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viewers joining us in the united states, and round the world, and streaming on cnn max. i m rosemary church. u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin is set to arrive in israel soon as the u.s. presses for a strategy shift from netanyahu. they come from prisons. they come from mental institutions and insane asylums. donald trump doubles down on his controversial comments about immigrants. what it could signal for the rest of the 2024 campaign. and we re live in hong kong as one of the city s most prominent pro-democracy activists goes on trial. thanks for joining us. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin will be sitting down with israeli officials in the hours ahead on his second trip to the country since the october 7th attack by hamas. austin s visit comes after a stop in bahrain and once in israel, a u.s. official says he will get updates on the war. but he s also expected to press israeli officials to define specific operational milestones and work to drill do ....
i would say the crib bars are too high for the grandpa. that was adorable. we ve been ending the show with a lot of singing this morning. that sounded on tune. the next morning of cnn this morning starts now. good morning and welcome to cnn this morning. it s sunday, december 17th. i m omar jimenez in for victor blackwell. hello, omar, good to be with you. i m amara walker. here is what we re watching this morning. immigration is front and center on the campaign trail and on capitol hill. the biden campaign is condemning the former president s newest comments while trying to secure funding for ukraine. severe weather is set to impact millions, especially along the east coast. we re tracking who can expect the worst of it and when. and in israel the idf is facing new scrutiny after soldiers accidentally killed israeli hostages in gaza. we have latest on efforts to free the hostages still in captivity. a man is canada is charged with murder over suicid ....
very much. i enjoy seeing you and have a great rest of your night. thank you my friend. tonight, on the mehdi hasan show, the long descent into insurrection, january the 6th wasn t a one-off and nor the armed groups behind it have gone away. i will speak to a former one sixth committee investigator plus a year on with the war in ukraine, how much american support remains? especially when republicans are on the host too and new republican presidential candidate nikki haley is to try and of indian immigrants. exactly where does she stand on the issue of immigration? you might or might not good evening. i am mehdi hasan, on saturday, on saturday, the michigan republican party still looking their wounds from an embarrassing midterm defeat, selected a new state share. having seen the democrats back in november with a trifecta of power back in the state of the full legislature for the first time in four decades, we might think the gia and go for a more moderate ....
during these truly extraordinary times. we are grateful the beat with ari melber starts now. nicole, thank you very much. new evidence that fox news host facing the most damaging and existential existential cri hosts careers. it s the lies that fed the insurrection. the implications are quite significant. accountability could literally help protect america from another coup attempt. this new evidence broke last night. it spurred another round of coverage in a story that keeps revealing, every time we get more information, what seems to be another low and another low below that in this case against fox news. now, we covered parts of the new evidence as this broke last evening. if you ve been following the news on your phone, phone alerts, msnbc, i ll bet you re seeing some of it today. we have more damning, secret details from fox. i want to do this in a straight forward way. if you take nothing else from this whole story that s been going for a while now, just re ....
will: yet another installment today on our way to easter. pete: making our way to easter. there he is he will be joining us at the top of the hour and at the bottom of the faith and friends concert series and that opening shot clarksville, tennessee just outside fort campbell, so everyone in the 101st airborne good morning, hope you re watching. will: it was an army base of knowledge or i m a new tennesseen? pete: that s army base of knowledge combined with the tennesseen getting his bearings abdomen wanted to show it off a little bit. rachel: we re super-impressed. pete: thank you. will: we have to get to news starting with a fox weather alert. it s now 26 people who are dead after historic outbreak of tornadoes in the south. pete: the path of destruction stretching for more than 100 miles leaving communities in ruins. rachel: fox weather correspondent is on the ground in mississippi. robert, good morning. reporter: good morning to you. the sun is up here this morning ....