florida p plus the u.s. embassy in baghdad hit by rockets. and plus i shouldn t be sitting in a courthouse and i don t have to sit here. donald trump at a courthouse instead of on the campaign trail. is this about the law or politics? good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it is friday, december 8. happy friday. 5:00 a.m. here in washington, 2:00 a.m. in california. new trouble for the president s son. hunter biden now facing a second criminal case with nine tax charges brought by david weiss. the 56 page indictment filed in california alleges hunter schemed to evade at least $1.4 million in federal taxes from 2016 to 2019. and instead he spent his money on drugs, escorts, girlfriends, luxury hotels and rental properties, exotic cars, clothing. so basically everything but his taxes. if convicted, hunter could face up to 17 years in prison. let s bring in civil rights attorney areva martin. good morning to you. thanks for
viewers joining us here in the united states, around the world, and streaming on cnn max. i m rosemary church. just ahead, the four-time indicted twice impeached former president, donald trump, takes the stand as a defendant in a new york civil fraud trial. we will take you through his combative and testy day in court. plus, it has now been a month since the horrific hamas attacks on israel and as the war rages on a u.n. official says the death toll in gaza from israel s relentless airstrikes defies humanity. live from cnn center this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thank you so much for joining us. donald trump has denied wrongdoing in each and every case against him and monday was no different when he took the stand in his civil fraud trial. he was belligerent with the new york judge who ordered the former u.s. presidents legal team to control their client, reminding him that this was not a political rally. and that same judge who trump called extremely hostile wi
have also said that this type of guidance is long overdue. nearly 60 million americans have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine and more than 30 million americans are now fully vaccinated. and while the vaccine rollout has accelerated rapidly in recent days, the timing remains critical. the top health experts in the country say new infection rates have plateaued at a very high level after falling for several weeks. and highly transmissible variants continue to spread throughout the country even as states are starting to loosen restrictions and in some places completely remove any masking requirements. so there is a lot that we re waiting to get some more guidance, to hear some from the covid response team when they begin the briefing any moment now. joining me now is elizabeth cohen and dr. jorge rodriguez, a viral specialist. so elizabeth, this has been long awaited guidance that we ll be hearing. what do you know about the level of detail or how granular t
$1.9 trillion covid relief bill makes its final passage. that s expected wednesday. thursday president biden will deliver the first prime time address of his presidency to mark one year since the nation shut down. we re also tracking fallout from that bombshell interview of the duke and duchess of sussex, whose allegations of racism and neglect have plunged the royal family into crisis. the interview is airing right now for the first time in britain. we ll go there live later this hour for the latest reaction. first, let s get the details of the new cdc guidance just out for more than 30 million americans, who were fully vaccinated against covid-19. our national correspondent, erica hill, is working the story for us. erica, new freedoms for those lucky enough to be fully vaccinated. reporter: that s right. that number is above 30 million here in the u.s. of people who are fully vaccinated. this guidance, we ve been waiting for it, for weeks at this point, as people are just
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