Im Rachel Maddow here in msnbc with my beloved colleagues, chris hayes, joy Reid Stephanie ruhle. Great to all be together in this difficult time we will be joined by California Governor Gavin Newsom in a little bit. He was there at the debate, god bless and we will get his take on what went down tonight the debate is just now wrapping up after two hours of talking stuff. Seven republicans swear it off tonight at the Ronald Reagan library in california. And of course, you know, just one a basic political level, two questions coming out of tonights debate, the obvious one, anything that happened in the second debate, will it have impacts on their standing in race. We had one debate already that first debate last month appear to have no major effect on the polls at all. There was only one candidate who got a significant polling bump, and that was the guy who did not attend. Donald trump got the largest bump of all the candidates out of the first debate. Again, he was not there. The stake
moving into this official impeachment inquiry phase. it has now been formalized. a new election year headache, house republicans have officially opened an impeachment inquiry against joe biden as they look into the family finances. this morning continued questions, though, for proof, any proof of high crime or misdemeanor. a judge pushing pause on the federal election subversion case against the former president. what does it mean now for that march trial date. u.s. intel says nearly half israeli munitionop gaza. that means they re unguided and precise and they could be contributed to the staggering civilian death toll. cnn this morning starts right now. house republicans have officially launched their impeachment inquiry into president biden, even though they ve struggled to say what he did wrong or show any evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors after 11 months of digging. republicans voted along party lines unanimously to formally approve the probe with zero su
if donald trump wasn t running for the white house. we re breaking down the stark revelation about biden s decision making and what it says about the state of the 2024 presidential race. also breaking. after republican senator tommy tuberville finally backs down on his nearly year long blockade of u.s. military promotions, hundreds of nominees have been confirmed tonight. and the israeli military is claiming new advances across gaza. new video showing the frantic search for survivors in the rubble over the israeli strike as the u.n. chief warns conditions in gaza are apocalyptic. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. we begin with the breaking news on the 2024 race for the white house. president biden offering a very candid assessment of how donald trump influenced his decision to seek a second term. cnn s senior white house reporter is in boston for us and that s