it for us tonight. we ll see you again tomorrow. time for the last word. my friend jonathan capehart, in for lawrence tonight. good evening, john. good evening, ali. thank you very much have a good evening. thank you. last night on this program, a large breaking news that special counsel jack smith and his team had handed over the first batch of evidence in the classified documents case. today, we, along with donald trump and his legal team are getting a better idea of what that evidence actually is. according to the filing of special counsel smith and his prosecutors, that evidence includes quote, interviews of defendant trump conducted by non government entities recorded with his consent and obtained by the special counsel s office during the investigation of this case, including the july 21st, 2021 reported interview defending trump providing to a publisher and writer quoted in part in the indictment. now, we cannot say for sure whether that line refers to more priv
tonight. we ll see you again tomorrow. time for the last word. my friend jonathan capehart, in for lawrence tonight. good evening, john. good evening, ali. thank you very much have a good evening. thank you. last night on this program, a large breaking news that special counsel jack smith and his team had handed over the first batch of evidence in the classified documents case. today, we, along with donald trump and his legal team are getting a better idea of what that evidence actually is. according to the filing of special counsel smith and his prosecutors, that evidence includes quote, interviews of defendant trump conducted by non government entities recorded with his consent and obtained by the special counsel s office during the investigation of this case, including the july 21st, 2021 reported interview defending trump providing to a publisher and writer quoted in part in the indictment. now, we cannot say for sure whether that line refers to more privately recor
hi, everyone and welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, december 23rd. i m amara walker. and i m danny freeman in for victor blackwell. great to have you here. the eve of christmas eve. that is correct. there is more legal chaos involving donald trump heading into 2024. the supreme court rejects a request for justices to quickly hear arguments on whether the former president has immunity from federal prosecution. we ll walk you through what that means for his legal cal tar. plus, authorities at the southern border report a record number of migrant encounters every day. cnn is there. finally a cease-fire passes. we ll speak to an official about the humanitarian crisis in gaza. have yourself a healthy little christmas. it feels like i should be singing. does it feel like everyone you know is sick right now? we ll talk to a doctor about how to steer clear of the respiratory viruses that are out there. we re three weeks away from the iowa caucus and donald
officials will be holding a press conference later this hour, and we ll of course bring you any detail we learn later this hour. but first most americans have spent at least some of their life living paycheck to paycheck not knowing how or even if they ll be able to pay their bills each month, and now that is not just americans, it is also the country america itself. the entire federal government is one month from being out of cash, and that is not an exaggeration. we re already four months past the debt limit. the treasury has been doing creative accounting to move the money around since then. and now the treasury is the warning the government of the united states could truly, truly be broke by june 1st. if republicans in congress do not raise the debt ceiling in the next 30 days the global economy could collapse. so given the staelks here this should be a relatively straightforward fix, because who would want to use the debt ceiling as a negotiating wedge. hopefully we
marcus moore in ukraine. 24 hours after the deadly shooting rampage in atlanta the alleged gunman charge. as we now learn about the woman killed, a mother of two young children, a beloved cdc employee. four other women wounded. steve osunsami in atlanta. the deadly subway confrontation under investigation in new york city. disturbing video showing a former marine using a choke hold to restrain a man who witnesses say was acting erratically and threatening other passengers. the man later dying in the hospital. protesters demanding the former marine now face charges. the new report claiming the billionaire mega donor who paid for vacations or supreme court justice clarence thomas and bought justice thomas mother s home now comes reporting that the donor paid the private school tuition for thomas great-nephew who thomas raised as a son. n karl reporting tonight. the verdict for singer ed sheeran on whether he copied marvin gaye s song. you will hear his reaction tonight.