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cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. i m phil mattingly with erika hill in new york. poppy is off today. there s a lot of news on this thursday, december 21st. starting with a new delay tactic from donald trump and his legal team. trump asking the supreme court to stay out of a key case for now as the justices face several issues that could reshape the entire race. and the political fallout continues from colorado s top court banning trump from the ballot. and hamas growing worldwide influence since the brutal attack on israel. u.s. intelligence warning hamas credibility has expanded dramatically not just in the middle east but beyond. and ten americans freed from venezuela, six who were wrongfully detained, what they had to say after arriving back on u.s. soil. cnn this morning starts right now. the u.s. supreme court could soon decide the fate of donald trump and the fate of the 2024 election. but the former president is turning to a fa ....
hunt. it is thursday, december 21. 5:00 a.m. in new york. also 5:00 a.m. in washington, d.c. where donald trump is now urging the supreme court to reject a fast track review of his claim for presidential immunity after he tried to overturn the 2020 election. his legal team filed a motion wednesday and this is one week after special counsel jack smith requested that justices rule quickly on whether immunity would protect trump in prosecution so that his trial could begin on march 4. trump s legal strategy has always been to delay the proceedings as he campaigns again for the white house in 2024. meantime, president biden was asked about tuesday s unprecedented colorado supreme court ruling that trump is an insurrectionist and does not among in the state s primary ballot. is trufrmp an insurrectionis? i think it is self-evident. you saw it all. whether the 14th amendment apply, i ll let the court make that decision. but he certainly assumed an insurrection. no questio ....
the arrest happening only after major public outcry over lax bail laws that let him roam around the big apple. today, new york governor kathy hochul acting like it was her idea. never mind this new york post cover that called her out. i took action of my own hands. i directed the department of corrections and community supervision to immediately examine whether or not this parole violation occurred. yes, it did. you could tell curtis was a person on lifetime parole and as of minutes ago, that person is now in custody. that is at my direction. the people of new york need to know that as their governor , i ll stand up and protect them . but this was just one of the many crimes that have happened under her watch. video obtained by the new york post shows thieves robbing a coffee shop and customers at gunpoint right across from the office of a top def, the police politician and the democrat city carnage doesn t end there. it s complete anarchy over in los angeles, video ....
it s just a few moments away well, we begin ms hour with president biden getting ready to head to hollywood tomorrow. the mission raise as much money as politically possible with the likes of george clooney and julia roberts maybe a rendition of oceans. was that 12 or 13 now, obama will be at the fundraiser as well. jimmy kimmel will told will interview them and the price he has ticket to get in 500,000 bucks. well, it s as much about raising money as it is about trying to get people excited for biden s reelection campaign hey, which i can tell you has been quite a challenge, at least according to the polls now, there seems to be two types of celebrity supporters for biden. one, joe, we call the raging bull type that is vocally brawling against donald trump. and all of his supporters you see this guy get elected now the other type is working behind the scenes man, on the best way to tell biden story at the convention of story that hasn t seemed to resonate with the ....