moving into this official impeachment inquiry phase. it has now been formalized. a new election year headache, house republicans have officially opened an impeachment inquiry against joe biden as they look into the family finances. this morning continued questions, though, for proof, any proof of high crime or misdemeanor. a judge pushing pause on the federal election subversion case against the former president. what does it mean now for that march trial date. u.s. intel says nearly half israeli munitionop gaza. that means they re unguided and precise and they could be contributed to the staggering civilian death toll. cnn this morning starts right now. house republicans have officially launched their impeachment inquiry into president biden, even though they ve struggled to say what he did wrong or show any evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors after 11 months of digging. republicans voted along party lines unanimously to formally approve the probe with zero su
the hamas terrorist threat is now in europe. the lead starts now. terrorist attacks foiled as germany and the nethlerlands say they have arrested members of the hamas who planned to attack jewish institutions in europe. an exclusive investigation into the nation s largest credit union, navy federal, revealing an alarming disparity between white and black applicants approved for home loans and those denied. and now in the hands of the jury in the defamation case against rudy giuliani. the two are seeking $43 million in damages for rudy s lies. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we have a lot but we will start with breaking news on the money lead. the dow closing moments ago at a record high for the sk day in a row. let s get straight to vanessa. what is driving this surge and what might it mean for americans wallets? another day, another record. the dow closing up 158 points, beating the record it just set yesterday. yesterday s record was because the fed announced
that wraps it up for me. right now on andrea mitchell reports, president biden boosted by the fed forecasting rate cuts in the year ahead and the chance of curbing inflation without riing rates. vladimir putin closing the year at his marathon press conference, showing no sign of abandoning his invasion of ukraine, counting on international funding for kyiv drying up. translator: coming back to the goals, they remain unchanged. today ukraine virtually produces or manufactures nothing. they have been importing things for free freeloading. it will come to an end, sooner or later. national security advisor jake sullivan in israel today, meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his war cabinet as the white house presses them to open a second gate for desperately needed aid into gaza. republicans backing the investigation of the president and his family s business dealings. republicans targeting hunter biden, who said he would testify in public but ignore
have a lot of legal news surrounding the former president. first, a new york state appeals court has told donald trump it will not overrule judge engoron s limited gag order which said donald trump could not attack his judicial staff, a decision that is basically moot seance the civil fraud case has rested, leaving judge engoron to decide how much to fine donald trump and how to stop the former president and his family from doing business in new york. we re going to explain the stakes, they re big, and when to expect a decision. there s also news in the federal election interference trial in d.c. yesterday we told you judge tanya chutkan put that case on hold as both the supreme court and appellate court decide whether to expedite a ruling on trump s claims of presidential immunity. trump s team called it a big win, but for how long? just hours later, the d.c. circuit court said yes, they will expedite a ruling. fast tracking a decision that has huge consequences for whethe
Request. they asserted executive privilege and petitioned the high court to hear the case after two lower courts ruled against him. the committee told the court delay would inflict a serious injury on the select committee and the public. the committee needs the requested documents now to shape the direction of the investigation and allow the select committee to timely recommend remedial legislation. some of the documents in dispute are white house visitors lists and call logs, handwritten notes from former chief of staff mark meadows, draft speeches and correspondence of the january 6 documents alleging voter fraud. all right. still to come here on cnn newsroom, the world, according to vladimir putin, delivered at a marathon news conference. we ll explain why he says nato is the blame for the ukraine crisis. plus satellite images and intel suggest a ballistic missile race in the middle east is picking up steam. an exclusive report on how saudi arabia is apparently making its