of the election and about the result of the election. he is making claims that are dangerous, completely false, and doing so with an interviewer who is not an interviewer at all. this was not hardball, not even softball. this was tee ball. maria bartiromo once a feared and acclaimed journalist known for working the floor of the new york stock exchange, forcing ceos to tell the truth, now sits behind a desk and invites the president to lie and lie and lie. to do it for more than half an hour, to do it 26 days after the election. 22 days after fox and all of the other major networks called the election for president-elect joe biden. you might have thought after a week or after two weeks the president would start to accept the reality that he lost. you know, he hadn t given any interviews for three weeks. he had not even called into fox & friends or newsmax. it was a good deal that he gave had interview. his very first television interview since the election. i would tell you
this is cnn breaking news. happening right now on capitol hill, you are looking live at senate republicans on track to kill the most conservative border deal to come before them in decades. the $118 billion package would implement strict limits along the southern border, like requiring it to be shut down if crossings reach high levels. it would also raise the standard for asylum seekers and expedite the asylum process. hanging in the balance is also $60 billion in aid to ukraine, another $14 billion in aid to israel both tied to the steel, cnn covering this story from all angles. first, live to capitol hill and our chief congressional correspondent, monty roger. this is doomed to fail. how likely is a standalone aid bill at this point? reporter: there is no question about the fact that senate republicans are about to kill this package. a handful of democrats are expected to vote no as well, but this is really a republican story, because of the fact of the immediate afte
welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world. i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. two days before new hampshire s primary, donald trump and nikki haley are duking it out while ron desantis shifts focus to the next state in the race for the white house. plus, riran vows revenge after a deadly strike in damascus. we ll have a live report from the region. and parts of the u.s. face dangerously low temperatures in the hours ahead. where an arctic chill is settling in for the remainder of the weekend. we begin here in the u.s., as the presidential race becomes increasingly bitter with just two days to go before the new hampshire republican primary. former president donald trump and ex-south carolina governor nikki haley are ramping up attacks against each other. on saturday, hailey questioned trump s mental fitness after he appeared to confuse her with house democrat nancy pelosi. listen to this. when you re 80, that s wh
a very warm welcome to our viewer ins the united states and all around the world. i m paula newton. ahead on cnn news room. when you are 80, that s what happens. you are just not as sharp as you used to be. my mind is stronger now than it was 25 year ago, is that possible? attacks and low blows. republican candidates make their pitches as the finish line nears in new hampshire. we are on the campaign trail. plus fears of a widening escalation in the middle east. iran is promising to punish israel for a deadly missile strike in syria. and later a big winter freeze is gripping much of north america with icy temperatures impacting millions. we are monitoring conditions ahead. and we do begin here in the united states where the new hampshire primary is just two days away. the three major republican candidates are making their final push to republican voters as the presidential race becomes increasingly bitter. on saturday, florida governor ron desantis abruptly canceled
welcome back to cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. new this hour. dramatic new details about the unidentified object shot down by fighter jets just miles off the coast of alaska yesterday. unlike the chinese spy balloon last saturday, this demanded more immediate action yesterday. officials say it was flying much lower at 40,000 feet making it a dangerous potential threat to civilian aircraft. now we are learning u.s. military pilots who approached the craft have given conflicting accounts of what they saw. this new report coming in from cnn national security reporter natasha bertrand. this is interesting. this is kind of unusual that these pilots saw different things and that is sort of, i guess, adding to the mystery of all of this. not even the pilots were able to identify what they saw. just to take you back for a sec. on thursday the u.s. defense officials sent f-35 fighter jets to try to figure out what this object was flying around near alaska. those pilot