To try to prepare and potentially record high temperatures and humidity expected to smother the midwest this week the heat so dangerous. Some schools are being forced to close just days into the new year. Im sara sider with john berman, kate bolduan is out. Cnns new central starts right now this morning. Cnn is reporting on the debate about donald trump. But Kamala Harris boils down to one simple question why, why did donald trump just tell voters once again that he may not . Show up to a debate. He already agreed to listen to trumps latest if he shouldnt say this, because if theres a debate it would be nice to surprise her with that one so is he skipping or is he bluffing because the new reporting from cnns Alayna Treene this morning as Donald Trumps team recognizes, they do need to have a debate with harris, Alayna Treene joins us. Now with the very latest you are talking to the folks around him saying, yeah we know we need to have this debate so what is happening with him sort of co
appreciate our company, i m michael holmes in atlanta, first breaking news and concerns about a possible widening conflict in the middle east. u.s. and uk have been hitting houthi charters in yemen. show you new images now that shows smoke hanging over the skyline in a western yemeni port city, as the sun begins to come up there. the coalition strikes following a surge of attacks by the iran-backed rebels, on commercial vessels in the red sea. american fighter jets are being taking off from the u.s. white d. eisenhower aircraft carrier to carry out the strikes. the senior u.s. official says it is unclear what percentage of who the athletes have been destroyed inside yemen at the amount was significant. we are told u.s. coalition forces hit more than 60 targets, at 16 houthi locations, and those targets included the militants radar systems along with storage and launch sites for ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones. let s show you where they are located on the map t
world, i m u.s. officials are tracking a suspected chinese spy balloon that s moving towards the east coast. we ll hear how beijing is trying to explain how it ended up floating above the united states. thunder, snow, fierce winds and temperatures reaching triple digits below zero. all part of the arctic blast that s hitting the u.s. northeast this weekend, and millions will feel it. meanwhile, in ukraine there are signs that russian troops are preparing for a spring military offensive. this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhubber. a suspected chinese spy balloon will finally leave u.s. air space in a couple of days or could be sooner. some new weather models show the winds pushing it over the atlantic as early as today. the pentagon has been closely tracking the object and it s carrying a large payload of surveillance gear. military officials are advising against shooting it down now. china that has apologized and said the balloon entered u.s. air space by accident. bei
she will tell lawmakers whether their stories posed a risk to national security. bill has time off. good morning, trace. moon to mar-a-lago might be the scene of today s show. house oversight leaders welcoming the dni s decision saying officials must swiftly move to mitigate any potential risk. at the same time federal judge is siding with the former president saying she intends to appoint an independent special master to review how the f.b.i. handled the documents. dana: all this after the f.b.i. unsealed a heavily redacted affidavit showed the agency had probable cause to believe that the former president was keeping classified information at his resort. some of it apparently dealing with spies and secrets. bill: former congressman trey gowdy is making the case for more transparency. perhaps some people have already made up their minds. but many have not. they want more information. is this really about the return of documents or something else? what is at stake are
Moment. Lets start by bringing you these latest pictures weve just had in from the reuters news agency. These strikes were last night. These are the scenes immediately after those moments. So many times actually we see pictures of skylines. This on the ground giving you an idea of what they are actually dealing with. You can see Palestinian Health and rescue teams operating here. In the next piece second, you will see another strike back hunting. Few seconds. That was the moment of the second strike. They are still trying to ascertain in terms of numbers of casualties. This is one of a number of strikes overnight by the israelis. We know those have continued in terms of gaza health officials. They say overnight 324 people have died in the last 24 hours, another 1000 wounded. According to other reports, those amongst the fatalities include 126 children and 88 women. Some of the latest pictures coming into us from the reuters news agency. In terms of the major developments, lets spend th