guarantee, they can think more about possibilities for their business and not the cost of their internet. it's five years of gig-speeds and advanced security. all from the company with 99.9% network reliability. get the 5-year price lock guarantee, now back for a limited time. powering five years of savings. powering possibilities™. their own story this is cnn, the world's news

network. >> you're in the cnn newsroom, i'm jessica dean in new york, and tonight the dust is settling after a chaotic 48 hours in washington to avoid a government shutdown. >> but what the upheaval exposed in its wake is notable and potentially significant for president elect donald trump's next term missing from that funding bill, signed into law today is the one key thing trump insisted on. >> the one thing that was really important to him to suspend or eliminate the debt ceiling so that it wouldn't happen on his watch to do it. >> dozens of house republicans ignored a plea from president elect trump to raise the debt ceiling. >> the last 48 hours could be a dose of reality for trump. >> republicans have that tiny, thin margin of power in the house, and trump may have to cater to their demands if he wants to pass meaningful legislation, instead of expecting them to perhaps cater to him. cnn's steve contorno is joining us now from west palm beach with more on this.

steve, how is the president elect reacting to the debt ceiling omission? >> well, last night, sources telling cnn that donald trump was frustrated that he could not get that debt ceiling provision included in these negotiations. it is something that he posted on social media about in the days leading up to the vote, certainly something he was pressuring house republicans to get behind, behind, even going so far as to threaten them with primaries if they didn't vote for it. but ultimately, lawmakers, allies, advisers convinced him that if he wanted, if he really, really wanted to get that debt ceiling piece removed, it was going to probably require him to be the the blame, take the blame for a shutdown in the federal government, something he didn't feel ultimately was worth that effort. and so yesterday we saw this bill pass without the debt ceiling piece of it included. >> and also, we want to note that president elect trump just

announced a familiar name to serve as special envoy to the uk. >> tell us about that. >> yeah, certainly familiar to donald trump, especially mark burnett, who was once the producer of the the apprentice, the show that really made donald trump a household name and helped build up his political brand. he will have that assignment. and just continuing these individuals who have a long history with donald trump, getting key posts in his administration. mark burnett, obviously someone who has long been in in donald trump's inner circle, someone who has helped elevate him in the past and now someone who will be serving donald trump in his new administration. >> all right. steve contorno from west palm beach with the latest there. thank you very much for that. >> and this latest spending battle did reveal some fault lines within the gop. >> is the debt ceiling debate just one of other issues that could potentially be divisive

for republicans going forward? joining us now, nicole malliotakis, republican congresswoman from new york and assistant whip for the republican conference. >> congresswoman, thanks, congresswoman. >> thank you so much for being here with us this afternoon. we appreciate it. good to be with you. thank you. you have described the first draft of this spending bill that was negotiated between democrats and republicans as what you called a backroom boondoggle. i'm just curious, you also had a lot of, um, you took issue with how speaker johnson led the republican conference through this. will you be supporting speaker johnson when he runs in the new year? >> well, i don't necessarily think that replacing the speaker is the answer, but i do certainly have questions and would like more clarity on how our leadership intends to run the next congress. >> i was very disappointed that this backroom deal was made with a handshake without notifying the members of the conference and getting our input to make that type of bipartisan deal with hakeem jeffries and chuck schumer.

without our buy in, i think is problematic. and i and i'm a member of the problem solvers caucus who works in a bipartisan way. >> it's not about being bipartisan. >> it's about making sure that your caucus, your conference, knows what is going on because we are duly elected representatives. we have constituencies. we are not rubber stamps. and so i was disappointed with how that had played out. and also with the lack of communication from the leadership to the membership this entire week. it was it was it's problematic. we need to run things better and tighter next year. and i do believe that it is going to be difficult because of our slim majority, and we have to have a more, uh, member driven approach from the from the very beginning. >> and so what does that look like to you? is that mike johnson and his team reforming the way they're doing things, as you're talking about taking this, learning from it, trying to do it differently, or is that a different person with the gavel in their hand? >> well, look, i think the way

that the speaker had come in, right, it was sort of, you know, baptism by fire, um, i think there was a little bit of a learning curve here for not just him, but for all of us. uh, and i think that my takeaways are that we need a better, better communication between leadership and membership. we need more member driven process from the beginning. we need our leadership to talk to us about what are our legislative priorities and how can we achieve those throughout the year. so you don't have a bunch of members trying to cram a bunch of bills into this one? cr, which is really supposed to be just to fund the government. not not something to carry all sorts of other legislative items. i mean, the membership has made clear we want single single subject bills, but if it's going to be just an end of year package where we have the option to cram all this stuff in, you have members jockeying for that. and i don't think that that was beneficial at this time. and kind of what muddied, muddied the waters. but if we have, let's say we share our top three legislative priorities. they're not controversial, don't cost money. there are other avenues

where we can be able to take this, these bills up earlier in the year, because we're going to have to focus on some major big ticket items next year. energy production, uh, the border and also the tax cut and jobs act that are expiring at the end of the year. some of those provisions have already expired. as a member of the house ways and means committee, that, to me, is one of the most critical things that we're going to be dealing with next year. you have the corporate tax, the income tax. the standard deduction will be cut in half. you have the the child tax credit cut in half. if we don't address it, the alternative minimum tax will return. hurting middle class communities like the one i represent in staten island and brooklyn. so there's so much at stake with just the tax code that we're going to have to deal with that we're going to have to we're going to have to work together early on and know where people stand on these different issues, so we can build consensus and get a reconciliation through. >> yeah. and i want to talk about some of those priorities in just a second. but you will be supporting speaker johnson on january 3rd. >> look, i'm taking this day,

day at a time here. i do have some questions. i think as a member, i deserve to have an opportunity to have my thoughts heard before january 3rd. but like i said, i don't necessarily think that replacing the speaker is the answer here. we had a hard enough time getting to 218 after kevin mccarthy left, and i'm not sure that there's somebody else who can get that number. >> and i also want to ask you about the debt ceiling, because obviously, president elect trump really wanted that included and dealt with before he took office. it ultimately was not included because it just simply couldn't get the votes, including from people. and i don't have to tell you in your own party, 38 of whom voted against that, that that particular package, what what do you how do you see that playing out well, so so the debt limit issue and i understand president trump's point of view. >> i mean, this is spending that took place under the biden administration that now we're going to have to pay a debt service on and interest. and he didn't want that to be hanging over his head when he has so many other priorities, like the energy and the border security

and the taxes that he's going to have to be dealing with if we didn't raise it this past week, it's going to basically have it's going to hit and we will default in six months from now. and so he wanted to take away that leverage from democrats who will hold that over his head at that time. so i can understand his point of view. and obviously, i think i think the way we handled or at least we're talking about it right now, is there needs to be an understanding that we're also going to cut spending because 13% of what we spend in the federal government is going to pay the interest on debt. we have an unsustainable debt to gdp ratio. it's roughly 123%. when i was born in 1980, that was 35%. so we are really in a terrible situation with this debt of 37 trillion, and we need to address it. and so there are some members, those 38 that you mentioned who voted against it, uh, are saying that they want to have assurances that they will they will receive a certain amount of

savings and cuts from the federal budget to to reduce our debt. and so that was what kind of held that piece up. >> and i do want to ask you, you mentioned you're on ways and means. i know that that tax bill is a huge priority, not just for you all in the house, for president elect trump, for the senate republicans as well. that last tax package that he passed when he was president and that he signed into law, did contribute to part of this debt. so how do you, you know, circle the square there and ensure and promise people that that won't happen again this time? >> well, well, the the congressional budget office score was, was was way off. first of all, it brought in actually about $1 trillion. it was off by about $1 trillion when they put the scoring of that legislation. i think the issue with the bill is that or the outcome rather, is that you saw 7 million jobs created. you saw middle class wages lifted,

you saw a tremendous amount of repatriation of businesses here. manufacturing started to return, and unemployment was brought to its record lows for african americans and hispanics in particular. so it was a very good bill. the problem was covid hit. and so that stymied a lot of the the growth. but it is a pro-growth, pro-jobs policy is proven to have been successful. and yes, there are things that we need to examine now. and that's what we've been doing. our ways and means committee is looking at what worked, what didn't work, what needs to be tweaked, what should be changed and altered, what should be expanded. um, and that that is what we're dealing with at this moment. and we're going through the different scenarios, uh, to see what we need to adjust. um, but i would say that that that was actually a very good bill for the economy. it was strong. it brought strong job numbers, but because of covid, we didn't see the full effect. and that's unfortunate because it's hard to kind of get a real feel for what the impact would have been

had covid not hit right in the middle of it. >> i also want to ask you, as you all start to go through what you're going, your legislative priorities. we saw elon musk playing a huge role in this last negotiation over the last 48 hours. what do you think of the role he's playing and how much power does he have? because he he blew up a negotiated bill with the help of president elect trump. and he was very involved with this well, he's he's obviously not elected, but he does have a strong relationship with >> and i think presidentdoge and and wanting to identify wasteful spending and fraud and places where we could be more efficient is a is a good role, and we want to work with him on that. but at the end of the day, we are the elected representatives. we have to serve our constituencies. and so i'm not sure, um, you know, how how members are going to

view him going forward. but i think that we need to do our job and not be so influenced by these, these outside forces. um, i certainly want to work with this group and this doge group to look for efficiencies, but we but at the end of the day, we are the members of congress who have the power of the purse, and we will have to do what we believe is the right thing for the people that we represent. and the future of this country. >> are you comfortable with taking direction from elon musk since he's not elected i'm not taking direction from him. >> i think that he certainly he's a citizen and he has a very strong platform to give his point of view. he's got a strong relationship with the president. but and we certainly hear what his thoughts are. but on this particular bill that you mentioned, i mean, i was against it 24 hours before elon musk came out against it. and it was mostly because of the process and all this added stuff that should not have been in there. it should have been taken up separately. so i made my own decision. there was not

influenced by anybody. in fact, i would say i was a leader in being one of the first to speak out against this package because of those concerns. >> all right. congresswoman nicole malliotakis, we really appreciate your time today. thanks so much. >> nice to be with you. thank you, thank you. >> ahead in the cnn newsroom, the new details we're learning about the suspect in custody for a deadly christmas market attack that killed at least five people and injured hundreds in germany. stay with us for more on that can't fool myself. >> it was the most exciting time in the world. >> his life had extremely joyful moments and some really difficult moments. >> you only come across an artist like luther vandross once in a lifetime. >> luther. never too much new year's day on cnn. okay, everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. >> ensure with 27 vitamins and minerals, nutrients for immune health, and ensure complete with 30g of protein. look out,

cause here i come. >> have you always had trouble with your weight same. >> discover the power of wegovy with wegovy. >> i lost 35 pounds and some lost over 46 pounds. >> and i'm keeping the weight off. >> i'm reducing my risk. wegovy is the only weight management medicine proven to reduce risk of major cardiovascular events such as death, heart attack or stroke in adults with known heart disease and obesity. >> don't use wegovy with semaglutide or glp one medicines or in children under 12. don't take if you or your family had mtc men2 or if allergic to it. tell your provider if you plan to have surgery or a procedure, are breastfeeding, pregnant, or plan to be. stop taking and get medical help right away. if you get a lump or swelling in your neck, severe stomach pain, or any of these allergic reactions serious side effects may include pancreas inflammation and gallbladder problems. call your prescriber if you have any of these symptoms. wegovy may cause low blood sugar in people with diabetes, especially if you take medicines to treat

diabetes. call your prescriber about vision changes. if you feel your heart racing while at rest, or if you have mental changes, depression or thoughts of suicide may occur. common side effects include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, stomach pain, flu or upset headache, feeling tired, dizzy or bloated, gas and heartburn. some side effects lead to dehydration, which may cause kidney problems with wegovy. >> i'm losing weight. >> i'm keeping it off and i'm lowering my cv risk. >> wegovy. ask your prescriber about wegovy. >> i wish my tv provider let me choose what i pay for. >> sling lets you do that. i wish my tv provider let me choose what i pay for and let me pause my subscription when i want. sling let you do that. >> yeehaw! >> i wish my tv provider let me choose what i pay for and let me pause my subscription when i want and have hundreds of free channels. >> sling let you do that too big choose and customize your channel lineup or watch for free. >> sling lets you do that.

>> need a last minute gift idea? >> get the weathertech gift card or laser measured floor liners, cargo liner, pet feeding system, or the new garage wall protector. >> get your gift card instantly at wbtw.com. >> i've got this. >> hey, susan. >> toothbrush. big interview, huh? nice new suit, new haircut, ancient bristle stick. make the sonicare switch. all right, now go knock em dead, boss. can i get the wi fi? i'm gonna hang here. >> from creating memories. >> to finding the perfect gift. >> let us make this holiday season a little easier. >> right now. save up to $60 on select as battery sets. happy holidays from steal my moderate

to severe plaque, psoriasis held me back. >> now with skyrizi i'm all in with clear skin. things are getting clearer. yeah, i feel free to my skin. >> yeah, that's on me nothing is everything. whoa. >> with skyrizi three out of four people achieved 90% clearer skin at four months, and most people were clearer. even at five years. skyrizi is just four doses a year after two starter doses. don't use if allergic. serious allergic reactions, increased infections, or lower ability to fight them may occur. before treatment, get checked for infections and tb. tell your doctor about any flu like symptoms or vaccines. nothing and me go hand in hand. >> nothing on my skin. that's my new plan. nothing is everything. >> now's the time. ask your doctor about skyrizi. the number one dermatologist prescribed biologic in psoriasis. learn how abbvie could help you save.

>> new year's eve live with anderson and andy. live coverage starts at eight on cnn. >> investigators are attempting to determine a motive behind the deadly attack on a crowded christmas market in the german city of magdeburg. at least five people were killed when a car plowed through that crowd friday night. one of those victims was a nine year old child. more than 200 others were hurt, including 40 with critical injuries. officials say the suspect is a 50 year old doctor from saudi arabia, who has lived in germany since 2006 and has a history of making anti-islam statements. joining us now is cnn's senior national security analyst, juliette kayyem. juliette, it's great to see you. sources are telling cnn that saudi arabia sent multiple warnings to german authorities about this suspect that were ignored. walk us through. i mean, why might that happen? why might they have been dismissed? well, clearly the dismissal was a mistake. and part of this is

going to be what's the sort of pool of such alerts that are going from saudi arabia to to germany given given just the intelligence environment? >> now, there were there were 100 a year or were there only two? >> if there's only two. >> germany is going to have to explain why saudi arabia, which is not often very transparent in its intelligence sharing because clearly they were monitoring someone in germany. why is not all clear why ve wou ignored it. so this is what's interesting about this, is that saudi arabiathreat was strong enough that they were essentially willing to tere picking up stuff from someone in your country. and so germany is going to have to figure out why it was ignored, because that would be, you know, obviously that would have been one way to stop him. germany has quite permissive rules allowing for the equivalent of an arrest, or at least an

interrogation for something short of direct knowledge that someone is planning a terrorist attack. they would have been able to at least talk to him and see why the saudis were concerned. >> and, juliette, i want you to stay with us. we have matthew chance, who's also going to join us with some additional reporting. and so i do want to go to matthew right now. and matthew, i just want to hear what you're seeing there on the ground. we see the vigil kind of behind you there yeah. >> that's right. >> i mean, this is a city in eastern germany that's in shock. i mean, the whole country has actually gone through, you know, kind of convulsions economically and politically. the government recently fell. there are elections here to be held next week. there's a whole kind of debate about immigration in the country. and then into that, a few days before christmas, you had this horrific attack which has left at least five people dead. according to the latest figures, about 200 injured, according to local officials. and people in this town are absolutely bereft. you can see

behind me all these candles that have been laid out and there are people here still at nighttime. it's 10:30, nearly at nighttime local time in the evening, and people are still coming, paying their respects, lighting candles, candles, remembering what took place. this is the scene behind me. it's cordoned off. you can see the the tape. the tape right here by the police. there are still forensic teams right down there, just out of sight. because this is the the road down which, um, the the driver plowed through that busy christmas market. it's one of a, you know, of the kind of christmas market you see all over germany at this, at this time. and so it's been sealed off while police collect forensic evidence to try and build their case and of course, to clean the area up, the whole area was strewn with with bodies. as a result, in the aftermath of that attack. the suspect, well, he's in police custody after being detained shortly after the attack took place. um, here in eastern in

germany. jessica. >> all right. matthew. chance for us there in germany. thank you very, very much for all of that reporting. i want to go back to juliette kayyem and now juliette, we are learning some additional information about that suspect that matthew was just talking about. reuters, we know, released an image and a name of that suspect sourcing it from the u.s. based activist group r a i r foundation. the group said that the suspect presented himself as someone assisting ex-muslim refugees fleeing persecution from saudi arabia. does this seem to align with what we know about the suspect from officials? and what do you draw from all of this so motives are often not don't fit into sort of political narratives. >> is he a muslim terrorist who is attacking a germany, or does he have a complicated background? what we what what we know now is that he was

clearly criticizing the saudi government. i suspect that's how the saudis picked up on on him, because he either was talking to people in saudi arabia or they were monitoring him for anti saudi statements. those anti-government statements then appear to essentially encompass the german government. so he then starts to turn on how germany is treating a potentially moderate muslims who are fleeing saudi arabia. are they able to get access as matthew was saying immigration and debates about immigration are not just in the united states. it's a it's a global political phenomenon. and in fact, germany is in the middle of a political lots of political unrest because of debates about immigration and the future of germany and what germany looks like. this suspect seems to have fallen somewhere in between all of the stuff a muslim saudi born yet

strong ties to germany, a career and then essentially turns against parts of islam and parts of germany embraces the right wing and and right wing elements in germany. and then just targets what's essentially just a party atmosphere in germany. >> yeah. this is to your point. you're exactly right. it's one of those things that doesn't there's just a lot of components here that don't fit neatly into any certain box. >> that's right, that's right. i mean, yesterday, i mean, for those of us who live in social media, everyone wants you to fit in to wants something to fit into this. look, islam is a diverse political and, uh, and and religion and religion. people who are muslim will have a variety of viewpoints, as we should know by now. in this instance, it appears that his hatred or his concerns about what's happening in saudi

arabia, it's reactionary government. it's it's it's government that's hostile to to women and others, uh, made him turn to the right wing in germany, at least as far as our reporting. and reuters reporting is showing. now, that is it's not uncommon. it's not typical, but certainly it shows one thing which which is the sort of anti-islam sentiment can lead people in a variety of different directions, not just, you know, not just, um, you know, sort of radical left wing, but also towards the right wing. i think that's what we're going to discover as germany discloses what they're learning. >> yeah. now, just a few days before christmas, you have a nine year old who is dead. and so much tragedy for so many families there in germany. juliette kayyem, thank you. we really appreciate it when we come back, luigi mangione is spending the weekend in one of the country's most notorious federal lockups, ahead of his new york arraignment. it's the same facility housing diddy and sam bankman-fried. you're in

the cnn newsroom. >> tomorrow morning. fareed talks exclusively with national security adviser jake sullivan on everything from syria to ukraine. what's the state of the world? the biden team will be handing over to trump next month. fareed zakaria gps tomorrow morning at ten. >> we really don't want people to think of feeding food like ours as spoiling their dogs. >> good, real food is simple. >> it looks like food. >> it smells like food. it's what dogs are supposed to be eating. >> no living being should ever eat processed food for every single meal of their life. >> it's amazing to me how many people write in about their dogs changing for the better. >> the farmer's dog is just our way to help people take care of them when you're the leader of a disaster cleanup and restoration, how do you make like it never even happened? >> happen. fired up randy

yeah. >> by being prepared for anything. >> whatever comes your way. >> there's a pro for that. >> servpro. like it never even happened there's nothing like. >> welcome to the white lotus in thailand. this is very >> there's nothing like it. where's the money? >> you can't heal something unless you say it out loud. >> it's not polite. >> there's nothing like it this is how ag1 works. >> to upgrade your health routine by combining many quality ingredients into something powerfully simple.

it's time to get foundational nutrition at darynkagan.com. >> love saving money? >> then it's time to join aarp. >> get your first full year for just $12 with automatic renewal, and get a second membership free. >> that's a great deal. >> you'll have access to hundreds of benefits to help you save money, stay healthy, and have fun. plus, everyday discounts at top retailers, dining and more. your first year is just $12 with automatic renewal and get a second membership and an insulated trunk organizer for free. >> one ( 800) 290-7516. i feel like new sunglasses, like a brand new pair of jeans. >> i feel like taking chances. >> i feel a lot brand new. >> oh

oh jen b asks, "how can i get fast download speeds while out and about?" jen, we've engineered xfinity mobile with wifi speeds up to a gig, so you can download and do much more all at once. it's an idea that's quite attractive. or... another word... -fashionable? i was gonna say- "popular! you're gonna be pop-uuuu-larrr!" can you do defying gravity?! yeah, get my harness. buy one line of unlimited, get one free for a year with xfinity mobile. and see “wicked,” in theaters now.

satisfied customers. >> visit legacy box.com today and get 60% off the sauce with caitlin collins weeknights at nine. >> closed captioning brought to you by book.com. >> if you or a loved one have mesothelioma, we'll send you a free book to answer questions you may have. call now and we'll come to you. >> 800 821 4000. >> the suspect in the unitedhealthcare ceo killing could be arraigned as early as monday on state murder charges. luigi mangione is currently being held in the same federal lockup in brooklyn as sean diddy combs. and it's also where jeffrey epstein died. mangione facing four federal charges as well, including one count of murder. that opens up the possibility of the death penalty being put on the table. joining us now is criminal defense attorney and host of the podcast for the defense, david oscar, markus. david, good to see you. first, i just want to start with what you think we can expect. yeah. i just want to start with what you think we can expect at monday's arraignment.

>> you know, the arraignment is going to be very straightforward. >> other than the all the press and and pomp and circumstance. >> i mean, i think the prosecution has already messed up the case with with the perp walk with the overcharging. >> remember, jessica. everybody thinks this is an open and shut case based on the evidence. so there's really only two ways to to mess it up. >> one is by overcharging. the other is by getting sympathy or jury nullification. >> and so, you know, by overcharging the case with this terrorism charge, i think they've given the defense a big opening in the case. >> okay. so i want to take a couple of those things that you've noted and drill down onto those. let's start first with that perp walk, which we're playing video of right now. and a lot has been made of this because of how elaborate it was. the mayor is there. how many people are there? does it tell us what legal doors this could potentially open for his team well, the legal doors, not so many. >> i mean, there's no motion to file or a motion to dismiss

or anything like that. perp walks are done all the time. but, i mean, this case is garnering a lot of sympathy on social media and other things like this. so to do the perp walk really falls into the defense's hands, falls into his his idea of trying to garner sympathy at the trial because people see these images and they start to feel bad for the guy, which is which is playing right into the defense's hands, which is which is silly. >> and then we have this whole issue where mangione attorneys thought they were going to go into state court. they ended up going to federal court at the last minute. now they there are state charges. there are federal charges. you mentioned the terrorism charge. walk us through what all of that means. is that standard or is this different than we would typically see to have both the federal, the state, the state charges and to have it kind of turned there at the last minute. >> you know, the feds are not supposed to charge when the state charges. >> there's a policy against it. it's called the pettit policy. it's not a binding

policy, but they're not supposed to. but in high profile cases, you see it all the time as sort of a safety valve in case something in the state get gets messed up. the feds want a piece of the action to the problem with the terrorism charge in the state court. the problem with overcharging it is a lot of times jurors react badly to that. and so you saw it recently in new york in the subway case, where they had to dismiss the top count during deliberations. this just happened, and they didn't learn from their mistake. and there's a long history of it happening. jessica, in the terry nichols oklahoma city bombing case, they overcharged it, and nichols was acquitted of first degree murder. he was convicted of conspiracy. but but when you overcharge a case, you run the risk of turning the jury off and you just saw it in the new york subway case and federal prosecutors have not said yet if they will seek the death penalty. >> but how might that play a role in all of this? >> right. so it's really interesting. you have not seen a lot of biden doj cases

seeking the death penalty. we only have a few more weeks of that. i suspect under trump's department of justice, we're going to see a lot more death penalty cases. and i suspect they will bring death penalty charges in this case, in the feds. i think you're going to see a lot of it. and this case is sort of the prime example where the department of justice will seek it, especially under a trump doj. >> yeah, that will be interesting to watch that play out. all right, david, oscar markus, as always, thanks so much for your time. we appreciate it. >> happy holidays. >> nice to see you. you too. still to come, how president elect trump's desire to rule without pushback from his own party could leave him open to his political opponents. you're in the cnn newsroom. >> scott luther, never too much new year's day at eight on cnn. >> copd isn't pretty. from the struggle to breathe to getting stopped in your tracks like a

moth. but with trelegy, i can finally move forward with three medicines in one inhaler. trelegy keeps my airways open for a full 24 hours and prevents future flare ups. once daily, trelegy also improves lung function so i can breathe more freely all day and night. >> trelegy won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. do not take trelegy more than prescribed trelegy may increase your risk of thrush, pneumonia, and osteoporosis. call your doctor if worsened. breathing, chest pain, mouth or tongue swelling problems, urinating, vision changes or eye pain occur. what a wonderful world. >> ask your doctor about once daily trelegy for copd. because breathing should be beautiful all day and night. >> need a last minute gift idea? get the weathertech gift card or laser measured floor liners. cargo liner, pet feeding system or the new

garage wall protector. get your gift card instantly at wbtw.com. >> my name is dan. i live here in san antonio, texas. i ran my own hvac business and now i'm retired. >> i'm not good being retired. >> i'm a pain in the neck. i like to be able to have a purpose. about 3 or 4 years ago, i felt like i was starting to slip. i saw the commercials after a short amount of time taking prevagen, i started noticing a difference. i stopped taking prevagen and i found myself slacking back, so i jumped right back on it. i've been taking prevagen for about two years now and i found a huge difference prevagen at stores everywhere without a prescription. >> my name is brayden. i was five years old when i came to saint jude. i'll try and shorten down the story. so i've been having these headaches that wouldn't go away. my mom, she was just trying what they said. your son has brain cancer. it was your worst fear

coming to life watching your child grow up is the dream of every parent. >> you can join the battle to save the lives of kids like brayden by supporting saint jude children's research hospital. families never receive a bill from saint jude for treatment, travel, housing or food so they can focus on helping their child live what they have done for me, my son, my family. >> sorry. yeah life is at, especially for a child battling cancer. >> call or go online and help save the lives of children like brayden. >> now i'm 11 years old. we were actually doing the checkup for my, um, brain, and they, um. they saw something in my throat. it's thyroid cancer. >> it was heartbreaking to find out that he has cancer again, but we knew who we had behind

us. it just gives me hope you can make a difference. >> join with your credit or debit card for only $19 a month, and we'll send you this saint jude t shirt without saint jude or its donors, we would have been in a bad place. >> these kids, they've done nothing wrong in the world. finding a cure for childhood cancer. >> it means everything. >> help saint jude give kids with cancer a chance. >> you make good choices. always planning ahead. like to not just chase a career, but one day. follow your heart with ambition like that, you need someone who elevates advice to a craft. at ubs, we match your vision with insight and expertise to shape a unique outcome for you.

advice is our craft. >> for ben and erin, the work's never done. i'll never stop until the whole town is transformed. >> they know what they want. >> they don't know where to find it. >> we do. >> hometown season premiere sunday, december 29th at 8:00 on hgtv we are excited about this outcome tonight. >> we're grateful that everyone stood together to do the right thing. and having gotten this done now is the last order of business for the year. we are set up for a big and important new start in january. we can't wait to get to that point. elon musk and i talked within about an hour ago and and we talked about the extraordinary challenges of this job. and i said, hey, you want to be speaker of the house? i don't know. um, he said, this may be the hardest job in the world. i think it is. but we're going to get through this it may be the hardest job in the world. >> cnn senior political analyst ron brownstein joining us now.

ron, always good to see you. the last 48 hours were really interesting and kind of indicative of what we might be seeing as we enter this, this new year and this new congress. is this a reminder of kind of what we're and kind of a peek into what we might see come 20, 25. >> yeah. happy holidays, jessica. >> first of all, yeah, it sure seems like what we've seen in the last couple of days is something is an early preview of what coming attractions for 2025. i mean, you bring together three big elements, all of which are pretty combustible. you have the volatility of donald trump. i mean, it's easy to forget how impulsive and unpredictable he was in his first term, particularly with legislative matters. >> i mean, he would often go blow up. >> you know, what seemed to be painstakingly constructed congressional deals with a tweet. then you add to that

what we saw in 23 and 24, which was the really venomous infighting among house republicans once their majority shrunk to kind of the bare minimum that they had last time. and it will be even a little more narrow this time, especially at the beginning. they could be down to as few as 217 seats, which makes, you know, each legislator a king. and then as a final ingredient, you have the kind of the new wild card, which is elon musk, who has shown that he is utterly, you know, willing to use the giant megaphone that he bought with x to spread right wing disinformation and misinformation, not only at democrats but at republicans. so add it up and the likelihood is going to be a pretty rocky ride. certainly, there are things that are going to be able to agree on, but boy, there's going to be a lot of broken glass along the way. >> and you mentioned elon musk there. we heard in that clip, speaker johnson saying, i talked to elon. i told him maybe you you want to be speaker. have at it. uh, he

certainly exerted a lot of power and influence in this moment. and if you're mike johnson, man, it looks like a rocky road. >> it sure does. i mean, you know, i was trying to think the other day of whether there has been a figure outside the government who has really been empowered to the degree by a by a new president and, and the congress. i mean, we really have not seen anything quite like this in a very long time. musk has been an asset for republicans. obviously, he spent a lot of money, helped trump, particularly in pennsylvania. he has a constituency of his own among some young voters. but i've got to think that rank and file republicans and even the more traditional political advisers around trump can't be entirely sanguine or comfortable with his degree of visibility, because you saw right away in this debate the degree to which democrats are feel comfortable

making him a symbol of the broader argument that we're going to be hearing from them through all of 2025, particularly in the tax debate, which is that donald trump got elected on the votes of a lot of working class voters across racial lines. but his agenda does far more for his rich buddies than it does for your average auto worker in michigan or teamster in indiana. and musk provides a pretty potent lightning rod and symbol for democrats in making that case. and to the degree. >> yeah, and i also just want to seem to be reveling in dictating to them not good for an elected official. yeah. and then what do you see with the mike johnson of it all? he's going to have to be voted back as house speaker on january 3rd. you mentioned this teensy, teensy, tiny majority that they're going to have. it's just it's tough to try to kind of herd all of these cats in the various factions that exist within this republican, this house republican conference.

>> yeah. look what we saw. remember, with manchin and sinema, you know, in the 5050 democratic senate in the first two years of biden. i mean, they were essentially kingmakers on every issue. and, you know, people would kind of ruefully talk about manchin, like every house member is now manchin, you know, every every house republican, especially if they end up with, you know, they can't schedule the special elections quickly enough, and they're down to 217 at points, really literally, anyone can veto anything. so johnson's i think best asset is it's not clear who would be better. it's not clear trump wants an extended fight over the speakership. but you already have several members, you know, suggesting that they may not support him. so again, watching the chaos of 23 and 24 with that narrow majority, i don't think anybody can can, you know, safely say that johnson has this secured until the votes are actually recorded? yeah. >> it will be something to see. ron brownstein, as always, good to see you. thanks so much.

>> thanks for having me. >> ahead. we know it's coming every year, but holiday travel doesn't seem to get any easier with millions coast to coast hitting the skies and the roads all while potentially dangerous weather and winter storms bear down on some of the nation's busiest airports. we're going to talk more about that. you're in the cnn newsroom. >> andie anderson, take a seat. >> look at this. you're wet, disheveled. there's debris hitting you. >> why do you have that on your phone? >> i watch it all the time. >> hey, listen, we need to be ready for new year's eve. >> there could be an ice storm or a hurricane. and obviously, confetti maybe you are ready. >> new year's eve live with anderson and andy. live coverage starts at eight on cnn and streaming live on max. >> i've lost 228 pounds on ghosn. >> i'm able to enjoy my life and keep off the weight. that's why golo works so well for me. >> golo has been really

empowering for me. i just recently purchased my first swimsuit since high school. >> golo is different. it's smarter, it's better. it will change your life forever. >> golo is the only thing that gave me this. it gave me back me. >> go lose weight. >> go look great and go love life. head to golo. dot com. that's golo.com. >> i still love to surf, snowboard and of course skate. so i take cu9 magnesium to support my muscle and bone health. kunal's high absorption magnesium glycinate helps me get the full benefits of magnesium. kunal, the brand i trust lawmakers are trying to shut down planned parenthood, the health care of more than 2 million people is at stake. >> our right to basic reproductive health care is being stolen from us. planned parenthood believes everyone deserves health care. it's a human right. future generations are beginning to lose the rights we fought for, the rights for ourselves, our kids

and our grandkids gone just like that. i can't believe this is the world we live in where we're losing the freedom to control our own bodies. last year, politicians in 47 states introduced bills that would block people from getting the sexual and reproductive care they need. where does it end? planned parenthood fights for you every day, but we need your support now more than ever. visit this website, call or scan the code on your screen with your $19 monthly gift. help us win the fight for the constitutional right to control our own bodies. >> truly. like if planned parenthood had not stepped in, i would not be here today. they saved my life. >> your support is urgent. our rights and the rights of future generations are at risk and lives are at risk. >> and that's why we have to keep fighting in every state, everywhere. >> donate $19 a month or whatever you can afford, and

you'll help us fight against laws that block care and take away our rights. >> we fight to make sure everyone and anyone can get the care they need. >> but we need your help and there's never been a more urgent time to join. so go online, call or scan this code now. sign up with your monthly gift today and we'll send you this care no matter what t shirt it is your right to have safe health care. >> that's it. we won't give up and we won't back down. >> we need you now more than ever. go online, call or scan right now. the jewelry exchange. >> the source for lab grown two carat studs, 992 carat solitaires, 1293 carat, 2490 ten carat tennis bracelets, mil

>> visit legacy box com today and get 60% off all there is with anderson cooper. >> listen, wherever you get your podcasts. >> a record number of americans

are expected to be on the move over the holidays. triple a is saying nearly 120 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home between now and new year's day, and winter weather already causing a rough start for a lot of people out there. meteorologist tyler mauldin is in the weather center with the holiday forecast. but first, we're going to check in with cnn's gloria pazmino, who is at laguardia airport in new york city. gloria, how are things looking there so far? >> well, jessica, one of the busiest airports in the nation, and we've actually had a pretty decent weather day here in new york city. so not a whole lot of cancellations or delays here at this airport where we know so many people fly in and out of. but as you said, it's expected to be a record breaking year in terms of the amount of people that will travel for the holidays, 119 million of them are expected to travel from now through the holiday season and into the second day of the new year, when we will all start making our way back home and likely back into our jobs as we

wrap up the holiday season. that is surpassing the 2019 record by two by 64,000 people, and it is 3 million more travelers than what we saw in the last year. so a lot of traffic expected in the next several days. but a lot of people that i met here today, jessica, very patient, even one woman who was slightly delayed, told me honestly, not a big deal because it just means i'm not rushing and i'm not like stressed to get to where i'm going. so very positive approach here today. we're still a couple of days out from christmas, so people are not totally feeling chaotic just yet. take a listen to a few of the travelers we met throughout the day. >> if we were driving, everybody said, are you driving? >> no, i mean, because you only get a certain amount of time and we've done it many times. >> but one mishap, it could be a 15 hour drive if something

goes wrong on the road, pray tell, nobody gets hurt and all that stuff. but by the time you get there, you're done. i mean, we're not 24 anymore. >> pretty stressful, i would say. >> pretty hectic. um, lines are busy. >> a lot of people are, you know, traveling for the holidays. i would say. but overall, i think our travel was good, but very, very busy. >> that last mom that we talked to, she was relieved to have finally arrived and was looking forward to the holiday season. and like you heard from the gentleman in the beginning, he opted to drive. excuse me? he opted to fly because he felt that driving introduced too many variables, too many things could go wrong, but in fact, 107 million americans will get behind the wheel in the next following days. they'll get on the highway and they'll be driving towards wherever they're going to celebrate this holiday season. so a lot men, a lot more americans expected to be on the road. about 7 million people will be

flying. that's according to triple a. so if you're one of the many millions of people that will get behind the wheel, just make sure that you bring your patience and your kindness because you are likely going to be hitting some traffic, especially as we get closer to the christmas holiday in the next few days. but for now, things here are going pretty well. >> jessica, a lot of people on the move. gloria, thank you. and let's go to tyler. now, who's going to walk us through this winter weather and also what we can expect? tyler. >> jessica, today is the first day of winter. so of course, like clockwork, i am tracking a couple of winter storms that will bring some wintry mischief to our holiday travels. first system is now starting to wane across the northeast, but you can still see some snow flurries here. we also have some lake effect snow going on across the great lakes, and that is because the great lakes are open for business right now. those waters are still very warm. so that wind coming across is bringing us some of that lake effect snow. we do have some delays at the

airports here in the northeast. this is mainly due to the winds, because the winds are howling right now, 35 40 mile per hour wind gusts. the good news is that tomorrow, that first system that is beginning to wane, it's going to be out of here. it's going to be replaced by a very cold, high pressure system. but then on its heels is yet another fast moving winter storm that will bring snow up here to the northeast. i mentioned that strong wind, the cold, high pressure. it is bringing in some very cold air to the eastern two thirds of the country. just look, by tomorrow morning we are talking about a wind chill of ten degrees in new york city. and then it's going to take you several days to warm up. in fact, you'll be below average for the next several days. it's probably not until next weekend that the majority of the east coast is back above normal. in terms of airport delays. tomorrow, the main impacts will be felt across the west coast. that's where a series of weather systems will be coming ashore,

and these weather systems are already being felt. right now you can see rain across the coastline and then some wintry mischief across the higher elevations. once you get a little farther inland, the temperatures out west, unlike on the east coast, these temperatures, jessica, are well above average. that is the reason why we're seeing that mixture of both rain and snow. and we'll continue to see that for the days to come. >> jessica. all right, tyler mauldin, thank you for that. we appreciate it. straight ahead, what we're learning about the man accused of ramming a car through a bustling christmas market in germany, killing five people and injuring hundreds. you're in the cnn newsroom happy life. >> diabetes. >> there's no slowing down. >> each day is a unique blend of people to see and things to do. that's why you choose glucerna to help manage blood sugar response uniquely designed with carb steady glucerna. >> bring on the day.

>> money is tight, so we must make sacrifices. >> i give up my bespoke shaving subscription and i'll stop ordering everything that's trending on instagram. >> and i will no longer agree to the add ons at the oil change place. >> just because the mechanic called me ma'am. >> it really is top of the line filter, ma'am. >> and of course we'll downgrade our insurance to get a lower rate. >> well, you know, you don't have to make sacrifices now that you're saving money with the progressive home and auto bundle you couldn't have said that, like six seconds ago at this very moment, children at saint jude are fighting to survive with a gift. >> right now. you can join the battle to save lives without saint jude. >> i don't know where we would be if they have given children with cancer like my winston, a chance she has neuroblastoma and it has spread to her liver. >> uh, try to enjoy every minute with her because i do

not know when would be my last moments with her. >> time is running out to give a year end gift that can help. saint jude children's research hospital save lives because cancer doesn't stop during the holiday season. please call or go online or scan the qr code right now and give $19 a month to help make it the season of hope for families at saint jude. >> just that feeling that was like so hard on your heart that kid's not going to live every day now. it's like a gift for just $19 a month. >> you can make a difference. please become a saint jude partner in hope right now. >> those that donate. >> it's more than a miracle for me. it's more than a blessing. >> they have done so much for me and my family join with your credit or debit card for only $19 a month, and

we'll send you this saint jude t shirt you can proudly wear to show your support. >> all these children deserve to live, and i would love for it to be the day where no other family has to fear losing their child to cancer. >> you've given us hope please don't wait until the last minute. >> make your donation now to help saint jude save lives. >> my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis held me back. but now with skyrizi, i'm all in thanks to skyrizi, i saw dramatically clearer skin and many even achieved 100% clear skin. don't use if allergic serious allergic reactions, increased infections, or lower ability to fight them may occur before treatment. get checked for infections and tb. tell your doctor about any flu like symptoms or vaccines with skyrizi. nothing on my skin skyrizi. nothing on my skin it is inevitable. chloe! hey dad. they will grow up. [cheering]

silly face, ready? discover who they are. [playing music] what they want from this world. and how they will make it better. and while parenting has changed, how much you care has not. that's why instagram is introducing teen accounts. automatic protections for who can contact them and the content they can see. ♪♪ ever.