selling the speech, public confirmation of private plans, and new help now on the ground. up first, president biden taking his state of the union to the union, pointing to the economy, saying his plans are working, but what about those calls for bipartisanship with republicans ramping up their investigations on capitol hill? we ll take you there live. also this hour, a new global response in the headlines over that chinese spy balloon. the secretary of state this afternoon appearing alongside the head of nato revealing the u.s. was not beijing s only target as the u.s. gets ready to declassify aspects of the program sometime soon. dozens of americans now on site in turkey helping in that huge rescue operation from those devastating earthquakes. we re learning now even more people have been killed. we ll take you to the scene live. i m hallie jackson in washington. let s start with nbc s mike memoli with the president in wisconsin. chad brewster is in the key voting state. a
hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. i m bianca nobilo. and i m max foster. joining you live from london. just ahead on cnn newsroom ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy visiting washington, d.c. this week to try to make a personal and desperate plea for his country. ukraine is just a stepping stone for russia. special counsel jack smith is asking the supreme court to take up two constitutional questions in his election subversion trial against former president trump. they know this is a case that question has never been decided. israel says after two months of fighting it is still battling hamas in two different strongholds in northern gaza. the situation is very, very challenging. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, december 12, 9:00 a.m. in london and 4:00 a.m. in washington where the ukrainian president calls the d congressional deadlock a
aim at his likely democratic rival for the white house, accusing president biden with no evidence of weapon sizing the justice department for political purposes. every time radical left democrats, marxists, communists, and fascists indict me, i consider it a great badge of honor. i m being indicted for you. these are not indictments in the traditional sense. these are biden indictments. this is just against a political opponent. again, there is zero evidence that the white house has anything to do with the indictments against the former president. despite his complaints, though, that he s being unfairly victimized, trump sounded like he is out for revenge, suggesting he would use a second presidential term to go after biden. he s opened up a pandora s box that may never let our country be the same. i only can say to joe is be very careful what you wish for because what you ve done is a terrible thing. let s bring in former republican congressman adam kinzinger. he ser
the short and the long term. so while ukraine is not going to be getting this immediate invitation to nato, we are expecting this major announcement from g7 countries, which white house official amanda sloet said earlier is essentially going to send messages, a warning to russia. this is about integrating ukraine further into the west in terms of politics, in terms of economics, and, of course, in terms of the military. we are seeing a number of countries offer huge new military aid packages to ukraine. so as president zelenskyy comes back to kyiv, he s certainly going to come back disappointed for not getting the biggest item on his wish list, but he will be able to say that he got significant deliverables both in the short and the long term. phil? pam? alex, melissa, thanks so much. and do stay tuned. we re going to be speaking with national security adviser jake
good morning, everyone. from washington, d.c., poppy is off this week, family brown back with me on this fine wednesday. let s get started with five things to know for july 12, 2023. president biden and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy set to make a major announcement about new efforts to bolster ukraine s long-term military prospects. later this morning the announcement coming. despite the agreement, however, nato has declined to offer a clear time line for ukraine to join the alliance. and severe weather from coast to coast, parts of new england are still suffering from devastating floods. while more than 50 million americans from california to texas to florida will face another round of extreme heat. and happening in just a couple of hours, fbi director christopher wray set to testify in what s expected to be, almost certain to be, a contentious hearing. wray will face questions from republicans who claim the fbi has become politicized. and new concerns after north