stall a strike against hezbollah forces days after the hamas terror attack. good evening i am jon talk to chuck this is the fox report. jon: two leaders held a phone call today in which netanyahu said he was grateful for america preventing the united nations call for a cease-fire. there are no signs of peace in gaza has a prime minister once again promised the fighting will not end all of the hostages are home. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg belk as the latest in israel as the war rages on. there is tough weather up here in tel aviv. it is a very tough battle down south. slamming hamas targets on the length of the gaza strip. the israeli defense minister with troops in the north today which he says is now under his country s control pray that is that is after weeks of fighting. also it says they re taking up hamas compounds and tunnels in the southern gazan city thought to be headquarters for the group. combat comes at a price though, five israeli soldiers killed
you are live in the cnn newsroom, i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour with donald trump arguing that lobbying owe election officials to overturn the 2020 election was within his official responsibilities as president. that argument was part of a brief filed last night in which attorneys for the former president asked an appeals court to dismiss his criminal election subversion case, one day after the supreme court refused to decide for now whether he is protected from prosecution. in the filing trump s attorneys argue that, quote, president trump has absolute immunity, the judicial branch cannot sit in judgment over a president s official acts. the legal wrangling could push a verdict into the heat of the 2024 campaign or even after the election if trump is elected he will try to pardon himself. politico argues trump s legal argument seems to be as much about prevailing in the appeals court as a bid to slow down the case against him. let s discuss that and mo
merry christmas to you. it is a new, leak prison for alexei navalny. he has been found, but his new home maybe the worst yet. it is a penal colony. no public celebration in bethlehem as the death toll mounts with 250 killed in the last 24 hours alone. the israeli prime minister vowing to intensify the war. and the former president urging an appeals court for out a case against him. will accept his argument? following the stories and many more coming in right here to cnn news central. vladimir putin s most famous critic has been found in one of the most remote prisons. alexei navalny is doing well despite being at a penal colony in siberia known as polar wolf. that is according to his legal team spokesman. it is nearly 2000 miles from where he was held before. the 47-year-old opposition leader has been missing since december 11th and his team said he was never hidden for so long. he missed two scheduled court appearances last week. his protest of vladimir putin
shoppers running for cover, hiding in stores as officers race to the scene. one person killed, another wounded. what we re learning tonight. a family s nightmare. a 6-year-old traveling alone to be with his grandmother for the holiday put on the wrong spirit airlines plane, arriving in the wrong city. the tense moments for his family and what the airline is now saying. this in the middle of a record-breaking holiday travel season with millions of hitting the roads and taking to the skies. we re following a cross-country storm making its way in the south. millions on alert for potential flooding and the blizzard warning in the northern plains. christmas celebrations canceled in the traditional birthplace of jesus where the fighting in gaza hangs over what is usually a time of joy as relentless in the israel-hamas war takes a toll on the civilians and both sides of the fighting and the grim death toll. prime minister benjamin netanyahu under pressure inside israel, rick c
hello and merry christmas eve. welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. i m danny freeman in for victor blackwell. thank you for joining us. here s what we are watching for you. attorneys for donald trump with the late night court filing urging a federal appeals court to throw out the federal election subversion case against him. why they claim he has absolute immunity. war in the holy land on this christmas eve. the idf expanding operations in gaza as president biden gets on the phone with the israel leader to discuss the war a. the latest on the victims and gunman police are searching for. t tis the season for spreading holiday cheer. a study shows people sharing time to volunteer is dropping. we will discuss ahead on cnn this morning. new this morning, former president donald trump s legal team a major legal move. a light night filing urging federal appeals court to throw out the federal election subversion case in washington, d.c.. that trump was w