and dangerous and on the run, police across europe search for a key suspect in the berlin christmas market attack. saying good-bye, friends, family, and russian leaders pay their respects to andre karlov amid signs of a split over who assassinated the ambassador, and one of aleppo's most famous refugees gets a face to face meeting with erdogan at his presidential palace. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is cnn news room.

>> police are fanning out across europe in the hunt for berlin's christmas attack. they say am us amri. they believe he's armed and potentially violent. his father told a radio network his son spent time in prison in italy. a $104,000 reward is being offered for information on amri's where acts and the fbi is working alongside the german authorities in this investigation. brian todd has the details. >> reporter: a frantic man hunt and an urgent message across europe warning people to stay away from this man and to help find him. german police say 24-year-old an us amri is now, quote, under urgent suspicion in the berlin attack. police say amri's identification

was found inside the truck along with the original driver who was shot at close range. as the search for the alleged terrorist expands including raids by police where he lived, there is growing concern about his links to isis. >> translator: he had contact with radical islamist organizations, various security services assessed him as a person who poses a risk. >> reporter: isis has claimed responsibility for inspiring the attack and cnn learned there's attachments to a isis organization in syria and iraq. even more concerns german officials once had amri in custody. officials say they previously faced an assault charge and didn't show up in court. he was arrested in august with forged documents. but when they tried to deport him, they couldn't. police say he had so many fake names and papers that under

german law they couldn't send him back to tunisia. he could be using one of these aliases and have a support of networks. >> because of the ties to the isis network he has resources and infrastructure to either help him hide or leave the country. >> reporter: the possibility of accomplices for amri presents another challenge for police. >> you have to be mindful that the suspect himself or his associates and his organization could be watching these broadcasts as well, so law enforcement is going to be careful and sensitive as to what they're disclosing. >> reporter: now german authorities aren't saying much except he's 5'10" and violent and armed. and another urgent concern. now that his name and face are plastered all over tv screens, he and whoever he might be

working with could accelerate any possible plans for a future attack. we are now hearing from an italian man who survived that attack. he's one of the 48 people who were injured. here he describes exactly what happened and what he saw after the truck hit him. >> translator: we were at the market and i just remember the sound of a truck speeding up. i turned around to look for my wife and found myself on the ground. the truck hit me. >> what did you see around you? >> translator: i saw so many people on the ground motionless. we managed to go to the exit. paramedic took us to a hotel and treated me and we were brought to the military hospital. >> a doctor says survivors told him the scene in berlin was like

a little war zone. we'll take you to berlin shortly. until then we'll return to other news. donald trump is speaking out for the first time about that berlin terror attack but his comments aren't easing concerns about his command of foreign policy issues. jeff zeleny reports. >> reporter: in florida today donald trump receiving his first intelligence briefing of the week. two days after a christmas market rampage in germany raised new fears of terrorism around the world. >> it's an attack on humanity. that's what it is, and it's got to be stopped. >> reporter: at his retreat trump meeting with his incoming national security chief and other generals while making his first comments on the berlin attack that killed 12 and injured dozens. >> what's going on is horrific. >> reporter: his aides were sending the signal that he's keeping apprised of the holiday

alert. he said he sees no value in receiving the presidential daily brief or pdb every day. >> i don't have to be told the same thing and the same words every single day for the next eight years. could be eight years, but eight years. i don't need that. >> reporter: set to take office in 30 days his advisors are mindful of the optics surrounding his security briefings. trump who proposed a muslim ban a year ago was asked about it again today. >> 100% correct. what's happening is disgraceful. >> reporter: yet in the face of rising challenges with global terror threats, trump started his day once again still defensively tweeting about his victory in the electoral college. i would have done even better in the election if that is possible if the winner was based on

popular vote but would campaign differently. he said he spent less money on his win than hillary clinton did on her loss. tonight he's settling another score by questioning the cost of air force one. he sent shock waves into corporate boardrooms when he singled out boeing. today the ceo came to trump to bring him something of a victory. >> we're going to get it done for less than that and we're committed to working together to make sure it happens. >> jeff zeleny reported. you heard trump calling the attack on berlin an attack on humanity. we are joined with the latest. chris, the investigation ongoing. raids going on throughout the country and in europe. what are the main leads the authorities are chasing up in this hunt for this suspect? >> reporter: well, there are a number of leads, and i might

just show you one of the headlines here this morning where they're asked this yup asks why was he not held longer? he could have been held longer. he was in detention, and he was released pending his deportation proceedings. because he didn't have a valid passport which arrived, by the way, yesterday. there's a fair amount of outrage about that. the government and authorities are waging a dragnet across germany and europe focusing on the links he had with groups and trying to recruit others who are waging in plotting attacks. we have an interview with his father talking about how he had a long time crime record. here he is. >> >>. >> translator: he went illegally to italy where they burned a school. he was jailed for four years. then he moved to germany.

i have not spoken to him in a long time. it has been about seven years since he left home. i have not spoken to him directly for that long. i do not even have his cell phone. >> reporter: okay. and even before that in tunisia before he left there, he was charged with violent robbery, then, of course, as you heard, in italy he was held in prison there for about four years. released, and then came to germany last year where he was also charged with assault and didn't show up for trial for that for court for that. so, obviously, this is something who is a repeated offender and showed that he was a risk. he is among the hundreds that the authorities have been tracking up to now. but how he managed to slip through that net lately is a big question. >> there were so many red flags, really, weren't there, about this individual. the multiple identities he used

and the multiple locations as well. this, really, creating a labyrinth maze for the authorities seeking him. >> it makes it extremely complicated and authorities are reaching out. there's a lack of video surveillance in this country for historic reasons so they're calling for anyone with any kind of video from what happened over any shoulder at that christmas market three days ago to load it up. there's even a website where you can upload to the german authorities whatever video you might have. by the way, that market is reopening today. the traffic is going through this boulevard again as early this morning. so life is trying to return to normal here, but it is far from normal as far as this dragnet is going, as far as the imminent potential threat of this what is believed to be an armed man who is on the loose somewhere in

this country or beyond, and that's who they're trying to track down. >> chris live for us in berlin. thank you very much. we'll come back to you later in the hour as well. thank you. now, russia is urging turkey not to rush to judgment about who was behind the assassination of its ambassador. a policeman shot and killed karlov while he was speaking at an art gally in ankara on monday. russia's foreign ministry is honoring him with a good-bye ceremony this hour, but while russia waits for the results of an investigation, turkey's president is blaming the exiled cleric for the shooting. >> translator: there's no need to make a secret out of the fact he was a member. all his connections from where he was educated to his links point to it. this dirty organization is still

within the military and the police. we, of course, are continuing and will continue to carry out purges. we have to be sensitive on this issue, and we will do this with sensitivity. the russian president vladimir putin is planning to attend the funeral in the next hour. these are the live pictures from the russian foreign ministry at the moment where that ceremony will take place and will continue to monitor the live pictures as well. in the meantime matthew chance joins me live now from moscow. matthew, the turks say they know who to blame for the assassination, but why the he is t -- he is t-- hesitancy from th kremlin? >> maybe turkey doesn't know what russia knows. the russians said they're not going to rush to judgment on this. they've engaged in a joint

investigation with the turkish authorities and sent a team of experts and other investigators to ankara to try to get to the bottom of the security breach and also to investigate the background to the anas nation, whether he was afafiliated witha particular group. there have been conspiracy theories floated here in russia by sort of fringe politicians saying that this is an attempt by the united states, this killing of the ambassador to drive a wedge between russia and turkey. and if that was the case, and, of course, the russians mainstream government are not saying this, but certainly if that was the objective of this killing, that seems to have failed because if anything, the turks and the russians on this issue are standing together, and they're saying this is not going to derail our normalization of

our relationship, and that relationship had hit rock bottom last november when the turks shot a russian war plane out of the skies over syria. recently they started the process of rebuilding it. that process is not going to be derailed, and it may have brought them closer together. just yesterday in moscow there was a meeting between the russian and turkish foreign ministers to try to work out a road map to bring to an end over the syrian conflict. russian backs bashar al assad. turkey backs rebel groups opposed to asaad. they're trying to work out a common strategy for the future of syria without the participation of the united states or the united nations. and so that is a really interesting development taking place as we see these dramatic pictures and these mournful pictures of russia laying its ambassador that was assassinated

in ankara to rest. >> matthew, we are looking at the live pictures at the moment from what is a somber scene in the russian capital. the fact that vladimir putin, the russian president is there as well, how symbolic and significant is that in terms of how this assassination has played into the russian public conscious? >> it's interesting. there haven't been many instances where this intervention in syria by russia has come back to bite the russians, and obviously, this is a dramatic example of that. and i expect vladimir putin has one eye on public opinion. it's been very supportive of russian action in syria. the casualty count has been relatively low. but this assassination is illustrated to everybody, not least the russian people. the consequences of conflict in syria can spill out of the country and effect you directly, and when people in russia saw

the dramatic images of that assassination so cold-bloodedly carried out in front of the television cameras on their tv screens, i think it was sort of a shock and reminded them that there are consequences for this military action in syria, and it could turn into political opposition. at the moment they're very supportive. at the moment putin is saying this is a despicable act. the country is standing with him on this issue. he's vowed to find those responsible for planning it if there was any group affiliated to it, he's vowed retribution against them. the german public is angry and shocked and want to hear from their strong man president. >> we will wait to see how it plays out with turkish, russian relations and u.s. russian relations as well which are back in the cold war sort of period. matthew chance with us. live shots of the karlov funeral

service. snow and bitter cold across syria are making the evacuation of aleppo more urgent than ever. tens of thousands of people have been granted safe passage out of the rebel-held areas of eastern aleppo. another 20 loaded buses left on wednesday and eight agencies believe the evacuation is nearly complete. though it's not clear exactly how many people remain. meanwhile the urn is gearing up to investigate possible war crimes in syria. a panel will begin gathering evidence. >> israel's prime minister lashes out after the u.n. security council said it will vote on ending settlement activity. plus the markets in mexico where a deadly fireworks explosion

occurred is turning into a graveyard. we'll have the details on the investigation and the recovery efforts coming up after this break.

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the security council holds a vote on thursday. the draft resolution calls on israel to cease building things in territory. they call it anti-israel and says the u.s. should veto it. the white house has not yet indicated what the u.s. will do when the u.n. security council does vote. cnn has more on this. how likely is it the u.s. will heed the benjamin netanyahu play for that veto? >> that's the big question now. not only for the israelis but also for the palestinians. the palestinians introduced back in 2011 a resolution accepted by everyone but america. benjamin netanyahu, and other leaders are urging obama to veto

this resolution. at the time obama's position wasn't that they were okay. a position the state department has held since then and before then. but he said that peace doesn't run through the u.n. it runs through negotiations. netanyahu and the israeli leaders are hoping he sticks by that position. the prime minister's office said u.n. secretary general just recently acknowledged a bias at the u.n. against israel and they see this as an extension of that. again, back to the question, what are the odds this gets through? for the u.s. to either an stain or vote in favor of it it will come down to small warding and depend on if it's going too far or the language is too harsh. it's sensitive, and that's why we don't have an indication yet of what the u.s. will do. but all throughout the day we expect the israelis to lobby against it and the palestinians to lobby for it. and change is afoot under a trump administration, most significantly this talk of an

embassy move to jerusalem. how's that playing out with the israeli public? >> the israeli public wants the embassy to move to jerusalem and recognition from the u.s. that it's the capital of israel. but it's the most sensitive or one of the most complex issues in the palestinian conflict. that's why the u.s. has left it to negotiations. but now with trump saying he'll move the embassy, acknowledge that jerusalem is the capital of israel and appointing someone in alignment with the right wing here as the ambassador, this may be enough to convince president obama that he should let this u.n. security council resolution against settlements go through. if so, it would be a major step in the conflict here in terms of the effect it could have. >> we appreciate it. on lieberman live.

north carolina so-called bathroom bill is still a law in the state. lawmakers failed to repeal it during a special session on wednesday. the law bans people from using public bathrooms that don't go with their biological sex listed on their birth certificate. people in the gallery chanted shame as the gavel came down. the governor elect called lawmakers' actions a failure. >> i'm disappointed that republican legislative leaders failed to live up to their promise to fully repeal house bill two. i'm disappointed for the people of north carolina for the jobs that people won't have. i'm disappointed that we have

yet to remove the stain on the reputation of our great state. >> the backlash against this law has cost north carolina an estimated $650 million in reven revenue. u.s. president-elect donald trump is creating a new white house national trade council to, quote, make american manufacturing great again. he's tapped economist peter navarro to head it up. he produced death by china about how the u.s. lost its manufacturing base to the chinese. he also referred to china as the biggest trade cheater in the world. a spokeswoman for china's foreign ministry responded in the past few minutes and says china is paying close attention to trump's moves but that cooperation is, quote, the only right choice. in mexico the market rocked

by a deadly fireworks explosion has become a graveyard. at least 33 people are now confirmed dead from tuesday's blast. forensic teams are combing through the charred rubble searching for victims' remains. cnn has the latest. >> reporter: this is a community still searching for answers. and not just law enforcement and investigators who spent much of the day sifting through debris trying to figure out what led up to the explosion, but also for family members growing with devastation and anxiety because many still can't find their family members, their loved ones, their friends who may have been in the area in the time of the explosion. now, we understand that in 2005 and in 2006 there were two separate incidents here. that said, just a few days ago the state government called this one of the safest firework markets in latin america.

it's known across latin america for the magnitude. this is about 10 football fields big, and about 300 vendors all of which, we're told, had permits. cnn, tup peck, hmexico. lucking ham palace says the royal couple has colds. they head to their estate for christmas. the palace did not say if the trip is cancelled altogether or merely delayed. zblrch this week's terror attack in berlin is aggravating attention across europe. all the reaction for another disaster coming up after this short break. use your data worrye and even carry over the data you don't use. and right now get four lines and 20 gigs for only $40 per line.

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welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. let's update you on the top stories for you this hour. an urgent man hunt is underway in germany for this man after the deadly attack on monday on a christmas market in berlin. police knew of amri and knew he had contact with radical islamic groups. he was arrested but a judge released him. >> russia is paying its respects to the ambassador to turkey when w a good-bye service. he was shot and killed by a policeman in the turkish capital on monday. vladimir putin is attending cov karlov's funeral. >> if members will vote on a

draft resolution demanding israel stops all settle movement. benjamin netanyahu is urging the u.s. to veto the measure. let's get back to the deadly truck attack in berlin. some of the strongest condemnation has come from europe's far right politicians. a dutch member of parliament summed his feelings with this tweet depicting angela merkel with blood on her hands. a former leader of the independence party pointed his finger in the same direction and saying events of this nature will be the merkel legacy. and a small group of neo nazis gathered to protest the

policies. they were ultimately outnumbered by a counterdemonstration supporting refugees. >> we don't want people propaganda against refugees because of the attacks. we are against racism. we are free. we are welcoming everyone who flew from -- [ singing we are the world ] >> others on tpted for music. let's go back now to our chris burns who is in berlin for us. chris, while the german community there is still coming to terms with what happened, the political fallout of this attack could be huge. >> reporter: yes, that's true. and especially when you the public looking at headlines like

these on a berlin newspaper saying that they knew him, they did nothing. well, that's a little bit not quite accurate, because they did have amri, that suspect in custody. he was to be deported. he's a repeated criminal in his native tunisia, in italy where he was seven years ago and then in germany as well. he was to be deported but he didn't have accurate documents to send him back. the government just got that passport of his yesterday. of course, too late. now, let's talk to a reporter with plit co-newspaper. we saw the proptests not only b the neo nazi npd, but people

outside of the chancellor last night. >> i think what is crucial for what's happening is pressure is growing not just from the far right but from within her high ranks. there are high ranking officials who have come forward and said this needs to be the moment in time when germany toughens up on security measures and surveillance. i think this is what's going to be the big topic for merkel over the next couple of days. >> and we saw yesterday that her cabinet, which is dominated by her cdu and has other parties in it, approved video surveillance for public places and other measures aimed at addressing this issue. do you think it will be enough? >> to be fair, the measures approved yesterday go back to an initiative that was started way in the fall, way ahead of

monday's attack. i'm sure there's going to be more demands for tougher security. one thing i'm expecting to happen. >> the 16 states. >> 16 states and about 40 security agencies in germany alone. to give you an example, the city of breamen which counts for its own state with 670,000 people has its own domestic security agency, and there will be a new discussion about do we need that many security agencies and how well do they communicate? >> and getting some of the measures passed could be problematic. this morning i read in the newspaper here that the mayor of this area is a social democrat. they're in the grand coalition, and he's saying this video surveillance thing, we have to discuss this. and i also talked to a cvu member who is pointing a finger

at the social democrats saying they are preventing us from advancing with these kinds of tougher security. this sort of sniping back and forth, who is going to benefit from this? maybe the populists. >> i think this is the big debate within the chris mtian democrats right now. officials say they think this was a turning point. are we going to go along with merkel's line who has always rejected to imitate any sort of populist calls, for instance, for an upper limit of refugees or are they trying to anticipate those attacks and counter them by imitating their rhetoric? >> indeed, this year we've seen four terrorist attacks. this is the fifth. now, merkel has seemed to bounce back each time in the polls, but do you think this could be the turning point now? >> this really remains to be seen. she has a fairly high popularity

ranking, 60%. that's high for a chancellor in office, but voices are getting louder. it's interesting to see how she reacts to the new pressure within her own ranks. >> thank you very much. this is something we're going to have to be watching in the months coming up. in the spring we'll have local elections and in the fall national elections. how much will the far right gain in these elections as a result of what happened three days ago? back to you, hannah. >> chris, we appreciate it. thank you. still to come on cnn, the little girl who brought the horrors of aleppo to the world now has the attention of turkey's president. her story is just ahead. it's how adventure begins. and with the miles you can earn, it's always taking you closer to your next unforgettable experience. become a cardmember and start enjoying benefits built to take you further...

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back to cnn news room. these are live pictures from moscow where a funeral service

is taking place for andre karlov who was shot dead at an art gallery in the turkish capital on monday. a formal state funeral taking place before this. vladimir putin alongside his foreign minister expected to be in attendance at that service as russian mourns one of the top diplomats who was publicly assassinated this week. we'll continue to monitor this and bring you more live pictures as soon as we see the russian president as well. in the meantime, a symbol of the struggling people of aleppo tweeted about the siege she and her family endured. now she's safe in turkey as cnn reports. >> reporter: it's the latest footage of a seven-year-old in turkey's presidential palace in

a carefully managed photo opportunity with the president. she's wearing new clothes and kissedered wan on the cheek. later as she and her brother sit on his lap, she looks at him and says -- >> i would like to thank you for -- the book and help us to get out of the war. >> reporter: the opulence of the palace is a contrast to the scenario she and her mother were talking about on twitter. living in an area bombarded almost daily by air strikes, her family manage odd to get an internet connection. her mother tweeting several times that each tweet would be their last. but the tweets weren't their last. as the evacuations were

underway, photos of the girl sur faused. at one point her mother tweeted directly to turkey's president and foreign minister saying please, make the cease fire work and get us out now. turkey's foreign ministry told reporters they were making special arrangements specialically for the girl and her family to be taken to the capital. many praised she and her family were offering a glimpse into the realities of living through a devastating war. but critics accused armed rebels of exploiting her to further a conflict that's killed hundreds of thousands of people on both sides. today her only tweets were these, the official government photos of her smiling and safe. from along the turkish syrian border, cnn. hundreds of students in china were told they'd be taking

their exams outdoors, and here is what they got. a lot of heavy smog. these photos are from a province that have drawn outrage because the pollution has been terrible there for days now. a state media said the headmaster has been suspended over the incidents. they can barely see what they're writing on. a pair of tropical systems could impact parts of the philippines and parts of australia. we are keeping an eye on this. alison, what's the latest? >> we start with the storm that is currently over yap. this is tomorrow noctin. this will be going toward the philippines. it's going to peak over the holiday weekend. we expect it to near land fall in about 7 2 hours. in terms of the intensity, we have model running saying it's going to be a high-end tropical storm.

others are saying it will be a moderate intensity typhoon. we'll keep an eye on that. the one thing they all tend to agree on is it will be a big rainmaker. widespread totals around 100 millimeters. we'll have some pockets 150 to 250 millimeters total. a little bit further south, we're keeping an eye on the tropics for western australia. this is tropical cyclone efette. it's going to go south and east making land fall in about 72 hours. typing around the holiday weekend. this one not expected to be that strong. right before land fall expected to weaken to about 85 kilometers per hour. with that said, also something to keep a close eye on in the coming days. this one is not as much of a rainmaker as the one near the philippines. widespread, maybe up around 50 millimeters. you'll have some pockets of

heavy rainfall around 100 to 150 mill meimeters total. keep in mind areas of southern california, we've had persistent drought. a lot of these areas are expected to get 1 to 2 inches of rain. that may not sound like a lot, but for these regions that's enough to trigger landslides and flash flooding. as you go east, the rainfall amounts increase around phoenix and flag staff, looking at the higher amounts in excess of maybe 2 inches. the higher elevations could see significant snowfall as well. now, this first system is going to be a strong one for the southwest. as it makes its way toward the east, it will bring heavy rain to cities like new york and philadelphia. but it's the second storm system. this is the much more potent system. not only is it going to bring more rain and snow to the west coast. but as it continues to go

inland, it has the potential to bring severe weather to portions of the central plains, unfortunately right on christmas day. a lot to keep an eye on over the coming days. >> okay. a very wet, very cold christmas holiday season for many or us. alison, thank you. >> thank you. next on cnn newsroom, a couple of brothers go wild with their christmas decor. the story behind this extravagant light show.

it's hard enough keeping up with the joness, but try being the neighbors of these british brothers you're about to meet. they go all out for the holidays by illuminating their mom's home in bristol with 200,000 christmas lights. and the money they make from visitors there goes toward a good cause.

>> this is our christmas house the crystal. we decorate it every year. it's our mom's house. she lends it to us. >> we started in 1994. we bought our first -- >> it's like a silhouette of a christmas tree. and our house it's christmas is a tradition no go over the top for christmas. >> we've had americans visit in bristol. we got in the australian newspaper. >> we did. i think that was last year. some people will travel a good few miles to see a decent set of christmas lights. >> we live around the corner. it's an easier task. we do get problems with the wind putting stuff on the roof, blowing reindeer off the roof. >> see what you can do to fasten it down. >> my favorite, mine is -- the

nativity is my favorite. >> that's probably our number one question. how much does it cost? >> we used to do a big turn on ceremony of the lights. it used to be just a few neighbors and family, but it got so big, we've done a main event. >> we set up little stores of hot chocolate and burger, hot dogs. >> we're raising money for a children's hospital for about nine years now. this is our hobby. it's raising money for a children's hospital. sometimes we just stand outside because people don't know us. we hear lovely comments, and it's nice. >> they cuddle each other, and it's like really warm when you see it. it's not even just for kids. it's for all ages. >> and the brothers are putting the city firmly on the map for a

long way away. building snowmen is usually good winter fun, but one giant panda really seemed to enjoy taking one of them apart. a camera captured the panda and this snowman at the toronto zoo. the keepers built the snowman to keep the panda company. he scratched it a bit before climbing on top, knocking off its head and generally reducing frosty to a lump of the white stuff. in this turf war the panda wins and the snowman gets the cold shoulder. i'm hannah jones for you in london. early start is next in the united states.

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armed and dangerous. we are learning more about the suspect on the run in the deadly berlin truck attack. the billionaires club. the trump transition adds another billionaire to hteam. and rejected. the north carolina bathroom bill remains law. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm miguel marquez. it is december 22nd. 4:00 a.m. on the east coast. intense manhunt under way for this man. a suspect in the