I wish she could be part of it, but like i said, i know shes proud of me. Im sure she would be so so proud of you we lost this thing go there. Donovan clingan, what an athlete in what a nice guy there are new developments in the case against donald trump, a new our Have Cnn News Central starts right now another attempt to delay rejected Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial will go forward next week, and we now know on what the potential jury will be asked ahead of this historic case . Im speaking of historic and historic sentencing, how far will the judge go to hold the parents of a school . A School Mass Shooting accountable for their role in their sons crimes an absolutely no control of his emotions since that is what prosecutors are saying about alec baldwin on the rust movie set, why they argue this, this Compromise Safety on the set where the cinematographer the shot and killed im kate baldwin with john berman, sarah is out today. This is cnn news central this morning the trial is set t
reporting from new york. yasmin vossoughian picks up the coverage right now. it is 11:00 a.m. in the east, 8:00 a.m. pacific. this morning, major political fallout on capitol hill as republicans formally launch their impeachment inquiry into president biden, hours after his son defied a subpoena to speak with lawmakers behind closed doors. meanwhile, new developments in the federal criminal case surrounding former president donald trump. why a new court ruling threatens to push back the trial s start date, even further, into the presidential election year. this morning in an unexpected twist, former trump lawyer rudy giuliani will not take the stand in his multimillion dollar civil defamation trial. we ll take you live to the courthouse and breakdown what is next for this case. as democrats are considering major concessions on the border, we re going to take you live to one port of entry officials had to close after being overwhelmed with new arrivals. we re also goin
the hamas terrorist threat is now in europe. the lead starts now. terrorist attacks foiled as germany and the nethlerlands say they have arrested members of the hamas who planned to attack jewish institutions in europe. an exclusive investigation into the nation s largest credit union, navy federal, revealing an alarming disparity between white and black applicants approved for home loans and those denied. and now in the hands of the jury in the defamation case against rudy giuliani. the two are seeking $43 million in damages for rudy s lies. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we have a lot but we will start with breaking news on the money lead. the dow closing moments ago at a record high for the sk day in a row. let s get straight to vanessa. what is driving this surge and what might it mean for americans wallets? another day, another record. the dow closing up 158 points, beating the record it just set yesterday. yesterday s record was because the fed announced
conspiracy theories about them. the first day of deliberations wrapping up a short while ago after giuliani opted not to take the stand. vladimir putin is vowing there will be no peace in ukraine until russia s military goals are received. krrn was inside the russian president s marathon end-of-the-year news conference, his first since the start of the war. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin tonight with the war in gaza, president biden stressing just a short while ago that he wants israel to, quote, be focused on how to save civilian lives. we ll have more on the mounding u.s. pressure on israel to be more targeted in its battle against hamas. cnn s alex marquardt is standing by live in tel aviv. first i want to go first to clarissa ward who made a truly extraordinary excursion into gaza. cnn is the first western media outlet to gain independent access to southern gaza without an id
embracing artificial intelligence. should would he be worried? and in your health, experts are warning of a tripledemic this year. the flu, rsv and covid. bret: but, first, breaking tonight, one of the prosecutors who has worked on the hunter biden investigation gave a deposition today on capitol hill. leslie wolf has been accused of obstructing the fbi probe into the president s son. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie starts us off live tonight on capitol hill. good evening, aishah. bret, good evening to you. that interview lasted about four hours. and, yet, produced very little new information, a lot more frustration. mr. wolf refused to answer most of our questions. house judiciary chairman jim jordan reacting to a closed door interview with former assistant u.s. attorney leslie wolf. jordan s committee bringing her in after irs whistleblowers accused her of obstructing the fbi from investigating president biden during a five-year long probe into his son h