plane. it s a holiday nightmare when a 6 year old in florida gets put on the wrong plane. merry christmas, everyone. hey, julie. julie: that s worse than a real-life home alone. brian: yeah. julie: that s scary stuff. i can t believe it. so spirit is offering to reimburse the family. but they could just be asking for answers. that s what the family really wants. we are live in new york. how did this happen. reporter: we re scratching our heads,b and this reminds us of the classic home alone. a grandmother says her 6 year old grand son was scheduled to fly from fortmyers, florida, and when she got there, he was nowhere to be found. listen to this. i ran over to the plane, and i said where is my grandson. he was scheduled to leave from philadelphia. she said i have no kids with me. now, shortly after, she said her grandson casper called and said he landed, but three hours away in orlando where she picked him up. and spirit airlines offered to reimburse her for the
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
sitcom star convicted of rape in a case that put his religion, scientology, on trial, as well. nasa weighing in on videos of suspected ufos we ll show you what they said about these giant orbs flying across the sky. the wild video from a georgia highway. this car launching off a tow truck s ramp going airborne what we know about the driver. and the hero on mount everest. the incredible rare rescue, a sherpa literally carrying a sick climber down on his back announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt and good evening i m tom llamas in for lester we begin tonight with breaking news as two major stories are are playing out right now which coul shape the political landscape for years to come tonight, that critical vote in the house of representatives finally passing. it is the up an unusual bipartisan push from president biden and speaker mccarthy, wrangling enough members from both parties to pass it we have major developments in the 2024 race for president
$31 trillion in debt. and that massive tally continues to grow even after this bill. still, small government, congress, like steve moore, support the bill, calling it a step in the right direction. republican congressman on the other hand, chip roy, is referring to it as a turn sandwich. the washington times describes it as a win for the gop. trashing the deal for normalizing record spending with the president who can t find his parents. now some republican lawmakers, they are infuriated that the compromise maintains what is an unacceptably high level of covid era spending. and, in recovery purposes nearly $100 billion in spending instead of making outright points to the budget. this is a bill that pushes any further negotiation back into those until after the president election, which is a very key points of contention. many republicans want to get another negotiation for next year s presidential election. they fear handing democrats a blank check if they keep the white hous
off to, me welcome everyone. i m yasmin vossoughian. zelenskyy in japan for the g7 summit. he is getting major news on his arrival about what the u.s. and its allies are willing to provide his country. president biden is balancing global diplomacy with the debt ceiling standoff back home. frustrations are growing as the possibility of a default is looming. we should not give it to a ransom note. already, without defaulting, which is where the freedom caucus would like us to go, clearly, without defaulting we have already sent a signal to the world that we cannot be counted on to pay bills. that s incredibly alarming. the house passed a strong bill. it has great savings in it. and it s responsible, it puts us on the path. but they need to have reasonable conversations about how we can actually move forward, we re not gonna sit here and talk to them. you information about what the dea will reveal. a charging decision in the investigation that donald trump in georgia. plus,