Breaking News Coverage of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Im michael holmes. Appreciate your company the fbi says the man who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump is Thomas Mathew crooks, 20yearsold from Bethel Park, pennsylvania, Public Records show he was a registered republican and may they small donation to a democratic aligned Group Investigators say he opened fire on trump at a rally in butler, pennsylvania before Counter Snipers shot. And killed him as for trump, he says that the Bullet Pierced Hes ear, and a spokesperson said shortly up the attack that he was doing fine. It all happened while the cameras were rolling. Have a look you said Take A Look at what happened youre ready you ready good to know let me get much. You get my shoes. Sorry. Gotcha. Let me get my shoes your head so were getting as. You. Saw that Video Progress you are saw and heard a series of pops, the former president raising his hand on the side of his head. A Sec
strikes on kyiv, happened tonight. you ukraine s emergency service says one missile set an apartment building on fire. ten people were injured. mr. zelensky said that attack took place after he was meeting with the u.n. chief who was unharmed. standing alongside the ukrainian president, he pledged to do all he can to achieve peace. have a listen. this war must end. and peace must be established in line with a charter of operations and international law. many leaders have made many efforts to stop the fighting. but these efforts so far, have not succeeded. i m here to say to you, mr. president, and for the people of ukraine, we will not give up. russia isn t making much headway in its renewed offensive in the east. the u.s. defense official, reporting russia s progress, slow and uneven. this as president zelensky said ten russian services have been identified as suspects of crimes committed in bucha. that s where scores of civilians were found dead after russians pulled ou
appreciate your company. coming up on i do cnn newsroom, close put no white smoke. that s how one republican describes negotiations on the u.s. debt ceiling. ukraine assessing the damage after one of russia s deadliest attacks in recent days targets a hospital. people flocking to a u.s. monastery where a nun s body appears to show no signs of decay nearly four years after she died . a flurry of activity on capitol hill as the white house and republicans race to finalize a deal to raise the u.s. borrowing limit, called the debt ceiling, and avert financial catastrophe. a person familiar with the negotiations tells cnn they re hoping to announce an agreement perhaps as soon as saturday. jeremy diamond is at the white house with more on where things stand. reporter: as the white house and republican lawmakers continue negotiating on friday over a potential deal to raise the debt ceiling and cap spending, president biden on friday sounding downright optimistic about th
no problem coming out and lying the world. we just saw that with this chinese spy balloon. it s the nature of a communist dictatorship to lie to their own people, to lie to the world. that s republican senator dan sullivan of alaska responding to a new report from the energy department on the origins of covid. we ll take you through the latest developments in just a moment. plus, ukraine says it needs more fighter jets as the war entered its second year, but the pentagon and president biden do not appear ready yet to make that commitment. and meanwhile, the first lady seems to give away the president s plans for 2024. we ll show you what she said. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, february 27th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll start with the new report on the positives of co-vichltd according two sources with direct knowledge of the matter, the federal energy department says it has, quote, low confidence th
crime was committed. so, this is a very big deal. make no mistake about it. former president trump has already blasted the move, claiming, as he often does, political persecution and a witch hunt. in a statement released tonight, he says, quote, these are dark times for our nation, as my beautiful home, mar-a-lago in palm beach, florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of fbi agents. nothing like this has ever happened to a president of the united states before. after working and cooperating with the government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate. such an assault would only take place in broken third world countries. they even broke into my safe. cnn has learned donald trump was not in florida when the fbi closed in on his home. he was at trump tower here in new york city. i am joined now by cnn political analyst matt haberman, a cnn political correspondent for the new york times, and author of the up