right now on ana cabrera reports, breaking news at a courthouse in washington, rudy giuliani no longer set to testify today in his own defense in the defamation case brought by two election workers. why did the man once known as america s mayor decide not to take the stand? plus, donald trump s fed in pause. will this force the judge to change the trial date? also ahead, the house voting to launch an impeachment inquiry, so why now after a year of investigation resulting in no evidence of wrongdoing by president biden? and later, the return of vladimir putin s hours long year-end news conference, the first since the invasion of ukraine. his new admissions about the war and what he said about a potential prisoner swap with the u.s. good morning, thanks for being here. it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with breaking news from washington. in major reversal, rudy giuliani will not take the stand in his defamation trial. he wa
house republicans escalating probe into president biden. a couple hours from now, the full house will vote on formalizing a biden impeachment inquiry. the gop s probe has failed to show links between biden and his son s questionable business dealings. republicans think the resolution will give them more leverage. this morning hunter biden showed up at the capitol right outside as you see, offering to testify publicly in the probe. but republicans want a closed door interview first. so, now, they say they re going to pursue a contempt of congress referral against hunter biden. manu raju has been following this. you ve been a busy man on capitol hill today. what do we expect to see in the coming hours? reporter: we expect the republicans will get the vote to authorize the impeachment inquiry. the inquiry has been going on since september, when then speaker of the house kevin mccarthy announced this investigation would go forward. they don t need a vote to authorize the inquir
the new warnings are coming from the republicans this morning of what a second donald trump presidency could look like. and big pharma is colliding with the supreme court and happening is billions of dollars of stake as victims of the opioid crisis weigh in. and a stunning and controversial decision of the body that governs college football playoffs leaves florida state out in the cold. they will not be playing in the college football playoffs. with kate bolduan and john berman, i m sara sidner and this is cnn news central. 42 days and that is how close we are to the real test of the 2024 election, and the iowa caucus is kicking off january 15th, and this is a new warning from the republicans themselves about the republican frontrunner and what a second donald trump presidency could mean. former reagan official robert kagan calls a possible trump second term a possible path to a dictatorship. and another quote says it could plunge the country into a constitutional cri
collapse of the troops. plus, talks of a dead end, no negotiations between israel and hamas this morning with each blaming the other for the breakdown. and the dire warning from former republican congresswoman liz cheney, why she says america is sleep walking into a dictatorship. good morning, to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m kasie hunt. it s monday, december 4th. it s 5:00 a.m. here in washington and it s noon in gaza where the israeli military says they have expanded combat ground operations to the entire territory north and south, following the collapse last week of the truce between israel and hamas. the idf saying this morning it s now hit about 200 hamas targets in gaza from the air. israel now warning civilians to leave large parts of gaza, including neighborhoods in the south. we ve warned two weeks ahead of time that people in northern gaza need to evacuate towards the south because we re going to operate. you know what unicef s
there is a clear path to dictatorship in the united states and it is getting shorter every day. new warnings including from former republican officials about the risks of a second donald trump presidency. in gaza the death toll is surging as israel expands its military operations against hamas. palestinian civilians and more than 130 hostages caught in the middle. an urgent push is under way to get israel and hamas back to the bargaining table. exhausted and demoralized. the new report on the stress air traffic controllers are under and the risk that it carries for air travel. i m kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn news central. new this morning with donald trump surging in the polls, fresh sounds of alarm about what a second trump presidency might mean. and some of the warnings are coming from one-time republicans. quote, let s stop the wishful thinking and face the stark reality there is a clear path to dictatorship in the united states and