world. i m bianca nobilo. i m max foster joining you live from london. just ahead on cnn newsroom secretary of defense lloyd austin came to get more details from prime minister netanyahu to get a real sense of where israel is in its operations against hamas. the israeli military on sunday revealing new video of what it is calling the largest hamas tunnel they have discovered inside the gaza strip. former president donald trump ramped up this anti-immigration rhetoric during remarks in nevada sunday. they come from prisons, they come from mental institutions and insane asylums, many terrorists. senators have spent the weekend trying to see if they can get any sort of compromisen out issue of immigration. this is not just immigration reform. they re basically working diligently on just security at the border. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it s monday, december the 18th. 9:00 a.m. here in london, 11
ruling to testify in the special counsel s january 6th investigation. pence is now poised to recount for the first time under oath. his conversations with donald trump leading up to the january insurrection. also tonight, kevin mccarthy leads a defiant show of force in the face of stern warnings from china, the speaker and a bipartisan delegation of u. s lawmakers holding a historic meeting with taiwan s president on american soil. speaking with top democrat who was in the room for the talks. and later this hour, we will go live to jerusalem amid rising tensions in the middle east. there are new fears that violence could boil over after israeli forces raid one of the holiest sites in islam for the second straight night. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today . i m alex marquardt in your in the situation room. let s get straight to our top story tonight. special counsel jack smith notches a major victory, securing a
it s backed off a bit, but if you look at the tech heavy nasdaq, it is off 4% and plunging. john: debbie dingle standing by with her thoughts on how this could affect her party s midterm chances. but first, to jacqui heinrich live on the north lawn this hour and rather ironic the president has a celebration of the economy this afternoon. how are they reacting to the cpi report? either the white house expected numbers a whole lot better than this or someone in the scheduling office had an unfortunate oversight and getting an earful. it is ironic they are hosting a bunch of democratic lawmakers here today to mark the signing, last month s signing of the inflation reduction act just as those new numbers come out showing inflation, core inflation shot up last month 6.3% in august, up from 5.9% in july. and that is a key metric that the fed watches very closely and these numbers are more than the 6.1% that economists predicted, the next set of rate hikes will likely be quite a
we are live in the newsroom in washington. good evening. today donald trump and ron desantis held dwelling campaign events in iowa. the florida governor is in the hawkeye state wrapping up a campaign tour of all 99 counties in iowa but high- powered endorsements from iowa s governor has not had mucht on the poll numbers. desantis showing in the polls that he is back behind donald trump, whose lead appears to be growing at this point. the former president is pushing lies about the 2020 election, saying he hopes judges will let them prosecute that race. he is claiming his rival is handing out these signs. look at these on screen right there. these signs say biden attacks democracy. he is encouraging his supporters to enter ballot counting facilities to guard the votes. we are live in iowa. steve is in newton with the campaign and kristen holmes is in cedar rapids with team trump. pretty astonishing to hear trump s allegation that president biden is waging a war on democracy as
top of the hour. glad you are with us on this special holiday edition of cnn this morning. israel says that hamas hostages won t be released until tomorrow. we are standing by for word from qatar, the down mediating the deal, on when the truce will begin. fiery explosion shuts down a significant border crossing with canada following a speeding bentley which hit a median and burst into flames. the driver and his wife killed. the fbi saying this was not be a act of terrorism. and also the macy s thanksgiving day parade starting in half an hour. officials saying there are no specific threats around the annual tradition. and they are warning of a heightened threat environment though. this hour of cnn this morning starts now. we have a team covering this from tel aviv to cairo. and we re waiting for qatar to announce when a four day truce will begin so that the hostages can start to be released. you see they willing ready for the press conference. we ll bring it to you