what it means for the next phase of the war, plus the message from the pope about the war in the holy land. then, lost and found, putin s number one critic, alexei navalny located in an arctic prison, putting an end to the mystery of his whereabouts. and christmas in camp david, how president biden is spending the holiday, plus the first lady on how the white house decked the halls for the season. and finally, you may be dreaming of a white christmas, but you probably won t get it this year. just 1% of the nation is expected to see snowfall, so who will get that christmas wish? hello, it s 10:00 a.m. eastern, i m jessica layton in new york city. we begin overseas in gaza where israel is intensifying its operations on the ground until victory over hamas is reached. benjamin netanyahu saying it has no choice but to continue to fight. pope francis commenting on the war saying the message of jesus birth, what is the latest inside gaza. reporter: let s start with the pr
appeals court to toss his 2020 election interference case arguing that he was carrying out white house duties at the time and therefore immune to prosecution. this move coming one day after the supreme court declined to rule on the immunity question for now. it is a blow for special counsel jack smith who sought a speedy decision. that trial like trump s three other criminal cases might play out while voters are casting ballots in the 2024 election meaning trump s political future could be determined before the juries decide his criminal fate. also new, trump s team is planning to challenge the colorado supreme court decision to disqualify the former president from the 2024 ballot for allegedly inciting the insurrection. a source with knowledge of trump s plans tells nbc news they intend to file an appeal after the christmas holiday. that could have implications far beyond colorado especially in the 16 other states with open legal challenges to trump s eligibility for offic
at the white house with more on this. good afternoon, mark. good afternoon. we expect the meeting to begin any moment now. as you mentioned, top congressional leaders talking about the debt ceiling. we re going to get video from inside the oval office with the president sitting down with the leaders, listening to remarks before the meeting. the president, the vice president, speaker mccarthy and schumer and mcconnell. the biden administration has urged congress to raise the debt ceiling as soon as possible warning any delay could hurt the u.s. economy. the white house once again urged congress to act now and negotiate spending later. we are right now having a conversation negotiating on the budget. that s what the president has been very clear about. we want to go back to regular order and talk about appropriations. and we ve been very clear that the debt limit needs to be taken care of. congress needs to do their constitutional duty. republicans who control the house o
feel sympathetic for him as if the dope was the cause of the money and the cause of his issues when the reality is it wasn t. this had been going on for a long time and the finances prove differently. but what else about this? you have seen the interviews. and we are going to play some clips of these interviews but i m not going to play them all for you again, you have watched them. but if you have any question, go back and watch them. he talks about being paranoid. watch those interviews when he s with dave owen. he doesn t look like he s withdrawing from any drugs. his responses are appropriate. he s not displaying any paranoia. he s smooth. he s focused on the events, focused on trying to get information about the case from law enforcement officers, which is interesting in its own right, why is he so focused on that. and in savanah, where supposedly he was detoxing, he sat down as you heard the testimony with a composite sketch artist and went through the whole process to
meeting of his national security team today. why the video feed of that quickly was stopped just after it began. alec murdaugh continues to maintain his innocence after a judge sends him to prison for life. what his defense team just told our craig melvin about an appeal. that brand new interview later this hour. and a renewed push to make daylight savings time permanent with support coming for both democrats and republicans. could we be springing ahead for good. around the globe with the latest developments, first let s start with the critical meeting between president biden and german chancellor olaf scholz. allie raffa is at the white house where we re expecting to see the two leaders any moment. what more can you tell us? reporter: you mentioned that this would be the third visit by chancellor scholz since he took office in 2021, but the first since the war in ukraine began over a year ago. it s also going to be the first time these two have met since we know they both