Dana im Dana Perino. If the president will take a shot at them you can imagine they would push back. Not exactly constructive. But the feud is erupting after President Biden singled out texas and florida for banning Mask Mandates saying those states account for 1 3 of new infections. He said help slow the spread or get out of the way. Ron desantis firing back. Joe biden suggests if you dont do Lockdown Policies you should get out of the way. Let me tell you this, if you are coming after the rights of parents in florida im standing in your way. Dana Griff Jenkins is covering the story from the White House. Governor desantis has been standing in the white Houses Way as loudly as humanly possible, i think. Remember he was an immediate hard no on School Mask mandates and now he is not taking lightly being called out by the president on tuesday. President Biden Governors not willing to do the right thing. If you arent willing to help at least get out of the way for the people trying to do t
the hawaii governor josh green joins us this hour with an update on the crisis, and urgent evacuation. also a proposed january 2nd trial date. the special counsel s team hoping to start the trial just ahead of the january 6th anniversary and first republican presidential contest. and americans released from a notorious prison in iran. five wrongfully held u.s. citizens now under house arrest in a potential step toward freedom. we re learning more about why they were moved and how it could wind up helping iran. welcome to our viewer here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to the wildfire disasters in hawaii right now. it s now killed at least 36 people. the death toll expected to keep climbing as prime tourist havens become charred ruins. let s go to derek van dam, who just filed this report. reporter: tonight fires on the island of maui continuing to burn out of control, as new federal help is
the lead starts right now. president biden s surprise trip to ukraine, how did the white house pull it off? plus the new promise the president is making while some republicans chastise him for growing. russian families on the run from the brutal war and ending up at the u.s. southern border. what one family went through to escape. and the murder of a bishop found dead in his california home. new details just coming in in this case. welcome to the lead. i am john berman in for jake tapper. moments ago president biden arrived back in poland after his unannounced trip to ukraine and stood side by side with president zelenskyy where biden declared putin is failing as the war nears its one year mark. biden said his trip was important to reaffirm unwavering u.s. support. one year ago, the world was bracing for the fall of kyiv. america stands with you, and the world stands with you. as part of the trip, biden announced another half million-dollars in assistance for ukrain
soon noda s food will be another culinary landmark in this eternal city. hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and around the world. i am rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, one crisis ends as another begins. why the u.s. house speaker, kevin mccarthy s decision to work across the aisle to avoid a government shutdown now put his leadership role at risk. u.s. funding for ukraine also on the line after being left out of the government spending bill. what that could mean for kyiv s fight against russia. a search for victims in spain after flames ripped through a nightclub leaving more than a dozen people dead, with fears that number could rise. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for joining us. after congress narrowly passed a short-term spending bill to keep the government open, joe biden expects to pass a year-long budget deal and authorize more aid for ukraine in the next mont
states where it is not legal or not. we begin this hour with a free speech decision from the highest court in the land. unanimous decision that could make prime time television even less family friendly than it is now. our justice correspondent joe johns joining me now with a pretty i guess you could say eye opening details. let s talk about what is at issue here. and how this is a coup for broadcasters. that s true. but i caution that we probably shouldn t go too far in calling this a sweeping ruling. this is an ball what goes on broadcast tv and how much power the federal communication commission has to regulate it after the fact that dhoept have a rule in place to handle the situation. we are talking about three incidents here, two concerned, isolated utterances of obscene words during two live broadcast aired by fox television stations, the third occurrence occurred during an episode of a television program broadcast by the abc television network. this goes tall way