control. but a city of bakhmut is facing a ferocious assault right now with thousands of civilians in dang danger as the russian s advance. and a man is rested for trying to bring explosives on a flight to florida in his suitcase. what we re learning about the case. new information coming in. and juries visit the scene where alex murdaugh s wife and son were kill and then the closing arguments in the disgraced lawyer s murder trial. prosecutors wrapping up just a short wild ago after condemning his lies confirm his guilt. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. let s get right to our top story this evening. very intense fighting raging right now in the key eastern ukrainian city of bakhmut. civilians hunkering down as russia throws some of the most battle hardened forces into the fight. cnn s melissa bell is joining us live from kyiv with an update. melissa, how dire is the situation in the
republican proposal that could bring cuts to social security and medicare, calling out lawmakers by name who have supported those cuts. i mean, he negotiated, basically, with republicans on the house floor. it was quite a sight to see. they conceded. i mean, his position it s a strong one. meanwhile, house republicans yesterday were focused on hunter biden, big tech. that s what america really wants. and the fbi. we ll show you the big moments from a grievance-fueled house oversight committee hearing. plus, new york congressman george santos doubles down on his criticism of senator mitt romney following romney s confrontation of the embattled new york lawmaker at the state of the union. mitt romney, of course, saying what everyone should be saying on the republican side. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, february 9th. good to have you all with us. with us in washington, white house editor for politico, sam stein. washington bureau
tonight tiger woods all but certain to make the cut at the genesis invitational. it is his first tournament, his first time back at the tournament he hosted two years after the car crash that left him badly injured and away from the sport he loves. that is it for us. the news continues. new cnn exclusive reporting, the u.s. about to put russian intelligence services on notice. this is russia s best hope for winning on the battlefield. it appears to be crumbling tonight s. plus new details about just how worried fox news was about telling the truth to their viewers. about to sail solo around the globe before her incurable disease makes it impossible. good evening. outfront tonight cracking down. cnn is exclusively learning the united states is planning to crack down on russia and russian intelligence services for efforts to circumvent u.s. sanctions. we understand this will be coming next week and it is prudent best hope for a win. the wagner group suffering huge losses
plus fox news exposed. new details about just how worried the network was about telling the truth to their viewers. and defying the odds. a nurse from hawaii about to sail solo around the globe before her incurable disease makes it impossible. she s my guest. let s go out front. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, cracking down. cnn is exclusively learning that the united states is planning to crack down on russia and russian intelligence services for efforts to circumvent u.s. sanctions. we understand this will be coming next week and it s as putin s best hope for a win in ukraine is crumbling even more tonight. the wagner group suffering huge losses, now unlikely to meet their goal of capturing the symbolic city of bakhmut by the one-year anniversary of the invasion. in fact, they had thought they would have gotten it a long time ago. already yevgeny prigozhin s wagner group has suffered more than 30,000 casualties. roughly 9,000 deaths. according to t
courage to look at me in my face. an emotional day in memphis where the five warmer police officers charged with the murder of tyre nichols appeared in court together with the nichols family for the first time. all five pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression. the judge addressing the court room emphasizing the case could take some time. we understand there may be some high emotions in this case which we ask that you continue to be patient with us. reporter: attorneys for the officers began to reveal how their defense would take shape. he was doing his job at that time and there has been no information that we have seen that indicates that there is any sort of information that we can rely on to say that it is murder. reporter: when asked if his client had any regrets i think the regret is that he was a police officer that night. reporter: another warning, not