[inaudible] why do you ask such dumb question? jesse: it s actually great question. it s a question every single reporter should be asking. because, before we even knew joe biden was the big guy, before we even had the laptop a ukrainian businessman told an fbi informant that he bribed the big guy 5 million bucks. he used the phrase the big guy when joe was v.p., years before the nickname went public. and tonight we are learning the big guy was throwing his weight around. this alleged $5 million bribe wasn t so much of a bribe. it was more of a shakedown by the big guy, joe biden. he was shaking down the ukrainian. the federalist is reporting that biden coerced the ukrainian to pay the bribe. the big guy was strong arming a ukrainian energy company to wire him cash. the ukrainian told the fbi informant he hid the payments, never directly paid joe, just hid it in a maize of shell companies and said it would take at least 10 years to follow the money back to biden. well, it
damage, cracked roads, highways are shut down, collapsed homes with people possibly still trapped under the rubble. we will speak to famed physicist about the fallout from all of this. remarkable resilience, that s how many experts characterized the usa economy in 2023. this, despite fears of a recession, so what should you be expecting in 2024? we will show you the optimistic signs and the challenges ahead in the new year. chicago s mayor says that the texas governor greg abbott, continues to sow seeds of chaos, saying this, after abbott has sent thousands of asylum-seekers biplane and we are following these major developing stories, all coming in right here to cnn news central. it s the top of the hour. boris is off. president biden says he and the first lady are praying for the people of japan after an earthquake there. we are now learning it has killed at least four people, according to local officials. a 7.5 magnitude quake, with the usgs labels as very strong, it de
times three. good news he s wearing the suit. who knows what could be on that after all the baby holding he s been doing. jesse, being a new dad is tough. jesse is going over the show with the producers. just the best way to disseminate important information in an efficient way, right? jesse s twins are excited to have a little sister. looks like jesse jr. is already chipping in. i think that s enough, jess. nope. that s good. she has a lot of goldfish. very good sharing. good sharing, jess. that was really nice. one more and we re done. oops. you missed. one more. give her one more. nice. good job. high-five. wow. giving up goldfish is a big deal. jesse, what s it like now you have little gigi in your life? it s great. i m not that tired. that s gigi. a little controversial. i ve been spelling the girl s name wrong. okay. is it g-i-g-i or capital g lowercase i capital g lowercase i? you have to tell us. i don t know. i don t know if she knows either. a ba
us the latest. he has all the details tonight. but tonight we begin at 1600 pennsylvania avenue where your buddy joe biden is heading back to the basement. his 2024 reelection bid is officially now under way so i guess that means we can expect to see a lot less of joe than usual and come up by the way, it s official. he has given fewer press conferences than any other president in the last 40 years and according to nbc news, it ll be several months before he even holds one single campaign event and no doubt those events will be you and far between. didn t even hold a rally to kick off his campaign today. instead the biden camp released a heavily edited preproduced video attacking of course maga republicans while attempting to make joe look loose and incapable, and other words everyone knows he s cognitively incapable of making such an announcement without screwing it up. but that is a preview of coming attractions. while republicans shake hands, kiss babies, take selfies, do
[ laughter ] it is shaping up to be a classic biden s disaster. toxic and preventable and completely off the rails. although, that family a controlled burn is what hunter feels when he [ laughter ] the town hall erupted citizens and vented their anger over the handling o f the derailed toxic train which had the media asking important questions. why didn t they wear masks or did they get their boosters? roll it. everybody is concerned. i am concerned. i speak with them everyday, they have been working with us tremendously. they should because they re the ones who screwed this up. no one knocked on my door. i live feet from the police station, why didn t sirens go off? [ bleep ] so where is our top leaders? all of this? well, president biden spoke about railroad projects on wednesday but ignored the situation in ohio. what a mistake? that s like him giving a speech on alzheimer s while not wearing any pants. we know transportation secretary mayor pete have been slow t