i'm carol costello. thank you for joining me.breaking news. we're learning new information about that isis-inspired killing spree in san bernardino. federal prosecutors are expected to file charges against one of the attacker's friends, enrique marquez, that will happen later today. those charges based on allegations marquez bought two semi-automatic rifles that were later used to gun down 14 people. this is the same friend he told authorities he and attacker syed rizwan farook were planning a terror attack back in 2012 but never carried it out. let's get more from cnn justice reporter, evan perez. you've been breaking a lot of news this morning. >> we know enrique marquez has been cooperating with the fbi. he's been giving interviews with the fbi for over a week now, providing a great deal of information. we know these charges, which we had been anticipating were coming, would be based on the fact that he bought -- or he says he bought these two ar-15 style rifles used in the attack, he bought them in 2011 and 2012 and then gave

i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. the republican battle for the white house and a new quinnipiac poll that shows ted cruz and donald trump are running neck and neck. trump 28%, cruz 24%. the poll released after another raux trump rally. raux trump rally. >> yes darling? >> [ inaudible ]. >> that's a very weak voice. we can't hear you darling. wow. that is not a protester prime, right? look at these people. boy, what a bunch of losers, i'll tell you. you are a loser. you really are a loser. no get him out. >> joe johns joins me with more on the trump rally in michigan. good morning. >> good morning. trump is famous for his one liners and insults directed at opponents but even for him some of the comments he made last night leveled at hillary clinton are surprisingly personal, ratcheting up the feud between the two candidates from the respective parties who are leading in the polls right now. >> and you see hillary, what happened to her? she's terrible. >> trump unleashing yet another t

and we would like to live in dignity because we lost our dignity. >> carol costello, cnn, new >> carolo, cnn, new york. ay! over. aw. aw. ♪ thirsty? they said it would make me cool. they don't sound cool to me. guess not. you got to stick up for yourself, like with the name your price tool. people tell us their budget, not the other way around. aren't you lactose intolerant? this isn't lactose. it's milk. ♪ >>> the national weather service just issuing a tornado warning for dallas, texas. our karen maginnis monitoring it all. karen, what do we know about this hour? >> it is a very dangerous situation. tornado warning right around the dallas metroplex area. not ft. worth but in dallas right along that interstate 30 corridor. over a million people at risk for a possible tornado. there are indications there is rotation with these thunderstorms. but not just here, in the metroplex area further to the south. we have these discrete cells that have been popping up. they are much more prone to producing tornadoes. you can see there are tornado warnings out that go for about the next 30 minutes

i'm carol costello. reporting live from san bernardino, california. thank you so much for joining me. investigators are not willing to call it terrorism quite yet but new developments in southern california raise new questions about what drooef california couple to mass murder. law enforcement forces tell us farook appears to have been radicalized. more, he was in touch with more than one terrorism suspect the fbi was investigating and they may have been trying to cover their tracks, this married couple. inside their home, police find a computer with its hard drive missing and two smashed cell phones found near one of the crime scenes. also inside the homes thousands of rounds of ammunition and a dozen bombs and materials to make even more explosives. the photos obtained by cbs news also say the remote control car and unexploded bombs found at the site of the massacre. the family though is still in disbelief. >> i could never imagine my brother or my sister-in-law doing something like. this especially because they were happily married and a six month

. >> time now for newsroom with carol costello. >> carol with a y. >> i missed that totally. you guys have a happy holiday. newsroom starts now. >>> happening now in the newsroom, trump's early christmas gift. a bump in a brand new cnn poll. but hillary clinton says give him a lump of coal. >> his bigotry, his bluster, his bullying have become his campaign. >> also, six american military families coping with a big loss this holiday after a deadly suicide bombing in afghanistan. >> he was a good man, a man's man, a gentleman. >> what we're learning about our troops who died in a region growing ever more dangerous. plus -- are last minute mall of america shoppers in for another protest like this? a judge bars three black lives matter organizers from today's rally. but will they stay away. >> we're still going to be showing up. >> let's talk live in the cnn newsroom. and good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for being with me. a christmas gift for donald trump. he is once again the clear republican frontrunner at least in a new cnn ochl rc poll that shows trump wit

i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. new polls are out and new shock waves are rippling through the republican presidential race. this one coming from quinnipiac university. donald trump surging, picking up on a few points from last month. marco rubio also gaining and now sitting in second place. ben carson he's fading, sliding into a third place tie with ted cruz. trump credits the çunwavering support of his backers, even in the face of claims that many are questioning. >> they say i have the most loyal people. you know, others if you sneeze, they drop you. me, i can sneeze. i can say things that i think are right. but you notice what's happening in new jersey? they're now finding a lot of people are saying that did take place in new jersey, right? i wasn't going to apologize. i wasn't going to apologize. a lot of things happened today where they were dancing and they were happy. there were a lot of happy nehm new jersey. i saw, a lot of people saw it. i'm getting hundreds of phone cal

i'm carol costello. thank you for joining me. the subject of national security on stage in vegas at the venetian hotel. let's go there live now, shall we? gorgeous stage and a debate that will set the tone for the iowa caucuses 50 days from now. center stage, donald trump. perhaps not for long. as the "des moines register" puts it, ted cruz is crushing it in iowa. that's not all. in a new nbc news/wall street journal poll, cruz is up 12 points and carson traded to fourth place. donald trump called cruz a bit of a maniac. cruz tweeted a link to the 1980 classic from flash dance. ♪ >> mm-hmm. athena jones is in las vegas. i'm dancing. are you? >> good morning, carol. we're all going to have that song in our heads all day. the countdown has begun here at the venetian theater. tomorrow night, 1,400 guests will be filling the theater. the stage, of course, is set. as you mentioned, national front runner donald trump will be smack dab in the middle again. he's not going to be the only target tomorrow night, as

i'm carol costello.ll, the u.s. strategy in syria front and center. defense secretary ash carter and general joseph dunford are about to testify before the house arms services committee. of course, we'll keep an eye on it and keep you posted. >>> one of the biggest gatherings of world history meet in paris to discuss global warming but with fresh terror attacks in the city two weeks ago, isis has shoved its way into the spotlight. on the sidelines president obama met with allies and russia's president to rally a unified strategy against isis. >> continues to be a serious threat for some time to come. but i'm confident that we are on the whining side of this. and that ultimately russia will recognize the threat that isil poses to its country, to its people, is the most significant and they need to align themselves with those of us fighting isil. >> senior white house correspondent jim acosta is in paris. he joins us with more. good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning. president obama is on his way bac

i'm poppy harlow for my friend carol costello. in just a few hours president obama will hold his year end news conference. weigh heavily will be the nation's deepening concerns over terrorism. also the president travels today to san bernardino california, the sight of the terrorist attacks and will meet with the families of those killed in the shooting rampage just two weeks ago. the attacks at least inspired by isis, investigators are now charged the killer's former neighbor enrique marquez s. he says he unwillingly supplied some of the assault rifles used in the attacks. you have been been digging into this. now he's got three major counts against him. >> he does. and one of the things really interesting about this case is the material support for terrorism charge. really focuses on a 2012 not palat that -- plot that marquez and farook never carried out. they have been cooperating the fbi and marquez for over a week providing all sorts of information. one of the things they had was to attack a library or cafeteria at the communi

i'm pop bpy harlow, in for my friend carol costello. hope you have a good weekend. let's get to our breaking news. 30 million americans under threat, as massive, deadly storms trudge east. in the last week, violent weather has killed 43 people. 24 of those deaths coming in just the last 48 hours. we are looking at a true triple threat. snow, tornadoes and widespread flooding. a closer look at new mexico, the city of roswell seeing record snowfall, nearly 16 inches dumping there over the weekend. the snow now heading east, where multiple massive tornadoes just struck. 11 people killed near dallas due to the storms. in garland, texas, we know at least 600 homes have been destroyed. in the midwest, cars swept away from deadly flash flooding. more than 100 water rescues in missouri. standing water shutting down a major interstate this morning. we'll have a look at today's forecast in a moment. first though, i do want to go straight to nick valencia, live in garland, texas, this morning. nick, you and i were speaking last night. the conditions were so bad, it was knockin

i'm carol costello. reporting live from san bernardino california, thank you so much for joining me this morning. southern california, the scene of a deadly rampage and the search for a motive. suspects were not on law enforcement radar. deploying a the robot to search the home connected to the shooting. hours earlier found three unexploded bombs at the scene of a massacre. but why? why do they carry out this nation's worst mass murder since sandy hook? he was a u.s. citizen. she was his wife. they both opened fire at the holiday party for his fellow county employees. 14 dead, 17 wounded. was it workplace violence or was it terrorism? before the questions can be answered, both shooters die in a gunfight with police. listen to the explosions of gunfire captured by a neighbor. >> holy [ bleep ] guys, shots rang out. oh my gosh. >> there's cops all over the [ bleep ] yard. holy [ bleep ]. just got shot at in my [ bleep ] yard. >> chilling, right? redlands, california, cnn's victor blackwell is there and has

i'm carol costello. thanks so much for joining me.ours from now nine republican candidates crowd the stage in las vegas to battle once again for the gop nomination. they will go after each other for sure but one name will likely be mentioned so many times you might think there is a tenth candidate on the stage. >> tomorrow is the fifth republican presidential debate. and if you have been keeping score so far the winner of most of the republican debates has been hillary clinton. [ applause ] >> now, hillary clinton is very aware she will be the target of many of tonight's attacks. last night she talked about immigration. she didn't mention any names but you know who she's talking about. >> we are hearing all kinds of antiimmigrant sentiment in the news right now. candidates for president are calling immigrants drug runners and rapist. they promise if elected to round up and deport millions of people, build a mammoth wall, militarize the border, tear families apart. and after the terrorist shootings in san bernardino at a time when a lo

i'm carol costello live from columbus circle in manhattan. can you believe how warm it is along the's coast? there is not much happening out here, i know. but the weather is so bizarre we decided to take the first part of our blog outside. people can't believe it's 66 because we've already broken the record in new york city. in central park, 66 degrees. that is a 25 degrees higher than average. temperatures like this have not been seen in 33 years. the city's last record of 64 snet 1982. there was actually beach volleyball in central park creditor. it's skaters in shorts at rockefeller center. and instead of jingle bells there were ice cream trucks. >> i think it's amazing weather to spend and walk around. >> i love it. i was able to wear a nice dress. not be cold. able to actually enjoy the city. i'm all for it. >> i'm loving it. everyone should have a hot holiday. >> oh in all fifty cities across 19 states could make history. ho ho hot. i won't show you the santa for much longer because i don't want to spoil your christmas. and sauna clause

i'm debra feyerick in for carol costello.are now hours away from nowing just how historic the flooding in missouri will be. rivers are cresting many, many feet above all-time record levels making today the benchmark for future flooding events. interstates shut down, 12 million people are under flood warnings. across 19 states. look how big this is. there are harrowing rescues. this man and his dog clinging to a roof until help arrived but the man loses his footing plunging into the frigid waters. we're going to have the forecast in a moment but first alongside the meramec river this morning martin savidge is there and describe for us what you are seeing and how you are getting around for that matter. >> reporter: getting around is the most difficult part of all of this deborah, good morning to you. you mentioned you have that problem there on 44. also a shut down of 95. that is a major artery here, a nightmare for commuters. which means they are struggling to keep this open, a bridge over the meramec river. in arnold, highway

i'm carol costello. thank you for joining me. deadly storms rip through the south and millions are still at risk this christmas eve. these are live pictures over benton county, mississippi. tornadoes killed seven people in mississippi overnight. homes torn off foundations, a twister hitting a busy highway, flipping cars across. chad myers is in with more. >>> good morning, carol. officially 24 reports of tornadoes but we don't know if all the reports are from one, two or ten tornadoes. 24 reports. but the wind, look at that, 170 reports of wind damage. one tornado may have been on the ground for 140 miles making ten of those reports. that's not unusual, we do get tornadoes in december. usually 24. kind of ironic there. the weather service will be out there to see how many really occurred. this christmas eve morning hundreds of people are waking up to utter devastation. >> holy mackerel! >> the destruction caused by a deadly tornado outbreak cutting across the south and the midwest. the tornado claimed multiple lives including a 7

i'm pamela brown in for carol costello. finds himself in a very familiar place, sitting atop the polls as controversy surrounds him. a survey from cbs and "the new york times" shows trump with a more than two to one margin over his nearest competitors. coming in at 35% while ted cruz is in second place with 16%. ben carson tumbling to third with marco rubio and jeb bush each in single digits. trump solidifying his lead among the gop has outrage about his call to temporarily ban muslims in the u.s. grows. as he told my colleague, don lemon, that ban is not rooted in bigotry. >> here's my question. i asked you last time, and some people were shocked, if you were racist. you knew why i was asking you that. are you racist? >> i am the least racist person you have ever met. i am the least racist person. >> are you bigoted in any way? >> i don't think so. >> islamo phobic? >> no. >> i'm a person who's very smart. i have a certain street sense and i know where things are going. i said, take out osama bin laden in a book written in

i'm carol costello. >>> deadly tornadoes ripped through the deep south killing at least eight people. tearing apart communities just before christmas. the devastation that the region is waking up to today. >>> donald trump's warning to hillary clinton -- be careful. the trump campaign's new weapon in this escalating war of words. >>> a major u.s. embassy on alert today. warning citizens abroad. what is the united states doing about it? >>> hello, everyone, i'm kate bolduan. john berman is off today. we're looking at the brutal reality that parts of the south and communities are waking up to today. a devastating storm system rocked the region overnight. at least eight people are confirmed dead, 40 injured. those are likely to rise. we're hearing at least 14 tornadoes hit mississippi yesterday. look at this monster twister captured. >> tornado! large tornado! holy mackerel. large tornado! south of exit 43. large, destructive tornado. getting ready to cross 55. this is a really big tornado. this is large, large, large tornado. very large. i'm stopping. tornado emergency south of batesvil

i'm pam ra brown in for carol costello.ela brown in for carol costello. a moment ash carter will take the stage and lay out to the senate the fight against isis. this comes as the new report reveals the terrorist group is fighting with stockpiles of u.s. made weapons obtained from forces. and back home, many complain they are not doing enough to combat the threat. >> the threat is real but we will overcome it. we will destroy isil and any other organization that tries to harm us. our success won't depend on tough talk or abandoning our values or giving into fear. that is what groups like ois ie isil are hoping for. instead we will prevail by being strong and smart. resilient and relentless and by drawing upon every aspect of american power. >> so what does the pentagon chief need to say this morning to convince lawmakers the u.s. is on the right track? let's ask former aid to general petraeus. thank you for being here with us. i'm curious, do you think the president's strategy is tough enough? and if not. what would you strategy be? >> i have to give the

i'm poppy harlow in for carol costello. 9:00 a.m. on the east coast. and we have historic deadly flooding. more than 16 million americans under flood warnings right now. take a look at this. this is a rescue unfolding live on our air right now. it is all happening in eureka, missouri. if you pan in we see crews trying to get a stranded driver out of a truck that is nearly submerged in flood waters there. you have entire neighborhoods under water this morning. flood waters killing at least 13 in missouri alone. roads completely impassable, the water expected to rise for days. governor jay nixon activating the national guard overnight issuing this warning to residents hours ago. >> we are very concerned about the next 34 hours. we're going too make sure people are safe in that area. you have pacific, eureka and valley park and these are highly populated areas so setting up shelters at francis housing and high school and places like that so that people who do have to leave their home, we're going make sure they are warm and safe. when it goes this high no

i'm carol costello. "at this hour with berman and bolduan" starts now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. hi there. we have breaking news in the war against isis. more u.s. special forces are heading to iraq and syria, and this expands the u.s. military effort to defeat terrorists there. ash carter and joint chiefs of staff chair general joseph dunford testifying before the house armed services committee. here's secretary carter just moments ago. >> in full coordination with the government of iraq, we're deploying a specialized expeditionary targeting force to assist iraqi and kurdish peshmerga forces and put even more pressure on isil. these special operators will over time be able to conduct raids, free hostages, gather intelligence, and capture isil leaders. >> i want to bring in pentagon correspondent barbara starr. barbara, the pentagon last month announced there would be 50 special force troops who would be sent to northern syria to advise the battle of isis there. now they're talking about more. tell

i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me.cs of fear and the threat of terrorism both looming large in the final gop debate of the year. how large, you ask? well, take a look at this word cloud showing the terms used most last night. war, isis and attack are the big buzzwords in the cnn showdown. the term world war iii was used five times. as for how to win that war, well, the word "tough" comes to mind. >> america is at war. our enemy is not violent extremism. it is not some unnamed malevolent force. it is radical islamic terrorism. >> we must deal with frontally with this threat of radical islamists especially from isis. this is the most sophisticated terror group that's ever threatened the world or the united states of america. they are actively recruiting americans. >> these are people that want to kill us, folks, and you're -- you're objecting to us infiltrating their conversations? i don't think so. i don't think so. >> and the candidates seizing on the fear factor and firing off their own missiles at one another. a samp

i'm carol costello. >>>. >>> new poll numbers show ted cruz nipping at donald trump's heels and how do the field feel about the front-runner? half of them say they would be embarrassing if he were president. does donald trump care? >>> new developments in court-martial for bowe bergdahl. could his own words in a podcast be used against him? >>> a texas teen who used the so-called affluenza defense. he's on the run and authorities think his mom is by his side. how far can they run? a closer look at the massive manhunt under way. >>> hello, everyone, i'm kate bolduan. >> i'm john berman. brand-new national poll numbers that paint a picture of the national race and a picture that might leave a trump troubled and a cruz krooning. in this new quinnipiac poll trump is still on top but cruz is surging, just four points behind the front-runner. everyone else, way back. >> that's right, my friend. rubio down to 12%, carson at 10%, christie at 6% and bush with 4%. senior washington correspondent joe johns is taking a closer look at all these numbers. so, joe, what does it all mean? >> reporter:

i'm carol costello. >>> did the killer couple in san bernardino have help? breaking this morning, charges are coming against a friend of the shooter. what did he know and when? >> from russia with love, vladimir putin calls donald trump outstanding, flamboyant, talented. now he tells us what he would do if trump wins the white house. >>> and a new twist in that now infamous affluenza case, the teen who avoided jail after driving drunk and killing four people with the excuse he was too spoiled. he's right now missing and authorities say could be on the run. >>> hello, everyone, i'm kate bolduan. >> i'm john mann. we begin with breaking news surrounding the ringleader of the french terrorist attacks. authorities believe this man, abdelhamid abaaoud, was able to travel to paris through syria by going through the greek island of laros. they believe he escaped authorities, went back to syria earlier this year after a thwarted terror plot in belgium. >> we already know two of the stadium attackers had also traveled through greece posing as refugees and using fake

i'm carol costello. "at this hour" starts now. happy holidays and merry christmas. >>> hello everyone, i'm kate bolduan. john berman is getting a much-deserved day off today. we have very big political news this hour. but first, we do need to head to las vegas where any moment now, the woman who police say intentionally drove her car into dozens of people along the las vegas strip, she is set to face a judge for the first time. lakeisha holloway, you see her right there on the left side of your screen, she faces three felony charges including murder. and prosecutors say more charges, they're likely to be added as the investigation unfolds. one person is dead after all of this. 37 others injured in that horrific scene sunday night. let's get straight to ryan young who's outside the courthouse in las vegas right now. so ryan, what are we expecting to happen this hour? >> reporter: well, good morning. we're hopefully going to hear more charges and maybe some of the details that we haven't learned yet. everyone wants to know what the

i'm pamela brown in for carol costello. " "at this hour" with berman and bolduan" starts now. >> just moments ago, donald trump with a new veiled threat to run as an independent. this morning, is that what republicans want, or is that what republicans dread? >>> and just in, the san bernardino terrorists, they were radicalized long before they started dating. hear what the fbi has discovered about their past to jihad. >>> and moments from now, president obama will address the nation as america's first black president to mark 150 years since the u.s. abolished slavery. we'll take this historic moment live. >>> hello, everyone, i'm kate bolduan. >> and i'm john berman. this morning, a new move in the war on terror. just moments ago, defense secretary ash carter told the senate armed services committee that for the first time, the u.s. is ready to deploy advisers and apache gunships in the battle to retake the iraqi city of ramadi. >> the reality is, we are at war. that's how our troops feel about it. because they're taking the fight to isil every day. applying the might of the finest fi

i'm pamela brown in for carol costello.being here with us on this monday. >>> attorney general loretta lynch is set to hold a news conference. this comes after the city released disturbing dash cam video of 17-year-old laquan mcdonald being fatally shot 16 times. newly released police reports from that night contradict the police report say mcdonald was swinging a knife in an aggressive manner. officers feeder for their lives. cnn's ryan young joins us from chicago. ryan, we have this press conference about to happen in d.c. also the mayor in chicago will hold a news conference this afternoon. what can you tell us? >> we're also told aneat that alvarez will also hold a news conference. a lot of people asking questions about what else is going to come out here. when we saw the video, you saw laquan mcdonald get shot 16 times, 4 were after he was on the ground, 6 seconds after the officer got out of his car. when we read the details from the police report, there's quite a different tale being told in the police report. office

i'm carol costello.from san bernardino california, thank you so much for joining me this morning. southern california, the scene of a deadly rampage and the search for a motive. suspects were not on law enforcement radar. deploying a the robot to search the home connected to the shooting. hours earlier found three unexploded bombs at the scene of a massacre. but why? why do they carry out this nation's worst mass murder since sandy hook? he was a u.s. citizen. she was his wife. they both opened fire at the holiday party for his fellow county employees. 14 dead, 17 wounded. was it workplace violence or was it terrorism? before the questions can be answered, both shooters die in

newsroom with carol costello picks up right after this very quick break. see you tomorrow.ople who listened along the way. people who gave me options. kept me on track. and through it all, my retirement never got left behind. so today, i'm prepared for anything we may want tomorrow to be. every someday needs a plan. let's talk about your old 401(k) today. >>>, you know, we have a big night tomorrow night. it is going to be good. this will not be like an evening in paradise for me. >> debate day in america. and this is where it is all about to go down. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. the stage is set and the stakes are high. the republican candidates face off tonight in their final debate of 2015. you are looking live at the venetian in las vegas. this is where the cnn debate will begin to unfold. less than nine hours from now and swaggering to the middle of the main stage, none other than donald trump. he now holds his biggest lead yet. according to a new washington post abc news poll

i'm carol costello. thank you for joining me. in vegas at the venetian hotel. let's go there live now, shall we? gorgeous stage and a debate that will set the tone for the iowa caucuses 50 days from now. center stage, donald trump. perhaps not for long. as the "des moines register" puts it, ted cruz is crushing it in iowa. that's not all. in a new nbc news/wall street journal poll, cruz is up 12 points and carson traded to fourth place. donald trump called cruz a bit of a

. >> time now for newsroom with carol costello. >> thanks so much. have a great day.i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. we do begin with breaking news. more than two weeks after 14 people were gunned down

i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. battle for the white house and a new quinnipiac poll that shows ted cruz and donald trump are running neck and neck. trump 28%, cruz 24%. the poll released

i'm carol costello. reporting live from san bernardino, california.ators are not willing to call it terrorism quite yet but new developments in southern california raise new questions about what drooef california couple to mass murder. law enforcement forces tell us farook appears to have been radicad.

i'm poppy harlow sitting in for carol costello. the cleveland police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old tamir rice will not face charges. both officers agreeing they had no way of knowing rice was holding a pellet gun and not a real weapon. and attorney for the family's statement --. the family attorney this morning on new day said this. >> it is clear to us from interaction with the prosecutor that this entire process was being distorted and corrupted and directed in a way that would engineer a no indictment in this case. >> prosecutors a s ars ar s arsg doing calling the case a perfect storm of human error. listen to this. this is part of the 9/11 call that prompted the officers to respond. >> by the west boulevard rapid transit [inaudible]. >> so you hear there that person says it is probably fake twice. i should also note that if you extend the recording, the person says it is quote probably a juvenile. along with the gun being fake being said twice. that was not relayed to the two officers who responded. with me to discus

. >>> good morning, i'm pamela brown in for carol costello. thank you for joining me.ith breaking news out of afghanistan. the taliban now claiming responsibility for this attack in kabul. taking to twitter just moments ago. police are at the scene right now where there was a big explosion and gunfire. an italian aide in the area says it happened at the spanish embassy, an area where many expats live and work. as i understa we're joined by a journalist from "the guardian." a lot of new developments in the last few minutes. >> as you said, taliban claiming responsibility for the attack. there are reports we've heard, spanish embassy is under attack. i cannot confirm that. police are not confirming that. this is an area where there are a lot of foreign embassies. so, there's still not a lot of confirmation from the official side but getting slightly clearer that either an embassy or guest house belonging to an embassy. >> what do we know about this claim of responsibility? obviously, it needs to be verified, but what did we learn? >> this is basically what we know, they'

. >> time now for newsroom with carol costello. >> carol with a y. >> i missed that totally. happy holiday. newsroom starts now. >>> happening now in the newsroom, trump's early christmas gift. a bump in a brand new cnn poll. but hillary clinton says give him a lump of coal. >> his bigotry, his bluster, his bullying have become his campaign. >> also, six

i'm pamela brown, in for carol costello. thank you so much for being here with me. dangerous, reprehensible and un-american. fierce backlash hits republican presidential hopeful donald trump after he calls for all muslims to be banned from entering the u.s. today trump is refusing to back down. >> i have no doubt that we have no choice but to do exactly what i said until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. because we have a problem in this country. you look at paris. you look at the carnage that took place in paris. but look at paris beyond that. paris is no longer the beautiful, gorgeous city with all the -- paris is now a tremendous amount of problems. they have areas that have been radicalized where the police have -- >> we are well aware -- >> you look at other places. >> we are well aware. >> you say that so routinely. >> i've been on the ground. i've talked to those communities and the french authorities. that that's what you say the police are all over that country and they are doing a lot of policing. but more importantly

i'm poppy harlow for my friend carol costello.ce. weigh heavily will be the nation's deepening concerns over terrorism. also the president travels today to san bernardino california, the sight of the terrorist

i'm poppy harlow in for carol costello. 9:00 a.m. on the east coast.ly flooding. more than 16 million americans under flood warnings right now. take a look at this. this is a rescue unfolding live on our air right now. it is all happening in eureka, missouri. if you pan in we see crews trying to get a stranded driver out of a truck that is nearly submerged in flood waters there. you have entire neighborhoods under water this morning. flood waters killing at least 13 in missouri alone. roads completely impassable, the waterxp

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i'm pamela brown in for carol costello. thank you for being here with me on this monday. the u.s.rism. that message from president obama during a rare prime time address from the oval office. his goal, to try to ease fears after the isis-inspired killing spree in san bernardino. the president's speech isn't quieting his critics. many are blasting him for not going far enough. the president calling the california rampage, quote, an act of terror, and saying the shooters embraced a perverted form of islam. he warns that engaging in a ground war would be what the terrorist group wants. >> we should not be drawn once more into a long and costly ground war in iraq or syria. that's what groups like isil want. they know they can't defeat us on the battlefield. isil fighters were part of the insurgency we faced in iraq. they also know if we occupy foreign lands, they can maintain insurgencies for years. >> the president also urging americans not to discriminate and calling on the muslim community to do more to help root out

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time for newsroom with pamela brown if more carol costello.o you both and happy friday. have ha great weekend guys. >>> i'm pamela brown. thanks for being here with me on this friday. we begin with a political war of words breaking out among ted cruz and donald trump. and ben carson now going public. >> i like and respect both donald and ben but i think this both instances in particular you look at paris, you look at san bernardino. it's given a seriousness to this race that people are looking for who is prepared to be a commander in chief. now that is a question of strength. but it is also a question of judgment. and i think that is a question that is a challenging question for both of them. so my approach much to the frustration of the media has been to bear hug both of them and smother them with love. because i think -- look, people run as who they are. i believe that gravity will bring both of those campaigns down. and i think the lions share

i'm pamela brown, in for carol costello. thank you so much for being here with me.rous, reprehensible and un-american. fierce backlash hits republican presidential hopeful donald trump after he calls for all muslims to be banned from entering the u.s. today trump is refusing to back down. >> i have no doubt that we have no choice but to do exactly what i said until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. because we have a problem in this country. you look at paris. you look at the carnage that took place in paris. but look at paris beyond that. paris is no longer the beautiful, gorgeous city with all the -- paris is now a tremendous amount of problems. they have areas that have been

time now for "newsroom" with carol costello. >> have a great day.d trump hammering the competition and still hammering his 9/11 celebration claims. >> there were a lot of happy people over in new jersey. >> his campaign claims there's proof. >> things are all of a sudden materializing. >> what's he talking about? >>> also -- protesters claiming a cover-up in chicago over the shooting death of laquan mcdonald. the top cop is out. >> they are calling for rahm's next -- >> cowl the mayor be next? >> i think i'm doing my job an i try to do it every day. >>> plus, a dire warning about isis. >> our luck is going to run out and they'll be able to achieve something along the lines of