chris janson is going to come today. we were going to have lynyrd skynyrd who was going to come but two of the members are sick now we have. saying buy mom and drunk girl. talking about doing the right thing and taking the drunk girl home. her house. not to yours. brian: right. for correction. he takes her to his house but he puts her on the couch. pete: taking care of her. also saying i don t have the keys to the city but i do have the keys to the country. not quite sure how you keys to the country. might ask him though. brian: i love when we have an artist on one song. and then you look at the list. he has got some hits and going to be with us and we are going to talk to him in an hour. we are going to have mclemore smoking barbecue on the fox square. it was smoking this morning when i walked in at 3:45. ainsley: can t wait to taste it. we know pete is going to taste it ainsley, brian, pete, thank you for having us here. mclemore boys are cooking with master built
that was pretty aggressive. do you have a second for the city of toronto here? we re changing the name of the cn tower to drake tower. can you get behind that, please? can you get behind that? a new album just dropped? well, no. he s so proud to be from toronto. i feel like he really put the city on the map, you know? he s a great ambassador for the city. would you agree? oh, yeah. i m listening to him right now. i listened to that album twice already this morning. we love drake. . thank you very much. who doesn t? of course i m joking about changing the name of the building that identifies toronto s skyline, but drake is more globally recognized and the biggest cheerleader for what may be north america s most overlooked city. we re going to make some change. we re going to make some change in these streets. i m carlton mccoy. raised in inner city d.c., educated in kitchens around the globe. these days i make a living as a master sommelier. i m a nomad, dr
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
spokesperson said it would be open to an extension of the truth under the current agreement. president biden says extending the conflict in gaza would only play into the ideology of hamas. israel says it has received a list of hostages which could be released on wednesday. on tuesday, 12 more hostages were released, bringing the total number now freed to more than 80, including ten israeli citizens and two thai nationals. israel has released another 30 palestinian prisoners. theyjoin the 150 other palestinians, mostly women and teenage boys, who have so far been released from israeli jails since the truce began on friday. tal heinrich, a spokesperson to the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, told the bbc the israelis are willing to extend the ceasefire under the current terms. we have received the list, we are notifying the families of the people who appear on the list, and all otherfamilies of the who appear on the list, and all other families of the hostages who are
jimmy carter, as well as president joe biden and his wife, first lady dr. jill biden. the president and first lady and secretary of state, bill and hillary clinton. and every living first lady, laura bush, michelle obama, melania trump, as well as of course vice president kamala harris. waiting for the hearst to depart, i want to talk about what we ve seen. i know this was i m sure there was emotional for millions of americans watching today, but as somebody who has been a biographer of the carters, and i know this was particularly emotional for you. what moved you the most? yeah, no, it was extremely emotional. you know, i hadn t seen president carter since the 75th wedding anniversary party back in july of 2021. and i have to say i m shocked at how thin and frail he looks. very sad. and i can t imagine what he is thinking having lost his wife of 77 years. i m also particularly moved by the three eulogies given by family members. chip, amy, and the grandson, jays son. th