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haley vows to stay in the race, insisting chemalis more electable in november. >> this race is far from over. >> nikki haley, have you ever heard of her? i didnt know chemali was still campaigning. >> will the primary battle continue, or has the general election already begun? >> you know what chemali doesnt have? chemali doesnt have maga. >> bring it, donald toti show me what youve got. plus, blame game toti a bipartisan border deal could be in jeopardy because former president dona...

what a story to start our day. >> thanks, andy. thanks for joining us. im john avlon. "cnn this morning" starts right now. good morning, everyone. so glad youre with us. im poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. theres a lot going on on this monday, december 18th. happening right now defense secretary lloyd austin is back in israel, his visit part of the international pressure campaign for israel to change its tactics in gaza and restart the truce talks, pressure growing after...

world. im kim brunhuber. more flooding could impact millions of people in california this weekend. officials warning theyre not out of the woods yet. weve got the forecast just ahead. plus, well look at the difficulties the white house has with business as usual as president biden is facing a special counsel investigation. and russia claims it has recaptured a town in eastern ukraine as we hear of a new assault on kyiv. a live report from the capital city just ahead. were looking...

the family members the heartbreaking hallway surveillance video of the school shooting, which this surveillance video was leaked to a texas newspaper and published earlier in the week last week. cnns shimon propose pez and rosa flores joining us now from uvalde, texas. shimon, you have obtained a copy of this report. tell us what you can so far. >> reporter: well, right off the top its very clear that this committee found -- and i think this is significant -- that the blame as to what ...

tapes that give us a first look at what the former presidents codefendants are saying about him and efforts to overturn the 2020 election. >> he said well the boss, meaning president trump, and everyone understood the boss. the boss is not going to leave under any circumstances. we are just going to stay in power. i said to him, it doesnt quite work that way, you realize. he said we dont care. >> that is just one of a series of reportings obtained by "the washington post." essentially ...

Ummist. she claims trump defamed her when he said she made up her congratulat allegation that he attacked her. he criticized carroll as a nut job and a con job and a big fat hoax. new explosions rattle cities in ukraine as russia launches a new barrage of missile strikes. still ahead well go live to kyiv where groups went after key infrastructure. plus iran executes a british man despite international pleas. we ee get why iran carried out the execution and d how the wes is responding. stay w...

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Shaking their heads going how can this happen in the united states of america where we ee met morning noon and night about the tragic circumstances of people who are trying to come into the country, i get it there are tragic circumstances, its tough yet the politicians, did you get a call from pelosi? did you get a call from gavin newsome? any other officials in california concerned about whats happening there? >> you know the only phone call that i got was from the aclu demon eyeing the actions...

And theyre all saying, though, no, were out there. we are working. and, really, at the synagogue level, at the individual level, among some of the smaller organizations, certainly theyve been speaking out against anti-semitism and bigotry. theyve been aligning with muslim groups and groups to try to stand up against hate. but i do feel there is a quiettude and dissidence in the main line jewish organization. frankly, if you heard the jewish voice out there speaking out against hatred, we would k...

>> president trump: we are going to take a strong look at our countrys libel laws so that when somebody says something that is false and defamatory about some one that person will have meaningful recourse in our courts. if somebody says something that is totally false, knowingly false, that the person that has been abused, defamed, libelled, will have meaningful recourse. >> in addition to the president believing that our current libel laws are a sham and disgrace, as you pointed out, shep, he s...