grade of good. the iihs looked at how these self-driving systems perform in monitoring drivers and reminding them that they need to pay attention. systems from tesla, mercedes-benz, and volvo were among 11 that the iihs rated as poor. gm system rated as marginal, and nasa s crew seven splashed down under a canopy of parachutes over the florida coast this morning. you see this early today, the spacex crew dragon capsule could be seen streaking across the sky as it crossed over the midwest early today. the vessel successfully returned three astronauts and a cosmonaut after their six month stay on the international space station. welcome home. the next hour of cnn news central starts now. this is cnn breaking news. breaking news. former special counsel robert hur will soon be on the hot seat on capitol hill, defending not only his decision not to charge president biden for his handling of classified documents, but also why he described the president as an elderly man with a
not credible as a matter of law is not something that judges really do i think that to a certain extent the judge was cutting through and saying the standard here is that no reasonable juror could possibly find on these facts and that usually is successful. if the evidence produced the trial skips and element entirely, you have no evidence of a shooting evidence is somebody got shot and then they just forget to bring in the autopsy so that nobody actually testifies the guy died. then you ask for judgment as a matter of law that acquitting on the murder case because there was no evidence of a death and so it s unlikely to do here and so i think the judge is kinda needling todd a little bit there with the with the whole idea of not quite able as a matter of law, i will say though these types of motions, even though from the defense sayyed, you know that you re unlikely to win it s very useful to prepare for the closing because you kind of preview your argument and then you se
donald trump announced that he s now not going to testify at his new york civil trial. clearly a reversal here from donald trump. this is smart move, or the least self-destructive move. congress stalled over foreign aid to ukraine and israel. if we don t solve this, vladimir putin is going to have an opening to march through ukrainian threatening all of europe. two university of pennsylvania leaders have stepped down. an intense spotlight is on the heads of harvard and m.i.t. it made us feel like we re alone in this. good morning, everyone. we have new cnn polling this morning showing donald trump leading president biden in two crucial battleground states that biden won last election. in georgia, hypothetical rematch shows trump ahead by five points. many michigan, trump is up by ten points. a state that president biden won by nearly three points back in 2020. trump s dismissed biden s warning that he s a threat to democracy. he said it s a hoax. baker
announced it s peter has called it quits. well, near congressman has accused george santos 15 minutes of fame ticking and say this grift online by hopping on cameo views. all of this well we are hurtling towards the first wave of government funding expiring next month. a report from capitol hill coming up. and, trump turned, at a federal appeals court upholds the gag order for the twice impeached quadruple indicted presidents election interference case in d.c.. what this new ruling bars trump from, saying and how this could impact gop front-runners other criminal cases. then, ongoing offensive, israeli forces operation in one key part of gaza, the root of hamas expected to last several more weeks. as the humanitarian crisis across the region rose even more dire by the minute. we are live from israel with the latest. follow this and much more ahead. your saturday morning to. all we will be continuing to show breaking developments in just one of the many crimi
penalties. at least in my former office we would not bring a criminal case under those circumstances. so when someone s already paid back the taxes, it doesn t seem that the prosecution really brings back that much in the door. this idea he wouldn t be charged if his name wasn t hunter biden has ring to it. that was barbara mcquade pointing out a possible political motivation behind the new tax charges against hunter biden. we ll break down those allegations against the president s son. we ll also recap donald trump s day in court for his civil tax fraud trial as the former president is expected today be the last person to take the stand. plus an update on the bipartisan negotiations in the senate on border security. the issue that s holding up critical aid for ukraine. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, december 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we begin today with news from the west coast. hunter biden is facing a major new l