CNN's Dana Bash was flabbergasted after watching President Donald Trump berate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office Friday.

"Wow. Just, wow. That was...that was something," Bash began before remarking on Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour's reaction.

"Look at her face," Bash said of Amanpour. "I mean, Christiane, hold, hold that thought for one, okay. Actually, Christiane, please take it away," Bash added.

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"Never in the history of modern diplomacy, war, peace, whatever, have I ever, ever, ever seen anything like it," a shocked Amanpour declared. "We just have to hope that for the safety of the free world and for the American people, for the European people, for the Ukrainian people, that these two presidents...try to iron out their differences. This was an entirely personal go to with so many mistruths and misfacts."

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CNN conservative pundit Scott Jennings was told to "zip it" Monday during a dustup with former Democratic Party lawmaker Bakari Sellers and anchor Kate Bolduan over the issues that President-elect Donald Trump is set to inherit as Congress readies to certify the 2024 election.

The conversation veered from the southern border to combat zones to the economy.

"Inflation is still going up," Jennings argued, while Sellers declared that it's "plateauing."

Bolduan jumped into the fray to add, "It is decreasing in rate, which is the entire goal of the Federal Reserve."

"Well, are prices going down or not? Just to be clear. No, they are not," Jennings continued.

Bolduan shot back, "They are down from their sky-high rates."

"No, no, no, no, no!" Jennings exclaimed.

"Scott! Let's move on," Bolduan admonished as Jennings shook his head and laughed.

"We were just arguing over combat zones," Sellers exclaimed. "I don't know where we are this morning!"

"You're going to argue with me!" Bolduan declared, as Jennings continued, "You're trying to paint a picture of something that doesn't exist!"

"Zip it!" Bolduan reprimanded him. "I'm not painting anything! I'm not — stop talking!"

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Congress is set to certify Trump's election win at noon Monday, in a formality that was vastly different four years ago. That's when the Capitol riots broke out after Trump told MAGA supporters to "fight like hell" in a rally speech down the street from where Congress had gathered to certify Joe Biden's 2020 election win.

At the beginning of the CNN segment, Sellers tried to highlight the disparity between the mood four years ago and the one Monday.

"I think that Democrats should go out and Joe Biden should rally on the Mall. I think then we should go in and sit on Mike Johnson's desk. We should take the Confederate flag and parade through the Capitol. I think we should injure 140 officers. And, then, if Kamala Harris dares to certify the vote, we should threaten to hang her. I mean, do you see how — I think people should understand how ludicrous that sounds, but that's where we were four years ago. That is what this incoming president helped usher in."

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President-elect Donald Trump may be on the path to breaking his first campaign promise, according to a report in Monday's Washington Post.

During his presidential campaign, Trump claimed he would impose “universal tariffs" of up to 20 percent on all goods imported to the United States. Economists and many congressional Republicans criticized the plan as potentially "disruptive," warning that American consumers would immediately feel the pinch at the grocery store.

However, Trump's aides are now said to be considering imposing the tariffs only on "certain sectors deemed critical to national or economic security," according to Washington Post White House economics reporter Jeff Stein.

Stein cited three anonymous sources, and wrote that such a move "would jettison a key aspect of Trump’s campaign pledge, at least for now," adding that, "no decisions have been finalized and that planning remains in flux."

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Stein wrote that it wasn't clear "exactly which imports or industries" would face Trump's tariffs if the new plan were imposed.

"Preliminary discussions have largely focused on several key sectors that the Trump team wants to bring back to the United States," Stein wrote, citing two of the sources. "Those include the defense industrial supply chain (through tariffs on steel, iron, aluminum and copper); critical medical supplies (syringes, needles, vials and pharmaceutical materials); and energy production (batteries, rare earth minerals and even solar panels)."

In addition to the "universal tariffs", Trump has threatened Mexico and Canada with 25 percent tariffs and an additional 10 percent tariff on China if they don't stop the flow of drugs and migrants into the United States.

Trump posted to social media in December that he warned the EU he would impose tariffs if they don't close the trade gap with the United States.

"I told the European Union that they must make up their tremendous deficit with the United States by the large scale purchase of our oil and gas. Otherwise, it is TARIFFS all the way," Trump wrote.

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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre answered two pointed questions about incoming President Donald Trump's social media comments on Friday.

The first had to do with Trump's assertion on TruthSocial that "The Democrats are all 'giddy' about our magnificent American Flag potentially being at 'half mast' during my inauguration. They think it's so great and are so happy about it because, in actuality, they don't love our country, they only think about themselves.

"In any event, because of the death of President Jimmy Carter, the Flag may, for the first time ever during an Inauguration of a future President, be at half mast. Nobody wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it. Let’s see how it plays out. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

The first reporter asked, "President-elect Trump seemed to take issue today with the fact that flags will be flown at half mast at the time of his inauguration, considering the passing of former President Jimmy Carter... Is that a position that the White House would consider reversing or re-evaluating?"

Jean-Pierre answered simply and curtly, "No."

Former President Carter, a Democrat, died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. President Biden ordered flags lowered to half staff in tribute for 30 days from Carter’s death, which encompasses Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20.

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NBC's Kelly O'Donnell asked about the "misinformation" Trump has been peddling on social media about Biden's "open border policy" being responsible for the New Year's Eve terrorist attack in New Orleans.

"President-elect Trump had communicated on his social media some inaccurate information relating to New Orleans this week," O'Donnell said. "Is the president at all concerned about the flow of information, and briefing, and access to whatever intelligence or whatever he might need in terms of this transition. Is he comfortable with the information flow to the president-elect?" O'Donnell asked.

Jean-Pierre began her answer by giving props to the media.

"I'm actually glad you asked this question because one of the things that you all do as a journalists' body is that you were able to fact check and say that what was stated by the president-elect was simply false. And, I think that is important, right? Which is why we respect the hard work that all of you do.

"As it relates to the president and the information that he gets, obviously that's something that's for ODNI if it's related to intelligence and specific information and that nature. I'm not going to speculate beyond that, and I'm just going to leave it there."

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A frustrated Jim Acosta unleashed on a Republican operative for defending Donald Trump after the president-elect continued to tie the issue of illegal immigration to the New Year's Eve terror attack in New Orleans.

Neil Chatterjee, who served under Trump as commissioner and chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, spoke with Acosta on CNN Thursday.

Acosta referred to Trump's TruthSocial post from Wednesday where he wrote, "When I said that the criminals coming in are far worse than the criminals we have in our country, that statement was constantly refuted by Democrats and the Fake News Media, but it turned out to be true. The crime rate in our country is at a level that nobody has ever seen before. Our hearts are with all of the innocent victims and their loved ones, including the brave officers of the New Orleans Police Department.”

"I mean this this is a problem!" Acosta said. "And, you know, you were saying a few moments ago, you can't take him literally. The president — why — shouldn't you take the president of the United States literally? Isn't that isn't that sort of a baseline expectation that he should stick to the facts?"

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Chatterjee answered, "I don't think he was saying that this individual crossed illegally, or if he was, it was based on initial reporting that was incorrect, that somebody had crossed at Eagle Pass —"

"We can show it up on screen again, I mean he's talking about, he's blaming Biden's 'open borders policy', and he's talking about that on Truth Social."

Acosta continued, "What he is saying in that Truth Social post is false! That is false!"

Chatterjee pushed back: "He's not saying that this individual crossed the border illegally, but there were 400 people on the terrorist watch list —"

"Of course, but when there's an act of terrorism in this country, the incoming president should tell the truth to the American people. I mean, that is just — isn't that what the president should do at all times?" Acosta asked.

"He's talking about securing the border, and he's been talking for years about securing the border. And I think the data bears out that he won the election, partially because —"

Acosta interjected, "I mean, i just have to say, here he goes again! He talks about everybody else being fake news, and he's the one peddling fake news."

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