stepping down, senator mitch mcconnell says he will going to have more on this washington shakeup. all of it live from capitol hill and more developed big news off the hill. hunter biden, the president s son in the hot seat what he s being grilled about by lawmakers behind closed doors in the impeachment investigation in bruce bother. and this massive wildfire burning out of control in texas, flames tearing through homes residents being forced to evacuate to. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central it is the end of an era on capitol hill. senator mitch mcconnell says he will step down as the republican senate leader in november, closing out his reign as the law i m just serving senate leader in history for any party. we re told that his fellow gop senators gave him a standing ovation at the lunch after his announcement today. but even with that show of unity, there s no denying that he s stepping asid
congress, right? is there push to impeach the president implodes their star witness has been indicted for lying about the bidens and bribes. a big embarrassment for house republicans who are still vowing to push ahead tonight. also so an uproar over a first of its kind, ruling, the alabama supreme court says that frozen embryos are children and destroying them could land you in prison it could impact fertility treatments for people who want to have a baby. and tonight, president biden is weighing going it alone to address the border prices. after republic look, it s tanked a bipartisan border deal. an executive action that would make it harder for migrants to get asylum and easier for the us to deport them. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source tonight, the impeachment investigators are back on cattle capitol hill, justin time to interview their first member of the biden family under oath, the president s brother, james, and they re preparing to haul in hunter biden to
on max good morning. you are live in the cnn newsroom. we are following breaking news president biden is at walter reed for his annual physical. dr. sanjay gupta is standing by to weigh in. meanwhile, up on capitol hill, hunter biden is testifying what we re learning about the president s son and what he s going to say behind closed doors and disaster and northern texas wildfires are raging across the panhandle as communities are scrambling to evacuate, one resident tells cnn, it looks like armageddon i m jim acosta in washington and this is the news right now and we begin with the breaking news. president biden at walter reed medical center right now for his annual physical marking, what is likely to be his last update on his health before the 2024 election, germany now is cnn white house correspondent arlette saenz, and our chief medical correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta arlette, let me go to your first what do you think we re going to hear from the white house about this v
with us for this. thank you all so much for joining us. cnn news night with abby phillip. we ll continue with the breaking news ahead it s donald trump s party and republicans are just living in it. that s tonight on newsnight good evening. i m abby phillip in washington, the former president speaking tonight in nashville. as conservatives gather at cpac, where the deep state, and let s go, brandon have taken on starring role now that event comes with souvenirs as usual, there are dazzled purses and the shape of a gun. there s a woke tiers display made from quote, melted snowflakes. there s even a january 6 pinball machine some of the games features and modes include stop the ciel, debunked conspiracy that s resulted in arrests, indictments, and defamation payouts. it s a setup that refers to another baseless conspiracy babbitt murder, referring to the death of one of the rioters who tried to breach the capitol fake news, predictable. of course peaceful protests, which
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