The Source with Kaitlan Collins

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy don’t often find themselves facing backlash from the MAGA universe. But, tonight there is a major divide between Trump’s advisers and the MAGA base. Plus, a second blackbox was just recovered that could provide new clues about what caused a passenger jet to crash in Kazakhstan killing dozens.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The House Ethics Committee lays out what it calls substantial evidence that former Congressman Matt Gaetz paid tens of thousands of dollars for sex with multiple women, including a minor. Gaetz has denied the accusations repeatedly and he is pushing back again tonight. Plus, the alleged CEO killer is back in court. Luigi Mangione’s lawyer is tearing into authorities for treating her client like a spectacle and staging a perp walk.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are awaiting a vote from the Senate to avert a government shutdown. Democrats are declaring victory, Speaker Mike Johnson is declaring victory, even Elon Musk is declaring victory. Plus, CNN is live on the ground in Germany where a driver plowed through a Christmas market in what authorities suspect was a deliberate attack.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Capitol Hill is in total chaos as the United States is one day away from a government shutdown. Not only is there no deal, nobody seems to know who is in charge. 38 Republicans just bucked Donald Trump by voting against a spending deal that Republicans cut not with Democrats but among themselves.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Conservatives on Capitol Hill suddenly revolted against a bipartisan bill House Speaker Mike Johnson had struck with Democrats to keep the lights on and the government funded. The pressure really started to build when one person started to blast the bill — Elon Musk.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We provide an update on RFK Jr.’s effort to be confirmed by the Senate. Plus, in New York, murder charges were brought against the accused CEO killer now being branded by prosecutors as a terrorist.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A shooter has killed a teacher and a teenage student at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin and injured six others, including two students who are in life-threatening condition. A law enforcement source says the 17-year-old shooter apparently planned the attack in advance. We hear a live briefing from officials this hour.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As mysteries are growing in the skies around New Jersey, a New Jersey part-time resident says its time to shoot them down. Plus, alarms in the medical community over revelations that RFK Jr.’s attorney has been petitioning to get a life-saving vaccine revoked.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump says pardoning convicted criminals who rioted at the Capitol will happen within minutes of taking the oath of office. Plus, there may be more than one Kennedy in the second Trump administration as CNN can now confirm Trump is considering naming Amaryllis Fox Kennedy as the deputy director of the CIA.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aftershocks on Capitol Hill after the director or the FBI says he’s resigning while the candidate that Trump wants to replace him with was interviewing with senators. CNN has new reporting on why Christopher Wray is making this move now. President Donald Trump is now one step closer to dramatically reshaping the FBI in his image.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices