good morning. 8 8:00 a.m. here in new york. 3:00 a.m. in gaza. the military says it discovered a tunnel shaft, guns, explosives at gaza s largest hospital and the bodies of two hostages nearby. hamas is accusing israel of lying. live to tel aviv for the latest. the push to expel george santos is gaining momentum after a house investigation found he spent money on so much more. a fellow republican trying to kick hit out. 100 days since the catastrophic wildfire that wiped out lahaina on maui. we will look at the ongoing search to find people still missing. this hour of cnn this morning starts now. good morning, new overnight israeli forces say they have discovered the body of a second hostage near gaza s largest hospital. israeli troops have been conductsing a military operation as the israeli military says it found a tunnel, a hamas tunnel shaft and a stash of guns, grenades and other combat gear at the hospital. the idf released these videos. they say this is proof.
Likely the influence of the new Chief Of Staff here, Retired General john kelly who has been clear, trying to send a signal there is a new sheriff in town. That hes not going to tolerate discord and some of these tweets that are off message. But will we see this over the course of time . That remains to be seen. Weve had sort of the pockets of the president being very restrained when it comes to his messaging. I think when it comes to the relationship on capitol hill and this next battle that you talk about, the challenges, not only do you have republicans, conservatives like jeff flake speaking out, obviously hes been critical of candidate trump all the way back to the campaign trail, but republicans just dont seem that afraid of him. Thats why you have Lisa Murkowski saying im going to vote against you in the health care fight. How does he get republicans on board to get tax reform done . The reality may be that theyre looking at tax cuts, because they dont have that big, broad
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Crisis, he will have all elements of being Commander In Chief. Barbara starr, thank you so much and theres nothing more serious in terms of being the president than keeping this nation and its people safe. A reminder as the President Elect and Vice President elect go to the tomb of unknown of that solemn responsibility. Back to you, wolf. Thanks. Were standing by at the blair house, official guest house for visitors of the president across the street from the white house. Youre looking at live pictures momentarily the President Elect and his family will be leaving the blair house, well have live pictures, to head over to Arlington National cemetery, well have coverage of that, we have a really good panel to assess what we have heard today, and david gregory, we have heard what almost five hours of testimony from the secretary of
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Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Im ana cabrera in new york np President Trump coming off several days of helsinki fallout. Secret tapes about center fold hush money. Who knew what about the Infamous Trump tower meeting. Michael cohen trumps former lawyer saying the president knew ahead of time balance the headaches for the president against news that the American Economy is soaring. And thats the kind of roller the white house rode this week. Boris sanchez is it in new jersey near the president s golf course. This is called by our analyst the week that Michael Cohen officially declared war on donald trump. To do officials see it that way. According to the president s attorney, rudy giuliani, he foresaw Michael Cohen doing Something Like this, saying he was expect being this of the
business. Administration officials hope the president doesnt continue wading into the russia investigation. Sources told cnn that aides try to keep the president busy, trying to keep him on the road and focus
A foreign lead er soft take the dozen white house officials and the people around pompeo that knew about it, the people around bar that knew about this, the people around the white house that knew about this. The people around zolinski that knew about this. Suddenly this little conspiracy expands. And it is something that cannot be contained and barr knows he is on the hot seat now. He can play it cool if he wants to, but a 30,000 Christmas Party at the trump appropriate is not going to protect him, zolinski will have to explain this as well. The you trainians are saying we knew if we didnt play ball that we were not going to get military equipment. This is something that the white house cannot tamp down. The one thing they find intriguing here is the electronic tape of the conversation used to get this transcript was to they destroyed the transcription. Do we have somewhere is there somewhere in president ial recordings this recording of this conversation because i think in the end th