incredible things. mainly to win the champions league. when we are here, it s a trophy you play once in a lifetime. against fluminense a, a brazilian team, to experience a lot of quality. later, liverpool take on west ham at anfield for the last place in the league cup semi finals. newcastle united manager eddie howe says he s sticking by defender kieran trippier despite the mistakes that contributed to their league cup quarterfinal defeat on penalties against chelsea. newcastle had led 1 0 going into injury time when chelsea substitute mykhailo mudryk pounced on a mistake by trippier to send the game to spot kicks. the newcastle defender then missed newcastle s second penalty in the shoot out. matt ritchie s was then saved which meant chelsea joined middlesbrough and fulham in the semi finals. trips is an incredibly strong character, as i said many times, it is a transformative signing. someone who s taken the group onto a different level. he s been the heartbeat of that. he
deer. all i want for christmas is you. and you. millivanilly, y all. from the cnn studios in new york city, it s king charles . we re not going to waste your time. nope. with gayle king. i m beyonce, but you can call me gayle. and charles barkley. it s cold out here. tonight, astrofphysicist, tyson, writer, director, jefferson, and from the new york times , herndon. king charles starts now. welcome, welcome, we thank you for joining us tonight. first, toif say this off the bat. charles, what s the name of your nba show? i know last inside the nba. inside the nba, on tnt, i was watching that last night, and you, he, you sounded terrible, and i thought there s no way you re going to make it here tonight. gayle, never going to let you down. i was so worried about that. full hazmat suit, i ll be here for you. uh wasn t the only one who was worried. this is what your co-workers had to say about you last night. this can t be good. shaquil
the president is set to meet with congressle leaders on tuesday, and sources tell cnn the temperature could be just right for bargaining. here s the latest from washington. president biden says he s likely meeting with congressional leaders on tuesday, setting up another showdown over the debt limit. the president said his aids are working through the timing with that meeting, but top economists say the staff level talks have been constructive, and they said they talked about the need of avoiding default. president biden struck an optimistic tone that an agreement will be reached. i learned a long time ago, and you know as well as i do it s never good to characterize talks in the middle of the talk. i think there s a desire on their part as well as ours to reach an agreement. i think we will be able to do it. in preparation for this upcoming meeting with president biden, house speaker kevin mccarthy and other congressional leaders. officials have said some of the discus
more setbacks for russia as ukraine makes strides on the battlefield, possibly downing four russian jets, killing two russian commanders and gaining ground all as kyiv gdpeers up fr a counteroffensive. some service members stationed at north carolina s camp lejeune in the 70s and 80s were exposed to a chemical called tce and could lead to a massive lehigher risk of parkinson s disease. and aaa is warning of a blockbuster season. tens of millions on the roads and in the skies as well. we re following all of these stories all coming in here to cnn news central. we begin the hour with the war in ukraine. today ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy was in the united kingdom enlisting serious financial and military support from the british prime minister. he s been meeting with key nato leaders ahead of ukraine s counteroffensive. he says his country needs a little bit more time to prepare for that major assault. meantime back on the battlefield, russian troops are facin