viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. just ahead, a u.s. official says israel was responsible for the strike in lebanon that killed a senior hamas leader. donald trump appeals the decision to remove him from maine s presidential primary ballot, accusing the state s top election official of bias. and investigators begin their search into what caused that fiery runway collision in japan. live from atlanta, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for joinings us. a top hamas leader has been assassinated, and a u.s. official told cnn that israel carried out the hit. senior hamas leader saleh al arouri was killed in the suburbs of lebanon on tuesday. lebanese media report the strike targeted an office belonging to hamas, and several others were also killed, including leaders from the hamas military wing. earlier, an israeli government spokesperson issued this statement about the incident. israel has not taken
hi, everyone. merry christmas eve to you and welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. i m danny freeman in for victor blackwell. thanks for being here. here s what we re watching for you. new overnight, attorneys for donald trump with a late-night court filing urging a federal appeals court to throw out the fed federal election subversion case against him. could the former president s claim of absolute immunity work? and what does it mean for the 2024 campaign and piresiden biden? we ll ask an expert who say democrats need a healthy dose of realism. and israel s war with hamas rages. we ll speak with a pastor in bethlehem on how the birthplace of jesus is marking the holiday without the usual celebrations. new this morning, president trump s legal team, the former president trump s laelegal team arguing presidential immunity should clear him of wrongdoing in his federal election subversion case in washington, d.c. they say he was merely working in his offici
battle in the case of the abortion drug mythic kristen, this means women girls, doctors can continue to have full access to one of, if not the most common method of abortion amid the preston without any restrictions, at least for now. the ruling. the decision takes us back to how the situation was in the united states before that texas judge ruled in which suspended access theoretically to mifid, chris stone, we re gonna start with cnn s jessica schneider and jessica, this came down just minutes ago. tell us more about the ruling and this isn t the end of this fight, right? i mean, the u. s. supreme court s going to still make a decision on this. this is not the engine that is right. this merely put this on pause for about five days. i mean, you can see it s a very short order here. what this does is this is this is justice samuel alito, granting in part what the doj and fda was asking for here. they were saying, if you if you can t give us anything else, give us an administr
in the united states and all around the world. i m. ed settlement, fox news will cut a $787 million check for its dominion lies but avoids having to tell the truth that trial and issue on air retractions deadline looming. we re just hours away from the u. s. supreme court s ruling on access to an abortion pill. what president could tell us about this case plus fighting flares up again in sudan s capital as both sides ignore a ceasefire agreement. and the u. n is warning of a catastrophic humanitarian classes. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with rosemary church. good to have you with us with the jury was sworn in. lawyers were ready for opening statements. but then fox news blinked, reaching a last second settlement with dominion voting systems, agreeing to pay almost $800 million to dominion about half of the initial claim for damages. in a statement, fox said, we acknowledge the court s rulings finding certain claims about dominion. to be false, and this settlem
upset office. close, but will there be the cigar? that is how you think about that. we will see. thanks, bye. so tomorrow. the january six committee may be on hey it is but not the revelations, not at all. the latest is the former secretary of state mike pompeo, who i alluded to laura about, could sit through a closed door deposition with the committee as soon as this week. there is another one in the inner circle, mike pompeo. that according to multiple sources. why do they want to talk to him of all people? it might have something to do the 25th amendment. mr. pompeo reached out to have the conversation. in case you have not heard the discussion amongst cabinet secretaries, from what i understand, it was more of a, this is what i am hearing, how much are you aware of it, but i don t think it is worth putting on your radar because you are the chief of staff. if conversations progress, you should be ready to take action on this. that is the star witness at the hearing