welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, december 17th. i m amara walker. i m omar jimenez in for victor blackwell. look, we are looking at a lot of things, watching a lot of things. namely, the biden campaign are accusing donald trump of parroting adolf hitler after the former president made disturbing comments about immigrants at a rally. senators are working on big immigration changes as they try to reach a deal on ukraine funding. severe weather impacted millions at the start of last-minute christmas shopping and holiday travel. and in israel the idf facing scrutiny after soldiers accidentally killed israeli hostages in gaza. prime minister benjamin netanyahu acknowledges international pressure but adds, we are in a war for our existence. and could not just rocks, but hot rocks that glow brighter than the sun be the key to helping us end our dependence on fossil fuels? we will look at the new innovative way to address the climate crisis ahead on cnn this morn
very dangerous, and i hope that as the nation watches that we to say we should sound the alarm across the nation we re entering dangerous territory. that was one of two democrats in tennessee that was just expelled after participating in a gun violence protest on the floor of the statehouse. we ll have much more on this partisan punishment just ahead meanwhile on capitol hill one of donald trump s most vocal allies in congress sends a subpoena to a former prosecutor in the manhattan district attorney s office we ll explain why this move may backfire on jim jordan, and we ll dig into a bombshell report exclosing years of lavish vacations taken by supreme court justice clarence thomas, all paid for by a gop mega donor all right, good morning. and welcome to way too early on this friday, april 7th. i m sam stein in for the irreplaceable jonathan lemire. republican legislators in tennessee voted yesterday to expel two black democrats from the statehouse over their protest o
dangerous. i hope that as a nation watches, that we put this light on this to say that this should sound the alarm across the nation, that we are entering into very dangerous territory. one of the two democrats in tennessee expelled after participating in a gun violence protest on the floor of the statehouse we re going to have much more on this partisan punishment just ahead. meanwhile, on capitol hill, one of donald trump s most vocal allies in congress sends a subpoena for the this isn t going to work well for jim jordan the prosecutor is going to explain why he wrote a book saying that, actually, d.a. bragg didn t go after donald trump aggressively enough. but, you know, if you have them, smoke em, jimmy. yeah. this could backfire on jim jordan we ll explain. and we ll dig into the bombshell report exposing lavish vacations taken by supreme court justice clarence thomas, all paid for by a gop mega donor. boy, willie, the clarence thomas stuff keeps coming out
texas gave the biden administration seven days to appeal his decision. very dangerous when you have the vitamin ist rations coming out and saying they may not uphold a ruling. it is an extraordinary example of judicial overreach. the department of justice is opening an investigation into a trove of leaked us intelligence documents that have been posted on social media documents provide a rare window into how the u. s spied on allies and foes alike. it s really problematic because it really generates a lack of trust between nations, both friends and foes. monday evening, the metro council will decide the political fate of former representative justin jones heard from thousands of constituents and they want him back in the seat. tennessee house republicans attempt to crucify democracy as instead resurrected a movement cowardice. selfishness of the legislators in antonio s first head coach gregg popovich, sounding off on lawmakers in the wake of the nashville school shooting fre
his mother had to move six times in six months to get away from walker s violence. walker responded to this quickly. he denied the abortion claims instantly vehemently, and in a fox news interview today, walker denied knowing who his accuser is. despite this get well card that allegedly shows his signature and an alleged image of a personal check that was signed by walker. have you figured out who it is? not at all, and that s what i hope everyone can see. it s sort of like everyone is anonymous, everyone is leaking, and they want you to confess to something you have no clue about. but it just shows how desperate they are right now. so, what may surprise you as much as the claim is the reaction among some prominent conservative antiabortion voices. how many times have i said four very important words? these four words, winning is a virtue? so, i don t care if herschel walker paid to abort, endanger baby eagles. i want control of the senate. endanger baby eagles. oka