Breaking bread and bolstering military ties. Vladimir putin makes a promise to his special guest, kim jongun. At the u. S. Warps Ns A Pay Is W pei a price. The battle is on but not all House Republicans want to fight it. When House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy is saying about the growing divide over his attempt to impeach. Plus, from crab walk to perp walk. An escaped murder captured in pennsylvania. Were following all of those stories and much more here on Cnn News Central. Today north korean dictator kim jongun pledged his full support for the ongoing invasion of ukraine. Comes as ukraine officials are sounding the alarm about an actively advancing arms deal between the two nations. Ahead of their summit putin gave kim a tour of russians far east. Russia said they would help develop their space and Satellite Program and while kim was there they launched two Ballistic Missiles off the eastern coast of the korean peninsula. It did not look like a coincidence. Cnns will ripley joins me from taiwan. As you look at this, russia needs help in the war in ukraine, ammunition, and north korea would love to have russian help with its rockets for space, but you know that is as well for icbms. Do we know what each side is getting out of this . This has to be one of the most bizarre wednesdays that weve seen, jim, to see a soundup version of the Singapore Summit with the former president donald trump, the moments where they were strolling in the park in singapore and now they are strolling around in the space center talking about, yes, helping russia helping north korea launch rockets, and, of course, as you mentioned intercontinental Ballistic Missiles potentially helping north korea to develop some of its most powerful and advanced Ballistic Missiles that have been unattainable because of sanctions that russia can help north korea get around. All that kim jongun had to do in exchange would be to provide weapons of which he has plenty and ammunition to help putins war in ukraine, jim, and so this is for kim jongun a moment really of victory after emerging humiliated from the Han Eye Summit that President Trump walked out of going back on that green train emptyhand having to face his people and face his inner circle. Hes now been able to orchestrate this partnership with Vladimir Putin who has fallen so fast from world leader to pariah, kind of now at the same level as kim. They can combine forces and actually achieve their mutual goals, goals that the west and much of the free world would consider, for lack of a better word, evil. Yeah. Listen, an alliance something of desperation. They need each other, right, because not many others lining up to offer them help. Will ripley in taipei, thanks so much. Right now were tracking, of course, one day after House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy green lit this the Impeachment Inquiry of President Biden. I want to go to the white house where moments ago the White House Press secretary reacted to this. Certainly not going to going to speculate on what has been a baseless inquiry that the House Republicans cant even really defend themselves and that many House Republicans have said that they couldnt support their own votes, so, again, im going to refer to you my white House Counsel on any specifics. In a speech tomorrow, hes going to maryland, why is he going to maryland, a blue state, instead of maybe a red state to talk about this . All right. So were hearing Karine Jeanpierre responding to that. Obviously they are trying to get their ducks in a row as they are facing something that they feel and even some republicans feel President Biden should not be facing at this point in time. Yeah, some Division Even among republicans about whether this should move forward or not. Obviously on the white houses side biden surrogates are slamming mccarthy, the president trying to keep focused on policy. Heard a bit of a subdued answered there and in a few minutes the president will be meeting with his cancer cabinet. The our team is following all of the legal threads. We have manu raju and former federal prosecutor Elliott Williams as well. Priscilla, were seeing the strategy here from President Biden, the white house, the campaign as well confronting this Impeachment Probe with sharp rhetoric, but also hes trying to keep working. And they have been preparing for this. They are going on the offensive, and just yesterday white house spokesperson called it extreme politics at its worst. They point out the fact that republicans havent been able to point to any wrongdoing, that they dont have enough evidence or any evidence for that matter, and so they are going in on this inquiry and saying what do you have to show for you, fine your own party cant get behind it . Now we should note that this White House Briefing actually started with the white house top economic adviser Jared Bernstein talking about the economy and then Later National security Spokesman John Kirby talking about geopolitics so that goes to show that the white house didnt kick off responding to this Impeachment Inquiry. They kicked off with their agenda, and thats really what the white house plans to do and is continuing to do as they respond to the allegations as they come from republicans. Yeah. Manu one of the things that strikes me about this is the fact that there are republicans who are on significant committees that are currently investigating Hunter BidensBusiness Dealings who say they have not seen any evidence that any of his work is actually tied to the president. Yeah, thats going to be their big hurdle forward, crop rate some of the key allegations here. The republicans believe that they wt some of that information, but it could take some time. James comer who is leading the investigation say they plan to go after bank records. Subpoenas are expected to be issued by congressman jim jordan. We do expect a public hearing sometime this month, but can they verify some of the key allegations . One of the Big Questions that republicans and democrats have alike and the hurdles ahead as mccarthy tries to move forward and possibly move to have a vote to charge the president with high crimes and misdemeanors. This all comes as the speaker is facing a range of pressures, including about his own speakership. One congressman matt gaetz has warned he could force a vote to remove from the speakership, something that they could require republicans to do over a range of issues saying mccarthy did not keep things he promised in order to gain the speakership in the first camps i asked mccarthy about all of this and how he would respond if this vote succeeded and turned around and took a swipe at gaetz and said gaetz was working with democrats. Matt is working with eric swalwell, but let me be very clear. Matt is upset about an ethics complaint. I dont care what they threaten against me. Im not going tonight ject into an independent Committee Like ethics, and im not going to put swalwell back on the Intel Committee so they can do whatever they want. Reporter these are all parts of the pressures that mccarthy is face including how to get off a possible Government Shutdown that could occur as early as october 1. Thats one of the Pressure Points here. Depending on how he moves forward with that idea, that proposal to try to avoid a shutdown to prompt this effort on the far right to push him out from the speakership, just showing you the amount of challenges he faces here in the next several weeks. Bories . Comp Capital Gains tax all of this is that matt gaetz, what hes saying hes not speaking for all republicans or not even for all House Freedom caucus republicans. Ken bach, a member of the freedom caucus, has been very critical of the impeachment pinchlt pinchlt. This is what he said to cnn last night. I havent seen anything that links President Biden to Hunter Bidens activities at this point. What Speaker Mccarthy is doing, he has President Biden on the one hand, im sorry President Trump on the one hand who is demanding that the house open age people inquiry and begin an impeachment of President Biden, and, owner, he has spending bills that are coming up, and he needs the support of members of the republican conference to help get that continuing resolution passed and appropriations bills. I believe it was a shine object from the beginning, and i think it was a mistake to Start Talking about the Impeachment Inquiry. Its really interesting to hear that side of things. It most certainly is. Look, lets just go to the constitution and what it says, how impeach somebody for treason, bribery or high crimes and misdemeanors. Those are the big things that it takes to impeach somebody. What Representative Buck is saying there is, look, they havent laid out any sort of allegations for any of these things. What i think House Republicans have identified is that President Biden has a son who is being accused of a number of potentially criminal acts. That doesnt mean you can impeach a president for it, and number they come forward with more, this is real just age pichot in search of facts. Theres also an irony here in the fact that it was the Department Of Justice under donald trump that laid out these guidelines that said you cant have an impeachment just because the House Speaker wants an impeachment there. Has to be a call of votes, right . Its the justice departments recommendation, its the office of Legal Counsel that put out a memorandum saying this is how you start an impeachment. Its not law but just the guidance for the government and what it says, or at least said back then, still the procedures the government would follow, the full house has to have a vote to authorize age people, and just one individual, even if hes the speaker of the house, cant just do it by him level. Its unclear if mccarthy even has the votes. Certainly, is and were hearing Different Things from different republicans on this. Priscilla, theres No Dot Connecting the president to criminal wrongdoing. They have not found that, and there have been considerable investigations at this point in time. That is just the status of the situation right now. That said, they really want to the draw biden into this. Are boyden aides expecting at some point hell have to confront this head on . The differentiation they make is the white house Go On The Offensive and talk where they can, and the campaign will be even more aggressive and we saw that today when they shot off a fundraising email Over Mccarthy opening up this inquiry. President biden, well see him this afternoon, the first time weve seen him publicly, and well see what he himself says, even if its not a link, its still personal. They are attacking his son, and so well see what happens next, but for now the white house is certainly Standing Firm and pointing out everything that you all have pointed out, that they dont have enough votes and that there is no wrongdoing that they have shown so far. Want to get back to manu on capitol hill right now. Manu, we heard from a very influential republican senator announcing he is not going to seek reelection next year. What can you tell us . Reporter yeah. Mitt romney, the influential republican, the former gop nominee from 2012, the utah gop senator, just announcing hell not seek reelection next year for a second term in utah. He went on to detail some of the things that he believes he has accomplished, but he indicated that at the end of his next term hell in his mid80s and he says its time for a new generation of leaders. Now this comes romney, of course, has been an outspoken critic of donald trump, a rare public critic of donald trump within the gop in the halls of congress. He was voted to convict trump in his first Impeachment Trial and voted to impeach him in the second impeachment and has called for new president ial candidates as well and had the possibility of facing a tough Primary Challenge in utah. Nevertheless, decided against running here and would leave a void among the republican conference among some of the republicans who pushed for some of the key issues. Hes worked with democrats in the last congress to push through one of the most significant achievements of the biden administration. Thats the infrastructure law, has had a hand in a range of other issues trying to deal with covid aid and the like as well as ukraine. Been a central player trying to push for more money for ukraine and has been a voice for the Republican Party for so many years, but just in a sign of how much the Republican Party has shifted since his time in when he won the republican president ial nomination a deng aid ago, will probably have a challenge in winning a primary back home even though he believed cho have pushed back against the critics. Moments ago, a significant announcement that undoubtedly will have implications for the Republican Party and here in the senate with the mitt romney saying hes not going to run again next year. Huge implications. Manu, thanks so much and elliott and place thanks as well. Jim . A dangerous fugitives flight from the law has finally ended after two weeks. Ahead, how pennsylvania Law Enforcement recaptured the killer who gave them the slip for so long. Plus, inflation is rising for the second straight month. Were going to tell you whats driving it. 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