take action on supplemental national security legislation that finally meet those challenges head on. that was minority leader mitch mcconnell publicly supporting the senate bipartisan border deal yesterday, but just hours later the republican leader would change his message in a private meeting of his senate colleagues and the fate of the bill now very much in doubt. meanwhile, the gop led house is moving forward with its efforts to impeach the homeland security secretary. we ll go through the partisan politics playing out on capitol hill. plus, donald trump is dismissing nikki haley and issuing a challenge straight to president joe biden. we ll explain that just ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, february 6th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day us. and we begin this morning on capitol hill. and in a striking turn of events senate republicans now appear poised to block the bipartisan border bill they themselves asked for an
by voting yes on prop e. a common sense solution that ensures we use community safety cameras to catch repeat offenders and hold them accountable. vote yes on e. hello again, and welcome. it s time to get together with some smart people to break down the big stories. today we re asking, following the special counsel s scathing report questioning president biden s mental fitness, can he dig himself out of the growing age issue? then, the rift on the right in congress, leading some to question the future of the top two republicans on capitol hill. and the face-to-face flop. i ll break down tucker carlson s so-called interview with vladimir putin, and you don t want to miss it. the panel is here and ready to go. so sit back, relax, and let s talk about it. up first, in the category of things you don t see every day, the president of the united states called a snap news conference the other night to show he still has his marbles. here is how that went. this matter is now
should have moral clarity and know the difference between right or wrong. and he s just toxic. i mean, you know, i think a lot of the things he broke needed to be broken, but he doesn t know how to fix things again. it s not okay to just break. you ve got to fix it and make it better. and he hasn t done that. republican presidential candidate nikki haley with that direct criticism of donald trump. that was pretty tough, huh? yes. in a moment, we ll show you new polling that has president biden leading trump in a hypothetical rematch, thanks to a major bump from two groups of voters. we ll tell you who they are. plus, the key moments from a contentious and dramatic senate hearing yesterday. ugh. with social media ceos. that hearing included a surprise moment from mark zuckerberg. yeah. really incredible. he should have kept that surprise to himself. i feel bad for you. no, come on. i mean, it just seems so staged and preplanned. it was quite a moment of
over joining me from around the world. i m richard quest in london. this is the cnn newsroom. israel says it s going to great lengths to avoid civilian casualties in gaza. it seems to be giving palestinians few options on where go. i ll put that very point to a senior adviser of the israeli prime minister. america s borders are at breaking point, and federal officials are encountering record levels of migration. nearly 10,000 a day. the surge and what fuels it. a report from the weather center tracking a storm system across the southwest ahead a busy holiday travel weekend. it is 10:00 in london, 12 noon in gaza. israel s military says it s pressing on with plans to expand the operation in gaza despite growing pressure to scale back on its offensive. an idf spokesperson says the campaign will widen to new areas. the emphasis on southern gaza. it follows the u.n. security council which adopted a long-delayed resolution calling for the increase in aid to gaza. the uni
ahead this st. patrick s day friday starting with desperate measures on wall street. nearly a dozen banks teaming up to prevent this week s financial turmoil from spreading their $30 billion life line to save another major bank from potential ruin as janet yellen works to sooth the markets and reassure americans that their money is safe. i can reassure the members of the committee that our banking system is sound and that americans can feel confident that their deposits will be there when they need them. plus major move in china s partnership with russia, announcing this morning that xi jinping will visit russia next week at the invitation of vladimir putin that comes as russia continues to search for the downed u.s. drone intercepted by a russian fire jets. why the pentagon says russia won t find anything useful even if they do track it down and rage on the streets of paris, thousands of protestors rise up over an unpopular move by macron raising the age of retirement