ukraine. we just hope they can come to yes. we will have the second vote if the first vote fails. former house speaker nancy pelosi will join me here. plus, hamas responds with its demands to free the hostages as secretary blinken is in israel trying to push for a compromise. netanyahu s response coming up live this hour. none of the above. nikki haley loses the nevada primary to the swing state s unique ballot option of rejecting all the candidates. donors keep her challenge going to donald trump. good day, i m andrea mitchell in washington. nancy pelosi joins me in a few moments. first, we start with one of her successors, mike johnson, and his shocking losses in the house last night. republicans thought they had two sure wins with two votes late tuesday. the majority failed to impeach homeland secretary mayorkas and they failed to pass a bill for aid to israel. speaker johnson speaking about the failures moments ago. last night was a setback. democracy is messy.
thahello and a warm welcome our viewers. i m bianca nobilo. max foster is off this week. just ahead on cnn newsroom life- president biden is trying to walk back remarks he made tuesday. he is running and i have to run. we re getting a preview of special counsel s playbook. they are ready to describe to the jury how he encouraged the violence on january 6. tuesday afternoon an apparent israeli airstrike dem molished this building. people have been forced to run from place to place seeking shelter. it is simply chaos at this point. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, december 6, 9:00 a.m. in london and 4:00 a.m. in washington where u.s. president biden is walking back a candid remark about his possible rationale for seeking re-election. he told democratic donors at an off camera fundraiser if trump wasn t running, i m not sure i d be running. but a few hours later when pressed by reporters, mr. biden s
defense s first witness. meanwhile, we ll tell you why the former president is asking for his federal 2020 election trial to be televised live. new this morning, republican senator tim scott abruptly drops out of the presidential race, even shocking his staffers. what he told them on a call right after. overseas, the world health organization says gaza s main hospital is no longer functioning with several babies dying and more still at risk. also, the u.s. military launches air strikes for the third time on locations in syria used by iran in retaliation for attacks on u.s. troops in the region. and back at home, there are only five days left for congress to come to a deal to avert a government shutdown. the new house speaker has a plan, but does he have the votes? and we begin this very busy hour inside a new york city courtroom where former president trump s eldest son, donald trump jr. has taken the stand again. this time he s the first witness for the defense in
welcome to all view as joining us in the united states and all around the world. but max foster just ahead, us president joe biden slams donald trump is a convicted criminal as tensions ramp up ahead of the highly anticipated presidential debate, millions across the us are suffering under record heat. so only gonna get worse throughout the week of vladimir putin is making a landmark trip to north korea, deepening ties with kim jong-un live from london this is cnn newsroom with max foster we are now just nine days away from the first presidential debate of the 2024 us election season. and tensions are already ramping up ahead of that showdown between president joe biden and former president donald trump on monday, the biden campaign debuted a new ad that will air in battleground states austin trump as a felon who only cares about himself and the courtroom, we see donald trump for who he is. he s been convicted of 34 felonies found liable for sexual assault and he committed