you cnn breaking news thanks for joining us on cnn news central this afternoon, we begin with breaking news, a judges upheld the criminal indictment against former president donald trump in georgia. the judge, they re rejecting the argument that trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election were protected under the first amendment cnn s zachary cohen is part of a team that broke this story zach, walk us through this decision by judge scott mcafee yeah boards. you ll remember that we heard we watched a hearing in fulton county, georgia just about a week ago, and trump s lawyers argued strenuously. that s entire case should be thrown out because in his argument that the political speech and that the claims about voter fraud that trump was pushing after the 2020 election are protected by the first amendment. now, the judge today roundly rejecting that argument as we ve seen him do multiple other times in this case for other defendants in georgia saying, look, quote, the de
good morning, everyone, and welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, december 9th, i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for joining you this morning thank you for joining us this morning. it was my birthday and thanksgiving. it s been a couple of weeks. i had to get that out. a federal appeal court has upheld the gag order in trump s election aversion case. who he can and can t talk about and how he is responding to the ruling. hunter biden is facing new criminal charges. what the white house is saying. it was an emotional day for family members of the victims of ethan crumbley. i came within sight. you intended to kill me. the sentencing he and hiss parents are u no facing. the potential impact and the major cities we re walking through the weekend. and major rivalries kick off today. the 124th army/navy game on cnn this morning. we begin with both leading presidential campaigns being forced to deal with legal issues in the run-
to washington. i m bret baier. israel works to wrap up northern gaza operation and move south amid rising concerns over civilian casualties. house republicans focus on possible impeachment inquiry into president biden and the controversy over college football s final four. we ll take a look. but, first, breaking tonight, the biden administration is condition deming the rape of israeli women by hamas terrorists. it s a move critics say is overdue. it comes as a prominent democratic lawmaker is under fire tonight for comments she calls balance in covering this issue. gillian turner has details tonight from the state department. good evening, gillian. good evening to you, bret. the biden administration today acknowledged ha hamas terrorists are using rape as a weapon of war against israeli women and girls. we have seen hamas commit atrocities. both on october 7th and since october 7th. and we obviously condemn those across at this and support israel s actions to hold hamas
and numbers, my friends, don t lie. from ohio to virginia, to kentucky, victory laps today for democrats. abortion access is the law of the land in ohio. the voters said, look, the government should not be telling a woman what to do with her body. we ve become a party of losers. i m sick of republicans losing. do you think we did the right thing by not participating? anybody who is going to be spending the next year and a half of their life focusing on keeping themselves out of jails and courtrooms cannot be lead this party or this country. i ll not be running for reelection for the united states senate, but what i will be doing is traveling the country. maybe, you know, flirting with some kind of presidential run. which, again, it s another blow democrats from manchin. good evening once again i m stephanie ruhle, it is the end of the week and our friday night cap is officially back. i know you ve been waiting for it. this is our breakdown of the biggest
real estate empire on the line. his testimony framed by anger, defiance, and disdain for the process. the only thing that matters are the facts and the numbers. and numbers, my friends, don t lie. from ohio to virginia, to kentucky, victory laps today for democrats. abortion access is the law of the land in ohio. the voters said, look, the government should not be telling a woman what to do with her body. we ve become a party of losers. i m sick of republicans losing. do you think we did the right thing by not participating? anybody who is going to be spending the next year and a half of their life focusing on keeping themselves out of jails and courtrooms cannot be lead this party or this country. i ll not be running for reelection for the united states senate, but what i will be doing is traveling the country. maybe, you know, flirting with some kind of presidential run. which, again, it s another blow democrats from manchin. good evening once ag