and it s about a young man at 24 years old that was living his dream, that a few hours ago was getting ready to play the biggest game of his nfl career and there was probably nowhere else in the world he wanted to be, and now he fights for his life. we forget that part of living this dream is putting your life at risk. and tonight, you know, we got to see a side of football that is extremely ugly. shock and sadness during monday night football. buffalo bills safety demar hamlin is in critical condition this morning in a cincinnati hospital. he suffered cardiac arrest following a hit during last night s game. we re following the latest on his condition this morning and also the outpouring of support. also this morning, kevin mccarthy has already moved into the speaker s office on capitol hill despite an influential group of republicans who have vowed to vote against him today. we ll tell you why we may see something on the hill today that hasn t happened in 100 years. we re
of cnn this morning. it is sunday, december 25th. of course you know, we ve all been waiting for this beautiful morning. i m amara walker. good morning and merry christmas to you as well. thank you for spending part of your holiday morning with us. just ahead this morning, fighting racism from a one horse open sleigh, after getting hate mail for put putting up a black stanta in his yard santa in h yard, one man fights back. and how dollar stars are quickly becoming the go-to destination for shoppers. and we re going to introduce you to this year s cnn hero of the year, with a heart warming moment as she accepted her award. first let s get you caught up with this morning s headlines with whitney wilde. good morning and merry christmas to you, if you re celebrating at home. we begin with this brutal weather storm. at least 22 deaths are blamed on the storm and more than a quarter million people are without electricity. more than 3,400 flights were cancelled yesterda
then two plaintiffs, a defamation slash slander damages past and future $60 million. alex jones ordered to pay nearly one billion dollars for profiting off of sandy hook wise. tonight, connecticut senator chris murphy and what this means for these families and ben collins on where the alex jones industrialized goes from here. plus, senator elizabeth warren on her midterm message to democrats and a special programming note for viewers in the new york area. when all in starts right now. we have good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. tomorrow the january six committee will be holding what maybe, a little unclear but maybe their final hearing. they will be apparently divulging new evidence showing how the ex president directed the attempted coup. washington post reports that the committee quote is expected to highlight newly-obtained secret service records showing how trump was ribbed levy alerted to bloom violence that day, and he still sought to stop the conflict. t
new york. i m chris hayes. tomorrow the january six committee will be holding what maybe, a little unclear but maybe their final hearing. they will be apparently divulging new evidence showing how the ex president directed the attempted coup. washington post reports that the committee quote is expected to highlight newly-obtained secret service records showing how trump was ribbed levy alerted to bloom violence that day, and he still sought to stop the conflict. that includes internal emails that further buttress accounts about staff members warning trump about the risk and then the reality of violence that day as he continued to press nervous secret service agents to take him to the capital to join the marching. when you know there s been some justifiable controversy around the fact the secret service deleted text messages from the key days january 5th and sixth after the oversight officials requested them. but the committee has been able to obtain other electronic communica
he showed me his plate. did not ask about the menu, but i think i see an empty plate. judge jeanine: president biden isolated in the covid jail trying to project confidence that he is okay after catching the virus. the president s symptoms are improving after his first full day of taking the antiviral drug, but there is plenty of controversy. the white house being questioned over why joe biden s doctor is not being allowed to talk directly to the american people. things getting really testy in the briefing room over that one. yes, you have. you have heard from the letter. we are not playing telephone, your hearing directly from the physician. yes, it is. i mean, that is hearing directly in his words, in his words your hearing directly from dr. o connor as i read out. but i am answering your colleague s question here, so give me a second to do that, thank you. judge jeanine: and then there is a media, we wish the president a speedy recovery, unfortunately the press was n