death of george floyd. what we know about how this is going to play out. and desperately needed aid is now arriving in tonga, more than a week after a volcano eruption and tsunami there, but volunteers say there are still major challenges ahead. we are so grateful that you re joining us this sunday, january 23rd. thanks so much for waking up with us. good morning to you, christi. good morning, boris. good to see you. of course. let s talk about what we re learning out of new york this morning. yeah, really a tragic story. new york city police officer jason rivera, the deadly shooting that claimed his life, the 22-year-old was killed friday night when he was responding to a domestic violence call. his partner, 27-year-old wilbert mora, was critically injured. the rookie cop grew up in an immigrant community where he said relations with police were strained and that s why he decided to join the force, to help. yesterday mayor eric adams honored rivera and the ot
we re prepared with europe for a swift and calibrated and great united response. also today, a new intelligence report from the uk says there is a plot to remove the government in ukraine and replace it with a pro-moscow puppet regime. a charge the russians are denying. all this comes as a new shipment of u.s. military aid arrived in ukraine this weekend that included ammunition which ukrainian troops could potentially use fighting on the front lines against invading forces. cnn s chief international correspondent clarissa ward is in ukraine. white house correspondent arlette saenz is in washington and also jill dougherty. she s also a former cnn moscow bureau chief. good to see all of you ladies. clarissa, you first. antony blinken s rhetoric may be getting tougher, but is that going to resonate at all in ukraine or moscow? well, it certainly resonates well in ukraine. after that sort of hiccup in the middle of the week where president biden had implied that potentially
and fighting to keep covid out of the upcoming olympic games. take a nice deep breath, because it is the weekend. saturday, january 22nd. and we re always so grateful for you. and great to be with you, christi. this morning, new york is mourning the loss of one of its finest. one officer was killed, a second in critical condition, after a shooting last night. yeah. authorities say rookie officer jason rivera died last night while responding to a domestic violence call. the officer is the latest to be shot in the line of duty. officials say three others have been shot just this month. yesterday while speaking to the council of mayors, president biden addressed it. we shouldn t be cutting funding for police departments. i propose increasing funding. look, you know, we ask cops to do everything including to be psychologists and social workers. guess what, they need psychologists and social workers. let s go to cnn s polo sandoval. he s been following this story for us,
went that far. plus, the high stakes arguments at the supreme court, the smoke signals from the justices and what it could mean for colorado s bid to ban donald trump from the ballot. also ahead, trump s nevada win, his march toward the gop nomination, and how long can nikki haley hang in the race? we made it to friday, thank you for joining us. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with a defiant president biden firing back against blistering accusations in a special counsel report. robert hur writing in a 340 page report that while there was, quote, evidence that president biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials, there wasn t enough evidence to charge the president and prove beyond reasonable doubt his guilt adding that a jury would likely see him as a sympathetic, well-meaning man with a poor memory. even suggesting the president didn t know the date his son beau died, prompting this response in an impromptu news
my memory is fine. my memory take a hook at what i ve done since i ve become president. right now on early start president biden trying to put concerns about his memory to rest. did it backfire? and our supreme court hopefully will be doing something. i think it was really a very beautiful sight to watch. donald trump feeling pretty good as the supreme court looks like it will take his side in the colorado ballot challenge. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m kasie hunt. it is friday, february 9th. happy friday. we made it. a defiant president biden is lashing out against a scathing special counsel report that claims he willfully retained and disclosed classified military and national security information. special counsel robert hur recommending that no criminal charges be brought against biden, describing him as a, quote, elderly man with a poor memory, end quote. the final report suggesting that biden even had trouble r