you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we re keeping a close eye on two developing stories this hour. in texas, the state s attorney general is facing an impeachment vote. ken paxton is accused of bribery and abuse of power. the conservative republican says it is illegal and being pushed by corrupt politicians. in washington, meantime, house speaker kevin mccarthy says progress is being made in talks to avoid the nation s first-ever debt default. a short time ago a source familiar with the intense discussions says it is now down to one final sticking point between the white house and republican leaders. the issue at issue at this hour is work requirements for social safety net programs. let s begin our coverage of the debt talks. manu raju is up on capitol hill for us. manu, just being told it s down to one issue is cold comfort. that could be the one thing that drags this thing out. what are you learning about the state of the negotiations at this
major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: new escalation today, in the war of words between the u.s. and north korea. the north now says it s ready to shoot down u.s. bombers in the face of threats by president trump. that follows the president s weekend tweet that north korean leaders won t be around much longer. today, the north s foreign minister said such language amounts to declaring war. he spoke in new york, where he s attending the u.n. general assembly. ( translated ): since the united states declared war on our country we will have every right to ma
major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: new escalation today, in the war of words between the u.s. and north korea. the north now says it s ready to shoot down u.s. bombers in the face of threats by president trump. that follows the president s weekend tweet that north korean leaders won t be around much longer. today, the north s foreign minister said such language amounts to declaring war. he spoke in new york, where he s attending the u.n. general assembly. ( translated ): since the united states declared war on our country we will have every right to ma
there republican no vote is enough to kill this thing. but if many mccain is out, it looks like this thing maybe dead or almost dead. republicans still have a few more days. they have another week to try to cook something else up. it does not look good for them. we ll have more on that big news ahead tonight and what i think led to this latest failure by the republicans. here is another piece of news. individual states started put out of the blue statements about whether or not there is election infrastructure voter rules. all these started one by one making declarations as to whether or not that happened to them this past year. we started seeing statements coming in until god bless wisconsin, the wisconsin statement finally explains what else was going on. in part, quote, wisconsin is notified of russian hacking attempt. the state were free to disclose information. and some of them did. not all but some of them. homeland security knew by june that 21 states had been targ
after stranded days on end and how one act led to his rescue next. we made it to day two! good morning, everybody, on this sunday, january 12th. i m kendis gibson. welcome to the show. two welcomes in one week? it s downhill from there. let s begin with the latest on the iran crisis. first up. new fallout from dramatic protests playing out across the country. shouts of commander in chief resign, renee rang out in the streets of tehran last night. students accusing the iranian government of covering up what it described as unintentional shootdown of a passenger plane. all 176 people on board were killed. many of them were students returning to school in canada. vigils were held at campuses in three canadian cities after iran s leader speak to prime minister justin trudeau and trudeau spoke to the victims families. they are hurt, angry, and grieving. they want answers. they want justice. but iran has admitted to is very serious. shooting down a civilian aircraft