can you see that, can you see that? now let go of the hammer of the gun, and the gun goes off. i let go of the hammer, the gun goes off. >> more now from cnn's lucy kafanov in denver. >> reporter: christine, laura, good morning. this was an emotional, raw interview after alec baldwin describing what happened before as well as the moment in which cinematographer halyna hutchins was killed. he described rehearsing a scene in which he draws a weapon and says he pointed it just to the side of the camera as hutchins instructed him to do. he said he cocked the gun asking whether she could see it and then let go of the hammer when the weapon discharged. baldwin insisting he never pulled the trigger. >> well, the trigger wasn't pulled. i didn't pull the trigger a. >> so, you never pulled the trig sner >> no, no. i would never point a gun and pull the trigger. that was my training. on day one of my instruction in this business, they said don't take a gun and go click, click, click. you implement the firing of the gun. don't do that. >> reporter: baldwin doesn't blame himself for what happened. he said he believed the weapon was safe. he did not typically check the guns for safety himself. saying, quote, an actor's responsibility is to do what the prop armorer tells them to do. he stressed multiple times he once answered how a live round ended up on the set. take a listen. >> the there's only one question, where did the live round come from. someone put a live round in the gun, a bullet that wasn't even supposed to be in the property. where did that bullet come from? somebody brought live rounds, plural, onto the set of the film, and one of them ended up in that gun. >> reporter: now, baldwin also attacked the two people who have filed civil lawsuits so far. those are script supervisor mammie mitchell and the chief lighting technician. he said he found it unsettling that they filed lawsuits before hutchins' husband matthew hutchins did. baldwin went on to say he believed it's highly unlikely he himself would be charged with anything criminally. his attorney speaking to cnn disputing the notion that baldwin didn't pull the trigger saying in a statement, quote, guns only fire when someone pulls the trigger, or if someone pulls the hammer back and lets it go. either way, the gun was in mr. baldwin's hands when it fired the bullet and he bears responsibility for the harm that was done. the investigation still ongoing. the focus is very much on how those live rounds ended up on set. at this stage in the game, more questions than answers. christine, laura, back to you. >> all right, lucy, thank you for that. no response yet from attorneys for the two crew members who filed civil suits to baldwin's actions. government shutdown averted. both chambers passing a stopgap bill to extend funding for the federal government through mid february, but there was plenty of drama along the way. party leaders forced to broker a deal in order to overcome republican brinksmanship over vaccine mandates. a standoff of sorts to trigger a shutdown when a small number of republican senators who object to president biden's vaccine requirements tried to hold up the vote on the funding bill, but did not prevail. new details about the crit cam moments leading up to the deadly school shooting in michigan this week. despite the fact that two -- two oxford high teachers reported concerns about the shooter's behavior, the school claims punishment was not warranted. >> there is a lot of talk about the student that was apprehended, that he was, you know, called up to the office and all that kind of stuff. no discipline was warranted. there are no discipline records at the high school. yes, this student did have contact with our front office. and, yes, his parents were on campus november 30th. >> and now we are learning ethan crumbly may have had that gun in his backpack during a meeting with school officials and his parents on the morning of the shooting. cnn's shimon prokupecz is on the ground in oxford, michigan, with the latest on the investigation now. >> we have an active shooter incident. so far we do have confirmed injuries. >> reporter: new details, including some of the emergency dispatched calls from tuesday's school shooting in oxford, michigan. >> we have one with a head wound. >> reporter: police saying today they are confident the suspect acted alone. >> we have seen no evidence that there was anyone else involved in this situation with him, or anything to follow on. >> reporter: the investigation now focuses on events leading up to the moment when 15-year-old ethan crumbly allegedly started shooting that day. >> on the day prior to the tragedy, a teacher in the classroom where he was a student saw and heard something that she felt was disturbing in terms of his behavior. >> reporter: in fact, two separate teachers had reported disturbing behavior before the deadly shootings began. >> they had a counseling session about it with school officials and a phone call was left with the parents. >> reporter: just hours before the shootings, the second teacher brought the suspect's behavior to the attention of school authorities. >> the day of the shooting, a different teacher in a different classroom saw some behavior that they felt was concerning, and they brought the child down to an office, had a meeting with school officials, called in the parents, and ultimately it was determined that he could go back into class. >> reporter: the prosecutor saying there is more evidence to come. >> there is an additional piece of evidence that hasn't been released yet, but i can assure you it was troubling, it was disturbing, and unfortunately he was allowed to go back to class. >> reporter: then just before 1:00 p.m., emergency calls began. >> medical emergency oxford high school. scene is not secure. possible multiple injuries. >> reporter: prosecutors say school surveillance video shows the suspect left a bathroom, gun in hand, and began shooting from the hallway at a methodical pace. firing at least 30 shots at fellow students in hallways, and in classrooms. first responders called for advance life support units, helicopters and hospital support for trauma patients. >> two patients door 7, one at door 6 with a head injury. >> reporter: crumbly now in jail awaiting trial is charged as an adult with first degree murder, terrorism causing death and assault charges in connection with shooting 11 people, killing four of them. he pleaded not guilty to the charges through his attorney at his arraignment wednesday. prosecutors are now saying an announcement may be coming soon about potential charges for the suspect's parents related to the gun allegedly used in the shooting. >> we are reviewing potential charges and hope to have an announcement about that in the next 24 hours. >> reporter: an attorney for the alleged shooter would not comment on the possibility of charges against the parents. meanwhile, all of this still continuing to cause fear here in the community, some 60 schools have been forced to close because of unverified threats. back to you. >> all right, shimon in michigan for us. to the covid economic recovery now in a matter of hours important new evidence of how strongly the american economic machine is humming. a key jobs report expected to show 550,000 jobs added back in november, the most since july. hiring roared in october. turns out the summer lull because of the delta variant wasn't as bad as feared. the job market is improving, but it's not quite back to normal. 5.8 million jobs added back this year, but considering the 22 million lost at the start of the pandemic, the labor market you can see is still in a hole. and a big challenge for companies, something that's called the great resignation, back do normal is not at all what millions of workers necessarily want or can do right now. and workers have the upper hand, quitting their job in record numbers for better pay, 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ola answered yes to all of those. with bola, the defense brought up that bola may have been in a sexual relationship with smollett which he denied. he desired to work with security for smollett which bola didn't remember, but that was a growing point of tension. the defense posited which bola denied. with both the brothers, prosecutors pointed to a significant threshold, that they did not know the police would be involved at any point in this, and that at least with ola, if he had known, he testified, he would not have agreed to do it. it was quite the day. the judge agreed, and he expanded to it being quite a week, and it is why he gave jurors the day off today, and we don't expect to see them until monday where court will resume, and potentially be in the hands of the jury by the end of the day as the judge mentioned thursday. laura, christine? >> omar, thank you. >> what a mess. so in a sidebar like that, there would be other people -- not the jury, but other people who would be able to corroborate the judge lunged. >> the prosecutor would be there. the court reporter would be there. somebody is going to know what happened. there is a record of what happened for sure. all right. still ahead for you, florida's ron desantis proposing his own civilian military force. you will hear him say why. and the stadium fly-over that raises the question, how low is too low? 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>> reporter: yeah, laura, i think the medical community has largely really rallied around these steps, cheering on the president. but the fact of the matter is that americans are really tired of the pandemic. they're tired of pandemic procedures, pandemic restrictions, enforcements, rather, and the white house knows that. still, the bottom line for this president is he is doing these moves in trying to keep the americans safe. that is his main goal. so that most immediate effect, the travel restrictions on incoming passengers where they have to test negative exactly 24 hours or less, then coming into the u.s., that's going to be the most immediate step that the president takes. but he announced a whole full approach that really kind of relies on increasing vaccinations in the country, something that has been a bit elusive to him. there is still a conglomerate of americans who will not get those shots, really evading his administration's efforts. but take a listen to the president as he described really the goal for his plan. >> it's a plan that i think should unite us. i know covid-19 has been very difficult -- divisive in this country. this is a moment we can put the divisives behind us, i hope. this is a moment we can do what we haven't been able to do enough of through this whole pandemic, get the nation to come together. >> reporter: so that goal for the president, getting the nation to come together as he said, it has been difficult, potentially more difficult than what white house officials thought it would be coming into this administration. but one thing that the president's moves really focus on, he's trying to prevent a winter surge or at least deal with it, prepare the country for it ahead of time. and so also in those remarks, president biden repeated one of those promises that he made earlier this week that there will be no shutdowns or lockdowns for now, but this is a president really trying to get ahead of any potential surge, trying to keep the american people safe. laura? >> jasmine wright live in washington, d.c. for us. thank you. to germany now where it is imposing a nationwide lockdown on the unvaccinated, government leaders are planning to make the vaccinations mandatory in the next few months. under these new guidelines, unvaccinated people will be banned from all but the most essential businesses like super markets and pharmacies. frederik pleitgen joins us from berlin with the latest. how is this going over there, fred? >> reporter: yeah, i mean, it certainly comes at a difficult situation. you can really tell, christine, that the german public, but also german politics has clearly lost their patience with people who are refusing to get vaccinated. germany still has very low vaccination rates, and just looking today again, i was checking out the numbers. and the daily new infections have gone up again and they're really high. they had about 75,000 new infections in the span of 24 hours. just put that into perspective, that would be around 300 to 350,000 new infections according to the population of the u.s. so that's a lot of people who are getting infected with covid. you're absolutely right. the german government, the outgoing government, and the incoming government which will be in power next week, they are essentially locking unvaccinated people out of public life. it's obviously those businesses that they're not going to be able to enter, but also, for instance, theaters, movie theaters, indoor sports faci facilities as well, and things like restaurants. things are going to become pretty tough for folks who are unvaccinated. at the same time, you have a big drive here to try and get more people vaccinated. the german government says it wants to administer around 30 million shots by the end of this year. that would be around the same as 120 million shots in the united states in the span of a single month, and then you have that debate which is really quite divisive here this this country about mandatory vaccinations. the german government is saying what they want to do is try to put a proposal together, but they do want the german parliament to vote on that because they say this is a measure that would really, of course, be something that would clamp down a lot of personal freedoms people have. but they say so few people have gotten vaccinated here in germany that they believe it is something that certainly is a very real possibility, and that could come into force, guys, around february of next year. christine? >> fred pleitgen for us. thanks, fred. tensions between the u.s. and russia on the rise. plans are in the works for a one-on-one conversation between president biden and russian president vladimir putin. secretary of state tony blinken and russian foreign minister sergei lavrov met thursday in stockholm to discuss growing concerns that russia is about to invade ukraine. matthew chance is tracking all the latest developments. he joins us live from camp this morning. matthew, what more are you learning about this? >> reporter: well, dramatic diplomatic meetings taking place over the course of the past 24 hours, but no real diplomatic breakthrough. what we have seen, though, is russia and the united states set out their diplomatic wares as it were, russia making it clear that what it wants, perhaps to stop this saber rattling near the border of eastern ukraine. it is supposed to be a legal agreement discussed and agreed with the united states who would prevent nato, the united states and its nato allies from expanding the western military alliance further eastwards towards the border of russia. this is something they've been talking about for sometime, but they've been reiterating it over the past couple of days and weeks as a red line for russia. the united states have not reacted positively to that possibility as yet. in fact, anthony blinken, u.s. secretary of state, saying that it will be dire consequence for russia if it was to engage in further military aggressive action, including, of course, an invasion. but there has been the talk, as you mentioned, of this diplomatic kind of dance coming to a head with a summit, a virtual summit being proposed and being agreed now between president president biden and president putin of russia. we don't know when that is going to be. a date has not been formally set. but the kremlin says we should be prepared for that virtual summit to take place over the coming days. >> all right, matthew chance live in the ukraine for us this morning. thank you. president biden expressing hope for the future thursday do you recognize the national christmas tree lighting ceremony in washington. >> 3. 2. 1. merry christmas! >> the first couple counting down the clock to light the tree on the elipse near the white house. president biden described the evergreen tree as a symbol of life and abundance amid the darkest and coldest days of winter. >> it's a bright beacon of hope that reminds us of the promise we find in scripture, of finding light in darkness, which is also a very american thing to do. perhaps the most american of things to find light. and it's important to continue traditions like this one, to remember that simple truth today. >> president biden also expressed gratitude for the sacrifices made by america's service members and their families and said that his heart goes out to those who lost loved ones during this pandemic. >> lovely. just ahead, the nfl cracks down on three players for breaking covid rules. and a military fly-over now under investigation. was that too close for comfort? 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i hate snakes and those bugs. let's get a check on cnn business. looking at markets around the world to end what has been a wild trading week, asia closed mixed. europe has opened lower. and stock index futures leaning down just a little bit here. look, this is a week now of yo-yo stock markets. yesterday it was a rally. that was a rally after two down days. but this has been a week, honestly, that has been completely volatile over here. fast forward for me there, i can show you what we're expected to in terms of the dow. the dow closed 16 points higher. the nasdaq ended the day higher. economic gut check on the labor market in a few hours. a key jobs report expected to show 550,000 jobs added in november. 5.8 million jobs have been added this year. 5.8 million this year. but considering the 22 million lost at the start of the pandemic, we're still in a bit of a hole. that report is out at 8:30 a.m. we will break that on "new day." >> now to the price the at the pump. opec stays the course. agreeing to add 400,000 extra barrels of oil to world supply in january. this is a really closely watched move from capitals around the world. demand is surging for oil. the u.s. and its allies had asked opec plus to release even more when the cartel did not, the u.s. and nations released millions of barrels from their own strategic reserves to try to cool off gas prices. in a statement, opec plus said it is ready to make immediate adjustments if required. the group's next meeting january 4th, a look at gas prices in the u.s. right now 3.37 for a gallon of regular, down from last month. but up sharply from last year. the biggest factor in oil this week actually is the new variant, the omicron variant, and concerns it could close factories and hamper travel around the world. of course, that would depress the economy and lower gas prices. where have all the playstations gone? gamers have gone all out to get their hands on the latest video game consoles. hard to come by this holiday season. supply chain has affected the the industry and the gaming industry particularly hard. there is a global shortage of computer chips. of course, chips go in all of those consoles. more than a year after they launched the sony playstation, the microsoft x box still difficult to find. nintendo's latest which debuted in october, that is even harder to find on store shelves and online. analysts predict supply chain issues will vex gamers well into next year and possibly 2023. my request for an x box last year added years to my life. >> it feels like a supply shortage that your household would actually care. >> exactly. i am in that age group. all right, sports now, buccaneers wide receiver antonio brown is among the three nfl players suspended for misrepresenting covid-19 vaccination status. andy scholes has this morning's bleacher report. all right, andy, what happened here? >> good morning, laura. nfl opened an investigation into antonio brown two weeks ago after the tampa bay times reported brown's former personal chef said brown obtained a fake vaccination card before training camp. after investigating, brown and two other bucs players, quarterback mike edwards and know free agent john franklin misrepresented their vaccine status. as a result, the league is suspending them three games without pay. the nfl says all three players waved their right to appeal the suspensions. brown's attorney released a statement saying his client is vaccinated and continues to support vaccinations. cowboys head coach mike mccarthy and assistant coaches not on the side lines for last night's game due to the covid protocol. the fourth quarter, tayson playing for the saints, picked off carlos watkins, and the 300 pounder rumbling in for 29 yards for the pick six. cowboys picked off hill four times in this game. they would win 27-17 to improve to 8 and 4 on the season. saints, meanwhile, lost five in a row. all right, in the nba lebron james will be back in action tonight, just two days after being placed in the league's covid protocols. lebron testing negative twice in a 24-hour period. turns out there was a false positive that put lebron in the covid protocols causing him to miss tuesday's game in sacramento. the lakers take on the clippers tonight. the suns, meanwhile, not only have the best record in the nba. they're on the loppingest winni streak in franchise history. they won for their 18th straight win. phoenix hasn't lost since october 27th. they'll try to make it 19 in a row tonight against steph curry and the warriors in san francisco. and we had history last night in the nba. the grizzlies crushing the thunder 152-79. yeah, i said 152-79. the 73-point win the largest margin of victory ever in an nba game. the previous record was 68 set by the cavs against the heat in 1991. memphis led by 36 at half. at one point they were actually up 78 points before letting off the gas. nine memphis players scoring in double digits. the grizzlies did this also without their superstar john moran who is out with injury. finally, brian kelly has been in baton rouge a couple days and apparently already developed a southern accent. >> it's a great night to be italian. i'm here with my family, and we are so excited to be in the great state of louisiana. but more importantly to be with you great fans, and to be part of what is going to be an incredible ride here at louisiana state university. >> so, i don't know, guys, maybe if you eat cajun food 48 straight hours the accent starts to develop. brian kelly has been coaching up north his whole life. that was fascinating. >> he was trying to fit in? i don't know. >> whatever it takes. >> maybe don't fake it. >> all right. andy scholes, nice to see you. >> thanks, andy. all right, actor eddy mecca died, on "laverne & shirley" playing the love interest, the big ragu. >> are you going to start with the prince charming on the white horse bit? bad enough i'm taking horseback riding lessons. we need a big ragu. >> the big ragu. cindy williams who played shirley and the former co-star could do it all. eddy mecca was 69. sing a dua lipa levitating to the hot 100 chart with the biggest song in the world this year. ♪ ♪ >> levitating had a record breaking run this year in terms of streaming, radio, air play and sales data. it is only the third song to be crowned the year's top hit without spending a single week at number one. it only peaked at number 2. lipa called her song's top year-end status absolutely surreal. >> all of these top year-end charts make me feel old and dated i've got to say. >> all right. you are not old or dated, i promise. thanks for joining us. i'm christine romans. >> i'm laura jarrett. have a great weekend, everyone. 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