investigation. and nothing will ever stop us from keeping america secure. norah: political showdown. the manhattan district attorney sue is a member of congress to keep republicans from interfering in the donald trump case. a cbs news investigation, how china built its own boeing 737. do you feel like they stole an airliner? i don t feel that way, i think that is a fact. norah: our tax series, how you can maximize your refund in a year where many of americans will get less cash back. so used to getting something back all of the time, and all of a sudden have to write a check, it s a rude awakening. norah: and meet an air force family flying into the history books. carrying hopefully the next generation bomber pilot, while flying sernic, was quite the memory. norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this busy tuesday night. we do want to begin with some breaking news from louisville, kentucky, where police just released chilling and
speaking in poland a former eastern bloc country that s no stranger to russian aggression, biden started off by saying that the war has so far defied two big expectations. one, that kyiv would fall within days, and two, that the western alliance would splinter as the war dragged on. watch. one year ago the world was bracing for the fall of kyiv. well, i can report kyiv stands strong. kyiv stands proud. it stands tall. and most important it stands free. when russia invaded it wasn t just ukraine being tested, the whole world faced a test for the ages. europe was being tested. america was being tested. nato was being tested. all democracies are being tested. the questions we faced were simple as they were profound. would we be strong if we looked the other, would we be weak? all of our allies would be united or divided? one year later we know the answer. we did respond, we would be strong, we would be united, and the world would not look the other way. president biden also
warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all over the world. i m bianca nobilo. i m max foster. just ahead on cnn newsroom. a speaker has not been elected. kevin mccarthy failed to get the vote for speaker of the house. the house is in a state of stop. come on, come on, come on, get up. states under tornado watches. the severe weather threat is pressing east. already a trail of damage left behind. announcer: lev from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. hello. it is wednesday, january 4th. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. in washington where a growing feud within the republican party is threatening to overshadow the new majority in the house. on tuesday a band of conservative hardliners blocked kevin mccarthy from securing the 218 votes needed to become the speaker of the house and that s after three rounds of voting. it s the first time in 100 years that the house has failed to elect a speaker on the firs
mcswain and businessman dave white. but we do have a projection to make in the democratic governor s race. and cnn projects pennsylvania attorney general josh shapiro will be the democratic nominee for pennsylvania governor. shapiro coasts through uncontested. he will face the winner of the republican gubernatorial primary in the fall. dana bash, shapiro is counting on having a republican candidate, republican competitor whom he can easily paint as extreme. absolutely. he s already starting to do that. we should note that josh shapiro announced that he s positive for covid so i m not sure that we ll actually see him tonight. but jake is exactly right. he became a national figure during the time between november, the november election and when the inauguration happened because as the attorney general in pennsylvania, he was very aggressive about pushing back against gop efforts to overturn the election there. depending on who he has as his opponent, he might be fighting that
town of richmond right near the ohio border and just looking at this plume of smoke from the other day all that smoke and soot and ash will spread into the community for several more days we re told. that serves as a warning for those who live there. the winds and intensity of the flames, our efforts were successful. it did not get into the residential area as far as the fire is concerned. there was an evacuation order still in place that affects 2,000 people who live there. ronnie coffee lives there and not ordered to get out but his business was shut out. thank you for your time. you live across the street from this plant. what does it look and smell like in your town? our business is across the street from the plant. a neighbor across the street lost two buildings. there is a smell depending what side of town you are on.