hello and welcome to you if you re joining me around the world, wherever you may be watching in the united states, europe, asia. i m richard quest. together, we are in the cnn newsroom . president biden reveals that he didn t ask for a cease-fire in his long call, telephone call, with the israeli prime minister. at the same time, the military in israel is expanding its ground offensive in gaza. christmas eve for many, to be sure, as the war rages on in gaza. christians in bethlehem and around the world, it s a celebration much more difficult than in previous years. and at the cnn s weather center, some in the united states forget a white christmas. think rainy christmas, instead. it s an extreme ly busy morning, and i ll get to those stories in a moment. only after i ve updated you with one twor deve developments in d trump s legal battles. the former u.s. president has now asked a federal appeals court to throw out the criminal election subversion case against him. the
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first responders shared graphic photos of the crash that killed her husband and her daughter. cbs jonathan vigliotti is at the courthouse. and a 12-year-old baseball player is out of the i.c.u., taking his first steps as his team pays tribute at the little league world series. cbs nikki battiste speaks with his dad. he just keeps defeating the odds, and the the only way to explain that is by miracles. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. brennan: good evening, and thank you all for joining us. i m margaret brennan in for norah. tonight, the u.s. will, for the first time, give ukraine scan eagle surveillance drones, mine mine-resistant vehicles to mount a counteroffensive against russian forces. a senior defense official tells cbs news that the nearly $800 million package is to help ukrainian forces regain territory as the war nears its sixth month. shelling around a key nuclear plant in ukraine is drawing internatio
Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning. Always a pleasure to be with you on a sunday morning. We are started with the historic United Auto Workers strike. Union members say they had reasonably productive talks with ford saturday, but the union and the three Major Companies are still far apart on wages and benefits. Ford and General Motors responded by threatening layoffs for nonstriking workers due to the lack of parts from striking plants. General motors says they will lay off up to 2,000 workers this week if the strike continues. The workers walking the picket lines say they will stick it out until they get a deal that suits them. Gabe cohen is in ohio with more. Reporter saturday we saw the first small signs of any progress in these negotiations between the union and any of the big three automakers. This after the union met with ford. A source for the union Telling C Fcnn we had reasonable negotiations. Ford saying that they are committed to reaching an agreement with auw that re
plant in the early days of the s se cities liaivlled donsf iahasdaloting ove front le nuclear power plant risks catastrophic collateral da that extends far beyond these battlefields. a dramatic new development tonight comes out of the office of french president emmanuel macron, following a phone call, russian president vladimir putin has agreed for a team of independent inspectors to visit the plant. margaret. brennan: charlie d agata on the ground in ukraine. a trial is under way against los angeles county today regarding gruesome photos taken following the helicopter crash that killed n.b.a. legend kobe