expectations, a strong economy, details shortly. new criminal charges filed against hunter biden. how big of a mistake was it for him to let that plea deal fall apart? plus, today is sentencing day for the teen responsible for the deadliest school shooting in michigan history. the parents of one of the victims calling for the harshest punishment possible. will the president of the university of pennsylvania survive the day? after her controversial answers about genocide, major donors calling for her to resign. i m john berman with fredricka whitfield, sara and kate are off today. this is cnn news central. and the breaking news, an early holiday gift on the economy. in fact, in a way, it s the gift that keeps on giving. the jobs report just in a few minutes ago, beating expectations, 199,000 new jobs added and the unemployment rate dropped, it is low. cnn s rahel solomon is with us now. rahel, like i said, this is the gift that keeps on giving, the story of 2023 is a
repeated bouts of gmp inviting a freshman representative being kicked out of congress after a blistering ethics report revealing campaign money was funding his lavish lifestyle. democratic congresswoman jasmine crockett from the great state of texas joins us live with her fiery takes on it all just ahead. plus, dictator déjà vu the most indicted one term ex president in u.s. history openly embracing and echoing hateful rhetoric used by hitler and mussolini amid growing fears of a second trump presidency solidifying a dictatorship. breaking news in the israel-hamas war nbc news has learned negotiators are reportedly closing in on a deal to release some of the hostages in exchange for a pause in fighting. we will go live to the region for the latest. a good sunday morning to you all. i am katie phang. we begin today s show on capitol hill where lawmakers may be home for the thanksgiving holiday but face a hectic schedule when they return. on thursday, president biden sign
conditions at gaza s largest hospital now described as catastrophic. newborn babies wrapped in foil to keep them alive. operating rooms out of service as fighting rages around the complex which israel says is a command center for hamas fighters. back on the witness stand, donald trump jr. is the first defense witness in the new york fraud trial against him, his father and their company. how their legal team hopes to undermine the case against them. and as the government shutdown looms, newly minted house speaker mike johnson struggling to control gop hard liners are following these major developing stories and many more. it s all coming in here to cnn news center. we start in gaza where essential units at the largest hospital are now in collapse. operating rooms are completely out of service. doctors are taking drastic measures to keep newborns alive. more than 7,000 people are currently sheltering at the al-shifa medical center and that includes some 1,500 patients and
deep divides over the u.s. role are growing. house republicans are in chaos. and the former president is preparing to take the stand. i m going to discuss all of that plus new polling on the presidential race with the chair of the congressional republic per mila jayapal. plus, his two adult sons testified in new york last week, and donald trump himself will be under oath to new york tomorrow. the in-house law firm neal katyal is standing by for a full preview. and later, stacey abrams hasn t spoken extensively about the indictments in fulton county until now. i asked her about the strength of the case, the stakes for her home state, and yes, her own political future. okay, i hope you re sitting down for what i m about to say. because you might find it a little disorienting. here it goes. we are exactly one year out from election day of 2024. one year, exactly. look, i know that for the better part of this decade, we ve heard a lot of talk about certain elections being the
war in gaza with democratic congressman jim albumin. plus mary trump is here to preview her uncle s big day in court tomorrow as the ex president gets ready to testify at his own civil fraud trial. and gaza suffered another communications blackout amid intense israeli bombardment. i ll talk with a top israeli official who resigned citing quote genocide of the palestinians. good evening welcome to the show i m mehdi hasan. it s november 5th,, 2023 which means exactly a year from now, november the 5th, 2024 americans will go to the polls to pick their president. it looks almost certain that they will be picking between joe biden and donald trump. the choice that americans are saying in poll after poll that they do not want a rerun of 2020. they don t want dramatic democratic and republican candidates with names biden and trump. but here we are. and here s the bad news for team biden in particular. if the election were held not a year for now but today, the twice impeached four