reminder if you or someone you know is facing a crisis, you can call the national suicide prevention crisis lifeline at 988, that s 24/7. the news continues. errol burnett out front starts now. a special edition of out front next, president biden ready to announce he s ready to run again. why it has everything to do with ron desantis. plus, why a special election that flipped control of the pennsylvania house of representatives is giving democrats across the country a reason to celebrate, something you should be watching. and biden going after the chinese president xi jinping by name, china responding tonight. we re going to go live to beijing. let s go out front. good evening and welcome to a special edition of out front. i m erin burnett. it s biden versus desantis. the president is heading to florida tomorrow and he has his sights set in large part of the state s governor. this is new reporting from phil mattingly, and it comes as biden is expected to announce his own
hello, i m abby phillip in washington. president biden is taking the fight to republicans in florida and that s a state that s been tilting more and more toward the gop. it s also home to two of biden s potential 2024 rivals, donald trump and ron desantis. not to mention, biden s latest foil, republican senator rick scott. it is scott s recent proposal to sunset federal programs that biden has been hammering all week and in a few minutes he ll try to keep the pressure on with remarks focused on bolstering social security and medicare. cnn s priscilla alvarez is there in tampa ahead of the speech. so, priscilla, i don t think many people expected that joe biden and rick scott would be the first big political matchup of the year but the white house is very much leaning into it. reporter: it is front and center, abby. not only that, this is the second stop that biden is making after the state of the union this week. as he mentioned, biden is driving his message home that he is
all of that is coming up. but first you re here today. your ceo didn t want to show up. i want to sincerely apologize impacted by this. caused a loft of anguish. people want to know if we re going to invest in this system so it won t happen again. we need to invest in technology and also in our operational system because the winter operations were too much for us. it was a failure epically from top to bottom. it s obvious that ya ll messed up and your customers, they expect you to fix it. neil: all right. the fix is not in, at least not yet. a south airlines number 2 executive getting grilled on capitol hill over that holiday travel chaos that grounded nearly 17,000 flights. today lawmakers are demanding answers. unfortunately, they didn t get many answers. we ve got you covered with fox s lydia hu on why a southwest apology didn t cut it. robert ray on winter weather that could be testing it all over again. not only for southwest but an entire country. let s
aaron burnett out front starts now. now a race against time to find survivors in an earthquake that s killed more than 3800 people as they definitely search for survivors. the death toll is rising, and we are have a live report in just a minute. plus, desantis versus disney. why the florida governor cannot quit fighting the most magical place on earth. a place so magical that he reportedly got married there. and putin s ex-wife living a life of total luxury, now sanctioned by many countries, including the united states. we re going talk to a reporter who literally went knocking on her mansion door. what she found, what they said, and she s got the pictures to prove it. let s go outfront. and good evening. welcome to all to a special edition of outfront tonight. i m erin burnett. we re going get to all of these stories and much more. i want to begin, though, the devastation and desperation unfolding right now as we are all watching this. 4300 people now confirmed d
to mandatory evacuations. the president was paralyzed for an entire week by a balloon. the president made a very clear and decisive decision. domestic, political, and international blowback as china s spy balloon has upended president biden s state of the union address this week. and the u.s. is on alert for possible retaliation from beijing. another close call on the runway as a fedex cargo plane nearly collides with a southwest flight in texas. breaking the record for the most grammy wins of all time! queen bey is now queen of the grammys. beyonce making history, taking home more grammys than any other artist ever. cnn this morning starts right now. and you can see, there s a lot going on this morning. and we have to begin with a dramatic new video of a reporter running for his life on live tv, while he was reporting on the devastating earthquake in turkey. take a look. [ speaking non-english ] [ screaming ] the catastrophic quake has now killed more than