yes. good morning, everyone. glad you are with us on cnn this morning. i m joined by erica hill. kevin mccarthy facing a growing republican revolt as the house prepares to vote on his debt limit deal he struck with president biden. we are about to find out if the speaker can pull it off. a chinese fighter jet intercepting a spy plain of the pentagon accusing the pilot of being unnecessarily aggressive forcing the plane to fly through dangerous turbulence. also, sources tell cnn former new jersey governor chris christie is going to jump in the race for the white house. he will make it official with an announcement on tuesday giving donald trump yet another republican challenger. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. snu and we begin on the debt limit and the deal and can it pass. it is a crucial day. we will see on capitol hill the house is set to vote on it after it narrowly cleared a major hurdle last night. mr. norman. mr. norman, no. mr. roy? mr. ro
Service. School and homes have been targeted. Children have been morning the casualties, wolf. The Syrian Regime and russia have not stopped this. A warning from the united nations, there will be mass starvation in this city if food, Water Supplies and water are not allowed in very soon. Will ripley reporting for us. Thanks very much. Thats it for me. Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Outfront, the Breaking News, President Elect trump at this hour laying out his promises for day one. You will hear him. Plus, trumps controversial Chief Strategist steve bannon speaking out and saying, im not a racist. Trump meeting with americas first selfmade black billionaire. Hes a democrat. How did that conversation go . Hes my guest tonight. Lets go outfront. Good evening, im erin
burnett. Ooutfront tonight, Breaking News, trump releasing a new video, first policy statement since his trip to the white house after the election. Trump breaking his silence breaking straight to camera in a somber
he lost, he stood down. putin won. but prigozhin is sort of like a caesar in exile, right? someone who can still threaten from abroad, someone who has enormous credibility as a military leader, who has loyal troops, although he is separated from them for now, and someone who s anti-corruption, anti-elite, his anger at the sort of self-satisfied oligarchs in moscow resonates very strongly. so he could be a future threat as well. who is the wagner mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin, then? brian todd takes a closer look at the man who allegedly led an armed revolt and appears to be getting a pass from the russian regime. reporter: the man recently videotaped screaming at vladimir putin s top military officials for betraying his mercenaries on the battlefield is someone used to the tactic of strong arming,
I keep thinking about the book bear hunt. did you ever read this to your kids? you ve got to go through it. it sounds like chris christie is trying to go through trump. how do you do that? well, you know, he does have, i guess, the benefit of some practice from the last time around. eight years ago. but we are seeing a couple of things. one is that this field is getting increasingly crowded. that could help trump. that s the conventional wisdom and it makes sense. i think what you are seeing, christie has a harder path because the party has changed so much just since the 2016 campaign. the core of the republican party, the base moving much farther to the right, being much more targeted towards the working class, the anti-elite, anti-college, anti-business to some extent, anti-chamber of commerce, anti-globalist. krigs christa coastal governor, an institutionalist. he was once a u.s. attorney and believes in american business. it s a harder path. but if you look at what christie
Orthodoxy of the gop in his image an the only person that will succeed him is the one that carries on that image. so the danger still exists. i do think donald trump is a dangerous character that should not be returned to office. would you be surprised if someone else emerged with that same level of anti-democratic themes but this new gop orthodoxy continues past the forther president. and eddie, what is interesting, fraud endorsing the quack, the unseriousness of both men is always what trump returns to, right. sort of the anti-elite. mccormick is trump era establishment, if you will. has the trump has hands on him from his wife s association, but oz was his guy. trump reveals him self over and over again. there is no policies. there is no nothing dignified about how he sees any sort of elected office. it is about tv.