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hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm lynn ka kinkade. ahead on cnn newsroom, the fight for democracy between biden and trumps to ahead. this as america marks the three year anniversary of the insurrection at the capitol. also ahead, high stakes diplomacy in the middle east as the u.s. secretary of state starts his multination visit. we're live in tel aviv with a look at the concerns of a widerer regional war. plus an air traveler's worst nightmare, a flight forced to make an emergency landing after a panel on the aircraft blew off midair. we'll hear from a passenger who was on that flight.

today marks three years since the january 6th, 2021 riot at the u.s. capitol. an event described as an insurrection. the goal of the participants that day was to stop the certification of electoral votes and prevent the peaceful transfer of power. five people died as a result of that riot, and more than 140 police officers were injured. there have been nearly 900 convictions in connection with the riot, according to the u.s. justice department, and manies cases are still ongoing. clips of the donald trump on that day claiming forcely the election had been stolen from him. he's facing state and federal charges related to his actions during that time. on friday president biden kicked off his reelection campaign with a strong warning about the events of january 6th and the

threat to democracy posed by his likely opponent. >> democracy is on the ballot. your freedom is on the ballot. it's the first national election since january 6th insurrection placed a dagger at the throat of democracy. we all know donald trump wo is. we the question we have to answer is who are we? that's what's at stake. >> trump slammed those remarks during campaign events in iowa. he said the president is the only one guilty of election interference and balked biden's stutter. >> he is threatened democracy. they have weaponized government. he's saying i'm a threat to democracy. what they are doing is corrupt. people aren't going to take it. he's weaponizing law enforcement for a high level election

interference. it's all about election interference. >> this comes as the supreme court announces they will hear a case that could have a huge impact on the next election. the justices will ultimately decide whether states can ban former president trump from their primary ballots because of his roles in the events of january 6th. cnn's paula reid reports. >> this is the biggest ele election-related case for the supreme court since bush v. gore. the justices have accepted a petition from trump's lawyers to review whether the colorado supreme court made a mistake when they removed trump from the ballot. it's unclear which questions or issues the court will decide, but the big question in this case that's been litigated is whether section 3 of the 14th amendment of of the constitution applies to presidents. this is a question that has divided even judges within one

state of colorado. this is so-called insurrectionist ban, and this section of the 14th amendment prohibits anyone who engages in insurrection from holding future office. but it does not say how it applies to the president, and that's one of the issues that the justices will likely have to weigh in on. the other big issue is how this is enforced. is it up to the states? is there a role for congress? right now they are not making clear the justices exactly which questions they intend to answer. lawyers are framing this case as a returnrn canandidates toto th choicece to the vovoters. ththey insist t trump condnduct exactly y when this s post civir papart of f the coconstitutiono meanant to protetect againstst. now hehere's how t this is goio gogo down.n. they havave a briefifing schedu that i in terms ofof the suprer coururt is expededited.. we'l'll see those briefs soon. then on february 8th, there will be oral arguments, though there

could be other cases they are asked to weigh in related to the election. then they have to make a decision putting enormous pressure on john roberts to build consensus behind the scenes and come up with a path forward where the vote count on whatever decision they make does not appear partisan. but certainly, an enormous case for the court and an north mouse test for the chief justice. paula reid, cnn, washington. >> a professor of government at the university of essex joins us now from england. good to have you with us. >> thanks for having me. >> professor, today marks three years since the insurrection, when a violent mob stormed the capitol, and despite everything that has happened since, trump's supporters still believe in his election lie. most of the republican

presidential candidates won't attack him over that lie. why not? >> that's the great question is why aren't the republicans going after him. most important thing that distinguishes a democracy from an authohoritarian r regime thtu hahave free e and fair e electi. anybody y would be a autocrat t toto dismantntd the ththe leleg of thehe electionsns. that's's exactly w what he didi. on topop of that, , he encourarn insusurrection, , or that's s at when he's s being accucused of. and so thihis is a slalam dunk for rerepublicans s to just geg of him.. he is s completelyly has a hold republicans s and we can see th if we look at the polling. nationwidede you seeee r republ support trump by some 30 points. look to iowa. he has over 30-point lead.

he has over 30-point lead in south carolina. and that's where one of these competitors nikki haley is from. the only case that's a little more up in the air is new hampshire. but you see he has a psychological hold on the republican party because he's built a personality cult. his cbase is supportive of him t all costs. they are willing to believe whatever he says new york city matter how ridiculous the lie is. for this reason, they seem unwilling. >> it's interesting you use the word cult. that's how one of his former supporters, who ended up in prison after participating in the insurrection, described donald trump earlier. she was speaking to my colleague. i want to play some of that sound. >> trump knew exactly what was happening that day. he sent us down there.

it was a trap. trump is a dangerous, and i mean dangerous narcissist. he's a cult leader. he needs to be put in prison. >> it's interesting the supreme court will now decide after two states ruled he should not be on the primary ballot going into the 2024 election. the supreme court is going to have to make a rule ing on that but trump's lawyers are arguing that there was no insurrection. that he did nothing wrong. how do you see this case playing out? >> we have been asking legal, pert what is do you think is going to happen and everybody says we're in unchartered territory. what's most likely to happen based on the way the supreme court has acted is they will say this needs to be a political decision. and they may indicate that congress could play a role in this or voters need to decide. they seem to be a very concerted court at the moment. he even mentioned i chose three of those justices.

i expect them to be fair to me. and they need to make the right decision. he was hoping by choosing these types of justices that he would have personal control over them. so i don't see the courts making a decision to get him off the ballot. that would be pretty astounding if that were to happen. i think it would have set a really important precedent that in the united states, we don't tolerate insurrectionists or leaders trying to engage in coups. we don't have a history of military because we don't have a history of any type of coup or or insurrection in our democratic history post the civil war. i can't imagine the supreme court would do that. >> u.s. president biden has released his first political ad of 2024.

i just want to play some of that sound. >> our democracy depends on you. >> it really does, folks. it's no joke. >> we need you. we need your help to ensure joe's leadership continues to guide us forward. we know the other side won't rest, so we can't either. >> form u.s. president barack obama there by joe biden's side calling out the threat to democracy if donald trump is elected. he went on to say history is watching. what does joe biden have to do to win over more voters? >> it's a great question. i thus he does need to emphasize the threat to democracy that it could be the death nail of u.s. democracy, at least temporarily, because just listen to trump's words. he says he's going to be a dictator for the day and weaponize the justice system and infringe on civil liberties.

biden is going to need to continue to emphasize this. we'll see 25% would say the most important issue in the election is the state of democracy. that actually is the most important issue for democratic voters. it's a fairly important issue for independent voters as well, but he'll have to emphasize his record on the economy. thus far, trump has a 20-point lead in terms of the way voters think his ability to run the economy. but the economy is improving. you're seeing consumer spending is up. consumer confidence is up. inflation is starting to settle down. unemployment rates are at record lows around 4%. so he'll have to emphasize fst the biden economics that can take create for the economy and not being blamed for some of the inflation ask some of the huge costs that people feel when they go to the supermarket and so forth. the economy is going to need to turn around. he's going to need to emphasize his role in that.

>> the purpose of government at essex university, good to have you with us, thank you. >> thank you for having me. alaska airlines is grounding its fleet of 65 boeing 737 max 9 aircraft after some absolutely harrowing moments on board a flight on friday. this is the scene after a panel and the window popped off the plane while it was midair. it took off from oregon on its way to ontario, california. the incident happened shortly after take off. according to flight aware, the plane was only in the air for about 20 minutes before it had to return to portland airport in an emergency landing. one passenger described the

ordeal . >> i know my seat. 18b, and it's so weird to me because i was under the impression the whole time it had happened in the exit row, buts it was actually behind me. so it was towards the back of the plane. i was sitting in the middle as yo looked out the window to my left. i could see the wing. so that's what was going on. >> and when did you realize that something terrible was going on, something really bad went wrong? >> i was actually asleep. so when we were on the tarmac,

we were on it for awhile because we were deicing the plane. then i fell asleep. so i woke up to the plane just falling. i knew it was not just normal turbulence because the masks came down. that's when the pan you can started to set is in. so that's what was going on with me. i was jolted awake. >> the airline says each aircraft will be turned to service only after completion of maintenance and safety inspections adding that it expected that to be completed in the next few days. the problems have plagued previous models of that plane. we spoke earlier with an expert. >> this is a maintenance door, i would look to see if it was removed for maintenance prior to this flight and if it had been reinstalled. you can see the mounting brackets for that door. i don't see evidence of those being torn off, which would

indicate it's possible that the fastening structure wasn't installed properly. >> looking at that now, we have it on the screen there this isn't like a pass engineer window. this is a big area here. >> yeah, it is. and there are windows in that door, at least in some models. but it would look like it's a window. but when it came off, the structure isn't torn on the top part of it. you can see the shape of what would be like an emergency exit on the top of that. but then there's the big knobs that stick in that have circles them. that's the attached point for that maintenance door that could be taken in and out to facilitate the removal of seats and things like that is what that's originally designed for. so we'll learn more about it, but that's the first thing i would be looking at to see what happened with the fastenening of that door.

was it fastened properly in the first place. the airplane is only a couple months old. it's a brand new airplane. so what went wrong. was it maintenance down the road or did it come off the factory that way. >> the fire department says there were no reports of serious injuries. the national transportation safety board is investigating. a winter storm could affect millions this weekend. in the coming hours, rain is expected to push across the south and turn to potentially damaging ice and snow in the appalachian mountains. we have more on what's ahead. >> we could really see everything with this. we're talking rain, snow, even some ice. we could see some moderate impact. gusts up to 40 miles per hour. and ice accumulation. all of that could lead to some

power out ages. then as the storm continues to move north on sunday, you see some of the reds in nebrw engla. that could be major impact. we'll have the showers and storms as far south as florida. that could impact isolated cases of severe weather. the cold air punches in from the north. you can see the pink in the krrls and high evidencelations. then it continues to work its way north. philly, new york, sitting and teetering on that rain/snow line. a lot of that snow inland into pennsylvania, new jersey, upstate new york, and then it works into n nebraw england. and then it exits pretty quickly by sunday afternoon we're looking at snow showers tapering. here's a lock at ice totals. could be a quarter inch or so of ice in some of the high terrain. once you get that ice weighing down tree limbs and power license, you can get some power

outages. as far as the rain and snow, it will be heaviest inland talking pennsylvania, upstate new york, new england, new hampshire, vermont, we could find some of these totals with 6 to 12 inches. the blue is rain. all with this cold, wet and sloshy rain as we go into the weekend. t this was the area we really wanted to see some snow. we think that part of the reason we're not is because the ocean temperatures are very warm. they are 3 to 5 degrees above average. that warmer ocean water is pumping warmer air into the coastal part of the storm. so the cool air isn't deep enough to get you some of that snow. like i mentioned, these cities haven't seen snow in nearly two years. we're talking 700 i daus and counting. 707 days in baltimore since you have seen an inch of snow. 706 in philly. nearly 700 in areas of new york,

central park, and all of this is the longst stretch on record that we have seen some of the snow drought. we haven't seen an inch of snow in new york city. the previous record 383 days sorks we have doubled that record so far. the last time central park has gotten more than an inch of snow was nearly two years ago. back in february of 2022. >> thanks very much. international diplomats to keep the war in gaza contained. still ahead, high level talks get underway aiming to prevent the conflict from spreading. plus more political fallout from blasts in iran and lebanon. that stotory when wewe return.

welcome back. diplomatic efforts are moving into high gear at this hour to prevent the war on hamas from spreading further. a short time ago, u.s. secretary of state antony blinken began talks with his turkish counterpart. in the coming hours, he's set is to meet with the president before heading to greece. it's part of a trip through the region that will also include stops in israel and the west

bank. among other things, blinken will discuss the next military steps as well as plans for post war gaza. the eu diplomat will speak about his talks to dial down tensions on the border with israel. and in israel, the idf say it is will launch two parallel investigations into what has called its internal military and an, ternl one conducted side by side by former senior officials. the military didn't say what the investigations will will focus on. the statement came after cabinet members clashed on thursday over how to investigate the hamas attack on october 7th. they faced backlash from cabinet members over his proposals for gaza after the war. for more we're joined by nic robertson, senior international editor live from tel aviv. good to see you, nick.

i want to start with the u.s. secretary of state's visit. he's currently in turkey. this is the start of his fourth trip to the middle east since the hamas terror attacks. just explain his mission. >> one of the broad narratives after turkey and greece and jordan and qatar and eagypt and south dakota rab, he will be here in israel. it will also travel to the west bank. but across all stops, one of the key message as will be a message to iran that he hopes that the leaders he meets will pass the proxies. with the potential conflict with iran, that's going to be a big

message. but here in israel, the key message will be about making sure there's enough humanitarian support getting into gaza, enough humanitarian aid, food, water, medical equipment, and that it can get to the pop that need it and that the people that need it are safe and that they are able to go back to their homes, such as some of those homes exist. a lot are heavily damaged. so it will also priority on the return of hostages. that's going to be a key issue. also address security along israel's northern border. again, potential flash point that could bring a further escalation to the conflict. all of these would be issues that he will follow up on. they are all issues that he dealt with when he's been here before to be looking at what progress has been made. >> i want to turn to israel's government, which is clearly quitety provided. the factual infighting now out

in the public. recent polling showing benjamin netanyahu losing support. there is a great deal of criticism over those security failures that led to the terror attacks carried out by hamas. just explain what we're seeing play out within the government of israel. >> reporter: i think there's been a couple issues that have come up in the past two days that have begun to show publicly those divisions. one was when the army chief of staff announced it was going to be a military investigation into the failures of that led to the 7th of october attacks. this is an investigation so that the military today can make operational changes today to improve the security of their troops. but there was a feeling among some politicians that the military was getting ahead of the politicians. politicians should be leading

the way for this investigation and that caused particularly others in the government and cabinet to criticize the military for doing this. the leader of the opposition joined the war cabinet has said that the prime minister needs to focus on you can either have one of two things. you can either have unity and security, or you can do politics. he was calling out the politicians really for criticizing the military in this case. and there's this other area where the defense minister came out in support of the army chief of staff and the investigation that is getting underway. defense ministers laid out this document, which is the way forward, which lays out the day after scenario in gaza, the day after where hamas is no longer a security threat, where the military still has freedom of military operations, where the

international community led by the united states supported by european partners, regional partners, sort of heads up or is the focus for humanitarian reconstruction efforts within gaza. but it fell short of laying out what a palestinian political leadership might look like in that context. that was criticized by right wing members of the government, who said that doesn't go far enough. your day after looks like the day before. we want to consider voluntary migration of pal sestinians fro gaza. and other issues, which the united states is criticized. so these are the divisions that are coming to the surface. >> we have a statement from the palestinian side, which reads the future of the gaza strip is determined by the palestinian people, not israel. it's further kcriticism of the fact we saw the two senior israeli ministers laying out a plan for the future of gaza, which would mean palestinians

were to leave the gaza strip. certainly, criticism far and wide for that. >> reporter: there has been, absolutely. and the fact that the plo leadership has a chairperson that has laid this out, just underscores the difficulty of secretary blinken's visit here. when he goes to the west bank here to meet palestinian politicians, the gulf between where israel sdpands where they stand is as big as it was the day and even biger now than when secretary blinken made his first visit here. it just underscores the difficulty of the mission. the fact that this day after plan, even criticized by right wing members of the government here, it falls so far short of a

round reality of a political agreement, diplomatic agreement between all these different countries that secretary blinken is going to visit. they will come together to support the united states in a reconstruction effort with this undescribed nebulous authoritiship over gaza. this doesn't seem the to be a broad agreement on that. if there's any discussion anywhere about voluntary migration of palestinians from gaza, that's certainly not public. it's certainly a hot button issue. >> absolutely. very understandable. nic robertson in tel aviv, good to have you there. thank you. still to come, we'll take a closer look at iran, israel and the u.s. role in the current middle east tensions. plus ukraine intensifying attacks on russia's region. what officials are saying about the latest strikes, when we come

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televise what the u.s. doesn't want the conflict to etscalate. the author of "losing an enemy." joins me. good to have you with us. >> thank you for having me. >> i was reading your latest article in the nation. you pose a very good question. essentially, is israel drag gin the u.s. into another war. is it? >> i feel that unfortunate ly te calculation has shifted in the further direction of seeking a confrontation. and erdogan, according to the u.s. government, that is what they plan to do. we're seeing increasing sengss.

we're inching closer towards a confrontation on that front that can spark other confrontations throughout the middle east and drag the u.s. into that war. >> you write that the biden administration has shipped weapons to israel. it sidestepped congressional oversight to expedite the transfer, not once, but twice. and across the veto, two resolutions calling for a cease-fire. you say the president lacks the leverage to force an end to the fighting. sure, he has all the leverage he needs. >> he certainly does. i was arguing that there is a narrative in washington that says that the united states doesn't have is leverage over israel. i think that's absurd. the united states has a tremendous amount of leverage. the major general a eadmitted i the u.s. were to cut its transfer and ammunition to israel, they would have to stop the fighting. so the u.s. has the ability to impose a cease.

i don't think at this point that is something that biden wants. i think he wants and has signed off to the israeli military objective of taking out hamas. ukraine claims it destroyed a russian stronghold during an operation on friday. an unspecified number of russian forces were killed during the cross border attack. ukraine has been targeting the russian region with missiles. russian state media reports that ten missiles fired at the area on thursday and were destroyed by air defense systems. two people were wounded by falling shrapnel. >> i see several appeals on social media from families saying we are scared. help us go to a safe place. of course, we will help. we will do everything that depends on us. >> the leader who was a key

putin ally has offered to release 20 soldiers if the u.s. lifts sanctions against his family. that's according to russian state media. the u.s. treasury department placed sanctions against the family in 2022 for their role in russia's war in ukraine. a nightmare in perry, iowa. not even a week into the new year and the u.s. is coping with yet another mass shooting. we'll have the latest, coming up..

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with storm ready wifi from xfinity. and see migration in theaters now. we are learning one of the victims has been released after the school shooting on thursday in perry, iowa. four others wounded are still being treated in hospital. it comes after a 17-year-old opened fire at perry high school killing a 6th grader.

friends described the victim as the sweetest boy. >> he was like a second kid. his friends heard he was missing. he lives in our neighborhood, so i went to ask. heard from the family themselves. he was the sweetest boy. the the one you want your kids to be friends with. >> as brian todd reports, there's been multiple mass shootings. >> in the wick of of the iowa school shootings with a 6th grader killed and 5 others squurd, america wrestles with grizzlie numbers on mass shootings. there's been five mass shootings in america just in the first week of 2024. cnn and the archive define a mass shooting as one that injuries or kills four or more people. >> there's no doubt about it

that from a firearms standpoint, from a killing standpoint, mass shootings, our numbers are still going up. >> this comes as top law enforcement officials discuss how they are trying to keep guns away from young people who shouldn't have them. they point to a ena acted in 2022 cracking down on gun traffickers, on people who buy guns for those who are banned from possessing guns. >> this enables the fbi to conduct background checks for perspective firearms purchasers under the age of 21. >> those checks have already can want 527 firearms out of the hands of young people who are prohibited from having them. >> reporter: meanwhile, a new study from a nonprofit gun violence prevention organization says that nearly 300,000 lives could be saved from gun violence in the u.s. over the next decade if every state enacted gun control laws like california's and new york's. >> what we f found is a direct

correlation. the stronger your gun law, the lower your rate of gun violence in the state. the result is that states with weak gun laws that score poorly have the highest rates of gun violence. sglu a contributor with some perspective on that comparison. >> it's not as simple as just putting up a list of states ranking them by their gun laws and all of the murder or suicide rates by gun in those states fall in line. the worst murder rate in the country is washington, d.c., which has all of the are strixs that california has. >> even with the the good news on violent crime and homicide drops in the progress on guns, top law enforcement officials are still pointing to major areas of concern. among them, the proliferation of black market guns in america. the deputy attorney general says right now the atf is tracing more illegally deployed firearms

than ever before. broin todd, cnn, washington. the rifle association leader announced his resignation on friday. it comes days before a lawsuit against the group and its top leaders is set is to go to trial. the attorney general alleges the group committed tax fraud. the resignation validates her claims against him and the trial will go forward. the statement from the nra says he cited health issues as the reason for hiss resignation. we're getting a look at the latest batch of documents being released this week involving the late pedophile jeffrey epstein. the release includes hundreds of pages from depositions in a civil defamation lawsuit in 2015. they provide a look into epstein's relationships with high- high-profile men. here's a report from kara scannell. >> nearly 3,000 pages of

documents were released this week from a lawsuit tied to jeffrey epstein. the e-mails, depositions and legal filings shed light on the orbit of friends and the depravity of the crimes his former girlfriend was convicted of helping him quit kmit. there are no bomb shells in the documents made public from the defamation lawsuit, and the inclusion of a name does not mean that person has done anything wrong. the release of over 1600 pages included testimony from an employee of epstein, who said he had dinner with donald trump in the kitchenen of epstein's home and met former president clinton on epstein's plane. he met prince andrew at a the palm beach residence. the girls were seen at the homes, he testified. the names of both former presidents surfaced previously. the campaign attacked the immediate y when asked for comment. the form president knew nothing of epstein's crimes and it had been 20 years since he had

contact with epstein. the prince reached an out of court settlement and denied any wrong doing. other famous names appeared in the pages. a woman paid to massage the david couldn'ter field and asked if she was aware that girls are get titing paid toto find otheh girls.s. copperfifield's reprpresentativ did d not respond. harvrvey w weinstein's's name a appeared on a phone message pad. a lawyer alleged in a book published that epstein ended his relationship after the movie producerer acted toooo aggressi with one of his favorite girls. weinstein was not accused of wrong doing. he is serving a prison sentence after convicted of sex crimes in new york and los angeles. more documents are expected to be released on monday. kara scannell, cnn, new york. we're going to take a quick break anand be rightht back. yoyou're watchching cnn.

welcome back. the holidays coming a little late for the nba dallas mavericks, but it's worth the wait. the team's owner promising

millions of dollars in bonuses. cnn sports andy scholes joins me now. i'm sure you know what that's like. what's the story? >> mark cuban sold a majority stake to the adelson family. and he sold it at a valuation of $4 billion. cuban decided to reward all the employees and help the team get that valuation, sending a memo to employees on friday letting them know that he along with the new owners plan to distribute more than $35 million in bonuses as a thank you for all of their hard work. now they are going to be dete determined on how long people have worked for the mavs. cuban ended the memo by saying i'm excited to continue our work to make the franchise the best in all of sports. ls where, another loss for the lakers. they were taking on the

grizzlies at home. they are fighting for this loose the ball. jackson grabs lelebron's arm an holds on. lebron hits him in the face while he was trying to free himself. coach was livid jumping on to the court. he got a technical for that. the game was tied at that point, but the grizzlies went on to have a huge fourth quarter and win 127-113. lakers coach who has come under fire for the team's record so far did you want understand the criticism because the nba is a marathon. lebron had this to say. >> everybody is getting so c cracked up it was two games. took care of that business. we won it, but that was just two games. >> this is the final week of the nfl regular season is. there are five playoff spots up for grabs.

we have two games today. 14 tomorrow. the two games today are big ones. the steele steele hers have to beat the ravens and hope the jaguars lose. luckily for them, baltimore will be resting lamar jackson. and the night cap on saturday, the texans are at the colts in what is already a playoff game. the winner gets into the playoffs. the loser does not. >> you can get caught up in the hype of how big it is and everyone understands that, but what does it matter when the ball is snapped. it doesn't. it matters a about you executing and being where you're supposed to be. >> we know what's at stake. go out and do your job. execute as coaches and players. win or go home. got to win. >> and the houston and indianapolis fan bases are excited. they picked in the top five of the draft this past summer. they had awful seasons last year. so a lot of people are excited

about this hoping their team makes the playoffs. >> it's a big weekend. have a great saturday. good to see you. thank you for joining us. that wraps this hour of cnn newsroom. i'm linda kinkade. "cnn this morning" is up next. for the rest of the world, it's "african voices."