in his christmas message, pope francis highlighted the tragedies in yemen and syria which he said are being passed over in silence. the archbishop of canterbury justin welby has called for compassion towards refugees in his christmas sermon. and lift off! the world s most powerful telescope has blasted into space, soon to offer unprecedented images of the universe. and the former england and yorkshire captain ray illingworth has died at the age of 89. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the queen has spoken movingly in her christmas day message about her grief at the death of her husband, prince philip. she said there was one familiar laugh missing , and expressed empathy with other families who d lost loved ones this year. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. windsor castle on christmas morning. the royal standard signifying that the queen was in residence. merry christmas. the prince of wales and duchess of cornwalljoined the c
agents shirt after commander bit him in the chest, bite to a different agent required six stitches. the first dog has since been removed from the white house. thanks for joining us ac360 starts now tonight on 360. what house republicans are saying now that they ve learned their star witness and the biden impeachment inquiry, who s already been charged with making up allegations does he got the dirt he was peddling from russian intelligence. we re keeping them honest. also tonight, what we re learning about the russian american dual nationals now being held in russia, and how $150 charitable donation may have factored in charges that could send her to prison there for 20 years. and breaking news in the lawsuit brought by the parents of gabby petito against the parents of brian laundrie, the fiance, who admitted he killed her good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin tonight with breaking news just a short time ago, the president s brother, james biden, finished up more tha
joining us. we begin tonight with breaking news just a short time ago, the president s brother, james biden, finished up more than eight hours of testimony before the house oversight committee investigating what some republicans on the committee of alleged is criminal conduct by the biden family, though that meant committee chairman james comer was tied up for much of that time. the chairman has spent the remainder of the day dodging reporter s questions about the news which broke last night, about their star witness in their case. his name is alexander smirnoff he was charged last week with lying to the fbi when he claimed to have knowledge of corruption by president biden and his son hunter, involving ukraine then last night court documents reveal that he said he got the bogus smear material from russian intelligence now we should say at the outset that he is only an alleged liar, not a proven liar in his claims about ties to russian intelligence are just that claims what i
official tells cnn that karelina, a dual-citizen, traveled to russia on january 2, that the us found out about her arrest just a few days ago on february 8th, her boyfriend spoke to cnn earlier tonight knowing casenia is that s the difficult bodies. i know who she s she s she s so full of life, she needs to be out this year. the sensory needs to be with a french she needs to live life, i believe in america, i do believe that america will bring it back to me and that s the hope i m holding onto. right now. we are told us officials have not been given consular access to karolina. russia is claiming that she will be detained until april that we ve seen them extend those before. we ll continue to keep an eye on that. thank you so much for joining us. tonight on 360. what house republicans are saying now that they ve learned their star witness and the biden impeachment gray, who s already been charged with making up allegations, says he got the dirt. he was peddling from russi