paul: welcome to the journal editorial report. i m paul gigot. we given this week with begin this weeking with a supreme court showdown. the justices set to hear oral arguments on thursday in a case that could upsend the 2024 presidential race as they consider whether donald trump can be removed from the my mare primary ballot in colorado. that state s court ruled the president president is ingel under section three of the 14th amendment which prohibits an officer of the united states who took an oath to support the constitution and then engaged in insurrection from holding office again. let s bring in former attorney general of the united states michael mukasey is. judge, welcome back to the show. good to have you here. you ve written, for us in fact, hat president of the united states is not covered by the disqualification claus. why not? right. first of all, the presidency is not an office a under the united states. s it is, it has an independent source of power. i
Good afternoon. I am richard lui in for yasmin. The christmas dozens of Flights Canceled due to weather in the mid let leaving airline scrambling to get Travelers Home for the holidays. A live report on the situation just a moment. And, a brandnew falling by Donald Trumps legal team on the issue of president ial immunity, essentially their clients commute completely immune from prosecution. This sets up a showdown of what the Special Counsel and the hearing set for early january. Breaking news for you as well, the Israeli Military revealing the fate of five hostages whose bodies were found in the tunnels of gaza. We will get the details with that just into. Us with record breaking numbers of migrant the board of this week, some negotiators working the phone lines through the congressional recess to find a deal on immigration. Well also look back at the Culture War Bottles of 2023 when america appeared to be a war with itself. That is coming up, later this hour. We are going to start th
the jailed russian opposition leader has been missing for two weeks and suddenly turns up. what his legal team is saying this morning. new video this morning of thousands of migrants starting their trek from southern mexico to the u.s. border. secretary of state tony blinken is headed to mexico city this week to address the crisis. a ground breaking surgery helping a young girl find her voice for the first time and opening up a whole new world to this 9-year-old and her family. i m kate bolduan with sara sidner, john berman is off today. this is a very christmas cnn news central. new this morning, russian opposition critic alexei navalny has been found. the head of his russian foundation says navalny is in a penal colony in the far reaches of northwestern siberia. his team has been trying to locate him for at least two weeks after he was suddenly and without warning moved from detention near moscow. cnn s nada bashir is following all the developments for us. what ar
good afternoon. i am richard lui in for yasmin. the christmas dozens of flights canceled due to weather in the mid let leaving airline scrambling to get travelers home for the holidays. a live report on the situation just a moment. and, a brand-new falling by donald trump s legal team on the issue of presidential immunity, essentially their client s commute completely immune from prosecution. this sets up a showdown of what the special counsel and the hearing set for early january. breaking news for you as well, the israeli military revealing the fate of five hostages whose bodies were found in the tunnels of gaza. we will get the details with that just into. us with record breaking numbers of migrant the board of this week, some negotiators working the phone lines through the congressional recess to find a deal on immigration. we ll also look back at the culture war bottles of 2023 when america appeared to be a war with itself. that is coming up, later this hour. we ar
much. more israeli hostages are to be released after an extension with hamas. remains to be seen if the americans will be part of the next group to be let go. sandra: welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york, america reports . concern growing for the americans now in harm s way for nearly two months after several of the freed hostages describe being held in inhumane conditions with some adding they witnessed hamas physically torturing hostages. john: and while the fighting may be paused for the moment in the gaza strip, hamas is claiming responsibility for a deadly attack at a bus stop in jerusalem today. palestinian gunmen pulled up in a vehicle and killed three israelis and wounded at least six others. attack happening as secretary of state antony blinken arrived to meet with israeli and palestinian leadership. we are expecting to hear shortly from blinken about those meetings and whether he pushed for extended truce and more hostages to be released. sandra: as we