Daily briefing this hour. Chuck schumer announces the senate has finally, nearly a month after the Georgia Senate results has finally reached an agreement to give democrats the gavels in this 50 50 chamber. Public Health Officials at the White House Strike a cautiously optimistic tone at this mornings Covid Briefings as cases and hospitalizations decline but warning about what lies ahead remain dire. Well speak with one of the white house top covid advisers about the road ahead, coming up. Well, welcome to wednesday. Its meet the press daily. Im chuck todd. Wednesdays have been pretty consequential. The sources confirmed that House Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy that they will take her off of one committee if they put a resolution not to strip her of all assignments. A moment ago the the democratic Majority Leader rejected the offer saying the house will vote tomorrow on the resolution about stripping her of all of her Committee Assignments even though it will set a dangerous precede
from politicians, and actors, and entertainer and foreign leaders and sports stars, you will not believe the letters he got and the people said, during the course of this interview we talk about the ideas and we apply it to current events and history. the president does a fantastic interview if you let him speak. that is what i did. it is last interview before that, i want to check it out. you can get the book at 45 books.com. amazon.com. this is the exclusive first interview. and ladies and gentlemen the book comes out on tuesday. enjoy. we ll have a good time here. i m not andrea michelle, i m not here to play games and tricks. you have a book that is coming out, a fantastic book, letters to trump, throughout your life, and career, you are a business man, tv, is amazing, sports these people writing you the letters. they all love you. i want to talk about some of these people, this is really a book of letters but a fantastic history. i think you can help us talk about it a
anti-immigrant rhetoric causing reverberations today. the white house calling the comments, quote, fascist, after the former president said this in new hampshire saturday. they re poisoning the blood of our country. that s what they ve done. they ve poisoned mental institutions and prisons all over the world, not just south america or the three or four countries we think about. but all over the world, they re coming into our country, from africa, from asia, all over the world. they re pouring into our country. the biden campaign saying trump parroted adolf hitler. priscilla, let s begin with you. this is a strong rebuke from the white house. what else is president biden and the white house saying? it s a strong rebuke and it s in line with where they have been on the comments of making a stark contrast, as to the biden vision when it comes to immigration and that of his predecessor, former president donald trump. the white house released a statement this morning, and in
viewers joining us in the united states, and round the world, and streaming on cnn max. i m rosemary church. u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin is set to arrive in israel soon as the u.s. presses for a strategy shift from netanyahu. they come from prisons. they come from mental institutions and insane asylums. donald trump doubles down on his controversial comments about immigrants. what it could signal for the rest of the 2024 campaign. and we re live in hong kong as one of the city s most prominent pro-democracy activists goes on trial. thanks for joining us. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin will be sitting down with israeli officials in the hours ahead on his second trip to the country since the october 7th attack by hamas. austin s visit comes after a stop in bahrain and once in israel, a u.s. official says he will get updates on the war. but he s also expected to press israeli officials to define specific operational milestones and work to drill down on
i would say the crib bars are too high for the grandpa. that was adorable. we ve been ending the show with a lot of singing this morning. that sounded on tune. the next morning of cnn this morning starts now. good morning and welcome to cnn this morning. it s sunday, december 17th. i m omar jimenez in for victor blackwell. hello, omar, good to be with you. i m amara walker. here is what we re watching this morning. immigration is front and center on the campaign trail and on capitol hill. the biden campaign is condemning the former president s newest comments while trying to secure funding for ukraine. severe weather is set to impact millions, especially along the east coast. we re tracking who can expect the worst of it and when. and in israel the idf is facing new scrutiny after soldiers accidentally killed israeli hostages in gaza. we have latest on efforts to free the hostages still in captivity. a man is canada is charged with murder over suicide kits