we re building that wall. the justice department has just announced a special counsel to lead a new investigation into russian influence in the election and whether there was coordination with members of the trump campaign. president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. president trump becoming the fourth american president to face the prospect of impeachment. it feels as if, culturally, we re in a cold civil war. [theme music] [donald] when mexico sends its people, they re not sending their best. they re bringing drugs, they re bringing crime, they re rapists, and some, i assume, are good people. when trump announced his candidacy for the presidency, he was not seen as a serious candidate. he, himself, confided to some of his advisors. essentially, what s the downside? this is a great marketing exercise. i will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and i will have mexico pay for that wall. i was prepared to just watch it for a couple of mi
we re building that wall. the justice department has just announced a special counsel to lead a new investigation into russian influence in the election and whether there was coordination with members of the trump campaign. president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. president trump becoming the fourth american president to face the prospect of impeachment. it feels as if, culturally, we re in a cold civil war. [theme music] [donald] when mexico sends its people, they re not sending their best. they re bringing drugs, they re bringing crime, they re rapists, and some, i assume, are good people. when trump announced his candidacy for the presidency, he was not seen as a serious candidate. he, himself, confided to some of his advisors. essentially, what s the downside? this is a great marketing exercise. i will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and i will have mexico pay for that wall. i was prepared to just watch it for a couple of mi
the victims attending a memorial for a top iranian general killed in a u.s. air strike four years ago. martha raddatz with late reporting, she s in the middle east. in the u.s. tonight, those bomb threats targeting multiple state capitals. authorities at this hour investigating who is behind the hoax. outside new york tonight, authorities on the scene, the religious leader shot and killed outside his mosque in newark. witnesses describing the suspect tonight. the passenger plane that collided with another plane while landing in tokyo, bursting into flames. tonight, we have learn what the pilots on that passenger jet had been told just before landing. matt gutman in tokyo. here at home, the crisis at the border. houfs speaker mike johnson and fl low republicans in eagle pass, texas. and tonight, president biden blaming republicans for holding up funding for border security. matt rivers from the border. just in tonight, former president trump asking the supreme court
president, who was criminally charged by a manhattan grand jury in march on 30 counts of business fraud. he s pleaded not guilty. now he is facing 37 federal charges relating to classified documents from his time in office that were uncovered by federal agents. a special counsel has been investigating this case since november of last year. what makes this situation even more extraordinary, is mr. trump is currently the frontrunner in the republican party for the 2024 election. this means he could be taking on president joe biden while a special counsel appointed by the attorney general is working to convict him. trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. over the next hour cnn s pamela brown lays out everything we know about this case and takes us through the twists and turns that brought us to this moment. we ll also explore what this means for the former president as he faces his first court appearance this week and what implications this may have for the presidential race
the front lines. what we re learning about that strike at a refugee camp, and the pope s christmas appeal for peace. millions of americans hit with a christmas day blizzard. where the storm is headed next. major airline mixup, the new details after an unaccompanied 6-year-old was put on a plane to the wrong airport. i want them to call me and let me know how my grandson ended up in orlando. how did that happen? our series, protecting the planet. tonight, a look at one of the biggest issues facing world s oceans. scientists are using this to find out just how deep this problem goes. this is a lifesaver. a south carolina man is putting people in the driver s seat by giving them a free car. and he s now done it 100 times. does every one of these moments give you the best kind of buzz possible? it s beyond anything in the world. major: good evening to our viewers in the west, thank you for joining us. i am major garrett in for norah. we begin this christmas