martha is next. martha: i m martha maccallum. it has been an action-packed day on the hill since the early hours of this morning. we re now awaiting a house vote that would officially trigger an impeachment inquiry in to president biden. this stupid investigation is keeping us from getting any real work done for the people of america. you have a politician that does certain things, the actions benefit his family financially and there s an effort to sweep it under the rug. why does the maga ring want this political stunt? donald trump. joe biden, you participated in and benefitted from his family cashing in on the biden name around the world. martha: that is ongoing live at this hour. those accusations of cashing in include hunter biden. this is hunter biden earlier this morning. he was supposed to be sitting for a closed-door deposition today with the committee. he rolled up to capitol hill, got out, stood in front of a podium, gave a speech and got back in the ca
i m martha maccallum. today the story asks the questions that face our country in a very big way right now. so where will we be if putin can take what he wants in ukraine? will he be emboldened, where will he go next? what happens here at home in the president and congress can t put a stop to this? thousands of people in the country on a daily basis. what happens if we allow anti-semitism to take a deeper hold here? what would that mean? and if we allow i ran to relentlessly hammer our bases and ships aiming at our forces unchecked over a long period of time? what will they do next? and who do americans want to take on these potentially existential issues for our country? that comes down to the 2024 election. so this hour, senator lindsey graham, general jack keane, andy mccarthy, marc thiessen and howie kurtz. first, this. right now just moments ago, you saw it live, president biden met in the oval office in front of a roaring fire with president zelensky of ukraine. ahead
hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. i m bianca nobilo. and i m max foster. joining you live from london. just ahead on cnn newsroom ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy visiting washington, d.c. this week to try to make a personal and desperate plea for his country. ukraine is just a stepping stone for russia. special counsel jack smith is asking the supreme court to take up two constitutional questions in his election subversion trial against former president trump. they know this is a case that question has never been decided. israel says after two months of fighting it is still battling hamas in two different strongholds in northern gaza. the situation is very, very challenging. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, december 12, 9:00 a.m. in london and 4:00 a.m. in washington where the ukrainian president calls the d congressional deadlock a
is running in to a buzz saw. this moment forcing the first of what could be more presidents resignations to come. remember this. at penn, does calling for the genocide of jews violate penn s rules or code of conduct? yes or no. if the speech turns in to conduct, it can be harassment, yes. i m asking calling for the genocide of jews, does that constitute bullying or harassment? if it is directed, it s harassment. so the answer is yes? it s a context dependent decision. that s your answer? calling for the genocide of jews is context? it s not bullying or harassment? this is the easy answer. that was the university of penn s president and harvard and mit and perhaps others next? when cnn lays in to this story with this monologue yesterday, we may finally be seeing a tipping point in america. listen closely to his words. american universities have been neglecting a core focus on excellence in order to pursue a variety of agendas. many of them clustered around di
continue to follow breaking news and an extraordinary request by special counsel jack smith at the supreme court decide to whether the former president have immunity from prosecution for alleged crimes he committed while in office, this will be the first time the high court could weigh in on the historic prosecution of the former president. joining us now is a senior supreme court analyst job is cubic and paula reid. so, paula, this is a pretty aggressive move from the special counsel. what is the play? that is exactly right, this is the first time the special counsel jack smith has gone to the supreme court, he is asking it to decide if the former president is immune from criminal prosecution. that is a constitutional question that has never been decided, but really what is at stake is the timing of trump s first criminal trial. trump has been litigating this issue of immunity, he lost at the district court level and signaled he would appeal, the next stop would usually be