the disturbing details of the thwarted attack on the concert tonight the conflict in gaza is spreading to other countries. heavy rain and snow the forecast. the stormy weekend ahead for early holiday travelers. definitely one more thing to worry about during a stressful time. norah: new hope for a morning sickness cure, the discovery that could help hundreds of thousands of pregnant women. this is the future. 35 miles you re off the coast of new york, this giant wind turbine is now generating electricity. but the industry is also facing major headwinds. snow falling in florida. norah: an army of volunteers brings holiday cheer to families of america s fallen heroes. it s like the entire country is cheering for us. norah: good evening. i m norah o donnell and thank you for being with us on this thursday night and we begin with the fresh warnings from president biden to israel that it is time to scale back the war in gaza and be more careful to protect civi
tonight on our quest life. so, there is a lot going on in the world, we know this. you have probably when it comes to the important news. let me tell you, if you are looking for the one thing to take away from all of this, what i think is the one thing, here it is. rudy giuliani, i cannot get this story out of my mind. that is why i m going to focus on it with you right now. do you realize somebody who was the former u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, a very familiar prosecutor, is refusing to stop defaming and lying about election workers, election workers who have been proven, proven, to have done absolutely nothing wrong? in fact, the federal judge who is overseeing that case has already ruled that rudy is spreading false information about ruby freeman and wandrea shaye moss. he is falsely claiming, and you remember this, they were passing around usb drives, quote, as if they are vials of heroin or cocaine. interesting use of that particular descrip
to take away from all of this, what i think is the one thing, well, here it is. rudy giuliani. i cannot get this story out of my mind. that s why i m going to focus on it right now. do you realize that someone that was the former district attorney for the southern district of new york, a very familiar prosecutor, is refusing to stop defaming and lying about election workers? election workers who have been proven, proven to have done absolutely nothing wrong. in fact, the federal judge who is overseeing that case has already ruled that rudy is spreading false information about ruby freeman and shea moss. he is falsely claiming this that they were passing around usb drives as, quote, they were vials of heroin or cocaine. interesting use of that description and analogy, is it not, when in fact it wasn t a usb drive. remember, it was a ginger mint being passed between mother and daughter. now it s a matter of how much the man who was once known as america s mayor will have to pay
at this hour, president zelenskyy is in washington pushing for critical aid for his country s existential fight against russia. his visit capped off by a meeting at the white house with president biden. in a few minutes the two leaders will hold a press conference. we ll bring you that live when it happens. we begin with a stunning revelation by the special counsel jack smith in the federal election interference trial. for the first time, the special counsel s office says it has data from donald trump s cellphone, and they plan to show how trump used his phone in the days and weeks after the election, including on january 6th. in a court filing last night previewing expert testimony, the prosecutors plan to bring to the case, jack smith says he plans to call to the stand an expert who extracted and reviewed data from trump s phone and the phone of another individual who s currently unidentified. special counsel said the expert will, quote, testify that he or she analyzed da
immune from prosecution for things that happened while he was in office, and secondly, whether he essentially is barred from being tried in this case because of double jeopardy, because he was obviously impeached by the congress, but he was not convicted. that is one of the central questions that jack smith and his team is now asking. the filing says in part of that principle, is that a zenith here, whereas here a grand jury has accused a former president of committing federal crimes to subvert the peaceful transfer of power to his lawfully elected successor. nothing could be more vital to our democracy than a president who abuses the electoral system to remain in office, is held accountable for criminal conduct. jake, this is obviously now the goal here is to try to expedite this. they re asking for the court to do this, to get the briefs going by december 18th. the goal is to try to get this going before that march trial date comes near. evan, special counsel jack smi