phillips is on the corner. the wallace is the graves down the street. uh, um, robert across the street. lily and steve down the street. and i could walk down to these people's house today and get something to eat. if i wanted to. they watched. they raised me and watched me grow up. up in that neighborhood and, um, and being in that neighborhood when i was younger, i could walk around and eat fruits from every tree that i wanted to. and wow, it was just a great place to be. and it still is a great place to be where i can sit back and somebody will be, um, riding a horse down the street and and they'll let you jump on a horse and ride the horse with them for a little while. and it's just that type of type of place up there. um, and it's a beautiful place to be. >> well, anthony ruffin, johnny miller, it's no wonder that a great place to be had such great people there as well, like yourselves. thank you so much. and thank you all for watching.

more coverage after this. >> it's thursday, january 16th right now on cnn this morning. >> i hope this is the final chapter in the living hell. >> cautiously optimistic. that's the feeling for the families of hostages held by hamas. but minutes ago, the cease fire hostage deal, release deal facing a new hurdle. >> plus, it's been the highest honor of my life to lead you as commander in chief. >> a lifetime of service. president biden saying goodbye to his final warning as he leaves office and later. >> i need to know that you would tell the president no testing loyalty. >> democrats want to know will the president elect's pick for attorney general do his bidding and prosecute his enemies? all right. it is 5 a.m. here on

the east coast live. look at capitol hill on this thursday morning. good morning everyone. i'm kasie hunt, it's wonderful to have you with us in israel, in gaza and across the middle east. the announcement of a deal between israel and hamas brought a rare wave of optimism this morning. those hopes do seem to be threatened. in just the last hour, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, announcing his cabinet would delay its vote on the cease fire hostage deal. they're accusing hamas on reneging on parts of the agreement, end quote. in response, hamas saying they remain committed to the agreement as it was announced. since that news yesterday, thousands of exhausted, hopeful israelis have been filling what's called hostage square in tel aviv. after hearing about that agreement on wednesday. but just hours after the deal was reached, israel bombarding gaza overnight, at least 45 people were killed in an attack on gaza city. if it stands as it is, the agreement calls for a

42 day ceasefire. during that time, 33 hostages would be released. that includes at least two of the seven americans being held. only three of those americans are believed to be alive. also in the deal, about 1000 palestinian prisoners would be freed from israeli jails. the agreement was brokered with a rare level of cooperation between the outgoing president biden and the incoming trump president and their camps. the president biden was asked about that this deal would have to be implemented by the next team. >> so i told my team to coordinate closely with the incoming team to make sure we're all speaking with the same voice, because that's what american presidents do. >> u-box credit for this, mr. president, you or trump. >> is that a joke? >> president biden says phases two and three of the deal could include a permanent end to the war. let's bring in cnn global affairs analyst kim dozier with more on this. kim, good morning. nice to see you. good

morning. let's start with this sort of just emerging development out of israel, which is that there's a delay on the vote in the israeli cabinet. do you think that that's a significant threat to this deal going through? is that about israeli politics? what's going on? >> the prime minister's office is saying that hamas is trying to determine the identities of some of those palestinian prisoners released. this is the kind of last minute thing that, you know, since none of us have seen the written terms of the deal, we don't know. hamas is denying it, saying that they've agreed to this israeli and egyptian and qatari negotiators are surely now all getting on the phone and trying to smooth everyone back down. um, but that's one of the reasons that the hostage families say until they actually see their loved ones crossing the border, they're not going to believe this is real. >> so big picture. let's talk here. obviously, there's a little bit of a fight here in washington over who gets credit for how this all played out. we do know that steve witkoff

longtime friend of donald trump, as well as obviously his middle east envoy, was really involved in conversations with brett mcgurk, with other americans on this. but i'm really interested to know what you think about how benjamin netanyahu has changed his behavior. with the specter of trump coming in, and whether that's part of why we're seeing this now, netanyahu knows that the trump administration can be good for him in a number of ways, and wanted to deliver this gift to donald trump, but also, hamas knows, and it's something that negotiators have used as an implicit threat, that the trump administration is likely to give a green light to whatever the israeli government thinks it needs to do to continue fighting, increased fighting, and that one of hamas's only ways to possibly survive this is to say yes to some sort of a deal right now, so that the qatari and egyptian negotiators can somehow preserve their continued existence. what do you think is the likelihood

that, i mean, as as president biden said, this may happen now, but any permanent ceasefire, a lot of these deadlines fall into the trump administration. yeah. how likely is it that we could get to a permanent ceasefire there? and what's the plan for gaza? >> well, the first phase is for 33 women children injured. a couple of the americans. but a lot of the most contentious issues have been left for negotiation. for the second phase after 42 days. so you have this initial trust building period, and then what happens with the philadelphi corridor? that's the area between gaza and egypt. israel wants to stay. israeli forces are still in the buffer areas. many members of the israeli government don't want the idf to leave gaza. all of that has to be negotiated for the men of military age. the israelis of military age to be released. and that's when it's going to get really hard and could very well all fall apart. >> all right. >> kim dozier, thanks very much

for bringing your perspective on this. obviously very, very complicated and emotional issue for so many people right now. thanks very much. all right. coming up here on cnn this morning, who was actually in the hot seat pam bondi or kash patel. a major focus of bondi hearing were questions about the qualifications of donald trump's pick to be fbi director. plus, will the president elect save tiktok? the potential executive order that he's weighing. and president biden's farewell to the nation. and a final warning. >> this country needs a leader and leaders change attitudes about people. >> in this part changed my life. >> superman. crazy. just that simple little thing over the horse. >> chris wanted to change the world. >> people are literally walking because of him. >> superman. the christopher reeve story february 7th, lumify. >> it's kind of amazing. >> wow. lumify eye drops

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>> it will take time to feel the full impact of all we've done together, but the seeds are planted and they'll grow, and they'll bloom for decades to come. >> president biden, using his farewell address to the nation as a moment to try to shape his legacy as he leaves office after just one term. speaking from the oval office for just over 17 minutes wednesday night, president biden also used the moment to deliver a warning about what he feels threatens america's future. >> today, an oligarchy is taking shape in america of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms, and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead. people should be able to make as much as they can, but pay play by the same rules, pay their fair share of taxes. >> the president, singling out large tech companies and

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the focus on tech companies or on on the tech industrial complex was very interesting. and he talked about dark money in politics as well as part of his warning. and, you know, it struck me, it made me think of his, uh, his former president barack obama's farewell speech, who also wasn't warning about tech companies but was warning about polarization of politics and becoming siloed and not wanting to speak to your to to fellow americans. so really, some, some, some parallels there abutting the incoming trump administration. >> yeah, jackie. there, there also of course is this has been this simmering kind of resentment on the part of the bidens as they leave office. and joe biden did an interview with the washington post and she said this quote, like i said, jill says now sit in the green room of the white house on the first sunday of january. i've been thinking about a lot about relationships. it's been on my mind a lot lately, and

jill pauses. we were friends for 50 years. she's using her teacher's voice now. it was disappointing. she was, of course, talking about former house speaker nancy pelosi. then she says, sure. jill says when she was asked whether her husband could have governed the country for another four years. i mean, today i think he has a full schedule. he started early with interviews and briefings, and it just keeps going. there clearly is still this is this is not settled. >> oh, no. and you got that sense even in the interview that biden did with usa today. what was that a week ago where he said that, um, well, actually, he said he he didn't know if he was going to be able to serve another four years, but he said he would have one. um, according to cited polling, which was very a lot of shade toward his vice president. it was both the bidens who really prized loyalty, who prized their relationships. i think this last past year really rattled them, and there was a lot they saw that they didn't like and will probably harbor for quite

some time. >> um, let's also talk briefly, jackie, about, you know, as he leaves. we released a poll yesterday here at cnn that shows us joe biden's approval rating as he goes out of office. just 36% of americans say that they approve of the job that he's handling, how he's handling his job as president. 64% disapprove, which, again, i mean, it speaks to you said about how i mean, whether or not he could have won this election. >> well, right. and i think one of the clips that you played there, he was talking about how a lot of the things that they did aren't coming to fruition as fast and what the seeds are planted and they will bloom. basically, he's been asking for patience for about four years at this point. and this continues to be a through line. now, whether you know what he says actually comes to fruition, whether he gets credit, that's for history to decide. >> yeah. and finally, jackie, we do have additional confirmation hearings playing out today. we saw pam bondi, of course, in the hot seat

yesterday. in some ways, that conversation was more about kash patel than it even was about pam bondi. >> it was really interesting to see that. and and also whether she would say no to trump or where she would say no to trump. i think we saw a little bit of that in marco rubio's hearing as well. but you're absolutely right. she there was this moment where she said, i can't wait for kash patel to come. and paraphrasing, of course, to come and answer these questions. it if you're pam bondi. i think lindsey graham said this is probably good that they're asking you about kash patel, but it does really strike to the fact that some, particularly democratic lawmakers are worried about how much control and how how much she will control. she will exert over kash patel is approved, because we know that bill barr, for example, was not someone who wanted him in any position around justice over my dead body. yes, i believe that was the quote. yes. all right. >> jackie kucinich, thanks very much for being with us this

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the file. i haven't seen the investigation. i haven't looked at anything. it would be irresponsible of me to make a commitment regarding anything. it would be irresponsible for me to talk about anything. and it is pending litigation. >> all right. my next guest will be testifying today, day two of bondi hearing. former state attorney general, former state attorney for palm beach county in florida, dave ehrenberg. dave, nice to see you. great to be back. so let's talk a little bit about how bondi's hearing went yesterday. i know you know her personally. you've worked with her in the state of florida across party lines. what did you make of what she had to say yesterday, especially around this question of who won the 2020 election, because we're still doing that, right? >> yeah, i thought overall she did very well. i think you could tell that she had the votes because they were more concerned with kash patel than pam bondi. and as far as the election denialism, you know, she actually went farther to say it was a fair election than others have been in trump's orbit, saying that she accepts the 2020 election results. she

refused to use the word fraud when she said that when she was in pennsylvania, she saw some things. so remember, trump's not going to appoint someone who's going to contradict his election fraud claims. so i think pam bondi went as far as an attorney general nominated by trump can go. >> dave, let's talk for a second about the question of january pardons for january 6th rioters. senator thom tillis yesterday on the hill had this to say about that question. let's watch. >> i find it hard to believe that the president of the united states, or you would look at facts that were used to convict the violent people on january the 6th and say it was just an intemperate moment, that i don't even expect you to respond to that. but i think it's an absurd and unfair hypothetical here. and you probably haven't heard the last of it. >> that comment. tillis is in an interesting position. he is going to be up for reelection in a basically a purple state.

he's basically saying, well, you're not going to do this. but there does seem to be this question hanging out there about how far they'll go with pardons for january 6th rioters. >> trump has promised pardons for the january 6th rioters. the question is, will he pardon the violent ones, the ones who attack police? you can't say you back the blue and then pardon people who committed violence against police officers. so pam bondi made it clear that she did not support that. she did not support anything to do to help people who had violent acts committed against police officers. now, whether she'll go along with president trump's pardons is another thing. i think there's going to be a demarcation between the violent ones and the ones who were trespassing, who were charged for being inside the building, but we shall see, because that was not a tourist event that day. that was an attempt at insurrection. >> yeah. no, i was i was there. so it was not a they were not tourists. dave, let's talk about bondi the person for a second. one of the other focuses of this hearing was asking about a quote, unquote enemies list. she said she

would not have an enemies list. but you know her personally. we also we know that donald trump himself takes these things very personally, right? he often is vindictive in how he acts towards things. what is pam bondi actually like in that regard? is that something that comes naturally to her? i mean, we've also seen kash patel kind of talk about the deep state in a very impassioned way. he clearly feels, you know, kind of personally attacked by it in many ways. what is pam bondi like in this regard? >> she is a people person. she has the love of the people in her office because she has their backs at all times. she's very warm. she has a big heart. she is not super partisan. that's the thing that differentiates herself, i think, from matt gaetz and others. she hired me even though i ran against her. i ran as a democrat for attorney general in 2010. i lost in the primary, and then i endorsed the democrat who beat me. and then she still hired me, and we went after the pill mills, the opioid epidemic together. she took a lot of

grief for it. so i do think that she's the best choice that the democrats could ask for in this situation, because sally yates ain't walking through that door. and so i think democrats should pick their battles because there are bigger fights ahead, like tulsi gabbard and others. >> really interesting. dave aronberg, thanks very much for being here. thank you. good luck with your testimony today. thank you. see you soon. all right. let's turn back now to this. as a new president prepares to come into power. president biden, defending his term in office and america's system of government as he gets ready to depart after a political career that has spanned more than 50 years. >> our system of separation of powers, checks and balances. it may not be perfect, but it's maintained our democracy for nearly 250 years, longer than any other nation in history that's ever tried. such a bold experiment. >> my next guest is the author of the new book, in defense of partisanship, and in it he writes this quote. by the close of the 20th century, partisan politics was ascendant in the

electorate and in the organization of congress. the reforms of the 1970s had built the organizational infrastructure for centralized parties to dominate the business of legislative politics. demographic shifts produced electoral conditions where the incentives were in place for party leaders to use their new tools. and joining us now is the author of that book, in defense of partisanship julian zelizer. he's a cnn political analyst, professor at princeton university. julian, welcome to you. thank you. so you are obviously defending partisanship here, which is kind of like, isn't this like an unpopular opinion at the moment? explain why you think this is good for america. >> well, i try to argue that parties have been very important in american history. >> they organize differences through the political system. they generate big ideas at moments like the 1930s or even in the 1980s, and they're the best way to work through our disjointed and kind of broken system of political power. i differentiate hyper partisanship, which we have now

from responsible partisanship where parties are strong, they fight for what they want, but they abide by guardrails. >> so the era of hyper partisanship what does that contribute? because, i mean, we we have seen so much of that lately. >> well, it still reflects real differences in the electorate. and i don't think we should discount that. and it's better if they are fought through the system rather than what we see at a time like january 6th, where it goes beyond the constitution. so there's still a big value. and i don't think these are unnatural divisions. so there's still an important role that they're playing. but i do set out a set of reforms to try to curb the worst excesses and the most dangerous excesses of the system today. >> i think one of the things that i thought about as i was paging through this is this question. i mean, you know, you talk about january 6th, right? my question had been and i covered every day of the trump administration from capitol hill, the the difference between loyalty to a person in

donald trump is what animated many of the people that showed up on january 6th, and that it struck me that maybe the issue is that and a lot of democrats would even say this on the hill at the time that the republican party was not strong. the party itself was weak. and that was what created the opportunity for something like this to happen. do you agree with that analysis or not? >> no, i don't. i think the republican party has been very clear. they are united with president-elect trump. they were during the first term without that kind of protection, without that kind of support from the broad party, the president wouldn't have had the power that he did and he wouldn't have been reelected. so i think that discounts how much support there is within the gop. and i think we often exaggerate the opposition within the gop. i think there's a convergence of trumpism, of republicanism. they are one and the same. and this has been developing for decades. it's not simply about trump. it's about a new republican party that he fits

very well within. >> so what do you say to people who look at our politics and say, you know what most people, they're not actually all that partisan. they're pretty middle of the road. you know, they may not have all of the same views. you know, oftentimes now democrats, if you're going to be in the party, they want you to have a certain set of way of looking at gaza and abortion and all these, you know, all the issues stacked up. right? whereas people may have more of a mix. why do you think you write in the book that you don't think that governing that way works? why? >> well, it hasn't worked that way since the founding. the founders always imagine we can move to this kind of unity. and they didn't want parties. and we have had parties literally from day one through today. so even with those commonalities when it comes to actually fighting over the specifics, meaning not broad areas of agreement, but what do we do on reproductive rights? what do we do on voting rights? what do we do on economic or foreign

policy? then the differences start to emerge. and for those who are actually engaged in the deliberations, there's not always as much gray as we hope. so i just think that reflects the reality of a nation that's often very divisive, and we need a way to deal with that. and parties have been the best way to do that. >> so president biden obviously is departing the stage. he had a really remarkable experience with his own party, where they basically defenestrated him right from the top of their presidential ticket with just 107 days to go. how surprised were you in watching how that played out? >> i was surprised, i mean, i was surprised watching the debate like everyone was to see the performance, but then i didn't know if the party would react. i mean, i didn't know if they would take the path of the party rallies around a weaker candidate and tries to elevate that candidate to what they had done for basically a year, and that's what they had done. but they shifted very quickly. i think it wasn't totally surprise, because the

sense of desperation about what the stakes were were great enough that this wasn't an ordinary election for democrats. so when they made that decision, there was a logic to the unprecedented nature of what happened. >> all right. julian zelizer, thanks very much for being with us today. appreciate your expertise. and again, the book is in defense of partisanship. you can get your copy now. all right. coming up here on cnn this morning, the israeli cabinet delays voting on the cease fire agreement with hamas. but hamas says they're still committed to the deal. we'll talk about that new hiccup overnight. plus a big night of highlights across the nba. we'll bring it all to you in our cnn sports update. >> super man, the christopher reeve story. february 2nd. still congested. >> nope. uh-oh. >> new mucinex 2 in 1 saline nasal spray spray. >> goodbye, new mucinex 2 in 1 saline nasal spray with a gentle mist and innovative power jet spray. goodbye to congestion.

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i lost everything that i had in that fire. >> we left with just the clothes on our back. i asked god for ten more years, uh, to see my daughter rebuild her home. yes. >> behind me used to be rosebud academy. in the past hour or so, we've seen search and rescue firefighters coming through, doing a final sweep, looking for human remains. what happens to the school? where do the kids go? do they go to other schools? do they meet in church halls? they have no school supplies and for kids. community largely revolves around a school. nick watt, cnn altadena california. >> that's such a good point. the schools in particular are really difficult. our thanks to nick watt for that story. all right, let's turn now to this. the clock is ticking for tiktok and its china based owner. bytedance has just three days before the popular app is banned in the u.s. that is,

of course, unless the supreme court intervenes or they decide to sell the app off. sources tell cnn that president elect trump is now considering an executive order that would delay the ban until a new owner could be found. as the deadline approaches, bytedance has been building its presence even further in the united states, not just through quick social media videos, but as a source for shopping. cnn's mark stuart has more. >> merchandise is moving at this beijing toy shop, owner wang guofeng has made a business selling model cars not just from her storefront. we followed along as she used the popular chinese social media app douyin to livestream and sell her toys. i'm watching on the phone as she's streaming. if there's a product i like, i just touch the screen. it takes me to a payment system. it's that easy. dong yun is china's version of tiktok, also owned by chinese tech giant

bytedance. it's a place for entertainment and an e-commerce hotspot in china with similar ambitions in america. wang feels it should be open to everyone and says it's a pity the u.s. is banning the app. it's been a game changer for her business. >> because of douyin, i make money both online and offline. >> it's great douyin, along with millions of other sellers, she can instantly chat with customers and build a personal relationship, a feature gaining popularity in the u.s. but already common in china. >> it's very advanced in terms of the e-commerce platform. it's a one stop shop, and that's what makes it so attractive. >> bytedance is already pushing this new way of shopping in the u.s., introduced in 2023, a similar setup, tiktok shop brought in $100 million in single day sales this past

black friday, while tiktok shop is still a pioneer, its sister app douyin is already a force. ranked number 4 in 2023 among all e-commerce platforms in china, selling more than $300 billion worth of merchandise, according to an industry report. >> if you look what they did in china, the goal is that they can mirror that in the u.s. that's if a ban doesn't get in the way. >> in china, it's already something businesses rely upon. >> without this platform, i don't know if my store would still exist. >> a tech tool whose fate in america is now with the supreme court. mark stewart, cnn, beijing. >> all right. time now for sports. it was a rough night at the office for the reigning nba rookie of the year. coy wire has the latest in this morning's cnn sports update. update. good morning. >> good morning. casey. yes, it was a rough night. there were

some ups, but this is one of the youngest, most talented and tallest players in the league. seven foot three, 21 year old victor wembanyama. he set a spurs franchise record eight blocks in a half against the grizzlies. now let's go to the seven foot four grizzlies center zach edey throwing down a monster dunk on the reigning rookie of the year and a 129 115 win. then memphis high flier john morant tells edey, hold my beer. oh, this dunk on wemby, one of the greatest of all time. but casey, it didn't count. the whistle blew. so some are on the interwebs saying that doesn't count as getting dunked on. he didn't even touch the rim. others are saying, oh, it counts to the grizzlies. i kept going with the play because normally i don't hear no whistle when i, you know, drive to the rack or anything. >> so when you saw him and you saw the other person at the rim, all right. >> so you got plenty of people. so he, you know, he don't get no pass either. the clippers lead an absolute

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hosting gardner-webb. and it's interrupted when a young fan decides to get in on the action, scampering, ducking and dodging on the court until radford truth. harris says, you know what? come here youngster. he picks up the little court invader and takes him to the sideline. radford coach darris nichols said that he looked at the ref and was like, dude, don't give me a technical foul for this, please. they were up three with just a minute to go and this youngster just wreaks havoc on the court. casey. those of us with kids know like we all have that one kid. >> oh my, that's totally my son 100% at that age. like forget it. like zero zero shame or concern. and i would be over there like, you know, bright red in the stands. >> absolutely. listen. radford actually got a decent team. they have a chance to make the ncaa tournament this year. let us hope they do. and let us hope that young boy comes along with them for real. >> you know, it's a mascot, coy. thank you. you got it. appreciate it. all right. coming up in our next hour here on cnn this morning, almost

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