the militant group hamas vowed to retaliate. there have been loud blasts, we ve seen the flames there in tel aviv. we re covering this from multiple angles. we re starting with ben wedeman in jerusalem. ben, what you were seeing there we also have aaron david miller, our analyst, global affairs analyst in washington. to you first, ben, what are you seeing there? are you seeing much like what we re seeing in tel aviv? reporter: no, here in jerusalem there have been no sirens going off, no rocket attacks. we ve seen a scuffle around the city between palestinian protesters and israeli security forces, but compared to the last few nights, it s relatively calm here. what we re seeing elsewhere, for instance, tel aviv with a rocket barrage. apparently one rocket hit a bus in the south of tel aviv and the international airport has now been closed as a result of we mentioned the toppling of the 13-story building in the evening as well. israelis being killed. and it does seem
into his conduct. also brand new details about the federal investigation. but we begin the reidout in a minneapolis courtroom. two weeks into the trial of former police officer derek chauvin. the medical examiner who conducted the autopsy of george floyd took the stand. dr. andrew baker s autopsy ruled floyd s death a homicide. floyd died because his heard and lungs stopped functioning rile being restrained by police. something he reiterated today. in my opinion, the law enforcement subdue restraint and neck compression was more than mr. floyd could take. the defense, however, is overlooking that finding focusing on other contributing factors from the report. like floyd s heart disease and past drug use. the doctor testified they way have played a role in floyd s beth, the ultimate cause is not in doubt. in fact, he saw nothing wrong with floyd s heart during the autopsy. did you take a photograph of mr. floyd s heart still intact? no, i did not. would you tell
unbelievably, the republican message as we go to air tonight is that the capitol insurrection that left five people dead, including a cop who was beaten to death by the maga crowd who chanted hang mike pence and brought a noose in case they caught him, all fueled by the former president of the united states is still it s not worthy of an impeachment trial. indeed, given the chance to vote yesterday, all but five republican senators affirmed that they are ready to absolve the florida retiree who is still their boss in his role of provoking that deadly siege. never mind their own lives were put at risk. they say, don t worry about it, we should all just move on. democrats are wasting the nation s time on a partisan vendetta against a man no longer in office. they beat him up before he got into office, they re beating him up after he leaves office. at some point give the man a break. move on. how easy would it be, sean, for joe biden to say it is bad to impeach a presi
republican senators to vote to convict. members of the party are now faced with the question about whether a former president impeached twice is still the best representative for their party. you still believe president trump is the best face for the republican party? yes or no? i think he s the i think, yeah. i think donald trump s policies served the country well. i think donald trump has to rehabilitate himself as a politician. cnn s senior washington correspondent joe johns joins us on capitol hill. joe, we heard from a number of republican senators today about the odds trump will be impeached or convicted i should say. what are they saying? reporter: 48 hours ago we re really starting to see a refinement of the arguments especially from those members of the united states senate who are probably most likely to vote against convicting the former president and from lindsey graham one of the most interesting things i heard him say today is something playing in the
moving. joe: build back better left behind. as the senecas home for the holidays, pushing through the progressive plan, democrats playing the blame game, that is coming up. alicia: vice president kamala harris makes another media misstep this time getting into a heated exchange whenreal pre. just days after president biden again referred to harris as president. president biden: all kidding aside, of course president harris when president harris a virtual tour of a vaccination center in arizona not long ago. i took public confidence in the backseat. president-elect harris occurs today for the same reason. joe: she snapped at charlemagne when he suggested joe manchin is pulling the strings. is the real president? joe manjula joe biden? charlemagne, it is joe biden. no, no, no. it is joe biden and don t start talking like a republican about asking whether or not he is president. it is joe biden and i m vice president and my name is kamala harris. tammy: charlemagne s