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they did four straight rate hikes up 75 basis points. they might slow it to 50 basis points. that's still a big increase, and it means they're trying to slow this economy down, but, you know, this is not a done deal yet though. the market is pricing in about a 1 in 4 chance that they surprise things and end up going with another 75 basis point move. borrowing costs are going up for all of to us and even more pressure on the economy. >> matt, thank you. >> thanks, guys. it is the top of the hour on "cnn newsroom." hello, everyone. i'm bianna golodryga. >> i'm victor blackwell. right now, more than 10 million people across more than a dozen states are under winter weather alerts. a powerful winter storm is marching across the country. we're talking blizzard conditions, tornadoes, hail, fl flooding, all possible within the next few days. >> skt aing millions of americans. the system slammed over the weekend dumping as much as 5 feet of snow in northern

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>> reporter: yeah, victor and bianna, that is the goal. that is what people are hoping will happen. let me kind of set it up for you because there's a lot of layers to all of this. the first of it, that friday deadline you just talked about, which is when they need to fund the government. that's when the current funding situation runs out. so what everyone expects is that they will pass a short-term funding deal that will give them that extra time. that will kind of be able to kick the can down the road just enough that they hope they can get a full year funding bill passed before they go home for the holidays and before this congress ends. we know chuck schumer, nancy pel pelosi, and mitch mcconnell, they would like to get a deal done. this is the most rebouobust and optimized way to fund the government. they were hoping to get that done, but the fact remains there are billions of dollars on that top line and that's just the amount of money they want to spend to fund the government. they have to figure that out. they do not have a ton of time. we do not expect a government shutdown at this point.

on friday, we expect they're going to do that short-term funding bill and then try to get this bigger bill. the dynamics change when everyone comes back in january because republicans will take over the house, and that could really complicate matters in terms of trying to get to a bipartisan agreement. there's a lot of dynamics at play. what you want to keepure eye on is what comes after the 16th. can they get that top line number? can they figure out a bipartisan deal to close out this year? >> otherwise, you have to go with the stopgap measure. jessica dean, thank you. >> yep. top biden administration officials had a virtual meeting today with the sister of paul whelan to determine the next steps to free him. whelan is the american businessman and former marine still detained in russia since his arrest four years ago. he told cnn from prison that he is greatly disappointed that he was not able to return to the u.s. with brittney griner. >> the wnba star was freed last week, and is now at a texas army medical facility working on transitioning back to her regular life. cnn's kylie atwood is on the

story. so kylie, what happened during this virtual meeting between elizabeth whelan and the national security officials? >> reporter: well, listen. after that meeting she told cnn she's encouraged by the energy of biden administration officials when they were discussing with her today during a 45-minute discussion, the way forward here in an effort to try to get her brother, paul whelan, home. a spokesperson said they spoke about the strategy. she said she was able to share with them ideas for getting him home. of course, this comes as it's been a tough week for her family, just because her brother wasn't included in that prisoner swap that got brittney griner home, but the special envoy for hostage affairs here at the state department roger carstens spoke with dana bash and here's what he said about generally what their efforts are going to look like to get him home, and his message to paul whelan when they spoke last week. >> the options are always being evaluated.

i think we have to adapt at times, but here's what i would like to leave you with. we have an ongoing, open dialogue with the russians and we have the commitment of this president and my office certainly to bring paul whelan home. i said, paul, you have the commitment of this president, the president's focus, the secretary of state's focus. i'm certainly focused and we're going to bring you home and i reminded him. i said, paul, when you were in the marines and i was in the army, they reminded you, keep the faith. i said, keep the faith. we're coming to get you. >> reporter: one thing u.s. officials keep pointing out is there is a channel of communication between the u.s. and russia that has proven to be successful. we should note that trevor reed, another american who was wrongfully detained was freed earlier this year, and that channel was one thing that helped pull off the deal that got him home, and then it was used again to get home brittney griner. so they're feeling good about the fact that they have that channel. they're going to keep using it. of course, questions as to how active it is right now, but they say that they have every intention to try to work to get paul whelan home, expeditiously. guys?

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this for us. this is an interesting development. what do you think it signals? >> reporter: it is. this is a subpoena that just came in recent days. i think it is an indication. we knew the special counsel had said in a statement, we need to go over there would be no lull, there would be no lag in the investigations. i think this is an indication of that. the doj is pressing ahead and trying to get to the bottom of what went into the runup to january 6th and into the attack on the capitol. of course, we know brad raffensperger. he's talked to the january 6th select committee. he talked to prosecutors in fulton county, georgia, and now he's gotten this subpoena because he was a key person that the former president put a lot of pressure on when it came down to donald trump's efforts to try to overturn the 2020 election. you know, we know he was on that phone call with donald trump, where trump was pressuring raffensperger to find the votes necessary for trump to win georgia, a state that he lost. you know, this also comes as we've seen other subpoenas in recent weeks to election officials in other states. it gives you an indication that prosecutors really want to know more about interactions that

donald trump and the people around him were having with election officials in these battleground states. >> all right. sara murray, thank you. republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene is now claiming that she was being sarcastic when she talked about the capitol riot over the weekend. first, listen to what greene said. this is during an event hosted by the new york young republican club. >> i have to tell you something. if we would have organized that, we would have won. [ applause ] not to mention there would have been arms. see, that's the whole joke, isn't it? they say this whole thing was planned and i'm, like, are you kidding me? a bunch of conservative second amendment supporters went in the capitol without guns and they think that we organized that? i don't think so. >> well, greene issued a statement a short time ago.

here's part of pit. the white house needs to learn how sarcasm works. my comments were making fun of joe biden and the democrats who have continuously made me a political target since january 6th. let's discuss with our national reporter for "the new york times," and scott jennings. gentlemen, welcome to you both. scott, let me start with you. your response and reaction to the official comment, and now, i was just kidding? >> yeah. only marjorie taylor greene in an effort to disavow something could make it worse. let's take her at her word that it was sarcasm. this is a terrible joke. we would have won what? what would you have won on that particular day? i mean, none of this makes any sense. it was, at best, tasteless, and at worst, sort of a further threat, you know, like, hey. this could have been justified. i find this whole episode to be incredibly problematic. frankly it's -- and it's problematic for republicans who i'm sure are being asked about

it everywhere they go today. this is not the kind of distraction, of course, that kevin mccarthy needs as he tries to lock down the votes to become the next speaker, and so, you know, here we go again with one of these people i'm sure will be a thorn in mccarthy's side for the next two years. >> on that point, is this indicative of what the new year will look like with republicans in control of congress? because once upon a time, we were told that people like marjorie taylor greene were just fringe elements of this party. now she is closely aligned with kevin mccarthy. he needs her aprnparently if he wants this speakership role. what happens now if people like greene are kingmakers? >> well, that's the reality of our current political situation. i think that this is a kind of preview of where the congress is going, and just in terms of that general cadence of someone like marjorie taylor greene saying something, and that placing pressure like scott says, on a potential speaker kevin mccarthy

to respond to, that but to be honest with you, that's what the republican party has been for years now. it wasn't margejorie taylor greene, but donald trump who was saying that, and she represents that same type of wing of voter. while we were initially -- while there were some kind of casting her off as fringe initially, that was always a little bit overhyped because what she is, is a kind of -- kind of a representation of a sizable wing of republicans. now this is not the only wing of republicans amongst the party, and that is what's going to have to be sorted out as we look toward the 2024 nomination and beyond, but this is a sizable wing, and it will be a thorn in the party's side. >> let's turn to the senate, and i'm going to stay with you. we heard from independent senator bernie sanders about the newly independent senator kyrsten sinema of arizona. this is what he told dana bash over the weekend. >> i happen to suspect that it's probably a lot to do with

politics back in arizona. i think the democrats there are not all that enthusiastic about somebody who helps sabotage some of the most important legislation that protects the interests of working families and voting rights and so forth. >> so clearly he's not a fan, but he and others seem to think that this is about avoiding a primary ahead of her potential re-election in 2024. does this change anything else potentially? >> it's really hard to say, and i think that kind of before we get to the analysis here, you know, it's stunning that bernie sanders is guessing like the rest of us as to what the reasons for this switch is because there's not really ideological reasons that make it all that clear. this is not someone who has a really principled stance about what they -- what they kind of, and where they want to see politics to go. so the video that was put out explaining the switch was less about positions and more frankly about vibes and that the

voice -- it wasn't a matchup of where democrats are right now. i think bernie sanders is correct that a lot of people expect that this is about looking ahead towards a re-election in arizona, and worrying about the growing faces of senators changing their actions. they could have reversed their position on the filibuster that could change voting rights issue and have overwhelming support from the democratic base. instead of doing that, she has decided to go this route, and i would point to the story written by others over the weekend in "the new york times." it is sitly a move that garnered at minimum to gain attention to herself. >> at least publicly the white house is giving her the benefit of the doubt, and chuck schumer said she's going to keep her committees. so they'll obviously be closely watching this, but scott, i'm wondering how republicans are reacting. we heard from senator graham just today saying this is an opportunity for republicans seeing that she left the party.

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parents of a new york college student are desperately pleading for help to find their son. kenny deland jr. was studying abroad eastern france just outside leon, and his family hasn't heard from him since november 27th. >> jason carroll is with us now. so jason, what do you know? >> reporter: yeah. it's a lot to unpack here. the state department is monitoring the situation. ken deland's parents say it is completely out of character for him not to have been in contact. they have not heard from him since last month. what we're about to show you is perhaps the last known image of deland. it shows him just as he was

entering a sporting goods store in the south of france. as you can see from that picture there, the previous picture, he was wearing a red jacket, and a gray knit cap. that was on december 3rd. so here's just sort of a quick recap of what we know at this point. deland is a senior at st. john fisher university in reochester new york. his family launched a website detailing his last known whereabouts. they say they actually heard from him last on november 27th. that was via whatsapp. that's when he papparently boarded a train, and two weeks later, the prosecutor's office in the city where deland was studying french, they had opened an investigation after his fellow students had reported him missing. then on november 30th, there was a ping from his phone, and then nothing until he was spotted again on the surveillance cameras at that sporting goods store in the south of france. st. john fisher university says

it's working closely with the american institute of foreign study on the investigation. aifs saying in a statement, we are working with local law enforcement who have begun a search, and we are hoping for his swift and safe return. again, the state department is working with french authorities. his community and his family praying at this point for his safe return. bianna? >> all right, jason carroll. thank you. and joining me now is kenny deland jr.'s mother, carol laws and his father, ken deland sr. is on the phone. thank you both for being with me. we said that the last time you spoke with your son was november 27th. carol, what with you tell me about that conversation? >> you know, it was like any normal conversation that we have had. he's telling me about the time that he's having in europe, and he was looking forward to coming home for christmas, and starting

to put the plans in place for that. >> and before he went silent over the last couple of weeks, ken -- was it typical for there to be long stretches without hearing from your son? >> no, i would hear from him frequently. not every day maybe necessarily, but every other day at the very least where he would check in and see how i was doing, and i would ask him how he was doing, and he enjoyed all the international travel that this trip had provided him, and he took lots of pictures. >> ken, the public prosecutor there said this. the young man reportedly told several people that he had arrived in france underprepared and was having difficulty making friends. did he talk to you about any challenges he was having in

france or do you think that might have any role in his silence or disappearance? >> it's hard to say. we can all speculate. i'm not really aware of, you know, i understand he took french in high school. he tried to prepare himself for this trip. could you have known french better? yeah. but he had some friends that he traveled with, with the trips that were associated with the aifs, including paris, and he went to leon, and he was on -- when there was a break with school, he also went to italy, but he did that on his own, and i wasn't aware of him not being able to make friends easily.

so to answer your question, i was no it t aware of that. >> carol, we know that from the reporting that he was with a host family. has the host family been able to offer any useful information? >> i haven't spoke with the host family. so to answer that, not really. i haven't heard anything from them. >> are -- >> do authorities di-- go ahead. >> the leaders through aifs had spoken with the host mother, and from what i understand, her english, you know, was not so good. she was predominantly french speaking. so we haven't had a lot of contact with that person, and there's been a little bit of a

restriction as to what we have been able to find out with this case, with the privacy act in place. >> yeah. you say there's been a restriction. carol, i wonder, are you satisfied, considering the restrictions, with the amount of information that you are receiving from the state department, that you are receiving from french authorities? >> i feel like i'm not really receiving any information. >> yeah, that's -- >> it's been very difficult. you know, we have been -- really, someone else has been stuck in the middle to do the speaking for us, and it was -- it's been difficult to get really any information back. names, who they actually really spoke to. >> carol, have authorities there in france, have they told you if they believe your son is still in france?

>> no. i can answer that. >> no. >> the answer to that question would be no. i've reached out to the embassy several times. i even spoke with them this morning somewhere between 4:30 a.m. i called the embassy again. there's -- there's no reciprocation of information. again, that privacy act prevents disclosure of information. you can give them information, but they cannot give you information. i've called local -- the local police departments and the same thing is in effect in the french police departments that are local to that area in which he was last seen. so it's very limiting. >> yeah. carol, do you believe that your

son is in danger? >> i would like to not think so, but when you don't know, you just don't know. i haven't heard from him. >> yeah. ken, one more for you. you have launched this website to get any tips, to get any information. have tips been coming in through the website, and are any of these tips, any of the information credible, leading to any solid leads? >> so there has been tips that come in, and i try to pass the tips on. i don't know how they check out because, you know, i've sent them tips to -- to my agent, the fbi agent that i have been in contact with, and i try to forward them to the embassy, and then they get dispersed from there. i'm hoping that interpol has

gotten involved, and we have been interviewed by several news media stations, you know, and we're hoping we can with your help, and the help of others, we can get the word out there. >> well, the website is findkendeland.com. carol laws, ken deland sr. i mean, we're showing more pictures here. of course, if you have any information, gouk to the website. you can call authorities and they will get it to the people who need it. he was supposed to leave france in just a couple of weeks. i thank you for your time, and we'll stay in close contact until you find your son. thank you. >> yep. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> hard time for that family. >> yeah. well, u.s. officials say they've successfully killed two isis officials in a helicopter raid in eastern syria. we'll have details from the

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>> others were convicted of conspiracy, but these two defendants are lower level. let's get more now from whitney wild. what are the prosecutors saying here? >> reporter: well, the prosecutors are saying that these lower level members of the oath keepers were taking their cues from stewart rhodes who as you pointed out, was already convicted of seditious conspiracy, and that the plan from the outset was to use brute force to try to overturn the election. ways they did that included h hopping into a golf cart and driving to the capitol. three defendants are accused of going inside. another defendant is accused of putting together a quick reaction force. we've talked about this a lot on cnn, and the accusation here is one of these defendants, again, put together this group with the intention that these people would go into d.c. once this -- once basically the chaos broke out, once the overturning of the election broke out, and that plan included bringing weapons to a suburb just outside washington, d.c. so that's the way that the doj

is laying out this case. they're having to make some adjustments here because they fell flat on 3 out of 5 attempts to try to convict on seditious conspiracy so, those alterations certainly on full display today. the doj, again, making this case that the plan was to use brute force to try to overturn the election. here's just one quote from some of these opening statements by the department of justice. in the defendant's words, they were at war. these defendants agreed to and joined together to stop the transfer of power, and they were ready to do it by force and on january 6, 2021, they did. victor and bianna? >> whitney wild watching that trial for us. whitney, thank you. happening now also in washington, a libyan man accused of building the bomb to brought down pan am flight 103 in 1988 is making his first appearance in a u.s. court. >> he would be the third person charged in the attack since it

happened 34 years ago this month. the bombing killed all 259 people on board flight 103 and 11 people on the ground in l lock lockerbie, scotland on its flight from london to new york. it's considered the deadliest terror attack in uk history. the u.s. says it has just killed two isis officials during a helicopter raid. this was in eastern syria. the raid was the unilateral operation with extensive planning. >> cnn's oren lieberman joins us from the pentagon with more. what do we know about who was taken out here? >> reporter: u.s. central command in talking about this raid and putting out information about the raid that happened early sunday morning, identified one of the two isis officials. the nickname of ennis saying he was a regional one. they have not put out information about the second isis official they killed. they do say considering to one initial assessment there were no

civilian helicopters part of the raid. this is part of the campaign to defeat isis, and in that area, the de-isis campaign is still a priority, and they're working with their local kurdish partners and the sdf and trying to stay focused on this campaign as they move forward. we've seen a number of raids over the past few months. notably the raid in february in western syria. so the u.s. remains focused on this campaign and says isis still has the power, even in degraded form to stabilize the region. >> oren, while we have you. i understand you have new reporting about russia's ammunition supply in ukraine. >> reporter: a fascinating bit of info from a senior military official speaking to reporters just a short time ago. one of the key questions has been with artillery ammunition, how long can russia keep this fight going? we've got an updated estimate,

they have enough artillery ammunition that is new and serviceable to last them until 2023. perhaps a few more months there. as they have been going through tens of thousands of artillery rounds a day, they have had to go back the to the degraded ammunition, older ammunition according to this senior military official. some of that ammo, 40 years old. the official describing it, hoping it fires or explodes when it's landed. interesting insight there into the state of russia's military as this is now in its tenth month in ukraine. >> the force of the made artillery, decades old. oren, thank you. a major scientific breakthrough that could become a major source of clean energy. we'll explain next. all across the country, people are working hard to build a better future.

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the nominations for the 80th golden globes were announced today. >> cnn entertainment reporter is here with a look at some of the top nominees. so who's in, who's out? any surprises? >> yes, there are some snubs, but i want to talk to you about who is leading the way. so there is a movie that everybody is talking about called the banshees of -- and it

stars collin ferrell and brenden gleeson and it is supposedly the movie to see. i want to talk about two huge blockbusters that are nominated. avatar which comes out this weekend, i'm seeing it thursday night. i think it's like three hours. then we have top gun maverick. i remember telling you guys that is one of the best movies i had seen last year. usually you see it's more indy films being nominated. not the big blockbusters. that's been a criticism of awards shows, especially the oscars. i want don't to watch the oscars or golden globes because these aren't things i've heard, but maybe this is an effort to drive up viewership because ratings have been down when it comes to awards shows. i know everybody's talking about white lotus, no spoilers about last night, but they were nominated along with the crown,

dhamer, but abbott elementary, a really great show, led the way with five nominations. when it comes to the snubs -- >> yes, one big snub is nicholson from p valley. i thought that was a fantastic performance, that he should be nominated and hopefully the emmys, that's out of the question as well. that he will be acknowledged for his great performance. love abbott elementary though. >> some people are talking about will smith, his movie, emancipation, which started streaming on apple. getting a lot of award show buzz. not nominate, the film. he's not nominated. the slap took place at the oscars, but could that mean he won't see any nominations? anton worked so hard and that whole team. i hope it's not overlooked. then best original song score. you have rihanna, you have gaga. i think the big question is

this. is anybody going to go to the globe this year? didn't air last year. jared carmichael, who i love, the comedian, he's going to be hosting. i'm going to be sitting down with him in a few weeks. but the big question, are people going to tune in? is top gun and avatar enough to get people to go? >> the way you're selling this, i don't need to watch it. i can just call you or watch your report after the fact. >> that's what it should be. the three of us doing our own side show. >> i like that. >> i'm into it. >> yellowstone is in this year, too. >> i love it when you come in with a fun fact like that. >> thank you. and the lead with jake tapper starts right now. special master, out? special co