all right. cnn this morning starts right now. here s my promise to you. i will walk with you, even as i work for you. because because here is what i ve learned as a pastor. you can t lead the people unless you love the people. you can t love the people unless you know the people and you can t know the people unless you walk among the people. good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, december 7th. it is the morning after the election, the runoff. that was incumbent raphael warnock, closing out a bruising mid term cycle for republicans.
all. warnings of more sanctions. the high stakes call between president biden and putin turns tense at times. so what did it achieve? and a standing ovation for angela merkel who is take a bow after 16 years as germany s first female chancellor. we re live in berlin for a vote on her replacement. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. well, it s wednesday, december 7th, and we re just hours away from a key deposition into the attack on the u.s. capitol, and that sounds like it s no longer happening. but first exclusive reporting on the very wide net, the january 6 committee is casting. cnn has learned members have officially subpoenaed the phone records of more than 100 people including trump officials and associates and his one-time
our nation and we must not make the mistake of elevating them as if they do. that does their job for them. it makes them more important and helps them with recruitment. welcome back to morning joe. it s wednesday, december 7th. with us we have veteran columnist and msnbc contributor mike barnicle. managing editor of bloomberg politics john heilemann. where s heilemann? there he is. so cute. handsome guy. even when he pouts. he has an arrogant pout. that s what they said about churchill. are you saying that he s churchillian? they said he had a pouch. no pouch. and joining the conversation washington anchor for bbc world news america katty kay. since you have a british accent i have to ask you this question. exactly. she knows stuff. you can just tell. you have a british accent.
president of the united states barack obama to his successor about fighting terrorism. good morning. and welcome to early start. i m george howell. good morning, i m alison kosik. it is wednesday, december 7th. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. and president-elect donald trump is warning congress against blocking his pick for secretary of defense. at a thank you rally in the battleground state of north carolina, trump introduced his nominee for defense secretary. he noted that retired general james mattis is going to be needing a special waiver to take office. and trump almost dared congress not to give it to him. cnn s sunlen serfaty has the latest from north carolina. reporter: good morning, george. president-elect donald trump holding his second rally here. he was much more retrained, much more disciplined, quite different from that first thank you rally he had last week where
angry attack muffins technicaling holiday sweaters, and, of course, how to get your wag on. while alex continues her vacation on pluto, we want to give you a look back right now at a year on now. can mitt romney self deport himself into the oval office? carl rove thinks he s conspireing with the easter bunny. is the republican party fired up and ready to go? wednesday, june 14th. wednesday, december 7th. and this is now. this year the grand old party gifted us the grand old clown car. time to bring in steady eddie, aka rick santorum. seems to be in the throws of a tantorum. i say hot garbage. mitt romney, the kaiser of the republican party.