her trial. still, no official ruling on that. from the drug. back to you. ,. ,,,,. ,. . a the he it,. ,. the reckless will disregard of e. jean carroll s rights. it is awarding carroll $18 million for deliberating for less than three hours. it included trump storming out of the courtroom and the judge s threats to lock up trump s lawyer. we have reporters and analysts in place ready to go through all of the days big developments for us. o go ti welcome you all. we begin in las vegas where we expect donald trump and vice president harris to be speaking separately just a few hours from now. a little more than a week before voters have their say in both races. my colleague, nbc s liz kreutz is in las vegas. joining me right now. liz, welcome, set the stage for us on what we can expect to see from donald trump later today. might we hear him talk about the e. jean carroll position for the first time publicly? hey alex, yeah, that s the big question. donald trump out of the c
is not being made everywhere. we are seeing crime overall, retail theft overall up across the country and especially in new york city, los angeles, and even dallas. john: prosecuting shoplifting, what a novel concept. dan, thank you. israel is ready for another humanitarian pause and additional humanitarian aid. the problem was and has been and remains hamas. the question is whether they are willing to resume this effort. john: big news out of israel, suggesting they are open to a temporary ceasefire with hamas in order to free more than 100 people still held hostage. no word on whether the terrorist group will return to the negotiating table. sandra: and while fierce battles rage up and down the gaza strip, the u.s. is urging israel for a more targeted approach to spare civilian lives. netanyahu says the idf will keep on with its operation to eliminate the terrorist group. john: so begins hour two, john roberts in washington. good to be back with you again, sandr
congress meantime out for the holidays, but they left a whole lot behind, including aid for israel and ukraine, funding to keep the government open, and border security. and just in to cnn. harvard s president under scrutiny. what she is doing as congress launches an investigation. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. we begin with the supreme court facing hugely consequential decisions at the moment that could determine the fate of donald trump and the presidential election. trump using a delay tactic in one those major cases, asking the supreme court to hold off on deciding whether he has immunity from prosecution. perez special counsel jack smith is asking for an answer because trump is about to go on trial. they are urging the court, slow down, stay out of the dispute. they say the supreme court shouldn t be rushed into making one a decision so soon. going straight to the supreme court next week to appeal that historic ruling that kicked him off the bal
The deals on top before theyre current job today donald trump is just perhaps one social post away from potential jail time as is his trial enters a very critical week. Welcome to a Special Edition Alarm Codes live hours from now, donald trump will enter a de 13 of his criminal trial. And the big question everyones asking tonight, are we going to hear from Stormy Daniels or Michael Cohen . And if so, when are they going to take the stand now according to prosecutors, we are now halfway through their case in chief. I made that sound far more exciting. I didnt perhaps to you, but we just have about two more weeks left. And yes, there will be a very key moment. And by key moment, i mean messy to have daniels and adult film star testify about an alleged sex scandal that prosecutors say she was paid to keep quiet so that it wouldnt hurt trumps 2016 campaign. But forgive the broken get to record that im about to sound like, but thats not what the heart of the case is really about. Okay. Its
is live look at the prison where palestinian prisoners are expected to be released in about two hours from now as part of israel wants hostage swap with hamas. we give them they give them prisoners, they get back innocent people. meanwhile in israel, officials are preparing preparing for are preparing for the return of 13 hostages. the first of 50 to be released over the next four days. trey yingst is live at the israeli air base where the exchange is set to take place. take it away, tray. trey. good morning, two hours from now that first group of hostages is expected to be released into the hands of the red cross and then they will be flown to this military base in southern israel. they will be evaluated and then ultimately able to call their loved ones. earlier today. they goal to regional medical facilities one of five different hospitals where they will be hospitalized in separate, secluded wards. remember, this first group. consist of 13 people. all women and chi