conversation through the end of your show, it distracts me. they re always fascinating. that s what i mean, hence, i am always a little confused at the beginning of my show. but it s worth it, it s worth it for the viewers. good to see you, my friend. you to my friend, we got breaking news tonight, donald trump s criminal defense team filed its reply to the special counsel jack smith s requests that united states supreme court decide whether the disgraced former president is entitled to presidential immunity in his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. the special counsel of donald trump have already filed briefs on the same issue with the d. c. appeals court. jack smith is pushing the supreme court to get involved now and make a final decision on the issue, so that the case against trump can proceed as scheduled. trump s team claim that special counsel jack smith s argument, quote, urges the supreme court to bypass ordinary procedures and
insurrection on january 6th. the republican front runner removed from the gop primary ballot in that state. what does this mean nationally for the primary, and for the general election? trump advisers are already vowing to appeal setting up another high stakes supreme court case, his republican primary rivals rushed to his defense, and one wants candidates to boycott the colorado primary all together. also developing this morning, talks under way for a potential new deal to free hostages held by hamas. the new israeli proposal floating around this morning that could lead to a second temporary truce. cnn this morning starts right now. here s where we begin, donald trump kicked off the ballot in colorado, in an historic ruling that could throw the 2024 presidential election into chaos. the president, advisers vowing to take this extraordinary case all the way up to the supreme court just weeks before the crucial gop primary season officially kicks off. here s what happe
the charges here are of the utmost gravity. it s just one, just one trump-related case before the supreme court right now. we re going to start with cnn legal analyst kari cordero and cnn supreme court analyst joan bis biscoupic. what do you make of this request from jack smith? he wants to reiterate as strongly as possible as the justices are considering it at this very moment the importance of the case, why delay would hurt the situation, hurt the public interest. not so much hurt the government s case as hurt the public s interest. he says nothing short of democracy is at stake. he really uses the fact that we re dealing with a former president here. he wants to say why donald trump is not like any other defendant, why he needs to jump over an appellate court at this point because donald trump should have to account for his actions back in 2020. he doesn t mention 2024 s election at all. he wants to he s talking about the imperative of being able to hold him accountab
happening now, dangerous whiteout conditions as a huge and deadly winter storm strikes the northeast. we are tracking this epic weather system as it unleashes record cold, heavy snow, freezing rain, and flooding across the country and creates holiday travel chaos. the other major story that we re following, the january 6th committee s final report laying the blame for the insurrection squarely on former president donald trump. we are breaking down all the top lines from the massive report and whether it paved the way for trump to be indicted. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m brianna keilar, and you are in the situation room. we are following these blizzard conditions, life-threatening record low temperatures, and treacherous travel all just two days before christmas as a massive winter storm is slamming much of the eastern u.s. we are covering all of the extreme and dangerous weather with our correspondents in
announcer: this is cnn breaking news. our breaking news this hour certainly is breaking indeed. the january 6th committee has now released its final report just moments ago. it is here. i want to bring in cnn justice correspondent jessica snyder. jessica, i understand the committee is making very specific recommendations about how law enforcement and also of course legislative bodies ought to proceed now in the wake of this report and their findings. tell us what are you learning? reporter: laura, that s the big take away from this report. so it is 845 pages. the vast majority of that actually incapsulates eight chapters where they out the entire narrative surrounding up to and including january 6th. but the real meat of this is not until page 689, and it lays out about let s see 11 different recommendations this committee is making. i want to highlight a few for people. and laura you were asking before where can people go to actually read this entire report. it is up o