after a year of russian brutality and ahead of an expected counteroffensive. the mayor of kyiv will join us live this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with president biden making his 2024 plans official, and making the case that he deserves a second term. cnn s phil mattingly reports on the president s big announcement and how trump figured into his message. four more years! four more years! reporter: president biden is officially in. this is not a time to be complacent. that s why i m running for re-election. reporter: a short campaign-style video timed four years to the day after this 2020 campaign launch. we have to remember who we are. this is america. reporter: the launch heavily and intentionally featuring vice president kamala harris and telegraphing a campaign strategy crafted to sharpen attacks on national republicans. around the country ma
the hallways is higher than that. the fact remains that leadership and his allies continue to say they have got the votes, this is going to be fine, wolf. but it is a test mccarthy s leadership. he really wants to get this through. the goal at the end of this is to pass it through the house. and that s going to prompt president biden to come to the negotiating table. speaker mccarthy had been aiming for a vote tomorrow. where does the timing stand now? reporter: right. they had hoped for wednesday. it depends on who you talk to as to where the timing is going to land. we are still hearing that wednesday is a target day, but it could be that it slips. i ve talked to other members who say, look, it s just up to mccarthy and leadership as to when they think they have the votes, they re going to move forward on this. we ve heard other people coming out, allies saying we think wednesday is the day. wolf, we continue to keep our eye on this. it s all going to hinge on when they think the