hadn t seen. you re a student of the law. you know that lawyers are not supposed to disclose their conversation with their clients. even after they re dead. that s what stephen jones the attorney did. i think it was a questionable decision on his part. it was a tremendous boom to me as a journalist to get behind the scenes in many the investigation. plus, i got all the material that federal government turned over to the defense as part of their investigation. so i have the federal government as well. how nice to see you both. how nice to see you, jeffrey toobin. congratulations. thank you. book after book. not sure how you do it. well it s a phenomenal write. thank you. be sure to pick up his book. we ll speak to one of the authors of the clarence thomas report. that will be later this hour. right now, our coverage continues as cnn this morning continues right now. russia is accusing the united states of being behind that drone attack on the kremlin.
happening now, an urgent crisis in sudan where thousands of citizens remain on the ground as a new cease-fire is announced. we ll have the latest on what the biden administration is doing and not doing to help civilians escape after u.s. diplomats were evacuated. also tonight, a major shakeup over at fox news, primetime host tucker carlson is out. stand by for new details on the timing of his exit and the potential impact on fox and the republican party. president biden is finalizing his 2024 campaign plans on this, the eve of his expected announcement. most americans don t want him or donald trump, for that matter, to run again. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation. out of country the state department and others were working very hard to secure a cease-fire between the warring parties. first of all, perhaps indeed primarily. in osh der to evacuate the large numbers of people who want to get out of
accused of waging war on energy in america. all of this is coming up. we want to get right away to the border story. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. dramatic new video now. let s go to it. showing the magnitude of the jeopardy to our sovereign nation. the video shows a large group of illegal immigrants bailing out of a human smuggler s truck followed by a high-speed chase. the driver later lost control and crashed that truck. after hitting speeds of 100 miles-per-hour or more. texas troopers were chasing her down and then had to tackle her down to keep her from getting away. all of this comes as homeland security secretary mayokas is in miami, florida today touting new measures the administration says will put a dent in illegal crossings. two borders. shocking numbers tell a different story than the one coming out of his mouth. cbp sources telling fox there have been nearly 300,000 gotaways just since october. those are the ones our scanners and camer
slow start, putting it bluntly, quote, welcome to the seinfeld congress. it is a show about nothing. the vote on congresswoman omar is one of the political squabbles unfolding while the nation ticks a day closer to defaulting on its debts. house speaker kevin mccarthy met with president biden yesterday, but there doesn t appear to have been any progress on the debt limit. the president did strike this optimistic tone while speaking this morning. start treating each other with respect. that s what kevin and i are going to do. not a joke. but a good meeting yesterday. we ll get latest ahead. also this morning, day four of that deadly ice storm across the south. cars are spinning out of control on highways. thousands of flights delayed and canceled. and in texas, nearly half a million people are facing the bone chilling cold without power. it is scary. definitely scary. i can say that. it is very slippery out here. probably one of the worst. we ll get an update from
the hard part, legislating, governing starts now. news out of newport news, virginia, a 6-year-old fired a shot into a teacher. kohberger charged with the murders, may have cased the scene of the crime for months. i do believe he has an ego big enough to think that he had outsmarted the system. harry s memoir has leaked. the excerpts are shocking the u.k. and there are more revelations to come. i m pamela brown in washington and you are live in the cnn newsroom. thank you so much for being here. the white house says president biden has called congressman kevin mccarthy to congratulate him on becoming speaker of the house. the california republican finally got his gavel well after 1:00 in the morning on the 15th vote. after the previous round, mccarthy went straight to the man standing in his way, fell le republican congressman matt gaetz who denied him the single remaining yes vote he needed. and then watch this. republican mike rogers lunging at matt gaetz, havin