Only way we will win. In to do things like that and the matter has gone too far now we have no choice but to act in a reduced need to call on the courage to resilience. I was Young Americans everywhere to know to call on the spirit of the 16th president of ameritech, Abraham Lincoln a common man who rose to be an common leader. And with extraordinary desire that went through so much loss that ended that the emerging at enormously critical time that is what i want American Children to be taught it doesnt matter how much you disappoint or fight the great thing about america is to get the opportunity other countries dont give you that opportunity but this gives you the greatest chance to succeed and that is something that we need to break to people and the personal story of Abraham Lincoln has propelled me throughout my life a man whose first love died he lost six elections and had a terrible relationship with his father and had no indication whatsoever no College Education everything he
Another police agent shot back and killed him. The italian interior minister says without a doubt this is anis amri. We are not sure how he was identified but they did have his fingerprints off of the truck here at the market to go from. Chris . All right, chris, thank you very much. Stay with us to weigh in on this conversation. Lets bring in cnn terrorism analyst and editor and chief paul crookshank. And we have counterterrorism analyst phil mudd. Phil, you and i have been corresponding off camera here about the reporting. The concern is its not just this guy. Not just this market and you have Different Countries now weighing in on what the plots could be, how these are related and whos responsible for this guy getting that far away, even french intelligence Authorities Saying he must have gone through france to get to italy. Did he go through pairs and did we miss him, too . What is your take . Well, yeah, he went through france. We know that now and then by train to italy, a countr
On. And from russia will love. Trump shares what he calls a very nice letter from putin in which the russia leader calls for steps to restore cooperation. Trump says he hopes both sides can live up to those thoughts. Wolf blitzer is off. This is the situation room. Be on the lookout for suspicious activity saying isis sympathizers are calling for attacks on churches and holiday gatherers in the United States. The man wanted or the attacking a berlin Christmas Market has been shot dead in italy. At the same time, isis has released video of the attacker, vowing allegiance to the terror group and calling for attacks. That comes as german Officials Say he was considered one of the most dangerous in the country months before the attack. Russian president Vladimir Putin is vowing to keep one the United States in any new arms race after a tweet from president elect donald trump that the u. S. Must expand its nuclear capability. Trump upped the andy saying well outmatch them. He is also releas
Away in italy. And going nuclear, you heard me, nuclear. Donald trump tells msnbc, let it be an arms race. Then his Transition Team takes it up a step further with matt lauer. Other countries need to be put on notice that hes not going to sit back and allow them to undermine our safety, our sovereignty. Hes going to match other countries and take action. Two days before christmas, not the president yet, putting other countries on notice. Merry christmas. We begin with breaking news out of malta. A libyan passenger plane was forced to land there after two hijackers took control. It was carrying 111 passengers and 7 crew members. We have been watching the live feed. You can see it here, showing dozens of haaostages getting of the plane. Cal perry is monitoring the situation for us. This plane took off from the sort of south of libya, and it was on its way to tripoli when it was diverted by hijackers apparently having hand grenades. Youre seeing again the live pictures from malta where th
Flynn investigation. And theres more. The New York Times is reporting comey told attorney general Jeff Sessions no the t leave him alone with the president. Thats how unnerved he was by their contacts. Sources also telling cnn tonight that sessions and trump have had a series of heated exchanges. A Senior Administration official telling us at one point sessions threatened to resign. And tonight the white house still cannot cannot or will not say whether the president has faith in his attorney general. And meanwhile a Justice Department spokeswoman insists tonight sessions is not stepping down. And a cnn exclusive. Russian hacking didnt end with the election. U. S. Investigators believe that fake news planted by Russian Hackers blew up into a crisis among u. S. Allies in the middle east. That as Forbes Magazine reports that hundreds of thousands dollars raised by eric trumps foundation for a Childrens Cancer charity was tranl channeled into the Trump Organization. Okay. You got that . I