with us. biden flying home after 72 hours in europe. an undercover trip to kyiv, a defining speech and today a huddle with allies on nato s front lines. his parting message colliding with the new joint effort to condemn the west and promise, quote, new frontiers. plus this is their mess. the president puts the job of cleaning up a toxic rail spill on the shoulders of the southern railway. but stern words from the president come only after ohioans impacted say they believe the president has i ignored them for weeks. and the new republican majority, one ally calls for red states to lead the union. and an alabama republican want the enshrine the ar-15 as the national gun of america. fist, a split on the global stage. president biden in war saw and vladimir putin in moscow. their agendas underline the state of play in ukraine right now. there s no end in sight for the war. right now, president biden is on air force one. his trek home capping a three-day trip jam packed with h
financial 2008 meltdown. as joe biden defends economic policy and promises a budget of more spending and higher taxes. when we talk about 28% tax rate, ronald reagan was 28% tax rate. that wacko liberal guy. maria: then the 2024 presidential election is on. florida governor ron desantis makes a stop in iowa over the weekend sparking questions as to when, not if, the governor is about to join the race for president and try to take florida s success across the country. the state of florida, we re the fastest growing state in the country, number one for net in migration in the country, number one gdp and economic growth amongst large states, and that didn t happen by accident. i mean, that s a result of the way you lead, the values they uphold, and the policies you support. i am sick of people getting elected to office and they kind of sit back like potted plants. leah: coming up, florida governor ron desantis is here live on the florida legislature currently underway. his n
which all other rights depend. if you can t defend yourself, te can t defend your family and your property, you don t have any rights at all. you re a l.. by definition. so you may be wondering in this moment of creeping authoritarianism, how is the right to self defense doing in our country? ou we can give some kind of long lecture, but instead, how about some examples? consider two shootings that took place at gas stations in the past year in the united states . the first shooting occurred around two p 2:0m.m on october a the state of missouri, a twentyo three year old felon called javon taylor with a long criminal record convictiontaylor armed robbery, for example, began threatening a female clerk, apparently becausn es st the gas station didn t carry the kind of cigars that he wanted. that s when an off firemanat sw called anthony santae, who was inside, decidehed to step in.or. he told javon taylor to leave ty the storloe. response to that, taylor began threatening h
the game and his collapse. we ll look at all the tributes. more than half a million people across california are without power as high winds and rain hammered california. we ll look at the forecast and how emergency officials rew preparing. plus, are you taking part in dry january? why you could be doing more good than you think. that s all ahead on cnn this morning. hi, everyone, it s sunday, january 8th, a new week. thanks so much for waking up with us. alex, so good to be working with you. dry january, do you subscribe to that? i do half dry january. not all in. i do feel the effects. better sleep, healthier, all that kind of thing. we re going to talk with an expert. up first, president biden heads for the border as we ve been saying while the 118th congress prepares to get down to business. the president stops in el paso, texas, that s today, on his way to a summit in mexico city. this will be his first visit to the border during his presidency. now
good evening, everyone. i m laura coats, and this is cnn tonight. well, they re going to come back and do it all tomorrow. the house voting to adjourn until noon. that s congressional time for 9:00 a.m. and they barely got the votes to do that tomorrow, giving kevin mccarthy is few more hours to try to make a last-ditch deal that would give him the speakership. i think it s probably best that people work through some more. and i think i don t think the vote tonight will be any different but a vote in the future will. do you have a deal with those guys now? not yet but we re making a lot of progress. our reporting indicates that some members may actually be moving in mccarthy s direction, which maybe there is a break in the clouds for him. but there is no doubt the horse trading will go on well into the night, but it s been a long and chaotic and frankly embarrassing display so far. i mean, there were three votes yesterday. three more votes earlier today. no memb