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as police try to answer how a teenage girl became a school killer intended to evoke terror. >> we have new reporting this morning on the rare first degree murder charge just filed in new york against luigi mangione. >> as he is getting ready to head back into court. >> waiting is the hardest part. >> as tom petty and the heartbreakers put it, if that's so, then life just got harder for the two astronauts stuck in space. their return has been delayed again. i'm sarah side with kate baldwin and john berman. this is cnn news central. >> we have new details this morning on what is being called the wisconsin school shooter's apparent turbulent home life. the washington post reports. court documents reveal the teen's parents were divorced and remarried multiple times, and that a custody agreement sometimes forced her to move between their homes every 2 to

3 days. this, as we're now seeing the first photo of the shooter posted by her father at a gun range in august, wearing a black t-shirt with the name of the band kmfdm. those song lyrics, whose song lyrics were cited by the students who carried out the columbine massacre in 1999. overnight, a vigil was held for the victims. police so far have not named the student and teacher killed, but cnn did learn this late last night, a traumatic event. >> the teacher yes, i did know her and she was a really good person. >> had you had her as a teacher yes, many times before. >> she was always very kind and caring to. >> all right. our whitney wild is in madison, wisconsin, covering this from the beginning. whitney. what's the latest on the investigation? this morning well, john, as they move into this investigative phase, there are still many more questions to answer. >> and police are really working backward from the

incident to figure out how this happened. as you mentioned, the washington post has obtained court records that detail a particularly turbulent childhood. as part of that, john. she, as you mentioned, her parents had been married and divorced several times as part of one of the custody agreements. and 15 year old natalie rupnow, who went by sam, was enrolled in therapy and the custody agreements for a child were were pretty turbulent. john, what was described by the washington post in those court records is custody agreements that sometimes forced natalie to move between homes every 2 to 3 days. so quite a bit to learn more there, john. law enforcement still has not released any details about who the lawful owner of the gun is. they've said that the atf has traced the firearm, but they have not described who again, who was the lawful owner and how that 15 year old was able to obtain that gun. we are also

learning more from fellow students about natalie rupnow time at abundant life christian school, we spoke with one child whose locker was right next to hers and she said this john, she didn't really have a friend group. she's new this year. she's a freshman. she went by sam and this child described as being surprised that sam was her name and saying she didn't really know that much about her. john. and so the profile of this trial that is coming into clear view is one of, again, a very turbulent childhood and someone who is in this school community but new and possibly harboring very, very troubling secrets. and what could be as least described by this child who who knew her a little bit largely alone. >> john and whitney, i know you were at the vigil late last night. what are we learning about the victims this morning the. >> there are two victims who continue to fight for their life. john, what we know in total, again, was that there was a full time teacher who was killed, a teenage student who

was killed. there were six others who were hurt. two people were released monday. two are in stable condition. that was the last information we received and two continue to fight for their lives. we did speak with a father whose children were inside that building as this horrific shooting unfolded. here's what he said about his children's experience. >> students knew what to do and they hid in the corners of their classrooms. my third grade son mentioned that his teacher stood between the door and where the kids were hiding with scissors, ready to do whatever she had to do to defend the kids in that class. >> john, that father telling a story no parent ever wants to tell. and yet it was reality here, back to you. >> it is difficult to do this reporting. whitney, while we appreciate you being there, thank you very much, sarah. >> all right. prosecutors in new york branding suspect luigi mangione as a terrorist this morning, allowing them to now

charge him with first degree murder. it's part of an 11 count indictment against mangione, who is accused in the killing of the ceo of unitedhealthcare. a first degree murder charge is rare in new york. it requires a special circumstance, like an intent to commit terrorism. the indictment coming ahead of mangione next extradition hearing that is tomorrow in pennsylvania. cnn's danny freeman is in altoona, pennsylvania, where mangione remains behind bars. can you give us some sense of what is in this indictment that has been amended yeah, sure thing, sarah. >> and i'll say it was an incredibly busy day yesterday in the case of luigi mangione several headlines. but of course, the blockbuster one, this new indictment that was announced by the manhattan district attorney. it included that rare first degree murder charge, as you noted. the reason it's rare is because it requires special elements related specifically to the crime. and it also applies to just a narrow list of aggravating circumstances. and

then bragg also announced that mangione was indicted by a grand jury for murder in the second degree as a crime of terrorism. d.a. alvin bragg saying clearly in a press conference yesterday, this was a killing intended to invoke terror. now, meanwhile, sarah, we also have some updated information about how the outside world really is trying to communicate with mangione while he remains behind bars, not too far from where we are at the courthouse in hollidaysburg, pennsylvania, per a spokesperson for the pennsylvania department of corrections. as of yesterday, luigi mangione had received 157 deposits into his prison commissary account and also as of yesterday morning, he'd received 33 emails and six pieces of mail. that's actually up from the just two pieces of mail that we reported back on monday evening. still, though, the only visitors he has had has been his attorneys so far inside of that prison. but all that being said, sarah, the nypd, they actually spoke out very forcefully yesterday about this lionizing of mangione. take a listen to what the nypd commissioner had to

say. >> let me say this plainly. >> there is no heroism in what mangione did. this was a senseless act of violence. it was a cold and calculated crime that stole a life and put new yorkers at risk. we don't celebrate murders and we don't lionize the killing of anyone. >> and now, sarah, right now here in hollidaysburg at this courthouse. it's pretty quiet this morning, but i think you could expect a very different scene tomorrow morning, because that's when these two potentially final hearings in pennsylvania are going to take place for mangione. the first one is going to be on those pennsylvania charges, those lesser charges, and then the second hearing that will come right after is going to be on those extradition proceedings. cnn's kara scannell reporting yesterday that mangione is not going to fight extradition. that's according to his attorney. and a prison spokesperson says that means that if that comes to pass

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what trump and his team have floated are essentially pretty similar to what we saw under the obama administration. >> now, of course, there are draconian measures that they are baking into this, they say. but the basic element of the plan, well, we've seen them before. and the person who is charged with leading it, tom homan, he's a veteran in the immigration law enforcement space. and he was at the immigration and customs enforcement during the obama era. now, where is it the same? so first of all, as homeland security officials put it, the worst. first policy, essentially prioritizing public safety and national security threats. obama did that, and president joe biden did that. the difference, however, was that when ice agents went to pick someone up, they could also potentially take someone else in the household who was undocumented in the homeland security space. they call that, quote, collaterals. and the eventually the obama policy had

evolved. but it is a similar concept that the trump team are considering not just going after the criminal, but those who may be around him in that household who were not the targets, but are also undocumented. another part of this is family detention. now, president biden had ended family detention. obama had expanded family detention when he was responding to a surge of families and unaccompanied children at the border. now, trump and his team want to bring that back. so that is just some parts of the sort of basics of immigration enforcement that the trump team is considering bringing back that obama had done. and remember, obama, obama was billed the, quote, deporter in chief, and there are some numbers to back that up. so just to walk through that, obama had about 2.9 million deportations in his first term. he had 1.9 million in his second term. now compare that to trump's first term, where he was around more than 1.5 million. now, in a given year,

former homeland security officials tell me that the most that they were able to hit was around 400,000 people. and many of those were recent border crossers, making it a little bit easier to deport them. that's going to be a steep challenge for the trump administration, because while there are about 1.4 million people that have pending deportation orders, half of those are either still going through some sort of process or they can't be returned because their country won't take them back. so you can see how this can get very complex very quickly. and of course, we have to leave room for the fact that trump has said and cited, for example, the eisenhower administration and that unprecedented sweep of undocumented immigrants. he has also said he wants to bring in dod resources. so there's still a lot left to be unknown. but what we do know, we've seen before, in some way during the obama administration when it comes to these border policies, what's old is new once again, is what it's looking like. >> priscilla, thank you very much. great reporting as always. and priscilla mentioned tom homan there, who's going to be heading up a lot of this

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explain. so walk us through this, matt. >> well, john, there's really not much drama over what the fed is going to do today. the real suspense is over. what comes next. now the market is pricing in a 95% chance of a quarter point cut from the fed. today, they almost have to cut because if they don't, it would shock markets. and fed officials do not like to shock markets. so listen if you're a borrower this is good news because it means rates are coming down. if you're in the market to finance the purchase of a car, you're trying to pay off credit card debt, trying to get a mortgage. this is a welcome sign. interest rates are still high, but they have started to move noticeably lower since the fed started cutting interest rates in september. you can see it on that chart. still near multi-decade decade highs, but coming down a bit. but the bad news for borrowers is that the fed is also likely to signal today that they plan to tap the

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are concerns around a potential trade war. so, yes, an interest rate cut today looks imminent, john. but yeah, it could be the last one for a bit. >> so what's going on with the markets? because we've had this really epically good year yet. i keep reading over the last 24 hours that the dow managed to do something. on the downside that it hasn't done in like decades yeah, nine days in a row. >> the dow is down. we have not seen a losing streak like that since 1978. back when jimmy carter was in the white house. you can see on that chart how the market had been going straight up. i mean, john, i remember being on set with you in new york after the election and there was so much excitement in the stock market, but it has come back here. i would caution, though, we're talking about the dow. it's just 30 stocks. the broader market. the s&p 500 hasn't really dropped nearly as much. the nasdaq is still near record

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get face time with donald trump before the inauguration and a notable shift here from bezos, especially. cnn's alayna treene is in florida. she's got all the reporting on this for us. what are you learning about what's what this is going to look like well, i think this will look similar to what i've been told the other meetings have look like, which includes some of these meetings are introductory. that is not the case in bezos and bezos case. he knows donald trump. they have spoken in the past, in the final months of the 2024 campaign. but really, i'm told as well, a lot of these ceos are coming to the table with some sort of policy priority that they want to get across. donald trump. and i think the big thing to keep in mind here is that, of course, while they're trying to smooth relations before donald trump takes office, they also recognize what is at stake moving forward, and that much of what donald trump will decide is going to impact their companies directly. now, i do want to get into a little bit of the backstory between donald trump and jeff bezos, because i

think it kind of proves this point. so first of all, we know, as you mentioned, that they have had a hostile relationship in the past. donald trump had heavily criticized jeff bezos at the time when he bought the washington post. we also know that amazon was directly impacted by some of donald trump's policies during the first. his first. administration. amazon lost a $10 billion pentagon contract to microsoft. we also learned later then that the former defense secretary, jim mattis, his speechwriter, wrote that donald trump directly called mattis and told them to, quote, screw amazon out of the opportunity. so again, i give you that example. just because this has happened in the past, where donald trump has gotten involved and it negatively impacted amazon. and so there's a reason i think you're seeing a lot of these leaders wanting to meet with donald trump and make sure that they have an open line of communication as they look ahead to the next four years. now, i will also say, though, that bezos tone has totally changed as well since donald trump, i'd say in the lead up to the election, but also since donald trump has won. he was

behind the decision for the washington post not to endorse a candidate, something that was very controversial at the time. and then we've also seen him praise donald trump and congratu shortly after donald trump's victory. he was wishing him all the success. and then he later said that he told cnbc at the time that he wanted to, you know, that the press is not the enemy and that he wanted to persuade donald trump of that. so again, we're kind of seeing some of the contours of what this conversation could look like before they meet later today. kate. and no matter the path, how checkered it may be between the two men, this is the reality that jeff bezos is looking at for the immediate and the now and the future. so he's just facing reality. it's great to see you, elena. thank you so much, john. >> all right. developing overnight president elect trump with kind of an ominous statement for former republican congresswoman liz cheney. trump wrote that cheney could, quote, be in a lot of trouble. this after a house republican subcommittee called for her to be investigated by the justice department over her role in the

january 6th committee. with us now is former associate counsel for the trump administration, may mailman and cnn political commentator and democratic strategist maria cardona. let me read you how the new york times describes what this house subcommittee put out a 128 page report from the house administration subcommittee on oversight said miss cheney should be investigated for witness tampering. i think we have a graphic of this. it accuses her of colluding with cassidy hutchinson, the former white house aide who became the committee's star witness as it examined donald j. trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. i listened to this long interview trump did last week where he said that investigating people wasn't going to be a priority. now it appears to be what's going on well, this is from congress. >> this is not from president trump. >> and this liz cheney's behavior is very concerning. >> so cassidy hutchinson is somebody who worked in the white house after january 6th. >> she continued to work for trump, and then all of a sudden, she had a meeting with,

uh, alyssa farah. >> and then no longer was in support and came out and testified against president trump. >> and so just tell us what happened. >> who is communication? give us those emails. >> and so that's something that congress is looking into. >> this is not something that president trump is looking into. >> and and if there's nothing wrong, then there's nothing wrong. >> so, maria, liz cheney's response to this was, quote, their allegations do not reflect a review of the actual evidence and are a malicious and cowardly assault on the truth. no reputable lawyer, legislator or judge would take this seriously. your reaction? >> yeah, i think she's absolutely right. look what what trump wants to do and what his republican acolytes are now following suit on is completely absurd. >> it's not just absurd, john. it is a betrayal to the american people of what donald trump said he would really want to focus on, which is lowering

prices, focusing on housing, focusing on inflation. but we all know that donald trump, if he's talking, he's lying because he's also talked about wanting to focus on retribution, wanting to focus on an enemies list. and we know that that is really what is in his heart of hearts. that's why he ran. that's why he won. that's what he wants to do when he's in the oval office. he's putting in people that will focus on that end for him, which is to get back at his political enemies, to get back at the people that he thinks is responsible for the fraudulent election of 2020, which we know that's what that's what he still believes. and going after liz cheney. to me, it seems like is the number one priority for him and it is not working for the american people, and it is not working on the economy. and it's going back on all of his promises. and so i, i hope that voters look at this and

ask questions. what did we vote for you for? it wasn't to go after your political enemies and to understand that he is somebody that if he's opening his mouth, he is lying and he has lied to the american people. >> maria in 10s or less. i know you don't think she did anything wrong, but do you think joe biden should preemptively give a pardon to liz cheney to protect her from these investigations? >> i don't think it's necessary, though. if you look at what donald trump is talking about and what his people are talking about, it might be something that could be something that is needed. if in the next four years, their obsession is going to go after liz cheney and and others like adam schiff, but i think that they can take care of themselves. i think this is absurd. i don't think the law is going to back up these ridiculous accusations. i think they'll be fine. >> maybe just one last point on this. i get your point. this is coming from a house committee. it's not coming from the trump transition, although donald trump chose to react to it overnight, and i imagine he could make it go away with one

statement says, hey, you know what, guys? let's do inflation. so if you had your druthers on day one, would he be focused on this pardoning january 6th rioters, or would he be focused on immigration or inflation i don't think that this is a distraction. >> i think that right now the congress is working to pass a bill that has a lot of warts on it, but there's still progress going on. i think you can walk and chew gum at the same time. >> and when you have something that is as serious as witness tampering for january 6th committee, that was very one sided and divided our nation resulted in a resulted ultimately in criminal prosecution. >> i mean, this is a big deal. i think we need to get to the bottom of it. >> if we simply don't care, if we don't care what happened in congress, and we don't care that there might have been something untoward underlying the january 6th investigation,

that i think that that's a big problem for our country. >> so let's just know the truth. let's just know what's going on. and so i don't think americans should be scared of the truth. >> just on the subject of being one sided, we have to run liz cheney, republican adam kinzinger on the committee, also republican. there were republicans on the committee. cheney, in fact, was was the co-chair, just not a republican who agreed with donald trump. i'm a mailman. maria cardona, thanks to both of you. appreciate it. sara. >> all right. donald trump's personal lawyer, john sawyer, may be best known for winning that case for broad presidential immunity from prosecution on behalf of donald trump. now, he's poised to become one of the most powerful lawyers in the country. as solicitor general. cnn's chief supreme court analyst, john biskupic, is joining us now. joan. sorry, i said sawyer. i meant sour. he's been really kind of a foot soldier in america's culture wars for for quite a bit of time, about a decade. how can he influence a

supreme court sure. >> sara, it's good to see you. >> and guess what? a lot of people will start getting more familiar with john sawers name as time goes on, but there's good reason for why you wouldn't have known him of him, because he kind of just burst on the scene last year around this time for the donald trump immunity case. but you know what we discovered in going back to missouri, where he has spent most of his legal career, is that he has been quite active in a lot of the major culture war issues against abortion rights, against the obamacare birth control mandate, against same sex marriage. he was one of the legal officers back in 2020 who banded together to challenge the 2020 election results and tried to get to the supreme court on behalf of donald trump at that time. that failed, of course. so he's been active that way. and, sarah, i think what's important to know about

john sauer is that the combination of his background and the issues that he's always been drawn to, his very personal tie to donald trump saving him from criminal prosecution in the middle of a campaign. and this new supreme court, this transformed supreme court. john sauer is going to be in a position to lead one of the more ambitious, more ambitious defenses of the administration and its positions. beginning in january, late january, sarah, i want to ask you about this pending transgender case that tests state bans on gender affirming treatment for minors that is being watched. >> what do you know about sauer's views on the transgender issue in general? >> right. well, he's already been involved in anti-trans litigation involving a girls sports policy in arizona. and when he comes in, sarah, right after january 20th, he's going to be in a position to

influence what the justices do to this case. now, the biden administration had sued states that had banned gender affirming care for minors during the oral argument. sarah, it looked like the the court was going to side with those states, but mr. sauer is going to be in a position to say whether maybe to pull back the biden administration petition or maybe to have re-argument, or maybe he'll just say we have a new position, supreme court, you rule as you were going to rule anyway. sarah. >> joan biskupic, thank you so much for all of that. and you've got a great report. people can read on cnn.com. appreciate it. kate. >> thank you so new developments in the case now being built against luigi mangione, the man accused of murdering the ceo of unitedhealthcare on the streets of new york. >> an indictment in new york and new timing. also we're learning for when he could actually be sent back to new york. luigi mangione new lawyer says that he is not going to, or at least will no longer be

fighting extradition, and he has now been indicted in new york on 11 counts, including first degree murder. that charge, a rare one in new york. in his case, prosecutors are accusing mangione of terrorism. joining us right now to work through what this means, the significance of it is defense and trial attorney. back with us. it's great to see you. thank you. 11 counts, the most severe being first degree murder. why is it a rare charge in new york? yeah. >> so this was unexpected because previously we knew that there was an arrest, a warrant out for second degree murder. >> so in new york, second degree murder is a premeditated murder. it's what we would think of as kind of a classic murder statute. but in order to be in first degree murder in new york, under the statutory scheme, there has to be an aggravating factor. and one of those factors, which is enumerated by statute, is in the furtherance of an act of terrorism. now it's got a very narrow definition about what qualifies as terrorism. and so it's rare that there's a factual scenario that actually

fits into that particular aspect of the statute. let me read from the indictment a little bit. just some of it. and i think we can put it up in part. you know, it gets into legalese, but it talks about intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion, and affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassination or kidnaping committed that it was committed, you know, by this person. what does this mean? looking far ahead now for trial for the case that they are trying to build against luigi mangione and then the defense strategy that would be needed to fight against? yeah, there's a couple of aspects here, because you just read the very specific language of the statute from a defense perspective that is specific statutory language. it's not the colloquial definition of terrorism, right. it has to fit into those parameters. and in order for it to move forward on those types of charges involving terrorism. so you're going to see a challenge, a

motion to dismiss by the defense relating to that. now, if it survives and you get to trial on that, prosecutors have given themselves a challenge. and that's because in general, you don't have to prove motive in a courtroom in order to get a conviction. but by virtue of this statute, you're required to prove an additional element that this was done in furtherance of an act of terrorism falling within the very parameters of that statute beyond a reasonable doubt. so it's an additional element which really does require a focus on the individual's motivations. so it's an additional challenge for prosecutors to get a conviction. and that's why you see all of those other lesser included offense, including a second degree murder charge. i mean, it specifically talks about intent, right? and this speaks to some of what was found. i, as the non-attorney would see, this points to what was found on him. the manifesto, the writings, the way it was described. does that speak to that quote unquote intent? absolutely. the language of that manifesto is

going to be critical, because talking about these are parasites. this had to be done. it speaks to a broader purpose other than an individual vendetta, that he might have a vendetta against this company or this industry, but it speaks to a broader purpose to impact that civilian population or policy as per the statute. and that's where prosecutors are going to focus. okay. so this is really important. and the next step and we'll probably have you back tomorrow to discuss, is then he has this extradition hearing in pennsylvania, the pennsylvania, which it sounds like he's going to be soon heading back to new york to start facing all of this. it's good to see you, missy. thanks, kate. thank you. john. >> all right, well, president biden speaks out on the mysterious drones for the first time. cnn goes to new jersey to track the drones ourselves. look at a pretty remarkable show and tell here. and more than two dozen people hospitalized after 40 cars involved in a horrific crash

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>> there's a i think it's just one. there's a lot of drones authorized to be up there. we're following it closely and so far, no sense of danger. >> pretty clear. the word nefarious has never been used this much on any other subject. but that aside, cnn's pete muntean traveled to new jersey to investigate for himself. reporter. >> we are on the lookout for drones with drones, where fears first took off. >> new jersey ocean county sheriff's sergeant kevin fennessy is one of about a dozen drone officers responding to calls and now tracking flights from inside this major crimes command center, now turned into a drone war room. >> it's wild the amount of air traffic over new jersey, and especially over ocean county. >> the sergeant says. sure, many of the calls the department gets are actually airplanes, helicopters, medevacs planets, even stars. >> but they have seen things they just cannot explain.

>> a sheriff's lookout drone tethered to the ground captured this video. >> we had something coming at us. and as it's coming at us, it stops. >> you know, just like a 180 in the air and then drives away and then comes back and does like a giant ew around us. >> so that's that's not normal for aircraft. >> so this is really happening. >> we think so. you know, it's definitely something that whatever we're seeing we can't figure out what it is. >> the federal government reiterated tuesday that the vast majority of purported drone sightings are, in fact, airplanes or drones flying legally with no threat to public safety. but don't say that to the folks on the seaside heights boardwalk who were not shy to tell me about what they have seen. >> i think it's drones. too many people have seen them to it not be real. >> i haven't seen it. i do think it's legitimate, but i don't believe that nobody knows where they're coming from. >> i haven't seen any legitimate drone sightings in this current flap around new jersey. >> science writer and conspiracy expert mick west

investigates possible drone sightings and says that you can too, if you get the details, the date, the time and the location, you can actually look up what was in the sky at that point and look at what direction they were looking in. >> and you can see that it was actually just a plane. >> we're on the boardwalk. the sun is set and the sky has really come alive. you can see almost why folks are reporting so many drone sightings off in the distance over the atlantic ocean. there i can see several planes. i'm corroborating here with the same app that they use over in the command center. this is called ads-b exchange, showing within about a 20 mile view. planes broadcasting their position live. there's an atlas air cargo flight that just left not too far away from here, going out over the atlantic ocean. there's a delta flight that's coming in over the atlantic, turning north to go into jfk, and then another really bright light above those two that is jupiter. but it's the things that cannot be explained so easily that if folks here really concerned deputies like

kevin fennessy hope the truth is still out there. >> we're not drone hunters. we're just trying to see if we can figure out what's going on, where they're coming from, and try to put this to bed great piece, pete. >> thank you so much for that. other headlines we're watching today, the two nasa astronauts who were only supposed to be in space for a matter of days and have now been stuck in space since june. they just had their residency at the international space station extended even further. sonny williams and butch wilmore were set to hitch a ride back to earth in february 2025. you see them there in the blue. i love these guys. honestly. they're going to tell the best stories. nasa now says they will have to return to earth in march at the earliest, in order to allow for time to make sure the spacecraft that will bring them home is ready. so what

>> a mile long bridge. you will remember it more than 40 cars were involved in the pile up more 30 people went to the hospital. >> thankfully, they do say everyone should be okay. >> nobody puts baby in a corner and i hope it all you. >> like. >> no one can put me in a corner of the iconic film. dirty dancing is one of the now 25 new films to be added to the library of congress, national film registry. the whole point here, people, is to preserve films for posterity. the selections include a diverse group. the oldest film is from 1895, a silent film called annabelle serpentine dance, which is really cool. and then there's just to show the range of the selections. texas

chainsaw massacre, the 1974 version, cheech and chong's up in smoke, if you remember watching it. but do you really remember watching it? star trek two the wrath of khan hugh john berman beverly hills cop he's screaming from backstage, spy kids, no country for old men, and the most recent film produced in the group, the social network. from 2010, the public submitted more than 6000 nominations this year. so with these new additions, there are now 900 films in the registry. we could have so much fun with this one, sarah. >> we could with our favorite things. although i really did love this movie. yeah yeah yeah yeah. so good. yeah yeah and yeah. all right. thank you kate. new this morning. sources are telling cnn that cnn director bill burns is expected to arrive in doha, qatar, as early as today for gaza ceasefire talks and a hostage deal. there's renewed hope after the state department expressed cautious optimism and hamas also expressed some positivity that an agreement

could be reached. cnn jerusalem correspondent jeremy diamond joining us now. certainly, hamas has been pushed into a corner. they are diminished. so is hezbollah. what are you hearing about this now yeah. >> that's right. and the idea being that hamas is more isolated than ever and indeed appears to be making concessions that could potentially lead to a deal. but they are, of course, only one side of the equation. and so as we are hearing these notes of cautious optimism from all corners of these negotiations, there is still a question mark about whether or not a deal can actually be reached. but but here is why there is so much optimism beyond the fact that hamas is more isolated, that the conditions appear to be ripe for a deal. we are seeing a flurry of diplomatic activity in the region of the kind that only happens at these critical junctures. the cia director, bill burns, traveling to the qatari capital of doha, where top middle east adviser to president biden, brett mcgurk,

has been for several days. that followed a visit by the national security adviser, jake sullivan. and we also know that israeli teams have been in the qatari capital, as well as in cairo, over the course of the last week. and all of this, of course, indicates this kind of growing momentum in the direction of a deal. we have heard that hamas has compromised on certain matters, for example, appears to be more willing to allow israeli troops to remain along that philadelphia corridor during the first phase of a deal that was a major sticking point that ultimately helped to collapse these negotiations back in august, as the israeli prime minister insisted that troops must remain there and hamas demanded the opposite. so we are seeing progress. we are seeing exchanges of ideas. and again, the positivity is coming not only from some of the mediators from the united states, but also hamas, which yesterday said that they believe a deal is possible. a separate hamas source saying that there was a positive and optimistic atmosphere about

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