Families coping with a big loss this holiday after a deadly suicide bombing in afghanistan. He was a good man, a mans man, a gentleman. What were learning about our troops who died in a region growing ever more dangerous. Plus are last minute mall of america shoppers in for another protest like this . A judge bars three black lives matter organizers from todays rally. But will they stay away. Were still going to be showing up. Lets talk live in the cnn newsroom. And good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for being with me. A Christmas Gift for donald trump. He is once again the clear republican frontrunner at least in a new cnn ochl rc poll that shows trump with a 21 point read. And it comes on the heels of a war of words between trump and Hillary Clinton. Clinton accusing trump of a pension for sexism of a sister trump used a graphic term to describe her loss in 2008. I dont know that he has any boundaries at all. His bigotry, his bluster, his bullying have become his camp
Specialists are carrying out tests on DNA samples from the remains of a terror suspect collected after a cave was bombed in the Hamrin Mountains in north east Iraq
iraqi golden division of special operations forces, trained by the u.s. and the iraqis really can eventually get ramadi back. nobody s predicting victory any time soon. carol? barbara starr reporting live for us this morning. panic in jerusalem. israeli police say three people were wounded in an attack in one of the most historic parts of the old city. they say two of the victims were stabbed by palestinian assailants. the third was shot possibly by israeli gunfire. more now from cnn s oren lieberman. hi, oren. reporter: hi, carol. an historic spot indeed. this happened just outside the jafa gate to the old city which leads right into the christian quarter, one of the main entrances to the old city of jerusalem and obviously just a couple days before christmas here, a very busy area. even if tourism is struggling a little bit at this time of year because of what s been happening here the last three months, which is to say the attacks and constant clashes between palestinian prote