piece of stripe gum. the situation room with wolf blitzer starts right now. see you tomorrow. happening now, breaking news. closing arguments just wrapped up in donald trump s new york civil fraud trial. the former president taking his campaign to the courtroom, launching into a rambling speech before being cut off by the judge who urged trump s attorneys to control their client. plus, we re now in the final stretch before iowa decides with the first in the nation caucuses just four days away. nikki haley and ron desantis trying to capitalize on last night s heated cnn debate and close the gap with republican front-runner donald trump. a key haley supporter, new hampshire governor chris sununu joins me live this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. and let s get straight to the breaking news. donald trump s new york civil fraud trial comes to
weather is what s stealing the show right now. forcing candidates to cancel last-minute blitzes across the state, caucus-goers in for some brutally cold temperatures with the wind chill reaching negative 25°, if not lower on monday. some iowans say they are determined to brave the cold. just have to put on a warm the car up, put another coat on. i m a lifelong resident, used to it. john: as a guy who grew up in canada, i know how to be cold, but why i moved to miami. sandra: and a girl from chicago. the stakes are high that is for sure as voters take the first step in the race to the white house and brand-new polling shows one candidates gaining momentum in the final few days. john: a poll puts nikki haley ahead of ron desantis, putting her in second place, desantis now third. the former president maintains a dominant lead, nikki haley is hitting double digits at 20% in the suffolk university poll, desantis around 13%. sandra: and right to it. grady trimble liv
vladimir putin by flying two drones toward the kremlin. kyiv is adenying any attempts on putin s life, accusing moscow of a, quote, trick. the u.s. is treating russia s claim way great deal of skepticism right now. so what are the facts? what does this mean for the war? plus a major decision just minutes from now. will the fed raise interest rates again despite bank failures and the impact on consumer loan rates? what this all means for your wallet. and a major development in the fight against alzheimer s. the new trial that offers hope for people in the early stages of this disease. drugmaker eli lilly says it will file for approval soon. we are following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. we begin this hour with breaking news. atlanta police say that multiple people have been injured in an active shooter situation in midtown atlanta. we want to get straight to cnn s nick valencia who joins us now live. nick, bri
hello. i m abby philip in washington. a desperate search is under way for survivors after a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck turkey and syria. the death toll is now more than 2500 and aid from across the world is pouring in. the aftermath of this is catastrophic. this was the strongest earthquake to hit that area in more than 100 years, and it struck while nearly everyone was asleep. hundreds of people this hour are still believed to be trapped. massive high rises reduced to rubble, as more than 50 aftershocks some as strong as 7.5 magnitude, make matters even worse for rescue crews. one survivor capturing this horrific moment that the building collapsed. floor after floor falling as people run from a massive debris cloud. nearby, another collapse. look at this. and video of dramatic rescues are also coming in. this child pulled from the wreckage. crews are now hoping to uncover more miracles in the rubble. cnn s scott mcclain will lead us off here. scott, a massive r
national security interests and threats as best we can. thanks, admiral. real quick, is there a timeline for recovery of this object? you d have to talk to the pentagon, i don t know. guys, again, this just happened in the last hour and a half and they re still assessing where this thing landed and the degree to which they can get to it. on the poland visit, i know in the statement that you put out, it says that the president is going to meet with leaders of the eastern flank countries. are any other european leaders, nato leaders expected to join the president on this trip? we re still putting the agenda together. the predominant reason is to talk to those nations who are literally on the eastern flank of the nato alliance. but i can t rule in or rule out there may be additional attendees that the president may have. thanks very much. back to lula, is there going to be any commitment to the amazon fund by the united states during this visit? let s have the visi