Security to 2024 candidates to president ial levels. And israel unleashing new strikes on hezbollah targets overnight, in the region amid ratcheting fears of a wider conflict. Good morning, thanks for joining us. Its 10 00 a. M. Eastern, 7 00 a. M. Pacific. Im Ana Cabrera reporting from New York. North carolinas republican candidate for governor is refusing to step aside after a Bomb Shell Report reverberating from that Battle Ground to the president ial race, that Mark Robinson reportedly made disturbing posts more than ten years ago on a pornography site. A Cnn Investigation reveals that robinson called Himself A Black Nazi, expressed support for bringing Back Slavery and recounted sexually graphic stories including a memory of peeping on women in Gym Showers when he was 14. Robinson took to Social Media to issue a flat denial and insists he is staying in the race. Let me reassure you the things that you will see in that story, those are not the words of Mark Robinson. You know my wo
And more, allegedly trading his influence to benefit business associates, and egypt. Also tonight, ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy takes his appeal for western aid to canada after getting a mixed reception from top officials here in washington. This, as Ukrainian Forces target russianoccupied crimea with new attacks. And President Biden leads donald trump in cnns exclusive new poll from New Hampshire. Well break down the numbers and signs that anger at trump that outweigh concerns about bidens age in a potential rematch. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States, and around the world, im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. We begin with the federal Criminal Indictment of a powerful senate democrat, democrat bob menendez temporarily giving up his post as Foreign Relations Committee Chair as he faces corruptionrelated charges for the second time in ten years. Cnns Senior Justice Correspondent Evan Perez is working to support the
Collecting information. They have nothing. Something out of a hollywood movie. They used heat seeking technology to find him. K9 yoda was able to get Into The Woods here. I can assure you he will not escape while he is in our custody. Good morning, were so glad that you are with us. A lot going on. And the government is still open for 16 more days. Plenty of time. They have had nothing in terms of actually moving forward on a potential deal. This fact the house failed on its bill yesterday. So everything is going great. And also the house is following impeachment which seems to be are no of a priority at this point. The House Republican conference set to meet behind doors to plot their Impeachment Inquiry of President Biden. Kevin mccarthy is forging ahead even though time is running out to prevent a Government Shutdown. Some skeptical republicans are pointing out there is a lack of evidence directly against biden and the president set to give a speech about the economy today. Reporter
is trying to set up a situation in which he could potentially walkway as he would say a winner, that s looking very, very difficult. it was already caved in the first round of shutdown negotiation. the second go around he s trying to walk away with some kind of win. the national emergency seems like at least one option he s explored. the white house is prepared for that if he so chooses to go down that path. but look we re not going to know which way the president goes until the president publicly says what he s going to do because it s been made clear to these congressional negotiators that nothing is final until the president says it publicly. david, which of the three is the likely scenario? where is mitch mcconnell. mitch mcconnell is trying to protect his conference from a big shutdown problem. nothing is a done deal until the president says so. even when he says so he ll change his mind and say something new. i spend the walk talking to
and you re right it s the aides, working group over in the eeob. and let me tell you what the president is talking about, we need democrats to do their job as well. he says the democrats can solve the shutdown problem in a very short period of time. all they have to do is approve real border security, including a wall, something which everyone, other than drug dealers, human traffickers, and criminals, want very badly. this would be so easy to do. and so, as we enter day 15 of the partial shutdown, the vice-president, as mentioned, heading up that working group over the eeob. that s the eisenhower executive office building for the uninitiated, adjacent to the white house. yesterday in the situation room, neil. the president and key stake holders from both parties sought common ground, but little progress towards the impasse. the white house says the focus of the collaboration, manifestly clear. fix a burgeoning crisis along