hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you re watching cnn newsroom, and i m rosemary church. just ahead, hollywood writers heading to the picket line. thousands set to go on strike, a move that will bring productions to a updated on anying halt and send shockwaves through the industry. a dire warning from america s treasury secretary, saying the country only has about a month to pay its bills or risk an economic catastrophe. plus, we ll take you to a small island that s part of taiwan, but just four miles from china s border and almost totally defenseless against china s navy. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. and we begin in hollywood, where television and film writers are going on strike, a move that will very likely shut down most tv and film productions in the u.s. for the foreseeable future. the strike was announced hours ago after the writers gu
have more to share later on. i want to bring in our senior crime and justice correspondent shimon prokupecz shimon, what more are you hearing there? we know that this happened before the bank was open around 8 30, which gives us a little bit of a clue of what may have been going on and who the suspect who is now dead is right. and by all accounts at this point based on what we re hearing from witnesses and law enforcement, this is quite a chaotic scene. police officers arriving and then within minutes that they were there they had encountered . according to police. they were fired upon. there were gunshots , and then we have seen indications where glass has been broken at the front. what appears to be the front of this bank has happened. as you said around 8 30 this morning before the bank was open for business. we re hearing from people inside the bank having to hide inside the vault the bank s vault to try and protect themselves and police. we believe this point encountered
warsaw, poland, where the president will be shortly. here s what we know. a very significant moment in the world stage. president biden met with ukrainian president zelenskyy during this unannounced trip. it comes just days before the one year mark of russia s brutal invasion of ukraine. this moment is highly significant. biden sending a strong message of support to ukrainians as air raid sirens were sounding across the town, indicating the risk on this trip. both leaders spoke about the weight of this historic moment. president biden, it is so important for us and all we are proud of it. thank you very much for coming, mr. president. it s good to be back in kyiv. i was telling the president, staff members on the flight from washington and poland and asked me how many times i ve been to kyiv. i had to stop and think. this is my eighth trip. much has changed. much of it bad. but also, we have stepped up in a way that few people ever have in their own defense. and i have
hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m max foster in london. bianca is off for the week. just ahead on cnn newsroom. the shifting narrative from the white house on defense now referring all questions to the justice department. everyone was just astounded that it took this long. that period there is what is now going to be an issue for the pres president. a difficult search and rescue operation forcing emergency workers to use ropes and cranes. four investigators from france arriving at the site today, this tuesday, as the search still goes on for two more of those victims. he is now saying he always had questions about george santos s resume. a big question has become what did gop leaders know about george santos and when did they know it? announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, january 17th, the a.m. here in london, 4 a.m. in washington
will kevin mccarthy be the speaker of the january 6th, 2024 that s a pretty i don t know if i would bet for him to last a year? i take that that in the opposite. i think i probably would, yes. given the fact that, in an hour, we are going to have the 14th vote, i mean i m not a betting lady but have a good weekend, my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we are now just one hour away from the house of representatives coming back to the session at 10 pm eastern, this evening, to potentially end this now historically an embarrassing of the house. after four days, and 13 failed rounds of voting, republican leader kevin mccarthy has finally managed to move the needle, bringing all but six of his detractors to his side. mccarthy needs just two more opponents if that happens, he could win this thing he s already made some very good progress. we will come back tonight. i believe to finish this once and for all. but if he can t no