Statement that reads in part, President Trumps popularity has never been stronger than it is today and his endorsement means more than perhaps any endorsement at any time. Three weeks and a day. Thats how little time it took for the party to rush back into the arms of the man who egged on the violent mob that descended on the capitol, smashed windows, beat Police Officers, bludgeoned one to death, while looking for lawmakers to capture or kill including the former Vice President. Five people died in the attack. At least two Police Officers have since died by suicide. Two weeks and a day, the house voted to impeach the expresident a second time. And the man who posed smiling today at maralago said this. The president bears responsibility for wednesdays attack on congress by mob rioters. He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. These facts require immediate action by President Trump. Accept his share of responsibility, quell the brewing unrest, and ens
it is now highly lookly the united states won t be able to pay its bills by early june. also tonight, trump accuser e. jean carroll is seeking further damages from the former president for disparaging comments he made about her during a cnn town hall. and in ukraine after months of brutal fighting, it now appears bakhmut has finally fallen to russia, but ukrainian forces say they still hold a small portion of the totally ruined city. i ll get reaction from the former ukrainian defense minister. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to our top story right now. the speaker mccarthy and president biden, they are diving into another round of debt limit negotiations as the treasury secretary issues her starkest warning yet, that default is now just a few days away. we re covering the story from every angle over at the white house up on capitol hill. let s begin over at the w
years ago after the police killing of breonna taylor, the 26-year-old who was shot and killed by the louisville police department who were serving a no-knock warrant and her name and face became a rallying cry in the movement calling for policing reforms. as soon as garland begins we ll be bringing that to you to learn what this means so stand by for that. let me turn now to the investigation into the kidnapping of four americans in mexico which ended with two of them killed. the two survivors, latavia mcgee and eric williams, they are now in a texas hospital receiving treatment. they were found tuesday in a wooden house near the border of matamoros where they were kidnapped at gun point last week. the bodies of the other two were also found at the scene. latavia mcgee s mother told cnn this morning that she watched her friends die. their cause of death has not been revealed and their families are still waiting for their bodies to be returned. let s turn to diane gallagher an
2021. the contents of which we reported on last week. on the tape lindsay graham predicts a backlash against donald trump and the entire stop the steal movement in light of the horrific violence on january 6th. take a listen. we ll actually come out of this thing stronger. moments like this reset. people will calm down. people will say i don t want to be associated with that. this is a group within a group. what this does, there will be a rallying effect for a while in the country that says we re better than this. biden will help that, right? totally. he ll be maybe the best person to have, right? i mean, how mad can you get at joe biden? joe biden will be the best person to have. of course, lindsay graham s prediction there that there would be a post-january 6th moment of national unity, one that would include the republicans, at least didn t come close to happening because of, frankly, lindsay graham. instead of turning the disgraced ex-president and allies into p
Of news thanks for joining usly force have killed two more palenians in the fresh raids of on area near the occupied west bank town of kararum. The victims have been identified as 23. Old abdulrah and 27yearold Adnan Mohammad pharaz. The two palestinians were in a car near the village of shufa and tulkaram governor it, where their vehicle came under israeli lifefire. Separately, Israeli Forces once again raided the tulkaram refugee camp. The raid resulted in clashes between Israeli Soldiers and palestinians. According to israeli media, five. Troopers were injured, three of them critically. Israel has intensified its attacks against palestinians in recent months and has killed nearly 200 and 50, including children in the west bank this year. A correspondence one says israel has imposed a curfew a westbank village after the killing of two palestinians spark clashes between locals and regime forces. Clashes erupted between palestinians in that area and Israeli Soldiers, however Israeli Mi