i'm audie cornish in for kasie hunt.st 52 days until inauguration day less than two months until donald trump once again swears to preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> every decision on trade, on taxes on immigration, on foreign affairs will be made to benefit american workers and american families. we must protect our borders from the ravages of other countries making our products stealing our companies and destroying our jobs eight years ago, as trump stood on the steps of the capitol and spoke of american carnage he also railed against trade deals that he said were harming american workers. >> and now, before he's even moved into the white house, trump is once again threatening to levy massive taxes on products from america's neighbors on wednesday, he claimed that his threat of

i'm audie cornish.ple behind the trending stories. >> i've got a lot of questions. >> the assignment with audie cornish. >> listen, wherever you get your podcasts. >> in his victory speech, the president elect claimed a, quote, unprecedented and powerful mandate. now that the popular vote count is more clear, it's a less sweeping victory, perhaps, but a victory nonetheless. john king recently talked with a group of republican voters in iowa. he met them during primary season last year for the first installment of his all over the map series. not all of them were fans of trump at the time, and recently john touched base again for his first post-election all over the map report to hear what they expect from four more years of trump. here's john right now shanen ebersole loves her land and her cows. >> rain or shine. >> sometimes if you want to play cowboy, you got to do cowboy things like stand in the rain. >> her vote for donald trump, a vote to protect her way of life. >> the vast majority of people who

bacteria growing overnight crest raisin simpler way to secure your savings the assignment with audie cornishever you get your podcasts closed captioning brought to you by inventhelp. >> call 1-800-710-0020. >> do you have an invention idea but don't know what to do next? call inventhelp today they can help you get started with your idea. >> call now ( 800) 710-0020. >> president-elect donald trump's selection of robert f. kennedy jr. has sent shockwaves through not just the political world, but also the public health community. and who better to break down the fallout than cnn's chief medical correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta, who has a new special on weight loss drugs preparing, premiering tonight. sanjay, great to see you. this morning. rfk jr. has said that he wants to tackle high rates of obesity and diabetes in the u.s. but rfk jr. says it should be done with better food and not these new weight loss drugs these things can be true sort of at the same time, right? >> i mean we have a terrible food supply. i think 70% of chronic disease in the united states is probably due in some ways to h

. >> get $20 off your first purchase at winscombe the assignment with audie cornish listen wherever yous the trump administration will inherit two ongoing wars when the president elect takes office in january 1st in the middle east, the other in europe. >> ukrainian officials left reeling from an unfamiliar new missile launched from russia this week. it's raising fears that escalating weaponry means an escalating conflict. cnn's nick paton walsh reports from on the ground in dnipro, where the missile struck well, it was the dead of night here that people in the dnipro saw the extraordinary scene on their skyline of that multi warhead russian missile experimental. >> according to us officials. and here a children's rehabilitation center where some of the debris from the attack that night indeed landed children were here at the time still broken glass from the ground below me and really it's these vulnerable ukrainians are on the receiving end of the broader geopolitical message that russian president vladimir putin wanted to send the parts of the debris of that missile on display to news

i'm audie cornish and cnn news central starts right now the holiday shopping season is officially here. >> a record number of americans expected to hit the stores on this black friday, many of them hoping to score the best deals of course, as retailers hope t

. >> the assignment with audie cornish. listen wherever you get your podcasts courtroom prosecutors played a recorded jailhouse phone call between murder suspect jose ibarra and his wife as she confronted him about what happened to laken riley, the 22 year old nursing student who was attacked while jogging at the university of georgia back in february. >> cnn's rafael romo is outside of court in athens, georgia. for us, rafael, who testified today two police officers and fbi special agent and a crime scene specialist. >> in the last hour, we heard very powerful testimony in the form of a phone call that jose ibarra placed from prison to his wife in new york, lilian franco. that was played here in the courtroom. and the call the exasperated wife says that she's tired of the suspect and urges him to tell the truth. at one point, she asked, how can anyone see a person die and not call 911? today also, jim and brianna, on the second day of the trial against jose ibarra, we also heard from a university of georgia police officer

that's my secret to better odor control everywhere the assignment with audie cornish listen whereverre was a consistent theme for democrats in competitive congressional races. >> this cycle. they outpaced vice president kamala harris in virtually every single one of them. but in red states like ohio, the headwinds at the top of the ticket were too much, even for sherrod brown, who has served in congress for more than three decades and built a brand based on populist tinged rhetoric and blue collar appeal. but those working class voters are now backing trump in larger numbers, and ohio has shifted decisively to the right. no longer the presidential battleground, it was just over a decade ago. so what has changed and how do democrats bounce back? i sat down with senator brown this past week to talk about his loss and the future of his party, and what he's planning to do next. how hard was november 5th for you? >> well, i lost, but we ran ahead of the national ticket when connie and i decided roughly two years ago to run again we knew that i'd have more money spent against me probably t

i'm audie cornish and cnn news central starts right now the holiday shopping season is officially here. >> a record number of americans expected to hit the stores on this black friday, many of them hoping to score the best deals of course, as retailers hope to really kick things off with a strong start. >> and at least four democratic lawmakers targeted with bomb threats as they spent thanksgiving with their families. >> the incidents coming just a day after several of president-elect donald trump's cabinet picks faced similar threats and costco shoppers in multiple states put on notice this morning thousands of organic eggs are being recalled over salmonella concerns. i'm omar jimenez with erica hill. this is cnn news central it's here. >> the moment you've been waiting for the race to the register officially on more than 183 million people are expected to hit the stores, both in person and online. >> at some point over the weekend, and that would actually set a new record, according to the national retail federation, about two thirds of black friday shoppers say they're actually goin

. >> the assignment with audie cornish. listen wherever you get your podcasts closed captioning brought to you by inventhelp. >> call one ( 800) 710-0020. do you have an invention idea but don't know what to do next call inventhelp today. they can help you get started with your idea. >> call now >> all right. two world leaders on different trajectories. a meeting today on the sidelines of the asia pacific economic summit in peru. outgoing u.s. president joe biden planning to meet shortly with chinese president xi. their meeting comes with the election of donald trump casting a large shadow over the gathering. cnn's kayla tausche is joining us now from lima. kayla, what will biden and xi be focusing on today expected to take two tracks between these world leaders who represent the most consequential bilateral relationship in the world and also have known each other for more than a decade but in this third and final meeting during biden's term, they're going to discuss first areas where they have some shared interests and som

americans with different perspectives aren't talking to each other but here they do good evening i'm audie cornish in for abbie phillips, so let's get right to what america is talking about. prices tonight donald trump wants to hit canada and china and mexico in their wallets, which means tariffs. we are back, apparently to the era of federal policy announced via social media. the president elect on truth social, of course, promising to penalize both neighbors to the north and to the south with a 25% tariff on all products entering the u.s. starting on day one of his second term. trump also vowing financial vengeance on china with a 10% tariff on top of all the other tariffs already in place against beijing. cnn economics commentator catherine rampell joins us in the fifth seat. and, catherine, i want to start with your initial reaction to this 25%, because it's not unexpected, right? we've been hearing that tariffs would be coming with the trump administration. >> i mean, it is not unexpected in a sense. it may be unexpected to americans who thought trump was going to lower their prices because i

the assignment with audie cornish. >> listen, wherever you get your podcasts breaking news space justnding in the gulf of mexico, the launch of the world's most powerful rocket in space did not go as planned. >> this time, trump and elon musk, though, do have huge plans for this particular rocket. among them, their goal of getting the u.s. back on the moon as soon as 2026, and of course, as elon musk wishes it lavandera has been right next to the launch site all day in south padre island, texas, and he is out front with more on what happened watched the world's most powerful rocket launch. >> it's the sixth test flight for elon musk's starship. trump and musk have been inseparable in recent months elon musk is incredible. >> what he's done. >> it's also a relationship intertwined with political interest. and not just maga is born elon and both share a fascination with space travel. >> we must become a multi-planet species. >> we'll get elon, get those rockets going. the u.s. government has increasingly turned to musk's spacex rockets for many commercial launches spacex has some $4 bil

i'm audie cornish in for abbie. let's get right to what america is talking about. the war on wallets. tonight, it's clear that if donald trump wants a global trade war, he could get it. but it's unclear if anyone else really wants one. so take wall street they don't really like these tariffs for detroit ford and general motors stock prices tumbled down the trade war rabbit hole. sneakerheads not going to be happy. footwear industry group exec said the tariffs will only stretch budgets thinner. and then the countries who are the targets of the trump tariffs will they're not going to take it lying down. mexico's new president says she'll go for tat tariff for tariff president trump president trump threats and tariffs are not the way to address the migration phenomenon or drug use in the united states. >> these major challenges require cooperation and mutual understanding. one tariff will be followed by another in response, and so on until we put common businesses at risk in canada, they're going to try to keep the relationship from spiraling. >> we cannot start a war

i'm audie cornish in for abby phillip, and we're going to get right to what america is talking about its he said she said. breaking tonight a dispute between the president elect of the u.s. and mexico's president over a phone call who agreed to what and what it may mean for the u.s. mexico relationship. donald trump brought out some of his best words for example, wonderful to describe a conversation with mexico's claudia sheinbaum ending his truth social post by claiming she agreed to, quote, stop migration through mexico and into the united states. sheinbaum actually just responded moments ago and the short version is never. no, not once did she say anything of the kind. sheinbaum on x was writing. we reiterate that mexico's position is not to close borders, but to build bridges between governments and between peoples. joining us in our fifth seat, cnn media correspondent hadas gold. but first, we're going to go to lance on this breaking news because it does kind of feel familiar from trump, 45. these initial kind of back and forth phone calls interactions with other world leaders t

. >> the assignment with audie cornish listen, wherever you get your podcasts 20 days after the trumpat madison square garden, the president elect returned there for a ufc event this weekend he entered to a hero's welcome into something of a reunion beside him. >> ufc president dana white, who spoke at the republican national convention. behind them, house speaker mike johnson about a minute later, he exchanged a hug and handshake with joe rogan, who helped call the fight and who hosted trump on the on his podcast before the election and endorsed him. also in attendance, elon musk, kid rock and cabinet picks robert f. kennedy jr. and tulsi gabbard. our donie o'sullivan was outside the garden are you guys excited for tonight? >> of course bro. chandler. chandler knocking out oliveira in the second round. mark my words. bop bop pow pow pow pow pow. >> we are here at madison square garden for the ufc with special guests. president elect donald j. trump. and we are speaking to some of the young men who helped get trump elected, saving our country. >> i don't got no taxes on my tips now, s

look at me now >> the assignment with audie cornish.ten wherever you get your podcasts >> i'm live tonight in west palm beach, florida where i have new reporting about one plan that is being floated just down the road at mar-a-lago. now trump has planned for months to fire the fbi director, chris wray. if he was elected. and in recent days trump has been struggling to find a new director to replace him, one who could carry out and be willing to carry out his agenda, but also someone who can get confirmed by the senate tonight. he might have his answer to that. i'm hearing that trump is considering naming mike rogers the former fbi special agent, and former michigan congressman who just narrowly lost a senate race there as the fbi director while putting kash patel a controversial even inside trump circles but maga loyalists in as the deputy fbi director. now, it's not clear if this plan will be put into place. nothing is final until trump posted on truth social, but the thinking behind this is that it's an idea that could satisfy both se