phil mattingly. good morning. we are glad you are with us. in just hours from now the house is set to vote to formalize an impeachment inquiry into president biden after a resolution passed yesterday. republicans have alleged that the president biden benefitted from his family's foreign business dealings. they have not provided evidence of wrongdoing. hakeem jeffries with us in moments. rudy giuliani is back in court today. jurors heard voicemails that an election worker said they heard lies about the election. rebuking trump's former attorney as he repeated the lies about the election and the election workers outside the courthouse this week. in half an hour, the labor department will release a key report giving us a critical look at the state of inflation in the country. we will have the numbers for you as soon as they come in.

this hour of "cnn this morning" starts now. trump says jump, the maga extremists say how high? donald trump asks them to impeach joe biden and here we are. and when this is all over, i am confident that the american people will overwhelmingly agree that this whole impeachment stunt is a national disgrace. there is nothing there. there is no smoke. and so this is a colossal waste of time. >> it's going forward for now. good morning, i'm poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. and here is where we begin. the house getting ready to vote to formally launch an impeachment inquiry into president biden even though republicans to date have not shown any direct evidence that the president did anything wrong on this front. house speaker mike johnson and his leadership team say they are confident though they have enough votes. >> we have shown great

restraint. there are a lot of people who are frustrated this hasn't moved f faster. those were rushed sham peechlts. they didn't follow the procedures that i described. we have three committees investigating this and fog the truth where they lead and they have no option in doing anything else. ways and means and judiciary and oversight and they have uncovered alarming facts about the biden family and their dealings. >> mike johnson had this to say almost exactly four years ago about democrats wanting impeach donald trump. >> the founders of this country warned against a single party impeachment for good reason. they feared that it would bitterly and perhaps irreparably divide the nation. i pray that future congresses can and will exercise greater restraint. >> we begin with lauren fox live on capitol hill. the biggest question that i have is you talked to and you have done it a lot with great

reporting the moderate republicans of the republican conference and they say this is just the inquiry, we are doing this for tools, it doesn't mean we have made up our minds on impeaching president biden s there any way this doesn't end with an impeachment vote? >> reporter: yeah, they are really rationalizing this vote potentially happening later today as really just a baby step, right, this is just opening the door, getting more information. they still don't see the evidence that they believe would lead them to vote for impeachment against joe biden and yet they argue that this has to happen because they argue it strengthens and bolsters their case in court. you bring up a really important point, phil, the underlying political reality. once you start down this road, the base is going to be hungry to move forward with impeachment, an actual vote against the president of the united states. and right now that is really the difficult place that the speaker finds himself in. it's important to point out that

an impeachment inquiry was announced this fall by former speaker kevin mccarthy. they are in that process, but here they are taking this formal step today. also an important day on capitol hill because hunter biden is scheduled to be before the committees behind closed doors. whether or not he shows up is a key question today. we don't know the answer to that. but that is something else that is bolstering republicans as they prepare to leave for the holidays. >> all right. lauren fox, thanks for the reporting on capitol hill. >> there is a lot to get to this morning. joining us to talk about it, house democratic leader hakeem jeffries. i want to start with what i was asking lauren fox about. i think it's a critical question. when republicans say this is just opening and form lazing an inquiry, is there any way you see this not ending in a videoet to impeach president biden? >> that remains to be seen. we know that there is zero evidence that president biden has engaged in an impeachable

evidence, zero evidence that president biden has engaged in any wrongdoing whatsoever, zero evidence that president biden has broken the law. the republicans have now reviewed more than 100,000 pages of documents, heard from many witnesses, and they can't find a scintilla of evidence to justify this impeachment inquiry. it is happening because the puppet master in chief, the former twice impeached so-called president of the united states of america has ordered them to launch this impeachment inquiry as a political hit job on president joe biden. >> you believe that's explicitly the case. because the former president tweeted about this, allies pushed this throughout much of this congress, that that's why this is happening, that's the only reason is this is happening? >> there are no facts. there is no evidence. there is no basis in law for

this illegitimate impeachment inquiry and so the only reasonable conclusion i believe that people can reach is that the republicans have been directed to execute this political hit, this political stunt engage in this political gamesmanship as it relates to president joe biden as part of an effort to try to take him down in advance of the 2024 presidential election. it's not going to work because the american people will be focused on the issues and we, as house democrats, the president, senate democrats, we are going to continue to put people over politics and focus on the things that matter. making a difference in the lives of everyday americans on the economy, on health care, on the women's freedom to make her own product health care decisions. >> your point about you don't believe this is going to work. a member of your caucus who is running for president suggested earlier this week that that would make -- be problematic for

president biden, make him unelectable. i think that's wrong? >> dead wrong. president biden has been incredible track record of success. he produced over and over again on issue after issue from the american rescue plan, kids back in school, allowing us to emerge from a once-in-a-century pandemic, and put our economy on an incredible path forward. we still have a lot of work to do to build an economy from the middle out and the bottom up, but we are moving in the right direction. the infrastructure investment and jobs act was historic fixing on crumbling bridges, roads, tunnels, arm, sewer and water systems, clean water in every community, creating millions of good paying jobs. the inflation reduction act to strike a blow again the climate crisis. the largest investment in combatting the climate crisis by any country in the history of the world. we lowered the cost of insulin to $35 a month and we are bringing domestic manufacturing jobs back home to the united

states of america. that's incredible track record of success that president biden can articulate to the american people not to say reward us, but to say trust us. we are going to continue to do more to solve problems for hard working american taxpayers. >> when you list that off, certain lit first two years when the democrats were in the majority with the legislative accomplishments do you believe the president has done a good enough job of articulating that laundry list of legislative victories? >> well, over the next year we are going to have to continue to make sure that we are communicating aggressively with the american people about the things that we have done as a foundation for our vision to make a difference in the lives of the american people as we move forward. there is much more work that needs to be done on the economy to combat inflation, with respect to affordable housing, fighting for lowers costs across the board, safer communities, to grow the middle class. that's our vision for the next four years at the completion of president biden's first term will look like and we have an

opportunity over the next 11 months to really articulate that vision and contrast it with the do nothing republican congress, extreme planning a republicans have nothing to show for their time in the majority which is why they are wasting time and taxpayer dollars on illegitimate impeachment inquiry. >> there is a very significant be policy negotiation going on across the capitol from where you are standing over the president's national security supplemental package. seemed like last night that they at least made some progress compared to where they had been days prior. do you trust, particularly on the issue of immigration, that the administration won't sign anything or push anything that runs contrary to where your caucus is? >> well, our position is that -- and i'm confident that the administration will proceed in this manner along with senate democrats, is that we have to fund america's national security

priorities as it relates to the safety and security of the american people and that connects with making sure that we are supporting israel's effort to sdecisively defeat hamas and the terrorist regime that inflicted such brutality on the israeli people on october 7th. we have to make sure we stand by ukraine in its effort to aggressively push back against russian aggression and the ukrainian war effort has been successful to date. 50% of the territory initially captured by russia has been recaptured. more than 300,000 casualties have been inflicted upon the russian army. we have to continue that war effort. and, of course, make sure that we deal with our osh national security priorities. with respect to the border, it's my view that the administration will continue to proceed and make sure that these discussions are consistent with our values as a nation of immigrants, but also consistent with our values

as a nation anchored in the rule of law. >> if an agreement is reached do you believe the speaker will put it on the floor? >> that remains to be seen because the pro-putin caucus of the house republican conference is extreme, it's loud, and it's growing. it's led by marjorie taylor greene and jim jordan on the inside, and on the outside it's led by donald trump and tucker carlson. and it seems increasingly clear that this pro-putin caucus would like to see vladimir putin win in ukraine which would be bad for america's national security, which is why it's an open question as to whether house republicans are serious at all about funding the ukrainian war efforts. >> there was a major at least in new york politics yesterday decision that came through when it comes to redistricting, how new york districts are set up. new york was always going to be

front and center, center stage in 2024 for the house and the battle for the house. did the decision yesterday clinch your pathway to the speakership in 202 #? >> no, we are not looking at the decision through out lens of what may happen in november of 2024. we are looking at the court of appeals decision through the lens of what the constitution of the state of snork requires. which is that congressional lines be drawn by an independent redistricting commission, period, full stop. we are operating right now under congressional lines that were drawn by an out of town, unelected special master who was air dropped into the state of new york by a right-wing extreme judge from steuben county, which, phil, by the way, is closer to cleveland, pittsburgh, and toronto than it is to west chester, long island and new york city. so this was a broken process that was forced upon the voters

of new york state. now, because of the court of appeals decisions, we can get back to doing things consistent with the new york state constitution, which will lead to fairer maps in the state of new york. >> it is a position republicans certainly dispute. there is a lot on the line in the state. no question about that that. house democratic leader hakeem jeffries, appreciate your time this morning. thank you. >> thank you. >> that was a really interesting interview. the question is, what does it mean for jeffries potentially being speak sneer nikki haley a surprise endorsement from new hampshire governor chris sununu. what impact could that on president trump's lead? >> an election worker in tears. those horrifying messages next.

welcome back to "cnn this morning." nikki haley getting a big endorsement from new hampshire governor chris sununu. the support from the popular governor is a big boost for haley's campaign and it comes just over a month before new hampshire's primary. it narrowed the gap, can it between her and president trump's lead? harry enten joins us now. he is popular. she cares a little bit about the state of new hampshire. >> a tiny bit. look, could it boost nikki haley? sure. why? i want to go back through history, a few years, last year, actually, big 2022 sununu indoorsments. chuck morris lost the primary.

george hansel lost the primary in the secondary district. morris lost to a trump-backed candidate who won that primary and then lose in the general election. exactly right. and i think that's part of the argument that sununu is making now, trump can't win in the general election. >> an interesting thing about that support was that he differed on him on a number of key issues, went behind him. he is in lock step with nikki haley. >> that is true. but, you know, the other thing i will note is of course these early state governors have been endorsing candidates besides donald trump right. so in iowa ron desantis got the backing of kim reynolds, the republican governor there. there was a poll question. does that make are more likely to support desantis in 31% of likely caucusgoers said yes. the majority 54% said no effect. less likely 14%. >> that's interesting. >> less likely. so the majority clearly said no effect or less likely.

but here's the thing. the other thing i will point out here. endorsements overall, that is only nikki haley's second endorsement that sununu endorsement from governors or members of congress. desantis has seven. trump 97. 97 overall. so trump is clearly leading in endorsements and this is a much different thing than what we saw eight years ago where trump had zero endorsements through the iowa caucuses. his first february 24. these 97, do they matter? does the endorsement leader win the primary? pretty much all the time in the gop side yes. the only example of no was trump in 2016. of course, now trump is the endorsement leader and is the clear and likely frontrunner to win the nomination at this point. >> really interesting. thank you, harry. >> thank you. tune in today to "inside politics" with dana bash. you will see nikki haley and chris sununu, they will join dana for a joint interview

12:00 p.m. eastern time here on cnn. rudy giuliani will be back in court for the third day of his defamation trial. one of the georgia election workers who successfully sued giuliani will be on the stand after telling jurors her life was changed forever by giuliani's quote crazy lies about her. yesterday moss told the court, quote, i am most scared of my son finding me or my mom hanging outside my house on a tree or having to get the news at school that his mama was killed. those those are actual words used by her. the jurors will decide just how much money giuliani owes the two election workers and that comes at the judge slammed giuliani for these comments he made outside the courtroom on monday. >> everything i said about them is true. >> do you regret what you did to -- >> of course i don't regret it. i told the truth. they were engaged in changing votes. >> there is no proof of that.

>> damn right there is. stay tuned. >> there is not. cnn's katelyn polantz is tracking this trial for us. i am not a lawyer, but it seems obvious that making defamatory statements against a plaintiffs during a trial you could owe millions for defaming those plaintiffs not a great strategy and alliance with giuliani being completely wrong and lying all the time. what did the judge say about this? >> phil, that's exactly right. when giuliani walked outside of court, said those statements on camera after the first day of trial, the judge heard them, the plaintiffs lawyers heard them and they were addressed in court. the judge brought it up yesterday morning and she talked to his attorney about it saying, you know, this is very unfair to the plaintiffs. he can't be doubling down on these things. can't you control what's going on here? he should be able to follow the court orders here. and his attorney essentially says i can't control everything

he does. he knows what defamation is. so there was that rebuke in court from the judge. essentially warning giuliani, don't continue doing this. you have already been found liable here. we know that these statements are false. you're in trial. it's very unfair to keep repeating these things publicly. now, we are waiting to see what happens in this trial over the next couple of days because giuliani, at the end of those remarks, says stay tuned, and he and his attorney have already pledged that he is going to be taking the stand in this case in his own defense. and so he is very likely to be put under oath and have to testify to this jury after days of quite emotional testimony that we are already into from the plaintiffs' side, the side of shaye moss and ruby freeman, those georgia election workers who were lied about and those lies were spread all over the country after the election. >> the jurors heard some of these universal horrific

voicemails that the election workers received. take a listen. >> there were hundreds of these messages according to these two women. do we have any sense -- obviously, giuliani says he is going to take the stand so his lawyer -- do we have any sense where this is going to end in terms of how much money he may have to pay here? >> these women, ruby freeman and shaye moss, are asking between 15.5 and $43 million for reputational damage alone. they are also asking for the jury it award them money for the emotional distress that they are going through and also to punish giuliani. so that could be an astronomical amount if the jury agrees with them. yesterday i was in court for several hours, shaye moss' testimony was gripping and emotional and she was quite emotional and she spoke quite a bit about how she feared for her

safety, for her family's safety, how when she tried to get an additional job she went after she was an election worker went and interviewed at chick-fil-a and the interviewer showed her a false story in the news about her where the word fraud was written across her picture and her mother's picture and she left the interview. she hasn't been working since. and it just has been very, very gripping testimony. one of the things she said on the stand as see was being questioned by giuliani's attorney yesterday about the amount that he may have to pay, she essentially said, my reputation can't be repaired because your client continues to make false statements. >> all right. i hope everybody, one, listens to that, two, remembers the testimony from the january 6th committee. the deposition. real people, real impact of lives. these women demonstrate it. keep us posted on the trial as plays out. thank you.

a polish lawmaker taking a fire extinguisher to a menorah in the country's parliament while jewish community members were inside celebrating hanukkah. why he says he did it and his punishment ahead? and strong criticism of the state of american universities. >> america's top colleges are no longer seen as basset griffon vendeenions of excellence but partisan outfits. >> it picked up a lot of steam online. caught attention of elon musk. his take and what it means next.

i want to show you this stunning video. we got this in in morning. a far right polish lawmaker during a hanukkah celebration grabs a fire extinguisher and starts spraying as he walks into the lobby of parliament. then puts out the candles burning on menorah. he was stopped and rebukd by onlookers. he took to the podium a short time later and called the jewish festival of lights satanic. he claimed he was restoring, quote, normality. he was kicked out.

chamber. the speaker says the lawmakers will lose half his salary three months and parliamentary expenses for six months. cnn's fareed zakaria offering his take on the controversy surrounding colleges and universities. it's getting a lot of attention. he argues, quote, america's top colleges are no longer seen as bastions of excellence but partisan outfits. this is after three university presidents faced quite a bit of backlash over their answers at a congressional hearing last week. asked whether calls of the genocide of jewish people would be against the code of conduct, they answered it would be context dependent. the questioning led to the resignation of the university of pennsylvania's president but fareed argues this shift in college campuses goes beyond last week's viral hearing, rooted in something deeper. listen. >> american universities have been neglecting a core focus on excellence in order to pursue a

variety of agendas. many clustered around diversity and inclusion. it started with the best of intentions. colleges wanted to make sure people of all backgrounds had access to higher education and felt comfortable on campus. but those good intentions have morphed into a dogmatic ideology and turned these universities into places where the pervasive goals are political and social engineering, not academic merit. >> fareed's take went viral capturing the attention of more than 50 million people on x, including elon musk, who posted brilliantly said, and the editor-in-chief of jewish insider who called his analysis, quote, a tipping point moment and fareed zakaria is at the table with us this morning. thanks for getting up early to be with us. i always woatch your take and read your wash post column. particularly structurally this one why you say i wondered does anyone believe in free speech anymore? why did you write this? >> it's growing frustration.

i love these institutions. i went this them. for me it was game changer. i was a scholarship student at yale. i got a scholarship when i got my ph.d. at harvard. i was on the board of yale. so it's been very sad to watch over the last 10 or 15 years the way in which these universities have, you know, as i say, moved away from a core focus which should really just be about education, research, learning, teaching, and they have gotten into all these political issues. you know, they start telling students how to speak, how to even dress. you remember that case of a dean at yale telling students don't wear halloween costumes that might offend certain people. you know, they have created these ideas of safe spaces and all of that detragts from two things. one, what should be the focus, education, but the other is it creates these categories of protected people almost a kind of racial hierarchy.

>> protects some, not others? >> exactly. and that feeling is what i think led to so much of the anguish of jewish students and jewish faculty, which was, wait a minute. for 15 years you have been talking about safe space s and microaggressions and telling students how to talk and dress and eat. and none of this applies to us? none of this applies to jews, you know, to people who are -- so, having compromised so much on free speech, you know, now they found freedom of speech -- >> why does it not apply to us? >> right. >> you put this issue in such an important, broader global context. i thought it was interesting that we heard you quote van jones towards the end saying the point of college is to keep you physically safe, but intellectually unsafe. can you talk about that? >> it feels central to college, and i think van jones so brilliantly put it. the whole idea of college is to

expose you to ideas that you have never heard before. that you might really strongly disagree where. and to force you to engage those ideas by banning them, by telling people that you shouldn't hear this stuff because it will offend your sensibilities. you are doing sort of the opposite of what college is meant to do. and i fear that even in response to this most recent thing, that's the path down which colleges are. they are now saying, oh, there is, you know, new protected categories, new things you can't say. so people going through colleges, it's like a minefield. students don't -- i got an email from a very senior former ceo who teaches at pa big business school and he says here's what i feel. i agree with what you have been saying. the students are so bright, but they are worki walking through minefield. they don't know what to say because they are so scared they might offend somebody. you don't actually clarify your own thinking, which is, again,

the point of college. >> i went back to school a couple of years ago to your alma mater, to yale, and one of the most important parts was actually hearing all of these opinions from kids much younger than i. in those classrooms, having those debates, that was sort of central to it, outside of the sort of core curriculum. >> i have say, amazing that you were able to go to yale law school wild holding down a full-time job. >> i have a great husband and great employer who helped me figure it out. i was struck by who was complementing you. elon musk. one viewer posted you seemed like a dei opponent and sounded like ron desantis. >> look, when you tell -- when you say things, i had a college professor who i respect who said, if you are telling the truth, you can't worry about who agrees with you. sometimes that happens. >> i wonder what you made of it because -- >> i think it was a moment where -- so to me the most gratifying thing is the emails i have gotten overwhelmingly are

from senior academics at american universities who say thank god somebody is saying this. i think this is an issue that unites left and right. you know bill maher has been on these kinds of issues. i think that there are people on the right who have, you know, detected it and weaponized for their reasons. that cannot be a reason not to take it seriously. you have to sometimes criticism comes from interesting quarters and you judge by the argument, not by the person who is -- >> there you go. because we are lucky enough to have you here, i want your take, fareed's take, on this growing public divide between president biden and bibi netanyahu and what seems to be a commitment to unconditional aid still from israel. >> i think it's very important because what biden -- biden's strategy was premised on this idea that he was going to hug israel close. partly was a deeply believes in it and is committed to israel, but also because he realized they are the ones with the guns at this point, the ones with the

power, and the only way we can influence them is if we built political capital with them. he hugged israel really close and privately telling them lots of things about how to conduct the war with greater restraint. they didn't want the -- the biden administration didn't want a ground invasion of northern gaza. they wanted much more selective use of force. you know, sending in special forces rather than bombing indiscriminately. they have been frustrated by the fact that bibi netanyahu has essentially pocketed all the support, but resisted all of the pressure, all the advice. what you are beginning to see is a public coming out of that disagreement. first you you a lloyd austin. then the secretary of state. >> now it's the president. >> biden himself, used the phrase indiscriminate bombing. now, in certain circumstances it's considered a war crime. for the president to say that, i think it's a big deal. will it ultimately mean they will move away?

i don't know. what you are seeing is also very strong international pressure. the uae yesterday said at the u.n. we will not give up a penny for the reconstruction of gaza unless israel commits to a two-state solution and a path to get there. this as you know is something bibi has been opposed to torres entire life. >> he just reiterated it. >> the president said something else which was i think meant to be caught on mic but was caught on mic. he said -- i signed a photograph to bibi netanyahu 35 years ago in which i said i love you but i disagree with every word you say and he stopped and he said, it's about the same today. >> says a lot. fareed, thank you so much. we will tune in, obviously, on sunday morning. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> phil. labor department just released a key report giving us a critical look at the state of inflation in america. we will break down the numbers and how it could affect your wallet. and tributes pouring in this morning for andre brower, had a

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you by the farmers dog. real fresh pet food delivered. long live dogs. welcome back here. five things to know this wednesday, december 13. house republicans set to debate and vote on a resolution to formalize an impeachment inquiry into president biden in hours. democrats have called the potential inquiry a political stunt pointing the lack of evidence so far from republicans. rudy giuliani back in court after harrowing testimony from one of the georgia election workers who says she feared for her life because of the election lies giuliani spread. later today at the white house president biden will meet with those families of loved ones who are still being held hostage by hamas. at least eight americans have been missing since the start of this war. tonight it's republican presidential candidate vivek ramaswamy's turn to answer questions from vote terse in iowa.

he will be joined by abby phillip for a town hall tonight at 9:00 p.m. on cnn. and the federal reserve will close its final meeting of the year later today jerome powell will announce the decision on interest rates and give an idea of where his mind is on what is in store for next year. that decision comes as more data, big data, coming out. a key report that gives us a critical look at the state of inflation in america. straight to cnn business correspondent rahel solomon to break down the numbers. this iteration telling us where inflation is. what do we know? >> yesterday was cpi, consumer inflation. today ppi, producer inflation. this inflation essentially businesses face. in november we saw that on a monthly basis prices actually were flat. they were unchanged. that's good news. that's actually better than what we had been expecting on an annual basis you saw prices increase slightly less than 1%, 0.9% in the report. when you look under the hood at

the differenprices for goods, p things slerss services, things like hotel fares, airfares, those prices on a broad level were unchanged. also good news. i should say that the fall in energy prices was part of this. the reason why we pay attention to this prreport so closely it' what businesses pay. the thinking is that if the inflation that businesses experience could be passed on to consumers. so that's why we pay close attention to it. the fed also paying close attention to it as you said, this is their last meeting of the year. we will hear from jay powell and almost exactly six hours. three things to watch. of course, what they do with interest rates. the expectation broadly as they will keep steady where they are, hold steady. watch what he says. there is going to be a lot of questions about when we can start to expect rate cuts in 2024. i imagine he will probably be guard about his language, but i can tell you that if he raises his eyebrow a different way, if he coughs a different way, it

will be closely scrutinized because everyone's looking to see when are we going to start talking about cutting rates. finally, watch what they expect. we are going to get the summary of economic projections. we don't get this every meeting. this tells you what they expect for gdp, what they expect for unemployment and expect for the federal funds you rate. it kicks off in about six hours. can't gate. go team. >> i love watching the markets while he is speaking. eyebrow thing is true, by the way. thank you. are you ready for it? >> i am here for it. >> taylor swift's "eras" tour movie is available to stream right now today on her 34th birthday. a look at the pop star's record-breaking year. that's next. >> it's so good. have y you seen itit?

well, if you haven't made it to taylor swift's era's tour or seen her concert film in theaters or if you did all of the above and still can't get enough, if you didn't do any of those things, what's wrong with you? there is good news regardless, i'm not judging, you can enjoy the singer's concert film from the comfort of your own living room. beginning today on taylor swift's 34th birthday the film is available to stream on several platforms. here is a preview. >> are you ready for it?

♪ ♪ i'm fine but it wasn't true ♪ >> people come up to me and they would be like are you going to just like do a show with all the albums in it? and i was like, yeah, it's going to be called "the era's tour." see you there. >> noted film critic poppy harlow gave it 30 thumbs up. >> i loved it so much. >> joining us now u.s. today networks taylor swift reporter brian west. we appreciate your time. i think we have all read a lot about the process for you to become the taylor swift reporter, which i'm fascinated from an industry perspective, but on the taylor swift perspective, this film it has been a smashing success, her ability to maintain control over just about every element of it and make it a success, what does this say about the future of these types of projects? >> what's really interesting with this is she was able to do what most studios and streaming services at the time couldn't. she made a deal with sag of a

fra and was able to market and promote this movie. it's gone on to shatter the one-day sales, $100 million for amc, $250 million globally. what's interesting is she is now nominated for a golden globe in a brand-new category with seven other nominees including "barbie" and "oppenheimer." all that power from taylor. what's different? she went straight to amc. i think we might see more artists or maybe even filmmakers cutting paths. >> she didn't just go straight to amc, she went to the ceo of amc and was like let's hash this out, you know. i just love this power of hers also releasing all of her albums, taylor's version. what does it set the bar at for artists as they are coming up? >> so in the music industry what we've seen with her impact is some of the contracts for upcoming artists have changed because of the rerecordings. as far as her success and

popularity 1999 was the most recent she released in october and broke her old record. so it's taylor beating tailer >> i love that. okay. phil hasn't seen t my experience with this film because i haven't gone to the show yet -- >> what? >> i haven't gone to the show, it was like five bazillion dollars. other than that i will go at some point. the movie was 30 bucks for two tickets and it was complete with glow in the dark like wands that the theater gave us and we were dancing in the aisle with my daughter. it's such an experience, right? it's not just about going and watching, it is a true experience in the movie theater, brian. >> it's a complete experience, we see fans getting up and dancing and singing during all of the songs, there's even tiktok's of people calling "we will call it vigilante" that number in the aisleways. phil, you have to go. what's interesting is it's almost like bring your friend to workday but it's bring your nonswiftie fan to a swiftie concert.

that's why her popularity has been growing so much because when people watch this concert or film they see how incredible she is as an artist. >> for the record i like her music. it's not, you know -- >> this is my 40th birthday present to you, mattingly. >> i can't wait. brian west, we appreciate it, man. thanks for coming on. and thanks to all of you for joining us, "cnn news central" is after this.

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