Any moment democratic senator bob menendez is expected to be arraigned on a dozen new charges reallive outside the Federal Courthouse, plus a cnn exclusive. Russia is producing three times more for Artillery Shells and the United States and europe as funding for Ukraine Stalls in the us congress and passengers say, people quote flew through the cabin well, we know about a terrifying moment on a flight to do zealand. Hello, im wolf blitzer in washington and youre in the cnn newsroom any moment now, embattled senator bob menendez is due to appear before a judge in Federal Court. This is video of him arriving just a few moments ago. The new jersey democrat, once chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign relations committee, is accused of trying to obstruct an investigation into bribery. Menendez and his wife are about to be arraigned on these new charges. The senator remains defiant, calling it, and im quoting him now, a flagrant abuse of power, end quote cnns Jason Carroll is outside the c
review of the question of presidential immunity, whether a president can be prosecuted for crimes allegedly committed while in office. how this could affect the trial scheduled for march. and it comes after that new report in the detroit news of previously unknown recording of a phone call between trump, the rnc chair, and republican canvassers in michigan in the wake of the 2020 election. trump allegedly pressuring officials not to certify the results after joe biden won. aaron katersky with late reporting. the holiday travel crush is on. millions take to the skies and the roads, the busiest air travel christmas season ever as a major cross country storm sweeps east, ross marciano with the forecast, and gio benitez with the best and worst times to travel. a terrifying moment at sea, a cruise ship slammed by a rogue wave, sending hundreds of passengers scrambling. the war between israel and hamas, an american hostage confirmed dead, a 73-year-old father and grandfather,
presidential immunity, whether a president can be prosecuted for crimes allegedly committed while in office. how this could affect the trial scheduled for march. and it comes after that new report in the detroit news of previously unknown recording of a phone call between trump, the rnc chair, and republican canvassers in michigan in the wake of the 2020 election. trump allegedly pressuring officials not to certify the results after joe biden won. aaron katersky with late reporting. the record holiday travel crush is on. millions of americans take to the skies and the roads, in what is expected to be the busiest air travel christmas season ever, as a major cross-country storm sweeps east. rob marciano with the forecast, and gio benitez with the best and worst times to travel. the new images just coming in, a terrifying moment at sea. a cruise ship slammed by a rogue wave, sending hundreds of passengers scrambling. the war between israel and hamas, an american hostage co
jack smith to accelerate a decision on donald trump s claim of presidential immunity in his federal election criminal interference case. now, the one sentence reply the order from the supreme court reads, quote, the petition for writ of serzh yry is denied. in other words we re going not going to the appeals process could give donald trump ample time to further delay this case, which is of course supposed to go to trial just a few months from now, the first week of march. trump may now try to delay the start of the trial until the calender begins to encroach on next november s election. in which if he s the nominee the next court could ask to put the case on pause until the next presidential contest is decide. and should trump win that election the case will go away entirely which is to be clear and we all understand including the people on the supreme court exactly what he wants. although i have to say it is stel unknown if trump will be allowed to meaningfully delay thi
which reportedly captured donald trump telling michigan officials not to certify the 2020 election results. we re going to dig into that explosive, new reporting. plus, as trump continues to double down on his anti-immigrant rhetoric, a recent poll shows republican voters say that his racist language makes them more likely to vote for him. also ahead, america s mayor is broke. rudy giuliani filed for bankruptcy just days after being ordered to pay $146 million in his defamation case. and regrets, he s had a few. what republican presidential candidate ron desantis is saying is the one thing he wishes he could change about the gop primary. here s a hint, it s not anything that he did. good morning. welcome to morning joe. i m jonathan lemire, along with the bbc s katty kay, in for joe, mika, and willie. with us, we have former white house director of communications to president obama, our friend, jennifer palmieri. also the co-host of the podcast, how to win 2024. y