a brand new poll releasing right about now reveals what voters now think of joe biden and america s economy. plus the trump organization s former financial base is in talks to potentially plead guilty again this time to perjury. and i ve told this to anybody who will hear it. i am not going anywhere. nikki haley is holding out even with calls for her to quit the race. but for how long. what s going on, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m omar jimenez in for kasie hunt. it is friday, february 2, 5:00 a.m. on the east coast. coming up, a new cnn poll, numbers just in, they show america s deep pessimism about the economy might be easing up even if only a little. 26% say the economy is starting to recover versus 48% say it is still in a downturn. which doesn t sound great until you compare it to the poll last summer when only 20% said the economy is recovering. like practically everything else now, views of the economy are sharply split
nikki haley or ron desantis? then an issue affecting many of you watching right now, to bundle or not to bundle? what does the future of streaming look like? and take out your funny hats and glasses we re giving the yea or nay to the biggest new years tradition. the panel is here and raring to go. so sit back, relax and let s talk about it. up first, what is likely to be the story of 2024, the race for president. if you believe the polls, we re looking at a biden/trump rematch. in a world where people say and do pretty much anything and can still get elected, we re left asking, is a surprise still possible? the next few weeks may answer that. in politics, the new year means, after months of candidates talking, voters finally get their say. donald trump is still the clear leader, with nikki haley and ron desantis vying to become the main challenger. voting kicks off in iowa. on monday, january 15th, we re going to win the iowa caucuses. where trump is way ahead in rece
all this evidence was heard in the absence of the four men. six of the seven in charge have withdrawn from the disciplinary set of proceedings saying they don t trust the process. one man who is charged and is expected to give evidence tomorrow is the former england captain. he denies any allegations of racism. england s cricketers have beaten bangladesh by three wickets in the first of their three match odi series. they made hard work of that modest trace, losing captain butler for just nine leaving them at 65 a. dawid malan scoring a brilliant century on the way to helping england reach their target with two overs to spare. and that s all for sports for now. from me and the rest of the team, bye. hello. it s exactly a year since russia began its full scale invasion of ukraine and it s changed the world. siren wails explosion russia invades in a major military assault by land, sea and air. - without provocation, without justification, without necessity. this is a premeditate
to fly out of washington, d.c. until the 6:00 p.m. tonight. instead, they very quietly gathered a press pool and left yesterday about 4:15. the president appeared in kyiv, not on his original itinerary. we were told he was just coming to poland to commemorate the one year anniversary of the russian invasion instead he droons into an active war zone. the new york times is reporting that he took an hour s long train ride from poland into the ukrainian capital that is besieged by the russians right now and while there he announced an extra half a billion dollars in new u.s. security assistance. listen. that announcement includes artillery ammunition for himars and howitzers, nor javelins, raiders, they will protect the people from aerial bombardments. he rattled off a lot of different kinds of assistance. it is all equipment that the u.s. has given ukraine so far. ukrainians van v. been asking for f-16s that s not on the list of things the president gave as half a billion do
deserve having their lives in such a way because we don t win a football match. that balance, i think. in my case, that balance was critical, but you need some help. someone to take that picture in front someone to take that picture in front of someone to take that picture in front of you. when you are in that position, it s not easy to see it. katie taylor s highly anticipated homecoming fight has been postponed, with her opponent amanda serrano picking up an injury. the world title rematch was due to take place in dublin on the 20th of may. the fight promoters say they re now trying to find a revised date. irish fighter taylor beat puerto rico s serrano to retain her undisputed lightweight title in new york last may. the european indoor championships take place in istanbul later this week. the great britain team includes reigning 800m champion keely hodgkinson and quadruple gold medal long distance runner laura muir. muir will be a firm favourite over the 1,500 metres. sh