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questions about his 2024 ambitions. lets get to cnns arlette saenz. she joins us from delaware where president biden is spending the weekend. what more do we know? >> reporter: well, jim, this will mark a significant shift in the leadership at the white house as cnn has confirmed chief of staff ron klain is expected to step down from his post in the coming week. sources saying that that is expected to happen after the "state of the union" address set for february 7th, but klain would s...

Concrete structure from sea to sea. These are steel barriers in high priority locations. Cnns ryan nobles joins us live in washington. The president calls this a common sense compromise that both parties should embrace. His words, but democrats began rejected it, even before he spoke. Nancy pelosi calling this a nonstarter, did trump say anything in his speech to change their minds . It doesnt seem like it, at least not at first blush, democrats rejecting this idea from President Trump. What thi...

I didnt need to do this, id rather do it much faster. I didnt really need to do th this. Calling this an abuse of power. Nancy pelosi saying, if you dont need to declare an emergency, then its not one. Legal challenges to the declaration have already been filed and the president made some early predictions as to how those challenges would fare in court. We will have a National Emergency. And we will then be sued. And they will sue us in the ninth circuit. Even though it shouldnt be there. And we...

We have cnn correspondents all over the world and all over this right now. Nick robertson is in riyadh. Natasha chen is standing by and admiral john kirby. Let me start with you. This has become a global investigation. Tell us what more we know about the shooter, what this Intelligence Group has found. Reporter well, this intelligence seems to indicate, if correct, that he tweeted out what is effectively a will in about the 15 minutes or so before he went on this shooting rampage. So what it see...

Bad behavior from my point of view. >> all right. charlie dent, keith boyken, go ahead, keith, final word there? >> i was going to say i wish charlie -- maybe you can tell some of the republican moderates in the house to actually use their power. because they have just as much leverage as the freedom caucus members do. why wont they stand up and put pressure on kevin mccarthy so they can get not only committee assignments but also influence the direction of the party and the caucus. thats what i...

Titles to and made promises too. >> do you think the dpund raisers are corrupt? >> i think mayor pete should open up the doors so anyone can come in and report on whats being said. >> and that follows the attacks buttigieg has lobbed at warren on her tax returns and health care plan. potentially fueling it, while warren and buttigieg are carving out lanes, they both attract a similar slice of the democratic electorate, white college-educated voters. with us now democratic strategist and former c...

Entry, you cant take big loads, because you have people -- we have some very capable people, the border patrol, law enforcement looking. >> we dont know what he means when he says big drugs, big loads? we know this, the dea, the people hes citing say no, most of the drugs come through the official ports of entry. heroin, the majority of the flow is through personally owned vehicles entering the united states at legal ports of entry, followed by tractor-trailers. you want some proof. here is the ...

The whole premise of this conversation is based on a lie. the lie that trump is it going to build a wall. and that mexico was going to pay for it. weve forgotten the whole mexico part of the equation. the american taxpayers are on the hook for donald trumps bald faced lie. its a lie either way. he told his crowds that mexico is going to pay for something mexico never had any intention to do. his supporters continue to support him. the 35% of americans who still support donald trump. they are hop...

White house aide keith boyken and cnns own s.e. cupp, host of s.e. cupp unfiltered airing at 6:00 p.m. tonight. should this is been a game changer? did it sound like a game changer to you? >> i heard nothing new in what trump said tonight, today, in what he said a few days ago, hes been saying all along. he mentioned all these fear mongering threats who were coming over in hords who were attacking america. he never mentioned the 800,000 federal workers who are not being paid. thats the crisis we...

Romney took obama to task over the controversial 47% comments. analysts believe that part of this uptick that were seeing in some of the swing state polling may be a result of those 47% comments and here if you look at the polls he is leading by as much as 8 to 10 points depending on which poll youre looking at but the obama campaign saying theyre not spiking the football. theyre going to run the campaign as if theyre five to ten points behind. strong about the ground game here. its stronger tha...