charges. we made it 234 years is a country without a single president or former president fa criminal indictment. this year, 2023, donald j trump broke that record. not just once, he was charged in four separate criminal charges this year. trump is 91 federal indictments are far in a way the biggest story of 2023. as the year draws to a close, it s worth considering the magnitude of each of these charges. it s also worth reminding ourselves how big the story is. how big this moment says. it s historic. how very not normal everything about trump world has been. donald trump s disregard for social norms, common courtesy, and the rule of law was shocking at first, but, like any of these campaigns, it can be exhausting to think about, to talk about, to live through each and every day, day after day, year after year. today, with his last day of the first year that a former president was criminally indicted, i want to underscore just how imperative it is that we is a country, as an
is the crowded gop field playing right into the former president s hands? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to the scramble to avoid a historic default on the u.s. debt. president biden and speaker mccarthy are both working the phones tonight as they try to rally support from skeptical lawmakers. cnn is covering the race to pass the agreement from every angle. the stakes right now for the american people and, indeed, the world economic situation are enormous. our correspondents are over at the white house and up on capitol hill. we re getting new details right now and a key democratic leader, congressman james clyburn, is standing by live. we ll get to him in a few moments. first to cnn white house correspondent jeremy diamond. what is the latest where you are over at the white house. reporter: this entire negotiation process was driven by the understanding this was
and the independent trade economist rebecca harding. we start here in the uk where the economy is expected to do worse than every other major advanced country this year, including russia which has been hit by a barrage of economic sanctions from the west. that s according to the international monetary fund, the imf. it said the uk economy will shrink by 0.6% in 2023, rather than grow slightly as previously predicted. here s what they ve had to say. we have a very challenging environment in the united kingdom. we have a large terms of charts meaning that an energy crisis is very strong and in a country where there is a high dependence on liquid natural gas in the high pass through of the wholesale price to the retail price and this is heading towards the cost of living crisis and we have an environment as a response to this high inflation, there was a tightening of monetary policy by the bank of england and in the uk, this fits quickly into mortgages because a lot of mortgag
administration usual antagonists, like evil red state governors who remind her to do her job and visit the border. talk about political theater. playing games with people s lives, with their lives. i just think it is an absolute dereliction of duty. if you see a problem and if we agree that we need to address it, then if you re a leader, participate in a solution, right? when we first came in office, the first bill that we proposed was for a pathway for citizenship, was to fix a broken immigration system which was broken under the previous administration. kamala working overtime to spin her border security narrative. it is such a blatant lie, democrats are forced to call her out. kamala harris is absolutely wrong on that. it is not secure. we have a lot of work to do. i m not here to get in a fight or tow the democratic line, i m here to speak the truth, we do have more work to do. kamala s visit to late night wouldn t be complete without some kissing up to her boss.
Athena jones is in allentown, pennsylvania. Georgia is one of the most closely watched senate races in the country. What are you seeing down there now that the entire country is really focused on whats happening . Reporter it is. The reality is more than 2. 3 million georgians have already cast their ballots. It is extraordinary when you think of that. This race after spending a few hundred million dollars, this race is as close as any in the country and far closer than democrats had hoped it would be. Of course senator Raphael Warnock was just elected in january, 2021, and is trying to run for a full term now but is facing a stiff challenge from republican Herschel Walker. Spending time on the road today with the Walker Campaign this race is closing in a deeply personal way. Herschel walker of course is a legendary georgian. He talked about football a lot. Georgia obviously had a big win last time against tennessee. He invoked that and is hoping hell have the same sense of victory on