pass a $1.7 trillion spending bill. that s trillion with a t, folks. republicans calling it a terrible christmas gift for americans already feeling the pain from high inflation. listen. we re two days away from christmas. the christmas season is a season of giving. but in congress, it appears the season of giving will line the pockets of democrats special interests and stick the hard-working americans with the tab. in moments, new york republican congresswoman nicole malliotakis. but first to senior congressional correspondent chad pergram reporting live from capitol hill where all of the action is happening today. chad? anita, the house and senate are now aligned on the omnibus. the vote 225 to 201. one democratic nay. alexandria ocasio-cortez. nine gop yays. most gop members railed against the bill as republicans claims the majority on january 3. in 11 days, this all changes. we re going to reclaim this body s integrity and service the american people. after this in
they got him. and got more including the deadline from the review well past. today having gotten what they wanted they were called onto do something they ve notably not done in any court filing or proceedings so far, namely back up what their clients and allies are suggesting saying these documents were declassified. for the government s part today they signaled their willingness to take this all the way to the supreme court. jessica schneider starts us off and joins us now. let s talk about what the trump legal team told the special master. yeah, well what s interesting is their response to that ultimatum from the special master where he said he might have no choice but to accept the government s claims that 100 of those documents are classified, if trump s team doesn t step windup the proof that the former president declassified them. and that s really something that trump s legal team has resisted repeatedly asserting both in person in court and in legal filings. so, you
fiona pick cnn is on the ground in puerto rico to show you the path of destruction. live, from cnn center, this is a cnn newsroom, with rosemary church. thanks for being with us. we are following new developments out of moscow. vladimir putin is ordering a partial mobilization in russia to support his invasion of ukraine. the russian president says it begins today, and people in reserves, and those who have previously served in the armed forces, will be subject to conscription. let s bring in cnn s clare sebastian picture joins us live from london. what exactly will this order from putin for a partial mobilization mean for ukraine, and of course, for russia? rosemarie, this is a significant moment for russia, it is a partial mobilization, not full-scale conscription but we know that russian forces have had trouble replenishing their ranks on the battlefield, they have been using prisoners to do that, freeing them and taking them to ukraine. as well as mercenaries. have
raining. the outer band still lashing puerto rico. t a least four deaths reported so far. emergency crews have rescued more than 1,000 people. the efforts are still ongoing as responders try to get to people in hard to reach areas. parts of puerto rico are still recovering from hurricane maria that made landfall there five years ago today. cnn s leyla santiago is live for us in san juan. what are you hearing? brianna and john, as i checked in with families this morning, if you were in san juan, the metropolitan area, there is a small portion of areas that have had power restored. they are getting water back this morning. but if you are in the interior, if you were on the southern coast, really hit hard by hurricane fiona, there is still no power, no water. there are still people at shelters, and there are still crews trying to get access to some areas because of that flooding. i know you went over a lot of the numbers in terms of how much water has come down, the deaths
caribbean, hundreds of thousands of people have no power or running water. it is difficult. the worst does appear far from over as we watch the track here with turks and caicos and bermuda. now in fiona s path. we are keeping a very close eye on that of course. also this morning new details on the 2020 election. surveillance footage showing what happened inside a georgia election office on the same day voting machines were compromised there. a republican county official and associate seen working with an attorney for former president trump spending hours inside of that restricted area. but let s begin in puerto rico where today marks actually five years since hurricane maria s catastrophic landfall on the island and now the same survivors of that crisis say the devastating flooding from this storm could be even worse. our lay low sanity thyago is on the ground in san juan with the latest. reporter: today the majority of people in puerto rico are waking up without power