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melissa bell, cnn, paris. well, laura. >> you're looking at a rare display of open dissent in china. angry crowds clashing with police in the northwestern shanxi region. protesters had gathered outside a vocational school where a 17 year old student reportedly died earlier this month. the angry crowds accused chinese officials of a cover up. authorities say the student died in an accident after falling from a building, but his family rejects that explanation and told a human rights group that they haven't been able to examine his body or even see any surveillance video. two trams collided in strasbourg, france, on saturday. this video shows the chaotic aftermath on the platform. french officials say dozens of people were hurt, but none of them critically. the injuries range from fractures to scalp wounds. another 100 people were evaluated for shock or stress. people nearby stepped in quickly to help the injured. and officials say more than 100 firefighters and 50 rescue vehicles rushed to the scene. the collis

there's some reporting from our colleague from cnn's katie lillis, who writes for cnn today. she says current and former u.s. officials have publicly warned in recent months that the u.s. is at risk from so-called lone wolf terrorist attacks. individuals acting alone, as well as attacks from small groups. as the violence in gaza has continued to dominate international news coverage. u.s. officials have been particularly alarmed by a propaganda and recruitment efforts by the afghanistan branch of i.s.i.s.. isis-k, especially since the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan has left the government with poor intelligence gathering capabilities in the country. so, given that, how much concern is there about these lone wolf attacks, as well as the the threat of i.s.i.s.? what how how much does the threat of i.s.i.s. pose to the u.s. right now? >> so there's a difference between i.s.i.s. directed and i.s.i.s. inspired. i think the i.s.i.s. directed kind of attacks, in particular, the ones that we used to see in europe, are more difficult for i.s.i.s.. part of it is our intelligence capab

this is cnn breaking news. >> good morning. you are live in the cnn newsroom.'m jim acosta in washington this morning. speaker showdown. mike johnson is fighting to keep his job at the math may not add up. he can only afford to lose one republican vote today. the problem is he already has i am the one. hell no. you can pull all my fingernails out. you can shove bamboo up in them. you can start cutting off my fingers. i am not voting for mike johnson tomorrow, and you can take that to the bank. ouch. the drama officially begins in just two hours from now. manu raju joins us now up on capitol hill. manu, a critical vote for speaker mike johnson. he is facing an uphill battle today to see whether or not he can get the votes to remain the speaker. where do things stand right now? >> yeah, look, there's virtually no margin for error because of the narrowness of this house republican majority. mike johnson, for the last several weeks, and particularly over the last day, has been having a flurry of conversations with a number of republican holdouts, people who want hi

cnn is looking into concerns that l.a. has one of the most understaffed fire departments in america. plus, a new public health alert in the fire zone urging people to wear masks to protect themselves from ash and smoke. doctor sanjay gupta will show us why the air in parts of southern california is so very dangerous right now. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> we begin with breaking news. the trump cabinet confirmation hearings kick off with very high tension and very tough questions. one of trump's most controversial picks. pete hegseth up first in the hot seat. as cnn's brian todd reports, democrats zeroed in on the former fox news host and whether he has the experience and the character to lead the pentagon. >> good morning. the hearing will come to order. >> tonight, the man who was perhaps donald trump's most controversial cabinet pick is likely on track for confirmation after his at times contentious

. >> super man the christopher reeve story, february 2nd on cnn. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> hello, warm welcome to our viewers. joining us from the u.s. and around the world. >> i'm max foster and i'm christina macfarlane. it's monday, january 13th, 9 a.m. here in london, 1 a.m. in los angeles county, california, where firefighters are working tirelessly to tackle the ongoing wildfires as they brace for the return of gusty winds that could complicate those efforts. >> crews have made progress over the last weekend, but there's now a fear that strong winds will return, expected to pick up today and last through to wednesday, and they could undo that work and spark new fires if embers reach dry areas once again. >> right now, this smallest of three fires currently burning the hurst fire is mostly contained at 89%. the eaton fire, which has devastated the altadena area, is at 27%, but the largest one, the palisades fire, is only 13% contained, with more than 23,000 acres burned. here's one fire official describing what crews there need the most. >> we need mother nature to give us a

cnn. >> it's wednesday, january 8th right now on cnn. this morning. >> this week is no joke, and it can change on a dime. and you're stuck. >> no hope of containment. fierce winds fueling dangerous wildfires in california. tens of thousands evacuating. still evacuating at this hour. plus this, the next six hours, they're going to be critical. the warning from officials, while the worst still yet to come for southern california. and then canada and the united states, that would really be something. expanding the u.s., donald trump not ruling out military or economic force to take what he wants. plus, president biden telling the usa today that he still thinks he could have beaten donald trump in november. we'll have more from his last print interview as president. all right. it is 6 a.m. on the east coast. here is a live look at los angeles county, california. at this hour, it is 3:01 a.m. pacific time. and as we have been discussing all morning, these these hours right now, some of the most

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welcome to cnn. this morning. it is saturday january 4th i'm amara walker and i'm danny freeman in for victor blackwell. >> here's what we're working on for you this morning i should say remembering president jimmy carter. in just hours, the former president will leave his hometown of plains, georgia, for the last time as he begins his final journey to atlanta and then washington, dc. we're going in-depth on his enduring legacy of service to the nation and the world. >> and just days before he is set to return to the white house, president elect donald trump will be sentenced in the new york hush money case and a cnn exclusive. >> the new video showing what the suspect in that new year's day attack in new orleans was doing just moments before that deadly rampage. >> and the strongest storm of winter is ramping up. meteorologist allison chinchar is tracking the snow, ice and severe weather threat stretching more than 1300 miles. well, today begins six days of tributes to the life and legacy of former president jimm

cnn's rafael romo reports on the prior warnings. >> cnn has learned that a security firm warned five years ago that the bourbon street area in new orleans was especially vulnerable to a vehicular ramming attack. both the fbi and atf say the killer set fire to the short term rental location where he stayed to destroy evidence, including precursors for bomb making material. the fbi also says the killer intended to use a transmitter found in his truck to set off two improvised explosive devices that he had previously placed on bourbon street. in an interview with cnn's anderson cooper, louisiana lieutenant governor billy nungesser accused new orleans mayor latoya cantrell of failing to secure bourbon street despite requests made years ago. >> the mayor and her team failed miserably. >> you know, today i sent out a video of the balusters in front of jackson square historical jackson square. >> two years we've been asking to get them replaced. i didn't let that out to the public because we didn't want people to know you could drive through that pedestrian mall. >> new orleans mayor cantre

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cnn. attorney general has obtained memos from the department of homeland security and the fbi warning law enforcement just last month about potential lone actors using vehicles as weapons. what more do you think could have been done to prevent an attack like this one? >> well, you know, this is a known risk. i mean, i think that that everybody has been preparing this. we knew. i think all law enforcement has known that lone actors, lone kind of wolf actors could be a threat. but long before a month ago. so that's not breaking news, i think, to law enforcement. certainly we've expected potential for things like that to happen in new orleans, because there are parades all of the time during mardi gras. and, you know, so you're constantly dealing with traffic, not necessarily people who are angry and want to kill other people. but you always have the risk of drunk drivers and things like that. so i think there's just always been some effort to protect against that in new orleans. and there wa

kobe. >> the making of a legend premieres january 25th on cnn a new cnn film follows the legendary singeruther vandross through his life and his career, from his formative years in harlem to becoming one of the most influential artists of all time. >> here's a preview during that time, we had this whole thing where the way that we used to get gigs is we would attend each other's session, and if, incidentally, they happened to need somebody to fill in, oh, my friends, a singer, he could definitely do it. >> and we always brought luther in. >> yeah, that looks great. >> taking it all the right way, keeping it in the back. taking it all the right way. >> lucy started doing what he does, which is start singing. when david put music on, he starts, you know, whatever. and david was like, wow, this guy is great. and just as we. >> never been known to fail, never been. >> known, david knew talent. and he whispered to me, he said, i love this guy. and i'm like, what's not to love? and again, the new cnn film luther never too much replays tonight at 9 p.m. eastern, right here on cnn. >> thanks so m

eastern time, only on cnn.ning us now to discuss cnn chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst john miller and jameel jaffer, the former counsel to the assistant attorney general for national security. john, let me start with you. some are blaming local officials for failing to secure bourbon street. the incoming new orleans city council president said they need more federal resources. and he told cnn he was frustrated with the fbi. take a listen. >> very troubling to many of us that during the fbi briefing yesterday, it was made public that this individual posted on social media, on places like facebook, well before the attack, that he intended to do something and that this was not flagged. >> clearly, there's a lot of blame flying. what's your take away on the security failure? >> my takeaway is that the city council president isn't paying attention. he's talking about the briefing where chris reyes, the deputy assistant director of the fbi, talked about five audio and video posts to facebook that occurr

cnn's eva mckend reports now from plains, georgia. reporter at president carter's hometown church, a sunday service that contained both elements of sorrow and joy as people that knew the president for decades showed up to worship and also to remember president carter's life and legacy. >> we also saw people travel from neighboring states who in the past saw president carter teach sunday school here, which he did for many decades. >> now, his niece, kim carter fuller, has taken over sunday school lessons, and she leaned into the book of psalms, where she talked about how their hearts were heavy, but they were leaning on the strength of god in this moment. >> and what's also remarkable about maranatha baptist church is that it is now led by a female pastor. we know that president carter very notably broke with the southern baptists on this issue. he believed that women should be equal in all spaces, including religious ones. take a listen to how the pastor is thinking about this moment in this country where, um, to speak bluntly, we sti

call now and we'll come to you. >> 808 two one 4000. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> you're in the cnn newsroom, i'm jessica dean in new york, and the winds are picking back up and new areas of west los angeles could soon be threatened by the palisades fire. flames are encroaching toward the 405 that major freeway running on the west side of los angeles and threatening communities just west of the freeway. now, residents, firefighters and city officials are all working to maneuver and survive. what is a hellscape? joining us now, cnn's stephanie elam, who's in l.a .'s brentwood neighborhood. that would be more to the eastern side of this fire. stephanie, your vantage point there. i know you've been watching teams all day in the sky, on the ground. what more can you tell us? >> jessica, i wanted to show you something different this hour because i want to highlight this ridge behind me. we're on top. it looks like that sandy color up there. you can see there's a vehicle up there. we watched them bulldoze that and make it wider. and we now know why they have been doing that. and that is b

this is cnn.his is cnn breaking news. >> hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world and streaming on cnn. max, i'm paula newton, and we do begin with breaking news in two separate new year's day attacks here in the united states. president joe biden says investigators are looking into whether there is any possible link between a truck ramming that killed more than a dozen people in new orleans by a suspect with apparent ties to i.s.i.s., and a tesla truck explosion outside the trump hotel in las vegas. multiple law enforcement sources tell cnn. the suspects in both incidents had military backgrounds. we want to go first to new orleans, where the fbi is investigating the ramming attack in the historic french quarter as an act of terrorism. police say at least 15 people were killed when the suspect drove his truck down bourbon street at a high rate of speed at about 3 a.m. local time. now, he's been identified as 42 year old shamsud-din jabbar, a u

right now on cnn this morning devastating wildfires. a state of emergency in los angeles as a life threatening windstorm fuels the flames engulfing southern california. >> and the panama canal is vital. we need greenland for national security purposes. canada and the united states, that would really be something. >> redrawing the map donald trump lays out a plan to expand the u.s., refusing to rule out using troops to seize territory. and it's an ambitious agenda. we're starting today with the laken riley first order of business. >> the republican led house passes their first major immigration legislation of the new congress. but it does face shaky ground in the senate. all right. it is 5 a.m. here on the east coast. here is a live look out west where fierce, fierce wildfires are currently racing through the los angeles area. we have been tracking this overnight with major wind gusts expected through the early morning hours there. this is a live look at los angeles at this hour. it is 2:01 a.m. pacific time. we had heard as we were goin

> this just in to cnn. the fbi has just identified the suspect in today's deadly crowd attack in new orleans. joining us now, we have cnn chief legal affairs correspondent paula reid, along with senior justice correspondent evan perez. tell us about who they're saying did this, evan. >> well, now we have an identity from the fbi. 42 year old. shamsud din jabbar, a u.s. citizen from texas. according to the fbi. and this all happened at about 315 local time, central time in in new orleans, there on bourbon street. now, one of the things we also learning from this new updated information from the fbi, they've confirmed earlier reporting that there was an i.s.i.s. flag that was found in the vehicle. and the fbi is obviously trying to determine, brianna, at this hour, what associations had this person been talking to? anybody associated with i.s.i.s.? how far back that that radicalization may have may have started? the other thing that is that is important here is that there were an ied that was found in the veh

. >> cnn this morning with kasie hunt.ext it's friday, january 3rd right now on cnn this morning. >> fbi bomb technicians also recovered two ieds, retracing his steps. >> new surveillance footage helps create a timeline of the new orleans terror attack and shows the suspect on bourbon street just hours before. >> plus, i said, son, please don't go. >> it's dangerous over there. >> an unbearable loss. >> parents recount their last conversation with their son. >> when they begged him not to go to the french quarter. >> and you can start cutting off my fingers. i am not voting for mike johnson. >> voting no. one gop lawmaker adamant about voting against mike johnson for speaker. but will any other republicans follow suit all right. it is 5 a.m. here on the east coast. a live look at the superdome in new orleans, that city still grappling with everything that has unfolded. good morning everyone. i'm kasie hunt. it's wonderful to have you with us. we have new details and a revised death toll this morning following the deadly at

this is cnn. we wrapped up the last live shot in the midst of really strong wind gusts, pulled out of the parking lot. me driving one car and our photojournalist tom larson and producer kat jaeger and a second crew vehicle right behind me. i saw a fire truck at our intersection. asked the firefighter, what's the best way out of here? knowing that there were roadblocks in both directions on pch. he sort of shook his head and said, try going south. so we drove south toward santa monica for almost a mile, and then i knew this was going to be an extremely dicey exit. thankfully, we spotted an emergency crew vehicle going the same way, so we followed very closely behind that car. oh my god. flames surrounded us on the right and left of the highway. embers jumping into the lanes on the pavement, across our windshields. at one point we heard a loud boom on our right while a house on the left was fully engulfed just yards away from us. we could feel the heat from inside our cars, all the while not being a

this is cnn. >> all right.icials have confirmed the identity of the driver who exploded a tesla cybertruck in las vegas as active duty u.s. army green beret matthew alan livelsberger. they say livelsberger drove the truck up to the trump hotel and killed himself before explosives. he had set in. the vehicle detonated. investigators are now giving us some insight into his decision to do this. cnn correspondent natasha chen is joining us with more on this. what are you learning, natasha? >> well, fred, yesterday investigators in las vegas gave us the full transcript of two letters they believe were written by livelsberger. and they released this with the intention of maybe helping the public understand a little more context of his state of mind. what led up to the moment where he killed himself and exploded the cybertruck on new year's day, injuring seven other people who, by the way, thankfully have been treated and released from hospitals. so this one of the letters that was released to us yesterday is a call f

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kyung lah, cnn, los angeles. >> joining me now is cnn law enforcement analyst jonathan wackrow. jonathan, good to see you this morning. i want to first get your take on the surveillance video that we're just seeing there from kyung lah. and it shows really just how much planning went into this attack in new orleans. what stands out to you there? >> well, what stands out is really what we're seeing here is the premeditation, right? this was not and i think we we know this now from reporting in information that's coming out from investigators is that, you know, the the suspect here put a lot in the planning process. and really thinking about the various types of attacks that he was going to launch from the very simple vehicle ramming attack that we that actually took place all the way to an extreme level of sophistication with the explosives that were placed, you know, throughout the area. why is he doing that? why? because that is a tactic. if the first method of attack, which was the vehicle ramming method, if he was not able to execute on that, then he could quickly go through

. >> the making of a legend premieres january 25th on cnn. >> you're in the cnn newsroom. >> i'm jessica dean in new york, and america is bidding farewell to the late president jimmy carter today, marking the first of six days of tributes and observances across the nation. the public will have an opportunity to pay their respects in atlanta before carter's casket is taken to washington on tuesday, as the world honors the life and legacy of america's 39th president. we're joined now by jeff zeleny, cnn's chief national affairs correspondent. and, jeff, i know you've been there at the carter center in atlanta all day. help set the scene from today's somber and emotional tributes to president carter. >> well, jessica, through scripture and song, there was a very somber tribute. the beginning of what is going to be several days of paying respects and honor to the 39th president of the united states, jimmy carter, whose body is lying in repose right now. you can see that picture here at the carter center at 7 p.m. tonight. it will open to the public. so people for the next 36 hours or so can

i want to bring in cnn anchor and chief legal analyst laura coates, along with cnn senior legal analyste honig. and laura, what's the practical impact of the president elect of the united states with this? what's called this unconditional discharge? what's the practical effect of no punishment, no fines, no jail time, no nothing? >> well, the notion that there are two systems of justice while donald trump is in a league of his own, essentially no one. he has no peer group whatsoever at this point in time, with all that he has been through and the convictions at this point in time. but essentially it means that he is not going to get probation. he's not going to have any oversight from a law enforcement officer of any kind. he's also not going to have a fine imposed or any, of course, jail time. now, there are people who have had that same conviction who have not gotten jail time. that's not necessarily the novelty of this, but the notion of the fact that he is a president elect, the fact that there would be a nuisance, so to speak, overhead if he were to have to abide by conditions whil

that just in to cnn.nd this has been a big question because we had heard from local law enforcement and local officials on the ground in new orleans earlier that there was this suspect in this pickup truck, but we didn't hear the status of this suspect until now. getting this new information again from cnn's evan perez through federal law enforcement officials telling cnn the suspect in this new orleans attack is dead. i want to bring into the conversation cnn's ryan young. ryan, you have that new information that the suspect is, in fact, dead. but i also wanted to get your reaction to that raw report, really, from that reporter on the scene. and it's striking. you see, the coroner's van sitting in front of cameras to the entrance of bourbon street, presumably to not only do the hard work that they have to do, but also to block the view of potential carnage that's left behind there. >> yeah. danny, let's take this in two parts. when you think about that massive scene, you not only do you have the evidence

>> cnn this morning with kasie hunt next. >> it's monday, january 13th, right now on cnn this morning. >> we need mother nature to give us a break. >> racing to contain officials warn of the potential for explosive fire growth this week as crews try to handle the wildfires that have already ravaged l.a. >> plus, we are very, very close, inching closer negotiators cautiously optimistic about ceasefire talks between israel and hamas, and the rubber hits the road this week with all of these hearings on the cabinet confirming the cabinet, what will president elect donald trump's hand-picked nominees face as they sit before senators this week? >> all right. it's 5 a.m. here on the east coast. a live look at capitol hill on this monday morning. going to be a very busy week up on the hill. good morning everyone. i'm kasie hunt, it's wonderful to have you with us. we do begin this morning with new information about the apocalyptic wildfires scorching southern california over the weekend, the death toll rising to at least 24 confirmed fatalities. and the l.a. county sheriff says they have, quo

the idf tells cnn. doctor abu safiya was, quote, apprehended for suspected involvement in terrorist activities, accusing him of being part of hamas. it provided no evidence to back up these claims. doctor abu safiya sent increasingly dire updates over recent months as israel targeted the area around then within his hospital, claiming it was a hamas terrorist stronghold, a claim the hospital director called nonsense. he repeatedly called for aid, refusing to leave at a deep personal cost. he lost his son in an israeli airstrike. un experts say they are gravely concerned about his fate. amnesty has called him the voice of gaza's decimated health sector. reihan salam. now, the un has said that the closing of the kamal adwan hospital has put some 75,000 palestinians still in northern gaza at risk. fred. >> paula hancocks there for us in jerusalem, thank you very much. and some encouragement if you're taking part in dry january, the surgeon general issued a new alcohol warning and called for a new measure to

cnn's paula reid has more.eporter. >> well, president-elect trump is still a convicted felon after this opinion. >> but there is some good news because the judge is revealing that he will not face any penalties. it is january 10th. sentencing. the judge did have the option to impose a jail sentence here. he says he will not do that. and in a rare move, he previews how he's thinking about this sentencing, saying, quote, while this court, as a matter of law, must not make any determination on sentencing prior to giving the parties and defendant an opportunity to be heard, it seems proper at this juncture to make known the court's inclination to not impose any sentence of incarceration, a sentence of an unconditional discharge appears to be the most viable solution. so to translate that this january 10th sentencing will largely just be performative. now, it's also notable the judge is making a big concession about trump's role as president elect, something that his lawyers have repeatedly argued should be factored

this is cnn breaking news. >> well, good morning to you. >> you are live in the cnn newsroom. >> i'm pamela brown in washington, and we want to welcome our viewers here at home and watching around the world. >> we begin with breaking news out of new orleans. >> as a man drove a pickup truck into a crowd of people on the famed bourbon street early this morning. police say at least ten people were killed and at least 35 are injured. and it happened just after 3 a.m. local time. there were revelers out celebrating the new year. >> at that time, it was packed and according to the new orleans police chief, the suspect was just hell bent on causing carnage. >> she says that the driver then shot two police officers, a federal law enforcement officials, a federal law enforcement official, i should say, says that that suspect is dead. and we've been speaking to witnesses. >> one witness described seeing bodies on the street and a lot of people getting first aid. take a listen to the emergency radio call. >> communications of engine 29 and all units heading towards canal and bourbon. um, we re

cnn's kyung lah has more.eporter new video shows the attacker preparing the pickup truck for the new year attack just after midnight. >> shamsud-din jabbar puts what looks like a white pole with a black covering into the bed of the pickup. it appears to be the i.s.i.s. flag that was attached to his truck as he plowed through the crowd on bourbon street. the adorable video also shows him spending several minutes bending over. the hitch where the flag was attached for nearly ten minutes. he continually moves back and forth from the airbnb to the truck, getting ready, and then this jabbar pulls out what appears to be a gas can out of the truck and brings it inside, where authorities say he started a fire. he then pulls up the street, stops, backs up and goes back inside the house for less than a minute before finally leaving for good. new year fireworks can be seen in the distance. ten minutes after jabbar finally drives away. a neighbor told cnn he smelled smoke. kyung lah, cnn, los angeles. >> kyung. thank you.

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this is cnn breaking news. >> thank you for joining us on cnn news central. >> i'm brianna keilar in washington. boris sanchez is on assignment, and we are following breaking developments out of new orleans, where we're getting some new details from federal and local officials about their investigation into the deadly new year's day terror attack. the fbi says it now believes the army veteran from texas, who they say intentionally plowed a truck into a crowd on bourbon street, acted alone. 14 people were killed in this. among the victims, karim badawi, a student at the university of alabama. also, 27 year old tiger beck, a lafayette, louisiana native and former princeton football player. and we're also learning that hubert guthro lost his life, along with 37 year old reggie hunter. he was a father from baton rouge who wished his family happy new year. moments after midnight, in a text to their group chat that would be among the last that he sent, hunter's cousin spoke to cnn earlier today. >> it was a beautiful person, inside and out. um, to know richard was to love reggie. he was al

steve contorno cnn, west palm beach, florida. >> earlier, cnn spoke with the only republican lawmaker representing new york city in congress. we asked whether she had any concerns about the speaker's plan to get trump's ambitious agenda passed. >> well, obviously, it's going to be a big task, and it is challenging considering we have a majority of one in the house. but i do believe that we made significant progress this past week. we were able to elect speaker johnson united in just one round of voting, and we had a very good meeting yesterday where we went over the game plan. we went over the procedures of what is allowed, what's not allowed in a budget reconciliation bill. and we we have a framework right now which we are beginning to hash out the details. and so i think that as long as we have good communication in our conference, the speaker keeps us informed of of what he wants to do, what his goals are, as does the president. and we get buy in and consensus. we can do these things that you mentioned america's top diplomat reiterating u.s. >> support for south korea's democracy a

if my home just had a brain. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> you are in the cnn newsroom, and i'm jessica dean in new york. they are the most destructive wildfires in the history of los angeles. america's second largest city. >> and right now there is, quote, very significant concern the deadly fires will continue to grow tonight. we know 11 people have lost their lives. and officials expect that number to rise as cadaver dogs are being sent into the ashes to search for remains. fema has received more than 16,000 applications for assistance as residents who have lost everything are in desperate need of clothing, water, food, baby formula. more than 100,000 residents are under evacuation orders. that number could also rise, and this comes as the coastal palisades fire is now threatening to move further east toward bel air and brentwood. that's near the getty center and ucla. california's department of forestry, saying that more than 38,000 acres have been scorched, with more than 12,000 structures simply destroyed. new today, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms and explosives is ta

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cnn's clare duffy is here. this doesn't feel like a particularly subtle move, clare. >> yeah, the timing is, you know, you can't ignore the timing here. this is meta's top policy job. chief global affairs officer. it has been held by former uk deputy prime minister nick clegg, who joined the company in 2018. he announced yesterday that he is stepping down and handing the reins to his deputy, joel kaplan, who is one of the company's most prominent republicans. kaplan has been working on policy at meta since 2011, but prior to that he held several key roles, including deputy chief of staff of policy in the george w. bush white house. they also announced that taking over for his current role, vp of global policy is kevin martin, another longtime meta exec who was formerly chairman of the fcc under bush. and we know this, of course, all comes as meta is preparing for a second trump presidency. and as ceo mark zuckerberg has sought to cozy up to trump, we saw zuckerberg visiting trump in mar-a-lago after the electio

cnn spoke with a brother and the father of the suspect, and he told they told cnn that something foggedis mind that he's not this type of person, someone or something fogged his mind. they also went on to under to talk about his islamic faith. he said he. they said that the suspect understood what it meant to be a muslim. and that's what i've seen from him in the time that we got closer, how he carried himself and how he treated other people, it wasn't anything of his nature. if it wasn't this tragedy, it was the complete opposite. so both those family members kind of struggling to understand what exactly happened to this new orleans terror suspect. we also know that inside the home where he was last living here in the houston area, investigators spent hours combing through that home in north houston. yesterday, we were able to speak with a neighbor of the suspect who talked about having seen the white pickup truck in front of their home just before he left for new orleans, left the houston area. in fact, that neighbor told us that he had spoken with the suspect. he said that he was mov

cnn's working to get further details. and as soon as we get that, we'll bring you updates on that story. 2025 gave us a warmer welcome than what we're used to this time of year, certainly in new york, but it's going to get chilly in the coming days. for more on this, we have meteorologist allison chinchar. you've been tracking it all. happy new year. >> allison, good to see you and happy new into the weekend. in the short term, however, we're still dealing with some rain and snow showers across portions of the great lakes and the northeast this morning. you can see a lot. most of it is kind of focused, more interior, but you do still have some heavy rain across portions of coastal massachusetts as well as maine. you've also got very strong winds, and that's not just limited to the northeast. it stretches down through the mid-atlantic, all the way down into portions of the southeast, georgia and the carolinas. looking at some of those wind gusts up around 40 to 55mph. now, that system this morning is going to finally start

and cnn in the us. both describe a repeated failure to report the truth on this story. prior to october 7th, i hand on heart believe that cnn went to great great length to report the truth and exclusively for truth. but after october 7th, the ease with which i saw news lines that supported the is really narrative. come out and really shocked me. there were times where cnn was happy to push hard, but on balance, it's very clear where we lie regret thing, and it's not entirely with the choice. cause i have massively expose the hypocrisy that the heart of the bbc. the fact that it very much does respond to influence, it very much can be swayed. it does follow the government line broadly on certain stories. the bbc is meant to be a public service. it's meant to be for the people. but at the end of the day, it's passed strings are held by the government and that you can see in the coverage the, the october 7th attack by home office in which more than $1100.00 is ready. these were killed. almost $800.00 of th

the day before the cnn broadcast, according to multiple cnn journalists and an internal whatsapp blog that we obtained. a palestinian producer alerted her colleagues including robertson, but was ignore. the report went out 1st on television, but there was still time to correct it before it went up online. another producer tried to make that case. one colleagues saw the report and flag to nick, hold on. people are saying that this is not accurate. and apparently next said, are you meaning to say that the car is lying to us? so there was a chance for this to get stopped, but nick was adamant and it went out. it is a very experienced correspondence. if you are trusting these rarely government over your own colleagues, then you need to have you ever slept at the very least because the reporting has given cover to the as rarely operation no proof would ever emerge of captives held at the rent tc hospital. meanwhile, is really forces had turned their attention to the ship, a hosp, the largest in the gaza strip, responsible for 40 percent of its health care capacity. they began by releasing

. >> this is cnn, the world's news network. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and from all around the world, i'm rosemary church. we are following breaking news out of los angeles, where powerful winds are fueling, fast moving and destructive wildfires that are threatening thousands of homes, tens of thousands of residents have already been ordered to evacuate, and now evacuation orders have reached the seaside city of santa monica. the situation is only expected to get worse in the hours ahead, as the winds are forecast to grow even stronger. dozens of drivers abandoned their cars on tuesday as some chose to flee the flames on foot. one resident described what she witnessed. >> i've never seen anything. fires were this close to the cars. people left their cars on the palisades drive, burning up the hillside. the palm trees. everything's going and the wind and the firemen are great, but you can only do so much. >> hundreds of firefighters are on the front lines battling the flames. the largest fire, nearly 3000 acres

. >> super man, the christopher reeve story, february 2nd on cnn. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to the lead i'm jake tapper. we're going to start this hour with the breaking news involving the several destructive wildfires ripping across los angeles county. turning that beautiful area into a hellscape. at least ten people are now dead. that number is tragically up from the five we knew about yesterday. the true death toll right now is actually unknown. until investigators can safely get into these impact communities, they can't do so now. the scale of the damage is, frankly, insane. more than 36,000 acres have burned for scale. that's about the same size of the city of miami. it's about two and a half times larger than the island of manhattan. it's larger than both boston and san francisco right now. the palisades fire and eaton fire fires the two largest out of six active fires, are less than 10% officially contained. now, that's not because fire crews aren't working tirelessly to get every fire and any flare ups under control. before monday's expected windstorm, they are still

cnn's chief legal affairs correspondent paula reid, former federal prosecutor and cnn legal analyst elie honig, former federal prosecutor shan wu, and cnn's very own jeff zeleny. paula, i want to start with you with now that we have the details with the big picture here, because we sat at this table for months and months and months talking about not just this case, but the other cases that donald trump was being investigated on was being prosecuted for federal new york as he was running for president in the republican primary. then, of course, in the general election. and here we are, just a little more than a week before he is going to take the oath of office again. and we learned the answer to a question that we've been asking, which is what kind of impact is it going to be? and the answer is not only no politically, but legally. the answer is virtually nothing aside from today, which is not nothing. but there's no there's no penalty. >> you face a more significant punishment for speeding in manhattan than what trump got today. he faced four criminal cases, some real serious legal jeop

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cnn's kyung lah spoke directly with the state's governor. during their conversation, gavin newsom explained the evolving scope and scale of wildfire damage. >> the governor of california, while overseeing this fire emergency in los angeles county for the first time, is now laying out some concrete timeline of when he wants this rebuilding to begin, saying that he wants assessments of all of the losses done within two weeks. and that's to get insurance and fema rolling. so what is this assessment? help explain why we need this and and what this means for you know, that homeowner you got through the state fire marshal cal fire working with county partners, teams of two go in. >> they will go into a property like this. they'll assess and they will photograph, and then they will post online after it's verified about a 12 hour process. and people can go on a website, and they don't have to physically be here to know if their property is damaged. and that will then begin the process for the property owner on insurance and getting us to a point whe