Say this will be my last term as republican leader of the senate. Im not going anywhere any time soon. However, ill complete my job, my colleagues have given me until we select a new leader in november and they take the helm next january. John as youve been following, Breaking News in the past 30 minutes. Mitch mcconnell stepping down from his Leadership Post this november and with that, welcome to our wednesday edition of the program. Im john roberts in washington. Sandra, big news in just the last little while. Sandra another Breaking News afternoon. Sandra smith in new york. Eightterm senator announcing during remarks on the senate floor moments ago he will continue to serve on capitol hill but hes giving up his Leadership Position within the Republican Party that he has held since 2007. John chad pergram is live on capitol hill with more. Chad, you were saying just in the last hour that he is the longest serving republican leader ever. Longest serving eithe majority or Minority Lea
something a more limited escalation from the east. he turned out to be wrong. the u.s. intelligence agencies turned out to be right. i think that s something he s going to have to answer for later in the war. those questions are already bubbling up into ukrainian society. so far they ve left it until after the war to have a reckoning on those questions. the showman, inside the world that shook the world and made a leader out of volodymyr zelenskyy. simon shuster, thank you for coming in this morning. that does it for us. on ana cabrera reports, donald trump back in a new york city courthouse. just moments ago the judge delaying this second e. jean carroll trial. it s on the day trump was possibly going to take the witness stand, now set to happen on the day of the new hampshire primary. the desantis departure. new nbc reporting on the final hours leading up to the end of the florida governor s president campaign. and then there were two. nikki haley finally gets
cities and towns, this after severe storms ripped across oklahoma and parts of the central u.s. this morning, more than 50,000 without power in the region. at least nine tornadoes touching down in oklahoma and kansas. wind gusts equivalent to a category 3 hurricane about 120 miles an hour battering texas. ahead, the latest on the storm s and what s to come. plus, at least two people are dead, three others wounded after a drone attack in ukraine. this as the u.s. is now warning that china will face penalties if beijing provides russia with drones and ammunition, as u.s. intelligence indicates, to aid russia s ongoing invasion of ukraine. we do begin this hour with the latest on those severe storms and tornadoes. cnn s senior national correspondent, ed lavendera is in norman, oklahoma. cnn meteorologist chad myers standing by with the latest forecast. we want to begin with you, ed. some pictures there, just alarming. tell us what you re seeing on the ground. reporter: wel
pounding air rescues like this one captured by the pasadena fire department. thisng an rv plunging into the santa clara river after teetering on the edge of a cliff. we re tracking where it s headed next. a fresh wave of violence across ukraine. overnight russia launching more than a dozen unmanned drones into ukraine exhausting air defenses according to ukrainian officials. now u.s. officials says china is weighing whether to send artillery and ammunition to help russia s campaign. the new response from china this morning. court is back in session in the alex murdaugh double murder trial. after blockbuster testimony from the defendant himself, how soon it could be in the hands of the jury. the extreme weather impacting millions of americans this morning. we re tracking damage in the central u.s. after reports of several tornadoes touched down in oklahoma overnight. california faces the possibility of more snow. in the aftermath of historic winter weather that brought u
bright stars through the perilous fight o er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave will: good morning and welcome to fox and friends on this saturday morning. last saturday in february. we are back in new york city together once again. after a weekend in daytona, florida, fuels like coming home to a house after a long vacation. rachel: the couch feels different. pete: i don t know if they improved it or what. i am glad to be here. rachel: great to be back. we had a great time. pete: president biden spending the weekend at home in delaware after he says he is not going to visit east palestine, ohio. the federal government is saying the federal government will send people door to door to check on the welfare of its