unbelievably, the republican message as we go to air tonight is that the capitol insurrection that left five people dead, including a cop who was beaten to death by the maga crowd who chanted hang mike pence and brought a noose in case they caught him, all fueled by the former president of the united states is still it s not worthy of an impeachment trial. indeed, given the chance to vote yesterday, all but five republican senators affirmed that they are ready to absolve the florida retiree who is still their boss in his role of provoking that deadly siege. never mind their own lives were put at risk. they say, don t worry about it, we should all just move on. democrats are wasting the nation s time on a partisan vendetta against a man no longer in office. they beat him up before he got into office, they re beating him up after he leaves office. at some point give the man a break. move on. how easy would it be, sean, for joe biden to say it is bad to impeach a presi
returns to work with a long list of things to accomplish over the next couple of weeks. food stamp recipients get a boost in benefits, just in time for the holiday season, but is it enough with rising prices at the grocery store? meanwhile, a new group of migrants is making a trip through mexico towards the united states, just after another big group dispersed. and today is cyber monday. the biggest online shopping day of the year. a look at how supply chain issues could make it tough to find the gifts you re looking for. and we begin with our top story this morning. new cases of the latest covid variant, omnicron, are being detected around the globe, after being identified by scientists in south africa. as a result, the u.s., canada, and the european union announce a travel ban from south africa and surrounding nations in hopes of stopping the spread. just this morning, japan announced it would ban all foreign travelers. in the next hour, president biden will deliver remar
this week. i am a man when he dean, let s get started. here is the problem with the republican party of 2022, there is no limit, nothing is out of line, nothing is too extreme for them. sure, there can be public outcry, there can be condemnation, there can be some strongly worded letters, but it doesn t stop the gop from going for broke. even if it means completely and totally deviating from the core values and principles. that s what we are seeing with the florida republican party. they re blind march towards extremism has led them to abandon both long-standing political philosophy and actually their own voters. it s equal parts fascinating and frightening. look how quickly small government have embraced out and out autocracy. by now, we are all familiar with florida s don t say gay law. it sparked quite the backlash as it aims to erase entire groups of the pushback was so significant that even businesses started condemning the legislation including disney. although we sho
and out autocracy. by now, we are all familiar with florida s don t say gay law. it sparked quite the backlash as it aims to erase entire groups of the pushback was so significant that even businesses started condemning the legislation including disney. although we should note that disney waited a long time before actually speaking up against the bill. but that didn t matter. it didn t matter how laid or tepid disney s condemnation was. ron desantis took the free speech as an insult to him. this week, he retaliated, ordering his legislative to strip mickey mouse and co-of their special district-ing privileges in the state. folks, let s be clear about this, this is textbook a photo authoritarianism. wielding the extra bets of the state to punish private citizens and businesses, what a far cry from reagan s foot republicanism. and establishing the status, the gdp raised florida s texas by as much as two billion dollars. and last time i checked, republicans were against rais
proceedings to begin on march 4th, 2024, on the eve of the critical super tuesday presidential contest. breaking news, new video of the jacksonville gunman entering the store where he unleashed his deadly racist rampage. we re also learning more about his past before he opened fire with a swastika emblazoned assault rifle. welcome to our viewers here in the united states in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off tonight. i m alex marquardt. you re in the situation room. we begin with a very significant day in two of the criminal cases against donald trump. first, in georgia where former trump white house chief of staff mark meadows took the stand today. the hearing amounting to a sort of mini trial of the election interference trial against trump and his 18 co-defendants. cnn s sara murray has all the details. reporter: that s right. we got a look at fani willis case and how she may question witnesses. former white house chief of staff mark m