Tab thank you all so much for joining us this night and every night this week, Cnn News Night with abby phillip starts now proof that Donald Trumps legal strategy is working. Thats tonight on this side good evening im abby philip in new york and go all the way back to Donald Trumps very first legal filings and you can spot his legal strategy in plain view. One, make villains out of the people who are bringing you the cases against him. And to delay any and all Legal Proceedings until the latest possible day a day that he hopes comes after the 2024 election. Now, tonight, the former president appears to be winning his two front war on the calendar and on the prosecutors seeking to try him, take georgia, for example, Fani Willis Sat there and listen to trumps attorneys accused her of systemic misconduct prosecutors dont act like this. They said they dont hide affairs with coworkers. They said because she did, according to trumps lawyers, at least, they demand that she be cast out of that
Hello im Maryam Namazie in london has a round up of the top stories on Aljazeera Palestinian christian leaders have rejected the u. S. Decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital calling it dangerous and an insult to christians and muslims alike the declaration follows weeks of protests across the occupied territories since president trumps announcement at least fifteen Palestinian Protesters have been killed on the abdulhamid has more now from bethlehem. The festive mood has been somehow dampened ever since the jerusalem declaration by chubb some three weeks ago now no archbishop yet but the step is the highest Roman Catholic authority not only in the holy land but also in the middle east has said that after the declaration that has been many cancellation food groups that were supposed to come and spend Christmas Eve at the church of their divinity well have decided to stay away this year business down but almost fifty percent in this city now r. J. Bishop beats up by the homes
Heading towards vietnam thousands of flood low lying areas in the capital hoshi min schools have been closed tembin made landfall in the philippines on friday causing flash floods and landslides and killing more than two hundred people and test reports. The scale of the destruction caused by Tropical Storm tembin is becoming clear as rescue workers reach remote communities heavy rains and winds of up to one hundred forty five kilometers an hour triggered landslides and flash flooding devastating to higher towns and villages on the island of mindanao the countrys second largest tens of thousands of people have been displaced and are spending christmas in emergency shelters. Are are you going to say you know. How. We have hundreds of thousands. With no hope at the moment and im sure that basically. The philippines is battered by around twenty major storms a year and tendin is one of the worst of two thousand and seventeen disaster Officials Say people ignored warnings to get out of coast
Approaches its already caused death and destruction in the philippines where at least two hundred people have been killed heavy rain and strong winds are expected to cause serious damage in vietnam around sixty thousand fishing boats had been ordered not to go to see. If it werent for the type we would have continued our fishing trip for another two or three months but because of the typhoon we had to head back early and. Its been a while since the typhoon hit the region but we have to take serious precautions to protect our lives and properties its not safe out on the open sea at the moment thats why we have to come back to take shelter still as i mentioned storm tambourines left a trail of destruction in the southern philippines thousands of spent christmas in emergency shelters are open bryant has this update from mindanao the worst affected island. Here in the city of hillah again as darkness falls people here as elsewhere in parts of mindanao are assessing the damage from the stor
Minutes. Maple shade this morning. This is look at our camera. Were beginning to see an increase in volume on the roadway, which is what we expect for this time of day, but no major problems to speak of. Lets take a look at the majors in new jersey rights now. 295 the turnpike as well as route 42 all looking good right now. I want to check back in on the schuylkill expressway. Remember i told you an issue going eastbound, multiple vehicles involved in an accident. Things are still moving in the area. Although i am seeing reports of a traffic disruption because of the crash in the eastbound lane. Now to breaking news weve been watching out of washington. The Government Shutdown showdown is now over. Just within the last halfhour the house approved a compromised budget bill. It was approve bide the Senate Earlier this morning. That house action ended the shout down that started at midnight. Members narrowly passed a bipartisan budget. Of course, they voted on the bill long past midnight