report. i m wolf blitzer let s are in the situation room. thanks very much for watching erin burnett outfront starts right now to attack her personally. is he now just betting that she s going to be on the top of the democratic ticket. and also tonight summer camp in north korea, we ve got one student s story about what kim jong un s loyal followers did as they tried to bring watch him. it s an incredible story. he speaks to cnn. let s go outfront and good evening. i m erin burnett outfront tonight. we begin with the breaking news, a ninth house democrat just calling on president biden to withdraw from the presidential race. that democrat congressman earl blumenauer of oregon, in a statement, he writes, this is not just about extending his presidency, but protecting democracy. while this is a decision for the president and the first lady, i hope they will come to the conclusion that i and others have president biden should not be the democratic presidential nominee. and jus
actor and megadonor, george clooney tops of expanding list high profile democrats urging president biden to stand down from his reelection bid. the biden camp says there is 00 chance of that happening, despite the building anxiety within the democratic party tonight, president biden is busy hosting nato leaders as the crisis surrounding his campaign threatens to overshadow the summit. and the urgent international issues on the agenda i ll ask key white house official john kirby about the glory global scrutiny of the president and the challenges he s facing right now. plus donald trump is offering a potential clue about his choice of a running mate with the republican national convention. now only five days away trump revealing he has an issue, his words, an issue with one vice presidential contender welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room we begin this hour with very fast moving developments, says
but isn t taylor swift the gift that keeps on giving? we can t stop talking about her. she s the it girl. carolyn manno, thank you. great to see you. the next hour of cnn this morning starts right now. nancy good morning, everyone. i m amara walker. i m danny freeman. victor blackwell is off. we start with a huge political year. r&b front-runner donald trump faces multiple court decisions that could delay some of his trials. on friday the supreme court handed him a win by rejecting special counsel s request for justices to fast-track his immunity dispute case. but in colorado they re threatening to kick him off the ballot. meanwhile congress is out of office for your the holidays. this is a live picture of capitol hill sorry, we don t have it. again, capitol hill is quiet. congress faces a mountain of problems when they come back in january. they ll have nine days to come up with a plan to avoid a partial shutdown. and there s arguments over funding, migration
we felt that we were doing everything to keep safe. this was going to be the forever home, yes. this was the room where we had ourfamily time. this was this is the most hard. hmm? tearfully: the most hard of everything. i you can take you can take a moment, if you need to. yeah and, i mean, the way he the way he left was uncalled for. he never he was never someone that hurt anybody. he died in a way which was it didn t take long. in august last year, ingrid s husband duane was shot and killed by armed intruders at the gates of their farm. a person was standing there with a 9mm weapon in his hand and he said to me, i m going to shoot, he said to me. didn t say anything else. and then, i look and there was another guy with another 9mm and an ak 47 weapon as well. that s when they shot through my shoulder. i went to him and collapsed and, yeah, he was he was as he was, sitting next to the door, with his weapon was still there. south africa s murder rate is now at a
if forces entered rafah s population centres or launched a major ground operation. hugo bachega has more. the remarks by the israeli national security adviser appeared to reject the idea that we could be near the end of the war in gaza. he said fighting might continue for at least the rest of the year although he didn t give details about how intense the conflict might be. now all eyes are on rafah, near the border with egypt. the israeli authorities say it is vital to enter the city because they believe four hamas battalions are still operating there. but israel is under a lot of international pressure to limit its operations in the city to minimise civilian casualties, and officials are describing what s happening there as a limited operation . still, scores of palestinians have been killed in recent days, and the un says more than one million people have fled rafah because they are concerned that the israeli military may launch a full scale operation. virtually everyo