on this new hour of ayman, congressman, jamie raskin, goes on the record about the in epic embarrassment facing his republican colleague james comer, after a star witness gets charged with lying to the fbi about the bidens. plus, in a yet another sad first for america, donald trump gets a date for his criminal trial involving that preelection payoff, to a porn star, and the whopping issue president biden and his party can no longer ignore as we barrel towards november. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s do it. the basis of the gop s yearlong impeachment probe of joe biden, the basis of countless subpoenas, thousands of pages of emails, and bank records, endless hours of conservative media monologues, well, it utterly imploded this week. on thursday, the probe star witness, fbi informant, alexander smirnov, was arrested, and charged with fabricating a multi million dollar bribery scheme involving president joe biden, his son, hunter, and ukrainian energy company, burisma. smirnov
border. this cnn a big winter storm slamming the east, bringing a heavy mix of wind, rain, and snow. we felt some of it here and nearly 50 million are on alert, is sitting these are bracing for the biggest winter event in years, plus four years after the pandemic started, the cdc takes a major step today redefining covid, isolation shouldn t guidelines, and this could be a game-changer that s a big change and hotter than expected. what the first big inflation report of 2024 tells us about where prices are heading we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central welcome to cnn news central. i m brianna keilar alongside my friend here, jim sciutto. great to be together and we are tracking a powerful nor easter that is ripping through, you guessed it the northeast, nearly 50 million people under winter alerts for this quick but intense storm which has already dumped more than a foot of snow in two states. in the mid
the past to your full potential. old school cnn news the race to replace the disgrace right now, new yorkers are heading to the polls for a critical special election to decide who will fill former congressman george santos is seat with major implications on the balance of power in the house. senate, majority leader chuck schumer is calling on house republicans to support the $95 billion foreign aid bill that just passed in the senate but that funding for ukraine and israel and taiwan remains uncertain as speaker mike johnson has vowed to block the vote and a worrisome partnerships say the least, us officials are sounding the alarm about the blooming ties between russia and north korea we are following these developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central why now voters in new york s third congressional district, just outside of europe city, you re casting their ballots to replace indicted and expelled republican george santos, the special
that s what motivates me. it would be disastrous for us to decouple from china. antony blinken travel to china as chinese counterparts continue to publicly criticize the u.s. there is no reason to talk with china right now. the congressional baseball game brings together republicans, democrats, and fans of all ages. know that by the steube deep into left field and bouncing into the bullpen. republicans took it 16-6. brian: straight to a fox news alert now. marine veteran danny penny is indicted on second degree manslaughter charge connected to jordan neely s death on a new york city subway train. mr. penny says he acted in self-defense and to protect those people around him on that car. after neely said reportedly he was going to kill him. ainsley: todd piro joins us with the latest. todd: that indictment under seal right now. the manhattan d.a. is expected to formally announce 24-year-old daniel penny s indictment later this morning. new york city mayor e
crime invests our cities and the federal government makes it harder for families to make ends meet and the president flounders. decline is a choice. success is attainable and freedom is worth fighting for. harris: desantis later joined fox news host trey gowdy for his first interview as the presidential candidate. he slapped the administration and gave president biden a nickname. liftless bethel. i think the country is going in the wrong direction. if we have another four years of the biden administration i think some of the damage will be irreversible. why me? we ve had unprecedented policy success. you have to be able to win and then when you get in office you have to be able to deliver results. and i think we ve been able to do both of those as good or better than anybody in the country. harris: so far desantis is the biggest name to take on former president trump, who has a commanding lead over the entire gop field in the latest fox polling. the declared seven g.o.p