today on inside politics, firing back. the donald trump is on a social media tear sending dozens of posts and reposts that kicked him off the ballot in colorado. republican rivals are standing with him. president biden is grappling with a critical decision on israel. the security council is set to vote on a resolution to stop the fighting in gaza. the big question will the u.s. block it. is and congress is paralyzed. lawmakers heading home for the holidays after one of the moegs unpreductive years in history in 2024 might be even worse. acosta. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we want to start with jack smith responding to trump s legal team trying to delay the january 6th case. the special counsel is stress ing the gravity and urging the supreme court to immediately hear the dispute over presidential immunity. senior correspondent katelyn polantz is following all the developments for us. what are we hearing about the special counsel s request? the
at any moment now, president biden is going to speak on the phone and finalize the bill. the president had this to say about the negotiations. reporter: mr. president, are you positive this deal will get to your desk? yes, it will. i m about to call mccarthy at 3:00, make sure all the ts are crossed and the is are dotted. reporter: what are the sticking points? none. should all democrats vote for this bill? still anyone s guess if the house has enough votes to get this bill to the president s desk. but speaker mccarthy says he s confident the deal will pass. back to february 1st, i sat down with the president. i said let s work together to raise the debt ceiling but curb the amount of spending, to let america be able to work again, cut red tape, get work requirements to help people get back into work. i think this agreement frames all that from limit save grow. it doesn t get everything everybody wanted but that s in divided government, that s where we end up. i
saying he feels closer to a deal today than he has before, but not everyone in his party is as optimistic. one top republican negotiator warning the deal is still teetering on the brink and could fall apart entirely. meanwhile, the national deficit continues to soar to new heights and treasury secretary janet yellen says there are only eight days remaining to pay america s bills. is everyone on board? reporter: we ll see about that. he came in to the capitol this morning and told reporters he s feeling optimistic and thinks progress has been made and really they re focused on a few remaining sticking points for this deal. i am told the goal is to have a deal announced by the end of today. we ll see if they can get there. we have new reporting about what the outstanding issues are. one of them is a provision to impose new work requirements on some social safety net programs. i m told they made some progress on that in negotiations last night. we re going to see today wheth
hello, everyone. th thank you so much for joining me. we begin in texas when a gunman opened fire into a crowd at an outlet mall in texas just north of dallas. some of what you re about to see is disturbing. a witness dash cam capturing the moment the gunman got out of his car and he immediately began firing and ambushing unsuspecting people walking by. we re pausing the video as people began walking by. others began shooting as the attack unfolded. you hear multiple rapid gunshot. you see people running for their lives and a photo obtained by cnn appears to show the gunman after he was shot by a responding officer. he can see an a.k.-15 rifle. he appears to have extra magazines strapped to his chest. ed lavandera is on the scene in allen, texas. i understand you have learned new details, even though a law enforcement agent said they re not going to have a press conference today? reporter: it s a stunning announcement. we ve reached out to get clarity as to when there mig
hip, hip hooray! hip, hip hooray! some had camped out for days to see king charles and queen camilla and select members of the royal family stepping onto the balcony of buckingham palace. there were many other memorable moments. cnn s max foster has this report from london. god save the king reporter: a day of destiny, the patient prince, crowned at last. charles iii, king of the united kingdom and commonwealth realms. london stood still as well wishers lined the streets, huddled in the rain to join the celebration of the british monarchy. leaders, dignitaries, family members and celebrities, more than 2,000, gathered in westminster abbey for this once in a generation event. prince harry alongside other royals, including prince andrew, prince edward, princess beatrice. the prince and princess of wales arrived behind in what appeared to be a break from the schedule. king and queen, married in 2005, arrived in splendor. the couple wore their respective rob