we are very grateful. i will be back with you tomorrow. the beat with katy faang in for ari melber starts right now. hello. what a fantastic show. good to see you. thanks so much for everything. and welcome to the rest of you to the the beat. i m katy faang in for ari melber. breaking news on donald trump s coup charges and the united states supreme court. late today donald trump s lawyers urging the united states supreme court to delay hearing arguments on a monumental question, whether he has absuit immunity criminal prosecution from actions trying to overturn the 2020 election. the filing coming in response to special counsel jack smith who is urging the high court to fast track this case. today trump s lawyers telling the court it should wait until a lower court has ruled while questioning why smith wants to move so quickly. arguing that smith s proposal would lead to a, quote, radically compressed timetable, and that, quote, the special counsel identifies no dpelg re
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jack smith to accelerate a decision on donald trump s claim of presidential immunity in his federal election criminal interference case. now, the one sentence reply the order from the supreme court reads, quote, the petition for writ of serzh yry is denied. in other words we re going not going to the appeals process could give donald trump ample time to further delay this case, which is of course supposed to go to trial just a few months from now, the first week of march. trump may now try to delay the start of the trial until the calender begins to encroach on next november s election. in which if he s the nominee the next court could ask to put the case on pause until the next presidential contest is decide. and should trump win that election the case will go away entirely which is to be clear and we all understand including the people on the supreme court exactly what he wants. although i have to say it is stel unknown if trump will be allowed to meaningfully delay thi
rescuers pulling families from flooded homes. no power, and the water still rising. as the west now gets slammed tonight, just as millions travel for the holiday. ginger zee times this out. and tonight here, the christmas forecast, as well. will there be a white christmas anywhere? also tonight, the high stakes prisoner swap between the u.s. and venezuela. ten americans freed, including six people wrongfully detained. and one person released tonight the u.s. was after. mary bruce at the white house. the horrific images just in tonight. the newly released police video showing officers responding to the deadly shooting at unlv. the professor who was turned down for a job opening fire, and now the images tonight of what authorities and those students were up against. 24 hours after colorado s supreme court determined donald trump should not be on the ballot in colorado, what donald trump is now doing. president biden weighing in tonight. and the republicans who want to bea
good afternoon. i am richard lui in for yasmin. the christmas dozens of flights canceled due to weather in the mid let leaving airline scrambling to get travelers home for the holidays. a live report on the situation just a moment. and, a brand-new falling by donald trump s legal team on the issue of presidential immunity, essentially their client s commute completely immune from prosecution. this sets up a showdown of what the special counsel and the hearing set for early january. breaking news for you as well, the israeli military revealing the fate of five hostages whose bodies were found in the tunnels of gaza. we will get the details with that just into. us with record breaking numbers of migrant the board of this week, some negotiators working the phone lines through the congressional recess to find a deal on immigration. we ll also look back at the culture war bottles of 2023 when america appeared to be a war with itself. that is coming up, later this hour. we ar