newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we are following two developments in two major stories. a short time ago in texas, the state house of representatives voted to impeach attorney general ken paxton. he is accused of bribery and abuse of public trust. the conservative republican calls the proceedings a politically motivated sham. meanwhile in washington, we re waiting for details on a phone call wrapping up, or may have already wrapped up, between president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy. the debt ceiling talks have reached a crucial moment of sorts. negotiations are now down to one final sticking point. work requirements for social safety net programs. the white house and republican leaders may have as many as eight days for preventing the u.s. from defaulting on its debts. many predict economic disaster if that happens. we have a reporter at the white house and on capitol hill. manu, what do you think? do you think we ll get some kind of readout from the speaker
ex-president very clear publicly known efforts and plot to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election. a series of court battles over the last few weeks have largely gone in special counsel jack smith s favor, resulted if a whole slew of new trump officials and allies now being ordered to testify. some big names, none of them bigger than the one, vice president mike pence, news broke on tuesday that a federal judge had ordered him to answer questions under oath regarding conversations that may involve illegality on donald trump s part. here s what mike pence told nbc news about all of that this morning. i ll be in washington, d.c., later the week. i ll be meeting with my counsel that week and we ll determine the best way forward. again, i have nothing to hide. i believe we did our duty under the constitution on january 6th. nothing to hide, but that response begs the question, if that s the case, and frankly the fact that he wrote the book about it, why hasn t he testified
pay a roll is the silicon valley bank collapse. this hour, everything that you need to know. forget frenemies, president trump is acting as if governor desantis is his biggest rival, and the new nickname that trump is using on the trail for desantis and the regret he says that he now has. and a powerful nor easter is hitting hundreds of thousands of people with heavy snow and wind as heavy as 60 miles per hour slamming the northeast and you can see it churning there and a lot to get to this hour, and a lot to begin with the latest on the response to the banking fears. cnn business reporter matt egan processing all of the new inflation data which met expectations, and what is the new consensus this morning? well, jim and erica, it is saying that inflation is not gone, but it is cooling off. 6.5% increase in consumer prices over the last six months is not good, but it is triple what is considered healthy, but everything is relative. as you can see on the chart, the tren
ian will go down as one of the most powerful hurricanes to ever hit the u.s. the storm turning coastal communities into open ocean winds as high as 150 miles per hour shredding everything in their path. fema says 1500 people have been rescued since ian came to shore, the worst natural disaster in state history. fox team coverage start right now. steve harrigan is near sarasota county, chad pergram at the white house on federal response but first to alexandria hoff to pine island, florida. alexandria. reporter: arthel, we are in an area that s called mat lachet, it s complicated what s happening behind me. rescue effort being led by the u.s. coast guard to rescue people who will be stranded on pine island ever since this storm hit and this has been a large-scale operation. what ends up happening here those stranded on pine island have to get on boat to mount lachet and plenty of people have been rescued by helicopter as well. a couple of minutes we know that ems personnel was
with election day fast approaching. is his message resonating right now as cnn s exclusive new poll drives home voters worries about the u.s. economy. also tonight, the trump organization s tax fraud trial is now under way in new york, after years of investigation. jurors being chosen to decide if crimes were committed by the former president s business. and as the battle for southern ukraine rages, russia is now accusing ukrainian forces of planning to detonate a nuclear-laced dirty bomb. the claim is being denial by officials in kyiv and here in washington. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, president biden hammering home his party s closing message just 15 days before the midterm elections. let s go straight to the white house where cnn s phil mattingly is standing by. as the president makes his push, a new cnn poll shows what voters care about most. give u