sorry, john berman.hey beat their division rivals, buffalo, who sat a lot of their starters, losing the top pick. afterwards, new england firing head coach mayo after just one season. now, the four- win titans secure the number one overall pick. there will likely be more coach firings in the coming hours, as today in the nfl is known as black monday. >> i don't know why coy wire apologized to our john berman. this he has won more freaking football championships than any of us here. but anyway, he's yelling back there. >>> georgia is bidding a final farewell to its native son. in the next 24 hours, former president jimmy carter's body will be taken from his home state to the nation's capitol, where he will lie in state there. >>> an emotional wins, history- making firsts, and wicked snubs at the golden globes. host and comedian nikki glaser roasted hollywood's finest. >> welcome to the 82nd golden globes. ozempic's biggest night. the bear, the penguin, baby reindeer, these are not just things found in rfk

john berman, what else are we learning about what we plan to hear from the president- elect today, iuld say? >> he talks about a revolution in common sense. he talks about a new era of national success, kasie. yes, we are here in lafayette park, overlooking lafayette park, in 25 degree washington, d.c. the inauguration has been moved indoors. i'm one of two people who will be outdoors at any point today because all the festivities have been inside. behind us is the white house, where biden has been, and i think they will be having tea. we had a revolution so we wouldn't have to drink tea in the morning, ever, but that is going to be a moment. a courtesy that was not offered to joe biden from donald trump last night. biden is offering that courtesy, and it really just feels, in many ways, a loaded moment. >> at the same time, i think joe biden always promised the nation normalcy. there are some promises he didn't make good on and were punished for that. say with democrats, saying i'm going to be a bridge to the next generation, to this movement forward. he didn't necessarily do that,

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.

i'm john berman with kate bolduan. this is cnn news central. >> so the white house has now. >> ordered all. >> federal grants and loans be put. >> on hold. >> meaning trillions of dollars of financial. >> assistance is facing an uncertain future at best right now. >> and while. >> we. are standing by this morning to learn the full. >> scope of. >> what this all. >> impacts, a memo. >> sent overnight did explain why they are making this move. the acting director of the white house office of management and budget instructed agencies to temporarily pause all activities related to obligations or disbursements of all federal financial assistance so that they can. here's the quote. determine the best uses of the funding consistent with the law and the president's priorities. this has sparked significant confusion throughout washington and far beyond the leader of the national council of nonprofits who gets a lot. they get a lot of these nonprofits getting a lot of this financial assistance. they called it a potential five al

live pictures for john berman. only of these two fuzzy favorites will he be wearing the panda suit to receive them? we don't know, but we will find out. i'm sarah seiden with john berman and kate bolduan. this is cnn news central all right. >> breaking just a few moments ago, we learned that deportations using u.s. military aircraft are officially underway. the white house press secretary posted photos this morning. the first group left on flights bound for guatemala from fort bliss in el paso. that's according to a homeland security official. we're standing by to see the president leave the white house any moment now. he is departing to visit disaster zones in north carolina and california. we are standing by to see if he comments on these new flights. let's get right to cnn's priscila alvarez, who is with us now. and, priscilla, this is a different process. this is not something we've seen with the u.s. military aircraft before, right? >> that is what's different in this. >> this is the use of. >> military aircra

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john berman, you have been watching this crowd. they have been waiting for hours.er, this is a lot of political people, military people here tonight watching this first dance. >> this is the first dance. absolutely the moment that everyone in this room has been waiting for. you can see the phones going up to film it. let's listen. ♪ ♪ ♪÷÷ glory, glory, hallelujah ♪ ♪ it's truth is marching on ♪ >> please welcome, vice president jd vance accompanied by second lady busha vance. ♪÷÷ hush little baby don't you cry ♪ >> marines and soldiers and sailers and all kinds of service people in a way the least political of the balls here. >> jd vance is missing a very important football game right now in the fourth quarter, jack berman. >> i have no knowledge of any football game that might be happening right now, kaitlan. >> he did tweet right after that it was clear that ohio state was going to the national championship. but looks like they might be on their way to securing that. we'll see what that looks like. but this is our first look at both of the first couples here. and

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i'm kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn news central a major moment is coming for the new president. the new republican majority in the senate and in the congress, and trump's hopes for his cabinet. the senate will be voting on the nomination of president trump's unconventional and controversial pick to be defense secretary. tonight, up to this point, pete path to fine gael to this final vote has been marred by uncertainty. after a contentious confirmation hearing. two republican senators, lisa murkowski and susan collins, announced they will not support him, citing his character and views on women in the military. to add to those concerns, perhaps overnight, cnn has learned new information about a $50,000 payment to a woman who accused hegseth of sexual assault, an allegation he denies. cnn's lauren fox has much more on this. and the math is the math. republicans can only lose three republicans in order to get him over the finish line. what do things look like? what are you hearing today? >> yeah. >> kate, i me

i'm john berman with kate bolduan and sara sidner. this is cnn news central. >> president elect donald trump saying now is the time to make greenland great again. he seems to be upping his push for u.s. control of the danish territory, sending his son, trump junior, to visit there today on truth social, trump posted in part, greenland is an incredible place and the people will benefit tremendously if and when it becomes part of our nation. this fixation with greenland started during his first term and will now apparently be a focus of his second. cnn's david chalian is joining us now. david, don junior's visit is not an official one. he's not an official with the trump campaign in this capacity. but what's his what's his plan? what's this all about? >> yeah. >> nor is donald trump president yet. >> we still have 13 days to go before he takes over the presidency. what they say is, is, as you know, you mentioned it was an item on the to do list that never got done in the first trump administration. and donald trump shortly before christ

i'm john berman with kate bolduan. this is cnn news central all right. happening now, we are standing by to learn when the first u.s. military plane with deportees will arrive in colombia. this after a trade war was averted overnight. the u.s. and colombia secured a deportation deal, which the white house is hailing as a win, and also says it's something of a warning to other nations. the president had threatened tariffs of 25% that would spike to 50% if colombia turned away u.s. military planes carrying migrants. the colombians were doing that for a time before reversing. colombia, for its part, said it secured a promise of dignified treatment to the migrants. let's get to cnn white house correspondent priscilla alvarez for the very latest on this, priscilla. what is the status this morning? >> well, this was certainly the first major international clash over immigration, john, and as you mentioned, resulted in that threat from president donald trump of tariffs that has now been pulled back after a last minute deal was cut. now, all of this unfolded ove

i'm john berman with sara sidner and kate bolduan. this is cnn news central breaking news. >> the fight to contain california's deadly fire disaster. in a desperate new race against the clock this morning, fire crews are back under a rare, extremely critical fire risk as the resurgence of strong winds threatens to soon undo progress being made on the front lines. there you can hear the sound of the winds picking up. this hour. the death toll has risen to 24, and officials say dozens more are missing, as cadaver dogs are now sifting through the debris. overnight, the remains of 95 year old dallas curry. you can see her in the upper corner here were discovered as we're now learning more about some of those lives that are lost this morning, over 100,000 people are now under evacuation orders. thousands of homes, as you know, have already been destroyed with the fight and the nightmare very far from over. as these winds pick up. >> some up here in mandeville canyon, which was the site the last two nights of tremendous investment of resour

i'm john berman, overlooking lafayette park. the white house is behind me. this is where inauguration day in america really begins. president biden wakes up in the white house. donald trump wakes up in blair house. they'll have tea together. there is a church service at saint john's, which is also right behind us. then the action moves to capitol hill. that, of course, where donald trump will be sworn in for a second time. it's unclear if the tech ceos attending, if they will have a seat inside the capitol rotunda. that is where the ceremonies have been moved because of the cold. jeff bezos, mark zuckerberg, openai, sam altman, google, sundar pichai all confirmed plans to attend, and they were set to sit near trump's cabinet nominees before weather forced the ceremony indoors. elon musk, of course, front and center, he will be there, no doubt. he joined donald trump on stage at his rally overnight, telling supporters it was time to make significant changes and set a foundation for a stronger america we're looking forward to making a lot of changes and you kn

and joining me here is cnn's john berman. john, as we've been talking about obviously the serious moves that trump just made inside the oval office on the january 6th pardons on immigration, that's not really the environment that's reflected in here tonight. it's obviously a room filled with trump supporters. pete hegseth, his cabinet picks are here. ken rock is to our left. what have you been observing in the room tonight? >> i've been in here for a few hours, as has everyone in this room. you really had to get here early to get through security. some 6,000 people here at the commander in chief ball, one of three balls, one of two balls in this giant convention center we're in right now. the liberty ball has about 15,000 people in it. president trump will go to all three of these balls. presidential balls have been a tradition since 1809. james madison was the first president to have an inaugural ball. it was set up i think by the washington dancing assembly was the organization that sponsored it up on capitol hill. so that's

i'm sara sidner with john berman and kate balduan. this is "cnn news central. " >>> happening right now, a snow emergency in washington, d.c. that's getting worse by the hour. when all is said and done, an historic 16 inches could be on the ground there, which would not only surpass what was deemed in 2016 as snowzilla, but it could also be twice as much as the snow they saw the last two years combined. the city's virtually shut down, but this time, not congress, where lawmakers are gathering today to certify the 2024 election. beyond washington, conditions are also dangerous this morning for tens of millions of americans. thousands of flights have been delayed or canceled. at least three deaths have been reported from the icy road conditions in kansas and missouri. cnn's meteorologist derek van dam is tracking all of this for you. and derek, right now, where are you watching most closely? >> okay, so, d.c. this is an important day, not only for certification of election results, but also because of the amount of snow that's fallen. j

i'm kate bolduan with john berman and sa va ra sidner. this is "cnn news central. " >>> happening right now, snow. a whole lot of snow is being dumped on our nation's capital and across the midwest. more than 55 million americans are on alert because of this deadly winter storm. this hour, states of emergency have been declared across six states. this morning, at least three deaths are being blamed on the brutal travel conditions on the roads. thousands of flights have been delayed or canceled. many of those in d.c. , where heavy snow is falling at this hour. it could reach historic totals soon. much of the city shut down, but a very active scene is happening outside capitol hill, as lawmakers are expected to soon certify the 2024 election despite this snow emergency. meteorologist derek van dam standing by for us. but first, let's get to where the snow is. gabe cohen in washington, d.c. we can see the conditions are still just as rough as they were earlier. tell us what's going on. >> reporter: yeah, sara, plenty of snow still falling th

john berman you're watching all of this unfold as well. let's let's bring you into this. >> yeah.i was watching along here with three historians, biographers and my fellow civilian audie cornish. i think what we were struck by was the presence of history on that stage. andrew young himself, the embodiment of history in the last half of the 20th century, said that jimmy carter is a miracle. then again, america is a miracle. i think that's the point that andrew young was making. and jimmy carter's life away, an embodiment of that. >> well, it was a miracle he was talking about the first time he met him during the height of the civil rights movement. and what an improbable journey jimmy carter had coming from plains all the way to the white house. you know, this this underscores, you know, 30 years ago i wrote something about carter for the first time, and i quipped that he was the only man who who used the oval office as a stepping stone to greater things. and then i learned much later that carter actually resented this notion that his ex-presidency was such a success and that his p

let's go to john berman up in new york. >> thanks so much, jake. you know, we're watching two of the motorcade carrying the casket with jimmy carter traveling from the u.s. capitol to the national cathedral. somewhat symbolic journey, right, because the u.s. capitol, the kind of place where maybe jimmy carter was never quite as comfortable. but the national cathedral, that's a different story. kai bird, you know, biographer for jimmy carter. faith not just central definitional to jimmy carter. >> yeah, he was a southern baptist, a born again southern baptist who was, you know, he took his religiosity very seriously. >> and he he was always an outlier, an outsider running against washington. but he central was his morals. and i think in retrospect, we have to understand that he obviously was one of the most decent men to have occupied the white house, but also the hardest working and probably the most intelligent president in the 20th century. so. well read. and he took his faith so seriously that he would ignore the political consequences of many o

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i'm sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman. this is cnn news central. >> breaking overnight, the new legal fight that donald trump is taking on just days before he takes office. >> the president elect is now trying to stop special counsel jack smith from publicly releasing his final report on his investigations into the president elect and the two federal cases that were brought and dismissed. why is donald trump fighting this now? his lawyers read a draft of that report and argue in a new court filing that it contains, quote, baseless attacks, which they call an obvious effort to interfere with upcoming upcoming confirmation hearings. so this only adds to the mounting intrigue, of course, around this report and its potentially imminent release. let's get over to katelyn polantz. she's got much more of this for us. caitlin, walk us through this. what? what do we know about the report and when can we see this? >> yeah, kate, we've seen reports like this before from special counsel's offices, but not a fight like this. >> on whet

i'm sara sidner with kate bolduan, john berman, this is cnn news central. >> all right, the breaking news, the last thing residents in and around los angeles want to hear this morning. overnight, officials raised the fire threat level to the highest level, extremely critical in some places. that is a three out of three in terms of danger. and it could stay that way for days. shortly, the wind speeds could be near hurricane level gusts. again, the fear is the conditions will soon become explosive. just moments ago, a fire battalion chief shared this update with the red flag warning imminent. >> every one of our fires that's currently active, the containment lines that are not fully contained yet are still the challenge, and it's possible that wind could blow. >> all right. more than 100,000 people are in the evacuation zones this morning. the death toll stands at 24, but that number could rise. there are dozens of people said to be missing. let's get right to malibu. cnn's stephanie elam is there. stephanie, we can see you standing in front of just the destruction. >> so much destruct

john berman is out today. this is cnn news central. >> it is the start of a new era. this morning, the trump era part two. moments ago, the white house press secretary promised a, quote, massive announcement on infrastructure. and in just minutes, marco rubio will be sworn in as secretary of state. the first trump cabinet member to be sworn in. president trump is also expected to sign more executive actions today after signing a tsunami of orders yesterday. they included an immigration crackdown, withdrawal from both the paris climate agreement and the world health organization, and pushing back on tiktok. also, part of his first actions. pardons for more than 1500. january 6th rioters. cnn's jeff zeleny joins us now. what can we expect that is going to be happening today as the president is off to a very, very busy start. >> hey, sara. good morning. there is no doubt executive orders certainly were the rule of the first day of this new trump administration. all of the sweeping executive orders from granting the clemency to the immigration crackdown. now, the governme

. >> i'm kate baldwin with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn news central. >> all right. the breaking news, the worst fires in los angeles ever. full stop. a harrowing night is making way for a treacherous morning with new, urgent warnings and explosive conditions. at least five fires are raging at this moment. the worst of them still, 0% contained. at least five people have died, but that number almost certainly will rise. more than 28,000 acres have burned. new this morning. 1000 buildings, homes, structures have been destroyed in that fire near pasadena. and the fire on the coast in pacific palisades. another 100,000 homes and businesses are also gone. look at these scenes. you can see satellite imagery showing how widespread the blazes have been. air quality is now at a hazardous level. six out of six. more than 100,000 people have fled their homes, some just now seeing what is left. >> this is our nest egg. this is where we moved in when we got married. this is where our son was born. this was our house and this was what we worked for. this was what we were going to

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john berman is out today. this is cnn news central. >> this morning a new trump era well underway as the president moves to transform the federal government and the united states role in global issues. today, on his first full day back in the white house, president trump is expected to announce even more executive actions. he spent his first few hours in office yesterday, signing off on a barrage of executive orders. 78 of them reversed biden era policies. he also, as he often promised on the campaign trail, pardoned nearly all of the january 6th rioters, including hundreds convicted of violent felonies. he also declared a national emergency at the southern border and kicked off the process to try and end birthright citizenship. the president also pulled the u.s. out of the paris climate agreement and the world health organization, and he delayed enforcement of the tiktok ban for 75 days. and there's more. >> the next item here is the withdrawal from the paris climate treaty. protecting women from radical gend

i'm sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman. this is cnn news central. >> and it is another busy day ahead, especially on capitol hill, as six cabinet nominees are now preparing to face questions in front of the senate today. donald trump's pick for attorney general, pam bondi, and his pick for secretary of state marco rubio are first up this morning. and these are clearly major cabinet positions we're talking about. bondi is the former attorney general of florida. she has long supported donald trump. she spearheaded legal efforts to challenge the 2020 election results in in pennsylvania, and she was part of his defense team for his first impeachment. let's talk about this big day ahead. mark preston is standing by, as well as paula reid. let's start. paula, let me start with you, if i could, to talk about pam bondi up for attorney general. people are seeing her as a more traditional pick when compared to matt gaetz. but in you which who was his first pick. you have new reporting on how she is preparing for what is sure to be so

i'm kate bolduan with john berman who has opinions. sara sidner is out. this is cnn news central. >> all right. breaking overnight the u.s. and colombia back from the brink of a trade war. but it is leaving the region and world markets shaken this morning, just a short time ago, the white house claimed colombia has agreed to quote all of president trump's terms after a tense standoff over deportation flights. colombia had refused entry to u.s. military planes carrying migrants, but now they will be allowed to land. colombia, for its part, says it received a guarantee of dignified treatment for those being returned. this followed a threat from president trump on tariffs of 25% that would rise to 50. this morning, the white house asserts that the events make clear to the world that america is respected again. that will play out as it will. but trading markets this morning, they are spooked with the trade threats playing a part there. let's get right to the white house. cnn's priscilla alvarez with us this morning with the latest on this. priscilla, what are

i'm sara sidner with kate bolduan, john berman, out today. this is cnn news central. this morning, president trump aggressively wielding his broad executive power to kick off what he says will be the golden age of america. today, on his first full day back in the white house, he's expected to announce even more executive actions just hours after his swearing in. he signed off on a tidal wave of orders, 78 of them reversed biden era policies, many are on his campaign promises, including pardons for nearly all january 6th rioters and an aggressive crackdown on immigration that begins with a national emergency declaration and a push to end birthright citizenship. the president also pulled the u.s. out of the paris climate agreement and the world health organization, and he delayed enforcement of the tiktok ban for 75 days. cnn's jeff zeleny is joining us now. jeff, what can we expect from president trump today knowing that there are more executive orders on the way? we understand. >> hey. good morning sara. >> look, that was a just a partial list of all that president tr

i'm sarah seiden with john berman and kate baldwin. this is cnn news central. >> and breaking overnight, if he was not going to be president in six days, he would have been a convicted felon. that is the thrust of the final report from now former special counsel jack smith, released by the justice department while you were sleeping. it is an extraordinary document for posterity, if nothing else, and there will be nothing else. jack smith resigned friday night and there will be no prosecution. and this pertains only to the election interference case. the report on classified documents will not be made public. but in this smith writes, quote, when it became clear mr. trump had lost the election and that lawful means of challenging the election results had failed, he resorted to a series of criminal efforts to retain power. indeed, but for mr. trump's election and imminent return to the presidency, the office addressed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial. overnight, president-elect trump

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this is what one of your fellow new york republicans told my colleague john berman today. let's listen. >> i don't know if he has the votes right now, but i do believe that he will have the votes, and i'm not sure that it will be on the first round. >> so clearly not as confident as you are right now. but, you know, johnson has been meeting with about a half a dozen holdouts. right. um, he can only lose one republican. thomas massie has already said one more republican. he said he's not supporting him. i mean, isn't that a lot of holdouts at this point? >> yeah, we have a tight, tight majority. america blessed with republicans with a very tight majority in the house, a majority in the senate and the white house. but we know the job that we need to get done tomorrow. we need to elect speaker johnson the first. and if it takes maybe a second ballot, so be it. but we need to get to the work of the nation to put our great country back on the right track. it's the agenda that we campaigned on. it's what we were elected on. and hopefully this is just a speed bump tomorrow. >> ho

i'm kate bolduan with john berman. sara sidner is out today. this is cnn news central okay. we are following breaking news continuing this morning about another major move by the white house, a move described by the politico playbook this morning as trump's massive power grab. at stake, potentially trillions in federal grants and loans and aid as the clock now winds down on it all being halted. this could impact millions of americans and millions of people overseas, from disaster aid to small business assistance, to support for charities and food assistance programs. bottom line a lot remains unclear at this hour about just how sweeping the impacts could be, how far this could reach and how long it could last. what is clear is that changes are coming. the white house laid it out like this in a memo overnight. the use of federal resources to advance marxist equity. transgenderism and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars. that does not improve the day to day lives of those we serve. green new deal is not a thing. it has not been passed. cnn

i'm john berman with sara sidner. kate is out this morning. this is cnn news central. so mike johnson is the speaker of the house this morning. the question is, will he be speaker tonight? we are standing by for the vote. that could cost him his job. his biggest problem is math. republicans hold one of the slimmest majorities ever. and if two republicans vote against him, that could cost him everything and cost president-elect trump something too. one republican has already said he is a hell no, that he would still vote against johnson even if you pulled out his fingernails, which seems like a pretty serious political position there. let's get to lauren fox live on capitol hill. counting the votes this morning, jim jordan right there behind you, smiling to our camera. so where is he? where is everyone on this vote this morning? >> yeah. good morning john. i mean, we are waiting to see what this vote count is going to be in just a couple of hours. but you can expect that speaker mike johnson is going to be working the phones, working members in his office as he is tryin

i'm john berman with kate bolduan and sara sidner. this is cnn news central. >> we begin with breaking news. a brand new fire erupting overnight, flames now rapidly spreading in northern los angeles county. the nightmare there, far from over as the deadly fire disaster now rages into its fourth day. the new fire is located just outside calabasas. police nearby arrested a man on suspicion of arson. but they say right now they cannot confirm if he is connected in any way to that new blaze. this morning, the wind threat about to pick back up as fire crews face new challenges overnight. an illegal drone collided with a crucial firefighting aircraft. that aircraft now grounded today. the number of dead has doubled so far to ten people. more than 10,000 homes and businesses have been destroyed. and those numbers are sadly expected to rise. and new images of the. unbelievable destruction the l.a. county sheriff says it looks like a bomb was dropped. >> i have nothing. >> i can't even teach. >> and i'm a first responder. i teach people to sav

i'm kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn news central friday all right. >> breaking just a few minutes ago with the new york times calls the broadest commutation of individual sentences ever issued by a u.s. president with just three days left in his presidency, president biden just granted clemency for nearly 2500 nonviolent drug offenders. the president is focusing on those given sentences longer compared to what they would receive under current law, and based on what they say is discredited. distinctions between crack and powder cocaine. let's get right to cnn's arlette saenz at the white house. one more. just huge wave of commutations just before he's leaving office. arlette. >> yeah. >> john, with just three days to go, president biden is working down to the wire today, this morning announcing this sweeping commutation of nearly 2500 nonviolent crime offenders, especially focusing on those who were dealing with the sentencing disparity due to crack cocaine. >> now, this is something that president biden is s

i'm sara sidner with john berman and kate bolduan. this is cnn news central this morning we are standing by for president trump to leave the white house for his first trip in this new term. >> first, he'll travel to asheville, north carolina, where hurricane helene washed away entire roads and businesses. he campaigned in the area right after the storm there. then the president will fly to los angeles, where the fire situation is still active and still extremely dangerous. now, the president has threatened to withhold federal aid in california and has repeatedly attacked the state's governor. overnight, though governor newsom, gavin newsom tried to strike a conciliatory tone. >> i look forward to being there on the tarmac to thank the president, welcome him. and and we're making sure that all the resources he needs for a successful briefing are provided to him. i certainly plan on being there at the tarmac and and look forward to continuing to work, not just with him. the. administration. >> so there's that. and we just learned that p

i'm john berman with sara sidner and kate bolduan. this is cnn news center. >> let's get to that breaking news that we have this hour on the israel-hamas hostage and ceasefire deal. the israeli government will convene today, really right now, to vote on the agreement. that vote now scheduled to happen this hour. and with that, israel's full 33 member cabinet will set in motion a final countdown of sorts, as this is really the final hurdle to clear. before we could see hostages released this weekend and a ceasefire setting in in gaza as well. jeremy diamond is in tel aviv standing by tracking all of this for us. he's joining us now. jeremy, what are you hearing about all of this? >> well, kate, we actually have breaking news just coming in now from the prime minister's office saying that the political security cabinet, which was the first stage of approval for the cease fire agreement, that they have indeed voted in favor of this agreement, recommending that the government approve the cease fire agreement that has been brought before t

i'm sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman. this is cnn news central. >> all right. the breaking news. exit your house. now, that is an urgent new warning, as officials tell tens of thousands of people to get out immediately with wildfires ripping through los angeles county. we want to make clear the situation at this hour is critical, with the explosive winds expected to make the fires even worse. the sun is about to rise there. we could get our first look at some of the devastation overnight. there's no real count yet of how many homes or businesses have been destroyed. winds are too fierce to fight them from the air. there's really almost nothing that can be done with the fire. 0% contained. this was the scene in pasadena just minutes ago. >> there is a church here fully engulfed in flames. >> it is a very large church. >> according to the map here, as it expressions church, we have just seen this thing explode in flames in the last couple of minutes. l.a. county fire is up here helping out with pasadena fire as they try to get this under control, but the winds up

i'm john berman with kate bolduan and sara sidner. this is cnn news central. >> the breaking news overnight. there are new fires now threatening los angeles, california. one right off l.a .'s 405 freeway. drivers could see the flames from the sepulveda fire as they drove by. there you see it? it's burned roughly 40,000 acres right across. sorry. it's burned more than just about 40 acres right across from the getty museum. at one point, that fire led to an evacuation order for the community of bel air. that was just a few hours after another fire near castaic exploded in size. that one is called the hughes fire, and it has burned more than 10,000 acres. it's just 14% contained this morning. these new fires are now just adding to the historic disaster that has been unfolding for more than two weeks now, stretching fire crews to their limits. they're still working to contain the palisades fire and eaton fire. president trump, in a new interview, he went after california's democratic governor for his handling of it all. trump is planning

i'm john berman with kate baldwin and sara sidner. this is cnn news center. all right. breaking overnight, a new decree from the new trump white house that has politico asking this morning, did trump just kill dei? diversity, equity and inclusion programs for good? that question, triggered by this late night memo that ordered all federal di staff to be placed on leave by 5 p.m. today. cnn's alayna treene is outside the white house. elena, you've got some new reporting on all this. what have you learned? >> yes. >> we do. jon. so i learned that actually on monday, just hours after donald trump was sworn into office, we learned that the office of personnel management began calling all of donald trump's, or at least a select few of donald trump's. i should say, acting cabinet secretaries giving them this new guidance and alerting them of the changes that were going to be coming very shortly. regarding all of the employees that fall under that diversity, equity and inclusion kind of umbrella. and they said that that guidance was coming momentarily. now, as you mentioned, we

i'm john berman with sara sidner. this is cnn news central. >> this just in. house speaker mike johnson just spoke with our lauren fox as the vote as to whether he remains speaker is about to get under way. here's what we know and what he knows or what he thinks he knows. johnson seems pretty optimistic, but he can only lose two votes, and one republican lawmaker has already said he's a hell no piling on the pressure. a brand new message from president-elect trump moments ago, saying a win for mike today will be a big win for the republican party. so trump still on his side. cnn's steve contorno is tracking trump's moves. but first, let's get straight to lauren fox, capitol hill. what did you hear from the current speaker? >> yeah, i just spoke with speaker mike johnson about what he thought his chances were today and whether or not he's feeling good going into this vote this afternoon. here's what he told me this morning. >> yes, confidence. >> how many holdouts do you think there still are? >> would you be? i think i expect we can get it done on the first ro

lively's, quote, vicious smear campaign to salvage her reputation and ruin his i'm sara sidner with john berman kate bolduan is out today. this is cnn news central breaking this morning, federal officials are calling it a deliberate act of terror as the fbi is conducting searches across multiple states. >> 15 people are dead, many more injured after a man plowed his truck through crowded new orleans streets just after the new year. three major questions this morning. were there any accomplices? was this attack tied to the cybertruck explosion outside a trump hotel in las vegas? there are notable similarities. was this attack actually directed by i.s.i.s. or just inspired by the terror group? just a short time ago, we learned the new orleans attacker pleaded guilty to dui charges in 2015, and police shared new details about a series of videos he allegedly recorded, one of which includes a pledge to i.s.i.s.. this morning, we're also learning more about the victims as witnesses. now describe what they saw we heard the gunshots and everyone started running and then they ended up locking us in the

i'm sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman. this is cnn news central. >> and breaking overnight, we are just hours away now from a major government layoff or at least furlough from the new trump administration and a brand new memo the white house is directing that all diversity, equity and inclusion staff across all federal agencies be placed on paid. excuse me? paid leave. effective immediately. that's 5 p.m. today. so not really immediately, but at 5 p.m. today with dei offices, trainings and websites all set to shutter. this follows sweeping executive action taken by president trump after his swearing in to end these diversity efforts. cnn's alayna treene is at the white house for the latest on this. what kind of numbers are we talking about, elena? >> i mean, look, there are expected to be hundreds of employees in. >> the federal government who. >> are part of this diversity. >> equity, inclusion. >> you know, effort and umbrella that they have now all being directed or will be directed, as you mentioned, at 5 p.m. today, t

i'm kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn news central. >> get out by 5 p.m. that is the order from the trump administration for all federal di officials. that is diversity, equity and inclusion, all of them in the government put on paid leave today. this is a sweeping purge. we've got new reporting on the memo that went out overnight with the order. and just moments ago, the president of the national urban league spoke to kate about this. >> it's reprehensible. it is nothing but an effort to repeal the progress that this nation has made over the last 60 years, and it has to be resisted. >> all right. let's get to cnn's alayna treene at the white house. elaine, you've got new reporting on how all of this came down overnight. >> that's right. well, first of all, i would just note how big of a priority this was for donald trump just moments after he was sworn into office, he signed this order. but then i'm also learning, according to two sources familiar with some of the discussions around this, that beginning monday night, just hours after he was formally inaug

just ahead, i'm sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman. this is cnn news central. >> all right. happening now. was this a threat to investigate former president biden this morning? huge questions after president trump said some pretty cryptic things. >> the funny thing, maybe the sad thing is he didn't give himself a pardon. i went through four years of hell by this scum that we had to deal with. it's really hard to say that they shouldn't have to go through it. also, it is very hard to say that. >> all right. there are new public threats elsewhere as well, including from the leader of the proud boys, now granted clemency by president trump. he is now vowing revenge. let's get right to cnn's alayna treene live at the white house this morning. as we said, president trump said a lot of things was the intention to threaten an investigation against president biden. >> i think it's unclear, but what we did hear him say clearly was that really toying with this idea of potentially wanting to open an investigation into joe biden? and i will note t

i'm kate baldwin with john berman and sara sidner. this is cnn news central. >> we begin with breaking news. multiple wildfire emergencies are happening right now in los angeles county. three separate fires rapidly spreading, all of them 0% contained as life threatening winds right now fuel the fires rage this morning. firefighters rushing to save lives as officials warn the worst is yet to come. tens of thousands of people have been told to evacuate, many racing from their homes against simply apocalyptic conditions. right now, abandoned cars are being moved by bulldozers as they block smoke filled streets. many people forced to flee on foot as the flames closed. in this hour, the palisades fire is the largest fire burning at the moment, at one point said to be burning about five football fields every single minute. this was the scene just a short time ago. >> we are burning on both sides. this is the high school to my left. the high school is burning. the football field. all the hills on temescal canyon. this is right past sunset, r

i'm john berman with sara steiner and kate bolduan. this is cnn news central. >> we are following the breaking news still this morning. an all out race against mother nature fire crews trying to get as much containment as possible, battling multiple deadly wildfires. still, before the winds kick back up once again, an extremely critical that's how it's deemed three out of three. weather risk is back in effect for southern california this week, which means the progress made this weekend against the fire line could quickly come to a halt. the death toll in the disaster is also rising now. it stands at 24 people confirmed killed, and officials say dozens more are being reported missing overnight. we learned that the remains of 95 year old alice curry were discovered over 100,000 people are still under evacuation orders. thousands of homes destroyed. and moments ago, we spoke with the director of fema who shared this urgent message. >> this is such a dangerous situation still, and i just want to make sure that everybody is listening to the

i'm john berman with sara sidner, and this is cnn news central. >> he acted alone. the fbi changing its initial assessment of who was involved and what they have officially now deemed an act of terrorism in new orleans. they also revised the number of people killed to 14. the 15th person who died was the terrorist who plowed into a crowd on bourbon street in a rented pickup truck. this morning, authorities trying to answer questions as to how several warning signs were missed before 42 year old army veteran shamsud-din jabbar deadly attack. sources say a search of a houston home related to jabbar found chemicals typically used to build explosives. now we want to show you some exclusive footage obtained by cnn. a ring camera capturing him just hours before the attack. loading several items into his truck. and authorities say surveillance camera images show the suspect planting coolers loaded with explosives in two other locations in the french quarter. a remote detonator was found in his vehicle. questions are also being raised about security efforts to protect bourb

i'm john berman with sara sidner and kate bolduan. this is cnn news central. >> and the breaking news, the final report is out. the conclusion from special counsel jack smith is in. and here is smith's take on donald trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. just days before the president elect is set to retake office after winning the 2024 election. when it comes when it became clear mr. trump had lost the election, he resorted to a series of criminal efforts to retain power. jack smith goes on to say but for mr. trump's election and imminent return to the presidency, the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial. the report dropped while most everyone was sleeping around 1:00 in the morning, and almost immediately the president, president elect responded, calling jack smith deranged, insisting the prosecution was all political. let's start this hour with katelyn polantz on everything else that we learn in this 130 page report. good morning caitlin. >> kate, to sum it up, what jack smith is s