be able to have them. you can t tip them on the credit card, it s 2023, why can t i put a tip on my credit card? because the workers at this store decided that they want to be unionized. i was struck today to see the photo of the line to get into this hearing. most hearings happen, there s not a huge thing. this was an enormous time. highly consequential. thanks as always. thank you to you at home for joining us this hour. this is the ukrainian city of bakhmut, or what is left of it. prior to russia s invasion last year, it was a small, relatively unremarkable city of about 75,000 people. it is now one of the most important cities in the war. for seven straight months, ukrainian forces have held back move while being attacked by russian forces from three different directions. it s the longest continual battle of the war so far, and thought to be europe s deadliest land battle since world war ii. western intelligence agencies said that russia has taken 20 to 30,000 cas
january 6th, and attempting to overturn the last presidential election. in a sealed legal filing, donald trump is appealing a federal judges order in washington d.c. for donald trump s white house staff to testify. to jack smith s grand jury. the order, the judges order, requires donald trump s last white house chief of staff, mark meadows, to testify to the grand jury. along with donald trump s last director of national intelligence, john ratcliffe, and donald trump s last national security adviser, robert o brien. along with other trump white house officials, the trump appeal is trying to claim executive privilege. to block that testimony, we are always lucky when we have neal katyal appearing on this program, we are especially lucky on appeal news nights. because former acting solicitor general the united states, neal katyal, is one of the top federal appeals court practitioners in the united states. in a moment, neal katyal will give us his assessment of the prospects for
states supreme court. we begin tonight with investigation news. the latest legal development of the day is the news that donald trump has launched another delay tactic. in special prosecutor, jack smith, federal grand jury investigation of donald trump s activities leading up to an on january 6th, and attempting to overturn the last presidential election. in a sealed legal filing, donald trump is appealing a federal judges order in washington d. c. for donald trump s white house staff to testify. to jack smith s grand jury. the order, the judges order, requires donald trump s last white house chief of staff, mark meadows, to testify to the grand jury. along with donald trump s last director of national intelligence, john ratcliffe, and donald trump s last national security adviser, robert o brien. along with other trump white house officials, the trump appeal is trying to claim executive privilege. to block that testimony, we are always lucky when we have neal katyal appearin
fighters. and the former president trump under oath pleading the fifth more than 400 times and ron desantis fights back as one major advantage is emerging. we ll show you one number that really matters. let s go outfront. tonight nuclear break down. russia the breaking nuclear arms control treaty with the nuts for the first time. russia is refusing to allow the u.s. to inspect its nuclear weapons. now this move comes at a moment where the world faces the highest risk of nuclear conflicts since the cold war and it is happening as putin and his military leaders have threatened nuclear war. translator: with regard to the threat of a nuclear war, slet lana, you are right, the threat is growing so why hide the truth. we don t have the resources to defeat the nato block. with conventional means, but we have nuclear weapons for that. there is more where that came from. even two weeks ago putin s top ally and russia s former president medvedev warned the loss of a nuclear power
right now. first, my personal apology on behalf of myself and everyone at southwest for all of this. second, a pledge to do everything we can and to work day and night to repair our relationship with you and offer some new resources that we have to get you the fastest information and fastest service possible. it is the top of the hour, 8:00eem eastern. we re glad you re with us. it is december 29th. welcome to cnn this morning. i think everyone wants an apology. i m confused because he said at one point that if you still haven t gotten your bad you could get it at no cost to you, which is you could get back at what you own. so we re talking about this apology this morning from southwest airlines. this time from the chief commercial officer brian green. this comes at 2300 more southwest flights today have been canceled and they announced new ways they are planning to help stranded customers. listen to this. you could submit a full refund request for any canceled