Discussing the situation in ukraine. The relationship, as you mentioned, between the french president and the german chancellor has been under a lot of scrutiny lately regarding mixed messages coming from both countries regarding support for ukraine. The french president has been receiving raised eyebrows about his comments, saying he wouldnt rule out one day sending troops to ukraine, which the german chancellor quickly ruled out. He said germany was not a war party, and subsequent of that, there have been various pot shots between countries about who is doing what to help. A lot of people are using this as an opportunity to smooth things over, get on the same page, and at least coordinate their messaging in a better way. This is, of course, crucial moment for europe. There are genuine fears that if donald trump becomes president of the United States again, and elections later this year, that can undermine the nato alliance, and germany and france would have to step up. Mil germany an
the latest on the cross-country weather system. also tonight, silent night. christmas canceled in a holy city. i m imtiaz tyab in east jerusalem. tonight in bethlehem in the occupied west bank palestinian christians say they won t be celebrating christmas as the carnage in gaza intensifies. pope francis celebrates christmas eve mass praying for those suffering in war. president biden pressing israel to change course. other world leaders not waiting. plus, the mad dash for last-minute gifts. shoppers hitting stores. some simply taking in the sights. a sweet treat for the masses. the california store creating classic candy canes. and later, a santa for everyone, bringing joy to children in their own words. the most important thing about christmas is love. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news. from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us on this christmas eve. tonight there s a major storm blowing through the midwest. this is
thanks for having me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show, mr bennett. i want to take your mind back to those dark days of october in israel, after hamas s barbaric attack on southern israel of october 7. a few days later, joe biden visited your country and he said this to israelis. he said, while you feel the rage, do not be consumed by it. after 9/11, he said, we in the us were enraged. while we sought justice, we also made mistakes. do you think israel has paid heed to those words from joe biden? i think the operation that we re conducting is not about rage and it s not about what happened. it s about preventing it from happening again. you see, there s a huge difference between 9/11 and october 7th. afghanistan is far away from the united states. gaza is on our doorstep. and hamas, the terror organisation that executed this horrible attack, tells us point blank, we re going to do it again and again. so we have really no choice but to eradicate it. close to 20
court. jack smith requested that the supreme court circumvent the normal appellate process to quickly decide the process and presidential immunity. it is an important question about the powers of the presidency that the courts have really considered before. it could determine whether the criminal election interference cases against trump in washington d.c. and in fulton county georgia can move forward on schedule, or at all. this decision from the supreme court does not mean that the case against trump is dead. far from. in the d.c. court of appeals has agreed to expedite this case. a hearing is already scheduled for january 9th. the supreme court could still weigh in on the matter at a later date. however, this decision does threaten to delay the march 4th start date for trump s federal election interference trial, since judge tanya chutkan was, as a matter of normal procedure, compelled to pause proceedings on her case until the appeal is resolved. however, simultaneously
scotland and further south through the night followed by a heavy showers and it will not be a cold or frosty night, so temperatures in double figures in the south would colder towards the northern isles but it will be the winds that will be the focus tomorrow, with gust widely 50 60 and maybe as high as 80 towards the northern isles, enough towards the northern isles, enough to cause significant disruption to travel. blustery wherever you are and we have cloud and a patchy like rain in the south, pushing further south, and then sunny spells and squally showers moving in from the north and even a bit of snow over the highest ground of scotland, blown in on the really strong north westerly winds, and temperatures between five and aberdeen and maybe 12 in london. it is mild but we still have the mild and windy weather with us on friday so patchy rain pushing east, a bit of snow over the highest ground, of scotland on friday, and another blustery day but not quite those strong di