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republican congressman george santos who admitted to lying about parts of his background arrested. he is in federal custody this morning. we have the 13 count indictment and we ll break down the very serious charges he s facing. moments from now, homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas is set to give live remarks on operations at the southern border, one day before the health restrictions known as title 42 were set to be lifted. we re live on both sides of the border as the amount of people seeking asylum trying to seek asylum continues to build. and e. jean carroll speaking out one day after a federal jury found donald trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming her. we ll play for you what she had to say. in washington, a standoff between president biden and top republicans with just weeks to go before what could be a catastrophic default on the nation s debt. and we are following breaking news at this hour. right now, new york republican congressman g ....
thanks very much. to our viewers, thanks very much for watching. erin burnett outfront starts right now. outfront next, terror as air sirens blair. russian rockets raining down across ukraine. more than 100 in the past day. we re going to show you new video of the moment ukraine intercepts some of these lethal missiles that we ve obtained today. plus, president biden orders another high-altitude object flying over the united states at 40,000 feet about the size of a car making it a threat to commercial aircraft. what was it, and was it from china? as senator kyrsten sinema accuses george santos of another like, we re going to look at what work, if any, the congressman has been doing on capitol hill. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, under attack. putin tonight in the midst of an all-out air assault. officials warning that there is now a threat of drone strikes in and around the capital of kyiv. now explosions also right ....
hours ago. just days after the downing of the chinese spy balloon. another classified document is found in the possession of former vice president mike pence. the fbi removing the material from pence s indepeiana home. the hunt for survivors in the earthquake soon zone with a rescuer on the ground. we are getting accounts of people found alive. the death poll toll rises higher and higher. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. the us military shooting down a high altitude object a little while ago after tracking it over alaska for 24 hours. we have a team of correspondents and experts stand big as we break down what we know and what we don t know about this object and how it compares to the chinese spy balloon shot down nearly a week ago. first, jim sciutto. what are your sources telling you about this object that was shot down over alaska? the d ....
From election day, you see candidates trying to till the soil in the long island area of new york trying to highlight the fact that they could take this seat from santos. i think, jose, the important thing to remember here is new york really was the place where majorities were made for republicans in 2022. that cluster of republicans who were able to flip seats in my hometown in westchester county, santos seat, all of those are the places where mccarthy was able to make his majority. it is why republicans know it is going to be very difficult for them when this ends up going to another ballot for them to hold on to that seat. they desperately want to and i think it is why we re watching mccarthy again continue to slow walk the idea that santos shouldn t resign, but the process should play out, and that he should keep that seat with an r next to it for as long as he can. rehema ellis, ali vitali, thank you very much. catherine christian, stay with us. we ll have you back in a few mom ....
Whether or not he plans to run for re-election next year because he s crossed a fundraising threshold which requires him to make a formal declaration. then there s the pressure santos is getting from fellow republicans. some gop representatives want him to resign. and republican senator mitt romney confronted santos at the state of the union address, saying santos shouldn t have been as visible there. still i still think the chances are very low that he ll be kicked out because it takes a two-thirds vote of the house to dispel a member, and it looks like most republicans don t want to take that step, mainly because their majority is thin. reporter: george santos has generally denied or tried to explain away the various allegations of fabricating his background or being dishonest. in that interview with newsmax, he continued to defend himself, saying that while the media fanfare around him continues to spiral, he s doing the work that his constituents elected him to do. wolf? br ....