hostages are out of harm s way. they re calling for a cease-fire. also breaking, ukraine s president in washington pleading for aid. are his hopes of getting a deal dead? this as another country is taking a pang ge from the putin playbook. and trump selling his mug shot as trading cards along with pieces of a suit he wore that day. now being accused of breaking the law and how it is paying off for trump. let s go out front. good evening. i m erin burnett. out front, gaza s tunnels are being flooded. a u.s. official telling cnn this the israeli informed the united states that they are flooding some of hamas tunnels with seawater to flush ott the fi fighters and short tishcircuit infrastructure. they re flooding tunnels where they believe hostages are not being held. president biden could not say whether or not that is the case. i m not at liberty well, there is assertions being made that there s quite sure there are no hostages in any of the tunnels. but i don t kno
putin, zelenskyy on his way to the u.s. to make a last-ditch appeal for aid as putin s top critic is now missing. what happened to him and what could new billboards popping up have to do with his disappearance. the supreme court moving fast after the special counsel asked the justices to rule on one of trump s main defenses. a hypocrite? reporting reveals audio of the house speaker slamming the same impeachment strategy he is now pursuing against biden. crucial vote is scheduled for tomorrow. let s go out front. good evening. outfront tonight, russia is celebrating, laughing at the united states, putin is watching the united states fight over funding ukraine and just look at russian state television to see the celebration. what s happening in the u.s., is beneficial for us. ukraine is losing, russia is winning. this is it. they are funding and weapons came to an end. well done, republicans, they are standing firm, that s good for us. even mitch mcconnell, well don
hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. i m bianca nobilo. and i m max foster. joining you live from london. just ahead on cnn newsroom ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy visiting washington, d.c. this week to try to make a personal and desperate plea for his country. ukraine is just a stepping stone for russia. special counsel jack smith is asking the supreme court to take up two constitutional questions in his election subversion trial against former president trump. they know this is a case that question has never been decided. israel says after two months of fighting it is still battling hamas in two different strongholds in northern gaza. the situation is very, very challenging. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, december 12, 9:00 a.m. in london and 4:00 a.m. in washington where the ukrainian president calls the d congressional deadlock a
immune from prosecution for things that happened while he was in office, and secondly, whether he essentially is barred from being tried in this case because of double jeopardy, because he was obviously impeached by the congress, but he was not convicted. that is one of the central questions that jack smith and his team is now asking. the filing says in part of that principle, is that a zenith here, whereas here a grand jury has accused a former president of committing federal crimes to subvert the peaceful transfer of power to his lawfully elected successor. nothing could be more vital to our democracy than a president who abuses the electoral system to remain in office, is held accountable for criminal conduct. jake, this is obviously now the goal here is to try to expedite this. they re asking for the court to do this, to get the briefs going by december 18th. the goal is to try to get this going before that march trial date comes near. evan, special counsel jack smi