it s 5:00 in the morning. thanks for joining us. i m christine romans. welcome back, christine. i m laura jarrett. we begin with testimony in the trial of kyle rittenhouse. the defense team plans to call several more witnesses today in the teen s murder trial including a doctor and a kenosha police officer. rittenhouse broke down in tears on the stand wednesday describing the moments before he fired his ar-15. he insists he was acting in self-defense and didn t do anything wrong. everybody that you shot at that night you intended to kill, correct? i didn t intend to kill them. i intended to stop the people who were attacking me. by killing them. i did what i had to do to stop the person who was attacking me. by killing them? two of them passed away, but i stopped the threat from attacking me. one problem with that testimony, in cross-examination rittenhouse said he knew one of the men he killed was unarmed. the nation is watching closely toe see the next mov
tonight from the heart of times square, this is cnn s new year s eve live with appearances by usher, ellie golding, kevin hart, patti lupone, patti labelle, jean smart, john stamos, jennifer lewis, amy sedaris, tenacious d, nick cannon, ava max, samuel l. jackson, plus more surprises. and now live from new york city, your hosts, anderson cooper and andy cohen. and welcome, everybody, to times square in new york city. anderson cooper here. i m andy cohen. they brought us back for another year. they did. yes, they did. with stipulations. some stipulations this year. we ll get into that. yeah. there s fine print. yes. it is a balmy night here in new york. it s almost like 50 degrees. yes, it is. i was schmitzing. i got rid of my coat. we were all prepared for it to get colder. the crowd has been assembling for hours here in times square. very wet very wet. i would call them flaccid, the crowd. okay. it s early. not the word i would use.
reports of children sleeping on mats and overcrowded facilities. in reporter say the white house is keeping them in the dark of what is going on, watch this. since there aren t photos, why not release those? and have them invited to the briefing room and talk about the photos? if you want to grant access to the press, gooden utility hs? again, we grant transparency. remain committed to do that. the border is upset that they can t show up at the border, they can t do right aligns and can t question what is happening inside. it seems like why? i certainly wouldn t characterize it that way. speak with border towns are overwhelmed. so how is the situation on the ground in mexico any different? the situation on the ground is certainly challenging. bill: a lot of pointed questions from media outlets, frankly. if you are watching midday yesterday, i think you could say there was a different tone in that room. dana: there is a moment, a crisis, let s call it what
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