zelenskyy. the ukrainian president is set to meet with president biden and the entire senate in hopes of securing critical funding to fight off russian forces. plus, special counsel jack smith is taking his prosecution of donald trump all the way to the supreme court. we ll explain why smith is petitioning the highest court in the land. and also ahead we ll bring you the latest from the middle east. israeli troops continue to hunt for the leader of hamas in southern gaza, but top officials there are now signaling an escalation with another terror group. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, december 12th. i m jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin in washington where today ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is state side for the third time since russia launched its full-scale invasion back in february of 2022. zelenskyy will meet with president biden at the white house to discuss his country s needs on the battle
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a suicide bomber. new developments in the probe into a deadly terror attack. wolf blitzer is off today. i m candy crowley. and you re in the situation room. the battle for the white house now centered in the state of ohio. president obama paid yet another visit to what both campaigns see as a must-win state. and today the president came armed with a new report on tax policy that he used to hammer away at mitt romney. our cnn white house correspondent, dan lothian, is traveling with the president. dan, the president pretty much could take up citizenship in ohio at this point. reporter: that s right. he really could. he was right here in akron almost a month ago. it was part of his bus tour. and since he announced his re-election bid last spring, the president has been to this state about a dozen or so times. this is really a crucial state not only for the president but also for mitt romney. and today the president was going after his opponent on his tax plan saying they
the scorched earth partisan politics in washington could push america over a fiscal cliff and quite possibly into a recession if congress doesn t act. economists now say that the so-called fiscal cliff has now overtaken europe as the biggest threat to the u.s. economy. in other words, our home-grown storm has a bigger chance of causing a hurricane here than the actual hurricane that s blowing our way from europe. i ve been berating congress on this show to pass legislation now to head off a series of tax increases and spending cuts mandated to take effect on january 1st. because congress couldn t come up with a better deal to raise the nation s debt limit last year. i am not alone in my calls. the federal reserve chairman and the international monetary fund are warning congress to act before it s too late. if you get hit by another recession, you ll join me in pointing my finger directly at the political partisanship that sr. has poisoned your path to economic stability and t