cnn this morning starts right now. well, good morning, everyone, i m poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. a lot to get to. specifically politics. pre-christmas campaign push lands in iowa today. donald trump, ron desantis and nikki haley all holding events there, sharpening their closing messages and attacks against one another this morning. a new signal the trump campaign is concerned about one candcand candidate s growing momentum. abbott signing a controversial bill making illegal immigration a state crime that will allow texas police to make mass arrests. the protests and threats of legal challenges already under way. and bursts of lava and smoke filling the sky in iceland today as a volcano dramatically erupted overnight after weeks of warnings. threatening a geothermal power plant. cnn this morning starts right now. new this morning, it looks like donald trump may be feeling some pressure in new hampshire as nikki haley chipped away at what was a huge
president trump. welcome to a new hour of new new. i m dana perino. dana: we re off to the races now. bill: already. this new ad is a sign governor desantis is getting ready to jump into the race. it hits trump. we won t mess with social security as republicans. what did trump say? entitlement be on your place. at some point they will be. what happened to dump? dana: desantis is seen as trump s main rival not formally confirmed his candidatesy. trump shows as the frontrunner desandt is is among those making appearances in the states of iowa and new hampshire. no more whining, no more complaining. now we get to work. if you wanted to create a blueprint on how to ruin america, you would do what president biden and the radical left have been doing. after all we re americans, right? isn t freedom in our d.n.a.? on the democratic side now president biden hasn t announced officially about his campaign. he was asked over the weekend when he came home from irela
also, will the administration talk nancy pelosi out of her trip to taiwan as she riles up china with her travel. huge economic data released almost every day this week, will it point to a recession. and as russian forces strike the main ukrainian port is the grain deal between the two countries already in jeopardy? let s going to sunlen serfaty live for us on capitol hill. the january 6th committee doesn t plan any more hearings until september that doesn t mean they are not going to be busy. reporter: that s absolutely right. almost all the work the committee will be doing over the next month will largely happen behind closed doors. the committee says that a number of significant leads have come in and so they will be using this next month to gather new evidence, to talk to new witnesses potentially even or visit some previous witnesses who have already testified. this committee entering a crucial fact-finding mission over the next month. the house select committee i
the best retail politics we ve seen out of him. he did what we were hoping he would do. he shook hands and looked people in the eye and gave them the time. he will have to do that in 99 counties in iowa. candidates will have to do that in coffee shops and living rooms all over new hampshire. it is retail politics and shows you want to be part of the connection with the voter issues not there to pontiff cat on what you want to say for the day. you realize the message might not be what you think it is and pivot a little bit. bill: the u.s. supreme court says the states decide the issue of abortion and playing out in 50 different ways now. wall street journal. desantis s gamble on abortion. mr. desantis could say the issue would be settled at the state level. that works for us, right steve editorial page but you can expect other candidates to challenge that as insufficient. he signed six weeks into law last week. how do you think it plays from
he was a a delegation treat greeted him at the vatican where he apologize. this is a priority for him to be present to people. that s really a theme of his pontiff cat which is for us as priest, if somebody calls you to the hospital it s not what you say or how you can fix things, it s that you are there and present. why this trip? why is this specific trip to canada so important? why is this apology so important? i mean, that s a great question. it certainly is in some ways indicative of the church s stance which is a little different than over the centuries of just never admitting fault and never admitting wrong. it really was in the modern era it was john paul ii that began to apologize for things like galileo and the inquisition. this trip, i can t think of another trip that was dedicated specifically for the purpose of