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
Dangerous humanitarian crisis getting even worse. We cant continue going to way were going. The drug cartels will get richer and the criminals will embolden themselves more and well have complete disregard for the laws of our country at all. Fox Team Coverage begins with former Acting Dhs Secretary Chad Wolf Standing by. But first to matt finn live in los angeles. Matt . Hi, guys. I was at the border last week. When youre there in person, the humanitarian crisis is undeniable. In the summer in the extreme heat, men, Women And Children arrive in the United States pleading for water and on the verge of heat stroke. We see migrants just collapsed to the ground in exhaustion. The migrants tell us about graphic stories of rape and robbery. Some say they have their money taken along the routes by police and criminals. Migrants tell us about walking through thick jungles and exposed to wild animals and bugs. Once the migrants make it here, they have no guarantee of roof over their head. Child
good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. i m boris sanchez. and i m amarah walker. what pentagon officials are saying about it and the differences between this object and the chinese balloon that was shot down last week. plus a moment of hope amid the devastating earthquake in turkey and syria. more than 24,000 people killed, but amid the huge loss, under days trapped under the rubble, a teenager is found alive. plus under review, memphis prosecutors say they are now looking at every case involving those now fired officers charged in the beating of the death of tyre nichols as we re learning new dethe tails about the officers involved. and executives at southwest airlines grilled by lawmakers on capitol hill. the changes the airline says it s going to make in the wake of that meltdown, ahead on cnn this morning. . take a deep breath and relax. the weekend is here. it s saturday, february 11th. we appreciate you re waking up with us. and we re together in person. t
states. reporter: the number of flight delays are still climbing along with major outrage over how air travel came to a near unprecedented halt. the faa did just post that no u.s. departures will happen today until 9:00 a.m. reporter: wednesday morning, airports across the country stood still as the federal aviation administration implemented a nationwide ground stop, something not seen since the n9/11 terrorist attacks. interesting day. everybody except medivac and military stopped. reporter: the faa fail injury st failure started overnight in notices to air missions the bulletins provide the latest information about airports and air space. it s absolutely essential and the system can be very fragile. reporter: the effect cascading cancellations and delays in the thousands. first it was a 20-minute delay and then an hour. reporter: anger is stretching from concourses to capitol hill. ted cruz the top senate republican overseeing transportation is calling
diversity, equity, and climate change while republicans assigns article of impeachments. holly was a golden night returns. eddie murphy getting a special honor to his contributions. he could not reach his backing edge keep wi will smith s wife name people are cursing at america s airports as we started this fox news alert. this speed has grounded all takeoffs until 9:00, an hour from now from now eastern after a major system with their computers that is impacting every plane in the united states of america. brian: more than 2500 flights are being impacted. ainsley: i m sure people are cussing and crying today. gillian turner is live at the white house where the president was just great. tell us more please. the president was just ask out on the north lawn of the white house the south lawn as he s heading out of here. what he knows about this. he said he is deferring to the secretary of transportation. that is pete buttigieg. he spoken to him today no word