Ill get reaction from the Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States. She joins us live this hour. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im Alex Marquardt, and youre in the situation room. We begin with a historic show of unity from the United States, japan, and south korea. President biden hosting his asian allies at camp david with an eye towards the military and economic threats that theyre all facing in the Pacific Region right now. Cnns Paula Hancocks is standing by in seoul. First lets get straight to cnns Arlette Saenz at camp david. What came out of this summit . Reporter President Biden hosted his first leaders as president here at camp david, and the president is hoping that the symbolism of this location of the pezs retreat will lend itself to this moment as two u. S. Allies with decades of fraught history have come together with the u. S. To enter this new trilateral agreement in part as they are dealing with gr
as it came out of my mouth i was wondering are we going to a problem next time trying to book imagine there were 50-50 odds you d just been chosen as one of the people to decide whether or not to criminally indict donald trump. that may very well be the case for the grand juries who are just seated in fulton county, georgia. today over 100 georgians showed up at the superior court of fulton county in atlanta. and for the sake of their privacy we re not going to show you any of them, but you can see fulton county district attorney fani willis was in the room. there she is right there. the judge sent about half of the potential jurors home, but the other half he directed to one side of the room or the other. they were split into grand jury a and grand jury b. each one was made up of 23 jurors plus alternates. now, other than the $25 a day these grand juries will get for their time, they may also get the chance to make history. for more than two years now fani willis h
his fight to remain on colorado s ballot to the supreme court. what his lawyers are arguing and why the former president is now concerned about how the justices may rule. plus, we ll dig into house speaker mike johnson and the 60 other republicans and their visit to the southern border. their new ultimatum, and what they re prepared to do with the government if democrats don t agree to their demands. and also ahead we ll show you the confrontation between governor ron desantis and one of his own supporters who accuses the presidential candidate of going soft on trump. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, january 4th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we begin with this news. former president donald trump s legal team has officially petitioned the supreme court asking it to overturn the colorado ruling that found him ineligible to run for president. last month colorado became the first state to rule that trump engaged in an i
political one, that it s compelled by the extraordinary unusual legal circumstances which come with donald trump s candidacy following an insurrection. former u.s. attorney joyce vance weighing in on the decision by maine s secretary of state to remove donald trump from the 2024 republican presidential primary ballot. we re going to go through that decision and what could come next. plus the latest from gaza as israeli forces strike refugee camps where it s believed hamas terrorists are hiding. it comes as the biden administration is putting more pressure on israel to protect civilians. also ahead republican presidential candidate nikki haley trying to clarify her response to the question about the cause of the civil war. we re going to show you what she said. hey, everybody. good morning to you and welcome to way too early on this friday, december 29th. i m yasmin vuceivian in for jonathan lemire. maine is now the second state to remove former president trump off the
Appreciate your company. Coming up on cnn newsroom, an agreement in principle on the debt ceiling. Washington has a plan to avoid a catastrophic default, but details still need to be ironned out, then it has to get through congress. Also ukraines top general issues a pointed message for his soldiers, russia, and the world. And we do begin in Washington A Late Night Agreement to try to prevent a looming debt crisis. The white house and republicans have reached a deal in principle to raise the debt ceiling and cap government spending. It is meant to avert the first u. S. Default in history, which could have disastrous consequences worldwide. Heres how u. S. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy characterized the breakthrough. After weeks of negotiate az we have come to an agreement in principle. We still have a lot of work to do, but i believe this is an agreement in principle. It has historic reductions in spending and lift people out of poverty into the work force, rein in government overreach.