i'm fredricka whitfield. all right. in just a few hours, president-elect trump will board a plane bound for washington, dc, making his triumphant return as celebrations begin for his second inauguration. right now, trump is in florida preparing for a busy weekend before he takes the oath of office on monday, many of his supporters have already started showing up to the nation's capital in advance of the big events, and they will look very different. the events that is very different from nearly all other past presidential inaugurations because of the bitterly cold forecast for monday, trump decided to move the inauguration ceremony. this swearing in inside the capitol rotunda. cnn's steve contorno is live for us in west palm beach, florida, near the president elect's mar-a-lago home. so what does the weekend look like as he's about to embark on a plane and head to washington, dc? >> well, fred, in just a couple of hours, donald trump will leave south florida for the last time as president elect and head to washington, d

i'm fredricka whitfield. all right. in just a few hours, president elect donald trump will head to washington, where ceremonies for his second inauguration are still being finalized. right now, trump is in florida preparing for a busy weekend before he takes the oath of office on monday. many of his supporters have already started showing up in the nation's capital in advance of the big events, which will look very different from nearly all other past presidential inaugurations because of a bitterly cold forecast for monday. the ceremonies will now be moved inside the capitol rotunda, leaving most of the event's ticket holders unable to see trump take his oath of office for themselves. and a coalition of activists. well, they're already gathering right now at the lincoln memorial to protest president elect donald trump and republican policies. cnn's steve contorno is live for us in west palm beach, florida. steve. before we get to the inauguration plans, we're learning about how trump is going to potentially intervene n

i'm fredricka whitfield.pecial coverage of president jimmy carter's final trip to the carter center in atlanta continues next with our live view there of the motorcade.

i'm fredricka whitfield in atlanta alongside my colleague bill weir in pacific palisades, california. we'll get right to you, bill, in a moment. this is the breaking news that we're covering. firefighters racing to gain ground as massive wildfires tear through the los angeles county area. wind gusts are picking up, making an already dangerous situation even more treacherous. red flag warnings are in effect as santa ana winds are expected to strengthen later on today, continuing all the way until wednesday. the exhaustive firefight to save homes and communities is now in day six. overnight, favorable weather conditions gave fire crews a bit of a leg up. officials say the eaton fire is now 27% contained, but the largest of the fires, the palisades, remains just 11% contained. the fires are ripping across landscapes and neighborhoods. as you see right there, scorching tens of thousands of acres, killing at least 16. we understand 16 other people remain missing. 105,000 people are under evacuation orders right now. all right, let's get to the palisades area where bill weir is. so that's a

i'm fredricka whitfield, and we start with this breaking news truck attacker shamsud-din jabbar recorded bourbon street using meta glasses during a bike ride months before killing 14 people on new year's day. that shocking detail, revealed during a wide ranging press conference with federal and local authorities earlier today. cnn's rafael romo is in new orleans for us, rafael, officials in new orleans also provided a detailed kind of timeline of how jabbar carried out this attack. >> that's right, fred, and those details that we're learning are very telling as to how the attack happened. and one crucial question that surfaced days after the attack was how long in advance did the attacker planned the attack? did he know with a long time prior to the attack that he was going to do what he did? and it seems like the answer now is yes, that it was not only weeks, but perhaps years that he was thinking about attacking the united states in some sort of fashion. and that's because at a press conference earlier here in new orleans, the fbi told us that shamsud-din jabbar traveled internationall

i'm fredricka whitfield. all right. we begin with this breaking news in a wide ranging press conference today. officials in new orleans revealed a detailed timeline of what truck attacker shamsud-din jabbar was doing in the months, days and hours leading up to his new year's day rampage. >> from what we now know, jabbar stayed at a rental home in new orleans beginning october 30th, 2024. he was in town at least two days during that time. jabbar using meta glasses, recorded a video as he rode through the french quarter on a bicycle. this video shows jabbar during that trip in october with his meta glasses. as we continue to learn more about that trip, we ask anyone who may have seen or interacted with him to contact us. >> all right. we also learned the name of the final victim, latasha polk. louisiana governor jeff landry is calling for 14 days of remembrance for the victims. cnn's rafael romo is in new orleans for us. rafael, the fbi says the the the suspect jabbar the man who carried out this attack used meta glasses

i'm fredricka whitfield, and we begin this hour with breaking news. president trump making good on his tariff threat. moments ago, he announced that he is issuing sizable tariffs on all goods from colombia. the retaliatory move coming after two u.s. military deportation flights of migrants were not allowed to land in colombia. cnn's steve contorno is joining us now from florida. steve, what more are you learning? >> fred? 25% tariffs. that is what donald trump is threatening on the country of colombia right now. and the threat would grow to actually 50%. and again as you said, all of this in response to colombia deciding not to allow two planes carrying undocumented migrants captured by the united states back into the country of colombia. and trump, writing on truth social just moments ago, quote, petro's denial of these flights has jeopardized the national security and public safety of the united states. and then he goes on to list a bunch of actions that he is taking against colombia, including those tariffs that i mentioned, a travel ban and an vis

i'm fredricka whitfield. right now, president elect donald trump is gearing up for what will be a busy weekend ahead of his inauguration scheduled for monday. in just a few hours, he'll board a plane in palm beach, florida, and route to the nation's capital, where supporters are getting ready to take part in inaugural celebrations. but some of those events will look a bit different as trump takes his oath of office. his second one, his swearing in, will now be inside the capitol rotunda because of dangerously cold weather forecast for monday. cnn's steve contorno is live for us in west palm beach ahead of the president elect's departure. steve, what are trump's plans leading up to the inauguration? >> well, as you said, fred, it's going to be a packed weekend for donald trump. >> leading up to monday's events, he will depart west palm beach later today, and then he will head to his property in sterling, virginia, for a reception and fire there. and then tomorrow morning, he intends to visit arlington national

i'm fredricka whitfield. all right. right now president-elect donald trump is gearing up for what will be a rather busy weekend ahead of his inauguration on monday. in just a few hours, he'll board a plane in palm beach, florida, en route to the nation's capital, rotunda because of dangerously cold weather forecast for monday. cnn's steve contorno is live in west palm beach ahead of president elect. departure. so, steve, what are his plans as he gets ready to depart? >> well, as you said, fred, donald trump will leave west palm beach in south florida for the last time as president elect in just a few hours. and he will head to virginia and one of his properties there, where he intends to take place, take part in in a pre-inauguration reception tomorrow morning, he will appear at arlington national cemetery, where he will lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. and then he is off to d.c., where he will hold a rally very much like a a campaign style rally at the capital one arena in the city. it will be the first

i'm fredricka whitfield and right now president donald trump is in las vegas where he is expected to lay out his plans for making tips tax exempt, an issue he campaigned on in the 2024 election. this follows a series of late night moves from his administration, including one ordering the elimination of die from federal agencies within 60 days and another ordering advocacy groups to stop aiding refugees. i'd like to bring in now cnn's senior white house reporter, kevin liptak. kevin, the president is going to speak to his supporters shortly. what do we know? >> yeah, well, the ostensible topic is that promise he made no tax on tips. obviously, trump events have a way of taking on a life of their own, but certainly he does want to talk about all these promises that he made his supporters on the campaign trail, which he has now started to fulfill now that he has entered office using his executive authority, reshaping the federal government, reshaping federal personnel, going after immigration in a very hard line way. but this is an issue, the taxes issue, that he will have to work with

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i'm fredricka whitfield, and we continue to follow the start of the touching final farewell to the late president jimmy carter. the first of six days of tributes and observances is underway right now in georgia, as the nation and the world honor the life and legacy of america's 39th president, who passed away sunday at the age of 100. an emotional moment this morning when former and current u.s. secret service agents who protected carter during his lifetime and his political career, carried his casket to the hearse in americus, georgia, and then there was another ceremony at carter's boyhood home and farm in archery, georgia, right here, where the two longest serving national park staffers rang the farm bell, 39 times. in carter's motorcade, also going through nearby plains where carter was born. people lining the streets to pay their respects. the motorcade is now slowly making its way from south georgia to atlanta, and in a few hours it will stop off at the georgia capitol in atlanta, where carter served one term as governor and as state senator. and after a moment of silence honoring

i'm fredricka whitfield. all right. we begin this hour with two new cabinet confirmations for president trump. just in the last hour, the senate voted along party lines to approve kristi noem as the new secretary of homeland security. her confirmation comes shortly after trump's new leader of the u.s. military took the oath of office. pete hegseth narrowly won confirmation last night as the country's next u.s. defense secretary, and this morning, he was sworn in by vice president jd vance. >> the duties of. >> the office on. which i'm about to enter. >> the duties of the office of which i am about. >> to enter, so help. >> you god. >> so help. >> me god. congratulations. >> mr. secretary. >> it was. >> the vice president who also had to cast the tie breaking vote last night after the senate deadlocked on the hegseth nomination. it's just the second time in u.s. history a vice president broke a tie for a cabinet nominee. three republicans voted with the democrats against hegseth nomination, including former gop leader mi

i'm fredricka whitfield. cnn newsroom continues with jessica dean next. >> you are in. >> the cnn newsroom. >> i'm jessica. >> dean in. >> new york. >> and breaking right now, the trump administration is launching an enforcement in immigration enforcement blitz in chicago. borders are tom homan acting attorney general emil bove both on the ground there in chicago as officials work what the administration is calling enhanced targeted operations. >> we have team coverage. >> as this unfolds in front of us. let's start first with rosa flores in chicago. rosa, how are migrants in that area responding to all of this? >> well, you know, jessica, i covered the trump administration while i was based here in chicago the first time that trump was in office. and i can tell you that at the time, there was a lot of fear in the community. i remember interviewing daca recipients and their families. but what's happening right now is another level of fear. i've talked to contacts here in this city who tell me that the way tha

. >> i'm fredricka whitfield.e begin this hour with the start of a long, heartfelt farewell to the late president jimmy carter. >> the first of six days of tributes and observances is underway right now as the nation and the world honor the life and legacy of america's 39th president, who passed away sunday at the age of 100. an emotional moment this morning when former and current secret service agents who protected carter during his lifetime carried his casket right there to the hearse. >> and then there was this ceremony at the national park service in plains, georgia, where the two longest serving staffers rang the farm bell 39 times. >> his motorcade is now slowly making its way from his south georgia hometown to atlanta, and in a few hours it will stop off at the georgia capitol in atlanta, where carter served one term as governor and as state senator. after a moment of silence honoring his service, the motorcade will then head to the carter center in atlanta, where a service will be held later on. today, we

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i'm fredricka whitfield. we begin with this breaking news. moments ago, president donald trump says he has issued his first tariff on colombia after two u.s. deportation flights of undocumented migrants were not allowed to land in colombia. cnn's steve contorno is joining us now live from florida. steve, tell us more. >> yeah, fred, just moments ago, donald trump reacting to the news that colombia had blocked planes carrying undocumented migrants from delivering those individuals back to their home country, and trump now retaliating with tariffs and threats of more tariffs, he said in a post on social media. quote, i was just informed that the two repatriation flights from the united states, with a large number of illegal criminals, were not allowed to land in colombia. this order was given by colombia's socialist president gustavo petro, who is already very unpopular amongst his people. petro's denial of these flights has jeopardized the national security and public safety of the united states. so he has then gone on, goes on to say that he

. >> i'm fredricka whitfield in atlanta. >> you've been watching a press conference coming out of neweans. there. and we heard the mayor of new orleans say the president of the united states will be coming to new orleans tomorrow to support the city and its victims. the mayor says that the visit will be an extension of a coming together in prayer for the city still in mourning after this new year's truck attack, killing 14 people. the mayor also said she has requested to the white house to provide a tactical expert this week to help harden the city. ahead of that city, hosting the super bowl, as well as mardi gras activities as it pertains to law enforcement. we heard a lot coming from representatives of the fbi and the atf saying they still believe that the suspect, shamsud-din jabbar, acted alone and that he did use his vehicle to ram victims there on bourbon street. but prior to that, the atf and the fbi say they have meticulous detail and evidence as to all the events or some of the events that preceded that revealing in detail that they collected. now, inside five days from that

i'm fredricka whitfield. our special coverage of president jimmy carter's final trip to the carter center in atlanta continues next with our live view there of the motorcade. >> hello, and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. this is cnn's special live coverage of president jimmy carter's funeral services in georgia. i'm wolf blitzer in washington. >> and i'm victor blackwell, live from the carter center in atlanta. as the nation and the world honors the life and legacy of america's 39th president. >> and take a look at this. we're showing you some live pictures of the motorcade carrying president carter's casket as it makes its way to the georgia state capitol in downtown atlanta. once there, in just a few moments, georgia governor brian kemp will meet with members of the carter family and lead a moment of silence. the funeral procession will then head to the carter center in atlanta, where family, friends and staff will pay their respects to the former president of the unit

i'm fredricka whitfield. cnn newsroom continues with jessica dean and erin burnett. right now. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> you are in the cnn newsroom. >> i'm jessica dean in new york. >> we're going to join my colleague erin burnett in los angeles. >> coming up. >> but breaking news at this hour. the window to contain the deadly california wildfires is getting smaller. now, here's the good news. conditions through today have been better than expected. that's enabled firefighters to make some good progress. however, the powerful santa ana winds, with potential gusts of up to 50mph, could soon spread further inland. >> that there have been at least 16 fatalities already and with many more still unaccounted for, the death toll is expected to rise. more than 100,000 california residents also remain under evacuation orders from l.a. county. in just a few moments ago, california's governor gavin newsom spoke with our own kyung lah about how the fires could further worsen the state's insurance crisis. take a look. >> what about insurance? >> i mean, we know we live he

i'm fredricka whitfield and we're following breaking news. a massive winter storm is targeting nearly 70 million people. a dangerous mix of snow, ice and high winds is hitting the central plains states already today. and tracking all the way to the mid-atlantic coast. noaa's weather prediction center warns some areas, like kansas city and indianapolis, could see the heaviest snowfall in over a decade. the governors of kentucky, virginia, arkansas, missouri and west virginia have already declared states of emergency, while maryland is under a state of preparedness. officials are warning of treacherous road conditions. and and if all of that snow and ice isn't enough, then brutal cold temperatures will set in the south, right there, facing a very different threat. a tornado watch has been issued for parts of texas, louisiana and arkansas with severe storms and hail expected to pummel those states. meteorologist elisa raffa is tracking all of this. i mean, it really is cutting across at least half of the country with severe conditions. >> multi

i'm fredricka whitfield in atlanta alongside my colleague bill weir in pacific palisades, california. bill, we'll get to you in a moment. let's start with this breaking news this hour. winds are picking up again across los angeles county, fanning the wildfires still burning out of control in what's become one of california's worst natural disasters. santa ana winds expected to slam l.a. county through wednesday speeding these fires path as it continues to incinerate entire communities. thousands of firefighters are on the ground trying to beat back a wall of flames. air and ground crews are making some progress thanks to favorable conditions. overnight. fire officials say containment of the eaton fire now stands at 27%, while the largest of the fires, the palisades, remains at just 11% containment. search and rescue teams are going house to house to search for victims. the fires killing at least 16 people, but at least 16 others are still missing at this hour. evacuation orders remain in place for over 105,000 people. at a press conference today, the l.a. county sheriff pleaded with r

i'm fredricka whitfield. we begin this. hour with breaking news. >> right now, the u.s. senate is voting on the. confirmation of kristi noem as. >> the. >> new homeland security secretary. as we await that final vote tally, the new leader of the u.s. military taking the oath of office after narrowly winning confirmation. >> the duties of the office on which i'm about to enter. >> the duties of the office of which i am about to. >> enter, so. >> help you god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr.. >> secretary. >> just a short time ago, vice president jd vance officially swearing in pete there to be the new defense secretary. it was the vice president who had to cast the tie breaking vote last night after the senate deadlocked on hegseth nomination. it's just the second time now in u.s. history. a vice president broke a tie for a cabinet nominee. three republicans voted with the democrats against hegseth nomination, including former gop leader mitch mcconnell. the kentucky senator issued a scathing rebuke of hegseth promise to restore a, quote, warrior culture to the

i'm fredricka whitfield in atlanta alongside my colleague erin burnett in the pacific palisades area of california. erin, we'll get you in a moment. we want to remind people we are covering this breaking news. firefighters are battling hellish conditions right now in parts of l.a. county. as now, four active wildfires continue to burn out of control. progress has been made on two of the largest fires, palisades fire and eaton fire. but now there continues to be concerned about strong winds that will be picking back up, fanning the flames again. l.a .'s fire chief tried to reassure citizens at a press conference last hour. >> over the next few days and into the next week, we will be facing another critical weather event. i want to assure the residents within our incredible city of los angeles that mayor bass chief mcdonnell and i are in lockstep together, and that we will utilize every single resource at our disposal to ensure public safety and that we. holistically protect angelenos. >> the fires are already blamed for at least 11 deaths. officials indicating this morning that at lea

i'm fredricka whitfield in atlanta alongside my colleague bill weir in pacific palisades, california. bill, we'll get to in a moment. we've got breaking news, windy conditions starting to fan the flames of the wildfires ripping through the los angeles area as firefighters race to save homes and communities. the intense santa ana winds are expected to pick up even more later on today and continue all the way through wednesday. they're creating grueling conditions for the fire crews overnight air and ground teams made some progress thanks to favorable weather conditions, fire officials say. containment of the eaton fire right now stands at 27%, while the largest of the fires, the palisades, remains just 11% contained. the fires have killed at least 16 people, at least 16 others are still missing at this hour. search and rescue teams are going neighborhood by neighborhood searching for victims. 105,000 people are under evacuation orders, and today officials pleaded with desperate citizens not to return to their homes too soon. >> if you are asked to leave and you're in an evacuation orde

. >> i'm fredricka whitfield in atlanta. >> and we begin with this breaking news. fire crews in the fight of their lives as out of control wildfires tear through parts of los angeles county. you're looking at live pictures right now from the front lines of the fires. the inferno is being blamed for at least 11 deaths. more than 100,000 are now under evacuation orders as the flames reduce communities to ashes. but firefighters are making some progress. officials now say three of the five fires have some significant containment. the palisades fire, which is the largest, has 11% containment. the eaton fire is 15% contained. >> if we do what we're supposed to be doing, we keep working through the night and the weather is is cooperating right now. i think we can really make some headway. and and then we're just dealing with normal red flag conditions, which is totally different than the monstrosity that we've been dealing with. >> we have all the units in place. we've got over 3000 firefighters on this fire. we've got over 350 engines, 54 crew busses, helicopters, dozer

i'm fredricka whitfield, the cnn newsroom with jessica dean starts right now you're in the cnn newsroomi'm jessica dean in new york. and tonight, the clock is ticking for tiktok. >> in just a few hours, america's ban on the popular video sharing app goes into effect. >> the app says it will, quote, go dark on sunday, cutting off service unless the u.s. government assures apple and google that they won't be punished for hosting the app. but the biden white house calling that threat a stunt and is allowing the incoming trump administration to decide ultimately what to do here. president elect trump saying that he will most likely try to delay the ban for 90 days once he takes office on monday. cnn chief media analyst brian stelter and tiktok content creator joann molinaro are both joining us live now to talk more about this. brian, let's start first with you. just set the scene for us. for all the tiktok users out there. what happens at midnight? >> yeah, i was just on the phone with one of these big tech companies. >> one of these executives trying to figure out exactly how this will go