an indictment soon against former president donald trump. cnn has now learned the manhattan district attorney s office has invited trump to testify before a grand jury, all of this connected to the alleged hush money payment to adult film actress stormy daniels in 2016 right before the election. ahead, what it means as prosecutors weigh potential criminal charges. plus, good economic news, the u.s. economy added some 311,000 new jobs last month, that beat analysts expectations by a long shot. wages, unemployment up slightly. what does this all mean for the fed as it continues its fight to cool down inflation. we will break down the numbers. evacuation orders are in effect for parts of california. people along the central coast could see dangerous amounts of rain. we will take you there as residents prepare for yet another massive storm. but we do begin this hour with news in the manhattan district attorney s office signaling it could file criminal charges against former
what we know about his condition and what his family is saying is behind the decision. plus, a candid conversation. secretary of state antony blinken meeting with his chinese counterpart face to face for the first time since the u.s. shot down that suspected chinese spy balloon. what each side is now saying about the sitdown. treating the injured. parking lots have been turned into makeshift hospitals in turkey following that powerful earthquake. our dr. gupta has an inside look. and surveillance video capturing a woman fleeing from her alleged kidnapper. she locks herself inside a gas station. one of the people who helped her get away joins us live with her dramatic and daring escape. hello, everyone. sunday, february 19th. thank you so much for waking up with us. always good to be with you. i feel like spring is around the corner. it s been a warm winter, at least for us here in georgia. what about you? it has. it s barely gotten frosty here in d.c. a couple o
inside politics i am john king in washington. high stakes at the high court, 40 million americans have 40 million dollars on the line. whether biden plans to erase student debt is constitutional. how fox put profit ahead of politics and fairness and tipping off trump campaign about joe biden s advertising buys. nine-way brawl where crime concerns could see locked out of an april runoff. supreme court hearing arguments in a case that impacts millions of americans. case involves present biden s student debt relief program. it is massive and wipe out 430 billion dollars in federal loans, estimated 40 million people qualify, forgives 10,000 for borrows that make less than 125,000 and up to 20,000 who get pel grants. today nine justices hearing two cases, one is a challenge from six republican-led state who is want to block biden s executive actions they say administration exceeded constitutional authority here. second case two individual borrowers suing because they are not eli
derailment in east palestine, ohio, that added chemicals. but now there s fear onsite, but also where the waste from all the chemicals, where that s headed. governor of indiana is pushing back against shipments of contaminated materials headed to his state. roseville, indiana is one of four designated facilities. and the only one in ohio. last week, they prompted the epa to look elsewhere. the mayor of east palestine gave this response a short time ago. i definitely think we re on a good path. there s definitely say lot of questions that still remain to be answered. as far as people from the other states, they knew the facilities were in their states. and i understand their concern, but at the same time, it s governed by the federal epa. so, therefore, you know, it should be safe for all of the citizens there. east palestine s mayor met with epa administrator michael regan who is on his third visit to the disaster zone. cnn s miguel marquez joins us from east palestine.
almost 100 people evacuated in less than an hour. we have new details about the mission to get u.s. diplomats out of sudan. now, the white house must decide how to help thousands of other americans still trapped in a war zone. well, the aviators are hitting the trail again. president biden expected to launch his re-election bid tomorrow. that means he ll have about 19 months to tell voters about his accomplishments from term one, as well as his ability to keep going well into his 80s. ron desantis hasn t thrown his hat into the ring yet, but his travel itinerary indicates otherwise. the florida governor discussing trade with the japanese prime minister. this is just his first stop. we are following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. the u.s. says it is actively helping americans get out of sudan as violence in that country continues to intensify. it comes after u.s. special forces pulled off a daring rescue oper