john berman also wearing a red krevas as a style homage to jordan santos, perhaps john king. more about the votes coming in where they're coming from, who they're going to very quick point. i've made it before. i want to make it again those were amazing people do the work of democracy. there are people in our politics, including a former president to pummel them all the time. they're doing their work. i don't know if they're democrats. i don't know if the republicans, they're counting votes and they're doing it the way it's supposed to be done on man. where are we right now? so we're at 61% for tom suozzi to 39% hamas pilip, wherein about 14% of the vote. so it's a special election. so that's an estimate right now. so if you're looking at this and even with us since we started counting votes 55 minutes ago after the polls close you said, oh, he's above 60% for the whole hour now, pretty much so that must mean he's going to win. let's slow down. let's slow down. number one, we're early. we've got 80% of the vote plus still to count number to remember, we talked about this earl

not a problem at all. >> well, john berman, nassau county and long island for us. thank you very much, john, for that report. our chief national correspondent, john king, is when the hearing, the situation room, i'm interested john, what are you watching for tonight? >> one of the interesting things that normally would not be on my list is just with john berman just mentioned though, because of the snow storm, we know that democrats seem to have a pretty decent advantage in the early the voting. republicans like to vote on election day. that's the tradition you come out and vote election day. does the weather impact the turnout? and does that somehow benefit the democrats? so that's an added thing to look for. this is a fascinating district. we should be careful. this will be studied closely and everybody will say, aha new york three has taught us all these lessons about what's going to happen for the rest of the year, maybe, maybe not, but there are some great thing thanks to look at number one, this is an affluent suburb, right? think about the last ten years, ve

john berman might know the other one, the parade wraps up at around 12 30 today rally at union station. very unseasonal believe warm there as well. rahel for this time, a year. so you've got kids that have the day off from school. you got warmer temperatures in the middle towards the end of february is going to be a party. >> and it's valentine's day. so what's not so if you're in kansas city, carolyn manno to see you, my friend, i do like the travis kelce said it was not acceptable. >> and what he did there yeah, you should to don i mean, it's it's when people do something wrong. it's really good when they admit it. admitted. all right. >> today your valentine's date might be stuck on you and also stuck at their pickup location, thousands of drivers for uber and lyft in the us and uk okay. are planning to go on strike today? >> yeah. let's bring in cnn's vanessa yurkevich with more on that. so vanessa talk to us about what led to this strike. >> yeah, these are rideshare app drivers who are doing a two-hour strike between 11:00 a.m. and 01:00 p.m. today at ten airports around the coun

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i'm sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman. this is "cnn news central." we want to bring in jean casarez and mark o'mara. we are watching the crux of the prosecution's case in this cross-examination. jean, bring us up to speed as to what we're listening to and how important the testimony is right now. >> the prosecution is really jumping around, and they're doing that intentionally. they want to break her. they're really focusing in on 2021. all the testimony she had about soccer practice and bowling and we went on vacations, they want to disregard. they want to hone in on that time right before the shooting because they want to show not only child neglect but this gross, gross negligence that she didn't care about her son at all. going through text messages, and you only three times was love ever mentioned. one time, it was about something actually that didn't have any significance to ethan. so they're really focusing in on that. one thing, they're going to try to show she's a liar. the four phones, when they were in the industrial building, that were th

i'm john berman with sara sidner.his is "cnn news central." >>> this morning, the senate's bipartisan border bill is on the brink of falling apart before it even makes it to a floor vote. in a closed-door meeting last night, senate gop leader mitch mcconnell told senators they should feel free to vote against moving the bill forward. it is a huge reversal from the minority leader, who just hours earlier gave a speech from the senate floor calling on senators to take action on immigration and foreign aid. mcconnell's messaging coupled with stiff opposition from donald trump and house republicans, painting a grim picture for the bill that took months to put together. cnn's lauren fox joins us from capitol hill. lauren, i don't know that we've seen this in a very long time, and especially since the republicans are starting to say the quiet part out loud, donald trump is in the mix, even though he's not an elected official at this point in time. where do things stand this morning? >> reporter: yeah, sara. it's really hard

i'm john berman. thank you so much for watching. the news continues now.let's turn it over to "the source" with kaitlan collins, which starts right now. >> and tonight, straight from the source, an extraordinary moment at a contentious hearing on capitol hill. mark zuckerberg standing up to apologize after

appreciated joining us now is cnn's john berman. he's live at a polling site in carl place, new york. john, how would you describe voter turnout right now? >> well, jake, welcome to carl place high school, home of the frogs. and for the first time today, there are lines here at this voting location. it wasn't like this a few hours ago, it was empty. and that's because of the weather here. people walk in, they come to one of these tables, they get their ballot. there are seven election districts here in this town. precincts, you pick up your ballot, you vote, and then you end up putting it in one of the machines. now, as we've been saying the story here today is turnout. and to give you some perspective, j in the third congressional district in 2022, i'm going to slow down because i'm going to walk into a voter here. and there were no voters here before 2022, 192,000 voters voted on election day in the third congressional district, 192,000 election day voters two years ago. today, as of 03:30 p.m. only 39,000 voters voted on election

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is john berman says, and yes, the south carolina well in primary just happened. it's over and it's also are already election eve. once again, >> michigan's primary tomorrow, donald trump is picking up endorsements while nikki haley is losing them. after getting trounced in her home state, trump won by 20 points in south carolina, but nikki haley it's pushing forward >> they can say donald trump won. i give him that >> but >> he, as a republican incumbent, didn't get 40% of the vote of the primary and so the issue at hand is he's not going to get to 40% if he's going and calling out my supporters and saying they're barred permanently from maga he's not going to get the 40% by calling them names. he's not going to get to 40% by trying to take over the rnc so that it pays all as legal fees now, in just a few hours, nikki haley will be back in michigan to pitch to voters once again before then heading to minnesota tonight for some campaigning. her promise to fight on just got a little bit tougher. the political network backed by the billionaire koch brothers announce

i'm john berman with audie cornish in new york. it's good to be here. it's been a minute for me >> poppy and phil or off this morning, a key ukrainian town falling to the russians, ukraine's army desperately low on supplies with congress fighting over for that new aid bill, the kremlin claims he went for a walk, fell ill and collapse, but this morning, the family of alexei navalny say they can't even get access to his body for live in moscow from the fallout from navalny's death and donald trump outraged after being ordered to pay $355 million in his civil fraud trial, the former president's next move, $400 hightops. cnn this morning starts right now >> all right, ukraine has suffered a major setback. for the house is on vacation with no path forward on passing desperately needed aid. video shows russian forces raising a flag in the city of abdivka after ukrainian troops withdrew. president biden is blaming congressional inaction for the withdrawal in warning that more ukrainian towns could fall to the russian soon, ukraine's army is under serious press

i'm john berman with audie cornish. we are back for more here in new york, phil and poppy are both off the recrimination surrounding the death of alexey navalny. they are growing louder this morning. his widow is accusing russia of a cover-up insisting that her husband was poisoned as pressure grows for the us to punish vladimir putin, donald trump refusing to condemn navalny's death instead, shared a video of a putin ally declaring that trump should be president again. and the united states offering a un resolution calling for a temporary ceasefire in gaza a clear warning to israel to rethink its next move cnn this morning starts right now >> it had now been four days since alexey navalny died in a siberian prison. and the russian government is still refusing to turn over his body. deval nice team says authorities are allegedly keeping it to conduct some sort of chemical examination a new this morning, the kremlin denies accusations by navalny's widow that he may have been poisoned again, with nerve agent president bid

appreciate it >> john berman. hello >> there is identity haley's not the only person that is dealing with an issue fun in michigan know and the republicans are not the only ones on the ballot. there is a democratic primary there as well, and president biden is dealing with an issue there because there are some in the state, including one democratic member of congress urging voters to stage a protest against the president. cnn's priscilla alvarez at the white house with the latest on this priscilla what is going on in michigan? >> well, john michigan is a critical state for president joe biden in 20 only narrowly won in 2020 by three percentage points. and it's going to serve as a key test of his handling of gaza, as you mentioned, there there is a push for voters to vote uncommitted. this is known as the listen to michigan campaign, and we're suited to lead one of the representative this is in support of this campaign. now, our colleagues have spoken to some of those organizers who saying this is not an anti-biden

here's what he told our john berman the fear goes beyond alabama. a lot of families are trying to figure out does does it make sense for them to try in vitro fertilization that thousands of dollars it costs. will it go to result in nothing? what happens to contraception is that next? i think there are a lot of families, not just women, a lot of families who are asking, what does this mean when you have your rights taken away? when my three daughters have fewer rights than their mother, something's going on and we've got to change it, but we've got to do it at the national level because it was dobbs at the national level which took away rights and guys, there are a number of states that have considered language around this sort of >> unborn child in terms of thinking about embryos and fetuses, florida is one of those states, but the backlash against this situation here in alabama has been so strong that state lawmakers have even pause legislation that would include that language just in the wake of what we've seen here in alabama, sara have you have

rahel sol omon with john berman. this is cnn central. >>> soon, in just hours, we'll hear from benjamin netanyahu, after his meeting with secretary of state tony blink pen. blinken in israel for crucial talks on the war in gaza. hamas is offering a counterproposal for the potential release of hostages. blinken says they are looking intensively at the deal. israeli officials familiar with the negotiations tell cnn that there is, quote, no way that israel will agree to hamas' proposal. we have team coverage for you. nic robertson in tel aviv. s there will be a press conference in just hours. does that give you a sense of what we might hear? >> reporter: i think we hear the red lines that benjamin netanyahu won't cross. and the victory would be the killing of leadership of hamas. the idea that cease-fire and a deal for the hostages isn't going to work. and the israeli government is not about to release the hamas prisoners who were captured on october 7th. that's going to be tough lan language. this may be the nuance of

i'm john berman with rahel sol solomon. this is cnn news central. >>> this morning, the republican party chair seems on her way out. ronna mcdaniel offering to step down at ton the end of february. this week, he met donald trump at mar-a-lago. after that meeting, she offered to resign. the situation is fluid. there's questions this morning. who will replace her? how will this impact the party? how did she get sideways with donald trump? cnn has all of the answers for us from washington this morning. what do we know? >> this is a stunning revelation. we look back at when donald trump first apointed ronna mcdonnell in 2017 to serve as his ally in the rnc. clearly, things have changed since then. donald trump and the increasing pressure he's putting on the rnc and ronna mcdaniel specifically was the driving force behind this decision. if you take a step back, trump and mcdaniel's relationship over the past several years has deter deteriorated. donald trump harbors resentment toward the rnc and mcdaniel for not doing enough to

i'm side siara sidner with john berman. this is "cnn news central." >>> angry, defiant, and emotional. those are just some of the few words being used to describe president biden and how he reacted both behind closed doors and in front of cameras after the final report on his classified documents probe dropped yesterday. the report questions his mental fitness and claimed that he couldn't remember when his son, beau, died. now the gop lawmakers are using this as a springboard to call for biden's removal from office under the 25th amendment, the house gop leadership saying, quote, he is certainly unfit for the oval office. m.j. lee is with us from the white house. president biden was livid, reportedly, that his son was brought into this the way he was, and then put out for the public to see. what are you learning at this hour? because one of the headlines here that we should mention is he was not charged in this case. >> reporter: yeah. sara, this was as livid, i think, as we have seen the president recently, making clear th

good evening everyone, john berman here in for anderson. we begin tonight with fresh evidence from anyone who believes or better or worse that the republican party is not on its way to nominating the strongest candidate against president biden. new cnn polling, now as with all pulling it is just a snapshot, but it does follow a trend. in it, president biden trailed donald trump by four points, which is just outside the margin of error, that is the same as it was thus far back as last october. on the other, hand when matched up against nikki haley, that gap widens to double digit 13 points. 13 points versus four points for trump. her problem continues to be persuading republicans, even in south carolina her home state, where she is the underdog in the primary there later this month. cnn's jake tapper spoke with her earlier today. >> why doesn't this electability argument seemed to mean more to republican voters, do you think? >> well, i, mean that is the argument we are trying to make. i think the reality is, 70% of americans do not want to

i'm sara sidner with kate balduan and john berman. this is "cnn news central." >>> all schools in malibu are closed. nearly 40 million people across california are under flood advisories as a huge storm is just dumping record rainfall right now in the state. we're seeing many flooded streets. reports of landslides already bringing the landslides, of course, also bring a very different kind of threat to so many. southern california facing the brunt of it. right now hurricane force winds are now added into the mix. they are being reported and also more than 500,000 customers are without power. we'll see how that changes with those winds in pray. the latest update shows eight counties are under a state of emergency. we're going to show you video right here of a helicopter rescue helping people that became stranded in los angeles county. thank goodness for them. let's get over to sante are a barba live. what are you seeing now with the sun, the sun, at least daylight up now? >> reporter: well, kate, here in santa barbara county, if this a

i'm sara sidner with john berman. this is "cnn news central." ♪ >>> all right.pening now, donald trump and his legal team are behind closed doors with the federal judge in florida overseeing the classified documents case. it's also deadline day for his lawyers in a separate case to ask the supreme court to address the ruling that he is not immune from prosecution for the january 6th election subversion case. now, cnn's evan perez is outside the federal court for us in pearson, florida. kristen is also in west palm beach. evan, first to you. how long have they been inside? any sense of what's happening? white smoke? black smoke? what can you tell us? >> reporter: there's a lot of smoke here, john. but the former president has been in the courthouse now for about two hours. he's probably going to be in there, we anticipate, another couple of hours. and what this hearing is going on behind closed doors, it is a closed door hearing because it has to do with some of the classified documents, some of the classified information that is at issue in this case. some of th

i'm john berman with sara sidner.his is "cnn news central." ♪ >>> president biden has an important meeting at the white house with jordan's king abdullah. the meeting comes as israel defense forces say they have carried out a series of strikes in southern gaza in the city of rafah. now, as part of those strikes, israel says it has rescued two hostages, who are now safely back in israel. palestinian medical officials controlled by hamas say more than 100 palestinians have been killed in that operation. this strike, though, was raise questions about what will happen in the future in and around rafah, which is a city where israel has told palestinians, hundreds of thousands, to flee to. will israel continue, even intensify, operations around there? president biden, of course, has been speaking with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he has warned israel about launching a ground assault without a credible and executable plan to ensure civilian safety. cnn's arlette saenz is at the white house with the latest. what

i'm kate balduan with john berman and sara sidner. this is "cnn central." >>> at this moment nearly 40 million people across california are under flood advisories as a powerful storm dumps record rainfall on that state. emergency responders were busy overnight rescuing people trapped in floodwaters. cr crews saved three people were clinging to a tree. a state of emergency has been declared in eight california counties. powerful wind gusts slamming the state. more than 50,000 customers don't have power. let's get waiting to our meteorologist. what can they expect over the next couple of hours? >> additional rainfall, unfortunately, which is the last thing they need as well as gusty winds. here's a look as where it's raining and snowing. still have rain showers even he have at times across northern and central california, but by far the heaviest rain is focused over portions of southern california including the city of los angeles. this is where we have a lot of flood watches and even flash flood warnings in effect. the flash flood warn

good evening john berman here sitting in for anderson. we're gonna have that and more in the hour ahead. we begin though, with breaking news the new u.s. air strikes targeting iranian-backed houthi drones in yemen. let's get straight to cnn's own liebermann at the pentagon. owen, what's the latest here? >> john these trucks occurring just in the last hours over yemen. the u.s. air strike targeted a number of houthi drones in yemen. this is what we have seen, doing over the course of the past several weeks. trying to strike the types of targets that houthis in the iran-backed rebel group in yemen have used to target, not only international shipping, but commercial vessels operating the red sea. as well as u.s. warships. in this, case the strike was unmanned drones that the houthis have used to target these commercial vessels. but, also in the past, the u.s. has targeted anti ship ballistic missiles. an anti ship cruise missiles. the goal here is to target these before they can be launched. that is before they pose a security threat the shi

i am john berman. thank you so much for watching. the news continues now, so let's turn over to the source with kaitlan collins, which starts right now. >>> tonight, straight from the source, an extraordinary moment at a contentious hearing on capitol hill. mark zuckerberg standing up to apologize after he and other tech execs were accused of having blood on their hands. apparent that he apologized to is here tonight. plus, the fate of ukraine's top general of the air this evening, good major military shake up the underway? we have brand new cnn reporting on what it means for the state of the war. >>> also tonight, a stark warning from the fbi director on major threats that are facing the united states. christopher wray's says hackers and china are preparing to wreak havoc and we aren't paying enough attention. i am kaitlan collins, and this is the source. >>> it is incredibly rare these days to see any kind or shred of unity on capitol hill, but even more astonishing, what we saw today where the words that were directed at the chief

i'm sara sidner with john berman. this is cnn news central. >>> president biden emotional, defiant, and angry after a scathing report paints him as a forgetful elderly man with frequent memory lapses. the special counsel investigating the president's handling of classified documents questions his recollection of dates including claiming that he forgot when his son beau died. and this morning, we're getting new details on what happened behind the scenes at biden's private meeting with democrats in virginia just a few hours later. this is how he addressed it to the american public. >> i know there's some attention paid to some language in the report about my recollection of events. there's even reference that i don't remember when my son died. how in the hell dare he raise that? frankly, when i was asked the question, i thought to myself, it wasn't any of their damn business. >> cnn's mj lee joining us from the white house. mj, one of the big things about the report is he was not criminally charged. but that is all lost

i'm john berman. thank you so much for watching. the news continues now. so let's turn it over to "the source" with kaitlan collins, which starts right now. >> and tonight, straight from the source, an extraordinary moment at a contentious hearing on capitol hill. mark zuckerberg standing up to apologize after he and other tech execs were accused of having blood on their hands. a parent that he apologized to is here tonight. >>> plus, the fate of ukraine's top general up in the air this evening. could a major military shake-up be under way? we have brand-new cnn reporting on what it means for the state of the war. >>> also tonight, a stark warning from the fbi director on major threats that are facing the united states. christopher wray says hackers in china are preparing to wreak havoc, and we aren't paying enough attention. i'm kaitlan collins, and this is "the source." ♪ it's incredibly rare these days to see any kind or shred of unity on capitol hill, but even more astonishing, what we saw today were the words that were directed at the chief executives

john berman in for anderson. we begin with fresh evidence for anyone who believes for better or worse that the republican party is not on its way to nominating the strongest candidate against president biden. new cnn polling as with all polling is just a snap shot. it does follow a trend. in it, president biden trails donald trump by 4 points. which is just outside the margin of error. that's the same as it was as far back as last october. on the other hand, when matched up against nikki haley, that gap widens to double digits. 13 points. 13 points versus 4 points for trump. her problem continues to be persuading republicans even in south carolina, her home state, where she is the underdog in the primary vote there later this month. jake tapper spoke with her today. >> why doesn't this electability argument mean more to republican voters, do you think? >> that's the argument we're trying to make. i think the reality is 70% of americans don't want a biden-trump rematch. that's a fact. the fact that we would have t

i'm john berman with sara sidner, and this is cnn "news central." >>> it's a critical week for donald trump. first it is deadline day for his legal team to ask for an appeal that he is not immune from criminal prosecution in the january 6th case. >>> also happening today, the former president expected to be with his lawyers in federal court in florida for a closed-door hearing in the mar-a-lago documents case. his team is up the pushing for access to classified evidence they have not seen. cnn's evan perez is outside court in florida this morning. evan, what are we expecting to hear today that happens in court? or the details that he will be facing? >> reporter: well, sara, this is a closed-door hearing where the former president's -- the former president and his lawyers are going to be sitting with the judge. they're going to be looking at some of the summaries of some of these documents that the special counsel jack smith and his team, are essentially trying to limit how much access the president -- the former president and his lawyers can have before hethey to trial. this is classi

as john berman said last night, america has been dying to hear what james carville has to say about it did. listen. >> i don't think there's anything strategic about this. i think most of these people are sexually inadequate. and they go for all this crazy stuff. and i don't think -- it's nothing strategic about it. it's just real stupidity to believe something like that. she seems to me, i'm not very familiar with her generation, she seems like a really nice person. >> and he goes on. everyone gets a stab at it today. doug, he said he does not get the meltdown in some corners of the political right about this one. do you? >> well, kate, one, thanks for leading with me on the issue of sexual inadequacies. i'm not going to touch that any further. >> i was not going to go there. god, doug. >> thanks for that. >> keep going. >> look, something slightly controversial you wouldn't expect me to say. donald trump can be a disciplined messenger when he wants to be. two examples. one, he put out two statements on the court case with jean carroll since the verdict. he hasn't talked about her eit

i'm kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman. this is "cnn news central." ♪ >>> all right.ourt is just about to resume after two breaks in the trial of the michigan mother who is facing involuntary manslaughter. the judge is trying to decide if a major piece of evidence, text messages between jennifer crumbley and her attorney, will be allowed in trial, which the defense says could get a -- set a dangerous precedent in the case, but she opened up the door. the judge is looking at that now. the case is already historic in its own right. jennifer crumbley is charged with involuntary manslaughter after her son shot and killed four students at oxford high school in 2021. he will spend the rest of his life behind bars, and now his mother, jennifer, trying to avoid jail time herself. she took the stand yesterday, shifting blame to her own husband, but saying this about the violence that's transpired that day at the hands of her son. >> i've asked myself if i would have done anything differently, and i wouldn't have. >> if you could change what happened, would you? >> oh, absolute

i'm kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn news central. >>> in just a few minutes, defense secretary lloyd austin will stand before cameras at the pentagon and speak to reporters, take questions. it will be his first news conference since his hospitalization and his first since three u.s. soldiers were killed in jordan in a drone attack by what the united states says was a group linked to iran. now, we're wondering whether he's going to reveal anything new about how president biden plans to respond as he has promised to do. biden yesterday saying he knows what the response will be. the latest message from u.s. officials, iran is actually getting nervous as tensions escalate in the region. let's get right to pentagon where there is natasha bertrand standing by waiting to hear what secretary austin has to say. natasha, what are you hearing about what we're expecting from him today? >> reporter: well, look, i can tell you the pentagon press corps had been pushing the pentagon to make secretary austin available for qu

i'm kate bolduan with john berman. sara is off. this is cnn your central all morning. >> we have been tracking what is turned into a major service outage for cell phone users across the country right? now, it appears service is beginning to be restored as at&t outages appear to be tapering off still, tens of thousands of customers are reporting no service on their devices. this all started around 04:00 a.m. on the east coast when people i'm waking up to bricked phones, unable to make calls or even send text messages. cnn's brian fung has been tracking this all morning. he's got the very latest for us now, brian, do they know yet what the exact causes of this? >> yeah, kate, at this point, there's no specific cause that's been identified. but an industry official tells cnn that there doesn't seem to be anything related to any kind of cyber attack or malicious activity that seems to be driving this. instead, it's seems to be related to what's known as peering, which is how the industry three hands-off cell phone calls from one networ

or the american people on for greek a whitfield with john berman and sara sidner, kate bolduan is off. this is cnn news central >> this morning, possible russian shouldn't fingerprints on this too. so in just a few minutes, the house republican impeachment inquiry into president biden hears from its highest profile witness, yet, the presidents own brother, yet as this is happening, perhaps the most stunning twist yet in the at times floundering investigation. remember, the ex-fbi and forth? woman whose testimony had been central to house republican allegations. the one that special counsel, david weiss, already charged with lying. well, the special counsel now says, not only did he commit perjury locating the bidens in a business deal. this informant has now told prosecutors that he was tracking trafficking and information false. it turns out provided to him by the russians so fell the basij wall here, house republicans within opinion which one inquiry based at least in part on false information from a guy who now says he got stuff from the russians. cnn, senior crime and justice repo

i'm john berman with sara sidner and kate baldwin. this is cnn a new central >> voters, as john called it in the swingiest swing state of michigan are heading to the polls right now. and this pivotal day could answer some major questions for president biden or donald trump and nikki haley, biden won the state in 2020 but a large block of democrats, there are angry over the president, strong, supportive israel as huge numbers of palestinian civilians are being killed in its war with hamas. they plan to send a message today with a protest vote. it may give biden an inkling of how big of an issue this might be in november, as for donald trump, he's looking for another big margin victory, another big question though, will nikki haley make a dent in that number with a strong showing and help keep her campaign alive. pitcher self to the voters right here on cnn news central, kate baldwin will be speaking with her in just the next hour. now, cnn political director david chalian is now joining us from washington, dc. there is always something

i'm kate bolduan with john berman. sara is out today. >> this is cnn news central we, are following some breaking news out of gaza. we wanted to bring to you i witnesses and the hamas-run palestinian ministry of health say that more than 100 people were killed in what is being described as a chaotic incident, as idf soldiers opened fire as people were trying to get food from aid trucks. cnn's jeremy diamond is gathering new details. he's been picking up some new reporting. jeremy, bring us up to speed here >> well first of all, kate, i think it's important to note that the aid situation, the humanitarian situation in northern gaza, is just so, so desperate and that seems to be part of what led to this scene. hundreds, if not thousands of people surrounding some of these aid trucks that were able to enter northern gaza. some of the very few aid trucks that have actually been able to make it in there. and you can see in this video by the israeli, from the israeli military, the crowds of people around these trucks. but wh

i'm kate bolduan with john berman. sara is out today. this is cnn news central >> we are following >> this breaking news. people in texas are being forced to flee communities, burn to the ground. there are multiple wildfires burning in the texas panhandle right now >> that is terrifying. if you come upon that, of course, overnight, the fire called the smokehouse creek fire became the fifth largest fire in texas state history, scorching over 300,000 acres. and right now, it is not at all all contained. it's even crossed into oklahoma also right now, local officials say there's no further information on how many buildings have been damaged. they're really in the thick of it right now. but here's a but to quote, one county official homes have burned in almost every direction we're going to show you some video of how quickly the fires are moving. you're going to see. it just jumps this road. and this is from the texas forest service right here, moving right across that road, the leaving at least one county in texas without power and water. t

i'm john berman with sara sidner fredricka whitfield is in for kate today this is cnn news central at this moment, house republicans are questioning president biden's brother, james behind closed doors as part of their each been row, not behind closed doors. the fact that the now indicted informant at the center of their probe says he got false information from russia the lead democrat on the house oversight committee moments ago, hit back at republicans still pushing impeachment >> now, we know that russian intelligence operatives were behind creating the propaganda and disinformation at the very foundation of this investigation. so i think it's time for chairman comer and the republicans to fold up the circus tent. and we should get back to work from american people. this impeachment investigation is nothing but a wild goose chase that is based on russian disinformation and propaganda. right? >> cnn anchor and chief congressional correspondent manu raju, in the middle of where it is all well happening this morning on capitol hill, manu, what are you here >> yeah. this is the first t

i'm john berman with tv pro audie cornish here in new york. >> it's great >> to see you poppy and phil or off this morning, a key ukrainian city has fallen to russian forces, while the us house of representatives, it's on vacation for two weeks in desperately needed aid hangs in limbo. president biden blames congressional inaction after ukrainian troops were forced to withdraw from abdivka and he is warning that more towns would fall as russia presses the attack on multiple fronts, there is board of a huge russian troop buildup in the south. >> and congress is also under renewed pressure to act after the death of alexei navalny in a siberian prison. new this morning, navalny's wife has posted a defiant video message online hi, she's vowing to continue her husband's work and to find out how he was killed in the video, she says the russian government is hiding his body and she's suggesting he may have been poisoned with a nerve agent again, listen to sliver, and this is just in a cowardly way. they're hiding his body, not showing to his mother, not giving to his mother. they are lying th

john berman is on assignment this is cnn news central >> if money talks, president biden's campaign has a lot to talk about right now this morning the campaign is touting a historic amount of cash on hand after a big january hall they're reporting more than $42 million. was raised last month. and there are now jumping in through february with $130 million of cash sean hat biden's about to also leave the white house for another fundraising swing out west. let's get over to cnn's arlette sayyed. she's at the white house for us arlette, talk to me more about what the campaign is reporting out this morning and what it means for what is very, what it means today and also what is most definitely assured to be a very tough general election fight. >> yeah, kate, the biden campaign is really building up a sizable campaign. war chest is they are preparing for a very pricey race against what they expect to be there gop opponent former president donald trump, those numbers that you ran through $42 raised in january alone. and the fact that they are ending the month the $130 million in the bank real

i'm john berman with kate baldwin. this is cnn news central are we do have. breaking news out of gaza. eyewitness reports in the hamas-run palestinian ministry of health say more than 100 people were killed in a chaotic incident after idf soldiers open fire as people were trying to get food from aid trucks, seen as jeremy diamond is gathering new details in television we've seen in chief international anchor christiane amanpour standing by in london. jeremy, let's just start with you and explain as best as we understand it now exactly what happened well, john, i actually just got off the phone with whether one of our journalists, local journalists, who was >> on the ground when this incident happened >> and this is kind of the tiktok as he saw it on the ground. these, this convoy of aid trucks apparently passed an israeli military posts about 70 meters after they had passed that point, thousands of people began to swarm around these aid trucks and then it was only minutes after that we're told by witnesses on the grounds, including our local journalists, that

i'm sara sider here with john berman, kate bolduan is out this is cnn news central having now a powerful and fast moving nor'easter is hitting the east coast threatening multiple cities with several inches of heavy snow and plenty of rain right now, more than 30 million people are under a winter storm warning and 20 million are under coastal flood warnings. new york could be one of the hardest hit cities. it already started. i saw it possibly getting up to eight inches of snow today. it's a lot for the city the most at seen in years ready more than 1,000 flights have been canceled across the entire country and some cities have closed schools and declared a weather emergency. cnn meteorologist derek van dam joins us now from new york city. what are you doing? you're oh it has it's been really weird because there was snow on the ground when you started this morning? in which was beautiful. now you're in times square where it's like doing that weird freezing rain thing, right >> yeah. i think this is a testament to the pre-deployment of like 700 salt trucks that came through and layered a f

i'm sara sider with john berman, kate bolduan. we ms her shelby back. she's out today. this is cnn news central new this morning we're learning that donald trump is expected to be in a new york city courtroom on thursday for a hearing on the stormy daniels hush money criminal case. that means he won't be in a georgia courtroom for another hearing that same day on alleged misconduct by fulton county da, who is prosecuting him. cnn's kristen holmes is in west palm beach, florida. we've got two hearings happening at the same time to very very different cases. and we were hearing donald trump might show up in georgia. now we're hearing is going to show up here. what do you know about the decisions being made here? >> yes, sir. i was told by senior advisers that at the end of the day, it was not really a question that they believed that he should show up in new york, that this was a more serious case that was a criminal case. it was shearing regarding something that directly impacts donald trump, just to keep in mind the hearing that's going on in georgia is about fani willi

i'm john berman with sara sidner and kate baldwin. this is the final 10:00 a.m. addition of cnn news central >> dab at the center of the political universe right now, tomorrow is the state's republican presidential primary. early voting has already been underway today. both nikki haley and donald trump are delivering closing messages to voters, several stops planned in the palmetto state, though haley has done much more campaigning if you want to call it traditional campaigning in her home state than donald trump. yet donald trump remains far ahead in the polls among voters, they're like 30 plus points ahead if you're keeping track at home friends, here's the delegate count, which is how you secure the nomination in the end in that primary, donald trump has 63 delegates. haley has 17, but 1,215. that's the magic number needed in the end. 50 delegates at stake in south carolina enough with the math, let's get to the trail. cnn's kristen holmes and kylie atwood are in south carolina. kristen, you're in rock hill, that is where donald trump is going to be stopping.

berman. sara is off today. this is cnn news central >> as we have all been told, >> everything's bigger in texas. and today that even includes the political clash headed to the border. both president biden and donald trump are headed there it as they each try to make the migrant crisis really a pillar of their reelection bids. biden is going to brownsville. trump is going to eagle pass, texas and speaking of big the numbers, speak for themselves and showing how big of a problem the migrant crisis has become. and big political and big policy-wise migrant encounters along the border are breaking record after record in december, those encounters peaked at nearly 250,000 the highest since 2000 today's texas showdown comes as biden is considering, executive action to restrict migrants ability to seek asylum. and it also comes as action on the hill to truly address the problem here remains stalled in part because donald trump and other republicans say a solution would take, a, would take way a pote

i'm john berman with kate baldwin. this he is cnn news central >> okay >> so you know, you love capitol hill drama. you don't have to admit it, but you know, you love it. and today is going to be one of those days. very soon president biden's son, hunter is arriving on the hill and heading behind closed doors for what has become a highly anticipated moment, the face-to-face with republicans lawmakers, and the biggest moments so far in the republican led effort toward impeaching president biden. cnn's paula reid. she's watching all this tracking all of this hopefully as sneakers on because it's going to be wild. paula, what is going to happen today? and what questions is he likely to face >> like i definitely wear my sneakers afford today. let me tell you how significant this is. there actually moving this deposition to a bigger room. than the one they usually use because they anticipate a record number of remembers are going to attend. this is a make-or-break moment for gop lawmakers who so far have not been able to pr

baldwin with john berman, sara is off today. this is cnn news central >> all right, we do have breaking news. we just got word that the smokehouse creek big fire in texas is the second largest wildfire that that state has ever seen. it is growing and growing quickly. hundreds of thousands of acres have been scorched homes and buildings destroyed. we just spoke to a children's pastor, a church that has been sheltering more than 200 people she said several have told her, quote, we have lost everything and we just got some new scanner audio in from fire crews. listen to this multiple fox we can't hold it out of there let's call out. we have too many spots you pull out, everybody pull out >> and listen to that, listen to that, we can't hold it the fires they are growing in size now, more than 500,000 acres and you just heard it there. it is 0% contained pained. now emmer look, amarillo, texas is home to a nuclear weapons facility as of now, there's no fire on the property of that plant. the flames did get close overnight and the pla

i'm sara sider with john berman this a news central how many right now, a major storm moving across the northeast threatening millions with heavy rain, serious snowfall and coastal flooding. right now, more than 30 million people under winter warrant storm warning and more than 1,000 flights have so far been canceled. one of the hardest hit cities could we'll be right here, new york city, which might get up to eight inches of snow the most the city has seen in years cnn's pete muntean is standing by in dc, but we begin with meteorologist derek van dam, who decided to show up here in new york city. oh, now, you are in the most beautiful park ever that is gorgeous. what else is going on now >> yeah. good morning, sara. you this is the promenard at the mall in central park, a famous avenue. now snow lines made famous by serendipity, the movie or breakfasts activities. now it's this is just beautiful real life snow globe and people in new york are just coming outside and enjoying it. so many people have the day off, they're working from home, including the new york city public schools. in f

all because of the alabama supreme court i'm kate bolduan with john berman. sara is out today. this is cnn news central >> cnn breaking news and we are following this breaking news this morning. cell phone service disrupted across the country tens of thousands getting hit by a massive service outage. in india let's free source telling cnn that there's no indication, at least now of a cyber attack. but they are still investigating what's going on at at&t. customers seem to be facing widespread issues. the company just acknowledged to cnn, they're experiencing disruptions to its network saying, quote, we are working urgently to restore, to restore or service to them. let's bring in cnn's brian fung, who's tracking the outage and the response as it's been kind of unfolding this morning also with us senior national security analyst juliette kayyem, brian, what is the latest on these outages and the disruptions? >> yeah. kate, as of right now, we've seen tens of thousands of user reports on the website, downdetector.com, mostly from at&t customers said they are having trouble placin

i'm sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman, cnn news central starts now so how important is michigan this morning? it's not just the birthplace of m&m, madonna and burt reynolds. it's not just word dumb and dumber star jeff daniels as the theater. it's not just for tom brady played college football >> know, tonight, michigan >> is the subject of a cnn special report starting at 07:00 p.m. it is that important? the michigan presidential primary, it used today in while you might think, you know what will happen do not fall victim to hubris, president biden faces a challenge from at least one sitting democratic member of congress urging people to vote uncommitted, to protest us support for israel in the war against hamas donald trump has been winning by large margins than states so far, but underperforming in some pre-election polls will that trend continue and can nikki haley stay relevant for the long haul? she will make that case this morning right here on cnn news central tell that to jeff daniel's. see it as dianne gallagher is outside a polling place in waterford, michigan. how th

i'm john berman with audie cornish here in new york. phil and poppy are off this morning and new this morning. alexey navalny's mother making a personal plea to vladimir putin to hand over her son's body. now she just released a video standing outside the siberian prison where he died. she is telling vladimir putin, let me finally see my son, navalny's team says the russian government is refusing to release his body for at least a couple of weeks to conduct some sort of chemical examination navalny's wife is suggesting her husband may have been poisoned again with nerve agent. cnn's melissa bell is live in paris, was a what else are you hearing from navalny's mother in this message directly to putin? >> well, as we spoke about earlier audie, what we'd heard is from dmitry peskov, the kremlin spokesman, pushing back against that video, we'd heard from yulia navalnaya, the widow. widow of alexei navalny, a very strong message she sent yesterday accusing vladimir putin of being behind her from her husband's death. now, this morning, the kr