Stage tonight for the first time this election season. Why the partys frontrunner says he will miss the event. Trump ally surrender. Former President Trump will turn himself in to georgia authorities tomorrow for alleged election interference, but some of his 18 codefendants have already been booked. And miracle rescue. Eight people including six children left dangling nearly 1,000 feet over a river. How a community worked feverishly to free them. Good morning, and good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Tonight the 2024 president ial race heats up with most of the Top Republican hopefuls taking the stage for the first gop debate. Now the event in milwaukee is moderated by Fox Newschannel host bret baier and martha maccollum. Eight candidates will be there, but the early frontrunner, former president donald trump, says hes going to skip the debate. Jarred hill has more on whats the stake for this part for those taking part, rather, tonight. Good morning. Reporter good morning. You kno
night. happening now as russia s war against ukraine hits, sanctions, vowing to punish vladimir putin for his aggression abroad. and for the death of opposition leader alexey navalny this hour i ll speak with senate majority leader chuck schumer, fresh from his talks with president volodymyr zelenskyy in ukraine. also tonight, donald trump now has 30 days to pay up after a 454 million judgment against in the new york civil fraud case, that the case has just been finalized willie, meet the deadline, plus trump and nikki haley are making their final pitches in south carolina just hours before the primary trump declaring he supports ivf as republicans race to distance themselves from the alabama bama embryo ruling i ll get reaction from a top haley supporter. the new hampshire governor chris sununu welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, a urine the situation room our top story tonight, the united states bombards russia
congress finally receives a classified briefing on the matter today. the senate being updated at this hour after the house was briefed earlier today. sandra: all of this as senior u.s. military and national security officials warn and have confirmed that spy balloon shot down off south carolina s coast on saturday was part of a major surveillance program run by china s military. so, what else are lawmakers learning in these briefings? we ll ask tennessee senator marsha blackburn and california democratic congressman ro khanna coming up. john: begin with lawmakers sparring over the politization of the federal government and whether the justice department has been weaponized against republicans. hello, i m john roberts in washington. let me be the first to say it, sandra, happy friday eve. sandra: and we made it to thursday. good to be with you, john. i m sandra smith in new york. america reports. republican-led committee says many questions need to be answered by the f
hearings on capitol hill where lawmakers are probing whether or not the fbi and doj have politicized justice to attack american civil liberties. this is falling under that brand-new subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government, ohio republican jim jordan. welcome back as america reports rolls into hour two. i m sandra smith in new york. john: sandra, good to be with you. as we watch our colleague, jonathan turley on the stand. two of the witnesses are senators leading investigations into the biden family business dealings. david spunt has been watching the opening statements. he is live ste justice department now. david, what are you seeing? senator ron johnson has paid close attention not only to the department of justice but the fbi. he noted in his testimony, john and sandra, he wrote more than 50 letters to the fbi and doj and said few of them were answered adequately, many were not even responded to. this is a hearing as you mentioned for a new subco
victims. a manhunt underway for the next mexican national leslie but some 2 miles in the crime scene. christina coleman has the latest on this live from los angeles, christina. hi jon, 30 say. two of the victims died while shielding children from the gunfire shooting. a manhunt is underway for the kill a preacher step is identify the gunman 38-year-old francisco or pasa a mexican national shooting happened around 11:30 p.m. last night in cleveland, texas that is about 45 miles north of houston port authorities believe he has since fled into a heavily wooded area less than 2 miles from the horrific crime scene where he is accused of shooting five people in the head. authorities are using sent tracking dogs and drones to help track them down. there are a lot of water and things like that i don t know if the horses are bogging down the doctors stuck in the mud whatever scenarios out there. the sheriff said the deadly shooting happened after neighbors complained about gunfi