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
Far as of the aid package would be a major shift and some members of his party are livid. Today does a deal as a House Democrat i say exchange ukrainian lives for Asylum Seekers lives . A member of the committee who says shes a hell no on what the white house is considering is with us. Plus she calls it palestinian rights. A middle School Teacher is being kept out of classroom over an email signature that included a controversial phrase. That teacher is here to explain her intent and her Dis Discrimination complaint. Plus a 10yearold boy arrested for relieving himself in public when he couldnt find a accbathroom. Youll hear from the boy ask his mother who says this wept too far. Im Victor Blackwell. Lets start the show. A growing number offed a vo caughts are furious over concessions that pooud is considering to secure aid for ukraine. The white house urgency to get that money has put democrats in an uncomfortable position. They may have to support policies they once criticize d when p
hu. if you know you know. thank you for jojoining me t to. i i ll see youou next satuturda 8:00 a.m. smerconish is up next. there s an election coming, but you ll never hear jack smith say so. the supreme court is about to have more influence on the outcome of a presidential election than at any time since is the 2000 decision in bush verv. gore. jack smith asked the court to bypass the appellate level and make a decision about whether donald trump is entitled to immunity. and separately, this week they agreed to hear a challenge to a law used to prosecute hundreds of january 6th defendants for obstructing or impeding an official proceedingsing, which could impact smith s prosecution against trump on those charges. here s what s interesting to me. nowhere in the government s petition is there any specific reference to the 2024 presidential election, but that s clear ly what is driving smith s request. in making his case, here s what he told the court. quote, this case prese
probably 15 rounds in a minute. we ll also play you the anguished call from the shooter s own mother. his family says he had mental health challenges that they were actively addressing as a family . so what a red flag law have worked. we ll show you what s happening in the states that have them. plus micro is here with us tonight to describe the future of work. is it remote? is it a i based will also get his take on one of the dirtiest jobs out there. the newly appointed new york city rats are also, baseball games are shorter this season, which means you ve got less time to buy beer. harry engine will be here to tell us all of the unintended consequences of that rule. he s also crunching the numbers on the optimum beer drinking inning . so stay tuned for that. but let s start with what we ve learned about the louisville shooting we have here tonight. vanity fair s molly jong fast the one and only micro is here. pollster frank luntz is here and our favorite player on and off t
First of all, imagine for a moment someone tells you that theyre giving you a gift worth 237 million. I mean, thats enough money to make you want to shout. Write this, start making plans, telling everybody you know but then you find out that the actual value of that gift could be zero well, thats what happened this week on an historically black college, black University Campus in tallahassee, florida this would have been the largest donation ever to an hbcu and we know how these schools have been so underfunded, right . This one has had some very public financial challenges, especially but to understand this massive collapse, lets go back one week, to may 4 thats the de of florida a m universitys Commencement Gregory Two Rami is introduced as the ceo of better sun farms corporation. He gave a speech that ended with the Surprise Announcement along with a huge ceremonial check hundred and 37 million and bad away the money is in the bank all the cheering there. Did you hear the background