>> kate: no one cared.e gothic pencil rose and i rolled it up in the most cruel and put it in ross t's locker. i'm not going to say his name. he was like, thanks for the r rows. that was it. then i ran into him on the street a couple years ago when i was like ross, remember the rows question when he was like yeah, you did it twice. i did not remember doing it twice. >> stephen: we brought you along with that, thanks for the rose, he was leading you on. >> kate: he is being gracious because it was a freakish thing to do. i apologize to everyone. >> stephen: i enjoy this photo enormously. this is kate mckinnon as a young lady right there. that is a damn fine look you've got. >> kate: thank you. it's a tractor mower. have you ever written on the tractor mower? >> stephen: what's the difference between a tractor mower and a driving one more >> kate: you're sitting on it. >> stephen: it's the same thing. >> kate: it's cooler to call it a tractor mower. >> stephen: could you hook things up to it like a combine? >

kate. >> one clearly needed. bianna, thank you so much. now, i want to bring in oren liebermann. oren, what are u.s. officials telling you about this plane crash? >> kate? bianna referenced there what we've heard from u.s. officials that the initial indications that the u.s. has picked up on are that it may well have been a russian air defense system that struck and downed this passenger aircraft from azerbaijan airlines. now, the official wasn't able to say what kind of system it was, but russia certainly has a number of air defense systems capable of downing a commercial jet. and in fact, we have seen this before. it was a decade ago that a russian air defense system operated by russian backed separatists in eastern ukraine shot down malaysian airlines flight 17, killing those on board. so we have seen an example of something like this. now, it's worth noting that just hours before this crash took place, there was a ukrainian drone attack on this area in southern russia. and defense exper

hi, pippa. >> hey, kate.will start requiring insurers to increase home coverage in areas prone to wildfires as homeowners struggle to find policies. under the state's new rule insurers have 30 days to start increasing their coverage in those areas by 5% every two years until the coverage in those areas hits 85% of what is company insures in the rest of the state. if you are looking for some binge watching this weekend, apple tv has got you covered. the streaming service is hoping to win over some customers by allowing anyone with an apple id to stream its content for free. the offer is good from january 3rd to january 5th. >>> as 2025 rolls in, more women in the u.s. are planning on vacationing alone. according to a survey from tourism market research firm future partners, nearly 40% of women said they were interested in traveling solo in the new year. operators, travel agents and cruise lines report they're seeing growing demand from women traveling solo, particularly older women with plenty of disposable in

there you go, kate.s also getting treated to halftime performance from 32 time grammy winner beyonce. queen bee rocking her hometown of houston, performing songs from her cowboy carter album in front of a live audience for the first time. she had shaboozey post malone and her daughter blue ivy. they're rocking alongside her. they even teased a something special coming january 14th. we don't know if it will be a new album, maybe a tour date release. we shall see. >> kate i mean, it was so good. it was like gives you chills type of good. i really enjoyed that. and i will also say the football was decent. it was decent as well. coy did you see those? netflix got them jacked. those big old puffy red jackets. you saw him wearing it. i saw that and i was like, you know who looks so good in that? coy, you would look so good at that jacket. >> challenge accepted. we only have 364 more days till you get to see it. >> no worries. good to see you. thank you so much, my dear sara. you would also look amazing in that

with john berman and kate baldwin. this is cnn news central a nation facing tragedy again. >> a community once again shattered. this morning we are learning new details on the investigation into what would drive a 15 year old girl to open fire, attack and kill at her own school yesterday morning. the madison, wisconsin police chief will be joining us, will be a guest in just a moment. and before that, we are also standing by to learn more about the victims here. two victims killed at this k through 12 school. so far, we know one was a teacher and one was a student. at least six other people were injured, two of them students who were in critical condition with life threatening injuries. as of the last update. we're standing by for more of that this morning. also this morning, police say that the shooter's parents are cooperating and that they are, of course, still searching for a motive, a possible but unverified manifesto out there in surfacing. and we are hearing heartbreaking and heart wrenching stories from the chi

kate. >> yeah, he did. elena, thank you so much for that. also tonight, the only person to ever lead both the cia and the fbi speaking out and saying that donald trump's picks to lead two critical intelligence posts are not fit to serve. we're talking about william webster. he writes in a letter to senators that will be considering the nomination that the close relationship between donald trump and kash patel has his who is his pick to run. the fbi raises serious concerns. he also writes that tulsi gabbard has a profound lack of experience for the director of national intelligence post. webster served under presidents carter, reagan, and george h.w. bush. katelyn polantz out out front for us now in washington with much more on this. and caitlin, what else does he say in this letter? >> well, kate, william webster is one of the most esteemed people in law enforcement and national security in american history. and he is saying he is deeply concerned about these two choices of donald trump kash patel to lead the fbi and tulsi gabbard to be his

kate. >> caitlin, thank you so much for laying it out for us. joining me now, former democratic congressman mondaire jones and shermichael singleton, both here with me. thanks, guys, for being here. shermichael. that is a strong warning and a very clear description of why he thinks that they are not qualified from a man with singular experience, the only person to have ever led both the cia and the fbi. do you think patel and gabbard are in trouble? >> i think gabbard is going to have a tough uphill battle, in part because of some of the statements we've seen from many republican senators on some of her positions on national security. i think that all of the other nominees will probably ultimately get confirmed from some of the things that i'm hearing a lot of republicans do believe that trump was given a mandate to sort of act in a certain way in terms of appointments and ultimately confirming those appointments. it's very rare, kate, that you'll see the party senators of the party, of the president elect vote against all of his nominees. maybe

kate. >> yeah. kristen. the question, you know, does end up becoming how long is too long for this to stretch on is it clear to you if and when that would kind of hit that i'll call it the matt gaetz point where it all just there is just too much surrounding him for donald trump to continue to have an appetite to support it from what i'm hearing, that this all comes down to the actual math. >> it's not necessarily about too much to support it. it's how much comes out that impacts these votes in the senate and then how much political capital that donald trump wants to actually use. it became very clear very quickly with matt gaetz that these hard nosed were not going to shift. there was a line that these senators weren't going to cross, and that he would have to expend all of his political capital on matt gaetz when there were several other picks who might be a little bit less controversial but he would also still need to step in for it. he decided that that was too heavy of a lift. right now, what i'm being

kate. >> and that deadly crash came around the same time that russia unleashed a massive attack on ukraine's. ukraine's energy infrastructure with explosions reported across the country. the president of ukraine says that russia launched more than 70 missiles, including ballistic missiles and more than 100 attack drones, in that onslaught, causing blackouts in several regions. in the midst of the bitter winter cold. president biden condemned the attack and asked the defense department wednesday to continue surging weapons deliveries to ukraine. joining me right now is david sanger of the new york times, political and national security analyst for cnn. it's good to see you. david, this war now grinding into its third winter, you've got this new attack from new attack from russia on ukraine's energy infrastructure. with biden on the way out and trump on the way in, he's been unclear. i'll say it best in how much support he's willing to offer ukraine. what's ukraine preparing for? what are nat

kate. >> absolutely. carlos, thank you very much. sara. >> all right. as millions get ready to head home or travel for their new years destination. fun. severe storms could hamper travel. strong tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail expected to hit the south this weekend. then those severe storms will head east. meteorologist elisa raffa joining us now with the very latest on this. where are the worst storms expected to originate. and then of course, i think there will be a shift yeah. >> today we're really worried about the south and then going into tomorrow, the pacific northwest will continue to be a problem through the weekend as well. >> we already had some problems on the ground in dallas yesterday because of some heavy rain. you had some ground stops at both airports today expecting some problems across the south. could be some delays from new orleans to atlanta because of the storm. that will continue to swirl. and then the atmospheric river doesn't stop along the west coast. we'

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i'm john berman with kate bolduan. this is cnn news center this morning, new fallout from president biden's decision to do something he had said he would never do. pardon his son hunter. president-elect trump is weighing in, as are republican lawmakers and democrats. this has the potential to affect the confirmations of trump nominees and possible pardons for january 6th. criminals. hunter was due to be sentenced this month. now he will not nor can he be prosecuted for any other possible federal crimes possibly committed in a ten year period. his father wrote. in trying to break hunter. they have tried to break me no reasonable person who looks at the facts of hunter's case can reach any other conclusion than hunter was singled out only because he is my son and that is wrong now we are waiting to hear from the president this morning on this. he is traveling to angola in africa. cnn's arlette saenz is already there. arlette, what is the white house saying about this well, john, president biden said that he is issuing a

i'm john berman with kate bolduan. this is cnn news center so we just learned this morning, the president-elect trump is heading to paris for the reopening of the notre dame cathedral. french president emmanuel macron invited trump. you just heard christiane and kate talking about this this will be his first foreign visit since winning the election obviously, world leaders are watching trump very closely, and everything from nato to ukraine to tariffs. overnight, trump posted on social media there will be hell to pay in the middle east if hamas does not release hostages from gaza before inauguration day cnn's steve contorno is with us this morning. talk about the travel plans steve yeah donald trump will join french president macron in france in paris on saturday. >> will he will be part of the reopening of notre dame. remember, macron was the first world leader to congratulate donald trump after his victory last month. and now he is the first to get a foreign visit from president elect donald trump. and trump was quic

kate. this john doe yesterday at his home in new jersey. and since the night that he alleges that this happened to him, he has never told anyone. and this allegedly occurred in 2007. so we're looking at nearly two decades ago, he didn't tell his wife at the time. he tells me that he is no longer married. he hasn't told his family members or his coworkers, but when he saw that other alleged victims were coming forward, you may remember that there is a group of over 120 accusers of combs who are coming forward. he is part of that group being represented by that legal team. that legal team says that they are representing a child who is the age of nine. he says when he saw the news that there was an accuser who alleged that they were nine years old at the time, he said if a nine year old has the courage to come forward, then i have to come forward. he said he felt like if he had said something before, maybe he could have stopped this alleged behavior from happening now. he did file a lawsuit ba

kate. >> yeah.for the first time in many years that now more question than ever which is remarkable, as you said, to even be that being a consideration at this point clarissa, it's great to see you. thank you, as always, for your reporting, john. >> all right. this morning on cyber monday, no less retailers are encouraging shoppers to stock up on items. now ahead of donald trump's proposed tariffs new tariffs could significantly increase consumer prices on nearly everything that is not entirely u.s. made. one example of that, the national retail federation, estimates that the price of shoes could go up nearly 20%. that means your average running shoe that costs $90 today could go up to $106. with us now, rick muscat, president of deer stags, a men's footwear company. thank you so much for being with us. how would tariffs these proposed tariffs affect your manufacturing costs well, simply they're proposing a 60% tariff on goods coming in from china. >> the shoes we sell were a moderate priced brand.

i'm kate baldwin with sara sidner. john berman is out today. this is cnn news central. >> new this morning, president biden, in his final weeks in office, has now commuted the sentences of nearly every federal death row inmate. there were 40, but now 37 men are no longer facing execution, but rather life in prison without the possibility of parole. biden, without saying president elect trump's name, did say the next administration is part of the reason behind his decision. the move this morning considered a major blow to trump and a key campaign promise he has made. let's get right to cnn's mj lee. live outside the white house. what is the president saying this morning? and this is certainly a 180 from where he was in 1994. >> that's absolutely right, sarah. in one of his last major acts as president, president biden is choosing to use his clemency power to commute the death sentences of 37 inmates who are on federal death row to life in prison without the possibility of parole. as you noted back in the 2020 campaign, president biden had campai

i'm kate bolduan with john berman sara sidner is out today. this is cnn news central all right. >> happening now. we're getting new details on the suspected killer now behind bars this morning. we are standing by to see if 26 year old luigi mangione will be extradited from pennsylvania, where he was caught, to new york, where he has now been charged with the murder of unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson. it is believed the police have the murder weapon and new insight into a possible motive including a handwritten note. some people call it a manifesto. in his writing, the coming. let's get right to cnn's brynn gingras for the very latest reporter yeah, guys, it appears that even friends are questioning what happened to luigi mangione. >> one friend telling us that they never got the impression that this was someone who was going to self-destruct. and if you look at all of his social media accounts, it really paints a picture of someone who grew up in a prominent family in maryland went to some of the best schools in the united states, and live

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at this point, kate, kate, this is a civil matter, not a criminal matter. he's under a gun violence protective order. and what that allows law enforcement in california to do is take away his guns as they continue to investigate this case. >> kate and can you focus also more on what we're learning about the victims? we now have their identities, the two that were killed. what more are you learning well, this is obviously, you know, a heart wrenching moment for this community, this very, very close community. >> kate, generations of families sending their kids to this school. and what we've learned is that that teacher, 42 year old aaron west, was just adored by her students and that ruby vergara, just 14 years old, a freshman here, was an avid reader. she was full of artistic promise. she came from a large, loving family. and so these are just tremendous losses. last night we spoke with one student who told us about aaron west. here's what she said she really loved her kids and she really, really loved everyone at her school. >> and she would have done anyt

kate. and that is because before this moment pete hegseth had met with several friendly members, people who were close to donald trump. today is really a huge test. he's going to meet with the incoming republican leader, john thune. that is going to be a very important meeting. he is also going to be meeting with roger wicker, who is the chair of the senate armed services committee. he is going to be running those confirmation hearings. if hegseth gets to that day in january, we also expect that one of the closest meetings to watch is going to be that meeting with joni ernst. that is because she has been very careful about whether or not she supports pete hegseth. she has not said publicly where she stands on this nomination, instead saying that she was looking forward to this meeting today. but she's also important because she sits on the senate armed services committee. she is a woman on that committee. she has spoken publicly about experiencing sexual assault she also is someone who has

kate. >> so the lurid text messages now, evidence revealed by the house ethics committee against matt gaetz, his alleged conversations with the women. the committee says he paid regularly for sex and drugs and why it's reigniting talk of possible charges. now, in the past week, the president elect has suggested canada become the 51st u.s. state. he's renewed his push to buy greenland and now says the u.s. might need to retake control of the panama canal. what is behind all of this? we have new reporting on this ahead for you. and how the grinch stole christmas, but this time it was good news from some suspected criminals and what the character has to do with busting accused drug traffickers. >> 2024 was a wild ride. >> it was like the craziest roller coaster ride i've ever been on in my life. that was an whooping. >> tom foreman and special guest. look back. all the best. all the worst. 2024. thursday at 11 on cnn. >> my moderate to severe crohn's symptoms kept me out of the picture. now i

kate. >> derek. thank you so much. we'll be checking back in with you throughout the show absolutely. thank you very, very much. coming up for us, cnn on the ground in syria as the reality of what happens now with bashar al-assad out fled to russia, what happens now in that country? who's in charge of that country, this new reality setting in clarissa or clarissa ward has exclusive new reporting from inside syria that's coming up next and falling. and from falling out of favor to falling in line, potentially there's new reporting out about how some top republican lawmakers seem to be coming around to some of president-elect donald trump's more controversial cabinet picks and jay-z and beyonce spotted on the red carpet one day after a civil lawsuit is filed against him involving sean diddy combs welcome to times square that's not in my life here i was so embarrassing. >> new year's eve live with anderson and andy. live coverage starts at eight on cnn. streaming live on max. >> i've been warned by celebrities, athletes a

>> kate, there is so much anticipation. by for us as parents, it's painfully long for kids. and we have threatened them, manipulated them, santa's watching, the elf, their behavior. so what we are ale seeing is the build-up of all this expectation. also, one thing to differentiate is there is a difference between being ungrateful and being disappointed. oftentimes, that's what we are seeing. they may have unrealistic expectations they will get everything they want. this is a timeme of a lot of sugar, lack of routine, overstimulation. we have to put that all in perspective when we are seeing the reaction. >> i like what he says about disappointment is not the same as being ungrateful for the presents. what can parents do? we have 24 hours. what can we do to ease into christmas and maybe avoid that possible meltdown later? >> i think we can set the tone in some realistic expectations and let them know, you know, there will be gifts you love and there will also be some gifts you don't like. maybe we should talk about that. cor

i'm john berman with kate bolduan. this is cnn news center so investigators are chasing new clues as the manhunt for the gunman who killed the ceo of unitedhealthcare is still going full throttle. >> and a surprising source for a potential lucky break. a flirtatious exchange giving security cameras a chance to capture the person of interest. pulling down his mask and smiling. authorities say he was flirting with an employee at the hospital, and she asked him to lower his mask to see his face. he arrived in new york city and checked into that hospital ten days before the murder. cnn has also learned he used a fake new jersey driver's license to check in to that hospital and paid in cash, and he arrived in new york on a greyhound bus. the route originating in atlanta, though it's not clear when or where he got on. joining us now is cnn chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst john miller. you've been bringing a lot of this new reporting and breaking a lot of this news. you you're saying that you have said that ther

>> good morning kate. now this is kind of awkward right this is a kash patel who has been named by the incoming president as his pick for fbi director. mind you, the fbi director still has two and a half years on his ten year term. someone who was appointed by donald trump in his first term. but kash patel has also been very critical of what he says is the deep state. he says that the fbi needs to be essentially. essentially dismantled. and so he now has been notified by the fbi that he was being targeted by the iran, by iranian hackers. and in this case, it appears that he was part of a larger group of of of a number of, of people associated with donald trump, who were targeted by these hackers. now, this is a a campaign that's been going on for a number of months. this was this happened during the during the campaign before the election. first they got in through roger stone's email and they were able to hopscotch and get to people inside the campaign. even actually getting campaign documents during the

i'm sara sidner with john berman and kate baldwin. this is cnn news central. >> so this morning, the mystery, the frustration, the alarm, more drone sightings over the weekend causing disruption and ending with arrests in at least one case. we are now learning also about a u.s. air force base being forced to close airspace over the weekend for almost four hours. this happened in ohio, when drones were spotted near wright-patterson air force base. new audio obtained by military news website the war zone offers something of a window into the moment air traffic control was alerted mid-flight at peterson tower. >> use extreme caution for heavy uas movement on the base. security forces is handling the situation, and i got to keep the lights down so that security forces can see what happened in ohio has been plaguing the northeast for weeks. >> multiple states now seeing these sightings. and just last hour, i spoke with democratic senator richard blumenthal of connecticut. as the government responds to all of this, faces criticism, even fro

from king charles, thanking health care workers who looked after his family this year, as princess kate continues her return to public duties. >>> the surge in holiday sales brings holiday cheer to retailers. what it could also mean for the overall economy and your money. >>> and the countdown to the new year is on. robin roberts and the team look back on the breakout stars of 2024. a preview of her special on a most memorable year. >> whit: good evening. thanks for joining us on this thursday night, i'm whit johnson in for david. >>> and we begin with the growing questions tonight after another unticketed passenger was discovered onboard a delta flight just before takeoff. it comes as millions are on the move during the busy holiday travel week, and a blast of winter weather is bringing more disruptions. officials say that stowaway managed to board a flight from seattle to honolulu and was taken into custody, causing a delay of more than two hours. it's the second stowaway incident on a delta flight in recent weeks. severe weather also delaying or canceling hundreds of flights out of d

i'm kate bolduan with john berman. sara is out today. this is cnn news central all right. >> this morning we're getting new details just in about the man suspected of killing a health care ceo in the middle of manhattan. newly released photos show the gunman smiling right there while flirting with the woman. that woman, an employee at the hospital where he stayed, said she asked him to lower his mask during the exchange. that's why we have this picture. that's why the camera caught this moment. investigators say the man used a fake new jersey driver's license to check into that hospital, and he paid in cash. we also learned the suspect arrived in new york city ten days before the shooting on a greyhound bus that originated in atlanta. now, it's not clear if he got on the bus in atlanta or someone else somewhere else. i should say with us now is cnn chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst john miller. john, what people can't see is you were actually on the phone working your sources right up until the minute you come on, you just g

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what's the latest this hour, brian yeah. >> kate. well, that you know, is a big piece of evidence that they uncovered there. according to our sources from john miller, just because it might possibly point to some sort of motive here. if you talk about those two words, investigators are trying to connect the dots and see if it has anything to do with the fact that brian thompson was the ceo of unitedhealthcare did it have to do with insurance because of the popular phrasing in the insurance industry of delay deny and defense? so that is something that is being asked by investigators right now. but that's not the only thing. the only piece of evidence, rather that of course, that investigators are looking into. we know that there was a lot of things that were left behind by this suspect that right now police are trying to determine if they can get dna off of fingerprints, running forensics on them, trying, of course, to get closer to getting a name. and of course, we are asking our sources, are they any closer to getting a name in addi

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what more are you learning, kate. >> not just detailed evidence. what the committee says is substantial evidence that backs up what they believe are violations of the ethics of congress, of the ethics of the conduct of somebody who would be a sitting representative. and it is a laundry list that the committee puts right at the top of their report, saying that they believe that some of this conduct included engaging in prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use, impermissible gifts, and then obstruction of congress. the committee goes on not just to show their work, showing 11 pages of ledgers of payments that they were able to track down. also, text messages, as you were mentioning, but they highlight what women told them in testimony. women coming in to speak to the committee, including that woman who was 17 at the time she was having sex with gaetz, she testified. and they say that many of the women interviewed by the committee, they knew that there was a clear expectation, a general expectation for sex. one of the women who spoke to the comm

>> listen, kate, that's not hyperbole. there was a screenshot that was taken inside the republican conference meeting where that deal was proposed. and as someone who represents the state with the largest percentage of medicare beneficiaries, i will tell you that. that sends chills up and down the spines of millions of seniors across this country. we are the republicans have been salivating to to turn medicare into a voucher system, to privatize social security. i can't tell you the number of times that i have talked with panicked seniors in my district who, when i asked them if they think that they could manage their own retirement security by in a privatized social security system, where where they're given the money and you just have to let them fend for themselves on how they're going to have enough to be able to live on. it's it's frightening. and the republicans are proving again, and we've got again, a carnival barker coming in who doesn't understand what our retirement programs that have been paid into for generati

sara is out today i'm john berman with kate bolduan. this is cnn news center soon to be president trump isn't just back on the world stage. >> he is about to take center stage. we are learning this morning that donald trump will be traveling later this week to paris on the personal invitation from french president emmanuel macron for the grand opening of reopening of the notre dame cathedral. this will be donald trump's first trip overseas since winning the election, and it will happen as a handful of his top cabinet nominations are facing more questions and more scrutiny on capitol hill with their confirmations hanging in the balance. some of them, including pam bondi, who's up for ag pete hegseth, who's up for defense secretary? tulsi gabbard, who's up for dni? they're headed to the hill today to meet with more lawmakers to make the case. shake the hands and maybe answer some questions. let's start this hour with cnn's senior political analyst, mark preston for much more on this. mark, can we start with donald trump headed to paris, t

i'm kate baldwin with sara sidner. this is cnn news central. >> breaking news on the chaos on capitol hill. a critical meeting inside the office of house speaker mike johnson as the clock is ticking towards a government shutdown. members of the house freedom caucus sitting down right now with the speaker and vice president elect jd vance, as well as donald trump's pick to run the office of management and budget. vance and johnson, scrambling to get all republicans on the same page after 38 gop lawmakers voted against a trump backed spending measure last night, joining democrats, a plan that was drawn up at the 11th hour after pressure from trump and elon musk killed a bipartisan funding bill. joining us now cnn's annie greer. annie, what can you tell us about this meeting that is happening right now and what it may signal for the situation? and again, i've said this. >> well, this is about republicans trying to get on the same page they desperately want to pass something to keep the government open. >> but as we saw la

listen, kate, it's important. here's why it's important.m, there there is a a major player in in the panama canal that's not panama. it's china. right. so the chinese control the two biggest ports at either end of the canal in 2017, the panamanians rejected the notion that they rejected taiwan as a country. they sided with china. they recognized china. they signed the belt and road initiative with the chinese in 2018, expanding their sphere of influence in an area which 70% of all traffic is u.s. traffic going through from one port to another through the panama canal. the treaty, which was signed, leaves an out for the united states that says if the neutrality of the canal is threatened, that we could take it back. you know how we do it with the u.s. military. i don't know if anybody remembers operation just cause, but we sent the u.s. military down there to kick some and oust the president and put a new president in. we did it within about like 24 hours so we could do it. if i was the panamanians, i wouldn't cozy up to the chinese too much

i'm john berman with kate baldwin. this is cnn news central donald trump is taking the show on the road with his second inauguration. >> still weeks away. he's headed to france this weekend for the grand reopening of the notre dame cathedral in paris. five years after that horrible fire, president. french president emmanuel macron extended the invitation to this. what is going to be a star studded vip event? and also in what will be trump's first foreign trip since winning the election. macron's invite is also the latest move by foreign leaders especially european powers trying to position themselves as trump's go to european ally if they're making nice on one hand, on the other hand, donald trump is very clearly trying to put them all on notice with his trade war threats, his nato hesitancy, his isolationist tendencies when it comes to ukraine. donald trump isn't waiting to reenter the oval office to jump back into foreign policy. overnight, he laid down another new red line, warning that there will be hell to pay in

i'm kate baldwin with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn news central this morning, police revealing very few details on what they might be learning about the wisconsin school shooter. >> but we are learning the teen had an apparent turbulent home life. new reporting in the washington post that court documents now reveal the teen's parents were divorced and remarried multiple times, and that a custody agreement sometimes, quote, forced her to move between their homes every 2 to 3 days. also, an alarming photo of the shooter posted in august by her father has now surfaced. it shows her at a shooting range, but she's wearing a t-shirt of a band whose lyrics were cited by the columbine killers in 1999. those two killers also wore the shirts with the band's name on them as well. and moments ago, john spoke with lawmakers about what his grand niece and nephew saw and heard during the school shooting my nephew could hear bodies hitting the floor. >> my great niece across the hall could hear gunshots. and as i understand it, there were

kate is the brother of logan webb, a place for the giants. the defense filed a motion for a new trial. the judge did deny that reporter juliet smith has the story. >> fentanyl is now the number one killer for 18 to 45 year old. and this is the first time in placer county. a defendant has been charged with murder by a jury for a fentanyl related death. there were tears from the webb family and others who have lost a loved one to fentanyl poisoning cousin is loking web star pitcher for the san francisco giants. espn partnered with the family to create a documentary on kate's murder and the dangers of fentanyl. i'm deeply humbled. >> to have a platform to share kate story at a national level. i always kind of look at the sky before i i make my start time 11. >> logan who dedicated this past season to his cousin says the hardest part of making the film was reliving this preventable tragedy. >> a 26 year-old man who was wanted on federal drug charges was arrested by san francisco police in oakland this week. fernando hernandez was arrested. one st

we appreciate it, kate. >> all right. donald trump just weeks away from assuming office and is teasing u.s. territorial expansion. the president elect has spent some of the days leading up to christmas talking about retaking control of the panama canal, accusing the country of charging excessive fees for ships utilizing this critical waterway to cross between the pacific and atlantic oceans. the rhetoric clearly not sitting well with panama's president, for one, who told cnn that donald trump's stance is, quote, totally irrelevant. >> it worse. >> that is a manifestation of gross ignorance of history. >> the canal will celebrate 25 years under panamanian hands, under panamanian administration on december 31st. so all those speculations and all that range of eventualities that are not going to happen, well, i leave them there as totally irrelevant issues and quite bordering on historical incoherence with what the panama canal has been, is and will be. >> it's not just panama. the president elect is also reigniting his push

appreciate it. >> kate. some other headlines. 20 big cats at one animal sanctuary in washington state have died in just the last few weeks, all from contractin coug that how you say the plural of a lynx and a bengal tiger? the people running the sanctuary say it is not clear how the animals all became infected. they describe the last few weeks, though, as just a nightmare. they do hope to reopen the sanctuarybrady of st packages is now in jail. police say carrie flynn got the nickname because she was so good at stealing packages and stole so many in the area in the last few weeks. the officers were handing out toys on christmas eve when they spotted her and arrested her. authorities say flynn had two bags filled with unopened packages with her at the time. her lawyer says she denies stealing any packages. tom brady could not be reached for comment. an ihop server in iowa received the trip of a lifetime on christmas eve. just look at that. thanks to 70 generous donors. the server you see right there was hande

kate, as a crime of terrorism. so right off the bat, i want you to take a listen to how da alvin bragg really described the severity of these charges that he's bringing against luigi mangione. now this was a frightening, well-planned, targeted murder that was intended to cause shock and attention and intimidation. >> this was a killing that was intended to evoke terror and now, meanwhile, we're also learning some more information about luigi mangione interactions with the outside world since he's been in prison. >> or perhaps better said, the outside world's attempt to interact with him since he's been behind bars. a spokesperson for the pennsylvania department of corrections. kate, we learned as of yesterday, luigi mangione has received 157 deposits into his prison commissary account. we also learned as of yesterday morning, mangione received 33 emails and six pieces of hard mail. that's up from just two pieces of mail that we reported he'd received back on monday night. still, though, the only visitors he has had

kate. >> absolutely. joining us right now to discuss cnn political commentator, democratic strategist karen finney and former white house spokesperson under george w bush. pete, it's good to see you guys. thank you so much for being here. pete, let's start with what we have just learned. and lauren fox and her great reporting, tens of thousands of dollars paid for sex and drugs on at least 20 occasions is what the ethics committee found when it comes to matt gaetz, including paying a 17 year old girl for sex in 2017 and the committee finding that he violated florida state laws. he's no longer in congress. we know this. he is also promising that he's not going away. what impact do you think this report and that i'll call it, the matt gaetz chapter of the republican party means for the party. >> well, this report and what we're hearing is incredibly disturbing. >> the allegations were problematic. and now that the ethics committee has corroborated those allegations and concluded they were at least in part,

over to you, kate. >> thank you. sarah.resident elect donald trump is working right now to tamp down some of the controversy surrounding his pick to be health secretary. robert f kennedy jr. has a long history of pushing debunked conspiracy theories, especially surrounding vaccines, including the false claim that vaccines are linked to childhood autism. and that is something that kennedy did not want to talk about as he made the rounds on capitol hill yesterday to try and secure support for his nomination you can't believe in the polio vaccine. >> should the polio vaccine be revoked, you're going to take away their vaccine. should the should the polio vaccine be revoked? >> polio vaccine. >> sir, do you stand by your previous comments about vaccines being linked to autism? do you stand by those comments, sir? >> at a news conference last night, the president elect was asked about rfk's views and trump said he wants rfk to look into whether there is a link between autism and vaccines. joining me right now is michael osterhol

i'm sara sidner with kate baldwin and john berman. this is cnn news central all right. >> this morning, police say they are building their case against the suspected killer. luigi mangione, as the accused murderer is behind bars in pennsylvania fighting extradition. overnight, mangione was denied bail after he had a dramatic outburst heading into court. police say they have a notebook that listed out plans or ideas before the killing, including writings about possibly using a bomb but not wanting to kill innocents. all this as alarm builds over what axios calls an american obsession with the suspected assassins. quote, tantalizing digital footprint. all right. with us now, cnn chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst john miller and cnn legal analyst and criminal defense attorney joey jackson. john, let's start with this notebook that police now have. what's in it? >> so when police arrested him, of course, the focus became this three page document that we've loosely referred to as the manifesto, in that he talks about, you know