>> well, look, nasa would not allow suni williams to venture out and dowere not in, you know, perfect health. um, this is going to be sunny williams eighth spacewalk. uh, her co spacewalk spacewalker, nick hague. this will be his fourth. these are incredibly experienced spacewalkers. but even if you're an experienced spacewalker, these spacewalks up at the space station have become quite routine. but they remain the most risky thing that any astronaut can do up in space. you are venturing out into the vacuum of space. and so right there you can see some of today's spacewalk goals. they're going to do a bunch of repairs and maintenance and refurbishments to various tools and instruments up at the international space station to kind of help with docking or

with making sure the navigation of the space station is in the right spot. whole thing john and kate should take about 6.5 hours. and just remember, while you're in those spacesuits, there's no eating and barely any drinking. so it's it's a grueling 6.5 hours, no matter how experienced you are, no doubt about that. >> kristin fisher, thank you for helping us understand what we are seeing. have fun watching the launch today, a new hour of cnn news central starts right now. >> a critical vote and a confusing delay. israel and hamas reach a hostage ceasefire deal. but this morning there are a lot of questions about how this is moving forward. now, after the israeli prime minister says there is a pause and accuses hamas of reneging on parts of the agreement. also, is donald trump coming to the rescue for tiktok? the new

reporting about trump considering using presidential powers to push off the ban in order to lock in a u.s. buyer. and cancer experts are raising new alarm today. new research shows young women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with cancer than young men. i'm kate bolduan with john berman. sarah is out today. this is cnn news central. >> all right. breaking overnight, the israel-hamas ceasefire and hostage deal appears to be in a very fluid situation, with a bump in the process, at least for now. just a short time ago, the israeli cabinet delayed a vote to ratify the deal because, they say hamas reneged on parts of the deal. so what does this mean? it's not clear right now. we're trying to find out what we can. just a short time ago, the deputy national security adviser, jon finer told kate that the u.s., the biden

administration, expects things to move forward. still. >> we fully expect the deal to be implemented as described by the president and by the mediators. egypt and qatar yesterday and on the timeline that was described, what we're doing now is working through details of implementation. >> all right. if this does go forward, hostages are supposed to be released as soon as sunday. at least two americans are set to be freed in the next 42 days. we've got teams standing by in washington and israel. let's get first to jeremy diamond in tel aviv for really, jeremy, what's happening or not happening? what's your sense well, john, you know, at this point in the day, we had expected that the israeli prime minister would have already brought this deal forward to the security cabinet, that perhaps the security cabinet by now would have already voted up or down on this cease fire agreement, and that we would be on our way

to a vote by the full cabinet of the israeli prime minister's government. >> but instead, what we have been seeing is the israeli prime minister's office releasing one statement after another, claiming that hamas is making last minute demands at the negotiating table. >> as they are working through some of these final implementation details. this is the statement from the prime minister's office that we got this morning saying hamas reneges on parts of the agreement reached with the mediators and israel in an effort to extort last minute concessions. the israeli cabinet will not convene until the mediators notify israel that hamas has accepted all of the elements of the agreement. but we should note, john, that the israeli prime minister's office is the only one saying at this point that hamas is making last minute demands, that there are issues that could potentially derail the implementation of this agreement. hamas has said that they are fully committed to the implementation of this deal. the qatari mediators, the egyptians, the americans, none of them have talked about any of these issues as of yet. and i think what's important to

note is that beyond whatever may be happening in doha, as it relates to those final details, what seems to be far more important at this point is what's happening here in israel between the israeli prime minister and one of the far right members of his governing coalition, the finance minister bezalel smotrich. that's because smotrich has been demanding a commitment from the israeli prime minister that he will go back to war, go back to fighting in gaza after the first phase of this agreement is concluded. after 33 israeli hostages are released over the course of six weeks, effectively derailing any possibility of this deal reaching an end to the war, which is exactly what the united states and the mediators are hoping will happen. and as of now, it does not appear that the prime minister and smotrich have reached any kind of resolution to that, and therefore that puts the prime minister's position in charge of his governing coalition as prime minister of the state of israel. very much in peril and certainly in a state

of uncertainty. and so that that political issue has yet to be resolved. and that's what we'll be watching closely today. but as all of that is happening, john, it's important to note that the war in gaza is still very much continuing today. according to the civil defense organization in gaza, 77 people have been killed in gaza since the announcement of this agreement, including 21 children. so the fighting, the carnage in gaza, very much still continuing and is expected to continue until this agreement is actually implemented, which could happen as early as sunday, if indeed all things go as as they are expected to. john, if things go, we just don't know because until the cabinet votes, it hasn't voted and it can't take that next step forward. so jeremy, keep us posted on that stand by. i want to bring in alex marquardt now because back when everything was going relatively smoothly and this deal seemed to be headed forward, to be implemented on sunday. alex, people were noting it's rather extraordinary, right? you have

the biden administration working hand in hand with officials from the incoming trump administration to get it done. and to an extent, both sides claiming a certain amount of credit. that's right, john, and as of last night, both the top trump and biden officials for the middle east, steve witkoff and brett mcgurk, were still in doha. >> so you can imagine that at this phase where things are somewhat uncertain. although the white house is confident that they are still working feverishly to make sure that this gets across the finish line. but no doubt, john, this has been a remarkable collaboration of all the issues that trump is going to inherit from the biden administration on day one. >> this is one that during the transition, they did work on closely together the framework, the three phases that are going to go into effect, we hope on sunday. this is very much the biden plan, but it is going to go into effect under trump. in the past eight months, the biden administration has not been able to get this across the finish line. there's been a lot that has happened in the past eight months that has put

pressure on the parties to get here. but make no mistake, john, one of the biggest factors here was the election of donald trump. that did put pressure on the parties. it put more pressure on the israeli government to put more pressure on the mediators. qatar and egypt. all of these governments want to make sure that they have good relations with the incoming trump administration. we heard from a senior white house official last night talking about this collaboration, calling it historically almost unprecedented, highly constructive, very fruitful partnership. but then, john, when president biden was done speaking about the cease fire yesterday, he was asked who should take credit? trump or biden? and he said, is that a joke? and that was a comment that was taken with some resentment by the incoming trump folks. but, john, if this goes into effect on sunday, as expected, that's the last full day of the biden administration. we keep saying that this is going to fall on on president trump to implement. and this is an

extraordinarily complex plan, not just in phase one, but soon after trump takes office, the negotiations will start for phase two. and then you're talking about very fundamental, very difficult questions of the idf withdrawal from gaza, which prime minister netanyahu may not want to do, and an end to the war in gaza. so big questions ahead, john. >> yeah. look, we've got short term questions. what happens in the next few hours? and then very real questions about what happens in the weeks and months after donald trump takes office again. alex marquardt, thanks to you and thanks to jeremy diamond as well, kate, the families of all of the israeli hostages are caught in the middle of all of this, still holding their breath to see what happens next and what happens now with this confusion that includes the father of american hostage sagui dekel-chen jonathan dekel hen reacted to the news of the deal this way last night. >> i hope this is the final chapter in the living hell that we've been, that we've

experienced for the last 15 months. >> so many mixed emotions for so many families. 94 hostages are still being held by hamas in gaza. that includes omer neutra. he grew up in long island, new york. he was 21 years old, serving in the idf when hamas attacked on october 7th. the idf confirmed just last month that he was killed by hamas that day, and that they have been holding his body since. his parents, ronen and orna, join us right now. thank you both very much for being here. ronen, the news of this now setting in for your family and so many families, what's going through your mind this morning? >> a lot of mixed emotions. >> obviously. uh, we are hoping the deal starts and a lot of families are going to be reunited with their, uh, dear ones. >> uh, we personally just heard the news, uh, you know, a month and a few weeks

ago, uh, and we were heartbroken after 422 days of of, uh, hope and pray and struggle to try and get our son back. uh, but this deal has to start. it's a deal with the devil with a terrorist organization that killed thousands. and. and it's time to start bringing those hostages back. we're very concerned, hearing about the difficulties in starting the deal. and as you reported, there could be many more difficulties going on moving from stage 1 to 2. and we have to make sure that american administration as it changes, uh, continues to be, uh, dedicated and focused on this or else, uh, some of those hostages will not come back and orna, i mean, jonathan dekel hen talking about the living nightmare that everyone has that you all have been living through. >> rachel goldberg, the mother

of hersh goldberg polin, another hostage who was killed in gaza. she she talked last night about her nightmare, the nightmare that they have lived through, holding out hope for so long only to then learn, like you, that their son was dead. let me play what she said for you. >> we had this elegant, unique torture for 330 days before we got the unimaginable hit that no parent wants. the loss of our only son, hersh. i think it's just a process that we are going to be untangling for for the rest of our lives. >> here we go. >> and, orna, you're living through something so similar. how do you put it into words, and what will it mean to finally, hopefully have amir's remains brought back to you?

>> you know, as as ronen mentioned before, for us, for 422 days, we were working under the assumption that omer was alive and that we are going to reunite. and of course, the news was devastating. um, and, um, but on the other hand, you know, this deal that is on the table right now and is going to hopefully start bringing hostages back home, uh, omer would not have been in the first phase of the deal. and, um, if i were to learn during the process of release that my son was not alive, i feel it would have been even more devastating. and, um, i feel we were safe from that. but most important is that finally, after over a year, uh, there is an agreement to start bringing hostages. omer still deserves to be brought back home. you know, we were told that he's not

alive anymore. this is different than hirsh. hirsh was brought back. he was buried. and at least there is some closure there. it was devastating. it is devastating. it's something that, you know, we're all going to have to cope with this grief for the rest of our lives. but omer is not home yet, and he deserves to be brought home for a proper burial together with the rest of the hostages. and as ronen said before, this is a complex deal. and it hasn't even started yet. so there's a long way to go and all parties are going to be. we're going to need to hold them accountable so that the deal goes through. >> it's so many. i mean, the only word is mixed emotions, right? it's hope. but then fear of being hopeful because of how long this road still is, even after them saying there is an agreement and a deal that should be starting on sunday, it is so impossible to even imagine what you're living through moment to moment, and will continue to. ronen. orna, thank you so

much. thank you, thank you. we will continue. we see omer, his picture right there. we're going to continue to show his picture and we'll continue to cover this. thank you very much. coming up for us still ahead, they are racing to take advantage of the calm winds that they're experiencing right now in southern california before the next round of dangerous gusts picks back up and firefighters still have so much to do to battle the wildfires that are not yet contained there. and also, there are big questions about what the cdc will look like in the new trump administration. the current director of the cdc issuing a new warning as she prepares to leave the job, and the rap battle between drake and kendrick lamar is now headed to court. one of the artists suing his own record label for the times when cooking just isn't in the cards, try brand new ready made meals from hellofresh. >> no prepping, no cooking. just heat up and dig in to

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these major blazes here at the palisades fire and also the eaton fire and altadena. they have some leads 150 or so leads. atf looking into those leads right now at the. and while we don't know what the cause is, there's also been a lawsuit that's been filed against southern california edison, the power company, which we've seen those videos of the fire at the base of the tower. the ceo of the company saying that their equipment was working properly at the time, and it would not have made sense to de-energize that tower because the winds weren't high enough to require that. that's the latest that we've heard out of that. but still, a lot of questions. how did this start? and so many people waiting just to get back to their property? john. >> stephanie elam in pacific palisades. glad you're being careful. stephanie, thank you so much for your reporting on all of this. all right. this morning, the ceo of tiktok has been invited reportedly to attend president elect trump's inauguration the day after tiktok is scheduled to be banned in the u.s. and the poker world. you might call

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any teenage members of your family. kate bolduan but if you ever look at their phone, they seem to be addicted to it and they're scrolling through. what are they scrolling through? they're scrolling through tiktok. i mean, my goodness gracious, two thirds of teenagers use tiktok. it is more popular than instagram, more popular than snapchat. facebook's for old fuddy duddies like myself. just 32% of teenagers use facebook and twitter x, which is my favorite platform. to be honest, just 17%. and it's not just that they love tiktok. teenagers are addicted to to tiktok. tiktok's got ahold of them. 50% of teenagers use tiktok several times a day. so if tiktok went adios amigos, this would have a major impact on the daily lives of teenagers, at least in your life. >> so this is 13 to 17 year olds. how about everyone else? yeah, how about everyone else? >> so, you know, i myself have a tiktok account, but i don't really quite understand it. i guess i'm becoming an old fuddy duddy adults who use tiktok, but even here, it's been a massive rise. so you go back to 2019, you can see it

was just 3%. now look at this. it's up to 32%. that's up nearly 30 points in just a five year span. yes, facebook is a little bit more. yes, facebook is number one, instagram being number two. but it's really the rise of tiktok. it's really younger folks. again, those under the age of 30 who use tiktok, there was a reason why trump went and campaigned with those influencers. it's because to get younger voters, to get younger folks on social media, you don't go to facebook, you go to tiktok. and the bottom line is tiktok has become a massive force in this country, and only one that has become considerably more popular as time has gone on. >> okay, so if it is so popular. yes. and it goes away. yes. where where do where do people go? yeah. >> okay. so, you know, as i said, tiktok has a massive hold on teenagers. tiktok has an increasingly strong hold on adults. but that doesn't mean that people who use tiktok only use tiktok. so who? tiktok users? where else could they potentially go? tiktok users

who also use look, they're going to get their fix somewhere else. because take a look at this 74% of tiktok users also use instagram. you know, you can go on instagram. i do have an instagram account forecast, in case you're wondering. or you can go over to youtube. think youtube shorts. 95% of tiktok users also use youtube, so look, they'll get their fix somewhere else, but it will still be a massive disruption in their lives, especially younger folks. kate. >> look, i just wanted to also show harry enten editorial here. youtube shorts are a thing. yes, very clearly they're a thing. only harry enten is just now learning. thank you harry. >> no, i got addicted. i really got to stay away. >> this is the. he is the youngest man with the oldest soul. you probably have ever met. that's harry enten. thank you so much, john berman. >> i also feel like that was just a giant plea for social media friends. >> yes, i need them, i need friends. i don't have friends in real life except for my girlfriend and john berman. so if you want to be my friend, please be my friend on insta. >> so we left out of that equation. >> we need some help. so come on guys. >> kate was making fun of me during this segment so i had to

leave it. >> but i do it with love. that is. >> that's true. we're family. we're not just friends, we're family. >> all right? we need to speak to a lawyer about all this. so with us now, cnn senior legal analyst, former assistant u.s. attorney elie honig, i want to bring people up to speed on what's happening with tiktok here. the tiktok ceo has reportedly been invited to the trump inauguration on monday. sunday is the day that tiktok is set to be banned by law. ellie, a congressionally mandated. bipartisan law signed by president biden, says tiktok is going to be banned on sunday if it's not bought by an american company. so if donald trump wants to save it, how could he do it? >> so, john, there's a couple of things that he can possibly do. and by the way, joe biden could possibly do it. it's just the president in the next couple of days. number one, the president could issue an order to the executive branch saying, do not enforce this law because ultimately, the fines that would be levied against tiktok

have to come through the executive branch. that would be controversial, however, to have a brand new law that passed by huge bipartisan majorities and immediately to say, ignore it. but i think the cleaner way, if donald trump wants to at least buy some time, is the law says if the president officially certifies that negotiations for the sale of tiktok to a u.s. company have commenced, have begun, that can put the law on hold for up to 90 days now, what does it mean for talks to have commenced? there's some subjectivity in that. but donald trump could say, look, i've spoken with the leaders of tiktok. there's various thoughts and rumors out there in the ether, and that's enough. and so if donald trump wants, he can issue that declaration saying, we're at least going to put it on hold for 90 days. >> there is some subjectivity in how that clause of the law can be interpreted. maybe he has. that doesn't mean that it won't be banned on sunday. it would have to be sort of unbanned on monday if trump did that. ellie, this gets to sort of the power of law

when congress passes a law, particularly by the margins, that we see here, 360 to 58 in the house, 79 to 18 in the senate. it's a powerful thing. and the supreme court, which we're still waiting on, by the way, seemed to respect that at least when they were listening to this. >> yeah. so the supreme court heard oral arguments challenging this law six days ago on friday. and the justices seemed very disinclined to strike down the law. in other words, they seem to believe, look, congress passed this law by the huge majorities that you mentioned, john, and the stated concern of congress was national security concerns. and essentially, the supreme court i listened to the argument, was grilling the lawyers for tiktok on who are we to override the decision of congress, that there's a grave national security concern here. now, we've not yet heard from the u.s. supreme court on that case. we could hear from them at any moment. or they could well, they could do three things. one, they could strike down the law. two, they could uphold the law, but three, they could also buy a little more time. they could also say, this

is a complicated case. it's a first amendment issue. it's a national security issue. we just heard arguments six days ago. so we're going to put this thing on hold for a couple of weeks. so at least we, the supreme court can think it through. >> yeah. any pause probably would be temporary weeks months. but sooner or later it does seem that they're going to have to contend with the meat of this law. elie honig there will be a chance for us to talk to you again about this. thanks so much for being kate. >> all right. ahead. still, for us. the california fire disaster has brought into real focus what has been happening out west and is now getting worse. the home insurance crisis that is playing out, especially in california. california's insurance commissioner is our guest to answer some questions. and the outgoing cdc director issuing a new warning not about a current or future health crisis, but about the danger of potential cuts that could be coming in the next trump administration. the cdc director is also our guest. we'll be right back. >> from meat free monday. to

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thinking the darkest thoughts. and then everything changed. dana said. you're still you and i love you. >> super man. the christopher reeve story february 2nd on cnn this morning. >> firefighters in california are racing to take advantage of this brief window with better conditions and winds die down today. the biggest wildfires. they are still far from being contained. and forecasters say that santa ana winds will return early next week. the fires have destroyed more than 12,000 homes and other structures, and many homeowners did not have insurance because companies have been dropping clients in california, citing the high risk of wildfires. with us now is california insurance commissioner ricardo lara. thank you so much for being with us. commissioner, do you have an estimate of how many people were uninsured that were directly affected here? >> so we don't have total numbers yet. given that the fires, as you all said, are still not under contained. so we're working on collecting

that number. but we know that this already complicates an already complicated situation here for insurance market in california. >> well, of course it does. and there's a reason behind this. and it's hard to figure out how to stop this cycle. it's a tragedy that there might be people who've lost their homes and have no insurance. but the insurance companies have been making that decision because of fear of wildfires. right. >> right. there's a couple of things going on. obviously, climate change has upended insurance markets all over the state and across the country, quite frankly. but what we got to do is we got to bring down that risk. we got to build better. we got to make sure that we do community wide mitigation standards. so and we also have to give money in people's pockets to help them do the home hardening, so that we bring down that risk and keep insurers writing in california. you know, california is still the largest market in the country, fourth in the world. the insurers want to do business here, but we

have to mitigate this risk that continues to grow in an ever changing climate of ours. >> and you're right. i mean, that is something that will certainly need to be addressed going forward. we should also address the right now, what resources are available to those people who do not have insurance? >> so absolutely, what we're telling people, whether you're underinsured, you're not covered to call our department at one( 800) 927-4357 so we can give take you to the appropriate resources. obviously, you know, we we're working with fema, we're working with other state resources. but for those folks that, you know, have a coverage, we want them to start the claim process immediately. my goal is to make sure that we make, you know, we make you whole and that we make sure that the insurance companies honor ra that you've entered. and this is now the time when insurance companies have to deliver for californians and for people that have been their customers for years. so, you know, all eyes are on the insurance companies now, including mine. we got to make sure that, you

know, we stabilize our market, we pay out these claims and that we help people recover as quickly as possible. >> the california fair play fair plan, which is meant to be a last resort, use of that as. skyrocketed. um, is it at risk of being insolvent given so many claims? now? >> you're absolutely right. our fair plan is a consortium of insurance companies, and we're we're communicating with them twice a week. as of now, we don't see any financial threat, but we're monitoring it right? as we're as these fires continue to rage and they're not contained, but we're we're constantly in communication with them. we want to make sure that the insurer of last resort is still there. as you well point out, it has been growing because insurance companies have been not renewing or canceling folks. but, you know, i'm happy to say that just yesterday. state farm agreed to stop the renewals and actually re-up people's, uh, policies that have been currently dropped in l.a. county. that gives us a

much needed reprieve and allows consumers to actually focus on what's important right now, their safety and their recovery. while we work to stabilize this market in the coming year. >> there are so many concerns out there day to day, but also some long term challenges you have to face, too. ricardo lara, insurance commissioner, thank you so much for being with us. kate. >> president biden, he gave his farewell address to the nation last night, which also coincides with members of his administration working to wrap up their work and preparing their exits ahead of president elect donald trump's inauguration on monday. that includes america's health agencies and one of those people, the director of the cdc is doctor mandy cohen. president elect donald trump has picked former congressman dave weldon to replace cohen to be the next cdc director. weldon could be a key ally of his potential boss, who donald trump has tapped to head up hhs, which is robert f kennedy jr.. ahead of this. in an op ed in the financial times, the

current cdc director, doctor mandy cohen, warns that it would be a mistake to make sweeping changes based on the way she writes it outdated pandemic era frustrations and saying it would be nothing short of dangerous, adding, quote, this is not the time to roll back such progress, but to build on it, to continue investing in a stronger cdc rather than endangering it. further changes need to be made with a scalpel, not an ax. at cdc director doctor mandy cohen joins us right now. director, thank you very much for coming in. what drove you to lay this out so publicly? who is your message for? >> i want to make sure that the incoming trump team understands that the cdc is a different agency than the one they might have remembered from five years ago, at the beginning of the pandemic. we've learned a lot. we've taken action. some of the things that are different, we are able to get in data much more quickly from emergency rooms, from wastewater data,

from laboratories, and we're able to turn around that data and make it useful for the american people to make sure that they're protecting health. and i want to make sure that they understand cdc is a critical asset to protect this nation's health. and for our national security. >> because, doctor, what i see in your op ed is that you're concerned. i mean, maybe i go as far as you're afraid to see what could come if some of what's been thrown around that could be coming in terms of changes, if they come to fruition, things that you hit on in your piece that concern you, budget cuts that have been talked about in the house of representatives to the cdc, the suggestion that the cdc be broken apart, that has been suggested by some people around the president elect. what will be the impact if all of these cuts and structural changes are made to the cdc and other agencies within hhs? >> i think if we weaken the cdc and we roll back the progress we've made over the last five years, we will be less healthy and less safe. we've made a lot

of progress again in our data. the way we communicate, the way we're able to partner. look, is there always more work to do? of course, this is an improvement journey that we are on, but we cannot go backwards because the health of our nation needs to make sure we have an asset that's ready to keep us safe. we have threats on the horizon, things like bird flu or avian flu that we're responding to right now. we just saw yet another outbreak of something called marburg, which is like an ebola virus. we want to keep that out of the united states, and we need cdc to be working, not just here in our country, but overseas, to make sure that those viruses don't come to the united states. >> donald trump's nominee to be hhs secretary, which oversees cdc and all of america's health agencies, rfk jr.. he is controversial, to say the least. he's not a vaccine skeptic. he's further than that. he is a vaccine cynic. he says that he has said that there is no vaccine that is safe and effective. he has

also said that among the health agencies, he says fda staffers should be preparing to pack their bags. he says at nih, he wants to shift funding from focusing on infectious disease research to focusing on chronic diseases. he thinks entire departments, including some at fda, should be eliminated. do you think rfk is good for that job? >> well, i know that we need a leader that's going to continue to make progress on what we have already done here at cdc. we need to make sure that we are strengthening our infrastructure, and vaccines are a very important component of how we keep people safe. i don't want to have to see kids get sick with polio or measles to yet again prove that vaccines work, and that they're able to be our best defense against some of these terrible childhood illnesses that we've seen in the past. so i want to make sure we keep moving forward, making progress, because, look, there's a lot of health threats out there. we have a lot of work to do, both

on the infectious disease side and to tackle things like diabetes and heart disease and cancers. we can and need to make progress on all of those fronts. >> i've heard of many doctors on, and experts saying that they are afraid if rfk is confirmed to that position. i've had one pediatric doctor say that he is. he fears for america's children. if rfk is given, is given the power and control, how much damage can one person do? do you think, in the role of being hhs secretary? because some would say the systems will keep on systemizing, the country will continue, america's health agencies will continue. how much damage can one person do? >> well, look, a leader of an agency as wide and and has so many pieces to it as health and human services can have major impact. that's why i want to make sure the incoming team

understands what we have done, the progress we have made, and the opportunities. we can't go backwards. we need to keep making progress forward. that of the conversations i'm having with members of congress as well. and again, when we have these conversations, i think there is a lot of consensus on the need to protect our country, to keep us safe, to make sure we have the infrastructure necessary. and, you know, we've we've listened and learned at cdc. we are a different agency. and when i have those conversations, there's a lot of consensus that we need to make sure we keep making those investments to keep americans safe. >> i noted that in your piece. you say, yes, the cdc could have done better during the pandemic response. the agency took responsibility and has learned, and that progress continues. and this is one of those areas of federal government where continuity is key. when we're talking about nothing short of america's health. doctor mandy cohen, thank you very much for your time. john. thanks. >> all right. this morning, one

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now. >> kobe. the making of a legend premieres january 25th on cnn. >> they not like us. >> they not like us. they not like us. they not like us. they not like us. they not like us. >> so that clip comes from the music video for kendrick lamar's not like us, which is now at the center of a new lawsuit brought by rapper drake. drake is suing his own label over this universal music group, claiming the label defamed him while distributing promoting lamar's song. drake accuses umg of promoting kendrick lamar's diss track that accuses drake of being a pedophile, and also calls for a violent retribution against drake. let's pick this up from here. cnn's lisa france has the details for us. and, lisa, we've talked about this. this feud has been going on for a long time. what finally sparked a lawsuit, though? >> well, kate it appears that the lawsuit was sparked because of the fact that drake says that there were multiple

attempts to break into his house, including one in which one of his security guards, who he said was a friend of his, was shot. the song not like us, of course, was the song of the year, and i was trying not to dance to it when you were playing that clip. but just to remind people, here are some of the lyrics that drake has a problem with. let's take a listen to, so, drake, i hear you like them young. you better not ever go to cell block one to any that talk to him and they in love. just make sure you hide your little sister from them. so, of course, drake is saying he's not a pedophile. that lyrics such as this are making the public think that he is. and also that they're making people feel like they should seek retribution. which is why he says that there were the attempted break ins, and he's alleging that that's part of what caused the shooting incident at his home. now, umg provided us with a statement where they absolutely deny this. they say that it's actually illogical that they would defame one of their own artists because drake is on

their label. and they said, not only are these claims untrue, but the notion that we would seek to harm the reputation of any artist, let alone drake, is illogical. they went on, of course, to talk about how he's made a lot of money for the company. you know, they've invested heavily in him, and they touch on the fact that this is a rap battle, this between kendrick lamar and drake is, you know, it's pretty much what hip hop is all about. kate you know, people go back and forth on wax, but drake is saying that people are taking it off of wax and they're bringing it into real life, and it's having some really real life severe consequences for him is what he's alleging. >> kate well, this is clearly not over by a long shot. lisa, great to see you. thank you so much. >> good to see you. thank you so much. >> all right. just in this morning, pope francis was injured in a fall at his residence. the 88 year old hurt his right arm, suffering a contusion, but we're told no fractures. the vatican said that as a precaution, the arm has been put in a brace. official pictures showed him wearing a cloth sling. you can

see it right there as he was in meetings. new names added to the performance list for the inauguration. in addition to carrie underwood, which we knew kid rock, jason aldean, the village people. billy ray cyrus, and gavin degraw. they will all be there. and the trump-vance inaugural committee has also promised a surprise musical guest. fox just announced that for the first time, the super bowl will be streaming for free streaming. the game has been locked behind subscription access for the last few years, but now you can watch the game on tubi. the super bowl, of course, will be played on february 9th. a phone scam at the very highest level. the prime minister of thailand says she received a call demanding money from what sounded like the voice of a well-known world leader. turned out to be a scam by an a.i. system. the prime minister did not reveal whose voice the scam was mimicking. kate, if i call you asking for money, it's not a scam. >> it never has been in the past either. hmm. interesting. but now i have a new out. all right, let's move to this new.

this morning we have a new report released by the american cancer society finding that young women are almost twice as likely to be diagnosed with cancer as young men. cnn's jacqueline howard has the details on this. jacqueline, we are all ears. what is this about? what are you learning? >> well, kate, what we're learning, and this is really surprising because historically, men have had a greater cancer incidence compared with women. but what we are now seeing when you look at adults under the age of 50, women in that age group now have an 82% higher incidence rate of cancer than their male counterparts. and this new report from the american cancer society, it really points to two specific cancer types driving this trend in women breast and thyroid cancers. they make up almost half 46% of all cases in women in this age group. and so the takeaway here is that the face of the typical cancer patient is shifting

younger and shifting more towards women than men. this is important for doctors to be aware of as they're screening their patients for cancer. and of course, to reduce our own risk. we should all know our family history. talk to your doctor about your personal risk factors. talk with your doctor about when you should get screened, how frequently, and of course, maintain those typical health tips like you see here. maintaining a healthy diet. getting regular exercise, avoiding smoking. don't drink too much. these are all things we can do to really reduce our risk. at a time when we are seeing these surprising trends. kate. >> absolutely. jacqueline, thank you so much for laying it out for us. i really appreciate it. a new hour of cnn news central starts right now. >> all right. we do have breaking news. moments ago, learning new details about what

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