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.
square. kevin mckacarthy s quest to become house speaker, and the time is running out before the vote. and a green light to treat an experimental drug for alzheimer s. that is what we re watching at this hour. hi, everyone, i m jessica dean in washington in for kate bolduan today. and we begin with new developments in the investigation into a machete attack near times square on new year s eve. cnn has learned that the 19-year-old suspect was added to a terrorist watch list more than two weeks before at tack. which injured three nypd officers. sourcing tell cnn fib agents interviewed the suspect in mid-december after family members grew more concerned about his plans to travel to afghanistan to join the taliban. we begin our coverage with cnn s gloria who is live in times square with the latest. and we learned the suspect was carrying a diary with him. what did authorities find inside? reporter: that is right, jessica. we ve been learning more about trevor bicford, 1
armor and what zelenskyy did another reason ukrainian moral seems to remain high. russian president vladimir putin is usually hundreds of miles away in moscow when he gives out medals. this past startling week, a tale of two nations and enthusiasm for the fight. moscow s manpower crisis so acute, this video is apparently from a russian prison allegedly showing the man called putin chef. afghan personally recruiting convicts for the front line. he tells prisoners that war is hard, if they get taken prisoner, take drugs or have sex with foreign men or women in the fight. an undesirable message to an undesirable crowd. russia increasingly less looking like a nation united in what it won t even call a war yet. even putin turning, here again undermining the kremlin that brutally put him in power. if you ask me, i would enact martial law and exhaust all possibilities to end the conflict with these demons. unlike a volunteer for russia, he said writing later quote we are at war with
Holy [bleep]. Bill we begin with a fox news alert looking at one of the many tornadoes that ripped through iowa yesterday and communities across that state. Look at that aerial view. Obliterated as violent tornadoes ripped through a heartland. Three are dead. Todays Severe Weather is still out there. Well get to iowa live today. Plus there is this. The border in the dark. Iran, iran. Why did you come . No freedom. Yes, in iran. Iran is a country, no freedom for speech, writing, for singing. Bill the line is never ending. Those are migrants from near and far converging on the southwest border. They have never stopped. Most are adult men, many deemed security risks, no one is stopping them despite the attention that we gave the trump trial, we have a little bit away from the border but back on that today as we say good morning. It is wednesday midweek, bill hemmer live in new york city. Thats some video from bill melugin. Dana there is only so much real estate in an hour and a lot of new
This is not just israels problem. Now its in israel but this is a whole world problem. We expect theres a likelihood of escalation, escalation by iranian proxies directed against our forces. We step up and deal with this axis of evil, china, russia, iran. Because its an immediate threat to the United States. Sandra a warning from Mitch Mcconnell about a new axis of evil as we get word of a brandnew drone strike or attacks against a u. S. Base housing american troops in syria. So far no injuries have been reported, meanwhile we are awaiting two briefings at this hour. One from the white house, where john kirby will be joining karine jeanpierre, the press secretary, and another happening a few minutes later from the State Department and a big hello and welcome to you as we begin a new week in new york. Bill im bill hemmer in for john roberts, making his way back to the u. S. Of a. , and from israel. Good afternoon to you where you are. Things stand at this hour, israel says its forces st