cnn news not with abby phillip starts right now. comments from the president that made his own staffers go yikes. that s tonight on news night. good evening, i m abby philip in new york. tonight, what you might call the law of political suspects. every action has it s equal, opposite reaction. president joe biden has now essentially confirmed that he is running for one race, and or bronzer, because of one man and one man only. donald trump. those remarks came at and off camera fund-raiser in boston, and they are jaw-dropping, if only for their clarity and their simplicity. if trump wasn t running, he says, i m not sure i d be running. but we can t let him win. the biden campaign was caught off guard, according to sources. yikes, was how one top campaign adviser reacted when he learned what biden had said. now, that remarks are short to create some headaches in the days ahead and to renew some conversations that are ongoing about president biden s age. moments ago, tru
saying are you re going be dictator. i said no, other than day one and that s right, donald trump said he would not be a dictator if he s re-elected except for first day. what he would do in first 4 hours of presidential power. president biden acknowledging behind closed doors that he s not sure if he was running for re-election if it wasn t for trump. and senate shouting match, republicans walk out of a classified briefing. what they want in exchange for the support. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. so glad you re with us. donald trump put on the spot in saying the quiet part out loud. under no circumstances, you re promising america tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody. except for day one. except for day one. want to close the border and i want to drill, drill, drill. that s not retribution i m going to be i m going to be he keeps i love this guy you re not going to be a dictator? i said, no, n
no more insight on this week s billboard hot 100 chart isn t from the senior, actually, from this decade, or the decade from where that. it s actually twice my age and then some. in fact, if it were person it would be old enough to collect social security. as the holidays near though, it s it s probably when you ve been hearing a lot. brenda leaves, rocking around the christmas tree is making history, 65 years after it was released. now, breaking the record for the longest time to debut between, debuting and reaching number one. this achievement, fueled by a music video and tiktok campaign from lee, who recorded the song when she was just 13 years old. she is now 78, and celebrating this milestone, as she turns 79 next week. a nice early happy birthday to her. the song is set to break the record, that also is a christmas classic, of course, a lot of christmas music around here for the next several weeks. i want to thank you so much are joining us tonight, cnn
plan to save them now that talks have broken down? plus a cold calculation israel defense forces say they are killing two civilians for every terrorist calling it a positive ratio. and the final four, gop reveals who made the debate stage tomorrow in alabama and who got left out. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt oig. it is 5:00 a.m. in washington, noon in gaza where israel has intensified their airstrikes in the south while expanding ground operations with battalions of tanks rolling across the region, that part of the region for the first time. u.n. officials are warning of an apocalyptic situation. nearly 1.9 million palestinians displaced, tens of thousands of them fleeing to the rafah crossing in the last two days. hamas run health ministry says that nearly 16,000 civilians have been killed since october 7. the idf says deaths of two civilians for every hamas mill tab militant is, quote, tremendously positive. and
[cheers] greg: it is true, we re back! happy monday, everybody. so today s democrats are as confused as mulvaney s gynecologist. because what big name dames are realizing now, after all the posturing about standing with the oppressed and speaking truth to power the party is now officially in lead with rapists, murderers and anti-semites and they didn t even have to join a prison gang. let s watch a democrat talking head try to explain october 7 aw away. i have seenlot of women speak out against using rape as a weapon of war. but downright silent on what we saw on october 7 and what might be happening inside gaza right now to these hostages. why is that? i mean, i don t know that that s true. we always talk about the impact of war on women in particular, but i think we have to remember that israel is a democracy. that s why they are a strong ally of ours, and if they do not comply with international humanitarian law, they are bringing themselves to a place that makes it