congress is back in session. but rather than being in washington, house speaker kevin mccarthy is taking his battle to wall street , the list of demands he now has for democrats as the high stakes fight heats up new reporting coming in from the mass shooting at a sweet 16 party in alabama, at least four people killed 28. others, many of them teenagers injured. police are now saying about this investigation. moments from now the most powerful rocket ever built is expected to launch into space. the mission eventually take people to mars. these major stories and more coming in right here to cnn news, central. we begin with the rocket launch and just about 20 minutes, the spacex starship is set to take off the rocket is nearly 400 ft . tall and has 33 engines and this launch will mark spacex s first attempt to launch the fully assembled starship vehicle . after years of testing. it s the first step in elon musk s vision to send humans back to the moon and mars. it s also somethin
cnn newsroom. hello, i m bianna golodryga. a powerful winter storm is related to two storm-related deaths. i m victor howell. and we have this video of waters rushing through springfield in central, california, and the weather is getting worse by the minute. residents are being urged to get to higher ground for their safety. parts of interstate i-80 had to be shutdown because of failed water pumps. and we go to nick who is there on the scene for us. what is behind you there? well, since we have last spoken, we have moved from felton to santa cruz, and what you are seeing here is an earth mover trying to build a makeshift road. this road was washed out at 2:00 a.m., and i m afraid to they i was up and about that time, the rain was biblical. just washed this road away, and you see the gas lines are still there, and there was until 30 seconds ago a forlorn palm tree over my shoulder, and the earth mover just pulled it down and emblematic of what is happening in california
bret: but breaking tonight, a pair of journalists who were permitted to see through sources internal communications at twitter testified today before a house committee on the so-called weaponization of the federal government. republicans who control that committee are trying to show a link between censorship of conservatives, the biden administration, and the fbi. democrats today tried to pushback in a fiery hearing. correspondent david spunt takes a look tonight from the justice department. good evening, david. good evening to you. today s hearing delivered on a promise from house republicans to expose what was going on at twitter behind the scenes leading up to and after the 2020 election and, as we expected today, things got tense. can discuss. no one has yielded the gentle lady is out of order. and she is out of order because he interrupted. gentle lady is not recognized. you are not recognized. he has not said that. the new house subcommittee on the w
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. russia goes hypersonic. a missile barrage, 81 launches including some of moscow s sophisticated weaponry piercing hole s in ukraine s air defense. plus president biden s budget is just out. it outlines big ambitions for cost cutting on families and more. a republican house guarantees most of it won t clear congress, but it is a road map to the president s 2024 campaign contrast. and we re done. that from california s the democratic governor. he s walking away from a $54 million state deal with walgreens because he says the pharmacy giant say it is will not dispense abortion pills. a hypersonic high tide, wave after wave of russian missiles shattering cities across ukraine. this moscow s most ferocious assault in weeks. air raid sirens across ukraine. it shows you why. leaving no corner untouched, killing at least 11, injuring at least 20 more. a black smoke darke
took part in today s senate hearing on the derailment. john: we began america reports with president biden impaling his 2024 budget. his stop in pennsylvania but the biggest takeaway $2 trillion in tax hikes for some americans. john roberts in washington, let me be the first to say, sandra, happy early friday. sandra: sandra smith in new york and that live event coming up here the president said this plan is about to say will tax the wealthy to help the middle class and protect entire entitlement programs like medicare appeared republicans are calling him out slamming the proposal saying more spending, x hikes and higher inflation at the worst economic time for this country. john: sandra will speak to california congressman ro khanna and brian brenberg, host of the big money show coming up. but first, the correspondent peter doocy in philadelphia where the president is going to speak soon. a lot on the presidents plate, most of it taxes, peter. yes, john, presiden