i would say the crib bars are too high for the grandpa. that was adorable. we ve been ending the show with a lot of singing this morning. that sounded on tune. the next morning of cnn this morning starts now. good morning and welcome to cnn this morning. it s sunday, december 17th. i m omar jimenez in for victor blackwell. hello, omar, good to be with you. i m amara walker. here is what we re watching this morning. immigration is front and center on the campaign trail and on capitol hill. the biden campaign is condemning the former president s newest comments while trying to secure funding for ukraine. severe weather is set to impact millions, especially along the east coast. we re tracking who can expect the worst of it and when. and in israel the idf is facing new scrutiny after soldiers accidentally killed israeli hostages in gaza. we have latest on efforts to free the hostages still in captivity. a man is canada is charged with murder over suicide kits
the bar is very low when it comes to that. he is just doing side quests at this point. good morning, everyone. sorry for those tunes. welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. yeah, better tunes from us later on. i m omar jimenez in for victor blackwell. we have a lot to get to this morning. we begin with president biden s campaign calling out donald trump for, quote, parroting adolf hitler in comments the former president made in new hampshire saturday. trump quoted russian president vladimir putin calling biden a threat to democracy and doubled down on anti-immigration rhetoric saying immigrants, are, quote, poisoning the blood of our country. and that comes as the senate and biden administration continue to negotiate on border policy changes to pass a supplemental funding package for aid to ukraine and israel. now, on saturday senators wrapped up in-person meetings on capitol hill saying while there isn t an agreement yet, they are making progress. senator
good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday. my favorite day of the week, may 14th. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. happy mother s day to you. happy mother s day to you. thank you so much for spending part of your day with us. here is what we are watching for you. a ceasefire appears to be holding between israel and the islamic jihad after days of violence. more than 30 defensive end deaths. the likely hood this holds and the reaction from the biden administration. i think we are moving along. hard to tell. we are not reaching the crunch point yesterday. president biden and republican leaders expected to meet this week as they rush to avoid an unprecedented debt default. the warning coming from the white house as that crucial june 1st date inches closer. officials on the u.s./mexican border say they have not yet seen the chaos they were expecting after the expiration of title 42. speculation as to why things have been calmer than ex
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you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with remarkable new insights into ukraine s president and the desire to hit russia on home soil. the washington post said president zelenskyy has suggested bold attacks behind closed doors including blowing up a pipeline and attempting to occupy russian border villages to gain over moscow. zelenskyy made such suggestions months ago. still, the pentagon did not dispute the authenticity of the leaked materials. this comes as we re getting new signs that the long-awaited ukrainian counter offensive could be getting underway soon. sources tell cnn, ukraine has begun shaping operations and cnn s sam kyly has more details on that. reporter: there have been signs, i think, very clearly now, that there are shaping operations going on ahead of a summer offensive by ukraine to try to recapture this territory that was taken by the russians. both in 2014 and more recently last year. what we ve seen is psychologi