Video. Some of the brutal details never seen or heard before. This is disturbing, but it is worth a watch. Traitor traitor aaaaah yet still, after that preview, only 6 of 50 republican senators turned jurors voted for the trial to even keep happening. The lead Impeachment Manager jamie raskin made this plea just before that vote. Senators, this cannot be our fu future. This cannot be the future of america. We cannot have president s inciting and mobilizing mob violence against our government. History does not support a january exception in any way, so why would we invent one for the future . The president s defense team is vowing to be more prepared today after an objectively dismal start. Just ask republican senators. They are admitting that. As for former President Trump, he is reportedly fuming over all of it. His acquittal still likely, though. We cannot overstate this. What happens in the next few hours is consequential for the future of democracy and for the future of the Republi
Todays Republican Party lives in, is meeting the cold, hard reality of earth one today. One of the few things House Republicans have done in the last year is expose not just a bunch of lice, but a vehicle for something far more sinister. Questions are swirling about the fate of House Republicans into joe biden. Justice department now says that an fbi informant that made up Corruption Allegations about joe biden and his son hunter was actually fed information by Russian Intelligence. That shocking revelation came in a court filing in which Special Counsel davidwise asked a judge the to keep the informant detained pending trial. Doj said, quote, during his custodial interview, he admitted that officials associated with Russian Intelligence were involved in passing a story about business person one, who is reportedly hunter biden. Prosecutors say that Smir November sits at the heart of the disinformation campaign. His contacts extensive and extremely recent. More from the filing. His effo
today s republican party lives in, is meeting the cold, hard reality of earth one today. one of the few things house republicans have done in the last year is expose not just a bunch of lice, but a vehicle for something far more sinister. questions are swirling about the fate of house republicans into joe biden. justice department now says that an fbi informant that made up corruption allegations about joe biden and his son hunter was actually fed information by russian intelligence. that shocking revelation came in a court filing in which special counsel davidwise asked a judge the to keep the informant detained pending trial. doj said, quote, during his custodial interview, he admitted that officials associated with russian intelligence were involved in passing a story about business person one, who is reportedly hunter biden. prosecutors say that smir november sits at the heart of the disinformation campaign. his contacts extensive and extremely recent. more from the filin
politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. coast to coast chaos. nationwide system outage delays flights all across the country. right now planes are back in the air, but too little runway, too little airspace, means thousands of travelers are stuck. president biden says he doesn t know how classified documents found their way into his private office. and enough. influential new york republicans call for one of their own, george santos to resign, after a dismantling of his campaign lies and shady accounting. we begin with a morning of travel hell and demands that the government get its act together. the faa says right now its flight control system is back online and it is working. an early morning outage grounded all flights earlier today. in all that means more than 6,000 flights were delayed and as a result more than 1,000 were canceled. today s mess comes, of course, weeks after the southwest airlines holiday season meltdown that led
he said he doesn t read the reviews anymore. you know he ll give a good speech. thanks for joining us this morning. cnn newsroom starts right now. good morning everyone. i m john berman. i m be anna golodryga. happening today, debt ceiling deadline. the country is set to hit its borrowing limit as soon as today. the treasury department says extraordinary measures need to be taken for the next few months at least to stave off disaster that could be coming in june. as republicans refuse to budge on demands and democrats refuse to budge on negotiations, the white house is warning of the dire consequences of a default that could have serious, almost unimaginable implications for the u.s. economy and consumers. our reporters are covering every angle of this developing story. chief business correspondent christine romans is here with us right now. what does this mean? what does today mean? today is the day we hit that number, just above $31 trillion number. there are th