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haley vows to stay in the race, insisting chemali's more electable in november. >> this race is far from over. >> nikki haley, have you ever heard of her? i didn't know chemali was still campaigning. >> will the primary battle continue, or has the general election already begun? >> you know what chemali doesn't have? chemali doesn't have maga. >> bring it, donald toti show me what you've got. plus, blame game toti a bipartisan border deal could be in jeopardy because former president donald trump opposes it. >> he doesn't want to solve the border problem because he wants to blame b...

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 ...

world. i'm kim brunhuber. more flooding could impact millions of people in california this weekend. officials warning they're not out of the woods yet. we've got the forecast just ahead. plus, we'll 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. we're looking at the large-scale destruction after severe storms and tornadoes swept through the southeaster...

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. cnn's 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 it's very clear that this committee found -- and i think this is significant -- that the blame as to what happened here in terms of the lack of law enforcement response, disorganized response, at one poin...

tapes that give us a first look at what the former president's 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 doesn't quite work that way, you realize. he said we don't care. >> that is just one of a series of reportings obtained by "the washington post." essentially a tell all interview for a plea deal. the videos have not been independently verified by nbc news...