simple question. it is a president of the united states above the law? it should be simple, you ve heard that phrase how many times? of course we say nobody is above the law, it is why the lady justice wears a blindfold. but it s not what trump s legal team things, they ve been arguing for a long time, along the lines of what you d call maybe the nixon doctrine. if the president does it, it is not illegal. you know how that worked out for richard nixon, don t we? but how will it work out for donald trump? well, jack smith does not want to disappear out and wait to find out. he is going straight to the supreme court to decide whether trump is, in fact, protected by the presidential immunity in the election subversion case in washington, d.c.. tonight, a preliminary win of sorts, will explain why. they are saying they will fast-track at least as a pondering of whether to actually take on the request for information in a ruling. let s read the tea leaves a little bit tonight bec
here is where we begin with a live look at capitol hill where ukrainian president zelenskyy will arrive any moment. he will be making a last-ditch plea to congress to stop stalling and approve billions in additional aid in their fight against russia. lawmakers are deadlocked and time is running out quickly to reach a deal before they go home for the holidays. in an hour zelenskyy will enter the united states capitol speak to the entire senate. later he has meetings with president biden at the white house, house speaker, republican speaker mike johnson. zelenskyy will be facing a much colder reception from republicans compared to less than one year ago when he received this hero s welcome. thank you. [ applause ] that was december of last year when a joint session of congress gave zelenskyy a standing ovation during his first visit of the war. he received an american flag from then-speaker nancy pelosi. lauren fox is live on capitol hill. lauren, it is such a differe
11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m., pacific. we will talk to congresswoman, chair of the congressional hispanic congress, and why she says striking a deal on immigration with republicans could set a dangerous press department. the supreme court blocked a texas woman from getting an abortion. jack smith asking the supreme court to make a critical condition. overseas, humanitarian groups are saying the war is sending gaza into a apocalyptic free fall. and then making a plea to lawmakers to approve more aid to the fighting against russia. the meetings come after he spoke to all 100 senators this morning, urging them to reach a deal on more military aid. senate majority leader, chuck schumer, called it a very powerful meeting. president zelenskyy made it so clear how he needs help, and if he gets the help he can win the war, and he outlined, a, the kind of help he needs, and how it will help him win. even many of our republican colleagues talked about we are winning this war.
committee will meet to formalize impeachment inquiry into president biden. steve: what it means the full house could vote on that as soon as tomorrow. ainsley: well, that falls on the same day that lawmakers are demanding that hunter biden testify behind closed doors. lawrence: alexandria hoff knows it all. she is in washington with the latest. good morning, alex. maybe not all of it but there are a lot of pieces in play. the white house is trying to put to use statements made by republicans who feel there isn t enough evidence to impeach the president. some have changed their minds on that in recent weeks. the way this timeline breaks down is that today the house rules committee is going to consider the resolution that would authorize the impeachment inquiry. tomorrow, house republicans are expected to vote to approve it. mind you, this isn t a vote for impeachment, just to allow for the inquiry and more investigative power into that. tomorrow is the same day that th
judge s gag order still in place, so he can t speak about certain things. he has to be so careful. that is so unconstitutional, in my opinion. we have first amendment rights. we have rights as attorneys. sixth amendment rights. those are all being violated, and he still wants to take the stand even though my advice is, at this point, you should never take the stand with a gag order. but he is so firmly against what is happening in this court. trump lawyer alina habba previewing the former president s testimony in the civil fraud trial against his business organization. now, it appears trump will be a no-show. we ll show you what his legal team is saying about the last-minute reversal, and who will take the stand. plus, the latest from the middle east. israel continues to strike what it calls hamas strongholds in southern gaza. an area where the u.n. has warned about dire humanitarian conditions. it comes amid new reporting that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu no