good policies that would help the american people and help the working class we cannot connect on a cultural level to say you should trust us. >> i think that is the power of the ad from the super bowl, matt, you and i talked about this, it is the willie horton of 2024, the ad in the 88 election about michael dukakis thing soft on crime . >> it is personal in massachusetts. >> it distracted from far higher priority issues and labeled one party as being in the tank or in bed with an issue , forgive the metaphor , it labeled the party and it was quite effective for a generation on vulnerability that party had and it's the same thing here. >> even if it was rooted in something sinister, is that was immensely successful. >> we have to leave it there. this has been a great conversation. thank you to all

of our panel for joining us for your thank you to being with us. don't go anywhere, cnn new central starts right now. anywhere. "cnn news central" starts right now. morning, president-elect donald trump going against the norm, again. this time in how some of his cabinet picks are being vetted. new details on what's going on behind the scenes as his transition team moves full steam ahead. and on that, rfk jr. now officially donald trump's pick to head up the public health department. a vaccine cynic who has long promoted conspiracy theories about vaccines. the reaction now from people on capitol hill to people in the medical field. and the talk is over. it is fight night in america. mike tyson slaps youtuber jake paul at the official weigh- in head of the showdown. i'm john berman with sara sidner and kate balduan. this is cnn news central.

breaking news this morning, brand- new details about what is and more strikingly what is not happening behind the scenes at mar-a- lago, as president- elect trump's shock and awe dream team grows. not happening, fbi background checks for some of the most highly sensitive roles trump is filling right now. instead, trump has bucked the decades- long tradition for a less- traditional route. the reason why possibly, just as alarming as the action itself, especially after making some of the most controversial picks in modern history, a so- called cabinet in waiting, as "the washington post" calls them this morning, that has washington on edge. cnn's zachary cohen is leading us off. zachary, forget about all of these÷÷ norms. it appears to be the only normal thing right now is well, i don't know what. what are

you learning? >> -- conventional approach when it comes to how its investigate its top picks. that includes bypassing the traditional fbi background checks for some of these cabinet nominees. now, look, donald trump is no fan of the national security establishment here in washington, d.c. he's railed against the fbi and against the intelligence community since he was president the first time. but look, this is bucking a trend and bucking a protocol that's been in place since the aftermath of world war ii. it's intended to make sure that cabinet nominees and people for top administration jobs with access to sensitive information don't have any unknown foreign ties or other issues that could create national security problems, but look, donald trump's team, instead, opting to go with private researchers to vet their candidates and their cabinet picks so far. so this is definitely a shift from the norm, so to speak. there's nothing that's legally binding as far as donald trump having to opt into the fbi background checks, but it does speak to this deeper level

of mistrust that donald trump has towards the fbi and towards the national security establishment. but also, sort of his disregard for the need for some of these institutional safeguards that do exist. and the reason is, is because donald trump thinks that the fbi process is slow, and it could present some problems in terms of getting his agenda implemented quickly. obviously, this coming, though, as trump has named several very controversial figures to top administration jobs, including attorney general and the director of national intelligence. ultimately, it is donald trump who has the final say over who he appoint and who he gives access to classified information. but again, this is another divergent from the norm for donald trump and really a bucking of a trend that was intended to safeguard or nation's secrets. >> what are the biggest concerns? there's obviously this idea that people will have top security clearance and won't be vetted by the fbi. >> absolutely. that is the concern here. and it's something that we saw a little bit of in donald trump's first term as president.

you'll remember that we previously reported donald trump essentially overrode 25 individuals who had their clearance applications denied when he was president the previous time, and that included his son-in- law, jared kushner, who was previously a senior aide in the white house. but donald trump has demonstrated that he doesn't really value the background check process, this vetting process that goes in and has been conducted on top picks for top administration jobs since right after world war ii. the concern here is that people with questionable backgrounds could, you know, use their positions for their own personal benefit or for the benefit of foreign nations. this is a concern, but also something that's very much in line with what we've seen from donald trump previously? >> it absolutely is. blowing up all the norms and now he can do it because he is the president- elect, about to head into the office. zachary cohen, thank you so much. appreciate it. kate? so rocky balboa, aka, sylvester stallone, calling donald trump the second coming of george washington, literally saying that last night, and this came during a celebration

held at mar-a-lago. the president- elect spoke and celebrated during his remarks, his growing list of top picks for his next administration, including the controversial ones, calling out and praising his pick for secretary of health and human services, rfk jr. , and also announcing a much less controversial choice for secretary of the interior, north dakota governor doug burgum. cnn's steve cotourneau has more on this. but what is donald trump saying about all of the picks and announcements he's making here? >> good morning, kate. these were donald trump's first extensive remarks in front of cameras about his incoming administration. he joked that he has already had to tell house speaker mike johnson to, quote, just relax, mike, because he is picking so many people from their slim house majority. he also laid out what his plans are for robert f kennedy jr. in his new role as health

secretary, saying, quote, we want you to come up with things and ideas and what you've been talking about for a long time. of course, one of the things rfk jr. has been talking about for a long time is this debunked idea that vaccines have some sort of effect on children's health negatively in terms of autism and conspiracies like that. also in attendance yesterday was doug collins, the former representative, who will be leading donald trump's secretary -- will be secretary of veteran affairs. doug burgum also made an appearance and will be the interior secretary. also in attendance was elon musk, who has been by donald trump's side nearly nonstop since the election night and he had some or trump had some words to say about his new confidant. >> we have a man who has a seriously high iq. you know, i'm a person who believes in high iqs and his is about as high as they get.

he launched a rocket three weeks ago, and then he went to pennsylvania to campaign, because he considered this more important than launching rockets that cost billions of dollars. elon musk. elon? what a job. what a job he does. he's a great -- and he happens to be a really good guy. >> one person who did not come up, matt gaetz, donald trump's choice to lead the justice department, kate. >> and steve, the president- elect is facing some -- he's going to be facing some questions now about his pick for defense secretary today. >> yeah, so new details we are learning overnight about pete hegseth, fox news host who donald trump has chosen to lead the defense department. and i'm going to walk you through some of what we learned, in an incident involving a sexual incident of a nature. it happened early in the morning of october 8th, 2017, in

monterey, california, at the hyatt regency, where he was a speaker at the california federation of republican women. according to a city statement, he was not identified in the statement as the alleged assailant, but it did identify him as, quote, someone involved in the investigation. there were no witness involved, according to this statement, but it also did not provide any names or ages of anyone else involved. and they said that the city of monterrey would not release the full police reports. there was one injury noted in the statement, a right thigh contusion, but no other details about what took place. the trump campaign did release a statement about this last night to cnn saying, quote, mr. hegseth has vigorously denied any and all accusations and no charges were filed. we look forward to his confirmation as united states secretary of defense, so he can get started on day one to make america safe and great again. kate? >> steve cotourneau, thank you so much. john? all right, this morning.

the trial begins of an undocumented immigrant charged with killing georgia nursing student, laken riley. detention facilities and executive orders. we have new details on the preparations underway for donald trump's mass deportation plans. and a plane forced to do a u- turn over the atlantic five hours into the flight. we've got new reporting on what happened onboard.

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the undocumented migrant accused of killing nursing student lake n riley goes on trial in athens, georgia. jose ibarra agreed to waive his right to a jury trial. the judge alone will is decide his fate. he has pleaded not guilty. rafael romo is in athens, georgia. what do we expect to see this morning? >> reporter: good morning, john. one thing is the trial that is expected to start here at the courthouse at 9:00 in the morning is going to move much, much quicker, john, and that's because on tuesday, the case took an unexpected turn when prosecutor sheila ross told the court that her team had been approached by the defense, because they wanted to have a bench trial instead of a trial by jury, which means that the judge is going to ultimately decide whether the defendant is guilty or not. athens clark county superior court judge patrick haggard has already approved the deal. but before doing so, he wanted to make sure that the

defendant, jose antonio ibarra, knew exactly what he was getting into, through an interpreter, he said "yes," and judge wanted to make sure that he understand that once the decision had been made, there was no way to reverse it, to go back. the judge also wanted to know if the defendant had made the decision under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and he also said "no. " now, jose antonio ibarra, an undocumented immigrant from venezuela, he crossed the border illegally in 2022. he faces ten counts, including murder and aggravated assault with the intent to rape. the prosecution is seeking life in prison without parole. and as for the way the trial will be conducted, now that it's going to be a bench trial, john, the judge will hear arguments by both the defense and the prosecution as we would normally, but the main difference here is that

ultimately, he's going to decide on a verdict and also on sentencing. according to the indictment, laken riley, a 22-year- old nursing student at augusta university was attacked by the defendant when she was out for a morning run in february, and the indictment also says that the defendant hit her in the head with a rock and asphyxiated her. also, that things were not going very good for the defense, john. for one thing, the defense was asking for a motion to have a phone fingerprint and dna evidence thrown out. the judge said "no. " also, they were asking for a change of venue, and also, the judge denied that motion. john, back to you? >> all right, some of the details here, so painful. rafael romo, thank you for your reporting. sara? all right, ahead. president biden on what everyone believes is his

last presidential trip abroad. we are live in peru with the details on that critical meeting. and authorities in texas arrest a man they say was planning a 9/11- style attack. what that man was ning and how he was caught, ahead.

in what's likely the last big trip of his presidency before donald trump takes office, president biden in lima, peru, for the asian economic cooperation summit known as aipac. cnn's senior white house correspondent kayla tausche is traveling with the president.

kayla, what are you expecting the ing to be here? and of course, all of these leaders know that the incoming president will not be joe biden. >> well, sara, you're exactly right. we expect the public message from president biden to be the same as it was the last four years, according to his national security adviser, jake sullivan, and that message is that allies are vital to america's own national security and strength, both at home and around the world. but of course, the unspoken message is that those alliances are set to be upended come january when president- elect donald trump returns for a second term. u.s. officials acknowledge that there's an awkwardness in south america, as those very world leaders are all preparing amongst themselves to brace for that second term and to try to immunize their economies against the threat of tariffs and other things that trump could wage against them as he did in his first term. in the words of one u.s. official, we may physically be here in south america, but all anyone can think about is what's

happening in west palm beach and in washington, d.c. and when i've asked about building on prior efforts to so- called trump- proof some of the agreements and partnerships that they've tried to fortify for the last four years, officials have said that countries don't want to be locked into a binding agreement that may put them on a back foot when it comes to dealing with the incoming trump administration. so that's the backdrop to these meetings that are said to be taking place here in lima as well as in rio de janeiro, where president biden will be heading to the g- 20 after a stop in the amazon to deliver a speech on climate and conservation. of course, there will be a very, very high stakes for that meeting with china east president xi jinping. it's set to be more of a bookend discussion. but of course, given the fact that these are the leaders of the two global superpowers, we expect there to be discussions of china's role in russia's war in ukraine, the peace and stability in the taiwan strait, which the u.s. has been pressing for for four years, and

trying to chart some progress the issues that they discussed at this very summit one year ago. and that is military level communication and efforts to curb illicit fentanyl. experts say perhaps chinese leaders will be withholding any potential deliverables, because they want to save them for negotiating with a future trump administration, but certainly the biden team wants to be able to lock that meeting in, have that discussion, and show that there has been some, if any progress made during his term. sara? >> all right, kayla tausche in lima, peru, for us. thank you so much for that. kate? donald trump promised on the campaign trail to let robert f. kennedy jr. , quote, go wild on public health if he won. and now he is making good on that controversial pick. >> and i just looked at the news reports. people like you, bobby. don't get too popular, bobby!

>> that's actually pretty funny. why some doctors are in dispolice chief this man was just picked to head up the nation's public health department. and a justice department official says detention in one particular jail is quote/unquote a death sentence. what a months- long federal investigation into one georgia detention center is now revealing.

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president- elect donald trump's pick to head up the country's public health agency, robert f. kennedy jr. nominated to be the director of health and human services. during the campaign, trump essentially promised this was happening, that he wanted kennedy to go, quote, wild on the public health agencies, leaving some people who have spent their entire careers in medicine and public health in disbelief. for one, he's been a dominant force in promoting vaccine conspiracy theories and misinformation for years, leading people like dr. paul offit at the children's center of philadelphia to warn, calling kennedy a vaccine skeptic does not go far enough.

>> he's not a vaccine skeptic, i'm a vaccine skeptic. everyone who sits around the table at the advisory committee is a skeptic. show us the data. show us the data. prove that it's safe and effective. he's not a skeptic, he's a cynic. he thinks there's a big increase to hide the truth. if you know that science and technological advances have allowed us to live 30 years longer than we did a hundred years ago, and now you have this man who's a science denialist, a virulent anti- vaccine advocacy, a conspiracy theorist who will have some sway over public health, nothing good will come of that. he denies those advances. he declares his own scientific truths. it's a dangerous moment. >> rfk has targeted the very agencies he has now nominated to oversee, warning fda employees to preserve your records and pack your bags in targeting scientists at nih, saying, thank you for your public service. we're going to have --

we're going to give infectious disease a break for about eight years. joining us right now is sanjay gupta. thanks for being here. i want to play one of the examples of what rfk has said specifically promoting false information about vaccines. let's play this for everybody. >> well, i do believe that autism does come from vaccines. i think most of the things that people believe about my opinions about vaccines are wrong. i, you know, all i've said about vaccines, we should have good science. >> and that's not from years past, that was from this summer. can you set the record straight with regard to vaccines? >> first of all, you just heard what he said. i do believe vaccines cause autism. he says he believes it. and belief is one thing. but science is something else. then he says, we need science to show that vaccines are safe and effective. so how do you believe something and say we need science?

he's got these preconceived notions, is my point. look, you know, it is interesting. i think vaccines and autism in particular have become the flashpoint. there's a lot of things he says about making america healthy again, which has these colonels of truth. but when it comes to vaccines and autism, it started in 1998. there was a paper that was subsequently retracted from andrew wakefield, showing this association between vaccines and autism. the study was a terrible study. and that's why the paper was retracted. subsequent to that, there have been these gigantic studies, hundreds of thousands of kids around the world who are vaccinated and then followed for decade and a half, compared to kids who were not vaccinated over that time. these are these huge meta analyses. they did not find an association. they followed this several time. there were at least ten different studies that did this over the last 25 years. this is a question that has been asked, appropriately asked, and it's been answered. there is not a connection between vaccines and autism. there was a study that came

out five years ago that showed that unvaccinated kids had a higher likely of developing autism. but there is no connection between vaccines and autism. the concerning thing is he knows this. he does read. he studies this stuff. he is reading these studies. and he's no longer assailing the message as he is assailing the messengers. that's the problem, he's assailing the scientists. he does not trust the scientists and he may be in a position where he's overseeing all the scientists. and that's the huge concern. >> you hit it, right, he says that science needs to come out and science needs to be trusted, but he doesn't trust the scientists. so there is an impossibility that you're going to get from point "a" to point "b" at all, or to have any kind of logical, rational conversation. >> that's the problem. when you see these interviews, and i thought that interview you saw with paul offit was fantastic. and oftentimes, what it comes down to is not about the message. i believe these sorts of

things, but look at this guy. you can't trust that guy, you can't trust this guy. he's assailing the scientists. this is about criticizing the messenger. >> so there is the science, and people hopefully will believe the science. but even with that out there, no matter how many times you speak the truth, what do you think misinformation being repeated from the highest echelons of the federal government, if that happens, what impact that really has? >> there are so many different topics and so many different issues that this could effect. just staying on the vaccine thing for a second. i think it's the best example of a preventative health measure. we all want to prevent disease instead of having to treat it. so if you look at the data, for example, children born between 1994, and 2023. and look at how many hospitalizations, illnesses, and deaths they prevented, and you can see these numbers. a million deaths prevented as a result of vaccines. 500 million illnesses. 32

million hospitalizations. so that's look in the past. going forward, we've already seen measles vaccinations, for example, start to drop. so you want to get to a herd immunity. that means your kids will be protected and they'll be protecting other kids around them as well. that's the nature of herd immunity. you want about 95% vaccination for that. we're already seeing it dip below that in several places across the country, from 92%, might even get lower. you know, kate, we could see vaccine- preventable diseases come back. i think there are some many people who have never seen these diseases and have no idea of the impact. but just a million deaths alone prevented over the last 30 years because of vaccines. that's an extraordinary number. that's the united states alone, by the way. to say nothing about the rest of the world. >> that's remarkable. sanjay, you are always invaluable. especially these days. >> we'll keep on it. >> you got it. >> sara? this morning, we're learning new details on how the incoming trump administration is preparing to crack down on the border start mass

deportations and detentions of migrants. sources are telling cnn people close to president- elect trump and his aides are already laying the groundwork for expanding detention facilities and preparing executive action. cnn's priscilla alvarez has details for us now on this. and i guess the question is, if they're already doing this preparation, how soon they might try to launch it when he walks into the white house. >> well, they want to launch this as soon as he gets into the white house. so on inauguration day, now, of course, there are multiple pieces at play here. for example, there are executive actions that are being worked on that could be rolled out on the first day. operations, though, are trickier. now, of course, taken together, sara, this is a return to the hardline immigration policies that we saw in trump's first term and will mark a dramatic change from migrants and immigrants in the united states. now, you see them there on your screen. some of these may sound familiar and that is the point. this is about bringing

back policies they had before and building them at scale. so, for example, you see remain in mexico. that required migrants to stay in mexico for the duration of their immigration proceedings in the u.s. it was controversial at the time. it didn't -- it was pulled back during the biden administration. you also see reviewing regional capability for housing migrants. this is part of the mass detention, mass deportation plans. where could they put those migrants that they arrest in the interior of the united states before they get rioted. bringing back family detention. that was discontinued by president biden in 2021. what that means is detention for families. it's something that administrations have done. the obama administration did it, the trump administration did. it it's been a practice that has been widely criticized by immigrant advocates. and making detention mandatory and ending the release of migrants, something that has happened across administrations, because haven't been enough federal resources and they're trying to shore that up. and one of the way they're trying to do that is

through a national emergency declaration. the trump administration tried to do that with the border wall the last time around. this is a way they wanted to unlock those pentagon funds. they're looking at that again and trying to craft it, so they can use a declaration like that for their plans of mass detention and mass deportation. now, the team that's going to be charged with all of this is coming together. we saw that this week, tom homan, as the border czar, stephen miller at the white house, and kristi noem as homeland security secretary. homan talked about how the three of them will work together last night. take a listen. >> i'll work very closely with governor nome. it's not like we're going to be working separately. i can work very closely with her, take a lot off her plate, because i've done this for three and a half decades ago. i'll be working very closely with steve miller. i report directly to the president. so i think president trump was smart by doing this. >> the power center will continue to be the white house when it comes to immigration policy and the

income trump administration. but it's true, tom homan knows this very well. he was part of i.c.e. during the obama administration, which had a record number of deportations during his term. so all of these plans are coming together, they're underway, there's also other border security officials behind the scenes who are involved in these discussions. ultimately, sara, some of these ideas and concepts are not novel. it's just about building them at scale, and using different federal resources to try to execute on this campaign promise of mass deportation. of course, again, operationally, these things can get quite complicated. we'll see how long that takes for them to do, although they certainly want to do it quickly. the executive actions that will already mark dramatic change for those, those can be rolled out very quickly. >> yeah, the difference this time around is president trump has already been in this position before, and now a lot of folks saying, he may be more effective this time around.

priscilla alvarez, thank you so much for your reporting. john? >> with us now, tricia mclaughlin, former trump administration official and former senior adviser to vivek ramaswamy's presidential campaign and senior contributor margaret talin. you have robert kennedy, a vaccine skeptic for hhs, matt gaetz, for whom there's an ethics committee report, that may or may not be released against allegations of sexual misconduct. these are people who are so prominent in donald trump's campaign down the stretch. so my question is, can we be sure that donald trump won his election victory, whether it was in spite of these people or because of these people? >> well, in rfk's case, i think it's partially because of these people. i think you look at the numbers in arizona, where rfk was very popular. i think rfk, there, of course, the controversy, but he has changed the conversation when it

comes to public health. people haven't been talking about the fact that 75% of americans are either obese or overnight. one in four americans suffers a significant mental health disorder. we should be having these conversations. i know there's a lot of controversy and skepticism about what he says about fluoride in the water. why are we more outraged about the public health crisis we're facing today and the fact that the medical establishment, we can't really trust at this point especially after covid and a lot of what we were told about conspiracy theories, the origins of covid turned out to be true. >> i am old enough to remember when the obama administration's initiatives on obesity were mocked, mocked by republicans. seems to be different now. margaret, again, the in spite of or because of, what's the risk of hubris for trump in the incoming administration here? >> i mean, john, i think it's a really important question. by most indications, in the exit polling and by some new indications for us in our

axios and in the monthly swing voter focus groups, what we're hearing from key blocks of voters is impacted at it was them, that is overwhelming the reason why so many of those voters who are sort of persuadable switch back to now president-elect trump. and in this panel that we just conducted this week, we had voters telling us overwhelming that they don't want him to use his power to go on a retribution tour against enemies. they're not looking to sort of blow up all of the boxes. they want to focus on the economy, and we've heard from other voters, they want to focus on unity and unifying people. so there is a risk, but unlike many other politicians, i think president-elect trump is not looking at his -- at the next 30 years of running for office. he's looking at what constitutionally is -- would be his final four years in

office. and he promised that he was going to change institutions in his mold. he has foreshadowed this. and i think he's less concerned than a conventional politician would be, am i allowed to do that, or what if my party gets mad at me or what if the senate pushes back. i think we should listen to what he's already pledged and assume that's what he's going to try to do. >> let's talk about the constitution, since you brought it up, which calls for advice and consent from the senate on nominations. john thune, the incoming majority leader, spoke really out loud for the first time about specifically the nomination of matt gaetz to be attorney general and whether or would take a recess appointment if it did not look like he could get confirmed by a majority of senators, which would include republican votes. listen to what thune said. >> well, it's an option, but obviously, it takes, you know, you have to have all republicans vote to recess, as well. so the same republican that

might have a problem voting for somebody under regular order probably will also have a problem voting to put the senate into recess. you have to have concurrence from the house. there's a process. >> all right. i'm just beginning to learn how to interpret thune speak, because he's only been picked as the incoming majority leader for a short time, but that wasn't an enthusiastic, hell, yeah, we're doing recess appointments, that was a guy saying, if i can't get all republicans onboard in regular order, why would we do recess? >> that's right. i think he's also sort of exercising his power. he's flexing a bit. he's in the seat, he doesn't neat donald trump at this point. and he will, i believe, bring the agenda across the line. but i don't think he and fellow moderate republicans will hesitate to execute their power when it comes to a matt gaetz, but i think that donald trump is using matt gaetz as bargaining chip. maybe that's what they need

to get tulsi gabbard, and pete hegseth across the line. >> thank you very much. we'll see, one of the key questions, one of the big unanswered questions at this point. kate? >> exposed wiring, flooded cells from broken toilets, inmates living with animal infestations. in a new report, the justice department says the conditions at atlanta's fulton county jail are so bad that they violate the u.s. constitution. cnn's ryan young has much more for us. he's joining us from atlanta now. ryan, if this is so bad, what is the justice department saying should happen now? >> kate, that's a great question. we know that they have 49 days to try to work this out before the federal government moves forward with a lawsuit. as someone who has been to this jail on numerous occasions, this jail facility is falling apart. the walls are coming off. there's exposed wiring. and we know inmates turned those pieces of the wall into objects that they can use to stab other people.

in fact, there have been over a thousand assaults and what they're hopefully focused on is $300 million to renovate this entire building. but the justice department tells us, they really want to see changes, but take a listen to some of the findings they had over the last 16 months. >> aside from the glaring risk of violence, detainees face insidious face of unsafe living conditions, constant exposure to rodents and pests, and an unsettling disregard for food safety. detainees in the fulton county jail lack basic necessities, like working toilets and sinks, and are exposed to flooding, standing water, mold, and what can only be described as filth. pests carrying bacteria and disease not only run rampant in food preparation areas, but have infested the bodies of the people in the jail.

>> kate, it's tough to hear. over the years, i've spoken to many family members of people who have been inside this jail. just to give this number, 17 deaths from 2022 to 2023. lashawn johnson, when he was found, he was covered in lice and waste, it was a while before they were able to discover his body. we know this investigation is going to continue, because there are so many people that are complaining about the sexual assaults that are happening in this jail, as well. people want changes. and 'til i'll tell you, at one point, there was $1. 7 billion they wanted for a new jail. many sheriffs have complained they need a new facility. but at this point, we're told $300 million in renovations will be pushed forward to try to help this jail try to change and make some improvements. but at the same time, families are concerned about their loved ones locked up in that facility right now.

>> ryan young, thank you. sara? ahead, automaker ford facing some hefty fines. the national transportation safety board found that they moved too slowly in recalling cameras with faulty rearview mirror cameras. ford could have to pay up to $165 million, one of the largest penalties in the agency's history. though, no one was hurt as a result of the camera issue. john? >> all right, this morning. mike tyson coming out of retirement to fight influencer jake paul. why he says smoking hallucinogenic toad venom convinced him to do it.

we're following the latest after a houston man was arrested by the fbi thursday and charged for allegedly planning a 9/11- style attack in the united states. authorities say the suspect who was previously known to law enforcement told investigators that he scoped out synagogues and the israel consulate in houston, as part of his planned attack. cnn's chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst, john miller here with us. what are you learning about this case and this person? >> well, this individual is someone who was born here,

a u.s. citizen, returned with his family to lebanon, and then came back. and during the time he was in houston, he got on the fbi's radar, literally, for, because of a tip someone said that he's buying stickers that are isis stickers. they interviewed him, they interviewed him again, they did a background investigation into him. they came back on him later. and he said, i'm no longer interested in isis and all of that stuff. but in their follow- up investigation, and this goes from 2017 to 2018 and '19, and again in '23. so they've been returning to this case. but they found 11 encrypted facebook accounts, where he was posting isis propaganda, working with isis people overseas to create propaganda. so it became a case where it was an issue of material support for a terrorist group. it was in the interviews after the arrest where he said,

you know, i tried to join isis overseas, i was thinking of doing things here, attacking military people. the israeli consulate in houston, maybe the head of a jewish organization that i would lure to a location posing as a donor. so he had crossed over from interest to allegedly preparing for action. >> you talk about the fact that they started looking into him in 2017 and you kind of went through all the things. what is it that has, i guess, why has it taken so long to get to this point? clearly, just didn't have the evidence. >> so this signals two important things. number one, how many times have we heard and reported on our air about the individual involved in an attack, and then we find out, quote, the person had been on the fbi's radar. he came up "x" number of years ago. and we all asked that question. where was the follow-through. this is the opposite of that theory, which is they kept coming back to this lead, to make sure that his interest

in isis wasn't metastasizing. and that pays off. the other thing it signals is, even people who went into a lull after the u.s. pulled out of those regions, isis was basically disabled. the october 7th attacks, the israeli attacks that followed have renewed interest in that and the propaganda. >> it tells us the potential dangers because of that. thank you, john miller. appreciate it. thanks for following through with that. kate? so new zealand's parliament was temporarily suspended after they performed a dance to interrupt the vote on a bill that could undermine the rights of the indigenous people. watch. >> the lawmakers say they decided to perform the haka to demonstrate the community's fear and anger over this new bill.

the legislation would reinterrupt new zealand's founding treaty with the indigenous maori people, who make up about 20% of the population. and it was a nightmare ceremony for passengers flying from stockholm to miami yesterday. take a look at some of these pictures, we shall show you right here. these are pictures taken from passengers onboard showing food and bags strewn across the aisles. one of the passengers telling cnn, he's lucky to be alive after the turbulence they suffered. suffered. >> sam. >> everybody all right? >> that is so scary. the plane was forced to make a u- turn five hours into the flight after hitting the severe turbulence. a spokesperson for scandinavian airlines says the turbulence began when the flight was over greenland and it was diverted to copenhagen to be inspected for possible damage. thankfully, no real injuries were reported. and move over, baby shark, thank god.

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weigh-in. >> ladies and gentlemen -- >> i'm sure that was completely spontaneous and not staged! paul said he barely felt the slap. he called it a cute slap, and he, i think, said that tyson is going to get knocked the "f" out. cnn sports correspondent carolyn manno is here with all of the excitement. 58 years old, because there are no other boxers. >> what a time to be alive! it's a great day in america. it's fight night, like you said. and this is something that's going to attract 100 million people on netflix. i mean, this is kind of where we are. whether you love this or hate this, it's happening tonight. everybody logging on to netflix to watch how this goes down. 58 years old, a former heavyweight champ, mike tyson squaring off against a 28-year- old social media influencer. the gloves off already. tyson slapping paul across the face with that open-hander. the two were separated by security. tyson said he got his foot