restrictions on abortion access, to a key defense bill. what that can do to the chances of getting it through congress. later, without being able to say who left a pack of cocaine in the west wing. the secret service still says case closed. the question is why. good evening and special counsel jack smith decides to charge the former president for his role in trying to overturn the election. being able to show his intent will be critical. and showing intense could hinge on whether or not he really believed he had one. tonight, new evidence that smith is thinking along those lines, and is looking for evidence from people who would know, or might have heard him indicate that he had known he had loss. sources tell cnn that jared kushner, and former top aide, hope hicks, have both gone before the grand jury. and some questions asked whether the former president was told he had lost the election. this adds to the picture given by testimony from other members of his inner circle. in
feet of former president trump. we ll have the key takeaways from that 845-page document, and also what s next in the investigation. plus, parents in search of children s medication are finding shelves bare in some places. so what s behind the shortage and what to do if your local pharmacy doesn t have what you need. and cnn sitting down with legacy producer clive davis, with a look at his storied career, the moment he knew something was very wrong with whitney houston. it is saturday, december 24th. merry christmas eve. thank you very much for waking up with us. we re going to begin sorry. i do that to you all the time. go for it, martin. we begin with the frigid and frustrating start of this holiday weekend. more than 200 million americans are under windchill alert, with the arctic blast that is delivering freezing temperatures, powerful winds and heavy snow and ice. just about everybody is aware of this. high winds produce dangerous windchills across the unit
bruce springsteen is postponing the rest of his september concert due to a gastrointestinal condition. on instagram today, the 73-year-old the zeeshan says he s being treated for pet culture disease. and that s it for me and cnn primetime . cnn tonight we laura coates starts right now. and every friend that i know in new jersey who saw him over the weekend, they got super lucky. i mean, are you kidding me? the only dream i have is that when day i will be at his front row and courtney cox, all those years ago remember that, that one video? i am a video, girl the mtv generation. i admit that. so, i mean, i have other dreams, abby phillip, besides for you thank you. laura yeah, we hope that he gets well soon. abby you too. good evening, everyone, i am laura coates. and welcome to cnn tonight . we have tomorrow s news tonight. we are here with the incredible video i can t believe this. it was the moment that a convicted murderer escape from pri
in washington, d.c. are dealing with a very important question. trying to decide what price should be paid for telling lies that throwed a violent insurrection. eroing the fabric of america and through no fault of their own became subjects of a conspiracy theory. rudy giuliani s defamation trial sued by ruby freeman and her daughter shaye moss. the judge ruled giuliani defamed freeman and moss, now deciding how much giuliani will pay. started with the expectation he made himself that giuliani would testify on his own behalf. he vow yesterday to give the whole story in a bit of a dramatic press conference. once he conceded, the trial went to arguments. when that happened, the lawyer asked the jury to award them $24 million each. gottlieb said giuliani has no right to offer civil servants up to a mob to win a general election. very true. emotional testimony by ruby freeman yesterday. over the course of 90 minutes freeman recounted how she was hounded by death threats, messa
charged with a crime there. . also sydney powell requesting a speedy trial, as kenneth cheeseborough did. does that mean that s when sydney powell will go also. possibly. trial dates move. they move back because of arguments. they move because people need more time. but these two people are also in this position already pushing themselves away from trump and trump is saying he doesn t want a trial date set at all at this point, let alone at that time so soon. so sydney powell and ken cheesborou, they were working with trump in the federal case against trump on the same topic, 2020 election, they are both coconspirators. so watching what these people do is so important because it could signify if they are willing to try and move in the direction that is not the way donald trump