hi, everyone. merry christmas eve to you and welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. i m danny freeman in for victor blackwell. thanks for being here. here s what we re watching for you. new overnight, attorneys for donald trump with a late-night court filing urging a federal appeals court to throw out the fed federal election subversion case against him. could the former president s claim of absolute immunity work? and what does it mean for the 2024 campaign and piresiden biden? we ll ask an expert who say democrats need a healthy dose of realism. and israel s war with hamas rages. we ll speak with a pastor in bethlehem on how the birthplace of jesus is marking the holiday without the usual celebrations. new this morning, president trump s legal team, the former president trump s laelegal team arguing presidential immunity should clear him of wrongdoing in his federal election subversion case in washington, d.c. they say he was merely working in his offici
hello. thank you for joining me this saturday. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin with the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi recovering in a hospital after a violent attack at the couple s san francisco home early friday morning. a spokesman for the speaker says 82-year-old paul pelosi underwent successful surgery for a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hand. police say a man broke into his home just after 2:00 a.m. friday and attacked him with a hammer. sources say paul pelosi was able to call 911 at the start of the attack and officers responded quickly, taking the suspect into custody. cnn s josh campbell has the details from san francisco. reporter: 82-year-old paul pelosi the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi undergoing surgery after being eviolently attacked with a hammer say the the pelosi s san francisco home. speaker pelosi was in washington at the time. special call, medic, location reporter: police found paul pelosi fending off
festive nights of the year. how this case is an outlier on so many levels, from the age of the suspect to the age of the victims, to the town where it happened, traditionally known as one of the country s best places to live. plus, democratic congressman ruben gallego wants wants to che arizona independent kyrsten sinema for her senate seat. how it could pave the way for something we rarely see, a three-way race that could help decide control of the senate. finally, yeah, it may be hard to believe, but we have entered year four of the covid pandemic. how do we balance the fact all of us are ready for this to be over with with the fact that we are still averaging nearly 50,000 new cases every week? we will start in southern california where police are trying to put the pieces together in one of the more unusual mass shootings in recent memory. a 72-year-old man is accused of opening fire inside a popular dance hall in monterey park. it was filled with mostly senior citizen
cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. hello and warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. i m max foster. bianca off this week. just ahead on cnn newsroom. reporter: brian walshe facing murder charges in the mysterious disappearance of his wife, ana walshe. even without the body you re going to have enough evidence seemingly to focus on nobody else but him. trying to draw a contrast with the way trump has handled his own documents issues. they re trying to draw a picture of cooperation. you guys can ask me this 100 times, 200 times if you wish, i m going to keep saying the same thing. reporter: aviation experts are calling it a narrowly avoided disaster at new york s john f. kennedy airport. they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. it s wednesday, january 18th. 9 a.m. here in london. 11 a.m. in kyiv, ukraine. we re following this breaking news for you developin
shortages have pharmacy is limiting children s medication purchases, what parents n need o know just ahead. breaking tonight, the supreme court has ordered that title 42 shall remain in effect for now. finding the biden administration some time to address a border crisis. we have fox team coverage of the breaking news tonight, matt finn on the ground with one of the flash points of the border crisis as we begin with peter doocy live from the north on with reaction to the supreme court ruling. good evening, peter. good evening, rich, this means nothing has to change until february when the states suing to keep title 42 and place will have their day in court, so at least for a few months, cdp is going to keep the extra tool to expel migrants, but nobody on either side of the debate is really celebrating the ruling. it is a relief somewhat. if the biden administration wants to put in place a policy of the supreme court won t stop them as chief justice roberts writes his or