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viewers all around the world, i'm max foster in london. a controversial move by the united states as it vetoes a u.n. resolution calling for a cease-fire in the israel-hamas war. we'll bring you the reaction to that decision. plus, donald trump's gag order is back on, and appeals court rules the former president cannot go after witnesses in the doj election interference case. ahead, we'll tell you who he can attack. and -- >> the way i look at it is we just need to have a good showing in iowa. >> presidential candidate nikki haley hopes to separate herself from the pack in the race. for the republican nomination. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. the united states facing fierce international criticism for vetoing the u.n. security council's latest attempt to call

for a cease-fire between israel and hamas. human rights watch warned that u.s. -- the medical charity doctors without borders condemned the u.s. quota vote against humanity. the resolution had 13 votes in support with the uk abstaining despite growing international pressure for a cease-fire the deputy u.s. ambassador explained why the u.s. blocked this measure. >> we propose language with an eye toward our constructive resolution that would have reenforced the life-saving diplomacy we have undertaken since october 7th, increased opportunities for humanitarian aid to enter gaza, encouraged the release of hostages, and the resumption of humanitarian pauses and laid a foundation for a durable peace. unfortunately nearly all of our recommendations were ignored, and the result of this rush process was an imbalanced

resolution that was divorced from reality. we can't comprehend why the resolution's authors declined to include condemning the horrific terror attack on israel on october 7th, an attack that killed over 1,200 people, we are very disappointed that the victims of the heinous acts, the resolution's authors offered not their condolences nor condemnation of their murders, it's unfathomable. nor is there condemnation of the sexual violence unleashed by hamas on october 7th. >> israel's u.n. ambassador thanked the u.s. for standing firm against a cease-fire, but on the palestinian side the failed vote was seen as a major setback. britain was the only security council member to abstain saying it could not vote for a cease-fire that didn't also condemn hamas atrocities committed on october the 7th. meanwhile, there's been in letup in the fighting since the truce expired a week ago. the israeli military released

video of recent ground operations in gaza. two soldiers were badly wounded in a failed attempt to rescue hostages. a spokesperson described the high stakes of urban warfare. >> we're dealing with an area where hamas has laid ambushes for soldiers, trying to draw them into those ambushes and we have to be careful to get our hands on them because otherwise there is a high risk to forces as they continue to launch attacks against our people. >> it's been two months since israel declared a war on hamas, the israeli defense minister claimed three weeks ago that hamas lost control of northern gaza, including gaza city, recent video shows the israeli flag flying over the city's palestine square. ivan watson covering all of this from beirut. the war continues despite the vote of the u.n. >> that's right, i mean, this was arguably a diplomatic failure. it revealed the growing

international isolation of israel, and its closest ally, the u.s. and, it resulted in this very unusual situation where you had russia and the world's largest human rights organizations united, or aligned in their criticism of the u.s. veto. as you pointed out, the u.s. was the only member of the security council to vote against this resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in gaza, in the words of the u.s. representative, a cease-fire would be dangerous because he argued it would leave hamas in power, where it could subsequently carry out future attacks on israel. the israeli ambassador to the u.n. thanked the u.s. for this support, and there is a growing chorus of criticism and condemnation of this, notably coming from the palestinian authority, take a listen to the palestinian ambassador to the

u.n. >> instead, allowing this constant to uphold its mandate by finally making a clear call after two months of massacres, the atrocities must end. the war criminals are given more time to perpetuate their crimes. >> the palestinian prime minister went on to say that the use of the u.s. veto, quote, exposes the hypocrisy of claiming to care about the lives civilians, the arab emirates drafted this solution which failed and the uae deputy ambassador said, quote, this council grows isolated, appears untethered from its own founding document. this is important because the uae has established relations with israel as part of the abraham accords a few years ago.

now, russia's representative to the u.n. came out and basically said that the u.s. now is responsible for the future deaths of arguably tens of thousands of civilians. quote, history will assess what washington has done. and now go on and listen to the criticism from the human rights watch. amnesty international. human rights watch saying, quote, the u.s. risks complicity with war crimes for providing israel with weapons and diplomatic cover. the u.s. stands alone in casting its vote against humanity. the biden administration is in this strange position of on the one hand criticizing israel for not doing enough to protect civilians, but at the same time the u.s. state department, rev learned from a source, is requesting the delivery, the sale of tens of thousands of tank rounds for israeli tanks at the same time. meanwhile, hamas, of course, has

condemned this cease-fire, and max, the fighting very much continues, the israeli military says it hit at least 450 targets in a 24-hour period, the ministry of health in gaza, which is run by hamas, it says that it has seen at least 71 people killed in a 24-hour period, and more than 160 -- at least 160 people wounded, fierce, house to house fighting reported in the south of gaza, in khan younis and the death toll at a staggering more than 15,000 people killed in some two months of fighting. max? >> thank you. now, family members of israeli hostages believed to be held in gaza confronted defense minister on friday night. the exchange occurred outside his home in northern israel. the family members urged gallant to prioritize returning the hostages first, and then fight

with hamas. here's some of their conversation. >> hamas is willing to speak to us only when we're applying force. if we don't pressure them we don't bring them anywhere. it's not like we can sit here and tell them here, take 1,000 prisoners, 5,000, and they'd agree. the thing is, that they don't care if someone is in jail for 20 years or 25 years, for us it is very important. >> translator: i understand that, but i also understand that with every minute their lives are at risk. >> the israeli prime minister's office said the number of hostages believed to be held in gaza stands at 137. the rafah border crossing from egypt into southern gaza is effectively the only humanitarian lifeline for those more than 2 million people living in the besieged enclave. the palestine res crescent society says 108 trucks and 11 balances delivered by turkey reached gaza through the crossing on friday.

rafah is essentially the exclusive area where they can distribute aid. they've had to stop giving out aid in khan younis and cenentra gaza in recent days due to the intensity of the fighting there. senior officials for the world food program med with residents, describing desperate scenes of people with nothing to eat or drink, overcrowded shelters and the sounds of bombs exploding throughout the day. i spoke with the deputy director of the world food program earlier, and he was one of the officials who visited gaza on friday and described the immense humanitarian crisis there. >> the shelters are overcrowded and people are camping on the streets. there is really the sense of desperation. many have not eaten for several days, and the survey we did during the seven-day pause showed half of the population in gaza are starving and there was this sense of fear that i tried to explain that you can see in the people's eyes, you can almost smell it in there and

they're asking us, what's going to happen next to us? what are you doing? and there are very few answers. >> we're seeing aid being distributed there, rafah probably the area getting the most aid, or at least some aid. what stories were you hearing about other parts of the territory? >> well, i can say that the humanitarian operation is really on the brink of collapse, you know, law and order are breaking down also in the south, and that comes -- stems from this desperation, not enough food is coming in, and food is maybe the most sensitive commodity, and so you see this desperation around the distribution sites. people don't know when they will get their next delivery, and so, you know, it's almost to a point of violent. and so it's not safe for our staff, they really live this crisis, while they're also trying to attack it. we need a step change. >> very brave operating there,

and also you've got diseases spreading, haven't you? but when there's chaos, and as you say you're concerned about violence, when do you make the decision about pulling staff out? because that's something that obviously you wouldn't be able to tolerate. >> well, you know, always tries to stay and deliver wherever it is and under any conditions. right now we are reaching the brink, as i said, and i think it shall what brings some hope is that during those seven days of pause, we were able to deliver, we showed it was possible. we have assisted some 1 million people in gaza since the crisis broke out and we even managed to get to the north. and so if the conditions allow, we can do this. we just need a change in the environment, we these to return to that. we have the food on the borders, we are done the procurement, the preparations, we just need the access points, we need more crossings to come in, and we need a humanitarian cease-fire so that we can distribute to those that need it most, across

gaza. >> now, if you'd like to know how to help humanitarian relief efforts for gaza and israel, go to cnn.com slash impact, you'll find a list of vetted organizations there providing assistance cnn.com/impact. police in new york are searching for an attacker who robbed a jewish man with anti-semitic slurs. he punched the 40-year-old victim in the head several times, and took his cell phone. that was on the first night of hanukkah, and it's just the latest in a series of violent incidents that have spiked since the israel-hamas war. meanwhile, a growing chorus of donors, politicians and business leaders calling for the ouster of university of pennsylvania president liz magill after she refused to say that speech advocating genocide could not be tolerated on her campus. cnn's athena jones reports. >> shame, shame.

>> reporter: university of pennsylvania president liz magill. >> that question has no ambiguity. >> reporter: under increasing pressure to resign after what her critics called a disastrous testimony on capitol hill this week, featuring this tense exchange. >> i am asking, specifically calling for the genocide of jews, does that constitute bullying or harassment. >> if it is directed and severe or pervasive, it is harassment. >> so the answer is yes? >> it is a context-dependent decision. >> alternate universe where you even have to have these conversations and hear those weak answers. >> reporter: and not changing minds despite efforts to clean up the matter through a taped statement. >> i want to be clear. a call for genocide of jewish people is threatening. >> i think that liz magill obviously needs to step down. whether she meant what she said from the anti-semitic perspective or not she's failed the jewish students of penn.

>> reporter: the presidents of harvard and m.i.t. also facing calls to step down after similar remarks during their testimonies. now the board of advisers of the university's business school wharton is calling for a change in penn's leadership, and ross stevens, a penn alum and ceo of stone ridge holdings has threatened to rescind $100 million worth of company shares now held by the university if magill doesn't resign. this as gop congresswoman elise stefanik announced a house committee will investigate penn, harvard and m.i.t. for what she called the president's pathetic and morally bankrupt testimony. some students want magill to stay put. this student wants a cease-fire in gaza now. >> she should talk with us, and israeli american jewish scholar of jewish studies. why hasn't that conversation happened? that is the next step. >> we represent a coalition of jewish students, palestinian students, ale lies and diverse backgrounds. it's important to know this is an issue of lives lost, that is

the position that we are taking right now. >> reporter: cohen has this message for fellow jewish students who feel full faith and creditened by pro-palestinian groups. >> there is an emotional structure that serves the genocide of palestinians wherein jewish students see a palestinian flag and feel afraid for their own safety. wherein jewish students may hear a call for freedom and people have told us to feel afraid. it is our job to say we stand for safety and liberation of all people. jewish safety and palestinian safety are intertwined. >> athena jones, cnn, philadelphia. former u.s. president donald trump is vying to appeal a gag order ruling in his federal election subversion case. on friday an appeals court largely upheld the gag order except now it doesn't apply to comments made about special counsel jack smith or the justice department. the length of the opinion came from all three judges who heard

his appeal nearly two weeks ago. cnn's evan perez breaks it down for you. >> an appeals court has largely upheld the gag order against former president donald trump in the federal election subversion case saying he can be barred from making certain comments about witnesses as well as prosecutors, the court staff, and their family members. trump immediately vowed to appeal the ruling all the way to the supreme court, calling it a violation of his first amendment rights. now, in this ruling the three-judge panel from the d.c. appeals court said that they didn't take this step lightly, recognizing his status as former president and as candidate for president, but they said mr. trump's documented pattern of speech, and has demonstrated realtime, real-world consequences pose a significant and imminent threat to the functioning of the criminal trial process in this case. the judges went on to say that

trump is a criminal defendant like any other, and, quote, he must stand trial in a courtroom under the same procedures that govern all other criminal defendants, that's -- that is what the rule of law means. the ruling friday also pushed back on trump's efforts to try to delay this trial which is set for march. the former president calls the prosecutions against him election interference. but the judges said that to allow trump to delay the case would be, quote, counterproductive, create perverse incentives, and unreasonably burden the judicial process. evan perez, cnn, washington. >> now, we expect to see the former president take the stand again on monday. he'll be the final defense witness in the civil fraud trial against him. his adult sons and his company. the new york attorney general is suing trump for $250 million and seeking to bar him from doing business in the state. this will be his tenth appearance in court for this trial, which began in october.

russia's vladimir putin says he'll run for president again next year as russian forces step up relentless air attacks across ukraine. plus, u.s. president joe biden signals he's open and willing to compromise with republicans on border security, still ahead, why immigration is shaping up to be a major campaign issue. heading into 2014 -- 2024.

ukraine says russia launched 95 air attacks across the country in the past 4 hours. several regions in the east were targeted including kharkiv and donetsk, after russia fired a wave of cruise missiles for the first time in nearly 80 days. cnn's nick paton walsh has that story. the ground is turning hard, even hostile as winter sets in but ukraine appeared bullish friday releasing drone images of strikes on russian positions in the hotly contested eastern town. ♪ these boots are made for walking ♪ >> reporter: the light bravado of the sound track belying real

ukrainian anxieties that russia's slow and brutal grind forwards in this town and elsewhere may be what persists in the savage cold of winter, not western unity behind ukraine, as u.s. congress stalls in approving vital aid. fears echoed in renewed dawn destruction friday, kharkiv here hit hardest, perhaps, but across ukraine an old terror returned to the skies. cruise missiles fired at an array of targets including the capital. ukraine said 14 of the 19 fired were shot down, only debris hitting kyiv. but as they surveyed the damage the white house is warning that air defenses would be the first impacted when u.s. adrian out was surely front of mind. less fracture and debris in moscow, where in a year of surprises for the kremlin friday had none. vladimir putin prompted by a

russian occupying soldier saying he would run again to be russian president. still, after facing down a coup and military setbacks in ukraine he said he had thought twice about it. i won't deny it, he said, but at different times i had different thoughts. this time, you're right, it is the time to be decisive. like nearly everything in russian politics it was as arranged as the results in the march vote will likely be. also on hand in moscow was iran's president, one of the few world leaders who will still shake putin's hand. his drones have aided russia's bombardment of ukraine's cities all summer, and now winter has left putin walking surprisingly tall. >> it's going to be a brutal winter for both sides. it may be very static on the front lines, but most importantly, i think ukraine is very anxious to see western

support return, and with the same resolve it's had for the past months. nick paton walsh, cnn, zaporizhzhia, ukraine. health officials are warning about an alarming rise of drug resistant infections in ukraine amid the war with russia. researchers say this spread of infections is an urgent crisis. they looked at three regional hospitals in november and december of last year speaking to hundreds of patients. this increase can be linked to ukraine's high pre-war drug resistant infections mixed with a rise in traumatic wounds and the war-related strain on health care services. venezuela's president, territorial tis put, madoro invailed a new map that includes the disputed territory of escibo, a part of neighboring guyana. voters approved a pressure claiming rights over the area. the esciba region has been disputed by the two countries

for years. venezuela has claimed the land since the late 19th century. it's rich in oil and minerals and makes up about two-thirds of the guyana's national territory. i'm max foster if london. for our international viewers, "inside africa" is next. for those in america i'll have more news in a moment.

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of the wednesday republican debate gop hopeful nikki haley was back in iowa on friday confident of her chances in next month's state caucuses, speaking at a rally in sioux city haley predicted she'll be the one facing donald trump for the nomination next year, even if she doesn't come first in iowa. here she is. >> right now we are in second place in iowa, second place in new hampshire, second place in south carolina, and we're going to keep on pushing the momentum is on our side, but i want to earn every vote. the way i look at it is we just need to have a good showing in iowa. i don't think that means we have to win necessarily. but i think that means we have to have a good showing. >> even though republican presidential candidate chris christie is far behind his rivals for the nomination he says do not count on him to drop out of the race anytime soon. cnn's omar jimenez caught up with the former new jersey governor on the campaign trail

in new hampshire. >> i haven't had one donor, not one of my significant donors or any donor at all call me and say that we should get out of this race. i have had one supporter call me and tell me to get out of this race. >> so at this point there no plans for you to go anywhere? >> omar, you come on january 23rd, you're going to see me here shaking hands until the polls close and we're going to do very well in new hampshire. not going anywhere. >> the motto in new hampshire is live free or die but at this stage for chris christie it may be do or die. >> it's game time now. >> for the past two days christie has been touring college campuses in new hampshire, hoping to drive enthusiasm among some younger voters. >> your vote means more here than it will mean in any other state in the country this year. so that's why i'm here. >> our party has neglected college campuses and college voters, over the course of the cycles, both in statewide races and national races. >> with the campaign in full swing a cnn university of new

hampshire poll last month showed christie in third place in the granite state's gop primary at 14%. behind donald trump at 42%, and nikki haley at 20%. in the battle to emerge as a leading trump alternative, a strong finish here could send a critical message, and the picture now may not exactly match the picture in a month. >> what we've seen historically in the new hampshire primary is that upwards of 25% to a third say they make up their mind on election day and upwards of 50% are undecided over the last weekend of the election. so a lot can happen. >> the former new jersey governor is waving off suggestions he end his bid and throw his support behind highly even as he publicly defends her from attacks from rivals. >> this is a smart, accomplished woman, you should stop insulting her. >> on the campaign trail he shood by that strategy. >> i'm going to try to beat her, but i respect her. >> reporter: he maintains its respect, not retreat. >> we're both trying to beat the

other one. >> are you and nikki haley able to coexist in this race without benefiting trump? >> of course. if nikki were to get out of this race and tell all her voters to endorse me do you think they would all come and vote for me, of course not. >> reporter: while the polls haven't exactly favored the former new jersey governor there's only one poll he cares about. >> should we all just give up because you guys took a poll. elections aren't determined by you. elections are determined by voters. and not one person has voted yet. >> reporter: and the last point he emphasized, saying if he strictly followed the polling, not just him but every candidate that's not trump would have dropped out a long time ago. moving forward he's focused a the lo of of his campaign in new hampshire so i asked him, what's next? he specifically said, michigan, and why is that? because you don't have to register as a democrat or a republican to vote in those primaries, meaning anyone who doesn't want to vote for former president trump has a chance to vote for christie. omar jimenez, cnn, new

hampshire. immigration of border security shaping up to be major issues in next year's election. president joe biden says he's ready and willing to make a deal with republicans. >> like i said i am willing to make significant compromises on the border. we need to fix the broken border system, it is broken. and thus far, i've gotten no response. >> well, the president is sending a clear message to capitol hill that he is willing to offer concessions on border policy if that means getting republicans to stop holding up funding for ukraine. cnn's rosa flores takes a look at the situation at the southern border. >> reporter: u.s. border patrol is overwhelmed, that's according to u.s. border patrol chief jason owens, who says thousands of migrants are being apprehended every single day on the u.s. southern border, that border patrol facilities are between 200 and 300% over

capacity, that capacity is 10,000 and border patrol is olding 20,000 migrants. >> when i say we're wrong anytime we have people sitting on the ground by the hundreds under the bridges waiting for us to take them into custody, anytime we have facilities that 100% overcapacity, that's being overwhelmed. >> reporter: the chief also tells me that in the month of november about 192,000 migrants were apprehended on the u.s. southern border between ports of entry. that is an increase from october when about 188,000 migrants were apprehended. border patrol is monitoring three hot spots, eagle pass, texas, lukeville, arizona, and california, the federal government has shut down ports of entry at these three locations. in california it's a pedestrian crossing, and that closure starts on saturday. now, owen says that port of entry employees from these locations will be redirected to process migrants and he expressed frustration that while legal crossing and trade is

interrupted, illegal crossings continue. >> it's a consequence to our border security, it's a consequence to our lawful trade and travel, and everybody's feeling it. >> i asked owens what he needs from the white house, and from congress to do his job. he says he needs more border patrol agents, more technology, and every single tool in the tool box to make sure that the brave men and women that keep the southern border safe can go home safely after every shift. rosa flores, cnn, laredo, texas. >> live now to new york, and an attorney and immigration analyst and contributor to cnn opinion, thank you for joining us, paul. listening there to rosa, it's an expensive job, isn't it, securing that border? i mean, that's one of the issues here, isn't it, pure resource. >> oh, absolutely, you know, part of the reason we have this border crisis is because we are underfunded at the border in terms of manpower, in terms of the latest technological

equipment we could be using to screen migrants in terms of having enough resources to process them, but the reason we are -- that we are here at this inflection point is because president biden, you know last month he said, a request to congress for supplemental aid for ukraine, funding for ukraine and israel, and some of our other allies and then he made what many people see as a strategic -- a tremendous strategic error. he tied that aid to border security, the thinking being that if he included some money for border security in this package he would get more republican support. but that didn't happen. instead, republicans basically had taken the issue, and ran with it. and they have made all sorts of demand on immigration policy, and that leaves the biden administration really in a very difficult political bind. >> what are those demands? and why are they hard for the white house to give them to the republicans? >> right, well, some of the things the republicans are seeking is they wanted to make

it harder for asylum seekers to enter this country, they want people whose immigration claims are being processed to wait on the mexican side of the border, they want to make it harder for the government to parole people into the country in terms of humanitarian relief, and the reason -- these measures are really amount to something of a return, to trump era policies, and the reason it's so problematic for the biden administration is because the republicans are basically in a win-win type of situation. if this -- you know, the question here is basically, deal or no deal, right? and if a deal goes through, republicans can claim credit, saying they support ukraine, and they're being tough on the border. if the deal falls apart, they can blame the biden administration for not caring about immigration and the border, or our allies overseas, and meanwhile this -- this discussion over the funding has shown a lot of disunity among democratic lawmakers. so that's why the biden

administration is in an ideal position. sad to say, this position is really of their own making, the biden administration made this good faith effort to include border security with aid to ukraine, and now in effect our immigration policy and the fate of many migrants and asylum seekers are in a sense being held hostage to the republican demands. that's why it's so tough for president biden, especially, remember, he has only a 23 approval rate -- percent approval rating among the american public for its handling of immigration, he's on the ropes on this issue and the republicans are truly, they are running with it for now. >> it's also interesting, isn't it, that if he does succumb to this movement in policy, he's effectively moving more towards donald trump's position, which is also criticized all along. >> right, right, and he's received -- even -- although the details of this deal have not

been fully made public, the president and the administration have already received backlash from both sides, because many immigration advocates, many human rights groups, latino, civic organizations, they are very critical of what they see as a betrayal by president biden of promises he made to move away from trump-era policies and this could really harm the president going into, you know, the obviously -- the upcoming election, and, you k know, in m viview, this i is my opinionon,e peoplele to think about this. you know, it's totally reasonable that people have different opinions on immigration, it's a very contentious issue, but in my view that -- for that very reason it deserves a stand-alone dedicated debate without an arbitrary deadline which as of now is really next week. so immigration is super important to this country, but it should be debated in a fully transparent way, our immigration policy shouldn't necessarily be decided behind closed doors or presented as some type of done deal and also think about this.

you know, the aid to ukraine and israel, these are temporary measures. but the potential major changes to our immigration system, those would be permanent. and there's no evidence that it would even stop people from approaching or trying to cross our southern border. over 20 years of deterrence those efforts have not slowed the migrants from central, south america, and increasingly from around the world. that's the tough position the biden administration finds itself in for now, and it's hard to see, because of their original strategic error, how they can find a way forward. that satisfies all their interested constituencies. >> a great position for donald trump because, of course, it was probably one of the defining issues for him for the first time he won the election, no doubt he's going to use it again this time round and he's going to be saying, look, i was proved right. >> absolutely.

so, the thing is, many of these policies, they are a return to the trump-era policies so the biden administration sort of stuck, they're conflicted. what we're seeing is that republicans that immigration issue greatly resonates with their base. so they are happy when immigration is being discussed, when there's chaos at the border, or a crisis, that's a win for them. democrats, the situation is very different, biden has shown sort of a reluctance to lead on this issue, he's hesitant to come out more forcefully in defending our asylum system in particular and remember, the right to claim asylum in the united states is a lawful right that migrants have under u.s. law, or international law, and international treaties, and the saddest thing about this whole political stalemate is that the people at the center of the debate, very vulnerable migrants who have fled all sorts of traumas in their home country, now they could potentially endure more suffering, more harm, more

violence, if they're forced to wait at the mexican border or denied the possibility of asylum all together. >> okay, raul reyes, thank you so much indeed for joining us with your insight today, and getting up so early. >> thank you. a teenage gunman who killed four fellow students will spend his life in prison. we'll take you inside the courtroom next.

u.s. senate republicans blocked an assault style weapons ban on wednesday s.a.t. nation reports a record number of mass shootings for the second year in a row. president joe biden speaking at an event in las vegas days after a mass shooting there called on congress to act. >> folks, we've got to get smart. over 600 mass shootings in america this year alone, plus

daily acts of gun violence that don't make the national news, this is not normal and we can never let it become normal. people have the right to feel safe, be safe, and i'm fighting to make sure they do, but all these actions, i've taken as president of the united states violence epidemic, we need congress to step up. >> well on wednesday a career college professor fatally shot three faculty members at the university of nevada, las vegas. in michigan, a 17-year-old convicted of shooting and killing four of his high school classmates in 2021 has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. some of the survivors, and the victims' families spoke in court yesterday. emily schmidt has the details. >> there were two ways ethan crumbley got what he wanted friday, the sentencing judge noted, first, as crumbley had once written in a journal, he wanted to see the pain he caused as michigan's most deadly school shooter on november 30th, 2021. >> he chose not to die on that

day because he wanted the notoriety. >> reporter: but crumbley did not look at the people who stood to tell the judge how his violence had taken four lives at oxford high school, and permanently changed so many more. >> i'm going to ask you one more time to please look at me. to the shooter you can look away and you can look down, but your ears are still open, so listen. >> it was, and always will be, the most terrifying moment of my life. >> i can no longer sleep without having flashbacks of a bullet entering one side of my neck and exiting the other. >> i was just shot, and i thought i was going to die. >> so many victims in anguish, so much grief, finally, crumbley spoke. >> i am a really bad person. >> and that's where the shooter got the second thing he wanted. >> any sentence they ask for i ask that you impose it on me. i want them to be happy and i want them to feel secure and safe.

>> the defendant shall serve life without the possibility of parole. >> he's the first minor to receive an original sentence of life without parole since the u.s. supreme court ruling in 2012 that such sentences should be reserve for rare offenders. victims pointed out he would never see them again, his freedom gone after all he had taken from them. i'm emily schmidt reporting. actor ryan oneal has dieied the linene that madede him a hollywood d star.

british royals gathering for a christmas carroll service at westminster abbey yesterday, the prince and princess of wales attended along with their three children, hosted by katherine, the festive featured songis by adam lambert. it's linked to the princess's initiative to support children in early childhoods. a strong storm system could grip most of the eastern united states this weekend, cnn meteorologist chad myers has

your look ahead. >> an unusual time of year but kind of the way spring tries to bring warm air to the north pushing away the cold air while the wintertime tries to push the cold air down and the warm air away, it's the same clash between the air masses and so we will see the potential for severe weather today, especially tonight, and likely really after dark tonight. this is the area here that we most likely will see a tornado risk, small, but still the threat of gusty winds, over 70 miles per hour, and even the potential for some hail there. the rain does move up the east coast for tomorrow, could be a blustery day for a lot of nfl games tomorrow afternoon for sure, and then snow back out into the colder air behind it. that's where the cold air will be. it does look like all the big cities will just be wet, not white, but you get into the poconos, the adirondacks, the catskills, there will certainly be some know and also wind along

the east coast as that low tries to run up the east coast and make kind of a small noreast coast aloe, here's the above normal temperatures for yesterday moving away, colder air moving in but by the end of next week, above-average temperatures here in the plains starting on monday. >> thanks to chad. oscar nominated actor ryan o'neal has died, he was 82. his son patrick posted an announcement online saying his father died peacefully with loved ones by his side. his big film break came in 1970 playing opposite alley mcraw. >> what makes you so sure i went to prep school? >> you look stupid and rich. >> actually, i'm smart and poor. >> huh-uh, i'm smart and poor. >> "love story" turned them both into major hollywood stars and earned him an oscar nomination. the one line from the movie everyone still remembers more than 50 years later -- love

means never having to say you're sorry. ryan o'neal, dead at the age of 82. wrapping up this hour of cnn newsroom, i'm max foster, i'll be back with more news after this quick break.

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