the tape from donald trump discussing a very sensitive military document could be a game-over moment for the ex-president in the classified documents investigation. it s a recording that not only significantly increases trump s legal exposure. but it also blows a gaping hole through many of the defenses that team trump has been peddling in public in the case. the ex-president s lawyer jim trusty went on cnn last night, playing defense in the wake of the bombshell news first reported by cnn of the tape s existence. and repeated a line that will be familiar to anyone who s been following this case. will trump display documents at will or as trump puts it even by just thinking about it. what i will tell you is there is no doubt as commander in chief when the president left washington, d.c. for mar-a-lago, he was actually still president, when he left with boxes that he brought he was the command in chief. there s no doubt he had the authority as commander in chief to be classi
defamation lawsuit against fox news brought by dominion voting systems. today judge eric davis asked the pool of prospects a number of questions, things like whether they watched fox news, for instance, or whether they have ever volunteered as poll watchers now once selected, the final group of jurors will be tasked with deciding whether or not fox news acted with actual malice in the aftermath of the 2020 election when fox news aired false statements about election interference thanks to the result of a pre-trial hearing, the falsity of those claims, those claims about election fraud, those conspiracies about hugo chavez and the machines flipping results of the election are a given. judge has already ruled on that. they are presumed false. such spur yious claims will notb debated before the jury. we have now in our possession the newly uncovered recordings, the source of all that upheaval which shook yesterday s hearing with the judge we told you about that when we came on t
reading faces, biological and environmental reasons why that could be, but that s what they found. poppy, kaitlan? elizabeth cohen, thank you. fascinating. cnn this morning continues right now. we didn t get any texts or any message telling us it canceled before we came. flight s canceled. hang out with pops a couple more days. call my boss and tell him, i m sorry. hope this wasn t a bad decision. good morning, everyone, who s not at the airport today. don is off this morning. as you can see there, it has just been chaos at the airports over the last several days and it s not changed as flights have been canceled, travelers have been stranded. southwest airlines forced to scrap more than 60% of its flights today. also, the death toll is rising amid a record-breaking blizzard in buffalo, new york. we re live on the ground there. also this morning, ukraine s foreign minister is aiming for a peace summit in the new year. could russia potentially be invited to the
tuesday, but the gunman was not killed until just after 1 p.m. initially the texas department of public safety said the resource officer at the school fired at the gunman but steve mcgraw, director of the texas dps said he did not. it was a brave, independent school district resource officer that approached him, engaged him. at that time gun fire was not, changed. confronted him. he followed him right in immediately. so if this version of events is accurate, that means an armed school officer responsible for the safety of the children and teachers inside saw a man dressed in tactical gear carrying an assault rifle and did not use force to stop him from entering the school and killing 19 children and two of their teachers. nbc news reached out to texas dps for comment previously. the director said the gunman was engaged, quote, immediately and that two officers were wounded. inside the school a teacher heard gunshot as end of year celebrations were in full swing. speaking
Im yasmin this again. We start this afternoon with the latest on what is going on in israel. The first trucks carrying humanitarian aid finally getting through to gaza. The situation is deteriorating by the hour. Its not only theres not enough people, not enough beds in hospitals. Not enough ventilators. This is absolute carnage. All of this absolute carnage with the specter of a Ground Invasion looming over residents, with Israeli Military leaders saying they are good to go. At any moment. Two americans held hostage by hamas now free and ready for a reunion with their families. We are gonna take you to their hometown as well for reaction. We are also following a pair of other very big stories, the house still without a speaker, after jim jordans effort to grab the gavel goes down in flames, ill speak to democratic congressman, raja crist knew murthy about whether democrats can make a deal to save the spa speakership. Two of Donald Trumps Georgia Codefendant Pleading Guilty in stunning