head home after the christmas holiday, and the delays in air travel. faith abubey from the world s busiest airport in atlanta. and rob marciano with the forecast. the u.s. retaliatory strikes overseas. shooting down houthi missiles and drones in the red sea. and hitting militant targets inside iraq, after three americans were hurt in an attack by an iran-backed paramilitary group. a top aide to benjamin netanyahu visits the white house, as the israeli prime minister lays out his preconditions for peace. the latest peace plan from egypt rejected by hamas. what that could mean for the hostages, as israel intensifies its operations in gaza. britt clennett reporting in israel tonight. ukraine destroys a russian warship in crimea. a dramatic blow to the kremlin s black sea fleet. former president trump takes his presidential immunity claims to an appeals court, asking the judges to throw out the election interference case against him. aaron katersky standing by. the econom
retaliatory strikes against iranian-backed militant groups. the latest on the rising tensions in the region, plus, trump s christmas message lashing out at special counsel jack smith as the former president tries to get his election interference case thrown out. so, is the former commander in chief immune from criminal prosecution? we ll see. we ll talk about that coming up. and later on, the presents opened and the cookies devoured, millions of americans set to travel today in the post christmas rush. i m going to speak to a travel expert about some travel tips to help you survive the misery. hey, everybody. good morning to you. merry post christmas. we begin this hour with the breaking news out of the middle east. president biden ordering retaliatory strikes against iranian-backed militia groups in iraq after three u.s. service members were injured in a drone attack in northern iraq on monday. since october 17th, there have now been at least 103 separate attacks on u.s.
officials say there is no timetable for slowing the pounding of gaza, a war cabinet member comes to washington where pressure is growing to end it soon. also tonight, does he think it is festive or something? the former president aired his grievances, makes a list, and tells the people on it what to do and where to do it. plus, alexei navalny missing and feared that in russia s. prison system, he resurfaces. bringing a christmas message of courage, hope, and good cheer, from one of the coldldest cornes of the modern-day . good evening everyone, john berman here for anderson, we begin with he was officials. trying to steer israel towards. a new lesson tense of less. destructive phase of its. campaign in gaza and israeli officials signaling they are in no hurry. one of those officials in washington to night meeting with secretary of state anthony blinken and national security adviser jake sullivan. we re going to have the latest on those meetings which wrapped up about six minu
ballot. appeal means he will remain on the ballot for now until the justices decide whether to take the case. hello, everyone, i m anita vogel in los angeles. hi, bryan. bryan: i m bryan in new york, sandra and john are off, this is america reports . the former president is facing a dozen challenges to eligibility to office, but caucus next month in iowa and new hampshire, and today at least two of his rivals are barnstorming the state. anita: chad, how are trump s republican rivals responding to his legal issues? chad: vivek ramaswamy wants gop candidates to withdraw from states who refuse to place mr. trump on the ballot. republicans can protect ourselves, i ve led the way in doing it, by saying any state that removes donald trump from the ballot, none of us should be on the ballot because that then takes states like colorado out of the gop primary which stops them from engaging in this kind of election interference. chad: the colorado gop is appealing the ruling
iranian-linked group amid a rise of attacks targeting u.s. service members. all this as a top israeli official arrives in washington, d.c. the latest on the escalating tensions just ahead. plus, holiday returns. the latest from the roads and the air as millions of americans head back home, while shoppers rush to bring back those not so great gifts before time runs out to make their returns. thanks for being here. we begin this hour with the expected visit tomorrow to mexico. by secretary of state antony blinken and homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. both are set to meet tomorrow with mexico s president andres manuel lopez obrador and first on the agenda will likely be the so-called caravan of migrants heading toward america s southern border. organizers say 8,000 people, including thousands of children under the age of 14, have started the more than 3,000 mile journey from southern mexico to the united states and they are walking. sam brock is following this