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Fairing consideration just as we did for the nominees of newly elected president s clinton and obama. Lets start with Peter Alexander who is at the white house this afternoon. Peter, it would seem as if the gauntlet has been thrown down. Reporter the bottom line is, donald trump made this point. He didnt defer to the senate as one president might have done in the past. But Mitch Mcconnell has insisted that he believes that he has the necessary votes. They think they can get the 60 votes that would be necessary if they were not to get those, then it wouldequire what they refer to as that Nuclea...

Burgdorf. Plus, chapel hill finds redemption. Big night. First, Senate Republicans are preparing to invoke the socalled Nuclear Option as the confirmation of president Trumps Supreme Court nominee neil gorsuch heads toward a dramatic final vote. Yesterday the Senate Judiciary Committee Approved gorsuchs nomination in an 119 vote. It went along party lines. That vote essentially served as a preview of what will likely be a seismic contentious vote by the full senate. At some point today Mitch Mcconnell will file the proceeding to end debate on gorsuchs nomination with hopes of a final vote by f...

Unfolding behind closed doors tonight . And north korea attack. The Trump Administration officially blames kim jonguns regime for a global cyber strike that crippled hundreds of thousands of computers and critical infrastructure. Could a fullscale cyber war be in the works . We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking tonight, a Surprising New snag for republicans, as they push towards a senate vote tonight on a sweeping tax reform bill. Gop leaders suddenly realizing the l...

This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news tonight. New details of the ambush that killed four american soldiers in niger. Joint chiefs chairman general Joseph Dunford just held a lengththy News Conference amid growing demands for more information. D dunford said an investigation is continuing but he revealed for the first time that the u. S. Troops were returning to their base when they were attacked by whats believed to be a local isis affiliate. And he said it was an hour into the firefight before the American Forces asked for additional help. Dunford could not answer why the body of Sergeant...

The east. Super bowl is set. Well get into that shortly i do hope. Well talk some football. Well start with the Government Shutdown entering day three. As christine said, at noon today in the senate, a key vote on a measure to reopen the federal government through february 8th. New to this deal last night, republican leader Mitch Mcconnells intention to take up a bill that extends protection for dreamers. Republicans hope mcconnells promise will lure enough democrats to turn the governments lights back on. But overnight two democratic sources told cnn they expect todays vote to fall short. A t...