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i'm jake tapper. this hour, months after losing their homes and belongings to hurricane helene, families are telling cnn they're still living in limbo, unsure of how long the government will continue to help them with hotels as they try to get back on their feet after their lives were destroyed by the storm. what fema is saying today about those concerns and the efforts to help rebuild devastated areas, plus two republican senators come out against president trump's pick for secretary of defense, secretary of defense pete hegseth. but a key vote on his nomination still had enough support to advance today. so is hegseth nomination actually in jeopardy or not? and what does all this mean for trump's cabinet as a whole and leading this hour? president trump now promising to fight back after one of the first actions he took after returning to office, was just struck down in a federal court, a federal judge said today that trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship citizenship was, quote, blatan

i'm jake tapper. we are now one day away from the next step in officially approving the ceasefire hostage agreement. tomorrow, the israeli security cabinet will vote to approve the deal that would pause fighting in gaza, allowing much needed aid to enter there. on saturday, the full israeli cabinet is set to vote, one palestinian source saying that the deal would require that israel release hundreds of palestinian prisoners and it would bring home 33 people who were taken hostage by hamas, 468 days ago, in the october 7th attack. this vote had previously been delayed, as israel blamed hamas for going back on parts of the agreement. hamas denies that. it does appear that has been resolved, as the israeli prime minister's office indicated, this vote would only go forward once those issues were squared. despite the delay, u.s. secretary of state antony blinken this morning projected nothing but optimism. >> we expect implementation of the agreement to begin on sunday. >> on sunday, three israeli female c

i'm jake tapper. this hour time is running out for tiktok, tiktok, tiktok. the supreme court rules a ban on the app can take effect this weekend. sunday, to be precise. so what exactly will happen on sunday? will the app on your phone just stop working? is there anything anyone can do at this point to stop the ban? plus, with donald trump set to become the 47th president on monday, cnn's brand new reporting about his plans for the very first day, very first few hours in office, including an aggressive crackdown on undocumented immigrants. but we start this hour with major changes to the inauguration plans, the iconic scenes that we have come to expect with the new president swearing on a bible outside the

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i'm jake tapper. this hour time is running out for tiktok, tiktok, tiktok. after the supreme court rules a ban on the app can take effect this weekend. sunday, to be precise. so what exactly will happen on sunday? will the app on your phone just stop working? is there anything anyone can do at this point to stop the ban? plus, with donald trump set to become the 47th president on monday, cnn's brand new reporting about his plans for the very first day, very first few hours in office, including an aggressive crackdown on undocumented immigrants. but we start this hour with major changes to the inauguration plans, the iconic scenes that we have come to expect with the new president swearing on a bible outside the u.s. capitol are not what we are going to see this year, at least not outside. the ceremonies are moving indoors because of an arctic blast heading for washington, d.c. preparations are already underway inside the capitol rotunda, as the secret service and other agencies scramble to put together a new security plan. let's get straight to cnn's kaitlan

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the lead with jake tapper starts right now. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to the lead. >> i'm jake tapper. >> our major breaking news right now, israel and hamas have agreed to a deal that will pause the fighting in gaza and lead to the phased release of hostages in gaza and palestinian prisoners in israel. president joe biden just confirmed that in the last hour. >> one of the 15 months of terror for the hostages, their families, the israeli people. more than 15 months of suffering by the innocent people of gaza fighting in gaza will stop. and soon the hostages will return home to their families. >> the deal, the formation of which has been incredibly laborious and obviously is still fragile, could take effect as soon as this sunday as the government of israel releases hundreds of palestinian prisoners. hamas is expected to release 33 of the 251 hostages they kidnaped from israel 467 days ago, and their october 7th, 2023, attack, 157 of those, 251 hostages have already been released. >> israel believes most of the 33 hostages set to be released hopefully sunday are alive.

i'm jake tapper. we begin with our breaking news on the l.a. wildfires. if you live in the los angeles area, stop what you're doing right now. get prepared to evacuate. that's the message from officials today as strong extreme winds are expected over the next 24 hours, the weather threatening to spark new wildfires and undo all the progress made by firefighters in containing the existing wildfires that have already killed at least 24 people and have burned an area larger than the size of paris, france. in fact, a new fire broke out last night in ventura county, prompting evacuations. this is the auto fire and burned through about 56 acres, though as of now, this fire is mostly knocked down. the palisades fire, which ignited a week ago, remains the largest of them all. more than 23,000 acres, and it's only 17% contained, meaning firefighters have established barriers. around 17% of its perimeter. the eaton fire is now 14,000 acres, 35% contained. and as these winds begin to pick up, another threat is emerging for those all across los angeles county. county

i'm jake tapper. hour it has been a busy afternoon at 1600 pennsylvania avenue northwest for president donald trump's first official full day of his second term. he met with republican leaders of both the house and senate. the lawmakers, who will be responsible for getting his agenda across the finish line. what we're hearing from inside that meeting, and about the $500 billion announcement trump is about to make. also among his first moves as president trump goes after his former national security advisor, john bolton, stripping both bolton's security clearance and his security detail despite iran's attempt to kill him. ambassador bolton will join us live to react. and hostage families are making a renewed plea to the new administration and meeting with both trump and his top officials as they fight to bring home their loved ones. brutally kidnaped by hamas more than 470 days ago, the family members of one of those american hostages is here to share their message. but let's start with trump's today,

. >> the lead with jake tapper, weekdays at four on cnn this is cnn breaking news. >> we are following two major breaking news stories this morning. good morning. i'm victor blackwell and i'm amara walker. >> tiktok is now dark for 170 million users in the u.s., and the israel-hamas ceasefire is now in effect after a three hour delay. cnn anchor and chief national security analyst jim sciutto has been following this story for us from tel aviv. jim. >> that's right. and we were just under two hours. now from a key point in this agreement. that is when the first israeli hostages, or at least the earliest, the first israeli hostages, will be released, three of them. and we're also going to see in the same period of time, dozens of palestinian prisoners released from israeli prisons in the west bank. it's a tense moment here, but a moment of some hope after so much suffering. >> all right, jim, we'll see you in a bit. tiktok also has officially gone dark. that app and others owned by bytedance went offline late saturday night, just two hours before the ban was slated to take effect. >> so

i'm jake tapper. and we're going to start with breaking news in our money lead and deepseek a relatively new chinese ai company, rattling u.s. stock markets today. the tech heavy nasdaq closing down more than 3%. deepseek is only one year old, but already claims it can keep up with other ai platforms such as chatgpt and at a fraction of the cost. let's get right to cnn's matt egan in new york. matt, why the panic by investors and why today? >> well, jake, wall street got rocked today by major developments on the ai front. the nasdaq losing more than 3%. and nvidia, which had been one of the hottest stocks on the planet, plunging 17%, losing more than $600 billion today alone. it's a staggering loss. and all of this was set off by a little known chinese ai startup called deepseek. deepseek stunning investors. and i would imagine officials in washington by saying that its new ai model can go toe to toe with chatgpt, google's gemini and other leading ai models. and here's the kicker. deepseek says that i

i'm anderson cooper. >> i'm jake tapper. and then announce the electoral vote count. it's the final step in affirming that president- elect are donald j. trump won the presidential election of 2024. political comeback that seemed unimaginable for many americans on this day four years ago. vice president kamala harris, as vice president, will preside over the joint session in her role as president of the senate, overseeing the public count of her own electoral defeat. and this is what elected officials have been doing for most of the history of these united states, carrying out the electoral vote certification, whether their side won or their side lost. it is a formality, but it is integral to democracy. it was tradition until it wasn't. what happened on january 6th, 2021, of course, looms large over this day. the contrast between what we saw then and what we're about to see now could not be more stark. former and future president donald j. trump, at the center of all of it. let's go live to the capitol now. my colleague dana

i'm phil mattingly in for jake tapper. we begin with brand new video exclusively obtained by cnn showing the new orleans terrorist attack suspect outside his airbnb rental rental. >> hours before officials say he drove a rented white pickup through a crowd on bourbon street, killing 14 people and injuring at least 35 more. this ring camera footage captured the moment the suspect, shamsud-din jabbar unloaded the truck around 10 p.m. local time tuesday night. we have even more footage from this doorbell cam, which will show you this hour. >> but today, amid all of the grief and shock, we also want to show you this displays of resilience in true new orleans style. >> a brass band marching down bourbon street to mark its official reopening. just a few hours ago. and happening right now, less than a mile away from the attack site. a moment of silence and then kickoff for the sugar bowl matchup between the university of georgia and notre dame, a game postponed yesterday because of the attack. now, officials are insisting the sup

she did an interview with jake tapper earlier today in the los angeles mayor, karen bass. i should note they were supposed to be at a news conference together tonight. we were watching that, as we always do for developments and to see what the latest is from officials. neither of them ultimately showed up to that meeting. instead, it was law enforcement that came out and gave a brief update. here's what we do know. a source familiar with the meeting tells me that chief crowley and mayor bass did have a meeting this afternoon behind closed doors, but that's all we know right now. of course, we will keep you updated with what we learn about that meeting. but this is coming as in that interview with jake tapper, crowley has voiced some pretty public frustration about budget cuts from the fire department that she says hindered preparedness for these fires let me be clear. >> the $17 million budget cut and the elimination of our civilian positions, like our mechanics did and has and will continue to severely impact our ability to repair our apparatus. so with that, we have over

i'm jake tapper in this hour. more heartbreak out of california as those evacuated from wildfires are told it's going to be at least another week before they can return to their homes or what's left of their homes. are investigators any closer to figuring out what started these blazes? were any of them arson? we'll ask the head of the atf, the agency responsible for investigating that. plus, with just four days until donald trump returns to the white house, i will be joined live by one of the best source trump reporters in the world. what is she learning about trump's plans for day one and whether he really has an enemies list? but leading this hour after some last minute speed bumps, israel's security cabinet now plans to vote in just hours on the deal that would temporarily end the fighting in gaza and bring dozens of hostages home. how confident is the u.s. that this deal will go into effect this weekend? we'll talk to white house official john kirby in minutes, but let's start with cnn's bianna golodryga, who

the lead with jake tapper starts right now once again, drama on the floor of the house. >> the lead starts right now. protest votes before congressman mike johnson could be reelected as house speaker. the message sent today by a handful of republicans. but was it received? we're going inside those huddles, talking with members seen in the side conversations and a view we rarely get to see from the house floor. and in new orleans, barriers on bourbon street that were not there before. might they have been able to stop the terrorist attack that killed 14 innocent people? cnn is digging for answers as the family mourning the loss of a young mother joins us ahead. plus, the links between alcohol and cancer risks apparently so urgent. the u.s. surgeon general today calling for warning labels. will those happen? welcome to the lead. i'm jake tapper, and we begin with our breaking news after a marathon first ballot in the vote for house speaker, republican mike johnson of louisiana will hold on to the gavel by a splinter. >> the honorable mike johnson of the state of louisiana, having received a

the lead with jake tapper starts right now. >> l.a. wildfires have now burned through an area the size of miami. the lead starts right now more deaths and more property scorched. those relentless wildfires are still burning, and firefighters in california are racing to put out the flames. we're standing by to get an update from authorities, and we'll talk with a young couple six weeks out from having their first child who have lost everything. plus, a historic day in court. president-elect donald trump sentenced in the new york hush money cover up case for the first time. we heard audio from inside the court. what trump told the judge and how today sets up a new phase in his legal fight. and will tiktok, as you and i know it, go away in the united states? the tone from the u.s. supreme court earlier today, as they heard a case that could ban the app in this country in less than two weeks. welcome to the lead. i'm jake tapper. we start with our breaking news. at least ten people are now dead. as the out of control wildfires continue to

why trump says he may have no other choice welcome to the lead i'm jake tapper. we start with our politics lead. and welcome to the upside down, where those who stormed the capitol to stop the count of electoral votes on january 6th, four years ago aren't just being pardoned, they're being celebrated. and where those who investigated that horrible attack on january 6th, 2021, they are now being pursued by those currently in power. it is the world according to trump, and washington is warping its view to match his. this afternoon, house speaker mike johnson announced a brand new subcommittee to, quote, continue the investigation of the events preceding and following january 6th. but there seem to be conflicting descriptions of the goal of this subcommittee. speaker johnson says the purpose is, quote, exposing the false narratives peddled by the politically motivated january 6th select committee. white house, i'm sorry, house judiciary chairman jim jordan of ohio says that the purpose is to investigate, quote, what the democrat led january 6th committee failed to u

this is the moment that the scandal of the hour, so to speak, that again jake tapper told adam schiff, special counsel robert herr's report that democrats attacked was accurate saying biden is senile and now the new york times report undercuts democrats including senator chuck schumer. chuck schumer has denied they mislead america about biden's cognitive decline. schumer is now the new york times saying knew about it for months. let's bring in former deputy press secretary to president trump, hogan gidley. hogan? let me please give you the details. the times reports senator schumer swallowed concerns for months and kept quiet about biden's senility, but that senator schumer ultimately decided to privately tell biden, he needs to step down and cannot, in other words don't run again, he risks going down in american history as one of the darkest figures in american history. what do you think? >> you know, you said that this is one of the biggest political scandals of the hour. i think it's one of the biggest political scandals of the last 100 years. for everyone who knew joe biden, stori

unlike joe biden, who i believe went on cnn, i believe it was jake tapper show and said that he would never pardon his family and he would not issue any preemptive pardons. so there's a difference. trump was transparent. he campaigned on this, said he was going to release the prisoners. >> but not the i guess it's the broad swath. but he did say, and that is true. he did say, look, i'm going to pardon them. but even his, you know, vice president and pam bondi and others said even speaker johnson said if they were violent, they really shouldn't get a pass. they've gotten this pass yeah. >> one of the problems with this whole january 6th situation is the january 6th committee, and we believe that they botched a lot of things. there's a, a there's a significant percentage of americans, especially conservative americans, that believe that many of those rioters were enticed by undercover fbi agents and people within the fbi. the fbi has not been forthcoming. i don't know if that's true or not, pam, but i don't believe anything that the january 6th committee wrote. and when joe biden pardon

but republican alabama senator katie britt telling our jake tapper earlier today that the public shouldve them a chance. take a listen to what president trump has done is he has selected people who are willing to not move as business as usual, but yet are ready for action. >> they understand his vision for the nation. they understand the mandate that was given on november 5th. and they understand that time for talk is gone and time for results and action is now. >> jessica, we have been told that these nominees have been undergoing rigorous preparations for these hearings because they know how high stakes they are, and they also know that donald trump will be watching them closely. >> all right. more to come on this in just the coming days. steve contorno and west palm beach, thank you so much for that. our breaking news coverage will continue ahead with my colleague erin burnett in california. six straight days of fires burning across los angeles. we're going to be joined by an l.a. county supervisor to talk about the latest effort to beat back those fires and keep people safe here in

. >> i'm jake tapper. any moment federal workers in any diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility offices will be placed on paid administrative leave. these dei offices were given a deadline of 5 p.m. eastern by president trump after he signed an executive order banning dei programs in the federal government, calling them, quote, forced illegal and immoral discrimination programs unquote. plus, yesterday on this show, we brought you news of trump's $500 billion i announcement, which the president says will create up to 100,000 new jobs in the u.s. but now elon musk, the first buddy, is casting serious doubt on whether that's actually possible. musk's latest comments plus what we're learning about trump's other major economic plans for tariffs and what products you could theoretically immediately start paying more for. leading this hour. however, mandatory evacuations now underway as a new fire is quickly growing near los angeles. the hughes fire. it's the first new wildfire since the deadly outbreak e

you can follow me on facebook, instagram threads and on the tiktok at jake tapper. you can follow the show on exit the lede, cnn. if you ever miss an episode of the lede, you can listen to the show whence you get your podcasts. wolf blitzer picks it up. see you on monday morning. >> happening now a looming ban on tiktok could become a reality within hours after the u.s. supreme court unanimously clears the way. tonight, president-elect trump suggests he may step in to save the popular app, telling cnn the decision is ultimately up to him. also this hour, the trump inauguration is moving indoors as the nation's capitol is threatened by frigid weather on monday. we're tracking all the changes now in the works amid a last minute scramble by inaugural planners and security officials. plus, there's breaking news out of israel, where prime minister benjamin netanyahu's cabinet has been deliberating the gaza cease fire and hostage deal for several hours. as we stand by for a final vote. i'll speak with the lead u.s. negotiator for the deal. brett mcgurk. in one of his firs

the lead with jake tapper starts right now. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to the lead i'm jake tapper. >> we're going to begin with our breaking news. >> when i last spoke with you yesterday afternoon, we were tracking four major wildfires in the los angeles area. and today that number is five. the biggest fire right now remains the palisades fire near santa monica. take a look at some of the devastation already left in that fire's wake. what used to be the pacific palisades neighborhood. this fire is burning more than 17,000 acres, 0% of it, as of now, is contained 0%. the eaton fire near pasadena is also 0% contained more than 10,000 acres. the newest fire is called the sunset fire. it broke out in the hollywood hills neighborhood last night, prompting even more evacuations in the area. as of now, that is 0% contained. it's only 43 acres. the flames last night were approaching iconic parts of hollywood, including the tcl chinese theater on hollywood boulevard. by that point, though, the wind speed had slowed enough for area firefighters to battle the flames by air, poten

. >> 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 the fire's rage. cnn's ander

i'm jake tapper this hour. it's 5:00 somewhere. and by somewhere, i mean right here in washington, d.c. but there are new guidelines on the way when it comes to the possible drinking of even moderate drinking. what you need to know about the latest science. plus, president trump is set to land in california soon. his second stop in a coast to coast trip today. seeing hurricane destruction in north carolina and then wildfire damage in california. but mr. trump is also suggesting some major changes to fema, which is in charge of disaster response and recovery. and the person who led that agency until just a few days ago is going to join us ahead to react. and leading this hour, the u.s. could have a new secretary of defense in just a few hours. the senate is set to vote on pete hegseth confirmation tonight, but has last minute opposition from two senate republicans changed how confident the trump administration is feeling. let's get right to cnn's lauren fox, who is on capitol hill for us. and lauren, president trump is expected to h

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. >> welcome to the lead i'm jake tapper.re going to start this hour with breaking news out of southern california, where we are witnessing the most destructive wildfires to hit the los angeles county area in recent history. the palisades in eaton fire are two of the five major wildfires, and they are still, as of this moment, 0% contained. both of those fires have scorched nearly 30,000 acres. los angeles county sheriff described the destruction in some areas as, quote, like a bomb was dropped on them. cnn's anderson cooper is live in topanga near the palisades area. anderson, tell us what you're seeing. >> yeah. so we've moved a little bit from the position we talked to you in the last hour. we are still in topanga. we're basically just following the fire. we're now in this residential community that firefighters are working very hard to protect. the buildings which have not burned here at this point. i just want to point out a couple of things. there's active fire there on that ridge we have seen. i took some video just ab

i'm phil mattingly in for jake tapper. and we begin with that breaking news and our coverage terror in new orleans just hours into the new year. right now, officials are looking for other people who may have assisted the suspect who drove a pickup truck through a crowd on one of america's most iconic streets, bourbon street, killing at least ten people and injuring at least 35 others. >> we are working with our partners to investigate this as an act of terrorism. we're aggressively running down all of the leads to identify this. the possible subjects associates. we're working to ensure that there is no further threat. >> sources telling cnn the fbi is looking at whether anyone helped the suspect plant improvised explosive devices that were found around the french quarter. officials say the suspect who drove the truck is a 42 year old u.s. citizen from texas who had an i.s.i.s. flag on his truck, and he is now dead after a shootout with police. we're going to show you an image of that suspect right now. warning you may find

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joe biden, he has a very different tune, to jake tapper and others, about how he wouldn't do this. it feeds into the notion, the same par they runs on upholding democratic norms. joe biden, in many ways, undercut them in many ways. that puts donald trump in a stronger position of power. one thing i was struck by watching this, this is the mainstreaming of donald trump. of course, he was a president before, but you can't dismiss him as an anomaly anymore. he's as much a part of the fabric of american history as barack obama, george bush, and you saw it from the tech titans there to the a-list celebrities like carrie underwood to the ceo of the fashion, this is a different donald trump presidency than the first time when he was in office. >> if you're going to do these things. i was covering the white house at the very last minute when soon-to-be former president clinton was on his way to the capitol, and they pardoned this billionaire, mark richt, who was a fugitive. it is just unseenly. if you're going to do it, have the courage to do it in the light of day and explain it to the am

erica, the lead with jake tapper, starts right now. >> president trump says he might get. rid of fema. the lead starts. >> right now from the battered towns. >> in north. >> carolina to the. >> burned out. >> neighborhoods in. >> southern california. >> president trump. >> is touring. >> damage on both coasts. >> today. >> but he's also. >> suggesting he might. >> end the federal emergency. management agency or fema. >> the. >> agency in charge of not only disaster response. but disaster rebuilding. what might this mean for. >> the. >> devastated communities. >> already struggling. >> to get back on their feet? >> plus. >> the white. >> house says it is now using. >> military aircraft. for deportation flights, sending. dozens of migrants back to guatemala today. this comes as the military. >> announces the first group. >> of active duty. >> forces deployed. to the us-mexico. >> border. >> and in. >> just a matter of hours, four more hostages are expected to return to israel from gaza. larry sabato karina elle reeve, naama levy and daniella gilboa. are set to be part of the

the vote for speaker. >> i'm dana bash, and i'm jake tapper.ith just minutes away from the house being called to order, and speaker mike johnson is facing difficult math in his fight to hold on to the gavel because of the republican party's razor thin house majority, the smallest in almost a century. speaker johnson can only afford to lose the support of one house republican if every lawmaker shows up and votes and one gop member has already said he's voting no. president-elect trump has endorsed johnson and is predicting he will, quote, do very well. but it's not clear if republicans have dodged additional defections, leaving open the very real possibility of a floor fight with multiple rounds of voting that could paralyze the house. as trump is on the brink of being sworn in as president again, and the scheduled certification of his electoral college win this coming monday, january 6th, could potentially be at risk. we do not know how any of this is going to play out when the house convenes, just moments from now, cnn's manu raju is also on c

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i'm jake tapper in washington, d.c., where the state of our union is starting anew. there are 15 days left before the peaceful transfer of power, hopefully, between joe biden and donald trump. and as biden wraps up his four years in office, trump is ramping up his preparations to return to office, along with some of his national security nominees. trump met last night with italy's prime minister at mar a lago in florida, just before biden's official visit to italy this week. trump also strategized with house speaker mike johnson about how to get his priorities on the border, energy and tax cuts passed through congress this spring. the president elect wants one giant reconciliation package, which would require only 51 instead of 60 senate votes. more on that coming up. but first tomorrow, four years after the deadly attack on the u.s. capitol, congress will again convene on january 6th to certify trump's return to the white house. the proceedings will be led by trump's 2024 opponent, vice president kamala harris, as washington bolsters security ahead of the event thro

join jake tapper and anderson cooper as the 45th president. i, donald john trump becomes the 47th. the inauguration of donald trump monday at eight on cnn. >> will donald trump interfere with the justice department? it was a big fear of democrats today as they grilled his pick for attorney general. pam bondi insists that it just won't be an issue when it comes to the worst felon ever to serve as president. but will her promises age well? here is bondy. when she was asked if she would hire someone who had an enemies list for retribution. >> yes. would you have hired someone into the florida attorney general's office who you knew had an enemies list? >> senator, to cut to the chase, you're clearly talking about kash patel. i don't believe he has an enemies list. >> kash patel is trump's pick to lead the fbi. and the problem is, he does have an enemies list. it's one that he published in his book. i got it right here. it names a lot of high profile people democrats, law enforcement officials and others. but more generally speaking, bondy denies that there would be any retribution or e

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>>> welcome, i'm jake tapper. the snow totals are getting higher as the second wave of the deadly winter storm picks up. >>> plus, we are following the mun a, the man who tracked down where u.s. funding really went in afghanistan, and warning for the incoming administration as president-elect donald trump dictates what role the u.s. will play in global conflicts. >>> and wheels in motion for the trump agenda. congress certified his election win and once he is officially back in office, he is calling on congress to take up his plans on the border and more all in one bill. how will that work? good question. let's go out to a trio of cnn reporters covering today's election certification on capitol hill as well as the prosecutions that resulted from the violent attack on the capital during the last counting of the electoral votes. let's go to ammon on capitol hill. with the election certified by congress, trump is looking ahead to getting his agenda passed including immigration, closing the border, tax cuts, energy re

four years ago in an interview with jake tapper, biden himself expressing concern over the idea of preemptive pardons. you obviously can't make it up but it's worth taking a trip down memory lane. take a look. >> does this concern you? all these primitive pardons. >> it concerns me in terms of what kind of precedent it sets and how the rest of the world looks at us as a nation of laws and justice. you are not going to see in our administration that kind of approach to pardons. >> sean: we will stop there for tonight. tonight is not about joe biden. he is a mere blip in history that few will want to remember. the next four years will be very different. already donald trump has been working nonstop since he became president. he's back. common sense is back as well. freedom and prosperity is on the mend and the next chapter of american greatness is being right now starting tonight. tonight president trump hit the ground running signing a slew of executive orders, proclamations including ordering all flags to be flown at full staff on future inauguration days, ending the weaponization of our fede