And the attack is still ongoing. The colonial pipeline jichs more than 5,000 miles from texas to new york. It s responsible for roughly half of the fuel on the east coast. And they described the impact of the hack. This is an attack on u. S. Energy infrastructure which shows the vulnerability of our system not only impacting us on the wallet immediately by raising gasoline prices, but raising the cost of transporting gasoline and diesel because they have to take more stringent security measures. In a statement, colonial pipeline says we proactively took systems off line to contain the threat which halted pipeline operations and affected some of our i. T. Systems. A leading cyber security firm was engaged and we ve launched an investigation. The reports this was ransomware attack using encrypted files to shut it down and demanding ransom to turn it back on. And after the winds attack on russia, and an attack on china. And at super bowl was blamed on aran. And it could impact the u. S. M
joe biden explained the vision for his presidency. more government when it s working right can improve americans lives. madam speaker, the president of the united states. the president delivered his first address to a joint session of congress late wednesday outlining his sweeping american families plan. it includes money for a host of pocketbook issues like paid family leave, child care, preschool education and free community college. he declared the long held republican policy of trickledown economics has never worked. eurged congress to raise minimum wage to $15 and hour. i stand here tonight one day shy of the 100th day of my administration. 100 days since i took the oath of office and lifted my hand off our family bible and inherited a nation we all di that was in crisis. the worst pandemic in a century. the worst economic crisis since the great depression. the worst attack on our democracy since the civil war. now after just 100 days, i can report to the na
we ll explain that one. i m michael steele, infer eamonn. let s get started. they can smell a loser. that is what i fox and center says of conservative media kingmakers rupert and laughlin murdaugh about their feelings for 2024 presidential candidate ron desantis. this week, rolling stone reported the florida governor is not making the murdochs expectations and the first family of fox s considerate dropping their support for him before it is too late. it seems folks hosts got the memo, publicly training there ire on the florida governor. it is a stark contrast to the chlorine coverage of the scent is just a few months ago. one place but it was a great big red wave is depicted on the cover of the new york post this morning, young gop star descended romp to victory in florida. it is cold defuture. you and i have made on previous occasions, and i think you ve done a wonderful job. i m wondering when this job begins to resonate in the numbers for you for president. i m wond
the beer college baseball season. andy we call it hot dogs. you might miss a whole inning now. all right, andy scholes. thank you. this morning continues right now. this is cnn breaking news. good morning, everyone. poppy is off this morning. we are here. we have a lot of breaking news for you. some major updates that are happening after russia has arrested an american journalist and accused him of spying. we re going to take you live to moscow. we ll have that in two army helicopters crashing in kentucky. the military is reporting several casualties, and we re expecting to get an update just a short time from now. evacuations underway at this moment in minnesota after a train that was loaded with ethanol derailed. and caught fire. start this morning with the major breaking news out of russia that we are following where a reporter for the wall street journal has been arrested . russia is now commenting on this, arresting this reporter and accusing him of espionage. the russia
was injured at the capitol after an altercation involving proud boys members. this comes as the doj just announced the most serious criminal charges so far in its ongoing investigation of the capitol attack. it is indicted the head of the proud boys enrique tarrio and four others with seditious conspiracy. they are accused of working together to intimidate members of congress and law enforcement on january 6th, prompting them to flee. trying to prevent congress from performing its official duties of certifying joe biden s presidential victory. joining us now, cnn senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz and legal analyst elie williams. seditious conspiracy, that s significant. it is. it is a new charge, it is a more ambitious charge, jim. these are five leaders that are charged in this case, five leaders of the proud boys that we heard of before. these guys have been charged previously with conspiracy, to obstruct the january 6th certification of the election. an