good morning. welcome cnn this morning. merry christmas eve out there. santa is making his rounds. new developments from former president trump s legal team in a filing submitted late last night. the president is urging a federal appeals court to slow out the federal election subversion case against him in washington, d.c. his attorneys driving home the point trump was working in his official capacity as president to make sure the integrity of the election results. in the document they said before any single prosecutor can ask a court to sit in judgment of the president s conduct, congress must have approved of it by impeaching and convicting the president and since that didn t happen, trump has immunity. well the appeals court expedited the process and will hear arguments january 9. the judge for the case paused procedural deadlines. it s up to an appeals court to decide if presidential immunity applies here. he is not the first president to invoke presidential i
First, new year, new congress and new problems for Kevin Mccarthy as he struggles to secure the speakers gavel. The pushback hes getting from his caucus with time right nowing out to secure the votes he needs before republicans take control of the house. Its one of the busiest travel days for what has been one of the craziest travel seasons in recent memory. Ahead, were on the ground at one of americas busiest airports. And youll want to turn up the volume for this one. Who stands to benefit from new big changes for Retirement Plans and Student Loan Payments this year . How it could affect your bottom line. Plus, the new restrictions for women in afghanistan that groups say will cost lives. About 25 hours from now, the 118th Congress will convene with republicans in charge of the house of representatives. But its still far from certain who their next speaker will be. Nbc news has obtained a letter Written On Sunday by a group of nine current and incoming House Republicans expressing sk
aircraft. you can see the breadth of the areas hit. president vladimir putin, the russian leader, threatened further harsh responses. this is following a huge explosion over the weekend on a strategic bridge between crimea, illegally annexed in 2014 by putin and mainland russia. and moments before the attacks in ukraine, duelling in the united nations general assembly where delicates are expected to vote on the annexed regions in ukraine. met with silence while the ukraine ambassador received applause after saying this translator: but my day has started almost 14 hours ago. we started 14 hours ago, because my country was under attack. my immediate family was in a residential building under attack unable to go to a bomb shelter, because there was no because russia has already killed some of my family members, and we see no end to that cruelty. in a rare public appearance today the top british intelligence officer sir jeremy fleming is expected to say exhausted rus
it s continue:in the east, 7:00 a.m. in the west. today americans have been dreading the book end to one of the busiest travel seasons on record that has certainly seen its fair share of headaches for travelers. we re live from atlanta s airport as folks hope to start off the new year the right way. and overseas, russia unleashing a swarm of drone strikes on ukraine, showing no signs of backing down from the strategy of targeting key infrastructure amid the bitter winter cold. we re live in the region with the latest as we approach the one-year mark of russia s invasion. also ahead, the family of the suspect arrested in connection to the killing of those four university of idaho students is addressing that arrest. what the suspect s lawyer and the police chief there are telling nbc news. plus, new chaos on capitol hill with republicans set to take control of the house. how kevin mccarthy s bid for the speaker s gavel just got even more complicated thanks to his very own
first, new year, new congress and new problems for kevin mccarthy as he struggles to secure the speaker s gavel. the pushback he s getting from his caucus with time right nowing out to secure the votes he needs before republicans take control of the house. it s one of the busiest travel days for what has been one of the craziest travel seasons in recent memory. ahead, we re on the ground at one of america s busiest airports. and you ll want to turn up the volume for this one. who stands to benefit from new big changes for retirement plans and student loan payments this year? how it could affect your bottom line. plus, the new restrictions for women in afghanistan that groups say will cost lives. about 25 hours from now, the 118th congress will convene with republicans in charge of the house of representatives. but it s still far from certain who their next speaker will be. nbc news has obtained a letter written on sunday by a group of nine current and incoming house r