This morning. Im boris sanchez. Merry christmas. I hope its been a Magical Christmas morning so far, im amara walker. Just ahead this hour, it started as one familys idea and it grew into a global brand. The inside story behind Elf On A Shelf and whats next for one of the worlds biggest christmas traditions . And the holidays are a big source of joy for so many but they can also bring up sad feels are or painful memories. We have tips to help you deal with the holidays blues coming up. First lets get you caught up on the mornings headlines with whit n whitney wilde. Good morning. We begin with the brutal weather storm keeping its grip on most of the country. At least 22 deaths are blamed on the storm. The weather is causing severe travel headaches. More than 3,400 flights were cancelled yesterday and another 1,200 cancelled so far today. Governor hochul says she will declare of the federal government a declaration of emergency. Paolo has more. Reporter here at ground zero, driving is n
don t. attorney general merrick garland facing the self righteous indignation of ted cruz and other republicans. new reporting tension between the fbi and justice department over the mar-a-lago raid. cpac is back, home of normal conservatives nothing more than a clown show. it does reflect the current state of the republican party. and from performative to alarming, republicans and ron desantis s florida are cracking down on lgbtq people and moving to cancel the entire democratic party. we begin tonight with a lingering question from the 2016 presidential election. what was going on inside the fbi? remember, just 11 days before the election, fbi director james comey announced that the agency was reopening its investigation into hillary clinton. effectively costing her the election. the motivation behind comey s move seemed to be coming from the fbi s new york field office, which, according to reuters, had a faction of investigators based in the office known to be host
their own extremists into saying they wouldn t do that. now, this is a big story tonight with a real twist. the president is drawing an treatment on that very important from an unlikely source. donald trump himself who is, of course, running against biden right now, running to be president again. but trump is, as politico reports, tying the entire gop in knots by pushing back on something pretty straightforward, the obviously unpopular plan to cut medicare and social security that some conservatives want. now, that s the view from a candidate, while new reporting shows that veterans in the trump administration are part of the possible push to get medicaid or health care funding slashed. now, in the house republicans have some leverage. they narrowly took the majority there. but democrats see this debate going their way. they re relying on a new magic budget word, that word is woke. call everything woke, and then try to cut its funding seems to be the strategy. housing, wo
this morning. i m boris sanchez. merry christmas. i hope it s been a magical christmas morning so far, i m amara walker. just ahead this hour, it started as one family s idea and it grew into a global brand. the inside story behind elf on a shelf and what s next for one of the world s biggest christmas traditions? and the holidays are a big source of joy for so many but they can also bring up sad feels are or painful memories. we have tips to help you deal with the holidays blues coming up. first let s get you caught up on the morning s headlines with whit n whitney wilde. good morning. we begin with the brutal weather storm keeping its grip on most of the country. at least 22 deaths are blamed on the storm. the weather is causing severe travel headaches. more than 3,400 flights were cancelled yesterday and another 1,200 cancelled so far today. governor hochul says she will declare of the federal government a declaration of emergency. paolo has more. reporter: here a
Catch and kill, buying unflattering stories about trump and making sure they were never published before the election. Aaron katersky outside the courthouse. The near disaster at jfk airport. Authorities say air Traffic Control clearing four planes to cross in front of a Passenger Jet as it was about to take off. The pilot aborting takeoff. Youll hear calls to the ptower Columbia University increasing security. Pro palestinian demonstrators rallying against the israelhamas war. The School Switching to remote classes. And tonight, protests spreading to campuses across the u. S. In los angeles, the breakin at the home of the mayor, karen bass. The mayor was home when the intruder broke in and got to the second floor. They say the mayor was hiding in a safe room. Tonight, ukraines president zelenskyy thanking the u. S. And thanking House Speaker mike johnson, after the house passed, democrats and republicans, a massive aid package for ukraine. Angering some republicans. Tonight, the marin