Includes 3 charges a day in which the attorney general decided to serve an indictment against a c. To try and minister the serious crimes of corrupt governance is a heavy and sad day for the israeli public and for me personally. And i later shocked looking Benjamin Netanyahu began his battle to stay in office while indicted or one of one of them tonight we are witnessing an attempted coup against the Prime Minister using false accusation and a systematically tainted and biased investigation. Investigations began in december 26th seen into 3 separate cases case 1000. 00 involves gifts including cigars and champagne worth more than 200000. 00 received and often demanded by netanyahu and his wife sarah from billionaires. And james packer the charge and breach of trust the same charges apply in case 2000 in which newspaper magnate on mosers is alleged to have offered favorable coverage in return for his hampering the activities of a rival but it was case 4000. 00 involving show the main st
A Public Statement from president selenski committing to investigations of the recent and the 2016 election democratic president ial hopefuls of criticized trump during their debates in atlanta such as a Bernie Sanders called him the most corrupt president in u. S. History but he also warned democrats not to get too obsessed with trump. We have a president who is not only a pathological liar he is likely the most corrupt president in the modern history of america but we cannot simply be consumed by donald trump because if we are going to watch were going to lose the election American People understand is that the congress can walk and chew bubble gum at the same dodd had other words we can deal with trumps corruption but we also have to stand up for the working families of business contrie israels president has asked parliament to find a new Prime Minister to avoid a general election this year after incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu and his rival but against both failed to form a government
midnight. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, december 30th. new year s eve on this final morning, joe, of the year. and this morning, there is more heat on new york congressman-elect george santos, who also now is under federal investigation after it was revealed that he lied about his resume while campaigning for congress. we ll have new reporting on what these charges could be. plus, newly released transcripts from the january 6th committee, showing the struggle within the trump white house to keep bad information, conspiracy theories, away from the president and the failure to do that in many cases. we ll take a closer look at former white house chief of staff, mark meadows, in his failed role as presidential gatekeeper. plus, after thousands of canceled flights and a reputation now in tarts, southwest airline says it finally expects to resume normal operations today. we ll tell you what the company is saying it plans to do to somehow make things right.
and north korea is battling its first reported covid outbreak. we will look at what south korea is offering. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. we begin with a seismic shift for european security. on sunday finland s government f formally announced it would join nato. parliament is widely expected to endorse the decision, and from there nato leaders said the approval process could move quickly. sunday s announcement mark a historic policy change for two countries that remained neutral for decades and it s likely to anger russian president, vladimir putin, who long considered nato expansion a threat to russia. claire sebastian is standing by with reaction. and first, let s go to nic robertson live in helsinki. a vote will come on whether to join nato, and probably that s a forgone conclusion. how does the process move on from here? reporter: it is a forgone conclusion, and the president yesterday, when
nuclear weapons. the occupiers still do not want to admit that they are. if trump were to return to the white house as president, would you want to stay on in your post? well, no. [laughter] secondaried into the end zone. bobby holy making an impact. straight to a fox news alert. one person is dead and five others are hurt after a shooting at a church in southern california. pete: this coming just 24 hours after 10 people were killed in a grocery store in buffalo. will: todd piro joins us with the latest. todd? shooting taking place laguna woods 1:30 in the afternoon. 30 to 40 church goers inside the presbyterian church at the time of the shooting. some used extension cord to hog tie the suspect and take two weapons from him before police arrived. group of church goers displayed what we believe exceptional heroism and bravery in intervening to stop the suspect. they undoubtedly prevented additional injuries and fatalities. todd: police have only identified t