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prepandemic levels, it could overwhelm the health care system. cnn this morning continues right now. they re poisoning the blood of our country. that s what they ve done. they ve poison abouting mental institutions and prisons a all over the world, not just in south america or three or four countries we re thinking, but awe oil the world they re pouring into our country. well, good morning, everyone. former president donald trump is escalated his longtime anti-rhetoric as he hits the campaign level. the white house is calling fascist. speaking of the white house, the white house and the senate, their negotiators are racing to try to reach a deal on immigration and southern border policy with aid for ukraine and israel hanging in the balance. and right now defense secretary lloyd austin is in israel as they scale back to protect civilians. cnn this morning starts right now. and here s where we begin this hour with defense secretary lloyd austin in israel ....
what a story to start our day. thanks, andy. thanks for joining us. i m john avlon. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. so glad you re with us. i m poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. there s 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 the killing of three hostages by soldiers. republican front runner donald trump using darker more extreme rhetoric in that final sprint, the white house slamming trump for what it calls fascist rhetoric. right now storms gusting up the east coast and the travel delays it could cause this holiday week. cnn this morning starts right now. we begin with defense secretary lloyd austin meeting right now with israel s defense min minister. pressure is growing on israel to change its t ....
Building anger here. i know every once in a while you ll see that the newspaper anger somebody will report or false source that is maybe don t exist because of the media the way the mtd is, no i will tell you i think that i want very simply a great fbi director. and will you expect that theltd they would continue on with this investigation. sure i expect that. general flynn is a part of this investigation as you know sally yates recently testified that the white house was notified that he had been compromised he was at risk of being blackmailed. it was 18 days later that he was finally fired during that 18 days he had access i assume to all the naegs s top secrets. one day you meet on the issue of comey. right. and you fire him a humiliating way sitting in a room with colleagues and appears on the tv. because my white house council don mcgahn and did not sound like an emergency didn t ....