a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i'm bianca nobilo. just ahead for you on "cnn newsroom" -- >> i love all the attention, fellas, thank you for that. social media companies need to show us their algorithms. >> only person more fascist than the biden regime is nikki haley. >> the idea that we'll put someone up there that is almost 80 and no effects from that, we

know that is not true. >> an anger birthbitterman who retribution. >> and we are really nervous and we saw students running out with their hands up scared. >> now that i'm calmed down a bit, now i just feel angry. live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster and bianca nobilo. >> it is thursday, december 7, 9:00 a.m. in london, 3:00 a.m. in tuscaloosa where four republican presidential hopefuls met on stage for a fourth debate as they tried to set themselves apart from donald trump less than six week before the first nominating contest. taking part on wednesday, former

new jersey governor chris christie, former south carolina governor nikki haley, florida governor ron desantis, and entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy. the candidates sparred over issues ranging from electability, border and whether trump is fit to return to the white house. haley who has been rising in the race faced criticism from ramaswamy and desantis. >> we beat the democrats on election integrity. i have delivered results. that is what we need for this country. and you have other candidates up here like nikki haley, she caves anytime the left comes after her. >> we passed pro-life bills, we moved unemployment from 11% to 3%, we took on the unions and we took on obama. and so i've had a fight. and so as much as ron says that, that is not true. >> after you left the u.n., you became a military contractor, you actually started joining service on the board of boeing whose back you scratched for a

very long time and then gave four multinational speeches like hillary clinton is and now you are a multimillionaire. that math does not add up, it adds up to the fact that you are corrupt. >> we've had these three acting as if the race is between the four of us. the fifth guy who doesn't have the guts to show up and stand here, he's the one who as you just put it is way ahead in the polls. and yet i've got these three guys who are all seemingly to compete with voldemort, he who shall not be named. >> trump skipped the debate like the previous three. a closer look now at the swipes and name calling and what came out of the show gown oig. j -- showdown. jeff zeleny has the details. >> reporter: nikki haley at the center of a political firestorm at the fourth republican presidential debate wednesday night at the university of alabama. particularly with florida governor ron desantis, they have

been locked in a close race to be the leading alternative to donald trump. >> her donors, these wall street liberal donors, they make money in china. they are not going to let her be tough on china and she will careful to the donors, she will not stand up for you. >> he's mad because those wall street donors used to support him. >> and desantis and haley ferociously tangled throughout the night over her newfound support from some corporate donors, over their respective views on china, their foreign policy views and much more. but perhaps the biggest fireworks of the night came from former new jersey governor chris christie and ohio entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy. when they exchanged a fierce battle over this -- >> this is the fourth debate, fourth debate that you would be voting in the first 20 minutes as the most obnoxious blow hard in america. >> your version of foreign policy experience was closing a bridge from new jersey to new

york. so just walk yourself off that stage and enjoy a nice meal and get the hell out of this race. >> reporter: in just 40 days, iowa republicans will be the first to cast their ballots in the 2024 republican president s nominating caucus and followed by new hampshire. so time is running out to make their case against donald trump who once again skipped the debate but is driving the race in every way. he was at the center of the conversation. chris christie directly confronted him saying he is not fit for office. >> do i think that he was kidding when he said that he was a sdik at a time tore? all you have to do is look at the history. and that is why failing to speak out against him, making excuses for him, pre-tending that somehow he is a victim, empowers him. you want to know why the poll numbers are where they are? because folks like these three make it seem like his conduct is

acceptable. let me make it clear, his conduct is unacceptable and he is unfit. >> reporter: and the argument has gone unanswered by republican voters. the former president is still leading the way in iowa, new hampshire and nationally. voters of course have not cast a single ballot. so he is hoping that they will listen to his argument. the question is in this race for second, did haley or desantis make any movements? iowa republican voters we spoke to after the debate gave both high marks in different ways. haley they said was presidential, desantis got his conservative record through. of course evangelical voters so important in iowa. so at the end of the day, program perhaps the biggest winner was once again donald trump, but the most consequential debate at all. votes start in less than six weeks. jeff zeleny, cnn, alabama.

i spoke with the director of the energy of u.s. politics. and i asked how he thinks the candidates faired. >> haley and desantis are both vying to be the, not just a, trump alternative. so it got negative. i think it really felt like a tag team effort to me where you had desantis and ramaswamy throwing grenades at haley. haley trying desperately to defend herself, relying considerably on chris christie. not sure if that equation works to haley's advantage given christie is also going so hard at donald trump. but ultimately i don't think that there was a clear winner and feeling i got most from watching is that it was just too little too late for all the candidates not named trump. >> and when you were watching the debate, did anything stand out to you in particular? obviously from what you're saying it sounds like nothing is moving the dial significantly but perhaps a personal moment for one of the candidates or a policy suggestion or debate?

>> really what struck me i think was how nikki haley conducted herself. she's really the one with all the momentum. she's done well in the debates up until this point. she won the endorsement of americans for prosperity, that is the network that has big outreach capacity. and she has electability on her side. so i don't think that it was surprising that she was taking most of the heat. but i'm not sure how effectively she was able to defend herself. it did seem like she was relying quite a bit on chris christie. and that is not necessarily the align himself that she wants. so i do think that desantis and ramaswamy were able to get digs in at her. how that plays in the polls, i'm still not sure if that will be a big effect. but she has to be expecting i think considerable blowback given that now she's sort of the presumptive candidate i'd say to be second place.

whoever becomes the candidate, he or she would be facing a democratic incumbent whose approval rating is at historic low. a new poll shows president biden is heading into the 2024 election year with only 37% approval among american voters. that is down from 45% nearly a year ago. deep concerns about the economy are helping to push the president's poll numbers down. but this is most pronounced among younger voters and independents with only one in three saying they approval of the job the president is doing. as he's done many times before, u.s. president biden is again calling on congress to enact strict gun control laws after shootings in texas and nevada. multiple deaths were reported in each state. the president says republicans, quote, must join with democrats to pass gun reforms to prevent more families from being ripped apart by gun violence. mr. biden says federal law

enforcement is working with state and local offices in texas and nevada to assist in any way they can. the university nevada in las vegas will be closed the rest of the week after three people were killed in wednesday's shooting. the suspected shooter is dead, but police have yet to release his name. lucy kafanov has more. >> reporter: police say three people were killed, another suffered a gunshot wound and is now in stable condition at a local hospital. the suspect also dead. police have not released the identity or the name as they are still notifying the next of kin, but law enforcement sources tell cnn he is a 67-year-old career college professor who has connections with schools in georgia and north carolina. now, his connection to this university as well as the motive for now remain unknown. reports of shots fired began at around 11:45 a.m. local time

near the home of the lee business school. police say the shooting started on the fourth floor of that building, went to multiple floors. the sheriff telling us that police engaged him and neutralized the specific outside of that hall. and this was a very busy time on campus, students were in the middle of study week right before final exams and going home for winter break. there were tables set up outside were students were eating and laying lego games. and the sheriff said a lot more lives could have been claimed were it not for heroic actions of university police who neutralized the suspect. the students describing the terrified moments. >> now that i calm down a bit, now i just feel angry. the fact that this happens over and over again is ridiculous. school shootings have been happening since i was born. i was born in the year 2000. this is 2023.

and i'm tired of it. like i don't know how i can just walk around on campus after this. >> to see all these school shooting stuff, and i kind of knew it would happen to me one day, but it is weird to have it, it is really scary and real. and this is like my actual life. >> reporter: it is not lost on anyone that this is a city still scarred by one of the worst mass shootings in u.s. thoirs. we're just a few miles away from the mandalay bay hotel whereas you will recall in 2017, a gunman opened fire at a music festival killing 58 people. this is still very much an active investigation. we know that the fbi and atf are involved. quee we'll keep you uped. >> erin burnett spoke with a university student who was in a class in the same sblg building. he credits the professor for getting the students out safafe. hehere is part of what he

exexperienced. > as soon as i saw him open e door and i seen his face turn from calm to panic, that is when things got r real and he told m to get on ththe ground. that is when we realized this is serious. after about 30 seconds, my teacheher, he like sneakily oped the door again and he assessed ththe situation and he looked outside and he t told us to runs fast as we can. i'm grateful for him because if he hadn't let us out and we were stuck in that class room and who knows if the shooter came in, we were all sitting ducks. soso i had full trust in my teacheher and when he told us s run, i knew we had to run. so that is when i ran as quick as i can. >> last hour i spoke with a gun violence survivor who is the chief programs and policy officer for brady, a nonprofit advocating for gun violence. he says most americans see eye to eye on laws and washington needs to pay attention to what they want.

>> 90% of americans support policies like universal background checks, just requiring that background checks are done when a firearm is purchased. and still 18 years after our shooting, that continues to be a loophole that exists in this country in too many states. so we have to start with the foundation like that, like how do we set the bar around universal background check system that allows every other gun law to essentially work and then we need comprehensive laws that really tackle gun violence in meaningful ways with the types of violence that are occurring. but let's be clear, states with strong gun laws have low death rates. states with weak laws have high gun death rates. we know gun laws work. so we also need to address the system that is allowing a minority of senators to ignore the will of the american people. tools like the procedural filibuster are making it impossible for us to get the change that americans are

calling for day in and day out. so i think that we're getting there. i think that we will get there, but it will require that americans continue to show up. if we can't change the laws, we got to change the lawmakers. and that is something that sarah brady here, one of our founders said, and something that we take to heart. so we're hopeful that there is a path forward, but it requires sustained momentum and people not accepting today's shooting to be our reality. still ahead, today marks two months since the hamas terror attack and israel's military response began. new details on the search for one of the militant groups' top leaders. plus senate republicans block billions of dollars of aid to ukraine. details of how the aid package is becoming a bargaining chip in u.s. politics. plus what it means on ukraine's frontlines especially with winter fast approaching.

it is two months ago today that hamas launched its terror attack on israel killing about 1200 people and israeli military is forging ahead with its

campaign to eliminate the militant group. the israel defense forces blurred the faces of its soldiers in this video from kahn yunis. that is where they say they have surrounded the home of that ma hamas' highest ranking leader based in gaza. they assert that he is underground. >> i think it is a symbolic victory for israel, but it will be a real victory very soon. it is only a matter of time before we get the man who was directly responsible for the massacre of 1200 israelis on october 7. the brutal massacre, atrocities, the rapes, the burnings, the beheadings. we will reach him and justice will be done. >> with me now is clare sebastian. so clare, what do we know about the search for the top leader? >> he is the prime target. he is leader of hamas in gaza, he is the leader and in-it i

gator of the october 7 attack. so he has always been the focus gator of the october 7 attack. so he has always been the focus. they say they have encircled his house and it is in the area of kahn yunis. of course kahn yunis has been very much the focus of the offensive post-truce. we're now in day seven after that. and it was enough of a moment in this for benjamin netanyahu himself to come out and speak about it. take a listen. >> translator: last night i said our forces can reach anywhere in the gaza strip. now they encircled sinwar's house. he can escape, but it is only a matter of time before we get him. >> so they seem to think that this has got them closer. yahya sinwar has spent decades moving up through the ranks of hamas. he spent more than two decades in prison in israel and released as part of the swap back in 2011.

so he has been in israel's sights ever since and especially now in this war. i think looking at the video that the idf has put out of the battle in kahn yunis, you get a sense of this is just the intensity of fighting going on at the moment, the effort it has taken to get to this point street by street. obviously this is idf video, we can't verify it, they have blurred the faces. crucially what this doesn't show is the civilians. because we know that even before the war some 400,000 people lived in kahn yunis. we can only assume that it is more thousand benow because of t from the north. so sinwar, as they try to track him down, israel has to prove that they can do this while protecting civilians. >> clare sebastian, thank you. this just into cnn, russian officials say two children are dead and at least five others wounded after a school shooting in a city south of moscow. russia's investigative committee

says the suspect, a 14-year-old girl, brought a pump action shotgun to school and fired on her classmates. the agency has initiated a murder case following the incident. and police are investigating how she obtained the weapon and brought it to school. we'll bring you more details as they come in. we've also learned that russia will hold its presidential election on march 17 next year. the country's upper house of parliament says it unanimously approved the decision earlier this morning. the current president, vladimir putin, has not formally thrown his hat in the ring yet, but it is expected that of course he will. mr. putin has been in power as either president or prime minister for more than 20 years. this next election could give him another six years in the kremlin. along the frontline in eastern ukraine, russia is intensifying its attacks particularly around the strategic town of keavdiivka whe ukrainian forces have to fight with aging weapons and yeroding

u.s. support. anna coren is there. >> reporter: down a muddy road sits an old farmhouse. its owners left some time ago, but it has new residents. these are soldiers from the 47th mec mechanized brigade. and they are part of the 54 avdiivka, one of the most fiercely contested battles on ukraine's eastern front. camouflaged under the thicket is a multiple launch missile system from the soviet era. this 32-year-old wishes they had better and more modern weapons. >> with the modern weapons and best weapons, of course they are more accurate and bring more damage to the enemy. >> reporter: in the past two months, russia has been sending

waves and waves of troops to avdiivka as they try to encircle the town. but sasha and his fellow soldiers know this war could become even more difficult if u.s. aid, now under threat, suddenly dries up. >> all the delay just because it is the lives of the best ukrainian people. we have the spirit, we will continue, but we need some kind of support. >> reporter: if u.s. congress does not pass the military aid package, then ukraine will not receive the advanced weaponry it desperately needs to fight this war. and that means that it will have to rely more heavily on decades old soviet equipment like this to combat russian forces who are gaining supremacy on the frontline. a sobering reality for these soldiers almost two years into this war. >> i'm afraid ukraine will not be able to stand without our

partners and allies. so this is as simple as that. >> reporter: weighing even heavier on their minds is last week's alleged execution of two unarmed ukrainian soldiers who were surrendering to russian forces not far from sasha's position. drone footage shows the p.o.w.s climbing out of their dug outbefore being shot at close range. ukraine is now investigate whagt prosecutor general calls a gross violation of the geneva conventions. >> every similar event brings a lot of pain and suffering to us, that is for sure. it will not make us weak, it will not scare us. we will continue doing what we have to do. >> reporter: which is fighting a seemingly endless war as they build more trenches, uncertain if the west will truly be there for the long haul. >> if we let ukraine go, if we let putin win, then who will

feel themselves safe here. i think no one. >> reporter: anna coren, cnn, on the outskirts of avdiivka, ukraine. it has been hard for ukrainians to have any sense of normalcy, but despite the russian invasion, some took time out wednesday to mark st. nick has day. >> three, two, one.nickhas day. >> three, two, one. >> the event was marked with a tree lighting. the tree is decorated in the country's national colors of gold and blue and topped with a state symbol, the trident. it is be celebrated on the 6th instead of the 19th in a break with or x orthodox traditions. and still ahead, boris johnson tried to apologize to

families, but they didn't want to hear it.

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welcome back. let me bring you up-to-date. four presidential candidates faced off wednesday night in tuscaloosa. donald trump did not participate in the debate. yet the former president remains the frontrunner for the party's nomination well ahead of the other candidates. three people were killed in a shooting at the university nevada las vegas on wednesday. we're told that the gunman who is dead was a 67-year-old career college professor. the motive for the shooting is as yet unknown. former u.s. house speaker kevin mccarthy, who was ousted from his leadership post in october, is calling it quits after 17 years in congress. mccarthy wrote wednesday in the "wall street journal" that he will be officially resigning at the independ of the year. those on both sides of the aisle had this reaction -- >> kevin served the house with great distinction for a long,

long time. he brought us back to the majority. he of course served as speaker. but his leadership in so many different ways will be missed around here. >> i had a very good working relationship with kevin mccarthy. and i wish kevin and his family nothing but the best in terms of the next chapter approximately in his life. >> since losing the speakership, mccarthy's attendance at gop meetings is said to have been sporadic. latest batch of u.s. aid for ukraine hit a stumbling block in the senate last night. the bill would also set aside more money for israel, taiwan and u.s. border security. but republicans said no to it because they want the white house to push for tougher immigration policies first. >> ukraine is very important. so is israel. so is taiwan. but nothing is more important to me right now than securing our

homeland that is the most exposed to a terrorist attack and other bad things in modern history. >> the white house says the money for ukraine will dry up by the end of the year unless new funding is approved. lawmakers are running out of time for a compromise because of the upcoming holiday break. and as manny manu raju reports, that is a major concern. >> reporter: ukraine aid could be stalled permanently. republicans are demanding that aid to ukraine be paired with stricter border policies. and democrats say that what the republicans are proposing is just far too much than they are willing to accept. the end result, a bill that they tried to advance, democrats did without those stricter border measures failed in the senate on wednesday evening. one of the key republican

negotiators, thom tillis of north carolina, told me that he believes something needs to be done now because there will be a migrant surge at the border even worse than now if donald trump becomes president and migrants believing that they need to come over the border now before 2025. >> you have a presidential candidate who says that he will close the border on day one. donald trump said that within the last 48 hours. he is likely to be the nominee and likely to win the race. what do you think is going to happen with future flows next year? they will double over the four time increase in the last year of trump. >> reporter: but there is so much uncertainty about how this will ultimately get resolved given the divide over the policy and as well as the process, speaker of the house mike johnson wants to move the bills individually. ukraine aid, israel aid and as well as dealing with the border. democrats want israel and ukraine and everything else tied together as one big package. but they first have to agree on the policy.

and they are nowhere near an agreement on that which is why there is a belief in the capitol that members will leave town for the holidays without dealing with aid to ukraine at a time when the white house warns urgent action is needed or ukraine will be knee capped in its war against russia. manu raju, cnn, capitol hill. the united states is struggling with a massive influx of migration along its southern border. border patrol agents in texas say they have apprehended 8,000 people making illegal crossings in just the past three days. more than 3,000 in the past day alone. local leaders are demanding president biden see the situation for himself. rosa flores reports. >> reporter: the unprecedented migrant surge on the u.s. southern border has forced thousands of migrants including this woman and her son to wait outside for immigration processing in two states. texas and arizona. you've been here for hours. federal authorities temporarily shutting down two international

crossings with mexico in the last week and redirecting poort of entry personnel to process migrants. in del rio, migrant apprehensions have exceeded 2500 per day some days this week according to a law enforcement source. >> we need somebody to come and see the problem. >> reporter: and the maverick county sheriff says influx puts a train on his limited force. >> i don't have the manpower or equipment. >> reporter: his deputies respond to drownings on the rio grand. scenes like these showing an unconscious migrant mother getting cpr while her children scream have happened too often in the last month making maverick county the deadliest area for migrants in the ten county border region says this doctor. have you seen this many drownings in a very short period of time before? >> no, not like this. and especially not at this time

of the year. >> reporter: dr. stern says in the last week or so, six migrant children between ages of zero and 15 have drowned in maverick county alone. >> it is horrible. we shouldn't be burying our children. >> reporter: and the water was about knee high when this woman carried her son across the river. she says she gets emotional because it has been a tough journey. would you invite president biden do here to maverick county? >> it would be great. it would be very good. i think that it would help him a lot. >> reporter: in arizona -- >> why won't the president meet with us so we can address community concerns? >> reporter: the sheriff, a republican, also calling on president biden to visit his border state. >> this is frustrating, it is insulting and for us trying to do everything we can to protect our citizens. >> reporter: daily migrant apprehensions in the tucson sector has nearly doubled in just months homeland security official says. smugglers are dropping off large groups of migrants in remote

areas creating a transportation nightmare. >> we need the federal government to act. >> reporter: the arizona democratic governor also frustrated with the biden administration border response. >> we need the federal government to step up and do its job and secure our border. >> reporter: and this woman counting her blessings after surviving the journey. would you do it again? no. she says she would never do it again. her message for migrants? stay home. the biden administration has added legal consequences to illegal entry into the country. it is dealing with the current surge happening here in eagle pass, texas and in arizona by using something called enhanced expedited removal, which means that asylum officers make a determination on a migmigrant's case while they are in custody. so if a migrant has no legal basis to stay in the united states, they are swiftly deported. this comes with its own

challenges and already testing migrant die tetention infrastrue with some facilities already f. venezuela's president is calling for the creation of a new venezuelan state. the hypothetical state is called guyana oig and made up of two thirds of the territory. they have long claimed this land as its own and disputes the boundary set by international arbiters back in 1899. sunday venezuelans voted in a referendum symbolically approving the annexation. president maduro showed a new map. and guyana leadership says this is unacceptable.

>> the measures announced are in blatant disregard of the order given by the national court of justice. december 1, 2023. guyana views this as an imminent threat to its territorial integrity and will intensify precautionary measures to safe guard its territory. we will not allow its territory to be violated, nor the development of our country to be stymied by this desperate attempt. >> guyana's president says the country is working with allies and taking every diplomatic measure that it can to stop venezuela's blatant land grab. former british prime minister boris johnson has arrived for a second day at the covid inquiry. it is examining how he and the former government implemented lockdowns and other measures during the pandemic. he tried to apologize to the families affected by covid-19 during his appearance wednesday, but hecklers were into the

having any of it. some held signs that said that the dead can't hear your apologies.any of it. some held signs that said that the dead can't hear your apologies. johnson didn't cite specific errors but gave prelenty of suggestions on how things could be done better in the future. more on the hamas-israel war just ahead including the harsh toll on newborn babies and their mothers.

israel has announced it will allow minimal increase in the amount of fuel entering gaza each day. as of tuesday, israel said the limit is two tankers daily which is roughly 60,000 leeiters. exact amount of the increase will be determined from time to time. but the war cabinet says the extra fuel is intended to prevent the outbreak of diseases. this is after pressure of the

u.s. to boost fuel shipments to gaza. and the palestinian red drcresct society says 80 trucks of humanitarian aid crossed over on wednesday. well below the average. france says it will send another 549 tons of aid to gaza including emergency shelters and food rations. that is in addition to the 180 tons of aid france says it has already delivered. with the dire conditions in gaza, babies born prematurely and their mothers are facing huge challenges as they try to find adequate care. larry madowo takes us inside one hospital. >> reporter: every breath is a miracle for these babies born prematurely during the war in the gaza strip. they are here because israeli forces ordered the al-shifa hospital in the north evacuated claiming hamas terrorists

operated from there. baby formula is the only source of nutrition here. many of the mothers have not been found yet. nobody knows if they are alive or dead. this woman just arrived and meeting her daughter for the first time since she was born 38 days ago. your father says to tell you that he loves you, she tells the baby. her voice breaking. this is the closest she can get to her own child. she was incubated as soon as she was born. >> translator: we were under siege in the north. i didn't know anything about my daughter. we had no connectivity. when the troops came, i found out that she was in egypt. >> reporter: she and 11 other pre-turn babies came to the hospital in cairo two weeks ago. nine more have arrived since. how relieved are you to be able

to see your baby finally? >> translator: i'm very happy thank god. today felt like a mother because i'd never seen her before. i just want to hold her and touch her. >> reporter: doctors say she'll be able to hold her daughter soon. all the babies in this neonatal intensive care unit are under six weeks old and they have already been through so much in their short lives. a war and risky journey across the border to the egyptian capital. and this woman gave birth to twin girls two months early just six days after the war started in the north. >> translator: there were airstrikes and heavy bombardment, the dead everywhere. it all weighed down on me, so i had labor pains and cramps. they took me to shifa hospital and i spent a week in the icu. >> reporter: one of the girls has been discharged from nicu

and she can breast feed her in the nursery. but the twin sister remains in the incubator. their mother never thought she would see them again. >> translator: shifa was under siege. how of despair, i lost hope and i left. i wanted to take my girls with me, but the doctors said if i did, they would die. she s they said to leave them and god would protect them. >> reporter: doctors say all the babies are doing better than when they arrived in cairo. >> they are feeding and in good general condition. >> reporter: eight have made it out of the nicu into this nursery. but reuniting them with parents might be harder than saving their lives. >> we know only the names for the mother. but we don't know where is the mother now. >> reporter: larry madowo, cnn, cairo. >> if you would like information on thousand help with humanitarian relief efforts for

gaza and israel, please go to cnn.com/impact. you will find a vetted list of organizations providing assistance. that is cnn.com/impact. up next, what led "time" magazine to name taylor swift its person of the year. and who else was in the running.

♪ i'll stare directly at the sun but not in the mirror, must be exhausting ♪ stay lotaylor swift has jus named "time" person of the year.

she is the first solo entertainer the magazine has recognized in this way. she has also beat out vladimir putin, britain's king charles and even barbie. 2023 has been a blockbuster year for swift. these in the midst of a sold out global eras tour and released her own versions of her albums 1889 and speak now. "time" writes no one else on the planet today can move so many people so well. swift is the rare person who is both the writer and hero of her own story. apparently a breakout 2024, top selling maker of seasonings and spices mccormick produces the sweet and sour flavor will dominate next year. it comes from a tree that grows in africa, asia, india and can be added to potato chips, ice swee cream and even coffee. flavor of the year report is

released yearly since 2000, and it i dentifies seasonings about to hit restaurant and cookbooks. and norman lear has died at the age of 101. he had dominated american television in the 1970s with enormous hits that found ways to make us laugh while also raising awareness about issues like racism. perhaps his biggest defining hit was "all in the family." ♪ those were the days ♪ >> later the jeffersons was hailed as the first show to depicts wealthy african-americans still struggling to be accepted in white society. ♪ we're moving on up to the east side ♪ >> he remained active in film and tv production into his 90s.

that was norman lear. who has died at the age of 101. and that does it here for us on "cnn newsroom." i'm bianca nobilo. "early start" is up next.

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