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shooting them out of the sky. our gloria pazmino is joining us now with more on this. and gloria, this isn't just everyday people demanding answers, although there's plenty of those elected officials, local officials also sound angry as well. and yet no one really can say what's going on here. >> yeah, jessica, it really is. as i said earlier today, an evolving mystery. it gets a little bit more strange as the day goes on. and as you said, people from governors to local state lawmakers to mayors and and other lawmakers are asking for answers, i should say, even though the former the current president elect, suggested that these things should be shot out from the sky. there's a lot of law enforcement personnel and public officials who have warned against doing exactly that. there's actually quite a bit of bad things that could happen if you actually shoot one of these things out of the sky. some of them are reported to be quite large and could create fires. should they be?

should they happen to fall? or certainly injure people when they if they come crashing down? now here in new york, we have seen several reports of these drones throughout the last several days. the governor, governor kathy hochul here said that last night a local airfield had to shut down its airspace after reported drone sightings over the area. this happened in orange county, and she too, is calling for federal officials to step in and do more to respond, but specifically to provide the public with some answers about what is going on here. now, to that end, we heard from some of those federal officials earlier today during a call with officials who are working on their response to these drone sightings. and while they tried to say that there is still nothing to worry about, that these do not pose a danger to the public. they said that it's still not known to them whether or not there is a criminal element to these, or

if they are actually malicious. i want you to take a listen to a local state official from new jersey, another state where sightings have been reported, talking about what he has witnessed there lying. >> now, why why would you lie either? because the reason that this is happening is incredibly embarrassing to the administration, or it's an incredibly high risk security risk for the country. and they don't want to tell us. >> so that is essentially a lot of what the frustration has been sounding like from governors to mayors and assembly people across the tri state area, the fact that they are not feeling like the federal government is being forthcoming with information. six states in total have been reporting drone sightings, including massachusetts, virginia, new jersey, new york,

pennsylvania, connecticut. all of them have reported these sightings in the last several days. federal officials, again trying to reinforce the fact that there's nothing to worry about, that they do not pose a national threat of any kind. but at the same time that they are investigating to try and understand exactly what is behind it. in the meantime, local officials here in new york and in other states calling for federal legislation to be passed so that state and local authorities can do more in order to respond to these reported sightings. jessica. >> all right. gloria pazmino with the latest. thank you for that. since donald trump's victory last month, west palm beach has become the center of the political universe in steve contorno is there. he's joining us now with the latest we know trump. steve is headed back to mar-a-lago as he left the army navy game just a few moments ago. he attended that game with the vice president elect, jd vance, but also with pete hegseth, his pick for

secretary of defense. what else can you tell us about the dynamics today? >> yeah, very public show of support by donald trump for his embattled secretary of defense pick, pete hegseth, someone who has gone through a very grueling week of meetings on capitol hill. trump standing by his side, even amid allegations of sexual assault, and also new information on his past views about women serving in combat roles, as well as gays in the military. and this show of support by having him in attendance today with him at the army and navy game. certainly a sign that trump will continue to stand by his side in the immediate future. other people of note at the game in the box with donald trump include house speaker mike johnson, incoming majority leader of the senate john thune, also daniel penny. he was the ex-marine who was acquitted this week on charges related to fatally choking a hamas a homeless man to death

on the new york subway. he also was spotted in trump's box as well. he's become sort of a a figure that republicans and conservatives have rallied around, while some on the left have criticized him and the justice system for for letting him off. for what? what happened in new >> and steve, on his way there, trump also announcing some new appointments. what more can you tell us about those? >> yeah, literally from the air. donald trump named some close advisers and allies to some key roles, including troy edgar. he's an ibm executive who will be deputy secretary of homeland security. he previously worked in the department of homeland security. so he is very familiar with that agency. also, he's someone who contributed to project 2025, that controversial playbook for trump's second term that he tried to distance himself from during the campaign, but continues to pull people from

to fill his administration. also, devin nunes, he is the former chair of the house intelligence committee who will have a role as the on the intelligence advisory board. it's an interesting pick because he also has some some conflicts of interest, just like many of trump's choices, he is the current ceo of truth social. the social media website that donald trump launched after leaving the white house. and now he will stay in that role and also be n national security issues. and then finally, bill white. he is going to be the ambassador to belgium. he is a longtime trump donor, someone who helped fundraise for him not only during this most recent campaign, jessica, but also after the 2020 election, when donald trump was trying to raise money to fight and pay for his legal bills related to trying to overturn the election. >> all right, steve contorno for us there in florida, thank you so much for that. we

appreciate it. as republicans prepare to take control of both ends of pennsylvania avenue, democrats are going back to the drawing board. and with that, my next guest believes he has the playbook to lead democrats out of the political wilderness in which they now find themselves new york state senator james skoufis is vying to become the next chair of the democratic national committee, and he joins us now. thanks so much for being here with us. i just want to start with a simple question of why you thanks for having me, jessica. >> the reason why i'm running is because the single most important thing that the next dnc chair must do is throw out the old stale dc playbook where we basically light money on fire, give way too many resources to the dc consultant class, the folks i'm referring to as the cocktail circuit in washington. and the best way to do that is to bring in an outsider who's aggressive and knows how to win. and so i come from a district that donald trump just won by 12 percentage

points. while i was reelected by 14. i'm a fresh perspective, a new generation. i don't have the years long relationships at the dnc like some of my competitors, but i view that as a positive. i'll be able to tell the folks who should have been told no a long time ago that we're going to be doing things differently moving forward. >> and what would that look like? i hear you on bringing in fresh voices, telling people no, but practically, what's your prescription yeah. >> so one big example that i'm campaigning heavily on is i believe that every single vendor contract, for example, at the dnc, should be allowed to expire from the office supplies up to the seven eight figure deals with consultants. and the reason for that is a lot of these deals are not based on value or not based on what's being provided to the democratic party, but are friends of a friend of a congressman or folks who are otherwise just well connected to the national party. that's got to stop, and we've got to

send a lot more of those resources to the folks in the trenches. the state committees, the county committees, our allies in organized labor. these are the party faithful who are actually able to human to human, talk to folks and get them back under our once big democratic tent. >> and look, it is interesting because running to be the chair of a national party is about as political as it gets. it's a pretty insight to your point. it's pretty insidery, and it requires a lot of relationships around the country. also in dc as well. and you're based here in new york state as a state senator, how do you compensate for maybe a lack of national relationships? or maybe you think you have the right ones so certainly between now and february 1st, when the election is, i'll be around the country and certainly talking to the 448 dnc members who get a vote on this nonstop. >> i was in arizona last week.

i just got back from washington. i was in boston a few days ago, but it's it's been a heartening to see that so many of the dnc members understand they know we have to do this differently. we can't just go with another operative. we can't just go with another product of a party machine. they realize, given the circumstances here, we need to do things differently within the dnc and the national democratic party. so the message has been resonating. obviously, i'm introducing myself to basically anyone who's outside of new york at this point. but so far, the the message has been received exceptionally, positively well. and i'm going to be working hard to earn all the support that i can. of those 448. >> and listen, there's a lot of questions right now. i don't have to tell you a lot of questions within the democratic party that members are wrestling with. what is the best way forward? what values do you cling to? how might you evolve to to really speak more effectively to the american

people? and, you know, you can kind of splice it out at this demographic or that demographic. but the fact is, trump and republicans really did gain with with almost all demographics in this last election. so how do you start to turn that around in terms of messaging and what values you would be focusing on? >> well, we have to recenter to the working class, which is where the democratic party has historically always been centered, and we've lost sight of that. you know, look, everyone knows where the two parties stand on abortion. i don't know that we needed to be spending hundreds of millions of dollars sending out 15 mailers a day in battleground states to talk about an issue that people know where we all stand on. we should have been using many of those resources to talk about the bread and butter affordability, public safety issues that were top of mind for voters that we just weren't leaning as hard into. and but make no mistake, i think we have gotten into this, you know, fall into this trap sometimes as democrats of

telling people how to think, telling people how to feel. we spent the majority of the past four years telling folks the economy was doing well, when in fact they go to the supermarket and see for themselves with their own two eyes. in their opinion, it was not. and so we've got to stop pushing these sort of white paper talking points onto folks do a lot less lecturing and a lot more listening. but it really comes down to reorienting this national democratic party again to focus on the working class, the firefighters, the teamsters. so many of our traditional allies did not endorse our top of the ticket this past cycle. and the reason for that is we've lost sight of our roots. and our roots have always been the middle class and working class. that's where we've got to get back to. >> all right. new york state senator james skoufis, thank you so much for being here with us. we really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> an american couple's vacation in mexico ends in violence after armed gunmen opened fire on them. we'll have more on that story next in the cnn newsroom

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olorunnipa, the washington bureau chief of the washington post, and shelby talcott, a reporter at semafor. good to see both of you guys. tolu, let's start first with you. and just the optics of who is there with trump at this game when he knows all eyes will be on him. and who's in that box? >> yeah. president, the former president, the president elect is someone who is very well aware of how the media covers him and what it looks like to have people around him. he knows that the cameras will be on the box where he is spending his time, and he wants to have the people that he is showing support for very close to him. >> when it comes to the former president, when it comes to the president elect, proximity is key. >> he is someone who, if you're close to him, if you're able to be the last person in the room, not only do you have influence with him, you also sort of have the backing of people who are watching his every move to know what he's thinking. and so for pete hegseth, who has been embattled for these past several weeks, to be right there next to uh,

the president elect in the box, it's a sign of support. it's a sign that president trump has not left pete hegseth to fight for himself, that he's continuing to support him, that he's continuing to show up on his behalf. just a couple of weeks ago, there was all of these talks and rumors about, you know, the former president, the president elect bringing, uh, marco rubio. >> uh, as a, as his secretary of state and ron desantis, the governor of florida, to this game and having them be the people that are close to him and potentially even having governor desantis as the new pick for the defense secretary. >> so it's clear that president trump is supporting pete hegseth. he wants to showcase that he is has his full backing. and these images are pretty clear indication of where president trump's head is and where he is going to be spending his political capital in the weeks ahead. >> mhm. and shelby, look we had both of them up on the hill. hegseth and gabbard this past week. they're definitely they've been meeting with a lot of senators. what have you

heard. and what is your sense about how those meetings are going. and and you know just the how much of a challenge it might be to get through a confirmation hearing? >> yeah. >> listen, lawmakers on the hill are well aware that they have the power in this instance. >> and they're using that. and so we aren't seeing, you know, vast support and everybody coming out in support of these candidates. but at the same time, donald trump's team is sort of chipping away. and that's their goal here. and, you know, i've talked to donald trump's campaign and his transition team who have quietly argued that part of the reason that they're really pushing for some of these candidates to get through, like pete and tulsi is because, of course, they've already lost somebody like matt gaetz. and there is a risk if they lose a second major candidate, that the floodgates will sort of open with some of these more moderate republicans. and so they really don't want that to happen. and it does seem like they are making small leeways with some of these lawmakers

who are a little bit critical or a little bit unsure about some of these more controversial picks. >> mhm. tolu, i also want to talk about president biden and the pardons that he just granted. what has been the kind of the reaction to all of that. and we are expecting to get more. is that right? >> yes. the white house has previewed even more pardons and commutations before president biden leaves office. now, the big part in that was the most controversial over the past couple of weeks was the pardon of his son, hunter, and people were saying that he's going to pardon his son. why isn't he offering that same kind of clemency to people who are deserving people who have been in jail for nonviolent offenses? and then we saw this past week, president biden issued a pretty large number of pardons, the largest number on any single day of a president for a number of people who had nonviolent offenses, people who had already completed pretty significant terms in prison, people who had shown that they turned their lives around. i would expect that the next

batch of pardons would be a similar kind of group, and that we would see more of these pardons as president biden gets closer to leaving office. now, there may also be some controversial pardons towards the end, as most presidents do. sometimes they're friends, sometimes people who have influence with them end up getting pardons at the last minute. they save those pardons to the very end because they know they can be controversial. they know they can get blowback. president biden doesn't have a lot of friends that have spent time in prison or that have records, but i wouldn't be surprised if you know someone beyond just his son gets a pardon. that leads to some controversy, including the idea of preemptive pardons for people who have not even been charged yet. that's something that president biden is also considering as well. >> yeah. then then then of course, that that is one that there's a lot of opinions on. shelby. these the question of potential preemptive pardons, some people who would be, you know, that whose names have been floated said they don't want one. others, i think, have said that, you know, why not? what is your sense around that? >> yeah. i mean, i think

listen, you've heard from donald trump's campaign who have pushed back on the idea that they will be going after their political enemies, despite donald trump's rhetoric during the campaign. but donald trump's rhetoric during the campaign is why we're seeing that sort of a concern. and so it wouldn't surprise me if joe biden ends up pardoning, preemptively pardoning some of these folks. it's been done before. and so it wouldn't necessarily be out of the realm of possibility, in my opinion. we'll have to wait and see. but it is based on those those alleged concerns, based on what donald trump has said during the campaign over the last two years. >> and tolu, just the politics. you kind of brushed up against this, but just the politics around that whole issue. you have democrats who certainly, you know, on preemptive pardons, but also the pardoning of his son. you know, you have democrats who were critical of of the partying of his son. um, you know, some that are pushing for preemptive pardons, some that aren't. it really has, again, hit a nerve within the

democratic party itself. >> and this is not something that is unifying the party. and as an outgoing president, you want to leave with a party unified behind you. but right now, the party is riven by not only president biden's presidency, the choice that he made to run for reelection, and the fact that his presidency has led to donald trump coming back into office. but some of these last minute decisions about whether or not to have preemptive pardons, what his presidency will ultimately mean for the rule of law, these are the kinds of things that democrats are agonizing over, because they are worried that trump is going to come in and use his own platform, his own version of the rule of law. and they don't want anything that biden does to help donald trump in that effort by offering preemptive pardons. even the pardon of hunter biden, his son. that has led to some people on the right saying now president trump has the opportunity to give pardons to the january 6th rioters and a number of other people that are close to him. and so this idea of the rule of law being something that democrats campaigned on in 2020 and 2024, and now it seems to be a

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is joining us now. and, camila, what do we know about this couple and also this attack? >> so this california couple just they went to michoacan on november 30th, and they went to a specific region called agua marc tice. and we know that authorities say that when they were gunned down, gloria died at the scene. and rafael cardona was taken to the hospital, but shortly pronounced dead. you mentioned their three children. we know they were not with them at the time of the shooting, but they are in mexico. at least the two young ones who are still minors and authorities saying that they are with extended family. they are also in touch with their adult daughter. the state department is so we know that there is communication and there is this investigation, both on the mexican part and on the american side. we also know that rafael cardona's brother spoke to mexican officials, describing the fact that rafael, cardona's brother in law is a local government official there in that area, and he actually took that job

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syria since 2012. >> it's one of many secret prisons across the city. this specific branch was tasked with surveillance, arrest and killing of all regime critics. >> these are all cleaned out. >> we don't find any hints of ties, but come across something extraordinary i can't tell, though. >> it might just be a blanket, but it's the only cell that's locked. is he going to shoot it? >> the guard makes us turn the camera off while he shoots the lock off the cell door. >> we go in to get a closer look. it's still not clear if there is something under the blanket. oh. it moved. >> is there someone there? >> i thought i saw it move. is someone there or is it just a blanket? >> i don't know, i will have to get someone. hello? okay. it's just. it's just

yeah. oh that's okay. >> it's okay. >> murphy. murphy john joyce. >> journalists. journalist. >> i'm a civilian, he says. i'm a civilian. >> it's okay, it's okay, it's okay. >> hamas jay-z. hamas. >> he tells the fighter he's from the city of homs and has been in the cell for three months. >> okay, okay. you're okay. >> you're okay, you're okay, you're okay nala clutches my arm tightly with both hands. >> okay. does anyone have any water? water? my my my my my my my. >> okay. >> it's water, it's water. okay okay okay.

>> you're okay. they you're okay. >> you're okay. >> we start to walk him outside. thank god you are safe. don't be afraid. the fighter says you are free. this is the third prison they brought me to. >> he says the third prison after three months in a windowless cell, he can finally see the sky hello. hello yallah. hello. >> the light, he says. >> oh, god, there is light. oh my god, there is light okay, okay okay okay. >> okay okay can you come here? >> you're okay. stay with me. >> stay. my friend repeats again and again. >> okay. >> mike kyung lah laken riley.

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according to many scientists, national vaccine information center, bobby kennedy, the vaccines are actually weakening the kids immune systems. by bobby kennedy, she means robert f kennedy jr.. he's a former adviser to moms across america and has been nominated to lead the department of health and human services. >> what was your reaction when you saw that president trump had named him to this incoming position? >> i cried. many other people cried. we were so excited. guys it's happening. i was, you know, had been a lifelong democrat. >> in this election, did you end up voting republican? >> yes. i think a lot of our moms didn't necessarily just, like, run to the right. they felt abandoned by the left. and when the right said, hey, we're we're here for you. on health freedom, they said, that's something that i can align with. >> could another candidate down the line win you back? >> absolutely. honeycutt now says she's in talks with kennedy's team about a potential role in the administration. there's the capitol behind me. she's no stranger to washington. she's been coming to capitol hill to advocate for food safety issues

for years. i don't care if somebody's a democrat or a republican. i am visiting them in 2022, moms across america had a lab test, 43 samples from school lunches in 15 states, and found detectable levels of chemicals, including the weedkiller glyphosate, though below the thresholds deemed unsafe by the epa. she brought the data to lawmakers like senator cory booker, who this fall sponsored the safe school meals act. >> this is a crisis. >> thanks, hockey mama. yes, we we do think we rock. we know you rock as well. she spreads the word about her work on social media and her podcast. welcome to the new mds. and i'm thrilled to be the name of the new mds. one of them. anyway, we're all moms here. many people concerned from the democrats that the new administration will get rid of health care. if kennedy is able to do what he wants to do at the head of the hhs, we won't even need health care. i'm saying we won't be going to the doctors because we won't be sick. >> we need to get rid of the concept of mandating the vaccines in order to attend school, i believe. >> well, i think the next administration is going to be on board with you. with that,

the claims that you and your group are making, the cdc and the fda say that vaccines are safe. >> they say that the schedule for kids is safe. the epa, the fda and the usda say that gmos are safe. the epa says that glyphosate is safe in the levels that they've approved. the nih says vaccines do not cause autism. that doesn't move you at all. >> no. absolutely not, because i know even though these governmental agencies say that gmos and vaccines are safe, i have seen too much independent science to say that they are not. let's be clear no one wants to see polio come back. measles, whooping cough. and the way that we're going to not have those diseases come back is for children to have proper nutrition. unsurprisingly, the cdc refutes honeycutt's claims, telling cnn vaccines don't weaken the immune system, while the diseases they prevent against do. and the best way to prevent deadly outbreaks or debilitating cases of polio, measles and whooping cough is to get vaccinated. but her fight against the food industry

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