day s news. the weird weather on the west coast and the spring-like cbs on the east coast. let s get started with what we re watching on cnn this morning. you don t think he needs f-16s? no. number one, president biden ruling out sending f-16 fighter jets to ukraine. and this morning, russia continuing to hammer targets in ukraine. we ll take you there live. gripping testimony in alex murdaugh s murder trial. are you a family annihilator? a family annihilator? you mean, like did i shoot my wife and my son? yes. no. cnn is inside the courtroom as murdaugh takes the stand for hours. the reason he says he lied to police, but maintains he had nothing to do with his wife and son s murder. number three, we alluded to it, a whiteout winter in california, rare blizzard warnings across parts of the state for the first time in decades. your weekend forecast, just moments away. so this morning, ukraine enters its second year of war with russia with a defiant messag
welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, september 14th. a lot to cover this morning with joe, willie and me. u.s. stocks tumble as consumer prices continue to rise as president biden celebrated the inflation reduction act. yesterday at the white house. we ll look at the next possible steps to help bring down costs for americans. plus, russian forces in retreat as ukraine keeps up the pressure. is this a turning point in the war? president biden says it s hard to tell. queen elizabeth returns to london. her coffin arriving at buckingham palace yesterday and will be carried by horse-drawn carriage to parliament later this morning where she will lie in state before monday s funeral at westminster abbey. we re following the latest on the trump records case. new information unsealed by a federal judge concerned that some government records may still be unaccounted for, and a warning from the doj about delaying its investigation. plus, lindsey graham takes an already comp
Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. The first guilty plea in the Georgia Election case for efforts to steal electoral votes. This guilty plea from a Bail Bondsman scott hall, one of 18 codefendants carjack chad alongside donald trump. Plus a fight over the home of glamorous actress Marilyn Monroe. Should this home be protected as an Historic Site or should it be knock ed down to make room for new red hot real estate. And leading this hour, the odds of a Government Shutdown are now higher than Willie Nelson taking a tour of a. M. Dam. One day until the government runs out of funding and theres no clear path to a solutions. A lastditch measure failed in the house. 21 republicans crossed over to vote with democrats, eeb House Republican leaders say they are in the dark about where to go from here. Its up to the speak er. Its not including active duty troops or any of their families. On average, federal workers earn between 55,000 and 65,000 a year. Average pay for an Army Staff Sergeant
Hello and welcome to inside politics. Im dana bash. Live from california, but we begin back on the east coast because any second, we might see senator bob menendez appear at microphones and talk to reporters. This morning the new jersey democratic senator pleaded not guilty on federal bribery charges. Hes accused of using his influence to help a foreign power, egypt, in exchange for cash, gold bars and a luxury car. That is some of the charges that he is facing in the courthouse today. Cnns paula reid is live there at the federal courthouse in new york city. Paula, what do we know . Reporter as you can see right behind me, media assembled waiting to see if the senator will make remarks following this hearing. The senator and his wife entered pleas of not guilty during this arraign the. They did so through their attorneys. Then the Magistrate Judge took a few moments to lay out the terms of their release. The senator is being released on a 100,000 personal recognizance bond. He has to s
the other important point to make is that this is also a psychological war of attrition that both sides are waiting for the other to give up. this is why it was so important that president biden went to kyiv it s so important that a number of republicans have been clear in their support because putin s goal is to make it seem like it s never going to end and he will always get weapons and he s never going to leave. and we have to demonstrate that we won t be leaving either. those things are a little bit more important than whether biden makes ab announcement about f-16s. general, a big concern now is china s roll in all of this. . the biden administration putting forth this intelligence that beijing is considering supplying lethal aid to the kremlin. how could that change the dialic on the battlefield? if they chose to do it, it would depend upon what they provide and what s the amount of the support they are providing.