future of russia. among them what is prigozhin s next move, what concessions if any did he get to reverse course, and where is he today? this is treason. in the face of those who are fighting on the front. this is a stab in the back of our troops. plus, what does vladimir putin s unprecedented admission of vulnerability in a national speech mean for his hold on power and on the war in ukraine? this is just the latest chapter in a book of failure that putin has written for himself and for russia. economically, militarily. his standing in the world. all of those things have plummeted. we ll have insight and analysis this hour from former cia director john brennan, former u.s. european command deputy steph twitty, a former top adviser to president zelenskyy in ukraine, and senate intelligence committee chairman mark warner, who was briefed on prigozhin s plans in the days leading up to the weekend rebellion. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington, where pr
hello and merry christmas eve. welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. i m danny freeman in for victor blackwell. thank you for joining us. here s what we are watching for you. attorneys for donald trump with the late night court filing urging a federal appeals court to throw out the federal election subversion case against him. why they claim he has absolute immunity. war in the holy land on this christmas eve. the idf expanding operations in gaza as president biden gets on the phone with the israel leader to discuss the war a. the latest on the victims and gunman police are searching for. t tis the season for spreading holiday cheer. a study shows people sharing time to volunteer is dropping. we will discuss ahead on cnn this morning. new this morning, former president donald trump s legal team a major legal move. a light night filing urging federal appeals court to throw out the federal election subversion case in washington, d.c.. that trump was w
sunday. live picture from the kennedy space center in florida where in just 90 minutes from now four passengers will lift off on a private mission to the international space station. the crew on board the axiom 2 mission includes the first woman to command a private space flight and the first saudi arabian woman to travel to space. much more on this historic mission later on this hour. first, we continue to cover the fast-changing developments in the high stakes talks to avoid a looming debt crisis. just a short time ago president biden and speaker of the house kevin mccarthy agreed to meet for another round of negotiations on raising the debt limit. and staff level talks between the two sides will resume in the next few hours. the two men agreeing to a one-on-one meeting after what mccarthy called a productive phone call today with the president, as the president flew home from the g7. so before departing, biden painted a grim picture of the talks telling reporters while the
donald trump in jail since 2015. today, democrats have gotten them closer to that goal. let s be very clear, the white house is the key player in the game of political vengeance. joe biden bears the ultimate responsibility for what this will do to america. our nation s chief executive has the inherent duty to do everything he or she can to preserve america s standing in the world as the world s leading democracy. that means whether through back channels or public speeches, biden should have made it clear that his party would oppose any local prosecutor who uses trumped up criminal charges to punish and humiliate a former president. of course, biden didn t do this. instead, he bowed to far left which has been salivating over the prosecute of trump in a mugshot for years. a lot of democrats spouting off saying they think trump should go to jail. president trump could end up being prosecuted. once he become a civilian, donald trump may have to go to court and could go to j
hunt. martha the, a whole lot of people, it seems, have turned out to watch procession in scotland. i ll let you set the scene. so this morning howie, good to be with you, first of all. this morning the queen request with s coffin left in the hearse from balmoral castle, one of her favorite places in the world to spend time. she spent every scherr there through the middle summer there through the middle of october, generally. today when the casket went through the gates, no doubt there was not a dry eye. many of them have spent decades in service of the queen. it went down to a small village nearby where she would be able to go and be a normal person, walking into shops and visiting. and they said she was our queen, but she was also our neighbor. then we watched the hearse as it has wound down through the scottish highlands, and it is about to arrive, as you just said. and king charles has called in the final journey, her final journey. and, indeed, she made so many jou