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good news our hollywood? real optimism about progress ending the hollywood writers strike. meeting for a second consecutive day today. person familiar with the talks tells cnn yesterday attendees left the meeting feeling encouraged. deadline nearing for both stids salvage the winter portion of a new television season. the economic toll for writers and actors strike is staggering. approaching $6 billion. >> both sides saying nothing, usually a good sign. a lot more on that and so much other news. "cnn this morning" continues right now. russian missiles rained down

on kyiv add president zelenskyy is in washington to meet with lawmakers on capitol hill. >> looking to democrats to fund the government. >> stand with ukraine as long as they need us. >> republicans grilling the attorney general. some couldn't get to facts straight. >> picks one guy he knows will protect joe biden. >> a soap box for baseless conspiracy theories. >> i have intentionally not involved myself. i am trying to pursue my responsibilities. >> the new fight for number two and it is not governor ron desantis. >> haley, ramaswamy and -- >> is there something other way? republicans are trying to figure out. good morning, everyone! happy thursday. >> thursday. >> we're so glad you're with us. maybe it's not over. polling, the race. interesting. >> a lot to get to. >> not a done deal and talking earlier in the week particularly on abortion.

>> of course. >> some of the others in the republican primary grounds to make headway, particularly in iowa for ron desantis probably not new hampshire based on the most recent polling. >> yes. >> focus here at home pap. a huge day connecting to the war in ukraine. >> what is happening as we speak in ukraine, russia is unleashing a barrage of missiles on kyiv and other cities across the country. as ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy gets ready to meet with congress today and also president biden in washington. the widespread strikes come just hours before zelenskyy heads to capitol hill to plead for more aid and weapons. >> the visit comes what could generously be called a turbulent time. house republicans in kay ogs and a growing up in completely opposed for more aid in ukraine. two hours zelenskyy set to make his case to lawmakers in a closed-door meeting and then meeting with the entire senate

and then heading to the white house for talks with president biden. start with lauren fox. house republicans not exactly open-arm welcoming president zelenskyy. what's the expectation for what today may bring? >> reporter: yeah. a second visit for zelenskyy, phil, in less than a year, and it looks so different than what he saw last year when he was at the u.s. capitol when democrats were in control of that chamber. there was a joint meeting of congress and had an opportunity, really to see a sea of yellow and blue on the floor of the house as members were standing behind him. now he is facing a new speaker who is facing his own rebellion on the right and struggling to keep his conference together as he tries to fund the government, and right now there is not an appetite among republican hard-liners to give ukraine more aid. that is what zelenskyy is up against this morning when he walks into a bipartisan meeting with house leaders and committee

chairmen trying to make his case. he will not have an opportunity to meet with the full republican house of representatives, where he might be able to argue for more money with members like byron donalds. here he is. >> the first thing i'll tell you, there's no money in the house right now for ukraine. it's not a good time to be here, quite frankly. just a reality. >> reporter: the picture in the senate, phil, looks very different. a bipartisan meeting with all members of the u.s. senate invited and leadership. that is a place where ukraine funding has been front and center as majority leader chuck schumer made clear he thinks additional money for ukraine should be included even on a short-term spending bill. gives you a sense of dichotomy happening on capitol hill between not even just republican and democrats, but also republican leaders in the house

and senate. >> dramatically different from last year when zelenskyy was here. how to find a path forward on the stop gap bill, mccarthy saying making progress. define progress for me? >> reporter: good and bad news. mccarthy unveileiled a new plann fund the government a month at a time. a number of house republicans will never get to "yes" on a sport-term spending bill and last night the added development of former president donald trump who still has a strong grip on the republican party coming out against that plan for the short-term cr. a very complicated picture for the speaker this morning as he wakes up, again, ready for that meeting with volodymyr zelenskyy. >> a new plan dead on arrival in the united states senate wouldn't be signed by president biden and may not have the votes in the house republican conference. lauren fox, keeping you busy. thank you. also this morning, the "wall

street journal" editorial describing it a circular firing squad losing funding battle zelenskyy wants to win and speaker's gavel, perhaps. how tennessee republican congressman described it. >> we're dysfunctional. it's just that simple. >> that simple. so dysfunctional. we've got nobody at the head, you know, i'll say this, this train's left the station. >> joining us now republican congressman from new york, nice to su, chave you. good morning. >> good morning. >> i want to read you this. striking in the "wall street journal." hakeem jeffries probably can't believe his luck house minority leader gets to watch the republican majority implode without having to do a thing. are they right? >> i have to disagree. i mean, listen, is there issues

we're facing here? absolutely. as any family faces discrepancies and perhaps the circular firing squad is a little dramatic, but i do believe over the last 48 hours, i think as young children when we're playing in the playground we sort of go with people who we are friendly with, and we make connections. i think over the last 48 hours it's given us a lot of us the opportunity to go outside of our comfort zone and have conversations with different people throughout the country to understand what they believe in, what they're fighting for, and come to some sort of consensus to move forward for the american people. >> but shouldn't congress and the american people expect more than what little children do in the playground? >> what i'm trying to say is that over the last 48 hours we've had a real opportunity to talk to one another, to explain to each other how we represent our districts, what matters to us and get to a consensus.

i think yesterday we had a conference meeting that lasted a few hours long. we all spoke and talked about things that mattered most to us and i think today is a new day on capitol hill and i think we're going to move forward. >> fair enough. it's a new day. sun up. nine days left. what came out of that conference, proposal by mccarthy, by the way going nowhere in the senate. do you support it? spending levels, keep the government open 30 days at one points spending levels. nothing for ukraine? you'd support that? a yes on that? >> the bipartisan group to problem solve caucus came up with a plan to meet the numbers of fiscal responsibility act as well as include funding in there that the president asked for for ukraine. but while including checks and balances, i think is super important. we don't -- many of us don't mind supporting our allies but we want to make sure we know where funding is going, what it's used for and that's included in this plan.

hoping this morning more conversations are had. we can take the people who are using or committing policy warfare and make sure that we move things forward and today, again a new day. i think we are going to make progress. >> okay. good news. can i ask you one point that your former republican colleague in congress, adam kinzinger said on cnn last night. you've been supporter for funding for ukraine. "i don't understand they have to play hardball against the freedom club." do you agree? time for hard pd ball? >> i do agree. a couple ways to play lhard bal what matters to our districts and stand for over the last 48 hours, beginning to play hard ball and like i said move things forward today, i do want to

obviously represent, the migrant crisis. so impacting new york. particularly right here where i am in new york city, more than 100,000 migrants arriving here. you know what mayor add answer said about that. even said this crisis could destroy the city. critical of the biden administration for not giving more aid for them to deal with this. overnight the biden administration did do something on this front. that is giving temporary protected status to almost 500,000 venezuelan migrants in the u.s. allowing them to work more quickly and shield them from deportation. >> certain eweryou're going to support a policy drawing more people because places like new york really are at capacity. i think the president for having a limit, this is for people who came before july 31st. so it's not an enticement for more to come after. >> do you believe that balance was achieved? a good move, in your mind? by the biden administration?

>> no. i don't think is was a good moosh and i think individuals like kathy hochul are so far disconnected from reality. just trying to pander to the president while understanding that the voters of new york even those in new york city, which is a predominantly democratic community are sick and tired of it and had a hearing yesterday in homeland security. estimated that this year new york city is going to spend $4 billion, with a b, dollars on housing migrants and -- >> i hear you, congressman. not asking you certainly not a panacea but asking, is this one step in the right direction for some of those migrants coming to the city to be able to work et cetera? you wholesale think this shouldn't have happened? >> i do. i think individuals coming to the city now do have ability to work and we don't need more and more like the -- rarely agree with the governor, but we're at capacity. the mayor of the city of new york welcomed the sanctuary city, but had no plan in place.

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down 32 since beginning of the year. donald trump still leading the field. he has 39% of support among likely republican voters. much more on this. i find this to be totally fascinating. this poll. some really good for some folks and really not good for people like ron desantis. what's going on in new hampshire? >> hit is exactly right. donald trump, you love this result. right? what a surprise. donald trump well ahead in the republican race at 39%. vivek ramaswamy love the result. up eight points. nikki haley, up seven points since july. chris christie you love the poll, up five points. ron desantis, you hate this poll, because you're down 13 points since july and now we have a clown car essentially for second place, which ramaswamy, christie and now it's ron desantis' fall.

considerable drop. since january see this. look, january 42. april 22, june 23, now in september, at just 10% of the vote. he literally has less than a quarter of the share of the republican primary vote at this point than he did beginning of the year when he led donald trump. >> talking about trump. yes, has a lead. a little more slim now. i mean, still 39 points, but than where it was. interesting when you dig into phil's favorite part. cross tabs, talks how open some of these voters are to other people. meaning their mind isn't necessarily locked? >> if you picked one place in my mind i think donald trump may in fact lose a primary, it is the state of new hampshire. why is that? look at polling in new hampshire. compare that to other states and also nationally. what we see, nationally donald trump's at 57%. south carolina 46%. iowa 46%. new hampshire at 39%. in fact weakest state and also

the state where alternatives seem to switch around because the trump vote is locked in, but the fact is, the other voters are far more likely to switch around and waiting for alternative. throw this in. timing -- >> try to do it well. >> so well. 1999. what did we see? george w. bush, 30-point lead over dole and 32-point lead over john mccain. who won the primary? john mccain by 19 points. bush looks like trump. >> same point in the primary. >> same point. sent '99. >> interesting. >> not over, until it's over. >> thank you, harry. >> thank you. >> phil? >> poppy, cross tabs right there. in the heart. appreciate it. from the campaign trail to the capitol. a combative hearing. house republicans grilled attorney general merrick garland in what could be a part of the impeachment inquiry.

watch? >> the fix is in. even with a face-saving indictment of hunter biden everyone knows the fix is in. >> going to say again. i'm going to say again and again if necessary, i did not interfere with, did not investigate did not -- >> those are statements in response to other questions. everybody in the country now knows who's paying attention to this, that the justice department permitted statutes of limit aces to expire. >> who decided? white house decided. serve at pleasure of the president. right? joe biden decided to keep david weiss as u.s. attorney. you weren't sworn in until march. >> doesn't it look weird immediate success in the art world as his dad is president of the united states? isn't that odd? >> not going to comment. >> not going to comment, not going to investigate. >> we are the committee responsible for your creation, for your existence of your department. you cannot continue to give us these answers. aren't you, in fact, in contempt of congress when you refuse to

answer? >> let's dig in on what was a very testy hearing as expected to be. cnn senior legal analyst elie honig is with us. the fiery exchanges, put them aside and actually what happened that was tangible. start not with hunter biden but the indictments of donald trump, special counsel jack smith. what have we learned? >> the t.j. was emphatic. joe biden, he testified, had nothing whatsoever to do with the indictments of donald trump or with any criminal indictment and youer dovrp's purview. look what merrick garland said on that count. >> i reaffirm today i am not the president's lawyer. i will add i am not congress' prosecutor. >> yeah. i am not the president's lawyer. this is an age-old value of doj under administrations of both parties going back generations. here are the facts. of course, the president appoints the attorney general who was then confirmed by the senate. 70-30, in merrick garland's case

with substantial republican support. merrick garland appointed jack smith as special counsel. merrick garland made clear, there is that historical wall of separation between the president and doj. garland even said the decision to charge donald trump was not even mine. that was jack smith's. another wall of separation here. no evidence whatsoever to indicate any involvement by joe biden in those indictments of donald trump. >> one key piece. second obviously very telegraph, focus on hunter biden, the investigation and indiamond of him as well. what did we learn? anything new stood out to you? >> merrick garland struggled with this. more questions than answers provided yesterday about the hunter biden prosecution. the one thing merrick garland stressed is that the person running this case is david weiss who was a u.s. attorney and has now become special counsel as merrick garland stressed several times he was nominated by donald trump, and merrick garland stressed that i, merrick garland, attorney general, have not had direct involvement in

this case. the purview of david weiss. listen how merrick garland described that in his testimony. >> i have intentionally not involved myself in the facts of the case. not because i'm trying to get out of responsibility, but because i am trying to pursue my responsibility. >> so garland made clear this was not my decision, but there are certain questions, important questions remain. why was david weiss made special counsel five years into the investigation? what necessitated that? and why was doj willing to go into court about two months ago take a plea? changed now. those questions linger. jim jordan will continue to press them. >> all of this happening agency the impeachment inquiry ramps up. first hearing expected to be next week. anything in this hearing laying groundwork republicans may pursue? >> preview what we'll see next week. speaker mccarthy, jim gordon, questions for doj. doj traditionally will not

disclose evidence about ongoing cases. what they can do is issue a subpoena. doj's going to defy that. if doj defies that, watch for the house to try to hold doj maybe the attorney general in contempt ultimately, phil a symbolic gesture. if a contempt finding by congress, guess where it goes for prosecution? right back here. not going to prosecute their own attorney general. >> sounds familiar to last impeachment -- sorry. first of former president trump saw this entire dynamic. >> bill barr, held in contempt. not charged. eric holder, not charged. may see it again. >> thank you. meantime, russia bombarding kyiv just before ukraine's president heads to capitol hill trying to convince republicans for more aid. kristen ann amanpour, at the table, next. new this morning, appears to be optimism towards ending the months' long writers strike. latest on the ongoing negotiations. that's ahead.

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ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy will be in washington today trying to secure continued

u.s. military assistance. now, algtsds more than a year ago zelenskyy addressed the joint session of congress and was met with loud applause from both sides of the aisle followed by several rounds of funding from congress and the white house. now, house speaker kevin mccarthy has not invited zelenskyy to address a joint session, though the two will meet behind closed doors. here is what mccarthy said this week about zelenskyy versus what he said in march of last year. >> this is an unwarranted war that they did not ask for, but they're willing to defend the right of freedom. we should stand with anyone that's willing to defend freedom. >> i think united to defend and help ukraine to get weaponry they need to defend themselves. >> is he president? in congress? i have questions. what is the plan for victory and accountability for the money we already sent? >> joining us, christiane

amanpour. contrast of reception, going back to march, a video speech he gave, but late last year when he was in-person and very dramatic from both sides of the aisle. that shift, is this a political issue right now or is it deeper than that? >> hard to tell. obviously politicians react to their people. polls that have come out not just here in europe as well. president zelenskyy spoke to a much less full house than the last time he addressed the u.n. biden and zelenskyy stood firm at the u.n. a week of solidarity for protection of democracy against dick tagz and the autocracy. they need to keep on with the case. not surprising to address, but will the united states commitment from the administration continue, i.e., we will support ukraine for as long as it takes. president biden wants to, i believe, deliver another $24 billion in military and other

assistance. we'll see what congress said. clearly, in the senate, republican leader mitch mcconnell is very pro defense of freedom and sovereignty for ukraine. >> you've been back and back to ukraine reporting from the ground during this war. >> yeah. >> explain to people what happens if congress doesn't re-up funding? >> you can see what's happening now, to be frank. the american administration has given an enormous amount of aid over the last year and a half, created and sustained an incredible and unprecedented alliance still firm despite all the chitchat and chatter on the outskirts, but the fact that the counteroffensive is not going as it was way too highly touted, by the way, expectations raised to here and will never match that. it is a slow, long slog, but without the weaponry at the right time. you don't have it you can't do it. they immediate more of the

correct weaponry and russians don't do things like accident. this massive barrage against the capital kyiv obviously great. anti-missile systems of the u.s. and others have sent keep getting most of them, but not all of them. they can take down most of these things but not all of them, and we're starting, maybe another six weeks, maybe, of fighting season. then winter. a whole thing about bashing civilian infrastructure again and the cycle continues. >> zelenskyy's in town, in the united states, because u.n. general assembly. most people think of this week in new york in part the sttraff but critical speeches from world leaders throughout the week and -- >> basically every one. >> every important topic in geopolitics. spoke to al gore, former vice president. what did he say? >> they is the major grand, going to say grande dame, he's a

guy. active leader worldwide, can we play it? >> sure. let's do it. >> one of the reasons why president biden became president was his advocacy for solutions to the climate crisis and what he presided over passage of biggest and best climate legislation any country has ever passed in history. he's done some things i don't agree with, but what he has done in a positive way far outweighs the rest. he has been a genuine leader on this issue ath the congress passed the ira. it's going to put more than a trillion dollars into speeding up the deployment of alternative sources of energy. >> what happens if a donald trump comes back? we saw the -- >> i'm not even going to sp speculate on that. >> i don't like to speculate. for the same reason i don't like to watch horror movies. >> could have let him go after, i don't like to -- you pressed him and got him over there, over

the line. >> i did. >> what was your takeaway? both on analysis of climates efforts for the biden administration and a critical element behind the scenes? >> the takeaway is that climate is a net positive for the economy, because of the alternative energies and economic, you know, endeavors that can really make the situation move ahead, but also he points out that the climate case is supported by the majority of people here, people here and in many of the democracies including, he pointed out to me, majority of young republicans. he was very upset that the british prime minister, that very day, beginning of climate week, decided to slow roll britain's climate promises. he was very upset about that. >> warning us. >> yeah. and, of course, trying to say don't play politics with this existential threat. reporting on it. cnn doing breaking news for weeks and months of the terrible

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♪ ukraine says the air defense shot down 36 of 43 russian missiles fired across the country overnight. officials call it a terrible night of shelling on residential areas. award-winning chef jose andres is no stranger to this, ukraine, haiti, tornados in kentucky, spent a decade feeding people facing humanitarian, climate, crises. now he is traveling back to spain to share the country's food and culture with his american-born daughters. it's now coming to cnn. here is a taste. >> my girls have a sweet tooth. of course, they are looking for something sugary to start their day. in barcelona, the obvious choice --

>> what is it? >> a croissant. >> no! [ speaking in a non-english language ]. >> this is amazing, fried with cream. not just any cream. almost like a [ speaking in a non-english language ]. >> with sugar dusted on the outside. >> it's for the gods. >> how is it? >> oh, my god. it's so creamy and crunchy and sweet. fords oh, my gosh. they are the best things in the world. >> why are croissants everywhere in the america? these should be everywhere in the america. >> we should take them to the u.s. >> that's asking the right questions right there. joining us is award-winning chef, author, humanitarian, jose

andres. thank you for being here at the table. i very much appreciate what you brought in today. >> you were that? >> no. he is literally president biden's -- that's what he -- >> i thought he was talking about himself. >> i know. i remember. >> this is showcasing -- >> we appreciate it. it's purely -- >> yeah, if you eat with moderation, everything is great. >> the genesis of this idea, like, especially with the kids going back to your home country, where did it come from? >> well, listen, this was simple. i am an immigrant. i came to america 33 years ago. if it's a country in the world that different people from different parts can feel welcome in america and learn the traditions, i love thanksgiving. i love, you know, these american spanish boy growing up. i feel like it's opening the

doors to america, to the other countries. that's the role of immigrants, building bridges. this show in a way is opening a door, a window, building bridges between america and spain. >> when you were with us almost a year ago when this was launching on discovery plus you talked about what it meant as a father to do this with your daughters. >> my daughters almost like they have the switch in the way they behave when they are in the states or the way they behafer when they go back to spain where the mother and myself come from. and for me taking my daughters, which they been going every summer to spain. but take them to all the places. like everywhere, spain is a big country. take them to new places and show them the places that grow up as a young school boy, going to culinary school. for me this was the most amazing

moment. not so much a show of a trouble afoot, but at the end that, the dad, the daughters, having a great time together. we went shooting this show to ukraine. you mentioned the missiles. i took a daughter with me to ukraine when missiles already began falling down going back last year in march, april. so you see life is celebrating the good moments, but then keeping in touch with the reality that the world is a complicated place. here what we are doing is celebrating family. >> the father/daughter relationship and watching it is hilarious at various points. my favorite part of the show. i want to ask about your cookbook. everybody knows the humanitarian work you do. we listed not even probably one-50th of the places you have been to help. you recently released the world central cookbook feeding humanity and feeding hope.

why did you decide to do this cookbook. >> this is really not mine. even my name is kind of in it, this is a book of tens of thousands of people that on every mission they work alongside the men and women to bring hope in the form afoot in some of the biggest disasters from turkey earthquake to the volcano in hawaii or the latest fire, floods and fires in chile. world central kitchen has been there. those are not really recipes. they are the story of the people behind those dishes that brought hope in a very dark moment. >> and you are so intentional about bringing local food to the local areas of disaster, so people really feel that comfort from it. it's not something foreign to them. >> there is also the smart thing to do. what do you have when you go to haiti? the ingredients of haiti and the people of haiti know what to

took, the tradition of haitian dishes. >> taking action. you called on leaders at the u.n. general assembly not just to give the speeches, but to take real action. thank you for what you do. congrats. can't wait to have it here on cnn. >> happy to be a part of the family. >> good. tune? as cnn presents a discovery+ original jose andres and his family this sunday 9:00 eastern and pacific right here. new allegations against rudy giuliani, a star witness in the january 6th hearing is claiming she was groped on the day of the insurrection. details ahead. who won the superbowl twice. and this pro with the perfect slice. and if we e profer it, we know amamerica will too. what about spaniards? and i guess spain. ♪ we're not writers, but we help you shape your financial story. ♪ we're not an airline, but our network connects global businesses acss nearly 160 markets.

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