he s still making a bad bet that the conviction and the unity among the united states and our allies is partners will break down. he still doesn t understand that our commitment, our values, our freedom is something he could never, never, ever, ever walk away from. it s who we are. [ cheers and applause ] i mean it. it s who we are. it s who we are. throughout this horrific war, the people of lithuania, together with our baltic brethren have been among the most fierce champions of ukraine s right to a future of its own choosing, one that is free because you live so long with freedom denied, many of you who are older know better than anyone who precious the right to determine your own future is, precious to people everywhere, not just in ukraine, belarus, moldova georgia and all the places around the world where people continue to fight to make their voices heard. so my message, my message to all of you tonight is keep it up. keep it going. keep reminding the world of hope, th
the strategy for trump supporters on capitol hill is simple. declare war on the department of justice. in a moment, i m going to speak to congressman jim himes, a member of the intelligence committee about what democrats can do to protect doj. we are also following some dangerous weather across this country right now. from a system that spawned deadly tornadoes in texas, to triple digit temperatures, millions are at risk this saturday. all of that, plus disturbing new video involving allegations of sexual assault against mma superstar, conor mcgregor. regan have that story for you later on this hour as well. we want to start with the president. wrapping up the first major rally of the 24 campaign season, with union workers in philadelphia. want to go right to nbc s standing by for us. in delaware where, the president is headed next to spend the rest of the weekend. what did we hear, gary, from the president as he s kicking off his campaign season, at a place he is most comf
bret: let s all have town hall. vivek is going to be on this show little bit later. beers and town hall. thanks, jesse. bret: good evening, welcome to des moines iowa, i m bret baier. five days away from the first in the nation iowa caucuses. tonight at 9:00 p.m., we will hold the third of this week s candidate town hall meetings right here and our guest tonight on this stage former president donald trump. we ll have more on that in just a moment. but, we are following two major stories at this hour. hunter biden makes a surprise appearance at the congressional hearing today up on capitol hill on whether he should be charged with contempt of congress. but we begin with a late afternoon surprise. this one in the 2024 campaign. republican presidential candidate chris christie is suspending his campaign and is dropping out of this race. christie making that announcement just minutes ago. you saw it live on the five. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie is here in de
super bowl and neal tee de gras die tyson talks about pop culture. and the next hour of cnn this morning starts right now. good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. i m boris sanchez. and i m amara walker. all eyes are on the sky this morning as the chinese surveillance balloon continues to drift over the u.s. where it is expected to go and why the white house hasn t ruled out shooting it down. plus a brutal blast of dangerously cold air sweeping across the northeast. and some places it will feel like 50 to 60 grows below zero. we ll tell you where that is and when things might finally start to warm up. and a developing story out of ohio, hundreds of firefighters are on the scene of a train derailment there. you can see the huge fireball lighting up the night sky. the mayor of that town is joining us with an update. and new development in a strange case out of dallas, it has been a weird few weeks for the dallas zoo and now a man has been arrested after police sa
teacher, the elementary school kids who now need to go through metal detectors carrying clear backpacks. we talked to parents as one father says his son is still having nightmares. deadly days in the middle east, the secretary of state arrives in israel to ease tensions. the dating app manhunt. police in oregon are looking for a man they call extremely dangerous, warning women he may be using alps to find his next victim. and renning the original wednesday adams, how she inspired the next generation. o donnell: good evening and thank you for joining us as we begin a new week together. s we come on air tonight we are following the ace storm that is hitting the south. tonight 15 states are under winter weather storms and watches with millions of americans bracing for cold weather and dangerous ice there texas to pennsylvania. the other big headline is about the school in virginia where kids are back nearly a month after a first grader shot his teacher in virginia. see through