the latest developments. hello, cb. mike, good afternoon. the legal team is calling for upgraded charges and attorneys for penny say the mounting defense will exonerate their client. this insight shared last night by penny s attorney thomas kenneth during wabc radio show katz and cosby. and the attorneys say, quote, they were led to believe this case was head today a grand jury and caught off guard when d.a. decided to arrest him on manslaughter, a penalty up to 15 years in prison. he was released on a $100,000 bond. some legal crit exsay this process has been political. if they re not going to arrest him on the scene with a political complaint, and wait and there s a gap. they ll go to the grand jury and come back with indictment. they didn t here, which leads me to believe the decision to charge him on a complaint was something driven by politics and not by the best interest of the criminal system. he s saying his firm has retired n.y.p.d. detectives investigating and
dana: i don t have high hopes. here is what we re going the talk about today. in the latest fox news poll inflation and higher prices topped the list of voter concerns. you can see the steep declines just this year. your 401k has lost 2.1 trillion, america, this year alone. average plan is down more than 25% year-to-date, not a cool thing to look at. dana: 71% of voters say their family has had to cut back just to afford the necessities. president biden over the weekend seems to think everything is a-ok. president biden: our economy is strong as hell internally. inflation is worldwide. worse off than in the united states. so the problem is, the lack of economic growth and sound policy in other countries, not so much ours. bill: that was from saturday. karl rove has analysis today. first we go to mark meredith at the white house. dana: is there landscaping this morning, mark? there is landscaping and construction. i have the price is right mic ready this morning.
The un says its Aid Operations in gaza will start winding down tomorrow for lack of fuel. So what happens after that . Israels Prime Minister says a Ground Assault will come, but meanwhile, the brinkmanship over letting in aid versus letting out hostages carries on. We are now reducing the fuel we are using every day so we can keep the most Critical Services running for as long as possible but it is going to mean that people dont have access to drinking water. Well be talking to people who know about humanitarian operations in gaza about what happens next and whether the United Nations is taking a side. And well explore the splits in labour caused by keir starmer s statements, which hes now caveated, on israels right to blockade gaza. Also tonight, is there trouble ahead forjoe biden from within his party . Listen, there are two peoples here, palestinians and israelis. We need to show care and solidarity with the Palestinian People and these civilians who are being killed every day in
The region. Were standing by for new details on what hell ask of congress and the american people. In the war zone, egypt is expected to open a critical Border Crossing into gaza within hours and allow the first aid trucks to roll in with life saving supplies. Will it actually happen . Also breaking, jim jordan just wrapped up a tense meeting with fellow House Republicans refusing to support his bid to become the speaker of the house. Its been a day of new feuding and dysfunction as gop lawmakers struggle to decide the next step in their standoff over choosing a new speaker and reopening the house. And Donald Trumps exlawyer, sidney powell, flips on the former president and pleads guilty in the Georgia Election subversion case. Powells deal putting trump in even greater legal peril right now. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn Breaking News. Were kepeping a very close eye on the conflict in ga
new york, city christmas. ainsley: there is the all-american christmas tree out on the fox square. we were here late last night lighting the christmas tree. patriotic, all red, white and blue. cardinal dolan a rabbi here and minister. it was really special. steve: it absolutely was. as you look at it. this year, just like last year, it is fireproof. something else that we are doing a little different is we turned the light off at midnight now. because what we have found, apparently, is it draws people throughout the night. so, they turned it off at midnight and turn it right back on at 6:00 a.m. and we just turned it on so you can get a good look because it feels like thehoods right now 3 # degrees in new york city. brian: that s where i just learned something already, steve. i thought this was mayor adams demanding everybody shut down the lights to save money. shutting down library wrears and closing down museums. i just was wondering if this was part of the budget c