and right now on andrea mitchell reports, outrage in israel after three of their hostages are killed by israel s own troops even though the hostages had made white flags, had sos messages with leftover food on the walls and the troops have been told to withhold fire. large crowds in israel this weekend protesting outside the military compound demanding that hostage talks resume. the cia director in europe with israeli and qatari officials for secret talks to get those negotiations going while defense secretary austin arrived in israel today as the administration is increasingly frustrated with prime minister netanyahu including failure to stop violence against palestinians in the west bank. attacks by extremist settlers against palestinians in the west bank must stop and those committing the violence must be held accountable. plus, congressional overtime. senate immigration talks to unlock millions in aid to israel and ukraine running out of time to get a bill passe
good. i will take that into my new year. mark, appreciate it, my friend. thank you. take care. and cnn this morning continues right now. good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. 8:00 a.m. on the east coast. republican candidates crisscrossing iowa. nikki haley, ron desantis and donald trump all holding events in the hawkeye state today and they aren t holding back against each other. defense secretary lloyd austin condemning recent attacks on commercial ships in the red sea by iranian backed u.s. forces. we will dig into what the plans look like ahead. a woman in iowa enduring a heartbreaking miscarriage 22 weeks into her pregnancy. she is facing a criminal probe. she says she was misled by police. and new this morning, donald trump s super pac launching its first attack ad against nikki haley after a recent polling showed her chipping away at his big lead in new hampshire. that s a crucial early voting state. and this that s right. high-tech haley broke
only $0.63 a day. we ll send you this adorable love to the rescue blanket as a thank you. tonight on three 60 is the gop okay with their presidential front runner barring an ocean and very words, from hitler? some answers from 2023 not 1933. keeping them modest. also tonight, breaking news, a legal setback for his former chief of staff mark meadows. and, really giuliani who has been ensued again for repeating the lies he told about two georgia election workers. later, more fallout on the case of the border republican party chairman, his moral crusading wife, the accusations of sexual assault, a threesome, and hypocrisy. pamela brown in for anderson tonight. we begin with the return of the tepid reaction to outrageous statements the former president makes that have slowly been returning within the republican party since the shock of january 6th. specifically, reaction to this from over the weekend about undocumented migrants. they are poisoning the blood of our country, th
is making waves even before he s expected to jump in the presidential race. desantis today signed a bill to defund diversity bill at florida colleges, a clear response to critical race theory being taught in classrooms. he s also changing florida law to allow himself to campaign while serving as governor and to reduce transparency over state spending and travel. desantis is stepping off his turf, sending migrants to states run by democrats. and praising the marine veteran now charged in the subway chokehold death. he also barnstormed betrayal in iowa this weekend when the 45th president cancelled a rally there over weather concerns. donald trump is taking notice and taking aim at desantis. and desantis is indirectly firing back. we must reject the culture of losing that has infected our party in recent years. if we focus the election on the past or on other side issues, then i think the democrats are going to beat us again. trump was asked for his response in a new interv
[applause] hello, america. hi, girl. i m jimmy the king of late night is off so instead you get the rodney king. good start. too soon, it was 1992, you guys. thank you. i get beat up a lot on the show for always mentioning that i m a former new york city cab driver but i ve had some pretty cool experiences behind the wheel. i once got al pacino, because he got in, and i was like, alpena, and he goes, my god, a white cab driver. what are the odds? i have had a tons of celebs in my taxi although i never drove gutfeld. i never picked up prince harry or meghan markle. although it s worth noting that my high-speed chase happened when i was on foot but the point is the point. growing up i felt bad for being a guy with a c-cup boopies but i wish i had them now i could get a bud light into them. [applause] jimmy. you know, we make fun of mulvaney but the truth is i would rather watch 10 hours of him pretending to be a woman than sit through another second of harry and megan s