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The 12 victims. >> translator: and this is the other thing which i have conscien consciously taken notice of, berliners have developed a brave defiance. >> reporter: a brave defiance that is carrying on a cherished tradition. robyn curnow, cnn. >> thank you. the divorce deal between the uk and eu means that a land border will emerge between northern ireland, governed by britain, and the republic of ireland, an independent country, which is staying in the eu. the nature of that border is partic...

For anis amri. somebody who spent several years in italy in italian prisons. he obviously got away from the germans, but italians managed to find him, stop him and kill him. >> ben, you said they were on alert. any sense of how it was they didnt realize this might be their man when they were asking him for passport information? >> reporter: well, it appears it was an ordinary check of documents at 3:00 in the morning in the city like milan. the police are looking for people. you understand why t...

President-elect and nuclear weapons? welcome back to "early start." im christine romans. >> im miguel marquez. merry christmas to you. it is 29 minutes past the hour. new information about the tunisian man suspected in the berlin attack that killed 24 people. anis amri, the target of the manhunt. police are certain he was behind the wheel of the tractor-trailer. they say they found amris fingerprints inside the truck and on the door of the truck. we have dash cam footage that shows the fatal mom...

Region of 1,500 nuclear missiles on the united states side and russian side. they have many more in reserve. you know, i dont get a sense they need more nuclear weapons. i think donald trumps point is he wants the u.s. to modernize arsenal of nuclear weapons. certainly thats russias point. they are concerned with the anti-missile defenses with the united states and other nuclear countries, that coukcould neutre the defenses. putin is talking about making weapons and missiles avoiding anti-missil...

>> he had gone to italy from tunisia years ago. now after a shootout he is dead. lets bring in chris burns in berlin for us. chris, this must come as enormous relief, but at the same time, police busted two other possible attacks on germany. a sense of relief, but unease about what to expect for the next few days. >> reporter: absolutely, miguel. this aint over. we saw two more suspects arrested in a plot against the largest shopping mall in europe in oberhausen which has a christmas market. a...

That amri is still in germany. they are banging down doors. >> reporter: they are, miguel. they are busting down doors to look for anis amri across germany and probably beyond germany. a search yesterday in denmark that turned up nothing. hundreds of police active on this. at the same time, were looking at documents. take a look at the headline. this is the perfect sense of irony the berliners have. showing the gaps between the concrete blocks here behind me at the market, but also talking about...

Questions about vladimir putin. are you expecting questions about trump or the american relationship to come up today? >> reporter: im certainly hoping that will come up. im hoping to hear vladimir putin speak with trump and the expectations for the presidency. i hope because there is a lot of talk about how these two presidents have a supposed bromance and can work together to do deals with syria and nato and ukraine. you know, it may not happen. in the past, our expectations have been dashed w...

Him. >> i take it 3:00 a.m. in the train station, this is somebody who is trying to stay under the radar and put himself over the radar by traveling so late and seeming to skirt around. are there trains running out of there? what is it like there? >> reporter: well, it is not unusual in a big city like milan that is the train station is where a lot of people hang out there. homeless people in the area. there are migrant people. it is not unusual people would be there. often times are where train...

Program and have it make sense. >> on behalf of taxpayers, he will not just accept big costs for the big programs. >> you have bigger costs if you would create another program to build up the different plane and scrap. not to mention lobbyists in d.c. to make money where the manufacturing gets done. the president-elect talks about expanding the nuclear arsenal after vladimir putin talks tough about his own nukes. will the russian president speaking right now up the ante? we are watching that.