with more. happening right now in missouri search and rescue efforts are happening as a massive tornado ripped through the state. plus, what you need to know about what s being calleded the most consequential election in the year liberals have a won of the supreme court in a major battleground state that could shape the 2024 race. and in chicago a win for progressives in the highly watched mayoral race and just hours from now a high profile meeting between house speaker mccarthy and the president of taiwan despite warnings from beijing. how the chinese government is responding coming up this morning former president donald trump is plotting his next legal steps one day after becoming the first american president ever to appear in court as a criminal defendant. trump is accused of falsifying business records as part of what prosecutors say is an illegal conspiracy to undermine the 2016 election manhattan district attorney alvin bragg says hush money payments were made to
it is 10:00 a.m. in new york i m lindsey riser and this morning huge new questions swirls as the historic case against president trump launches into a new phase the prosecutor alleging new information at the center of the charges. he s not saying what that information is, something trump s legal team is already pouncing on. i mean, where are the underlying charges the indictment actually did not list what these underlying charges are. trump overnight lashing out at both the judge and district attorney, despite warnings from the judge to avoid dangerous rhetoric did his comments last night cross the line, and what does all this mean for his presidential campaign? breaking news out of missouri, multiple people are dead after a suspected tornado strike in the southeastern part of the state, the search for survivors. a double barrel seismic shift in politics, progressives in chicago and wisconsin scoring massive electoral victories, first by electing former teacher br
negotiations are opened with the government. a second day of ambulance strikes has been called off. royal mail estimates industrial action on friday and saturday will cost the company a £hundred million. here s our business correspondent, emma simpson. # we re striking in the rain! posties on the picket line again. six days of strike action this month, and christmas deliveries disrupted at what should be the busiest time of the year for royal mail. this is an increasingly bitter dispute. there won t be any regular deliveries now until december 28th. that s bad news for ben. tracked 2a hours and two weeks later still no sign of it. i can t even tell you how frustrated and angry i am. it was a present for my sister in law, it s a personalised bracelet. it is going to be a case of now everybody has a present other than her. , ., than her. but it s even more stressful than her. but it s even more stressful for than her. but it s even more stressful for small than her.
that historically thinking would mean democrats is should lose the house in november. there have been only three exception since the 1930s. 1934 after fdr passed the new deal, 1998 after republicans overdid the lewinsky scandal and 2002 in the aftermath of 9/11, which makes this moment so, so, so interesting because we could be in for another exception to that rule, at least partially. while holding the house is still going to be tough for the democrats, the senate suddenly looks a lot better and it is not just democratic spin. here was republican senate minority leader mitch mcconnell yesterday. i think there s probably a greater likelihood the house flips than the senate. senate races are just different. they re statewide. candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome. quote, candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome. he did not mention names but our friend at punch bowl news say it is an implied dig at former president donald trump who played a key role i
Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Hello and welcome, everyone. Im michael holmes, and we continue our breaking News Coverage of israel at war. And there are growing signs this hour that an Israeli Military Ground Operation into gaza could get under way at any moment. After a week of air strikes and artillery aimed at hamas inside gaza and a hastily ordered evacuation of up to a million civilians from gaza city, israel declared on saturday that it is ready to open a new phase in te war with a focus on, quote, significant Ground Operations. Earlier israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met soldiers on the front lines. You see him there offering words of support, telling them to be prepared. Also on saturday iran warned farreaching consequences if the israeli attacks dont stop. The Iranian Foreign minister met with a senior hamas official for the First Time Since the fighting began, and there is deep concern that iran and its proxies might try to escalate the conflict especially al