something we already knew, that he s a terrible liar. then he follows that up with more lies. the latest on the embattled republican who now claims he wants to be the most transparent lawmaker in congress. we start with a defining day for the u.s./russian relationship as well as for safety and security around the globe. today, president biden and vladimir putin gave duelling speeches, laying out duelling visions, both of the war in ukraine and what the world order should be. both see huge stakes, democracy and ukrainian freedom on the u.s. side, while in putin s mind, it is his country s very existence and neither man giving any indication they re willing to back down. over the past year, the united states has come together with our allies and partners in an extraordinary coalition to stand against russian aggression. but the work in front of us is not just what we re against. it is about what we re for. what kind of world do we want to build? there is no sweeter word tha
windchills of 32 below in minneapolis, just 10 degrees at houston, texas. this denver it went from 42 to 5 in an hour. the latest on the massive storm, the cold and how it s making a mess of people s holiday plans. it was really chaos. it was back is and forth and one minute there s a flight at 6:45 and then a minute it s gone. and finally ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is back in kyiv following his trip to washington. he left with a promise of billions more in aid, but with republicans taking control of the house in just a couple weeks, that maybe a lot tougher to get going forward. i want to begin with this treacherous winter storm causing disruption across the country. this is in iowa. wow. it s not just there. in erie county, new york, it s so dangerous they just issued a driving ban. i want to bring in shaq brewster. katie beck from reagan national. and also with us is meteorologist bill karins. shaq, let me just get started with you. it feels like you re in
federal grand jury could mean for the investigation. north korea launches more missiles overnight, defying the u.n. i will speak to the u.n. ambassador about the escalating tensions in the korean peninsula, russia s assaults on ukraine and u.s. efforts to punish iran for its crackdown on women. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington where president biden laid into maga republicans in a speech to the nation last night. he was slamming donald trump s big lie, warning republican election deniers could send the country into chaos. only blocks from the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol, the president called the first election since the insurrection a defining moment, framing his speech in the horrific assault on nancy pelosi s husband in their san francisco home. the big lie has been proven to be just that, a big lie. we don t settle our differences in america with a riot, a mob or a bullet or a hammer. there are candidates running for every level of o
Welcome to the lead. Im erica hill in for jake tapper. We begin with the poll tiblitic. Another huge blow to President Trump. His financial gatekeeper Allen Weisselberg granted immunity, the highest ranking executive at the Trump Organization who isnt named trump. One source telling Cnn Weisselberg knows where all the financial bodies are buried. He is mention and the Inthat Moux Cohen trump tape. I need to open up a company for the transfer of all the info regarding our friend david. You know . So that im going to do that right away. I have come up to spoken to me. Spoken to Allen Weisselberg about how to set the whole thing up with so where are we . With the funding. The news after trump lashed
recording of last month of a conversation with trump two months before the 2016 president ial election about payments to former playboy model karen mcdougall. And ive spoken to Allen Weisselberg about how to set it up with where are we funding. Reporter another person on the tape . National en
bar, usually as a prosecutor, you want to have what is called a proffer with a defense counsel where they are going to lay out for you what the likely testimony would be, and to show how valuable it is so that the prosecutors are comfortable giving that witness immunity. the worry, of course, for the prosecutors, you give somebody immunity and it turns out they really have done a lot of wrongdoing that you re not aware of. and now you re kind of stuck with this immunized deal, which is not only unjust, but can greatly hurt the case because other people who may be charged may say, look, that person was the real bad actor, not me, and you gave them immunity. it is a very careful decision they have to weigh before they do that. so the juror also shared some thoughts on key witnesses. again, she couldn t talk about what they said, but she said rudy giuliani was funny and invoked privilege to avoidancer answering many questions.