continues to spawn violence across the country. meanwhile on capitol hill, the stalemate over the debt ceiling continues as the country hits its borrowing limit. we ll have the latest on efforts by the white house to find some sort of compromise. plus, the george santos saga takes another really strange turn. now there are questions about where his mother was on 9/11. also ahead, we are hours away from a decision on criminal charges in the deadly shooting on the set of rust. remember that? we ll get you caught up on the case that could come to a major development this morning. and we ll dig into new reporting on an aggressive new proposal from the biden administration as it pertains to the war in ukraine. joe has the morning off but willie and i are here in new york, and we have with us, the former aid to the george w. bush white house and state department, elise jordan, an msnbc political analyst. former white house communications director under president obama, jennifer
states and around the world. i m laila harat. president biden visits the border amid a surge of migrants trying to reach the united states. he s got the gavel but it could be a tough road ahead for newly minted house speaker kevin mccarthy as he attempts to wrangle fractious republican party. plus china bids a first farewell to zero covid as the country reopens its borders fare the first time in three years. we ll have a live report from one of the biggest crossings between hong kong and mainland china. in the coming hours, president joe biden is expected to visit the u.s. southern border for the first time since taking office. the white house says he ll meet with local officials in el paso, texas, to address border security concerns. the city is facing a surge in migration from latin america, and the president has been criticized for struggling to stem the tide. but mr. biden says his critics, primarily republicans, have demagogued the issue and that his administrati
happening now, breaking news. kevin mccarthy trying to seize the momentum right now in the fight for the speakership. the house is preparing to return to session at 10:00 p.m. eastern tonight, after two very dramatic votes saw the republican leader flip more than a dozen hardliner holdouts coming up just short of a majority. the country marks the second anniversary of the january 6th insur re insur insurrection. president biden honoring the defenders of democracy today, including several police officers brutally attacked while holding off the mob at the capitol. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get to the breaking news. the momentum in the speaker s race swinging heavily toward house republican leader kevin mccarthy. our chief congressional correspondent manu raju is joining us live from capitol hill. i understand you are getting new understand.
rescuers digging through the rubble, desperate to save lives. matt gutman on the scene in dnipro. a new atmospheric river in california. a major highway shut down as it s buried in snow. in the south, the clean up under way from deadly tornadoes. one woman describing how she rescued multiple children as a twister bore down on their day care facility. tonight the storms are moving across the country. what it could mean for the midwest and east later this week. our weather team tracking it all. the picture tells it all. damar hamlin beaming as he reunites with his buffalo bills teammates for the first time on the eve of their big matchup. the latest on hamlin s remarkable recovery. disturbing body cam video. a suspect tased repeatedly by police and later dies at a hospital. the cousin of a black lives matter cofounder. the incident in los angeles happening after a traffic collision. what we re learning about the use of force investigation, and what the man said about geor
his family seen for the first time, claiming cops have the wrong man. plus, new video from a traffic stop showing the suspect. and, story of survival. how a four-year-old girl and nine-year-old boy survived this 250-foot drop. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. tonight, there is political chaos in the house of representatives, unlike anything we ve seen in a century, after the new congress adjourns on a on day one without a speaker. plus, the ongoing weather threat snow, ice and at least a dozen tornadoes have already been reported. but we do want to begin tonight with that terrifying scene in cincinnati, after buffalo bills safety damar hamlin collapsed following a tackle. hamlin tonight is still in critical condition. his family in their first statement saying they are asking to please keep damar in your prayers. in