to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world just ahead on cnn newsroom, the clock is a trick kicking down, the stakes are high and there is still no definite deal with the u.s. just nine days away from potential default. mounting legal problems for donald trump, new civil, criminal, and business troubles, and the week is just beginning. plus, a group of anti-putin russian fighters who support ukraine are claiming credit for an attack inside russia. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. we are following a developing story, from washington, where authorities have arrested a man who crashed a truck near the white house late monday night. officials say the driver slammed the vehicle into security barriers at a public square just across the street from the executive residence. they believe he may have done it intentionally. the driver has been charged with multiple crimes, including threate
come under strain. manchester city are the premier league champions following second placed arsenal s 1 0 defeat today at nottingham forest. and while celebration are afoot in manchester, the arsenal side finds consolation in coming second their best result since 2016. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky meets uk prime minister rishi sunak at the g7 summit injapan after landing in japan. zelensky tweeted that peace will be closer as a result of his meetings. sinn fein is for the first time the largest party in both local government and the northern ireland assembly, after making huge gains in council elections. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking about what shapes theirs. it isn t that long ago, since nicola sturgeon looked to be unassailable as first minister of scotland. she and her party, the snp, were held up as
he s leading us to a depression. trump asked supporters on wednesday to name one thing that has gotten better under biden and, i don t know, there s a lot, i can think of a lot, but i think maybe number one is we re drinking less bleach. good morning, welcome to morning joe, it is friday, december 15th. senate majority leader chuck schumer is calling the bluff, he has hopes of hammering out a deal on foreign aid which includes critical funder for ukraine. also ahead, how the biden campaign is trying to capitalize on the impeachment inquiry into the president. plus, rudy giuliani s defense team takes a very odd strategy in closing arguments in his defamation case. i will tell you about their pitch to the jurors. with us this morning we have columnist and associate editor for the washington post david ignatius, member of the new york times editorial board mara gay, host of the podcast unbrand with donny deutsch, and the co-founder of punchbowl news don bresnahan.
three of them. let s go first to cnn s josh campbell has been covering the story. josh, thank you for being here. walk us through what we just saw on that video. yeah, so please hold press conference earlier today and the chief described this mass shooting as an assault on his community after this 18 year old just opened fired on this neighborhood indiscriminately. they walked us through the timeline, it started when 79-year-old surely was driving through the neighborhood, the suspect opens fire out of nowhere. she falls out of her vehicle, police say the two other elderly women were driving by, they stopped direct and aid. they were fatally shot. he continues on this, rampage and i warn our viewers that what you re about to see is disturbing. we see please gathering together, forming what is called a contact team. they see the shooter, they are tracking him, this is a moment that they openly take him down. watch. get back inside. let s see your hands. [bleep] [sound of
would you sign a federal abortion ban into law. what i would do is negotiate so that people are happy. after a town hall peddling election lies, promising to pardon january 6 rioters and refusing to pick sides in the war on ukraine, his 2024 rivals remain largely silent. can you say if you want ukraine or russia to win this war? i want everybody to stop dying. as the field of challengers grows, can any of his rivals take him on without alienating his supporters. i ll talk to former republican congressman will hurd of texas who s considering his own bid for president in 2024. plus, moral compass. after a jury found trump liable for sexual abuse, his opponents mostly silent. i don t think it s where the american people are focused. does character matter anymore for republican primary voters? i ll ask russell moore, the editor in chief of christianity today. and border crisis. i want to be very clear. our borders are not open. as the biden administratio