continues in the eastern town of soledar, despite russia s claims to have captured it. aston villa push leeds closer to trouble. it took them just three minutes to breach the yorkshire side s defence in the win. that could mean leeds are in the relegation zone by this evening. plus, there is risk of some more flooding around today after a fairly wet night. this morning, it will ease the many, looking a bit lighter into the afternoon but tomorrow, set the tone colder stop all the details here on first. all the details here on first. all the details here on first. all the details here on breakfast. it s saturday 1a january. our top story. some single use plastics will be banned in england from october. takeaways, restaurants, and cafes will have to stop using plastic cutlery, plates, and bowls as part of a new plan by the government to tackle plastic pollution. sean dilley reports. quick, convenient and no washing up from october, the government says it plans to ban re
are warning this winter could be extra hard. not just for covid, but for flu, and now a childhood respiratory virus that s going around. it is an important message and we re going to go to the white house when he begins speaking. speaking of the president and midterms, biden is going to syracuse this week. yes, syracuse, yes, new york. yes, new york, in the last two weeks before the midterms. he s coming here because as blue as new york is, some of the congressional races are looking a little more purple. after a haywire redistricting process, new york has more congressional battlegrounds than nearly any other state in the country. even the democratic campaign chairman is locked in a dead heat, forcing the house campaign arm to spend a lot of money to defend its own chief from republican michael lawler. it s not just malone in westchester. nine of new york s seats from the tip of long up to pew kip see are in play and now the governor s race is tightening. kathy hochul, once
to leave on a major middle east trip including a controversial visit to saudi arabia. can he reset relations with the country he had vowed to make a pariah? and new efforts are now underway to free americans britney greiner and paul whalen from captivity in russia. the better and hostage negotiator former governor bill richardson is now expected to travel to moscow in hopes of winning the release. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. on this the eve of the next january six hearing, select committee aides are sharing new details on what to expect as the panel zeros in on the far right extremists at the forefront of the insurrection. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles has our report from capitol hill. the justice department says they were among the writers causing the most trouble on january sixth. right wing extremist groups many of which came to washington intent on disrupting
on both. and the reason he has the worst overall is because inflation is eating his presidency alive at this point. jesse: the democratic sharks are circling and cnn is putting a play on the presidency. reeling from another series of batter and poll numbers on the disastrous handling of everything. the latest survey reveals only 18% of americans want to see him run and destroy the company to enact country a second time. those numbers have democrats back at home measuring the drapes outside the oval office, and gavin newsom looking pretty comfortable walking around the white house grounds while the president is away. the liberal leader has been dropping subtle clues he is itching to run for president after running attack ads against ron desantis and urging floridians to move to california. at some laying out as 2024 of vision in the speech. i do believe that education is under assault in ways that i ve never experienced in my lifetime. i really believe that. but what is ha
here we are more lives lost and i travel from chicago to new york los angeles to dallas. been there i ve talked to the grieving families, law enforcement an political leaders. this week sadly it was a little bit different to hit home. it was personal. my colleague lost his brother kristin he was only 18. i talk with gianna before funeral today. and one question kept repeating in my head what is the magic number. how many will it take? what s going on in chicago right now is unacceptable and everybody knows it. families deserve answers and they deserve action. unfortunately the city mayor is preparing to flee scene of the crime and sending to prepare economic prosperity of her state. but the mayor doesn t understand there s no pursuit of happiness without life. meanwhile the county d.a. kim fox may have a domestic violence case. we are being let down by people that look like us that say they care about us. but when we need a hero they are nowhere to be found. unless this ele