CNN’s Michael Smerconish interviews Kathleen Fitzpatrick, a third grade teacher at the Holy Trinity School in Washington, DC who is now a playground legend after making a full-court shot that won her students a cup of hot chocolate. #CNN #News
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Retired Brig. Gen. Steven Anderson speaks with CNN’s Kate Bolduan about his op-ed in the Washington Post in which he and two other retired generals warn that the US military must work to quell unrest within the armed forces to prevent another insurrection from occurring in 2024. #CNN #News
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Sky News that the US and NATO are expanding onto Russia’s borders – and not the other way around. At his traditional end of year news conference, Mr Putin answered questions from the world’s media. And he told Sky News’ Russia Correspondent Diana Magnay that his country wasn’t threatening
CNN political commentator SE Cupp reacts to former President Donald Trump’s announcement that he will hold a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on the first anniversary of the attack on the US Capitol. #CNN #News
States, politicians, media companies, journalists and women are some of the many targets of Donald Trump’s past lawsuits that date as back to 1973. CNN’s Randi Kaye delves into the litigious history of the former President. #CNN #News
CNN’s Jim Acosta calls out Fox News anchors Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham and Brian Kilmeade for their on-air comments downplaying the January 6 Capitol riot after the House committee investigating the riot released messages sent by the anchors to former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows asking Trump to tell the rioters to go home.
Former President Donald Trump isn’t discouraging chatter that he should run for Speaker of the House, but the possibility it happens seems pretty unlikely. In the latest episode of The Point, CNN’s Chris Cillizza discusses why Trump probably won’t take the speaker’s gavel in 2022 despite calling the idea “very interesting.” SOURCES AND FURTHER READING:
CNN’s Michael Smerconish sits down with the Andy Corren, who wrote a hilarious and heartfelt obituary for his mother that ended up going viral. #CNN #News
A judge in Delaware has found that Fox News’ coverage of election fraud after the 2020 election may have been inaccurate, and is allowing a major defamation case against the TV network to move forward. CNN legal analysts weigh in on the ruling. #CNN #News
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Rep. Jim Jordan forwarded a text message to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on January 5, outlining a legal theory that then-Vice President Mike Pence had the authority to stand in the way of the certification of the 2020 election. CNN’s Paula Reid, Jim Sciutto, Erica Hill and John King report. #CNN #News
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) forwarded a text message to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on January 5, outlining a legal theory that then-Vice President Mike Pence had the authority to stand in the way of the certification of the 2020 election. CNN’s Anderson Cooper discusses. #CNN #News
Former Trump communications director Alyssa Farah speaks to CNN’s Alisyn Camerota about the text she sent to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on January 6. #CNN #News
Boris Johnson’s Brexit minister Lord Frost has resigned from the cabinet. Lord Frost quit in a letter to the Prime Minister last week, but won’t officially leave until January. Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates reports that Lord Frost goes “on good terms”, but he is unhappy with the direction of government – high
A judge in Lafayette, Louisiana, is taking a leave of absence and facing calls for her resignation after a video with racist language recorded at her home surfaced. CNN’s Ryan Young reports. #CNN #News
Dr. Sanjay Gupta follows several families who have seen the miraculous benefits of marijuana when used on their children struggling with autism. CNN’s special report “WEED 6: Marijuana and Autism” airs on Sunday, December 19th at 8pm ET. #CNN #News
A mother and her partner have been found guilty over the death of 16-month-old Star Hobson who was repeatedly assaulted. The toddler died in September last year from “utterly catastrophic” injuries including a fractured skull and leg. The 16-month-old girl’s mother Frankie Smith, denied murder, alongside her partner, Savannah Brockhill. WARNING: This report contains distressing
CNN’s John Berman and CNN political analyst Carl Bernstein read out newly released text messages exchanged between former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and Republican lawmakers before the Capitol insurrection on January 6. #CNN #News
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said he is watching what is unfolding with the House select committee investigation into January 6 and that it will be “interesting to reveal all the participants who were involved.” CNN’s John Berman and CNN political commentator Margaret Hoover discuss McConnell’s remarks. #CNN #News
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is in a power struggle with former President Donald Trump over the control of the Republican Party… and McConnell is losing. In the latest episode of The Point, CNN’s Chris Cillizza unpacks why Trump’s endorsements are a must among GOP candidates — and his ongoing feud with McConnell could be