This time to give the country an opportunity weigh in on this matter. Its literally life or death. You know, were not asked to be successful. Were asked to be faithful. Thats a quote i keep in my heart from mother teresa. Well end on that note. Thank you, both. Thanks to both of you for watching this morning. Well see you tomorrow morning at 6 00 a. M. Ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. Right now on ana cabrera reports, the race for the presidency. A republican mega Donor Network now pulling its cash from nikki haley as her fight to beat donald trump moves to michigan. The chairman of the rnc announcing her resignation hours ago. Did she lose trumps favor . Also ahead, five days and counting, another Government Shutdown looming at the end of this week. Can congress cut a deal in time . New fallout after the Alabama Court ruling on frozen embryos. Fertility clinics now pausing ivf Services Amid mounting uncertainty. Thanks for joining us. Hope you had a wonderful weekend. Its
prosecutors probing witnesses about a heated oval office meeting just weeks after donald trump s loss, during which the former president considered desperate measures to stay in power. tonight, trump on the campaign trail. once geagain trying to spin his legal problems in his favor. he is going after the justice department and his main republican rival, governor ron desantis. president biden is speaking to cnn on his decision to send cluster munitions to ukraine. the president voicing his concerns with the controversial weapons but ultimately deciding they are crucial to kyiv s counteroffensive. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. first up tonight, cnn s exclusive new reporting on that chaotic oval office meeting now at the center of special counsel jack smith s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. our political correspondent sara murray is joining us. she
soon as december. and herschel walker now says he s not backing down despite the abortion scandal rocking his campaign. ma maggie haberman joins me this hour on donald trump s decision to back walker despite his checkered past. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s begin our coverage in ukraine where a furious counteroffensive is now sweeping russian troops out of territory. moscow has held for months. cnn is your national security editor. nick paton walsh is joining us live from the war zone. nick, this rapid ukrainian advance comes as vladimir putin laid claim to that troubled nuclear power plant. what s the latest on the ground tonight? ukraine s president zelenskyy clear that half a thousand square kilometers of territory in the kherson region have since the beginning of the month been liberated from russian control. that s a larger number of than officials said earlier today and it s part of the slow drip we saw ourselves just yesterday of territory r
florida p plus the u.s. embassy in baghdad hit by rockets. and plus i shouldn t be sitting in a courthouse and i don t have to sit here. donald trump at a courthouse instead of on the campaign trail. is this about the law or politics? good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it is friday, december 8. happy friday. 5:00 a.m. here in washington, 2:00 a.m. in california. new trouble for the president s son. hunter biden now facing a second criminal case with nine tax charges brought by david weiss. the 56 page indictment filed in california alleges hunter schemed to evade at least $1.4 million in federal taxes from 2016 to 2019. and instead he spent his money on drugs, escorts, girlfriends, luxury hotels and rental properties, exotic cars, clothing. so basically everything but his taxes. if convicted, hunter could face up to 17 years in prison. let s bring in civil rights attorney areva martin. good morning to you. thanks for
New this morning, a symbolically important endorsement for donald trump. tom emmer who is the number three house republican, the republican whip, he endorsed donald trump. house majority leader steve scalise endorsed trump yesterday. the entire republican house leadership has now endorsed trump which says something. all right. there some good news for nikki haley on the campaign trail. she reported a fund-raising boost in the beginning of 2024. $24 million in the fourth quarter of last year this doubled her cash haul in the third quarter. cnn s ian mcend on the ground in new hampshire where nikki haley is today. what are voters there saying about this? well, john, they are raising a range of issues when they show up to her events. many of them telling me that