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
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