former president trump was railing against immigration that some say is the same language at hitler. tensions grow over civilian casualties in gaza. and the republican part of florida calling for the resignation of the chairman over allegations of sexual assault. but he s refusing to back down. these are the new stories coming right here on cnn central. we are fewer than 30 days out from the iowa republican caucuses. there are recent campaign stops in new hampshire and nevada. former president trump stoved fears about the immigration coming across the u.s./mexico border. but the themes and choices his words this weekend are sufficient. the former president again repeating language that echoes white supremacist. he said that the immigration are poisoning the blood of our country. he observed offered no truth to that. the president biden campaign responded to the poisoning comments, debaterring him to adolf hitler. 15 years before he systematically murdered millions of pe
this is gps , the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. today on program, as a difficult year comes to a close, we look at the biggest challenges facing president biden. from the middle east, china, the war in ukraine, to the border. political dysfunction. this is a colossal waste of time. and the u.s. economy. i ll talk about aall with ezra klein and richard haass. and holding terror to account. a french company sued in u.s. courts by american citizens for funding isis in iraq. amal cooney and the lead plaintiff nadia murad join me exclusively to explain the stunning legal story and the tragedy behind it. the terrorists are braise ebb in the financiers are brazen and they ll continue to do so as long as they re not being punished. but first, here is my take. 2023 has turned out to be a year that has seen a fundamental challenge to world order. the rules-based interna
are investors starting to act on their doubts about a deal? and campaign endorsements and super pacs, they re great. but do they matter if you can t throw a punch? that s the question hanging over ron desantis and mike pence as they try to figure out how to take on donald trump. but we start with new developments surrounding a pair of mass shootings in texas and new mexico, carried out nine days and nearly a thousand miles apart, but sharing a critical heart breaking detail. both targeting people doing absolutely nothing out of the ordinary turning what should have been a normal day into a nightmare. in new mexico, three people are dead, along with a teenage suspect, after police say he opened fire on a residential street yesterday. apparently just shooting at random. it was the 225th mass shooting of the year in this country. roughly one every 15 hours. and in just about one hour in texas, we re expecting an update on surviving victims of the shooting at an outlet mall.
media rewriting 9-11 history now. it is the newest ugly chapter from those praising the work of hamas on october 7. now they re saying that they are now understanding things about bin laden and 9-11 that they never understood before they say. 22 years later. imagine how the families of 9-11 victims feel when they hear these voices. and there is much more on this front to dig in to today. we ll spine with ian allie later this hour and get her reaction to these in some cases, i should say, hamas sympathizers and now showing some sympathy or understanding for the thinking of osama bin laden. first we want to bring you the breaking news. president biden at the apex summit in california just said that his relationship with president xi of china is not cumbaya. secretary of state blinken appeared to whence when the president referred to xi as a dictator. watch this closely on the left-hand side of your screen. watch. mr. president, after today, would you still refer to president
cnn central starts right now. strong words and the most direct condemnation yet of civilian deaths coming from america s top diplomats. secretary of state antony blinken saying, quote, too many palestinians have been killed in the israel-hamas war. and election officials on alert this morning after a string of suspicious letters were mailed to election officers across the country, some containing fentanyl. one georgia election official calling it domestic terrorism. we are now days out from yet another government shutdown. right now congress has no plans and no clear path to avoid it. i m kate bolduan. john and sara are off. this is cnn central. secretary of state blinken coming out with his strongest comments really yet in urging israel to do more to protect civilians in gazaa. israel has agreed to small windows, pauses each day for civilians to get out of the combat zone in northern gaza. just ending minutes ago. blinken making sure the administration doesn t think th