Thank you for watching Newsnight State of the race. Laura coates live starts right now live defying reality. Donald trump makes a campaign prediction, but not even his own supporters are buying. Plus, diddy is not getting out before his trial. A judge denying him bail again so what exactly will his life like in that Brooklyn Jail ive got a special guest who is ben there . Hes going to join us. And 48 the election. And Donald Trumps path to 270 seems to be well expanding lees according to him we are going to win New York. And thats the first time in many, many years that are republican can honestly say it. And were going to do, and we have to do it. We do it. And the election nationwide is over you heard him he thinks the state he lost by more than 20 points in 2016 and by The Way, in 2020 is in play he dedicated nearly two Hour Rally on long Island Tonight to make that very case and in the immortal words of dodgeball so bold strategy cotton, lets see if that pays off for them look, who
have a great day. julie: senior defense official sounding the alarm on a significant escalation in the middle east. u.s. navy using an anti-ship ballistic missile for the first time to stop incoming missile fire from houthis in the red sea. iran problem front and center stoking major fears of a wider war. good afternoon, everyone. the faulkner focus , i m julie banderas in for harris. thank you for joining us today. a lot of news to cover for you. we ll begin with more than 100 attacks on u.s. troops in the middle east since october 17th. iran proxies going after our men and women overseas. one top senate republican not happy with president biden s lack of action. listen. weakness. is there a red line? would you tell our enemies publicly if we tell an american we re coming after you? the houthis are completely backed by iran. i ve been saying for six months now hit iran. they have oil fields in the open. they have the revolutionary guard headquarters you can see from spa
today three people are still missing and we re expecting an update any minute from officials. we re following these major developing stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news central. a big vote on capitol hill as soon as tonight. these two republican u.s. senators, florida s rick scott and utah s mitt romney, just told cnn s manu raju, the goal is to get a final vote on that debt ceiling bill tonight. it would go to the president s desk to be signed into law just ahead of that monday deadline or the government would otherwise run out of money to pay its bills. manu raju is on capitol hill covering this from the beginning. is that where the momentum, to get that done tonight so senators can go home for the weekend and don t want to interrupt their weekend plans? yeah, the smells of jet fumes in the air in the senate tonight as a push to get this done is intense. in fact john thune, number two republican who s deep in these negotiations to try to ensure that al
tonight now we know where the white house cocaine went. who was on that plane? chairman durbin has continued to block this. jesse: dick durbin still blocking the epstein flight logs. trying to kill me? jesse: now breathing causes climate change. plus if you could banything for just one day, what would you be? a french poodle. jesse: there s nothing quite like christmas at the white house. from winston churchill spending his christmas with the roosevelts in the midst of war, to jackie kennedy being the first first lady to decorate the halls with nutcracker ornaments and tweufrpb twinkling lights. but who can forget barny camp. everybody is looking for you and you re supposed to be working. here you are playing. i know you ve been out here a long time because you ve got snow everywhere. jesse: nancy reagan brought mr. t to the white house for christmas in a crimson santa suit with his signature gold chain. melania trump decked the halls with glam and danci
states, canada and around the world. i m kim brunhuber in cnn newsroom. eight people were killed after someone opened fire in an outlet mall in texas. this comes amid a week end of gun violence across texas. what the mayor is saying in response. ukraine says it s used an american patriot missile to take down a target. announcer: live in atlanta this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin in allen, texas, where at least eight people have been killed in a mass shooting. one witness filmed the horrifying scenes from the rampage which we have to warn you may be hard to watch. [ bleep ]. you see people there running for safety as gunfire rings out in the background. police say an officer responded to the shooting and killed the gunman. here s how the mayor reacted to the tragedy. allen is a proud and safe city which makes today s senseless act of violence even more shocking. however, i want to commend our police and fire departments for their quick response