hello and welcome to you if you re joining me around the world, wherever you may be watching in the united states, europe, asia. i m richard quest. together, we are in the cnn newsroom . president biden reveals that he didn t ask for a cease-fire in his long call, telephone call, with the israeli prime minister. at the same time, the military in israel is expanding its ground offensive in gaza. christmas eve for many, to be sure, as the war rages on in gaza. christians in bethlehem and around the world, it s a celebration much more difficult than in previous years. and at the cnn s weather center, some in the united states forget a white christmas. think rainy christmas, instead. it s an extreme ly busy morning, and i ll get to those stories in a moment. only after i ve updated you with one twor deve developments in d trump s legal battles. the former u.s. president has now asked a federal appeals court to throw out the criminal election subversion case against him. the
court. jack smith requested that the supreme court circumvent the normal appellate process to quickly decide the process and presidential immunity. it is an important question about the powers of the presidency that the courts have really considered before. it could determine whether the criminal election interference cases against trump in washington d.c. and in fulton county georgia can move forward on schedule, or at all. this decision from the supreme court does not mean that the case against trump is dead. far from. in the d.c. court of appeals has agreed to expedite this case. a hearing is already scheduled for january 9th. the supreme court could still weigh in on the matter at a later date. however, this decision does threaten to delay the march 4th start date for trump s federal election interference trial, since judge tanya chutkan was, as a matter of normal procedure, compelled to pause proceedings on her case until the appeal is resolved. however, simultaneously
belief in why they are fighting, but in others there is a deep resentment. why can t the un do more to get the kind of world peace that most of us long to see? you ve got a structure here in the united nations that reflects a post second world war order. the new order, the new balances of power, are not reflected in it. and what are meteorites made of? for that matter, what s space made of? when scientists add up all the matter, all the stuff we can see in the galaxy, that matter doesn t create enough gravity to hold that galaxy together, so there has to be something else there. on the battlefields of eastern and southern ukraine at the moment, the temperatures are bitter and the fighting is inevitably limited. but as the russian invasion approaches its second anniversary, things aren t going particularly well for ukraine. there s political infighting in kyiv, with angry arguments about the way forward and criticism of president zelensky s decision making. millions of innocen
will only plant the seeds for the next war. u.s. facing global criticism for vetoing a u.n. resolution calling for a cease-fire. we ll look at how other nations are responding. plus, trump s gag order back on. an appeals court ruling the former president can t go after witnesses in the election interference case, but there is one person whom he can still attack. and the state of texas has once again pushed a pregnant woman from having an abortion. after a court order allowed her to move forward. we ll look at why this indicates is this case is so important. the united states facing fierce international criticism for vetoing the u.n. security council s latest attempt to call for a cease-fire between israel and hamas. human rights watch warned that the u.s. had put itself at the risk of complicity in war crimes. the medical charity doctors without borders condemned the u.s. vote as, quote, a vote against humanity. the u.n. security council resolution had 13 votes in s
mac climate agenda, us adults a part of republicans backing an ambitious counter by 2030. for biden s climate agenda majority of us adults and half of republicans back an ambitious emission cuts by2030 president biden s son hunter could go on trial twice next year while his father runs for reelection. the special counsel david weiss filed a second indictment last night. he was charged by a grand jury with nine counts of failing to file and pay taxes, tax evasion and filing false tax returns; three of those charges are felonies, another six are misdemeanors. some of these charges relate to a period when he was struggling with depression and addicted to drugs. but prosecutors allege he exploited the family name to fund a lavish lifestyle, spending funds on hotels, escorts and a porsche. and that even after he was sober and building a new life he failed to fully pay the taxes he owed. it is the second federal indictment. hunter biden also faces charges stemming from the ille