pleading not guilty. we re learning new details about a possible defense strategy. plus, the key to putin s power and more russians are breaking with putin. i m going to speak to a student who was trapped in the de deadly seoul disaster. her amazing story tonight. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. in court t, the man accusedf attacking paul pelosi making an appearance in front of the charge. david depape pleading not guilty to a long list of charges. he s facing two federal charges and could face life behind bars if found guilty. some republicans tried to cast doubt on certain aspects of the attack, raising questions that maybe something is suspicious. today the former president joined a growing chorus of conspiracy theorists. well, it s weird things going on in that household in the last couple weeks. you know, probably we re better not talking about it. it seems the glass was broken from the inside to the out. you know, that was it wasn t a brea
break her kneecaps. john berman here in for anderson. those words from a federal criminal complaint spell out an attempt to take house speaker nancy pelosi captive, interrogate her and beat her savagely if the answers did not come out right, which the suspect, one david depape, considered a certainty. late today we saw separate state charges, including attempted murder. more on that shortly. stop at think about what s already on the table. according to federal authorities who have now charged him with an assault on paul pelosi and attempted kidnapping of nancy pelosi, this man says he wants to break the kneecaps of an 82-year-old woman and do it to make a political point. quoting again from the filing, in the course of the interview, depape articulated that he viewed nancy as the leader of the pack of lies told by the democratic party. the document goes on in graphic detail about what the suspect said he intended. the bottom line is simple enough. according to the suspect him
full hostage, unquote. and he did not tell him truth, as he saw it, he would breaker kneecaps. john berman here in for anderson, those words from the federal criminal complaint spell out an attempt to take how speaker nancy pelosi captive, interrogator, and beat her savagely if the answers did not come out right. the complaint says the suspect considered a certainty. today we saw a separate state charges as well, including attempted murder, more on that shortly. but just stop and think about what is already on the table. according to federal authorities who have now charged him with assault on paul pelosi, and attempted kidnapping of nancy pelosi. this man says he wanted to break the kneecaps of a detour old woman and do it to make a political point. quoting again from the filing. of course, the interview the palpitated that if you nancy as the leader of the pack of lies told by the democratic party. the document goes on in graphic detail about what the suspect said he inte
on, and sat down. you know the breaking news beckons. yeah when, the breaking news beckons. thank you, victor, i ll see you tomorrow. this is don lemon tonight, and won t be long now, because it s got to happen before midnight, any minute now we re expecting the doj s response to team trump s request for a special master to drop. and this is not just some routine paperwork, it s going to get a lot here. it s gonna be a, doozy so you want to stay tuned. again, it s supposed to happen before midnight, so it s supposed to happen in the hours that were on. now the justice department got special permission from the judge to submit an extra long response, up to 40 pages, twice as long as a usual 20-page lemon. the doj says they need to quote, adequately address the legal and factual issues raised by trump s filings. what is in those 40 something pages? we should know soon. but those factual issues, it certainly sounds intriguing, doesn t it? so remember, this is all about tru
good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. i m whitney wild. and i m martin savidge. live pictures right now. take a look at buffalo where a blizzard warning is still in effect and will be until tomorrow morning. all of the impacts and when we can see some relief coming up. laying blame of the insurrection at the feet of donald trump. a look at the 845-page report coming up and the legal implications. explain all of that very soon. flu cases are rising, but medications to treat the virus could be hard to come by. the steps the biden administration is trying to take to combat that problem. a devastating setback for girls and women in afghanistan as the taliban exercises its power. that s ahead on cnn this morning. good morning and welcome to cnn this morning. it s saturday, december 24th. we begin with the frigid and frustrating start to this holiday weekend. more than 200 million americans are under windchill alerts with an arctic blast dlinking freezing tempe