team. the four times indicted former president is in the middle of a very complicated legal situation as he faces 91 criminal charges related to his conduct before, during, and after his presidency. a civil fraud trial in new york for threatens the future of his real estate empire while a different civil it hold him liable of sexually abusing the writer and columnist, e. jean carroll. carol is also suing trump in a second defamation trial over commentshahe made on cnn in may about her. late last night, donald trump filed a brief to the d.c. court of appeals, continuing to assert that he s immune from prosecution for actually committed while president, specifically for his role in questioning the results of the 2020 election. of course, the allegation is not that a question the results of the 2020 election, anyone is entitled to do that, it s that he did something to try and overcome those results. the immunity argument is the argument he s making in the hopes of getting jack
christmas vigil was held last night with him s and prayers for peace in the region as the israel-hamas war continues unabated. israeli defense forces are continuing to embark gaza city with fresh air strikes. this includes one of the deadliest so far, which claimed the lives of 70 members of an extended family. accordin to the palestinian health ministry, more than 20,000 people have been killed in gaza since october 7th. among the dead, approximately 8000 children. the staggering loss of life has already surpassed the toll for any of their arab conflict. israel yesterday, president biden spoke with israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, after their longest stretch without speaking since the war began. the white house says the president emphasized, quote, the critical need to protect the civilian population including those supporting that humanitarian aid operation and the importance of allowing civilians to move safely from areas of ongoing fighting. netanyahu also ex
the former president went to overturn the election that he lost. we ve already heard the phone call of him pressuring georgia officials to find him votes that he was not entitled to. not to mention, his phone call to arizona governor, doug doocy, to overturn the election results in arizona, and now the detroit news is reporting a recording that they reviewed in which he s pressuring detroit area election officials to do the same. cnn s marshall cohen joins us now with more. marshall, there is clearly a pattern emerging here. one state after another, trump trying to dip into the local state of affairs and influence the results, interfere with the results. i want to be clear, we have not heard this tape for ourselves. but the details were reported by the detroit news. this is november 2020. trump lost in michigan he lost by more than 100,000 votes. it s time for the election canvassers in detroit to do their job and certify the results so the election can be finalized. on the
michigan state university, naming several others, most of whom remain in critical condition. today, funeral services were held for two of the slain msu students, and in just a minute, i will talk to a michigan congresswoman with her reaction to this tragedy, which was on my mind even as i was marching in florida on wednesday, joining a peoples protest against the state s governor, ron desantis, and his escalating war on black history. it was while i was on the ground in florida that i got word that the shooter who massacred nearly a dozen black shoppers at a buffalo supermarket two years ago had been sentenced to life in prison without parole. later, i learned that all five of the former memphis police officers charged with murder, murdering tyre nichols had pled not guilty. i thought about tyre s mother and her grief, and i also thought about so many grieving mothers in other parts of the world right now. as turkey and syria recover from the massive earthquake that has now k
new materials have been found at both mike pence s home and donald trump s florida resort. also on the other front, new details about the high altitude object shot down over alaskan airspace, plus, canada just shot down a similar objects flying in their airspace. we have new details from a news conference that just wrapped up. and a once in a century disaster, incredible stories of survival, devastating tales of lost in the earthquake that hit turkey and syria. i will speak with chef josé andrés, who is on the ground, giving survivors some hope and warm meals. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. tonight, we begin with breaking news. canadian prime minister justin trudeau announcing hours ago that an unidentified objects being tracked over canadian airspace was shut down by the united states. canadian officials just got a press conference moments ago confirming that, at the u.s. canadian of craft that were scrambled a u.s. f 22 fighter jet successfully shot down t