twilight s last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming . and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there . say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave . rachel: today the most festive and wonderful joyous day of the year. merry christmas, everybody. i hope everyone is looking forward to a great day with family and friends. we re also remembering the reason for the season which is the birth of jesus christ. i m lucky enough celebrating christmas on the couch with todd piro and griff jenkins. merry christmas to you, don t forget the little one inside of you. we ll share the holiday season with boy shimkus. this is thrill for me. i work with you every day. i can t wait to meet little one and meet griff. merry christmas, did santa come to the house. the cookie
right now in buffalo a blizzard warning is in effect until tomorrow morning. all the impacts and when we ll see some relief coming up. the january 6 it committee lays blame squarely at the feet of former president trump. what s next in the investigation? ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is back home after a historic visit to washington, and he s warning ukrainians they could see more russian missile strikes over christmas. the next phase of this war and how the just passed u.s. government spending bill could help. plus from heartbreaking tragedies to shocking courtroom revelations, we ve got a look at the top ten crime & justice stories this morning on cnn this morning. yes, it is saturday, december 24th. merry christmas eve. thanks for waking up with us. merry christmas to everyone. sorry, martin. i was going to say merry christmas to everyone. i m sure santa is working very hard to get those presents wrapped, ready to go. it s good to be with you al
cnn newsroom starts right now. good morning, it s saturday, december 24th. merry christmas eve. i m whitney wild in for amara walker. and i m martin savidge in for boris sanchez. and you re in the cnn newsroom. we begin with a frustrating start to a holiday weekend. more than 200 americans are under winter alert with an arctic blast with heavy snow and ice. the storm has placed enormous strains on america s energy infrastructure. this morning where more than 500,000 homes and businesses are without power. and authorities in tennessee have ordered 15-minute rolling blackouts to manage demands. now, officials in states are blaming the winter storm for 15 deaths. they re reminding drivers, if you don t need to travel, stay off the road. across the country, snow, ice and powerful winds have caused multivehicle crashes and left drivers stranded on roads and highways. many spent hours in freezing conditions but it is not just the snow and ice. in new jersey, in several co
is if we have a national law. trey: thank you for joining us, i am trey gowdy, it is sunday night in america, president biden trying to salvage of midterms by attacking the supreme court, he is not bee subtle this. saying this in aftermath of the dobbs decision. sounds like he wants the issues on the ballot, isn t that when the dobbs decision did? return to people and the ballot, what is most telling when the president said this: if you believe that mr. president, are the people not also capable of drawing a careful balance on a complex matter? or is it just 9 lawyers that can do that. if you believe a national consensus exists on these issues, why would it not be reflected by the people at the ballot box. there is lies of question. what are your rights? where are your rights to be found? in the constitution. with the 9 in black robes or the ballots. joining us how constitutional law professor josh black man. i think we have to go back to con-law class, there are certai
trump bomb shells. at that time january 6th hearings yesterday a star witness no one ever heard of testified about something she didn t see which right there makes her testimony as la jets mate as smoke signals from liz warren. so what s the gist? that is then president donald trump was being driven back to the white house after the january 6th rally and demanded the car pull over so he could snack on an injured dog on the side of the road. yeah. it was a pekingese which he then sleuthered in ketchup which he devoured with his hands. don jr. was in the back seat. she was told that anyway. actually she was told on the way to the rally donald trump stripped naked declared himself the king and all of shakespeare plays on his smith correspond rona processor he bothered from his head adolf hitler who isn t really dead but lives in a shampoo bottle in mar-a-lago pool house. maybe that ace bit much. but her claims are even much believable. she claims she was told that trump actuall