Reports, escalation in the Middle East. A new bombardment of israeli strikes against hezbollah targets in lebanon and an unprecedented warning to civilians. The fears its stoking of a larger regional war. Plus disturbing new evidence tied to the suspect in that apparent second Assassination Attempt of Donald Trump, including a letter where he appears to confess to the plot. What it means for his case when he face has judge next hour. And new Nbc Polling on the 2024 race showing a historic surge in favorability for Vice President harris. We will look at whats driving that and why this contest is still neck and neck. Good morning and thanks for joining us, it is 10 00 a. M. Eastern, 7 00 a. M. Pacific, im Ana Cabrera reporting from New York. We begin with the Breaking News in the Middle East. Lebanese officials say more than 180 people have been killed after intensifying israeli strikes there overnight. The idf Issuing A first of its kind Evacuation Warning to civilians in Southern Leban
their fake news allies have unveiled their newest hoax that donald j. trump and the republican party are a threat to the democracy. donald trump won t take the stand, the witness stand today. he had plenty to say from the bully pulpit as you just saw. what brand-new cnn battleground polling tells us about the state of the race ron desantis goes on offense, finally, against donald trump. why his the former president s behavior is an example of, quote, coward sness. what president zelenskyy will say to senators to secure funding for the war with russia. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. welcome, this morning, we have brand-new cnn polling showing president biden trailing president trump in two crucial battleground states that biden won in the last election. georgia, trump leading biden 49 to 44%. in michigan, trump is up ten points, biden won that state, remember, by nearly 3 points in 2020. over the weekend, trump s dismissed biden s warnin
sports freaks. x1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. the owner of a chinese mine which collapsed has reportedly committed suicide. 17 miners are still trapped. officials confirm one miner died. so far 11 workers have been rescued. the first week of congress in the new year will look oddly like the last few weeks this year. obamacare and fund ing for planned parenthood all on the agenda. contributor for the daily banner.com garland nixon and kevin sheridan here to talk about what s coming up. kevin, first to you, you re an old paul ryan guy, is the speaker going to keep going down the rabbit trail of trying to
character and strengthens law enforcement, let let s it go. my guess is when wiser and 16er and cooler heads get involved i m hopeful they will prevail and the funding will be restored. there s a big rallying point and there may be private fund ing that gets involved and gap. the sheriff said that essentially he was told he d have to sign something that said they would not have these voluntary prayers and they would not talk about god. is that what the constitution says? absolutely not. it really is kind of the worst stereotypes of hard headed bureaucrats demanding towing a party line which is wrong, unlawful and unconstitutional. i m hopeful when people look at what actually happened and they look at the facts, they will say this is not a battle we need to fight. we re wrong on on the law. restore the money. we ll watch it and see. thanks so much. our brand new evidence. dolphins not only communicate, they call each other by name. this remarkable discovery and a whole lot more