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don't complain about what happens in a general election if you don't play in this primary on tuesday. >> they have no idea who she was nor could care less. >> in total, 3 out of 4 of the most senior british working royals out of action. at one point, i had enough. >> live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. >> hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world.

it is thursday, january 18th. bianca nobilo. >> and i'm maxst f foster. the art arrows are flying ahead of primary tuesday. nikki haley has been going upwards in the recent polls. her message is one of unity looking forward. >> the only way we're going to win is if we elect a new conservative generational leader and put the negativity and the baggage behind and fox on the solutions of the future. don't complain about what happens in a general election if you don't play in this primary on tuesday. >> donald trump will be away from the campaign trail today. his mother-in-law's funeral in florida, but he's taking aim a at joe biden. >> we were the first ever to get over of that 50%. we actually had 52%. that's never been done.

and it's time for the republican party frankly to colt together acome together and focus all of our resources and energy and effort on defeating crooked joe biden, the worst president in the history of our country. and the radical left democrats this november, we have to do it. >> he plans to return to new hampshire. he has a full day campaigning on wednesday. >> more now on the new hampshire campaign from kristen holmes. >> reporter: donald trump putting his fofocuslsly on nikk haley as he wins. claiming the former success governor is counting on democrats to boost her can candidacy. >> nikki haley, in particular, is counting on the democrats and liberals to infiltrate your primary.

thr going to load it up with democrats and independents. that's not when the republican party is about. >> reporter: registered democrats are not able to vote in the primary, but republican and undeclared voters can. the gop front runner also returning to familiar tactics on social media. attacking haley using her birth name. after recently amplify ing a pot falsely claiming that haley, who was born in south carolina, could not be president because her parents were not u.s. citizens at the time of her birth. an echo of the lie that former president obama was not born in the u.s. >> people behind nikki haley are pro-am necessity. >> reporter: the attacks are part of a broader strategy to blunt haley's momentum in the granite state as polling shows within striking distance targeting her record on immigration to appeal to conservatives. >> drug traffickers, poisoning our country. but nikki haley refused to call illegals criminals. >> haley treating new hampshire a as a two-person contest.

>> we have all these issues around a the country and around the world, and what are biden and trump both focused onnen on? investigations, past issues, things that aren't taking us forward. we can can either have more of the same, or we can say it's time to change. and move forward. >> but the former government once again inviting scrutiny for comments about race after earlier drawing criticism for failing to mention slavery as a cause of the civil war. >> we're not a racist country. we have never been a racist country. >> asked about those comments during a town hall, ron desantis not agreeing with hah had lee or attacking his rooil rival. >> the the u.s. is not as racist country. we have overment colt things in history. the republican party stands for merit and achievement and color blindness. that's what we should stand for. >> reporter: here in new hampshire, advisers are targeting left leaning and moderate independents hitting nikki haley on social security and medicare, something they

think will help them get votes from the moderate independents. kristen holmes, cnn, new hampshire. president biden heading to north carolina today. he's expected to deliver remarks on the economy and his invest in america agenda before returning to the white house. the defamation trial against donald trump will resume without him today. he spent wednesday in the courtroom listening to testimony from e. jean carroll. the former president has already. found liable and now jurors will determine damages. >> carroll entered a barrage of threats after she brought a sexual assault lawsuit against trump. a civil jury found allegations to be credible. >> the judge threatened to have trump removed from the courtroom because he was making comments that could be overheard i by the jury during carroll's testimony. >> this is a person i have no idea until this, obviously, who

she was nor could i care less. it's a rigged deal. it's a made up story. that's a nasty man. he's a nasty judge. he's a trump-hating guy. it's obvious to everybody in the court. it's a disgrace what's happening. >> more now from chief legal affairs correspondent paula reid. >> former president trump headed to new hampshire late wednesday after a long day in court for e. jean carroll testified for the first time with trump in the room. she did testify at her trial last spring where a jury found trump the sexually abused her and defamed her and awarded her $a 5 million, trump it not attend that trial. it's significant he was there in the room and she recounted the impact all of this has had on her. but trump and his lawyeren gauged in contentious exchanges with the judge over the rules of the court. trump was disruptive during the testimony, which prompted pushback from the judge and his

attorney did not follow the rules of evidence when trying to introduce certain pieces of evidence. this prompted contentious exchanges with the judge. it all appeared to be manufacturered courtroom drama to help amplify trump's message that he's the victim of an unfair judicial system. paula reid, cnn, new york. trump could still testify in the case, although the judge made it clear he cannot dispute the assault issues, which have already been settle theed. here's joey jackson. >> if it's not defamation claims, it's to the issue of punitive damages. we have seen that. first of all, what are punitive damages? that's what this case is about. it's about punishing and deterring someone from engaging in this conduct like this, defaming and what is it worth? so the reality is if you're continuing to say things, continuing to make statements, and i'll say this, anything you

say can and will be used dpens you in the court of law. so the attorneys will say, look, this is ripe for the consideration of this jury. it goes to the state of mind. it goes to his inability to accept is responsibility. it goes to what my client is talking about how she's demeaned and is being threaten ed. >> now to the growing hostilities between iran and pakistan, who both took the extraordinary step of attacking militants on each other's soil. >> iran is demanding an immediate explanation now summoning after it launched strikes in iran's province earlier today. >> pakistan claims it took out a number of militants, but iran says the nine people killed were mostly women and children. >> it comes a day after iran fired on militants inside pakistan reportedly killing two children. we have more now. >> it's something that seems to have got the pakistani state by

surprise. they put out a very strong statement when these strikes took place by iran on pakistani territory on tuesday night. the strikes by pakistan took place this morning. in the statements that have come out from the ministry of foreign affairs since, they have gone ahead to emphasize that the strikes that took place this morning were incredible information, often impending terrorist activities in the country. now at the same time, there's been a briefing by a spokeswoman who said the prime minister will be cutting his trip short and returning back to pakistan. the foreign minister was in a separate visit. he's also cutting that trip short and coming back before the 22nd, when he was supposed to be there. so it's clearly a moment of crisis here in pakistan, but that crisis is trying to be contained by the ministry of foreign affairs saying this was

not an attack on the state of iran and that iran is a brotherly, friendly neighbor of pakistan. however, pakistan security could not be violated. pakistan security is sacred. >> meanwhile, american forces carried out a new round of strikes in yemen. after the iran-backed rebels struck a ship on wednesday, the u.s. announced its redesignating the houthis as global terrorist organization. >> if the hewouthis cease the attacks, we can reconsider this designation. if they don't, as the president said, we will not hesitate to take further actions to protect our people and the free flow of international kmrs. >> so far the military nor economic pressure as deterred the houthis. oren liebermann has the latest on these attacks. >> for the fourth time, the u.s. carried out further strikes in yemen targeting houthi capabilities as they try to

limit the ability of the rebel group to target international shipping lanes and strike commercial vessels. in this case, the u.s. used missiles launched from navy surface vessels to go after 14 different missile launch locations used by the hewouthiso launch anti-ship cruise missiles and ballistic missiles. the frequency with which they have been attacking over the past week is significant. that's because for weeks here, ever since they started targeting international shipping lanes in mid-november, the u.s. tried to avoid targeting yemen itself as they sought to avoid a regional escalation. but now after repeated attacks and warnings both from the u.s. and the international community, the u.s. feeling compelled to act again carrying out a fourth series of strikes in yem over the course of the past weeks here. the houthis have refused to back town here. they have continued to target commercial vessel ises that are linked to israel. but they have also called u.s.

and uk assets legitimate ta targets. twice this week on monday and wednesday the houthis successfully struck u.s.-owned and operated vessels in the gulf. in both case, the ship suffered minor damage and were able to continue on their way, but it shows the back and forth we're seeing play out vie wiolently. the houthis keep attacking international shipping lanes, the u.s. military could continue to act. oren liebermann, cnn, the pentagon. parts of new york state are buried under a heavy lake-effect snow already. we'll get more as the day wears on. this is what conditions were like on wednesday. the city of watertown could see 30 inches additional snow today, and some parts of the state could get up to 4 feet by day's

end. >> officials in buffalo say travel could be impossible today with heavy blowing snow greatly rueducing the visibility the on the road. temperatures could drop below zero and continue through the weekend, but it's not only new york and during nature's wrath. the winter weather became deadly over the weekend in oregon, where a man was killed after storms caused a large tree to crash into his home. back to back winter storms across the u.s. killed at least 40 people since last week. >> we had some surprising medical concerns from the british the royal family. we got them late yesterday afternoon. tell us more. >> the princess of whals, we were told it was planned and went as planned. we haven't had any updates since, but suggests it's going as well as it could be. she's fut and health they. i think that's alarmed people

the most or made people's eyebrows raise is the length of recover are you time they built in. so up to two weeks or three months at home. pz. >> the king is also in hospital. and you were making the point earlier that there's this intention to streamline the monarchy. but actually when two of the most senior figures are taken out of action because they are in private medical concerns, it does underscore how small it is now in terms of the duties they still carry out. >> the william has come off the diary to look after the family. he's going to be very hands on. thr taking the kids to school and involved in lots there. obviously, harry and meghan are no longer working royals. andrew and the queen passed away. so currently, we're down to the queen and edward and sophie. >> much less prominent figures. >> but it does show how they have slimmed it down.

and they are humans. they are fragile. but they are also an institution, which people expect to see every so often and to represent that continuity. people see that in the next couple months because kate is the one that really creates the headlines, and she won't be doing that for a few months. >> what's the king in hospital for? >> an enlarged proprostate, but is benign. but he has to go in for a jury next week. families of hostages are pleading to bring their loved ones home. how the white house is responding to those pleas. military supplies are dwindling. a top adviser warns about the slow pace of delivery in the west. texas strikes defiant in legal battles over immigration with razor wire. we'll explain.

israeli president is speaking at the world forum. >> potential partners for that,

so who do you see the end game of this war in gaza? i know it is hard, but the war needs to end. do you see taking over the responsibility of gaza, or to you see still israeli idf forces being in gaza? >> first of all, you have war right now. israel has pulled a substantial part of its forces in the northern region and have focused mostly in the southern. where we assume that some of hamas leadership is there we should see a whorizon of a coalition of nations willing to commit to rebuilding gaza in a way that, number one, enables safety and well being of israel.

number two, enables safety and well being of the pal sestinian and brings a future to gaza. you need strong, western forces. you need strong regional forces. and i'm sure there will also be a dialogue palestinians from gaza and palestinians and the palestinian authority. how is that cooked into a formula that makes sense, is exactly the issue that's been discussed right now all over the world in very, very intimate discussions. we all understand there has to be a vision and i think part of it should be going back to the normalization process of israel and its neighbors in the region. i think it's part of a package. but that requires to support israel's efforts to undermine

the capabilities of hah has. >> that was the israeli president speaking with the world economic forum president. we'll bring you any important developments as they comp. let's bring in paula hancocks. what's your reaction to that? i i thought his hend of his remarks were strikes that his neighbors would ensue after this conflict wraps up tell us about your reaction. >> this is something that the israelis have been told by secretary of state antony blinken when he was in the region just about a week ago. he came to israel saying he had promises, guarantees from some of of the partners in the region who said if they pulled out of gaza, if there was the creation

of a palestinian state, there could be normalization. so this is something that the u.s. has been pushing. interesting that you dipped in at that moment when he's asked about the day of the war in gaza. once israel pulls out, what gdos it look like? this is a key question. we have heard from the u.s. said. they want the palestinian authority a at the head of that to be an integral part of this, but there needs to be governance reform. they need to change to be able to be strong enough and organized enough to control gaza. what we're hearing is that they don't want just the palestinians to be governing themselves. had said just them he the wants to have a coalition of nations. they want to make sure that we have heard from the isz really

side that it doesn't go back to how it has been. it goes to a situation they can feel safe on the border with gaza and a situation where hamas or any other militant groups are unable to reform and to regroup and to take control once again. so there is a significant gap between how the israelis see the day after and how their closest allies sees the day. and that speaks to that point as well. he did mention at a the end when he talked about the nations willing to reconstruct, to rebuild, to recreate gaza, then he did say palestinians in gaza and the west bank should be involved as well. but that is not the priority. the key element of a governance that israel views at this point. they do not believe the palestinian authority is strong enough to be a able to counter against any militant groups.

we have heard from they should be able to govern themselves. >> bring us up to speed on the latest approximate us is attacks we're seeing in the region. the broader concern ises escaetc. escalation, and the real worry is if that ends up killing u.s. troops or ally troops and the response will be escalatory. do you feel it's contained for now, or are we see iing a low-level escalation? >> we're hearing from the pentagon we believe it is not spread beyond the conflict in gaza, but when you look at just one part of this puzzle, the houthis in yemen on monday, they managed to launch a missile and hit a u.s. vessel. there were no injuries and there was damage to the ship, but it was a able to continue. tuesday they managed to hit a

boat. no injuries, but there was damage to the ship. and then a second u.s. vessel was hit. it really is begging the question, is this not a wider conflict. does this not represent an uptick in the violence and in the concerns. whoo what we're seeing from the u.s. said side is they are carry out more airstrikes against the houthi targets in yemen. but they admitted that even what they did last thursday with the u.s. and uk navy overnight where they hit more than 60 targets, they only managed to take out less than a third of the weapons capables of the houthis. that just demonstrates how difficult this task is. the houthis had plenty of time to disperse their assets and their launching sites to make sure trst a tahere's a task to

put them out of business they have shown with these hits, that they are in no way contained. so i think that's really the area that many are concerned about at this point. >> paula hancocks, thank you very much. in the u.s., families of the american hostages who remain captive will meet the national security adviser today. six americans remain in captivity in the enclave. several of their families are in washington this week around the 100-day mark of the loved ones being abducted. >> cnn's anderson cooper spoke with a freed hostage. she and her family were abducted during the october th attack and held in a hospital in southern gaza while she and her children have been released, her husband is still being held in gaza.

>> he was taken down to the tunnels. >> how do you get through each day now? >> i cry all day. i try to be strong for the girls because i know they look up to me because i'm both mother and a father right now. but when they don't see me, i cry. i watch videos of him. hear sound voices from him just to kind of feel connect ed to him. >> do your daughters ask a lot about him? >> every day. every day. pz. >> is there anything else you the people to know? >> you want people to understand that every minute counts. and every minute in captivity lasts a lifetime. >> they have entered gaza after

a deal between israel and hamas. >> israel confirmed the 253 people have been taken hostage on october 7th, announcing a firm number for the very first time. after hostage releases and one rescue, israel now believes 132 hostages are still in gaza. but only 105 of them are alive. coming up, nearly two years after the uvalde school ma massacre, we're expecting to learn findings of a probe into the response. to duckduckgo on all your devie

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♪ ♪ welcome back to cnn newsroom. i'm bianca nobilo. >> and i'm max foster. with just five days to go until the new hampshire primary, donald trump is escalating his personal attacks on nikki haley. the former president is hopeing another victory on tuesday will help seal his gop presidential nomination. they have targeted seven the militant locations inside iran. this colts a day after iranian missile strike on pakistan easter toir killed two children. the u.s. carried out another

round of missile strikes on houthi sites in yemen. u.s. officials report the targets include missile launches used to attack ship ping lanes n the red sea and the gulf. the houthis control a large part of western yemen including the capital city. earlier on wednesday, they struck a u.s.-owned vessel in the gulf and that's the second incident this week. >> the u.s. justice department is expected to release the findings of its probe into the response to the utvalde school shooting in 2022. yesterday families of victims met with the u.s. attorney general in texas and were briefed about its content. >> i don't have a the lot of words to say because i have to process everything that took place. it was a lot of information. and the next step is to find out what will be done with this information.

>> hopefully this will bring some changes and accountability that we have been fighting and asking for since the very beginning. >> those calls for accountability after it was learn ed that it took law enforcement 77 minutes to stop the gunman. it holed up inside two classrooms while more than 370 officers gathered at the scene. 19 children and 2 teachers were killed in that shooting. ers found systems used by school children report suspicious behavior without identifying themselves helped to pr vent school violence and suicides. josh kavrl bell has more. >> reporter: an anonymous platform that allows children to report threats by peers has been successful in stopping numerous acts of violence. that's according to new research published wednesday by the medical journal pediatrics. in a review of data over a four-year period, researchers found that the say something anonymous reporting system

operated by the public safety group roulted in over 1,000 mental health interventions, the prevention of 100 suicides and averted 6 planned school attacks. public safety experts called for increased medical chanisms for students to report threats confidently had. according to the secret service national assess the center, which studies gun violence, anonymous and confidential reporting options can broaden the appeal of reporting, especially for students concerned about being identified and ostracized by thinker peers. research finds experiencing other forms of retaliation is a significant barrier to reporting. now the say something reporting system serves more than 5 million students in 23 states. similar programs include confidential report systems such as stop it and the some district ace cross the country created their own unique apps to report threats. while the topic of gun violence in the u.s. can be politically

polarize, it has been met with bipartisan support. the issue was to kcritical because so many school shoot vgs shared one thing in common. >> when you look back in and heart the news reporting and a few months later as more information comes out, you often find out that somebody knew something. our hope that this is a vehicle that can be used to let somebody know. >> in addition to creating awe wareness of such reporting programs, some lawmakers also want such anonymous systems to become mand tear in schools in hopes of safing lives. josh campbell, cnn, los angeles. president biden warns that congress must act now to help ukraine, but republicans are focused elsewhere. that's next.

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u.s. president biden is calling on congress to swiftly pass all funding for ukraine stressing in it is vital for protecting the free world. >> the president met with leaders from both parties at the white house on wednesday in hopes of finding a way out without weeks of impass. they are demanding any new funding be tied to passing tight border skrurt. >> senate majority leader chuck schumer came away from the talks says he's more optimistic than ever before that leaders will reach an agreement on both the board and funding for ukraine. >> there was tremendous focus on ukraine and an understanding if we don't come to ukraine's aid, the consequences for america around the globe would be nothing short of devastating. >> we understand that there's concern about the safety and security and sovereignty of ukraine, but the american people

have the same concerns about our own domestic sovereignty and safety and security. >> a ukrainian presidential adviser warns any solutions to the war will have disastrous long-term impacts. not just in ukraine, but the world. >> ukraine is con tending with the dwindling supply of weapons and troops. >> sergey has been speaking. >> he's been giving his wrap up of the year. it reveals that russia has one central focus. that is competition with the west. we have heard from him that russia's goal is to rid itself of all connections with the west in terms of supply chains, logistics, finances, ts irony is the sanctions would try to do that in the first place, so some of that is spin. he's made it clear he sees the west as essentially the u.s. and satellite. you want to give you a taste of the rhetoric we're hearing from him.

>> translator: washington has chosen the course of the rampant expansion of the anti-russian bloc nato. the expansion into the post soviet space provoked a conflict around ukraine, and we do not accept the use of the regime as an instrument to create threats to our country. and that direct ly on the bordes of our country and we to not accept the use of the regime for a full frontal attack on all that is russia. >> this is the indict that russians are fed. it's the west that's trying to escalate now that they are incapable of negotiations. i think that context is important. his comments about the west and inability to negotiate, he said

that he thinks that in order for this to come to a conclusion, you have to bring israel and the palestinian authority to the table to direct negotiations. but he criticized the u.s.' role the in this. that's what this were trying to do in the region, not only continue this policy, but present themselves as an alternative mediators of stability. he said he's going to new york next week to a u.n. security council meeting on the situation. >> thank you for the update. with republicans in the u.s. congress linking aid to ukraine to changes in ul grags policy, house speaker mike johnson says there isn't a guarantee that any deal passed will reach the house floor. >> he spoke to cnn after that meeting on wednesday discussing a bill that would include both border security as well as aid to ukraine. johnson said right now undocumented immigration is costing americanss too much. >> u.s. taxpayers are spending

billions and billions of dollars on the housing and education and health care and all the benefits that all these illegals are getting when they come in the country. this is not a sustainable situation. >> rosa flores went to one of the hot spots in the ongoing legal battles between the white house and state of texas. here's her report. >> reporter: texas attorney general saying that texas will not vsurrender to the biden administration when it comes to the border dispute. we just got asked this. this is the area of the border taken over by the state. you can see the added border barriers. this is extra fencing, extra razor wire. and it will be added to the barrier you see here to my right. on the other side of this border barrier is the rio grand. according to texas national guard, these fencing and razor

wire will be added support to these border barriers to stop illegal immigration. now this particular takeover by the state of texas of this property is just one of several legal battles that are playing out in the courts between texas and the biden administration. there's the controversial border police, there's the razor wire and also the recent passage of a state immigration law here in the state of texas. now all of that tells you what the relationship is between the state of texas and the biden administration and how the takeover of this park is just an escalation of that. the obvious question is are all of these border barriers stopping illegal immigration. according to a law enforcement source, smugglers are simply pushing migrants to cross further up river. so they are not crossing through this area where the border barriers are. they are moving up north and so that just moves migration to a

residential area. so bottom line, this is not working. rosa flores, eagle pass, texas. coming up, the man famous for playing the terminator just experience d a so-called errors in munich. but what was a shakedown? >> was it a shakedown?

a fan of the australian open got under the skin of novak djokovic during his match on wednesday. >> the champion was having trouble with his game, and he was irritated by rowdy late

night crowd. he traded barbs with an unruly fan. here's how he described the situation. >> it was a lot of things that were being told to me on the court. particularly from that corner and the same side, the other corner. i was tolerating it for most of the match, but at within point i had enough and asked him whether he wants to come down and tell it to my face. when you confront somebody, unfortunately, for him, he didn't have the courage to come down. >> generally true. sometimes we get grief on social. >> i was also wondering some sportsmen can block out sound or do it intentionally, whether it's boxers, golfers, my dad

sometimes, so i wond if he intentionally stays more aware of what the audience is saying or if they were so disruptive he couldn't ignore it. now to some stories in the spotlight for you. the united kingdom is sell the brating the 80th anniversary of the world's first digital computer. it was create d back in 1944 an used in world war ii to decode german messages, which paved the way for the successful d day invasion. >> it would be a chip now. many experts say it was shortening the war. the machine cut the time it took to decode messages from weeks to just hours and despite its important role, it remained a secret until rl 2000s. that's when its existence was revealed for the first time. arnold schwarzenegger d detained for several hours and is facing criminal tax proceedings in germany after customs officers say he failed to declare a very expensive

luxury watch. >> a source says he might be auctioning watch. he was never given a customs declaration form and agreed to prepay any potential tax. the source calls it an incompetent shakedown because officials couldn't figure out a way for him to pay that tax for several hours. your friend or neighbor could be the next guitarist for the '90s rock band the smashing pumpkins. >> might be a try anxious list. the band took to social media this month in search of their newest member after long-time

guitarist left the group in october. >> the band called for anyone who maybe interested to apply and they received more than 10,000 applicants in two weeks. they have ought people working full-time to review each and every one of them. our director should join them. >> we have people here in our studio crew that look like they should be in a rock band. >> that's true. >> something i wanted to add about the computer story. i was kierhouse about this. ai has been demonstrated to break the code, which they spent months and years trying to break. it shows you the code-breaking potential of these new technologies. maybe people were reverting to carrier pigeon to avoid them. >> that would work now. >> something to think about for when you're writing your codes.

>> thank you for joining us. i'm max foster. >> "early start" is next.

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