the senate is on the clock. lawmakers are passing the debt limit bill that would invent a disastrous default. we are following the latest. trump is caught on tape :sources say federal prosecutors have a recording of him talking about holding onto a classified document. what could that mean for the special counsel s case against the former president? ukraine s capital is rocked again by russian missiles. one family is just devastated, 9-year-old girl and her mother are among the dead after the bomb shelter they were fleeing to for safety was closed. at the same time, russia is willing from attack on his own soil. we are following developing stories and many more, coming in right here to cnn news central. as soon as this evening, debt ceiling could go to the president s desk, ending the and less debt from on capitol hill. the senate leaders are furiously negotiating the head of a critical final vote on the debt limit bill, just four days before a disastrous government defau
let s go, tim scott! let me let me close with this. as much as i m excited about this journey, i simply want to say this. it s really not about me. it s about that 7-year-old girl named jordan who brought roses to the station, it s about 12-year-old sutherland surrat who came on this stage. you see, america is a city on . we are the beacon in the midst of darkness. we have an unusual respon responsibility. we have the responsibility to prove that self-governance works. we have the responsibility to share for a thousand generations what america has done for me, she can do for you. this can t be another presidential campaign. we don t have time for that. we need a president who pe persuades not just our friends and our base. we need a president that persuades. we have to do that with common sense, conservative principles. but we have to have a compassion for people. we have to have a compassion for people who don t agree with us. we have to believe that our ideas are so s
devices and systems. tonight with the context, sir nigel sheinwald the former uk ambassador to the united states and bryan lanza, who was the communications director for donald trump s transition team. hello and welcome to the programme. the british prime minister says the new post brexit trading arrangements agreed with the european union on monday will address many of the concerns of the democratic unionist party. the dup, who will be crucial to the restoration of the power sharing at stormont, say they are still studying the details of the so called windsor framework. rishi sunak make his pitch to the people of northern ireland at a cocal cola factory. he said the new agreement with the eu could make northern ireland one of the most attractive, investment opoortunities in the world. it does three things. it makes sure the flow of goods around our uk internal market is really smooth with our green lane. it makes sure that northern ireland s place in the union is protected s
in for carley shimkus. officials at cook county jail recruiting prisoners to vote illegally. here jackie ibanez. the nine-candidate field is likely to prevent one person from getting the 50 plus percent necessary to win. officials say we should have a clear winner this weekend. it is uphill battle for incumbent mayor lori lightfoot, accused of coercing inmates to vote for her. guards are recruiting prisoners to vote for lightfoot. reporter william jay kelly spoke to one inmate. i said, no, i m registered in another jurisdiction, i can t vote. you can vote for mayor. that would be a felony. then they would back off. they are doing this with all the inmates and being that aggressive? yes. that reporter joined jesse watters with the implications, listen. it would be ironic if mayor lightfoot makes theun areoff due to the jail vote, considering she has made chicago known throughout the world for nothing, but violent crime. this is the latest in a string of scand
we ll analyze his budget and then we ll get to work on our budget. but unfortunately with the president being so far delayed, delays others in the process. speaker kevin mccarthy doesn t have a budget proposal ready, and according to him it s president biden s fault. this comes as the president is breaking with tradition and hitting the road to unveil his spending plan. also ahead, the ceo of norfolk southern will be on capitol hill today to testify before a senate panel. we ll have a preview of that hearing. plus we re going to get a live update from ukraine following a string of deadly missile strikes overnight. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, march 9th. thanks for starting your day with us. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell has been hospitalized after falling at a washington, d.c. hotel last night. according fooa spokesperson mcconnell who is 81 years old tripped during a private dinner. he was admitted to the hospital where he s