jake tapper and we start today with breaking news and a cnn exclusive for the first time the man and only previously known as employee number five. in the trump federal classified documents case, is publicly going on the record about what he saw behind the scenes at mar-a-lago and how he ended up handling boxes of classified documents without even knowing it or having the clearance to do so trump employee number five is a man named brian butler he has worked at mar-a-lago for 20 years. he wasn t just any regular employee. we should note he handled the car service at trump s florida resort. often directly making sure that donald trump and all of his belongings were moved from place to place, meaning he saw moments and movements and heard conversations that are now part of special counsel jack smith s indictment of donald trump s cnn s kaitlan collins, katelyn polantz, our breaking the story for us and joining us now, kaitlan collins, it start with you, so you sat down with but
any moment democratic senator bob menendez is expected to be arraigned on a dozen new charges real-live outside the federal courthouse, plus a cnn exclusive. russia is producing three times more for artillery shells and the united states and europe as funding for ukraine stalls in the us congress and passengers say, people quote flew through the cabin well, we know about a terrifying moment on a flight to do zealand. hello, i m wolf blitzer in washington and you re in the cnn newsroom any moment now, embattled senator bob menendez is due to appear before a judge in federal court. this is video of him arriving just a few moments ago. the new jersey democrat, once chairman of the powerful senate foreign relations committee, is accused of trying to obstruct an investigation into bribery. menendez and his wife are about to be arraigned on these new charges. the senator remains defiant, calling it, and i m quoting him now, a flagrant abuse of power, end quote cnn s jason carroll
the man trump belittles as sleepy joe seemed quite fiery last night as the president tries to flip the script launching a campaign blitz, just one day after his forceful kind of political state of the union address. plus donald trump s one-on-one at mar-a-lago today, meeting with hungary s viktor orban ban. the authoritarian leader, knowing, known for anti-immigration nationalist rhetoric, who often cozies up to vladimir putin and attempts to stop the aid. see what happened when cnn confronted israeli protesters, determined to make sure little food, if any, makes it into gaza despite the overwhelming human and tharon crisis welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper and we start today with our politics lead in the white house in an all reelection blitz trying to capture on any momentum from president biden s fiery and rather political state of the union address last night in which the president referenced donald trump, at least a dozen times in less than an hour, we expect to h
all you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world. i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. president biden is calling on israel to consider other ways to deal with hamas as conditions in gaza grow more dire. israel is scaling up its military action in lebanon with deadly strikes. will look at what israel s defense forces say they are targeting. plus both us presidential front runners campaigned in georgia today, laying out their swing-state it s strategies as they worked to turn undecided voters heads live from atlanta. this is cnn and then newsroom with kim brunhuber resin biden is still hoping to beat the clock and reach a ceasefire deal in gaza before ramadan diplomats are becoming skeptical, it can be done by the start of the muslim holiday to night, which was their goal. but an interview released on saturday biden said an agreement is still possible areas i want to see a ceasefire and i m starting with a major major exchange of prison
step counter the sport matt and wireless remote call. now, i m rafael romo at the georgia state capitol in atlanta this is cnn coming out firing president biden takes on republicans and tries to put to rest any doubts from democrats as he delivers a state of the union. unlike those we ve seen in the past, those same lawmakers in the audience meantime, face a midnight deadline to prevent a partial government shutdown. the senate needing to pass bills, keep the lights on for the government. a heavy lift in a sharply divided chambers, plus a new report on uvalde leads to frustration and fury from the community, from parents who lost children in the massacre and are still waiting for account and ability nearly two years later, we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central today, president biden, looking to care curry some beltway momentum into battleground states. next hour he ll be in pennsylvania after delivering t