questions about his 2024 ambitions. let s get to cnn s arlette saenz. she joins us from delaware where president biden is spending the weekend. what more do we know? reporter: well, jim, this will mark a significant shift in the leadership at the white house as cnn has confirmed chief of staff ron klain is expected to step down from his post in the coming week. sources saying that that is expected to happen after the state of the union address set for february 7th, but klain would stay on for a transition period as they work toward his replacement. now this comes as klain has steered the ship at the white house since the beginning of biden s presidency. seen accomplishments such as steering the country and getting covid-19 relief passed up on capitol hill. there was also that massive infrastructure bill, as well as historic investments when it comes to climate change initiatives. of course there have been a host of challenges facing this administration that klain has over
hello and thanks for joining us. i m abby phillip here in washington. now, president biden makes it official. just moments ago, the u.s. is sending abrams tanks to ukraine. that announcement comes just hours after germany revealed that it will send its own leopard 2 tanks to ukraine. germany had been reluctant to do that but ultimately they bent to weeks of intense pressure from western allies. cnn s phil mattingly is over at the white house for us. but let s begin first with our own jim sciutto. jim, can you walk us through what we are talking about here? what are these tanks, and where are they coming from as it relates to what s going into ukraine? reporter: abby, this is a significant move and let s begin with what the capabilities are. this is a german leopard tank then you have the u.s. sending abrams as well. first thing to say about this, highly capable, it s an offensive weapon, not a defensive weapon and the ukrainians hope here, their aim is to use this as a weap
instagram and then repeatedly messaged one of them. cnn national correspondent camila bernal is following the latest developments for us. camila, what more can you tell us? reporter: hey, fred. so, this is really important because authorities have not given us a connection between bryan kohberger and the victims. they have not said whether they knew each other or whether they had interactions. so people magazine is finding one of these connections saying that bryan kohberger followed the three girls on instagram and also saying that the three girls did not follow him back. the report also saying that not only did he follow them but he reached out to one of the girls in particular repeatedly. those messages went unanswered. it s unclear whether she saw the messages or whether she just chose not to answer them. but people magazine saying they were able to review that instagram account before it was deleted. they also went a little bit further saying that the girls worked
pennsylvania judge and waived extradition and now we have body cam video of a traffic stop weeks before his arrest where police let him go. a makeshift container wall at the southern border in arizona is being taken down after legal challenges from the biden administration, you know, the people who created the border crisis. plus, democratic governor s busing migrants out of his state. bill melugin is here life with a full report but we begin with chaos on capitol hill after three rounds of votes, kevin mccarthy has so far failed to be elected speaker of the house. rich edson is live with us in the nation s capital with more. good evening. good evening. still no speaker. tthe house has adjourned on republicans are trying to figure this all out. kevin mccarthy says there is no circumstance where he drops out of the speakers race. he says he s looking for 11 votes to give him one more than democratic leader hakeem jeffries. on all three ballots, jeffries received unanimous su
discourse day today. not all of this was nowadays, you better watch what you say. there s always someone in person or online who can tell you that you can t say that, it s problematic. there are so many words and phrases off-limits. it s hard to keep off track. some say peanut gallery is classist and racist. first world problems is also classist. tone-deaf is in ablest. mom and dad assumes traditional gender roles. there s always something that seems to be a new word. syndicated talk show host is with us now to explain good to be with you. good to talk to you. all of my career, never called for a host to be fired. i believe in something called freedom. we can t make people watch our shows or listen to my radio s show. i believe in freedom. but that s not the prevailing view. sadly, it s not. always thought we went to the universities to hear other people s ideas. not necessarily agree with them, but learned something about what i had to say. now, we see surv