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now it is time for the last word with ali velshi, in for lawrence. good evening, ali. you know, alex, you and i sometimes talk about serious things, and once in a while talk to your colleagues about when you re not on camera? you and i had a remarkable conversation before the show, topic being hair, which i don t think most people would think that you and i would be talking about. yeah, i mean, listen, just because you are not and enthusiastic of the hair salon, necessarily, does not mean that you don t have valid opinions. we managed to fill a few minutes a conversation. and we feel some more conversation on live television in front of an american audience. we ll see you soon. have a. great show. it s not the weekend. this is how i m thinking of things. it s wednesday. we are tracking a number of major developments tonight, the cases against defendant donald trump, including a delay tracked by the former president including the hand of one federal judge ....
right now on ana cabrera reports, breaking news at a courthouse in washington, rudy giuliani no longer set to testify today in his own defense in the defamation case brought by two election workers. why did the man once known as america s mayor decide not to take the stand? plus, donald trump s fed in pause. will this force the judge to change the trial date? also ahead, the house voting to launch an impeachment inquiry, so why now after a year of investigation resulting in no evidence of wrongdoing by president biden? and later, the return of vladimir putin s hours long year-end news conference, the first since the invasion of ukraine. his new admissions about the war and what he said about a potential prisoner swap with the u.s. good morning, thanks for being here. it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with breaking news from washington. in major reversal, rudy giuliani will not take the stand in his defamation trial. ....
reporting from new york. yasmin vossoughian picks up the coverage right now. it is 11:00 a.m. in the east, 8:00 a.m. pacific. this morning, major political fallout on capitol hill as republicans formally launch their impeachment inquiry into president biden, hours after his son defied a subpoena to speak with lawmakers behind closed doors. meanwhile, new developments in the federal criminal case surrounding former president donald trump. why a new court ruling threatens to push back the trial s start date, even further, into the presidential election year. this morning in an unexpected twist, former trump lawyer rudy giuliani will not take the stand in his multimillion dollar civil defamation trial. we ll take you live to the courthouse and breakdown what is next for this case. as democrats are considering major concessions on the border, we re going to take you live to one port of entry officials had to close after being overwhelmed with new arrivals. we re als ....
a greater risk to civilians. what u.s. intel is saying about how many are being used. and in about face for the former new york mayor. rudy giuliani backing down from testifying at his defamation trial. closing arguments underway as we speak. following these major developing stories and more all coming here to cnn news central. counterterror agencies have been on high alert in wake of the hamas attacks on october 7th and the ongoing war with israel. today, officials of several european countries have made terror-related arrests. details are still coming in, but here is what we know as of right now. german authorities say they have arrested long-standing hamas members for an alleged terror plot. officials in denmark have apparently made what they call unrelated terrorists. let s bring in cnn s fred pleitgen in berlin. there are so many moving parts here, it s a little confusing. tell us what we are learning from germany about all of this. reporter: first of a ....
i am here. norah: the dramatic speech from president biden s son. why hunter biden says he will only testify in his dad s impeachment inquiry if it is in public. republicans say they are pursuing the truth. democrats accuse them of pursuing pure, ugly politics. norah: two people under arrest after a scary afternoon at an elementary school. students eating gummy bears contaminated with fentanyl. and our series about the pandemic s lingering effects on america s children. tonight, protecting the mental health of teens. i do think that we should have restrictions on phones in the school setting. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for being with us on this wednesday night. we begin tonight with breaking news right here in washington on capitol hill. where just a short time ago, republicans in the house voting to begin a formal impeachment inquiry into president biden. the nex step follows the years long scrutiny of the presiden ....