new hampshire. happening now, breaking news. donald trump just unleashed a tirade against the judge who threatened to throw him out of a courtroom today. stand by for the latest on e. jean carroll s defamation damages trial against trump and why the former president was nearly given the boot. also tonight, trump is escalating his attacks on gop presidential rival nikki haley referring to her birth name and indian hair nage an online ramp. trump returning to his racially charged playbook with the critical new hampshire primary now just six days away. and there s more breaking news. president biden has wrapped up an urgent meeting with top lawmakers. did they find any common ground on the divisive issues of ukraine and border security? i ll ask a key player who was in the room, the house minority leader hakeem jeffries. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn brea
I like to call the situation room. Happening now, President Biden offering an unprecedented show of support for striking auto workers as the first sitting u. S. President to join a picket line. Well discuss the political impact of his michigan appearance and the Economic Impact of the strike with the uaw president , johshawn fain. Breaking news, a new york judge has found donald trump and his adult sons liable for fraud in a lawsuit by the states Attorney General. Well break down and it means for trump and the trial set to begin in a matter of days. January 6th star witness Cassidy Hutchinson sits down with cnn. Shes warning that trump remains the most grave threat, direct quote torks american democracy. Suggesting that trump knew his words might incite violence at the u. S. Capitol. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with President Biden going where no u. S. President has gone before. A picket line.
adviser to covid act now. sabrina, let s just dive in on this. number one, let s talk about the substance of this legislation. you know, this is very progressive. it s not just this patchwork of, you know, people are struggling in america and let s get them money, but it is specifically, you know, let s get parents money because of their children. this is something that has been done in other countries, never really in america until now. can you speak to that and just what this offers up americans? well, i think that s what you heard the president speak to in his remarks just now talking about the substance of the bill. now, some of this is, of course, the immediate relief that the administration felt was necessary in response to the coronavirus pandemic like another round of stimulus checks, $1,400 direct payments that will start going out as soon as this weekend and continue to roll out in the coming weeks, but there is also an expansion of the child tax credit for anothe
separate charge on the tax misdemeanors, and again, i m surprised the parties don t have this worked out even in a routine case you would have all these answers ready before you go into court. to that point, elie, if they don t, what happens? do they go back to the drawing board? is this a very long resource? what happens to the plea hearing? it sounds like you don t actually have a full agreement and you need to go back at that time drawing board. that is possible, and it sounds like the judge wants to give them a chance to work it out and it sounds like they re furiously consulted, and do you have your agreement in place and have you worked out the con tingees. i think we should try to be totally transparent to our viewers. kara skinnel, and usually this
kara skinnel and cnn legal analyst and former legal prosecutor elie hopig. you re been following all the ins and outs of this investigation. so what s new today? we over just learned today through a court file that the new york attorney general james has subpoenaed for pm and for documents donald trump jr. and ivanka trump. now, this is part of her civil investigation looking into whether the trump organization and any of its executives have ma nip late the values of its condo and golf courses and other properties. james office had previously subpoenaed former president donald trump for his testimony. now trump s attorneys have said that they will file a motion to quash that subpoena. in this court filing today we learned that the children of donald trump ivanka and don jr. are also likely to fight this. ivanka trump before she went into the administration was a top executive at the company. donald trump jr. is still one of the top executives. now james office had previously