And taxpayers buckling up as President Biden is teeing up more spending. Why Pete Buttigieg says it will keep the economy humming. Hes here. So is Donald Trumps former secretary of state, mike pompeo. Remember him . He could be in the running, maybe, for a new title. A bigger title. Were on it, all of it. Welcome, everybody. Im neil cavuto. Glad to have you with us. Lets go to Grady Trimble at the white house on these fast moving developments and the president s plans to take advantage of what was a widely received and wellreceived state of the Union Address. To you, my friend. It was, neil. At a time when Many Americans are not happy with the president s handling of the economy. He used last nights address to change those perceptions touting billions of dollars of Students Loan Debt Cancellation and unveiling plans for more social programs. We enacted tax credits of 800 per person per year, reduce Healthcare Costs for millions of families. Restore that child tax credit. No child shoul
reporter: well goodnight, or good morning, it is two a.m. on the east coast. one a.m. an iowa where donald trump was declared the winner. a record shattering a win, the former president conjures up a pretty big question is this race over before it has begun? i m abby philip here in washington, and you are watching cnn s special live coverage of the cnn caucuses. the results of the hawkeye state are echoing across the nation, but what exactly are the message that voters sent tonight. it might very well be that the trump brand is still gold as gold with republicans so how big exactly was this trump when? if you add up rhonda santas nikki haley and vivek ramaswamy. they are combined total, is still not what trump got tonight. that math for, the second and third place finishers is cold and hard, and desantis and haley are now arguing that they have a reason to keep running. but, the question both will here starting this, morning and with throughout the next couple of we
donald trump defies legal advice one-on-one. the former president with a live speech. he also made a big admission about the classified document at the center of the classified indictment. plus, mike pence says he cannot defend trump s conduct while nickki haley is trying to get the answer just right. and dangles a potential pardon. and the house speaker breaks a floor freeze by hard-liners, establishment replicans will run out of what to give away. i m dana bash, let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, donald trump celebrates his 77th birthday at his golf club. look at the front pages of major papers, usa today, the wall street journal, the washington post, every head line flashes in big bold face type. the indictment is the political story of the moment. trump followed his federal court appearance with a defiant speech, to his team, the politics are clear and winning. but what is also clear, mr. trump is not helping his lawyers every time he
and this is the moment that the 7.5 magnitude quake struck. you can see just incredibly and hear the cars rattling. japan has now downgraded the warning from major tsunami warning to tsunami warning. but that still means that 9 foot waves are possible. the washing right now is for people to get to higher ground because every minute counts. and this was the scene at a bowling alley where people were enjoying the new year s day holiday when the quake hit. you see them there, hiding under the tables as everything really shakes around them. some buildings have collapsed and people are said to be trapped in the rubble. a hospital in the area says that they re receiving injured patients, but some doctors haven t been able to get to the hospital because roads are damaged and several highways are closed. we re hearing that at one hospital people are being treated in the parking lot. there have been more than a dozen aftershocks and that could continue for days. we have team cover
the world. a i m john avlon in for kasie hunt. four weeks from today, we ll be waking up to results from the iowa caucus, so this is crunch time in the land of cornfields and presidential politics. donald trump holding a rally there tonight while nikki haley is going on offense. i ve done well over 120 something, 140 town halls. and i never talk about my opponents. but today i am. the former u.n. ambassador and south carolina governor is sharpening attacks against her opponents calling out donald trump last night for his persistent praise of dictators. also the haley campaign and super pac both releasing new tv ads knocking ron desantis and president biden. i ll just say it, biden is too old and congress is the most exclusive nursing home in america. in a world consumed by chaos, ron desantis is another disaster. the desantis campaign, a dumpster fire. his style always trying to outtrump trump. phony and failing. a weaker nominee than trump. armed with those new ads