sink in that these are the people we have to choose from, and we have ourselves to blame for this total lack of imagination to think of everyone at home thinking what stage of grief is it when i went john or on television. thank you. i thank you for coming in, sir. appreciate the next hour of cnn news central starts now the kremlin says it is ready for nuclear war. russian president vladimir putin issues a stark warning to the us saying any us troops on the ground in ukraine will come with dire consequences b. eovaldi, police chief suddenly submitted his resignation just days after the city s independent port cleared local officials. local officers of wrongdoing in the horrific elementary school massacre, and a possible end two hours of scrolling in tiktok okay, content creators say maybe millions of small businesses, house lawmakers set to vote on a bill this morning that could ban the popular app in the united i m john berman with kate bolduan. sara is off today. this
campaign kickstart president biden s fiery state of the union. and now his administration officials are fanning out across the country to deliver his message. family business, little thoroughly. the trump family takeover of the republican national committee becomes official this morning as he faces a deadline in days to come up with half a billion to cover legal losses do you know where that tire went? something you might ask about your kid s lego set, not a conversation, however you expect between a pilot and air traffic control i m kate baldwin with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn news central it s on and pop in this morning, president biden and the white we d house officials kick off coast to coast off as they take last night s fiery state of the union message directly to be where can people president biden visits battleground? pennsylvania today and over the next 18 days, white house officials will fan out across 22 different states as reviews of biden spee
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
wonderful weekend, and do go anywhere because right now cnn this morning starts. good morning, everyone. it is friday. i m poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. hope you re having a good morning. donald trump, nikki haley, ron desantis, they are all on the ground in new hampshire today selling their closing arguments with just four days now until the primary. haley, tempering expectations as trump goes on the defense. the former president asking the supreme court to keep him on the ballot, warning of chaos and bedlam if thhe s banned. wait until you hear how he s defending his claims of absolute immunity. and a damaging report, cascading failures at the massacre in uvalde, texas. what the justice department says should have happened to save lives as some victims waited to be rescued. cnn this morning starts right now. just four days, four days until the new hampshire primary and today all three candidates are blitzing that state. the looming reality is that
[ grunt ] stay connected when the power goes out, with storm ready wifi from xfinity. and see migration in theaters now. . four days until the vote in new hampshire, why the outcome there could be quite different from iowa. plus. she would not be able to handle that position. she would not be able to handle the onslaught. donald trump worried about nikki haley? could she turn third place into something bigger on tuesday? and. he doesn t want to be the next herbert hoover, as i he would him, he s already hoover. joe biden on the attack, taking the former president to task for saying he wants the stock market to crash. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt, it s friday, january 19th. happy friday. it s 5:00 a.m. in washington, and 5:00 a.m. in new hampshire, where donald trump, nikki haley, and ron desantis are all on the ground today trying to make the most of the four days that are left until the state s first in t