we are following that news. plus, a first on cnn, we re learning new information about a potential january 6 committee witness who the panel says got a call from former president trump. details on what he or she may know that could be key going forward. and right now, president biden in jerusalem, day two of a critical trip to the middle east. at this hour, he meets with the israeli president isaac hertzog to expand security ties to counter iran s nuclear threat. we mean what we say. to have an opportunity to accept this agreement that s been laid down. if they don t, we made it absolutely clear, we will not let me say it again we will not allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. so, let s begin this our with our wolf blitzer and kaitlan collins joining us again from jerusalem. wolf, to you first. what stood out to you most in the comment, especially from the president there, on countering iran. i thought your interview with david sanger following the press confere
Trump escapes the cage and makes a play. We are going to be doing a rally at Madison Square garden. Jesse who is behind the Arab Spring Break . A primetime investigation. Show your face. Are you scared to show your face . With more on the stormy weather, here is our weather person and meteorologist. Heres where the hurricane is right now. Jesse al rocher is getting sued over de i. How do you think he tasted . Uncle who . Jesse theres an animal loose on the streets of new york city. Breaking out of his cage at the Crack Of Dawn this morning donald trump headed straight into a Construction Site. Jesse donald trump amid a sea of hardhat this morning. It wasnt even 6 30. The former president shaking hands, signing at the. Talking to the people who built the city of new york. I think there is may be. [ inaudible ] there are very talented people. They dont get the credit for it. Very few people can do what they do pay her it was guys like this that did it. Jesse trump has always loved i coul
taxpayer dollars on an illegitimate impeachment inquiry because donald trump, the puppet master, has directed extreme maga republicans to launch a political hit job against president joe biden. that s house minority leader hakeem jeffries calling out republicans in the lower chamber before the vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry into president joe biden. that came after hunter biden defied a subpoena from house republicans challenging them to hold public hearings for his testimony. we ll have much, much more from a bitter and partisan day on capitol hill. plus, the supreme court will hear the first case tied to abortion rights since it overturned roe v. wade. we ll get expert legal analysis on that just ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, december 14th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we have a busy morning ahead, and we ll start here. the republican controlled house has voted to formally authorize its impea
Revealing anything privileged tomorrow or wednesday. And then spicer was deflecting on russias role by arguing that maybe election interference is more of an issue for Hillary Clinton than vladimir putin. Why Arent We Talking about the influence other influences on the election . Why Arent We Talking about Hillary Clinton getting Debate Questions ahead of time . Thats a valid attempt to influence an election. Spicer is citing an email there that showed a democratic operative on cnn appear to share Debate Questions in advance with clinton, an email revealed by the underlying russian hack. Now trumps aides would apparently prefer to take shots at Hillary Clinton than address the Foreign Policy dilemmas theyre facing right now. Its easy to see why. Its pretty easy to blame your competitor for everything. That is, of course, what 2016 was a about. But 2016s over. This is 2017. Its not a test. Its about to get much more difficult for donald trump. Joining me now former cia
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forward is that crude prices have moved down 25 bucks, gasoline prices have come down. especially, the hope is if the declines continue that will be more reflective of data to come. i should say we got really important information on the jobs front. initial jobs claims. this is the initial report how many people are applying for unemployment benefits. the jobs report is a monthly look. this is considered a realtime picture of what s happening in the labor market. we saw a big increase, 244,000 applied for unemployment benefits that s increase of 9,000 from the week before. still low when you look at the chart sort of where they ve been in the last year or so. still low. but people have been watching very closely to see, are we starting to see cracks in the labor market? we got that jobs report, last week, for last month, that shows a really strong jobs report. let me ask you this one quick follow-up. one of the top economists at the white house was on new day