live coming up. welcome to meet the press daily. i m chris jansing in for chuck todd. right now new evidence of russian war crimes. atrocities in ukraine continuing to mount. new satellite images show what could be a mass grave about 12 miles east of mariupol. ukrainian officials say as many as 9,000 bodies could be buried in that grave. the mayor says more than twice that many civilians in his city have died. reporter: according to. translator: according to our estimates, we have around 20,000 deaths, civilians, in mariupol. these were people buried by minute enemy shelling and bombardment. we are witnessing the enemy trying to hide their crimes, using the element of mass graves. russia continues to bomb a steel plant where the last remaining ukrainian fighters in that city are hold up. russia is intensifying its assault on eastern ukraine, in the donbas regions while broadening its ambitions. one senior general says his forces hope to capture all of southern ukr
ahead of his scheduled court appearance on tuesday. trump s legal team is preparing for the first ever arrangement of a former president, the u. s and russia s top officials, speaking by phone about two detained americans. but russia has to say about the fate of the arrested wall street journal reporter and a violent explosion rips through a saint petersburg cafe, leaving a popular pro war russian blogger dead. what? we re learning ahead in a live report. from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with leila harrack. we begin here in the united states and the coming hours. former u. s. president donald trump will head to new york for a moment we ve never seen before. sources tell cnn. he is expected to appear in court tuesday afternoon. his legal team says trump will voluntarily surrender but plans to file substantial legal challenges. we will take the indictment. we will dissect it. um the team will look at every every, um, potential issue that we will be able to challenge him. w
arlington, before attending today ceremony at the pentagon. where he served up a sobering truth about this day and about democracy. it s not enough to stand up for democracy once a year, and every now and then. it s something we have to do every single day. so, this is a day not only to remember but a day of renewal and resolve. the first lady, attending today s ceremony in shanksville, pennsylvania, where flight 93 was intentionally crashed by passengers to prevent the terrorists who overtook the cockpit, from stealing more american lives and they already had. we are going to have more on 9/11 over the next two hours, including how our country changed then and continues to evolve in the aftermath of those attacks. now, to scotland, where queen elizabeth embarked on the first leg of her final journey, on the third day of national mourning. there s also the fanfare of trumpets and celebrations today, as scotland, wales and northern ireland officially declared charles king.
do you have the votes for speaker locked in tomorrow? i think we ll have a good day tomorrow. what are your conversations like with i hope you all have a very nice new year s eve. taking the shine off the republicans big day, new york republican congressman-elect george santos will likely be among the new lawmakers sworn in despite to admitting to a growing number of lies about his life and resume. we will dig deep near that and the multiple investigations into santos and his campaign. the latest on donald trump s taxes. what he paid and where that money went. we have details on the dozens of countries where he was making money and paying taxes. including china, india, and the uae we re going to start with the house republicans, taking control of the house officially tomorrow. but right now, what should be a triumphant moment is perilously close to turning into a political disaster. the likes of which we haven t seen in 100 years. that s because kevin mccarthy,