smoke from devastating wildfires is affecting millions. pope francis is undergoing abdominal surgery at this hour. what we know about the 86-year-old s procedure and as we wait for an update from the vatican. special counsel jack smith has convened a second grand jury to hear testimony over donald trump s handling of classified documents. what prosecutors are now doing in florida. this is cnn news central. new this morning, former trump aide taylor budowich is in a federal courthouse in miami. jack smith is using a second grand jury there as he is investigating donald trump s handling of classified documents and that investigation appears to be nearing its final stages now. cnn has also learned trump s former chief of staff mark meadows that he testified before a federal grand jury in both special counsel investigations. cnn s caitlin poantz is in miami. let s start with this new second grand jury right now. what are you hearing about this? well, kate, there is
united states or wherever around the world, i m richard quest in london and this is the cnn newsroom. we ll tell you about the scale of israel s bombardment of gaza. new cnn analysis is putting this in greater context. the idf continues not to let up in its fight against hamas. the special counsel rejected. the u.s. supreme court denied a major request by jack smith in his presidential immunity dispute with donald trump. now the former president and what he says. join me in the kitchen, lord help us all, as i make holiday bri with the founder of the food blog half baked harvest . 4:00 in the morning on the east coast of the united states, 9:00 london, and 11:00 in gaza where israel s military said it s pressing ahead with operations in gaza despite pressure to scale back the offensive. an idf spokesperson said the campaign will widen to new areas with an emphasis on southern gaza. the united nations security council adopted a negotiated solution. the u.s. abstained b
the start of trump s election subversion trial? yeah, well, that likely ain t happening. it could be much later than that now. just so we re clear on that, we ll talk more about that tonight. but the question remains why kick the can down the road? it s almost a sure fire bet that scotus will have to take this up again at some point and maybe even sooner than you think. an expedited review of the case is already under way in the d.c. circuit court of appeal, which will hear oral arguments on january 9th. that s pretty quick. however that court may rule, either side, guess what? you guessed it, is likely to appeal. why wait? don t the american people have the right to know the answer? does he have immunity or not to this right now? i mean given the zip lipped with the justices, it s hard to know which way they re leaning or how they re thinking about this very important issue. but could it have something to do with a big land mine right in the middle of this dance floor? you k
calling on people to protest. he expects to be indicted on tuesday on his truth social page today the former president urged supporters to, quote, take back our nation, ahead of what he says is his expected arrest days from now. he went on to say, they re killing our nation as we sit back and watch. we must save america and protest. but he appears to be speculating. the prosecutors are wrapping up the investigation into hush money payments made to porn star stormy daniels. we have learned there is at least one witness still expected to testify on monday. sources tell my colleague kristin holmes and i that trump s legal team has gotten no word from the manhattan da s office of any timing of a poe tpgsal indictment. if he is indicted the trumped team would be notified and likely negotiate any surrender and court appearance. the former president has been pushing his team to get the base riled up over the idea of a possible indictment because he believes it would help him politic
watch out, watch out. watch out. mom, mom, mom. the five officers were fired and charged with second-degree murder among other charges. after watching the horrifying video the sheriff in shelby county, tennessee placed two deputies on administrative leave who would appear at the scene and launched an internal investigation. steve harrigan is alive in memphis tonight outside the police department, steve to you. and molly, more repercussions from this savage event for just learned the police chief has disbanded a scorpion unit all by former police officers accused of second-degree murder were part of that elite anti- crime-fighting unit. as an initiative of the new chief about 40 officers not going to be disbanded for you can see behind me two or 300 protests in front of headquarters despite the rain for there is not meant violence since that tape was released on the internet by the officials here at 7:00 p.m. on friday. a few details from that tape which may be upsetting