Twitter account. What were they looking for . The american nurse and her daughter kidnapped in haiti released after nearly two weeks. Was there a ransom the billion dollar mystery. Who won the record Mega Millions jackpot . Our Nbc News Exclusive, the mother Dauaughter Duo O Set to make history as Virgrgin Galactic takes a big leap in space tourism. And he was famous for his work with the band, bob dylan, and Martin Scorsese. Remembering rock legend Robbie Robertson. Take a Load Off Fanny announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt good evening. It was paradise in flames in hawaii where incredibly fastmoving wildfires on the Island Of Maui Have claimed at least six lives overnight framing parts of the picturesque Tourist Destination against a hellish backdrop homes, businesses, and the Historic Town of lahaina destroyed. Power and communications on the island crippled. Residents and visitors urgently evacuated others literally running for their lives in desperate sprints to the
Hurricane raging on maui and the big island. At least six dead. The Flames Burning Homes and forcing hundreds to evacuate. Much of a popular tourist town destroyed. The coast guard rescuing people after they fled into the water. Our team in hawaii. Also tonight, just hours before President Bidens visit to utah, the fbi fatally shooting a man there while serving a warrant after he allegedly threatened to kill the president. The images he posted online of guns and himself in a sniper suit holding a rifle. Just revealed, the Special Counsels secret Search Warrant for Donald Trumps twitter account. What were they looking for . The american nurse and her daughter kidnapped in haiti released after two weeks nearly. Was there a ransom . The billion dollar mystery. Who won the record Mega Millions jackpot . Our r Nbc News Exclusive, the mother d daughter duo o set to make e history as Virgin Galactic takes a big leap in space tourism. And he was famous or his work with the band. , bob dylan, a
hi, everyone. merry christmas eve to you and welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. i m danny freeman in for victor blackwell. thanks for being here. here s what we re watching for you. new overnight, attorneys for donald trump with a late-night court filing urging a federal appeals court to throw out the fed federal election subversion case against him. could the former president s claim of absolute immunity work? and what does it mean for the 2024 campaign and piresiden biden? we ll ask an expert who say democrats need a healthy dose of realism. and israel s war with hamas rages. we ll speak with a pastor in bethlehem on how the birthplace of jesus is marking the holiday without the usual celebrations. new this morning, president trump s legal team, the former president trump s laelegal team arguing presidential immunity should clear him of wrongdoing in his federal election subversion case in washington, d.c. they say he was merely working in his offici
the charges here are of the utmost gravity. it s just one, just one trump-related case before the supreme court right now. we re going to start with cnn legal analyst kari cordero and cnn supreme court analyst joan bis biscoupic. what do you make of this request from jack smith? he wants to reiterate as strongly as possible as the justices are considering it at this very moment the importance of the case, why delay would hurt the situation, hurt the public interest. not so much hurt the government s case as hurt the public s interest. he says nothing short of democracy is at stake. he really uses the fact that we re dealing with a former president here. he wants to say why donald trump is not like any other defendant, why he needs to jump over an appellate court at this point because donald trump should have to account for his actions back in 2020. he doesn t mention 2024 s election at all. he wants to he s talking about the imperative of being able to hold him accountab
me. i m fredericka witfield. we re getting stunning new details today about what the israeli militaries calls a tragic, tragic event. three israeli hostages were killed by israeli defense forces in gaza. today we learned that they were waving a white flag as they approached an idf brigade on friday. despite that, they were gunned town. meantime, president biden s national security advisor says israel will soon move to a new phase in its war against hamas. priscilla alvarez is at the white house for us. what does the white house hope to see in this new phase? reporter: they want to see more targets and precise strikes. this has been an ongoing concern for the white house. the mass destruction and deaths of innocent civilians in gaza has started its ground operations in that region. what has happened over the course of time is pressure from the white house, discussions behind the scenes to move towards a targeted strike. now, jake sullivan was in israel this week. he met wi