigation saying among other things that this july 2016 press conferenc
Been the trend of the new year. The s p 500 fractionally in the green, the nasdaq which did hit a record earlier today is now in the red by 0. 1 . The are plenty of names in new highs but the big picture in a wait and see mode as the vix fear index, tomorrow is the monthly jobs report, jobless claims today, adp report yesterday on the private sector was good news but tomorrow will be very telling. Here is a look at the Airline Stocks which are soaring today, Deutsche Bank liking the overall and their merger plans they put in place will come to fruition in 2014 and the names that appear on this, Southwest Airlines, American Airlines all hitting 52 week highs. Lori thank you. Adam Chris Christie firing his deputy chief of staff after news his aides may have caused that massive traffic jam as part of a political revenge scheme. Rich edson joins us from washington d. C. And the ramifications of all this. He dedicated the majority of his two hours to fielding questions and his deputy chief
Host how are you funded . Guest we are funded by individual donors and foundations. Private donors of a wide variety. Host there is a lot of discussions about the information from maralago and the release of the information of the affidavit to the public. Where do you stand on how much information should come up . Guest i look at this both asked my current position as an crew and a former prosecutor. I have experience with educating executing search warrant. There have been a lot of information made public about the search. When there is a search, usually everything about it is kept secret secret. This is an extraordinary case. There has never been a search of a former president of the United States before. The department of justice petitioned and released the search warrant and the inventory of what they obtained. We are in a place where many things have been made public and the judge is making doing a good job of balancing the extraordinary nature of this entity interest in a signifi
Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Lets get to the breaking news. Three men living in new york they are now in custody at this hour accused of trying to join isis. One suspect was arrested today at new yorks jfk airport before a flight to turkey. Court papers say the men allegedly discussed carrying out attacks here in the United States and one suspect is said to have spoken about shooting president obama. Senator chris murphy of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is standing by live along with our correspondents and our analysts and the u. S. As the u. S. Helps Iraqi Forces Gear up for an offensive against isis i will speak with the u. S. Army chief of staff. But lets begin with an extraordinary terror bust today. Our justice correspondent pamela brown is joining us. Whats the latest youre hearing about this plot . What were these men allegedly planning . Very disturbing here wolf. The fbi arrested these three men, these three Brooklyn New York men, on Material Support