Theyre still grappling with at this key time, caitlin. Yeah major questions, manu and i should note we are now hearing that President Biden and Senator Schumer spoke before President Biden shared the letter announcing online that he was exiting the 2024 race. Manu. Thank you. For that cnn Breaking News hello, and thanks very much for joining us. Im Wolf Blitzer in washington. We want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. Kaitlan collins is joining us from new new york. And i want to begin with the major Breaking News. Were following right now, President Biden just announced that hes Dropping Out of the 2024 president ial race and publicly endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the democratic president ial nominee. He made this truly historic announcement in a statement he tweeted out just before 2 00 p. M. Eastern earlier today stunning decision that he kept very close to his vest, alerting as senior White House advisers and Campaign Staff only momen
biden administration rejected a proposal for free rapid test for the holidays for the president trying to reassure frustrated governors on a video call earlier, but he just wound up blaming them. look, there is no federal solution. it s gets solved at the state level. seeing how tough it was for some folks to get test this weekend shows we have more work to do. when i took office ten months into the pandemic, and even so, we had no, 0, over-the-counter home tests in the united states. we got to work. we crossroad the number of pharmacies offering the free test and now there are more than 20,000 places we can get testing for for free. for over the counter at home tests, as i said, there were none when we took office. none. now we have eight on the market, it s clearly not enough. if we have known, would have gone harder and quicker if we could have. we slept tens of millions of unvaccinated people and we are seeing hospitalizations rides. and even dr. fauci thinks biden fu
the chairman is a demon. who walks among. us predator that ruined families. a mild mannered architect now under arrest for several murders, and may in fact be linked to many more. the serial killer cold case that is in new york, they were finally able to crack. breaking news out of israel, prime minister bibi netanyahu rushed to the hospital. in the midst of massive protests against his government. we are live in tel aviv. we also have new reporting on efforts by donald trump to get georgia supreme court to step in and stop an investigation into election interference, also this hour, i talked to him on the ground right after the uvalde massacre. texas state senator has announced he is running to take the u.s. senate seat from ted cruz. i will talk to him live today. all of that and a latest on the actor, strike grinding hollywood to start, doll live report on that ahead as well. we start with the extreme weather across the country, impacting millions of americans right
dumped all that snow on california and it is headed east. margaret: the u.s. announces $400 million in additional military aid, sending ammunition and artillery rounds to ukraine, as russian troops advance. the fighting is only intensifying, with the town of bakhmut now and nearly all under russia s control. and residence in ohio demand answers after that toxic train derailment. i am begging you, by the grace of god, please. yes! you are everything this metal means. you are everything nation is at our best. margaret: and a vietnam war hero receives the medal of honor after nearly six decades. [applause] good evening, and thank you for joining us. i am margaret brennan in four norah. tonight, it is friday, so we go on the road with a story about love taking flight. plus, we continue our series on being retirement ready, with a growing trend of multigenerational housing. we will show you why millions of seniors are moving back in with their children. b
that traffic is on let s see on seventh going downtown leferls from all over the world came from times square to ring in the brand new year. it s great to have you here. fox & friends first was before us. you know, i started to call the show fox & friends first. we just did that show. it s hard you know, it s interesting, when you click into a new year how many times you write the last year on a check. nicole: absolutely. not just a check, think of everything you have to sign and date. it takes a solid month to finally get it right. griff: who uses checks. all do you now is use your phone. you don t have to worry about these things. in the week i have been here filling in. for you which was really a lot of fun. i have been taking the subway. you touch your subway to the thing and it lets you through and you don t have to do the math of 22 or 23. receive steve is the subway safe? griff: no. definitely not. steve: it s great you got here today. griff: yes. it