father christmas if something should happen to me, put on my suit, the reindeer will know what to do. >> yeah, right. >> that was tim allen playing santa claus in the santa claus with an e. billy bob thornton took a different approach. you may remember bad santa. >> next. oh, good. what do you want? >> yeah, i know, what do you want? what are you doing oh, god. >> who's your favorite celebrity? santa claus. >> that's tim allen. >> i like tim allen. >> he's gonna have a hard time going against billy bob thornton. and i know that's unpopular. >> all right, guys, thank you very much for joining us today. thanks to all of you for joining us as well. i'm kasie hunt don't go anywhere. cnn news central starts right now

so what the musk president elect, trump's billionaire friend torpedoes a key effort by republican house speaker mike johnson. >> now, both the government shutdown and the speaker's job hang in the balance, and it could all unfold right here before our eyes. and breaking this morning, we're watching and waiting for suspected killer luigi mangione as he heads back to court decision. there could mean mangione is whisked back to new york as soon as today to face first degree murder charges. >> california declares a state of emergency over the bird flu h5n1 spreading in that state, and the cdc announces the first confirmed severe human case of bird flu reported in louisiana. i'm kate baldwin with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn news central. >> all right. buckle up this morning. we have kneecapping

backstabbing, name calling and holiday cheer. the possibility of a government shutdown in your stocking, the possibility that mike johnson could be tweeted out of the speakership. mary freaking christmas, everyone, just to bring you up to speed. this is what happened. the republican house speaker, mike johnson, forged a deal. his deal, a republican led deal to keep the government operating to fund things like disaster relief and to avoid a shutdown and to do it before the holidays. but elon musk did not like it. he called it one of the worst bills ever written. then, perhaps relatedly, president elect trump announced he did not like it, calling it a nasty trap. now he says he wants a new deal in some ways with less, in some ways with more. but in all ways, not done. and the clock is ticking. and as far as we can tell, no one knows where this is headed we're in the middle of these negotiations, but i think we'll be able to solve some problems here, and we'll keep working on it all

right. let's get right to cnn's sunlen serfaty on capitol hill for the beginning of what will be an eventful day. >> sunlen, it certainly will, john. and things are, frankly, not in a good place right here on capitol hill right now. the funding bill, as you noted, is dead. and as of now, there has not been a new plan revealed by speaker johnson. and the next steps, frankly, are very unclear at this hour. and all of this is unfolding, all this drama and chaos unfolding on capitol hill just one day before a potential government shutdown on friday night, when the clock strikes 1201 into saturday morning. so that only adding to the tension up here and certainly leaders today will be attempting to navigate themselves out of what one lawmaker described as a mess up here on capitol hill after president elect trump really dropped a bomb on the deal and blew it up in the last minute at the 11th hour, making many demands, including tying the debt limit to government

funding. no small task. many lawmakers up here freely admit now the leaders were huddling with j.d. vance late into the evening last night and emerged from that meeting very clear that there is no agreement yet, no clarity on the way forward. here's what house majority leader steve scalise said. leaving that meeting. >> things get so, so sideways with the president elect. he came out, and this is a deal that you guys cut and the president elect is we're working with we're working with with he and the vice president to address some of the things he wants to start the presidency on a sound footing. >> and and we want him to as well. hopefully tomorrow we got to see is elon musk. and a lot of things have come up. you know, president trump is going to be the president of the united states. and we're excited about it. >> did he join your meeting? did he would be on the phone so the big question here, here is what happens next up here on capitol hill. >> well, today will certainly be critical as they try to pick

up these pieces. as we now know, at 9 a.m. in just two hours, house democrats will be huddling, trying to chart out their path forward here. and they do have a key role to play here, john. you know, speaker johnson, he cannot risk in these latest forms in negotiations, jeopardizing any democrats. he needs them to potentially get whatever this new plan is over the finish line. and democrats have already signaled that they're very unwilling to compromise after they spent months and months with speaker johnson and republicans negotiating that last deal that ultimately got blown up. >> john, listening to what people are saying, i mean, this has the feel of being full on, out of control. so what does it all mean for mike johnson and his reelection for speaker, which is weeks away? >> that's right. that's a great question. that's only about 15 days away, where he faces a very real deadline of his own, potentially to continue his reign as the speaker of the house. and there has been a lot of frustration

as how he's operated thus far, and especially given how this potentially works out. a lot of members are watching how this works out, and his role here at pushing forward. john. >> all right. it will be something great to have you up there for this, sunlen. thank you very much, sarah. all right. we are standing by at this hour for accused killer luigi mangione to make his next court appearance, where he is expected to waive extradition to new york in just over an hour. >> the man suspected of gunning down unitedhealthcare ceo, brian thompson, will leave the pennsylvania prison he is being held in now and appear before a judge. the last time we saw mangione, you will remember this police had to force him into court. you see him there having a dramatic outburst. now, if extradition is approved as soon as this morning, the nypd could transport him to new york, where he could be arraigned later today. let's get right to danny freeman outside court in pennsylvania. walk us through this hearing this morning. this is not just about the extradition. there are other things that are up

for debate. >> that's absolutely right, sara. but before i get to that, let me just start this way on this normally sleepy street in hollidaysburg, pennsylvania. it is absolutely teeming with press this morning, really, as far as the eye can see in both directions. there's also a large law enforcement presence. we've seen state police troopers, we've seen local police. they've started closing down streets again, all in anticipation of those two hearings in just over an hour for luigi mangione here in the courthouse behind me. so let's go through what we're expecting to see this morning. the first hearing is at 830. that's a preliminary hearing for those lesser pennsylvania charges to remind folks it's two felonies, including a gun charge and then three misdemeanors stemming from when they picked up mangione at that altoona mcdonald's not far from here. then he's on to face that much more serious extradition hearing right after that first one. now, this hearing is still on as of now. but as you noted, sara, cnn's now reporting that his defense attorney said that he is

anticipating not to fight this extradition, which means, like you noted, he could be on his way back to new york as soon as this morning or perhaps later this afternoon. sara, i do want to note, though, we actually have some updated information when it comes to the outside world's attempts to interact with mangione behind bars. yesterday we told you that as of i guess on tuesday evening he had received a few dozen emails and about six handwritten letters. well, we got more information yesterday afternoon that as of yesterday afternoon, mangione has received upwards of 53 letters since he's been in prison. still, about 158 deposits into his prison commissary account. but this is interesting, sara. still no visitors except for his attorneys. however, we also learned last night through sources that the mangione family are the ones who actually hired that high powered new york defense attorney to represent him again in those new york charges that he ultimately will likely face. so, again, sara, quite a scene here as we have new york press,

pennsylvania press and national media all over this courthouse. this is the line to get into court at 8 a.m. behind me, which i'll be on in just a little bit of time. this chapter of the pennsylvania story might be over soon, but again, the next step potentially heading to new york after this extradition hearing. >> sara, the public is highly interested in this story. the press is there to cover it. danny freeman, thank you so much. things look like they could be moving very fast depending on what the judge decides. appreciate it. >> kate so also breaking overnight, the investigation into the wisconsin school shooting has turned its focus somewhat to california. the communications that the teenage shooter reportedly had with a 20 year old man there and there. talk about planning mass casualty attacks. and a verdict in a case that shocked the world. the french man sentenced alongside 50 other men for the mass rape of his own wife and some amazon workers are going on strike today. why? thousands

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according to a newly released restraining order, he allegedly told her that he was planning an attack on a government building. we're also learning more about the victims, the two people who were killed now identified 42 year old erin michelle west, was a loved teacher and the student who was murdered was just 14 years old. ruby vergara cnn's whitney wild is in madison with the very latest on this investigation. and if we could start first in california, what is this connection? well, kate, what our understanding is based on our affiliate reporting from san diego is that this man had been in contact with natalie rupnow, and fbi agents learned about this as they were investigating the shooting here and what they've determined. >> kate, and what according to our cbs affiliate, this man admitted during an interview with fbi agents, is that he he had planned and had told rupnow that he was going to arm himself with explosives and a

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cattle. they've had it really widespread across herds in the state, but it was essentially confined to central california. we read in the emergency order from governor gavin newsom yesterday, and he noted that a couple of weeks ago that was now detected in southern california herds as well. so that spreading sort of regionally across the state, they're very concerned there. so this emergency order in california, they say, really frees up resources and flexibility to try to better address that faster. but of course, we do have this now. first, severe human case of bird flu reported in louisiana. this is a patient who has been hospitalized with severe respiratory illness. they are in critical condition. they were exposed through a backyard flock of a sick and dead birds. and this is really the first exposure we know about. first case that was gotten that way in the united states. we also know this patient is over the age of 65 and does have underlying medical conditions that increase their risk of being vulnerable to complications from flu. we also

know something about this case. this is a strain that has been found in wild birds. mostly, it's different from the strain that's found in dairy cattle. so that's something folks are paying close attention to as well. this is one of 61 human cases that have been confirmed in the u.s. and as noted, it's the first severe case that's been found here in the united states. >> sarah, just give us some context here with 61 cases. i mean, does the cdc say this changes the risk level for bird flu? >> no, not right now. they are saying that it doesn't change its overall assessment for the immediate risk to the public's health, which they say remains low. as you pointed out, there is no noted person to person spread. that is a huge thing at this moment since we haven't seen that this is not escalating the risk level for the general population. they do note, though, that the first time we're seeing somebody get infected from a backyard flock, that really reinforces the need to be careful. if you have backyard flocks or if you're otherwise a bird enthusiast or a hunter. if you're coming

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information from donald trump. they could get evidence from him if things go into the evidence gathering phase, they could also force him to sit for depositions that would be under oath. so that also is something that could create some sort of civil exposure. the cases against him right now that are pending, these are still in relatively early phases or phases where they're working out legal issues that won't require trump to sit for a deposition. they include a defamation case from the central park five, accusing him of defaming them when he was campaigning this past year for the presidency. there's also eight ongoing lawsuits over the january 6th insurrection, a lot of questions of whether trump will have some sort of immunity or not for what he was doing on the ellipse on january 6th. he doesn't have the type of immunity that he's getting in criminal cases. that's already been decided by the courts. and then the last bucket of cases is about what trump was doing when he was president. but to clear protesters from lafayette park who were protesting the death of george floyd, there's

a big question there of whether the justice department will be able to stand in for trump and protect him in that case, but those are all ongoing. there's also some cases that he has where he's suing media outlets. the book publisher simon and schuster. and so all of these will plod along. it's something to watch in the future. we have seen him be deposed several times in the past. those depositions are not always public, but occasionally they do come back to bite him a little bit in the e. jean carroll case, a case where he was sued for defamation, he was deposed, and all of a lot of what he was saying that was the most damaging to him in court was played at the trial, which he lost. and there's an 88 million judgment, million dollar judgment out there against him, something that certainly bears watching even after he takes office. >> katelyn polantz great reporting. thank you very much, sarah. >> all right. chaos on capitol hill. a man not even elected to office helping to blow up a funding bill alongside president elect trump. now there is a looming government

shutdown after trump and his billionaire pal elon musk effectively killed a republican spending bill that would have kept the government funded through march 14th. now, congress has about 17 hours and counting to come up with a new spending bill before tomorrow night's deadline. cnn's alayna treene joining us now. trump has some specific demands that he has put out there. tell us what you're learning that's right. >> and really, sarah trump's 11th hour interjection into all of this has really sent washington scrambling. i'd, you know, argue that they look like they were pretty much on a glide path to pass this bill through march 15th that would fund the government through march 15th until donald trump kind of came in at the 11th hour, bashing this and opposing the plan that mike johnson had cut with congressional leaders. but one thing that's really interesting, one of the specific demands that donald trump made yesterday afternoon was that he wants them to deal with a debt ceiling increase now, and this is something that i think caught many people on

capitol hill off guard. i want to read for you some of what he said. he said, quote, a lengths the democrats terminate or substantially extend the debt ceiling. now i will fight to the end. essentially, he's saying he wants this off the table. now him and and jd vance, who was also on one of these statements, said that essentially they recognize that the debt ceiling is a very tough issue, but they want it to be done under biden's watch. they want him to take the blame. and i'd remind you as well, that debt ceiling negotiations are incredibly complex. they normally take several months to resolve. so this is very much a wrench in all of congress's plans right now. but what's more, as well is that we also heard donald trump say that republicans who do not fall in line will have potentially face donald trump's wrath and get primaried. he wrote this on truth social as well. he said, quote, any republican that would be so stupid as to do this should and will be primaried. so that in itself is is a big enough threat, especially when you know how powerful donald trump is, and even more so when he takes office on january 20th,

something that definitely is concerning to many republicans, but also, of course, contributed to effectively the killing of this bill. now to just take a step back and talk about where donald trump was on all of this before he even weighed in. we know from our conversations with those on the transition team, as well as donald trump's allies, that he was privately bashing this plan all day. i was told specifically that he had been telling allies that he believed that this gave away way too much to democrats. he later said something similar in his statement that he believed that democrats should not be getting all of these priorities, but also that he believes a lot of what they want to deal with in this should be done when he is in office. we know that ever since he won the election, donald trump believes that he has this mandate and that it's now, even before he's sworn in. it's really his washington and his his kind of game to run. and that's where some of this is coming into play as well. i'm told all to say that this is definitely kind of blown up, what a lot of people were hoping would be the deal that could avert this shutdown.

>> sara, we will see if they can get it together in the next 17 hours. alayna treene thank you so much, john. >> all right. with us now, cnn political commentators bakari sellers and brad todd let me run through the timeline here. republican house speaker mike johnson makes this deal, forges this deal rights. this deal. elon musk criticizes it. donald trump gets angry about it. i think that's basically the broad contours of the timeline. so from your perch, bakari sellers, what does it look like? who's in charge oh, i think vice president trump is just, you know, kind of figuring out how he's going to navigate the next four years. >> while elon musk is president of the united states. i mean, the fact is, you have these billionaires that are leading the house gop caucus around by their nose. and this is great theater, except for the fact that real american workers are going to be devastated if government shuts down. um, they only have a few more hours

before that occurs. and you have this game of political theater going on in washington, d.c. with mike johnson, elon musk, vivek ramaswamy people are just tweeting and giving their thoughts, while at the end of the day, if government shuts down a week before christmas, that's going to affect american workers. i think the great irony in this, john, and and those watching is that you have billionaires who are who are guiding this discussion while the house gop actually had the audacity to say they speak for the middle class. >> so, brad, before we get into the merits of the debate over this spending bill, i just want to ask you, how much do you think speaker johnson is enjoying his job this morning? >> oh, well, it's never been a fun job. and he knew that when he took it. but i think you're letting somebody off the hook here. you know, this is we have we have a president. his name is joe biden, and it's his debt ceiling that's about to expire. it is his debt that got us up against it. and joe biden is going to shut the government down if he needs to call chuck schumer and call hakeem

jeffries and tell them they drove too hard a bargain, and they got to walk back in mike johnson's office and help him figure this out. this is a partisan failure on the part of democrats who are trying to still in charge of the white house last, anybody checked, i just the one. >> first of all, i read this morning that they think the debt ceiling won't be reached until the summer. it's actually not on the verge of expiring right now. this is something that donald trump is looking to do prophylactically, as they say in the statute says it expires on january 1st. >> you could take extreme measures to get it to june. >> that's what i mean. >> joe biden spending that got us here. >> they won't hit. they won't run up against the limit until june. but but and i understand what you're saying here but but mike johnson had a deal. he had a deal. his deal. the speaker's deal. you're trying to put this in joe biden's court. but this is the speaker of the house. he's the guy driving this car. he made that deal. >> are you acting like we have one chamber of congress? we have two chuck schumer's chuck schumer's deal to the white house was in on it. it's the white house's deal, too.

there's an obligation to both parties to keep the government open. and last i checked, two of the three negotiating parties here were controlled by democrats. so they've got to come to the table and make this deal more palatable for republicans and so that we can pass it through the house. that's just how congress works. and it's sexy to talk about the tweets or the posts or whatever you want to call it. but in the end, chuck schumer and joe biden have to step up here and make a deal with mike johnson that can pass. >> look, in the immortal words of spinal tap, what's wrong with being sexy? but bakari, to you here, do you think democrats should do anything at this point? politically speaking that listen, americans are getting a good reminder right now that republicans can't govern. >> i mean, whether or not you're talking about repeal and replace obamacare, whether or not you're talking about the four years of the donald trump presidency that we're just lathered with chaos, or whether or not you're talking

about this microcosm, i appreciate the fact that we're saying, come together and get a deal. the problem with that is that guess what? we have a deal. we literally have a deal. mike johnson, republicans signed off. well, we that is the fault of the speaker of the house. now, whether you call him weak or not, it's hakeem. >> hakeem jeffries asked for too much he agreed to it. >> mike. i mean it. he gave it to him. i mean, i'm only going to ask for what you're going to give. and if you give it to me and we have a deal, you can't blame me for making the request. i think what we have here is the fact that elon musk and others like elon musk and others, are bullying the speaker of the house, and we can call him a lot. this job has been too big for him for a very long period of time, and the chaos will ensue. this is what we have when we have republican leadership. >> is this what we're going to see, brad? >> i find it i find it really rich that at the end of an administration that is more unpopular than any we've seen

in the last 20 years, bakari is talking about the failure of republican governance. we just had a referendum on democratic governance, and it resulted in a republican landslide, so much that we were gaining seats in vermont. for goodness sakes, this is a problem that the democrats have to help solve. it's the end of their administration. that's what has to happen now. >> how big of a role will elon musk play in running the house, starting at, say, about noon on january 20th? >> he's not running the house. i mean, he's free to comment if he wants, but the fact is, the house margins are really, really tight. you're always going to have 3 or 4 republicans disagree no matter what. it's just a fact. and so what happens in the house is going to require some democrats that's going to that's just going to be the case. and by the way, democrats might want to play nice because they don't control the senate next year, next year. and they're going to want a lot of things from republicans. then. >> well, we see this level of function in the republican led senate, too. bakari.

>> no, they can't lead. and the fact is they're being governed by tweet right now. and i love how my republican colleagues, including the president of the united states, say the future president of the united states say they won in a landslide. well, in all actuality, they have the narrowest house majority in the history of the united states congress. they have the second largest, second smallest, excuse me, presidential popular vote margin. the only one that was closer was bush v gore. i mean, so and in the swing states, you had individuals that were down ballot who actually carried the senate, save for pennsylvania. and so i love how they believe this. they're going to overplay their hand. but at the end of the day, what people don't realize is that while these billionaires, elon musk and others who were who are unelected, who really have no statutory authority, who do nothing but tweet and make themselves enrich themselves day by day, it's the troops. it's the tsa workers. it's those individuals who have real lives who are trying to put christmas gifts under the tree, who are affected by their

malfeasance. >> bakari sellers, brad todd, brad. we actually i do we do have to go. we're in overtime already, but, bakari, i appreciate bill, but brad. but brad rushed in and saved us here at the end. so special thanks, brad, for coming on with us today as well. nice to see both. you have a wonderful holiday. kate, good to see. >> so some breaking news coming in in a court case that has shocked a nation, the details of which are as hard to imagine as they are truly horrific. dominique pelicot he's the man just found guilty and now just sentenced for drugging and coordinating the mass rape of his then wife, giselle. he was just handed his sentence 20 years in prison. now, over the course of a decade, he subjected his wife of 50 years to be raped more than 200 times while unconscious by 70 men that he connected with online. and part of this, that's giselle right there, part of this horrible case was that police uncovered hundreds of hours of footage of these rapes

that dominique pelicot filmed himself. gisele pelicot has become a symbol of strength and courage and humility. actually, throughout all of this, as she opted to make the trial public. and she could have chosen that that not be the case. cnn's melissa bell is outside the courthouse in france. you've been covering this as every horrific detail would come out day by day. melissa. and today, these men received their sentences. tell us more about what is happening. there. well, there's been a great deal of anger actually, outside the courtroom today, kate, because, as you say, dominique pelicot who orchestrated this, who recruited these men online over the course of nearly a decade to violently abuse, rape his wife, capturing the entire thing on video. >> he received the maximum sentence that was being sought by prosecutors. but the 50

other men who were on trial here today, some of those men he recruited, not all because police haven't been able to identify all of the men on the videos. 50 of them were standing alongside dominique dominique pelicot, one of them still on the run. so 49 of them in the box today. all of them, apart from dominique pelicot, got lesser sentences than those that were sought by prosecutors. and so you've heard a lot of cheering, a lot of anger expressed here by the women, mostly, who have been coming to this court day in and day out to pay their tributes to the courage of gisele pelicot, but also to express their anger. in fact, there's a couple of the accused walked free because of the suspended sentences. they were jeered very loudly and violently. we've also seen again gisele pelicot arrive in court and leave court today surrounded by people and those chanting merci, madame, for her courage and doing what you mentioned a moment ago, which is making this trial public. it needn't have been. and if it hadn't been, the courtroom wouldn't

have had to see the horrific images of what was done to gisele pelicot. but as she just told us in front of the court, the important thing for her was speaking to others. >> claudia sheinbaum pardo o victim non reconnue. >> i'm thinking finally, of the unrecognized victims of stories which often unfold in the shadows. i want you to know we share the same fight. i would like to express my most profound gratitude to everyone who supported me throughout this lengthy trial. your testimonies moved me and i drew strength from them to return. every day during these long days of hearings gisele pelicot, who has insisted throughout this trial, i'm just a normal person, but again, a reminder of her resilience, her courage and her humility. >> there. >> there is so much to learn from that woman and so much still to learn from what has

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the holidays, you can blame amazon's insatiable greed. a spokesperson for amazon called the strike a pr play and illegal. >> sarah. all right. the dow on a historic losing streak. it's been 50 years since it has fallen this many days in a row. so what will the opening bell on wall street show us this morning? we watched as the dow dipped by more than 1100 points yesterday, after the fed projected only two rate cuts in 2025 instead of the expected four. the s&p and nasdaq also saw losses. cnn's matt egan is joining us from washington dc this morning. what are you expecting today? any hints as to where the market's going to go? >> well, investors threw a bit of a temper tantrum yesterday thankfully. sarah. i have plenty of experience handling temper tantrums. and look, investors were not happy with what they heard from the fed yesterday. and they wanted to make sure that jerome powell heard their reaction. and thankfully, we are seeing

cooler heads prevail this morning as you just showed. dow futures are solidly higher, pointing to an opening gain of about 250 to 275 points. so that is nice to see. although that would really just represent a clawing back of a fraction of the 3000 points that were lost yesterday, as you mentioned. the dow is now down ten days in a row, the longest losing streak since 1974. you can see on that chart it's going solidly lower in the last week to two weeks. in fact, the market has basically given back all of its post-election gains, which is pretty stunning when you think about it. there were some real signs of nervousness in the market. yesterday we saw the vix, the volatility fear gauge had its biggest one day increase since 2018, and the clear catalyst here was the fed right. not what they did. they cut rates by a quarter point. we knew they were going to do that. it was what they said

about the future. and they made clear that they're going to take it slow with interest rate cuts going forward. they're in no rush to do further cuts because one inflation progress has stalled. two, the economy is strong. it doesn't really need to be rescued. and three, there's just so much uncertainty, especially around the new policies from the incoming trump administration. take a listen to what jerome powell said about all the question marks right now. >> the point about uncertainty is it's kind of common sense thinking that when the path is uncertain, you go a little bit slower. it's not unlike driving on a foggy night or walking into a dark room full of furniture. you just slow down. >> and so, so wall street is expecting the fed to slow it down. only a small chance of a rate cut in january, 50 over 50 at the two meetings after that in march and may. but i do think there is a silver lining for consumers. it's that borrowing costs should continue to come down a bit, and that

the fed thinks the economy is strong enough to handle these higher interest rates. there is no recession in sight. and that, of course, is good news. >> and we should mention that the dow is still at historic high. so don't liquidate your 401 k at this point i think would be your advice. all right matt egan, thank you so much. okay. >> so this morning the white house is announcing a new move in the battle against the climate crisis, setting a more aggressive target for cutting planet warming pollution, a move that almost certainly is going to be undone by the incoming trump administration and a target seen as a challenge to pull off. even if a democrat had won the election and was preparing now to take over. cnn's chief climate correspondent, bill, we're here with much more on this. what is this new target and what is this really about? >> well, it's based on the paris climate accords, in which every five years countries assess where they are and maybe increase their ambition a little bit when it comes to carbonization. so this is one that's even with the inflation

reduction act was going to meet. maybe 40 or 50% of president biden's goals. he wanted to extend this. they want to cut pollution up to 66% below 2005 levels within the next ten years. that's a mouthful there, but it's really a signal to the rest of the world and to democratic leaders. democrats leading big cities, corporations who are still committed to this. the planet is still overheating regardless of the election, regardless of donald trump's feelings on the topic. there. and smart ceos are building in, well, four years from now, we don't know who could be in power again. and this is where the world is headed. so these ambitious targets need to be set, especially by the united states and in real and tangible things that could be happening. >> you were just telling me that yesterday the epa sided with the state of california on something that people are very focused on, which is eliminating gas and cars over a course of years. what's happened? >> well, gavin newsom set out this very ambitious, you know, ten years from now, no more new gasoline powered cars sold in california. there's so much

momentum in the ev market right now. remember, the who killed the electric car was a documentary from years ago. it's impossible to do it now. 40% of the cars in china are now electric. the rest of the world is going this way. so even if trump tries to get in the way, this could take years in court. and by then, automakers want to know. they want to have some certitude as to where the market is going, will probably build their factories to where the consumers are, and that is a more electric future right now. but i think what you're going to see, the dynamic of trump versus biden, is now going to shift to trump versus gavin newsom, because california is such a huge car market, they dictate what other countries and carmakers do. so buckle up. >> but this one might be harder to roll back for trump versus a target that we just learned from the from the biden white house announcing a target there. that's really an interesting thing to say. let us buckle up together. >> let's do it. it's good to see. >> thank you john. all right. >> just a few minutes ago, russian president vladimir putin said he is ready for possible talks with president elect trump. let's get right to cnn's clare sebastian. this

was part of his end of the year news conference. he had a lot to say. clare. >> yeah, he's still going. >> john, we're coming up to the four hour mark, which is, by the way, pretty typical for putin when he carries out these events on an almost annual basis. i think in terms of what we learned about his attitude towards the incoming us administration. he kept his cards pretty close to his chest, but he did make it pretty clear that he would be more than willing to engage once trump takes office. take a listen. this was an answer, by the way, to a question from nbc journalist keir simmons during this event. >> you asked me what we can offer or what i can offer to the newly elected president trump when we meet. first of all, i don't know when we will meet because he hasn't said anything about it. i haven't spoken to him at all in over four years. of course i am ready for this at any time and i will be ready for a meeting if he wants it. >> so on that more than four

years comment i think. look, we have to note that the kremlin continues to refute claims that were published in bob woodward's latest book, that trump held a number of conversations with putin after leaving office. the kremlin continues to deny that. and i think, look, they're not giving a lot of way that a lot of way that may be a reflection of the uncertainty that is still there in moscow over exactly how trump's ukraine policy will play out, even as we know they have welcomed some of the commentary coming from the president elect, including comments over the weekend that he thought it was a mistake to give ukraine permission to use atacms missiles on russian soil. we also heard from putin that he's willing to compromise, he said on ukraine. but he didn't say how so? not a lot coming out, but a lot of projections of strength from putin. again, i think a reflection of that uncertainty. don. >> all right. clare sebastian, thank you very much. we got a lot of developing stories. we're watching a new hour of cnn news central starts now