first of all, we expect schools to prioritize what is in a student s head over what is on it. but a school district in texas has kept a student out of the classroom since august because it says his locks are too long. the superintendent now says that being an american requires conformity. now, this case is heading to court. today that student and his attorney are with us. plus, president biden likely needs michigan to win reelection. the city of dearborn has one of the largest arab american populations in the country, and its mayor says he turned down a meeting with the president s campaign manager. he s here to explain why. and dante wright s mother is with us. he was killed during a traffic stop in 2021 when an officer said she accidentally pulled her gun instead of her taser. well, that city just rejected a proposal to change rules for when police can pull someone over, and dante s mother says more people will die. i m victor blackwell. let s start the show. i
reporting from the campaign, the caucus site and john king at the magic wall and of course, stay with cnn tonight a special edition of ac 360 begins now. tonight on 360 new endorsements, fresh polling, final pitches and sub-zero cold. we re indoors and out with candidates all across iowa with the opening contest of primary 24 just hours away. the role evangelical voters are expected to play in iowa and beyond, joined by bob van der plat. since hamas attacked and took hostages and the conflict wide edge. good evening. thanks for joining us. we are 24 hours away from the first vote to the 2024 presidential race. 24 hours away from the start of the irk what caucuses most of which convene at this time tomorrow night, just getting started of what is normally poll closing time in most other states. one of the many things we ll talk about tonight which set iowa apart including this year with a blizzard in the final days of the campaign and record cold temperatures expecte
tonight. straight from the source, donald trump asking another state not to kick him off the ballot like colorado and maine did. it s a ruling that could come at any moment now. we re standing by for that. also ukraine reeling tonight from the largest russian bombardment since the early days of the war. more than 150 missiles fired in total across the country, as president biden says that president putin must be stopped. and you can t make this one up, or i guess maybe a.i. can. trump s former fixer, michael cohen, says he didn t know that he gave his lawyer bogus cases that were then submitted to a judge. it s kaitlan collins, and this it s kaitlan collins, and this is the source. captions by vitac www.vitac.com we have the latest update tonight in the battle for the ballot. donald trump is now urging oregon supreme court to dismiss a case that s attempting to remove him from the ballot there as well. his lawyers arguing that congress, not the courts, should enforc
officials say there is no timetable for slowing the pounding of gaza, a war cabinet member comes to washington where pressure is growing to end it soon. also tonight, does he think it is festive or something? the former president aired his grievances, makes a list, and tells the people on it what to do and where to do it. plus, alexei navalny missing and feared that in russia s. prison system, he resurfaces. bringing a christmas message of courage, hope, and good cheer, from one of the coldldest cornes of the modern-day . good evening everyone, john berman here for anderson, we begin with he was officials. trying to steer israel towards. a new lesson tense of less. destructive phase of its. campaign in gaza and israeli officials signaling they are in no hurry. one of those officials in washington to night meeting with secretary of state anthony blinken and national security adviser jake sullivan. we re going to have the latest on those meetings which wrapped up about six minu
you are live in the cnn newsroom, i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour with donald trump arguing that lobbying owe election officials to overturn the 2020 election was within his official responsibilities as president. that argument was part of a brief filed last night in which attorneys for the former president asked an appeals court to dismiss his criminal election subversion case, one day after the supreme court refused to decide for now whether he is protected from prosecution. in the filing trump s attorneys argue that, quote, president trump has absolute immunity, the judicial branch cannot sit in judgment over a president s official acts. the legal wrangling could push a verdict into the heat of the 2024 campaign or even after the election if trump is elected he will try to pardon himself. politico argues trump s legal argument seems to be as much about prevailing in the appeals court as a bid to slow down the case against him. let s discuss that and mo