of cnn this morning. it is sunday, december 25th. of course you know, we ve all been waiting for this beautiful morning. i m amara walker. good morning and merry christmas to you as well. thank you for spending part of your holiday morning with us. just ahead this morning, fighting racism from a one horse open sleigh, after getting hate mail for put putting up a black stanta in his yard santa in h yard, one man fights back. and how dollar stars are quickly becoming the go-to destination for shoppers. and we re going to introduce you to this year s cnn hero of the year, with a heart warming moment as she accepted her award. first let s get you caught up with this morning s headlines with whitney wilde. good morning and merry christmas to you, if you re celebrating at home. we begin with this brutal weather storm. at least 22 deaths are blamed on the storm and more than a quarter million people are without electricity. more than 3,400 flights were cancelled yesterda
again why i m home, i tested positive for covid. but that s to the fact, i am vaxxed and boosted. i have no symptoms and i feel just fine. because i care about the health of my colleagues, i ve chosen to work from home, and practice social distancing. with so much going on, i didn t want to risk the chance to bring all the news to you. so, let s get started. tonight s need moment of truth, with following breaking news this afternoon that the senate has worked out a framework for bipartisan gun legislation, that could represent the biggest federal rule to curb gun violence in decades. at the same time, in the house, on the eve of the second round of public hearings from the select committee investigating january six, essentially tomorrow. morning taken together these momentous moves on capitol hill, give me help. on this sunday, because sunday is a dear hope for a ministry. that democrats and biden administration are making some progress, and fulfilling their promise to defe
South tyneside has been held by the labour party, 28 seats, the number needed for a majority but 15 have been taken by independent candidates and the 11 seats to the green party. We knew the greens were doing well, but look at that, labour losing ten and the independent party is gaining nine and the tories losing one and we will try to get to the bottom of what has gone on for quite a dramatic shift, so thatll be interesting and we will try to get to the bottom of that in the next a while after the news and i will say welcome to mark harper, the Transport Secretary who has just joined us and Jonathan Reynolds is still here and sarah olney from the Liberal Democrats and we will talk to you in a while. Lets tell you where things have got to in the total tally. Where things have got to in the totaltally. Labour where things have got to in the total tally. Labour have a9, gaining one and the Conservatives 19, losing 15. The lib dems 16. One and the Conservatives 19, losing 15. The lib dems
near the southern gaza strip where palestinians say they have nowhere else to go. and now, one blast is blowing out the windows as police are trying to serve a warrant. what led up to this. i m skate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman, and this is cnn news central. so what is chris christie going to say on the debate stage tomorrow night now that he knows that at of people don t want him there? according to the new york times, republican donors, strategists and pundits are publicly pressuring mr. christie, to end his campaign and many want him to support nikki haley, and many want him to quit not only yesterday, but a month and two months ago. and liz cheney has said that she has not ruled out a third-party run, and this is as donald trump prepares to hold a solo town hall and ditch the debate tomorrow and head back to court thursday. kristen holmes and alaina treene joining us. now, where is donald trump seeing things? well, john, donald trump continues to ru