already struggling to wages war on ukraine. we have a live report what this means for the kremlin and will sit down exclusively with the key member of the senate foreign relations committee. democrat ben cardin to ask what the u.s. knows and how we should respond. plus we will ask about critics is a president biden is a bungling the u.s. relationship with china. and we will debut a brand-new survey from the reagan institute on how americans really feel about the u.s. position on the global stage. then, when you re after the dobbs decision states make bold moves on abortion and some candidates draw a line. the supreme court of the united states set roe versus wade to the ash heap of history where it belongs. former vice president mike pence calls were 2024 test on one of the nation s most divisive issues. asks for his rivals to join him. i did this call and every other candidate. for the republican nomination to support a minimum standard of 15 week band too. pence joi
stephen cave, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a great pleasure. you believe that our human awareness of our own mortality is absolutely central to the human story. why? well, all creatures strive to live on, to keep going. they wouldn t be around us any more if they didn t. the mouse that didn t care about surviving wouldn t pass on its genes. so we come from a long line of creatures that are determined to keep going. but we have these big brains, that s part of our survival mechanism, if you like, that allow us to see the future, to generalise. and we re conscious of ourselves as individuals, and that means we re conscious of our own deaths. and of all the billions of creatures on earth, very few creatures have to live with that terrible awareness that, one day, all of their efforts will come to nothing. and so, if we look back through human history, what we see is humanity struggling to make sense of this. some of the earliest archaeological evidence we f
over joining me from around the world. i m richard quest in london. this is the cnn newsroom. israel says it s going to great lengths to avoid civilian casualties in gaza. it seems to be giving palestinians few options on where go. i ll put that very point to a senior adviser of the israeli prime minister. america s borders are at breaking point, and federal officials are encountering record levels of migration. nearly 10,000 a day. the surge and what fuels it. a report from the weather center tracking a storm system across the southwest ahead a busy holiday travel weekend. it is 10:00 in london, 12 noon in gaza. israel s military says it s pressing on with plans to expand the operation in gaza despite growing pressure to scale back on its offensive. an idf spokesperson says the campaign will widen to new areas. the emphasis on southern gaza. it follows the u.n. security council which adopted a long-delayed resolution calling for the increase in aid to gaza. the uni
it s 5:00 and this is the five in new york city. is trump an insurrectionist sir? it s self-evident. you saw it all. let the court make that decision. no question about it, none. jesse: joe biden giving his blessing to the bomb shell ruling that kicked donald trump off of the ballot in colorado. you can blame these justices for the landmark decision. they pushed a novel legal theory that sounds like it s written by msnbc s prime time. deciding the former president s actions make him ineligible to even run for president again and used the 14th amendment, a relic from the civil war era to stop insurrectionists from holding off. change-up has not even be charged with insurrectionist. the trump campaign vowing to appeal at the supreme court and the former president himself railing against it. listen. they want to silence me because i will never let them silence you. in the end, they re not after me, they re after you. i just happen to be standing in their way. the lib
chris jansing reports. at this hour, donald trump s republican rivals not sounding much like rivals after he s kicked off the ballot in colorado. what they re saying including the candidate pledging to withdraw from the state s contest if trump can t compete too. pressure mounting on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. his tense meetings with the families of hostages and where negotiations stand right now to bring them home. plus, the threat is far from over as a volcano continues erupting in iceland, what it means for thousands of people forced to evacuate right before the holiday. and it s the most wonderful time of the year, unless maybe you re headed to the airport. the record-breaking travel as families head home for the holidays. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we start with donald trump s republican opponents rallying around after the colorado ruling. nbc s vaughn hillyard is following that for us. what are they sayin