Deal. Markets pointing to another record high. Weve got gains across the board with the major indices once again in unchartered territory. Dow futures up 23 points, s p up 2, and nasdaq futures higher by 9. Impeachment standoff, that continues this morning. Congress is headed home for the holidays. But democrats are holding up sending the articles of impeachment to the senate. The battle focusing on witnesses now. What happens now . We are digging in. Then the force not so strong this time around. Star wars, the rise of skywalker number one at the box office in north america but falling short of the last two films in the trilogy. Mornings with maria begins right now. Its christmas time and weve got the spirit. Jacks for chilling. Thats what christmas is all about. The time is now. The place is here. Maria weve got christmas rapping going on this morning. We have a big show. Good morning, everybody. Joining the conversation, the director of Equity Research at cfra, ken leon is here. Pol
Chp says three people were killed, including two brothers, and you can see a live camera near pleasanton, knot of castlewood drive, and the crash itself happened just after 10 00 last night, and here we are 7 hours later, emergency crews on the scene, and the road is still closed. We know the car slammed into the power pole and a tree. Chp says in all, five teenagers, five boys and one girl in the car. Three teenagers were killed, and the others were rushed to the hospital. We have Alyssa Harrington on the breaking news. We will bring her in as soon as we can in the newscast. A child is in the hospital this morning and recovering after being shot outside of his home on christmas eve. Bullets hitting other home in the neighborhood as well. Andre spoke to the family who said they found themselves dodging bullets in their own house. Reporter at a time when loved ones are coming together for christmas, families in one vallejo neighborhood found themselves terrified. Kendrah black was getti
Cut earlier this month. And is this dramatic new evidence of Climate Change two kayakers get the shock of their lives. The Eu Council President donald tusk has rejected borisjohnsons fresh demand for the irish backstop to be removed from any brexit deal. The backstop would keep the uk in the Eu Customs Union preventing the return of border checks between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. It comes as the government annouces that British Government officials will no longer go to most eu meetings from the ist of september. In a statement, the department for exiting the eu says the decision to unshackle officials from these eu meetings is to enable them to better focus their talents on our Immediate National priorities. The brexit secretary Stephen Barclay said officials will only go to meetings that really matter, reducing attendance by more than half and saving hundreds of hours. Heres our Political Correspondent iain watson. No roadblocks any longer on the irish border, but how t
information on 911 calls was actually relayed to the school police chief. another layer of uncertainty surro surrounding the police response. our correspondents are standing by as we cover the mass shooting crisis in america. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with president biden getting ready to speak to the nation after the 233rd mass shooting here in the united states so far this year. let s go to our chief white house correspondent, kaitlan collins. we ll hear from the president about 90 minutes from now. what is he expected to say? yeah, wolf, it s a rare evening address for president biden. the white house says he felt it was important to speak to the nation about the recent shootings that we ve seen, but also call for action from congress on what they say they want to see are common sense gun laws. this is a speech that the president was considering giving before f