Israel launched direct strikes against Iran Saturday morning, in a high-stakes retaliation to Tehran’s ballistic missile barrage earlier this month. The Israeli military said it hit “precise” military targets and an Israeli military source told CNN the strikes did not include energy infrastructure. #cnn #news

President Joe Biden told President-elect Donald Trump that he looks forward to a “smooth transition” in January, adding he will “make sure” his predecessor and successor is accommodated as he retakes the White House. #CNN #News

Russian soldiers have been heard raising concerns about how North Korean soldiers will be commanded and provided with ammunition and military kit, leaked intercepts obtained by the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine show. CNN’s former Moscow Bureau Chief Nathan Hodge reports. #CNN #News

CNN's Erin Burnett speaks with ex-Washington Post editor-at-large Robert Kagan, who resigned from the paper after publisher Will Lewis announced the paper would not endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election. #CNN #News

CNN’s Chris Wallace discusses the state of the 2024 election results so far, and why the scene may change as the night goes on. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump each need at least 270 electoral votes to win the presidency. #CNN #News #election2024

CNN contributor and longtime tech journalist Kara Swisher weighs in on the future of "X", formerly known as Twitter, and how Elon Musk role's in a second Trump administration would interact with his ownership of that platform. #CNN #News

Today on CNN 10, we spend our final show of 2024 getting an update on mysterious drones baffling residents and officials in New Jersey. We also learn about new technology that could soon use sound waves to change applied sciences, before checking out how one city that doesn't often see snow keeps its snowplow drivers ready to roll. And we find what town Santa will be stopping by for a festive train ride. All this and more on today's CNN 10!

South Korea's opposition leader initially thought the president's martial law announcement was a deepfake, he told CNN in an interview. The country's president made the stunning surprise announcement late Tuesday night, plunging South Korea into political chaos. Hours later, lawmakers voted down the decree. #CNN #News

Catch up on CNN’s reporters’ and experts’ analysis after the CNN Presidential Debate.

Watch the full debate: https://www.youtube.com/live/-....v-8wJkmwBY?si=RoFYg7

00:00-10:17 Anderson Cooper and his panel of reporters and experts discuss their initial reactions to the debate, as well as what CNN reporters heard from sources about reactions within the Republican and Democratic parties.
10:17-16:34 Anderson Cooper and his panel of reporters and experts discuss how they believe voters will react to the debate.
16:34-20:20 Evan Osnos, biographer of President Joe Biden, breaks down his debate performance.
20:20-24:32 CNN’s Daniel Dale fact-checks claims made by the candidates during the debate.
24:32-31:55 CNN’s Laura Coates speaks with a panel of undecided voters in Michigan about the debate. CNN’s Anderson Cooper and his panel discuss. #CNN #news

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Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was ordered held without bail and did not enter a plea in his first court appearance today in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. He faces five charges, including one felony count of forgery and one felony count of carrying a firearm without a license, according to the criminal complaint. Catch up with CNN.

00:00 CNN’s Erin Burnett talks to law enforcement analyst John Miller, retired NYPD detective Kirk Burkhalter and former FBI Profiler & FBI Special Agent Mary Ellen O’Toole about an update from officials on Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
04:09 CNN’s Jake Tapper reports on a photo that CNN obtained of the gun found on Luigi Mangione.
09:23 CNN’s Brian Todd explains how police found Luigi Mangione, and why he is a top suspect for the CEO’s killing.
12:02 CNN’s Jake Tapper talks to Republican Rep. John Joyce, who represents the Altoona, Pennsylvania, area, where Mangione was questioned and arrested.
15:56 A document recovered in suspect’s arrest shows “ill will towards corporate America,” officials said. CNN’s John Miller and Clare Duffy discuss the reactions online that show the “bubbling up” of “pent-up anger and frustration” that some Americans feel over healthcare and the health insurance industries.



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The leader of South Korea’s ruling party said that President Yoon Suk Yeoul needs to be immediately suspended from duty to protect the country from “grave danger,” in a dramatic reversal of opinion that compounds the pressure building on Yoon ahead of a impeachment vote in parliament. The apparent U-turn by Han Dong-hoon, chief of Yoon’s own People Power Party, comes after he received “credible evidence” that Yoon had ordered the arrest of key politicians during the short-lived martial law imposed on Tuesday night, Han told reporters. #CNN #News

After Ukraine hit a Russian weapons arsenal with US-made ATACMS missiles that it fired across the border for the first time, reporters and analysts explain what the latest developments could mean for the next stage of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. Watch CNN coverage for more:

00:00 - CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh reports on some Western embassies in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv closing after the US received "specific information of a potential significant air attack." Retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges and former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia Evelyn Farkas also react to Ukraine firing US-made ATACMS missiles for the first time across the border to hit a Russian weapons arsenal.

09:51 - CNN's Oren Liebermann reports on the Biden administration's decision to approve sending anti-personnel mines to Ukraine.

13:58 - Retired US Air Force Col. Cedric Leighton breaks down Russian warnings to Ukrainians and the US’ decision to allow Ukraine to use land minds in the war.

16:48 - President of the Kyiv school of Economics Tymofiy Mylovanov discusses the substantial portion of Ukraine’s budget that is earmarked for defense spending and how long the country can continue funding towards the war against Russia.

19:11 - Alex Dayrabekov provides a civilian’s perspective to the US giving Ukraine the green light to use long-range US-made weapons into Russia.

President Yoon Suk Yeol’s decision to declare martial law is one of the most dramatic political decisions made by a South Korean leader in its modern democratic history and plunges a major East Asia economy — and a key regional US ally — into unchartered waters. CNN’s Mike Valerio, Will Ripley and MJ Lee report. #CNN #News

Syria’s army said it is withdrawing from Hama, a symbolic and strategically important central city, marking a second major gain for a newly formed rebel coalition that also captured Aleppo last week. CNN’s Ben Wedeman reports. #CNN #News

CNN’s Dana Bash speaks with Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz about what their first day of office would look like if they win the White House in their first joint interview since becoming the Democratic presidential and vice presidential nominees.
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Part 2 of Dana Bash's interview with Kamala Harris: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rus0ght1j34

Part 3 of Dana Bash's interview with Kamala Harris: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQkojD8zLr0

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Democratic strategist James Carville joins CNN's Christiane Amanpour to analyze the key factors that contributed to Vice President Kamala Harris' defeat in the 2024 presidential election #CNN #News

Mark Zuckerberg met with Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, the latest sign of the Meta chief’s warming up to the president-elect ahead of his second term. #CNN #News

CNN's Anderson Cooper takes a look at actor and activist, Michael J. Fox's fight against Parkinson's disease and the actors fight to find a cure. Fox says he was unprepared for the diagnosis when he met with a neurologist in 1991, as he described in the recent documentary, "Still".
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CNN's Fred Pleitgen sat down for a wide-ranging exclusive interview with Sergei Ryabkov, Russia's deputy foreign minister.
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Police are still searching for the person who shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as he walked Wednesday morning to a hotel hosting his company’s annual investor conference. CNN’s Brynn Gingras and John Miller have the latest details. #CNN #News