Breaking news, explosive growth of the wildfires in texas. One just became the second largest in state history. It is 0 contained we have new reporting on who needs to take cover in very shortly, ivf families will rally at the Alabama State house. Could a major about face be imminent after the state Supreme Court controversial ruling that some say put ivf in jeopardy. Sara is out today. Im john berman with kate baldwin. This he is Cnn News Central okay so you know, you love capitol hill drama. You dont have to admit it, but you know, you love it. And today is going to be one of those days. Very soon President Bidens son, hunter is arriving on the hill and heading Behind Closed Doors for what has become a highly anticipated moment, the facetoface with republicans lawmakers, and the biggest moments so far in the republican Led Effort Toward Impeaching President Biden. Cnns paula reid. Shes watching all this tracking all of this hopefully as sneakers on because its going to be wild. Paula
but fresh talks tomorrow between the rmt union and rail bosses. and later in the programme we ll find out more about this live feed of a owl s nest in yorkshire has gone viral around the world. tonight with the context, scotland editor at the spectator alex massie, and democratic stragist mary anne marsh. welcome to the programme. we start in washington, dc. the us committee investigating the january 6 capitol riot has just wrapped up its fourth public hearing. it was focused on the presidential pressure donald trump put states under to overturn the election results. central to this are two battleground states arizona and georgia. joe biden won both by a razorthin margin, and president trump pushed and pushed for those in charge of the counts to overturn the results, claiming the election was fraudulent. much of today s hearing was lead by democrat congressman adam schiff. here is part of his opening statement. anyone who got in the way of donald trump s continued hold on
father. this with the house poised to vote today on whether to formally authorize an impeachment inquiry into president biden. also ahead, the president set to meet today with the families of americans held hostage by hamas. and his new warning to israel about the war. and later, rudy giuliani set to testify as soon as today in the defamation case against him as an election worker tearfully recounts the threats that made her fear for her life. hello, everyone, thank you for being here. it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with this breaking news on capitol hill this morning. hunter biden speaking there moments ago saying he is ready to testify publicly this morning, as house republicans have him scheduled to appear for a closed-door deposition. hunter biden acknowledged his troubled history, but accused house republicans of distorting the facts. there s no evidence to support the allegations that my father was financially invol
in jerusalem. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is scheduled meet with several arab leaders today as the u.s. tries cool tensions in the middle east. blinken is in amman, jordan where he will meet with his counterparts from jordan, egypt, saudi arabia, the united arab emirates and qatar. a palestinian authority will also be in attendance. the trip comes after he met with israeli leaders in an attempt to get them to agree to humanitarian pauses in the war against hamas. we need to do more to protect palestinian civilians. we ve been clear that as israel conducts his campaign to defeat hamas, how it does so matters. it matters because it s the right and lawful thing to do. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is refusing the idea of a cease fire, saying the more than 240 hostages still held by hamas must be released first. the united states would not agree to a cease fire after, the bombing of pearl harbor or after the terrorist attack of 9/11. israel will not agree to