welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, december 17th. i m amara walker. i m omar jimenez in for victor blackwell. look, we are looking at a lot of things, watching a lot of things. namely, the biden campaign are accusing donald trump of parroting adolf hitler after the former president made disturbing comments about immigrants at a rally. senators are working on big immigration changes as they try to reach a deal on ukraine funding. severe weather impacted millions at the start of last-minute christmas shopping and holiday travel. and in israel the idf facing scrutiny after soldiers accidentally killed israeli hostages in gaza. prime minister benjamin netanyahu acknowledges international pressure but adds, we are in a war for our existence. and could not just rocks, but hot rocks that glow brighter than the sun be the key to helping us end our dependence on fossil fuels? we will look at the new innovative way to address the climate crisis ahead on cnn this morn
ruling against rudy giuliani, a sum that will bankrupt the former mayor of new york city. his attorney said it is basically a death penalty for him, an economic death penalty. plus an update from capitol hill on foreign aid negotiations, the package which would provide critical funding for ukraine. it s been held up by republican demands for stricter immigration policies. but it looks like there s progress there. might be some. we ll get analysis on the biden administration s push to get israel to scale back its war in gaza, what s going on there. with us, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former state department official, elise jordan. politics nation reverend al sharpton. and presidential chair at vanderbilt university, historian jon meacham is with us. so let s get to it. at a rally on saturday, donald trump again used the language of 20th century authoritarians while separately praising this country s
plan to save them now that talks have broken down? plus a cold calculation israel defense forces say they are killing two civilians for every terrorist calling it a positive ratio. and the final four, gop reveals who made the debate stage tomorrow in alabama and who got left out. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt oig. it is 5:00 a.m. in washington, noon in gaza where israel has intensified their airstrikes in the south while expanding ground operations with battalions of tanks rolling across the region, that part of the region for the first time. u.n. officials are warning of an apocalyptic situation. nearly 1.9 million palestinians displaced, tens of thousands of them fleeing to the rafah crossing in the last two days. hamas run health ministry says that nearly 16,000 civilians have been killed since october 7. the idf says deaths of two civilians for every hamas mill tab militant is, quote, tremendously positive. and
sister, a daughter, a wife, or a friend should join us to unite against rape. this goes beyond politics. if we can t agree that rape is wrong, then we have accepted the unacceptable. bill: a lot of comments there, sheryl sandberg calling the world s attention to the atrocities of hamas against women. former facebook coo calling out women s group for a deafening silence on the rape of israeli women at the hands of hamas. what impact can a message like this have? i m bill hemmer and it s tuesday. some ways it s only tuesday. dana: i m dana perino. this is america s newsroom. for those of you who did rent see the five last night. he described it as a sexual atrocities and if you do that, and you get the response from people rather than saying well, you know, but on the other hand. but if you say sexual atrocities, then you obviously will get the reaction, hopefully, that sheryl sandberg was looking for. she was there for an event featuring testimonies from israeli police
Was not bank robbery. A woman droeb up to use the atm outside of the wells fargo behind me and she saw a man pacing, acting very agitated with a gun clearly visible. She calls 911 and thats when officers responded. The officers recognized the man. They say he was well known in the redwood city area, they had been ware of him since he was 8 years old, so they started engaging him in conversation, talking to hum, trying to get him to drop the gun but he refused and after multiple minutes witnesses say this happened next. The gentleman wasnt complying with the officers demand, so it seemed to me he pulled something out of his sweater at which point the officers started firing their weapons and wounding the gentleman. He fell to the ground. Reporter and the interim police chief say he didnt just pull the gun out of his sweater. H fired in the officers direction. None of the officers were hit. The suspect is a 30yearold hispanic man who lived in redwood city. He had been in and out of jail