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right now on ana cabrera reports, breaking news at a courthouse in washington, rudy giuliani no longer set to testify today in his own defense in the defamation case brought by two election workers. why did the man once known as america s mayor decide not to take the stand? plus, donald trump s fed in pause. will this force the judge to change the trial date? also ahead, the house voting to launch an impeachment inquiry, so why now after a year of investigation resulting in no evidence of wrongdoing by president biden? and later, the return of vladimir putin s hours long year-end news conference, the first since the invasion of ukraine. his new admissions about the war and what he said about a potential prisoner swap with the u.s. good morning, thanks for being here. it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with breaking news from washington. in major reversal, rudy giuliani will not take the stand in his defamation trial. ....
reporting from new york. yasmin vossoughian picks up the coverage right now. it is 11:00 a.m. in the east, 8:00 a.m. pacific. this morning, major political fallout on capitol hill as republicans formally launch their impeachment inquiry into president biden, hours after his son defied a subpoena to speak with lawmakers behind closed doors. meanwhile, new developments in the federal criminal case surrounding former president donald trump. why a new court ruling threatens to push back the trial s start date, even further, into the presidential election year. this morning in an unexpected twist, former trump lawyer rudy giuliani will not take the stand in his multimillion dollar civil defamation trial. we ll take you live to the courthouse and breakdown what is next for this case. as democrats are considering major concessions on the border, we re going to take you live to one port of entry officials had to close after being overwhelmed with new arrivals. we re als ....
synagogue leader found stabbed multiple times outside her home. what we re now learning about the suspect. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we start with rudy giuliani s trial nearing the finish line in d.c. ryan reilly has been following it for us. the jury deliberations got underway in the last hour. what s the update? reporter: yeah, so the jury now has this case. they had lunch delivered to them. they will be able to begin starting deliberations right away and have about three hours before the end of the day here. these eight jurors are going to decide just how much in damages to award to these two individuals who were defamed by rudy giuliani and as you mentioned, rudy giuliani said previously that he was going to testify and whose lawyers said he was going to testify did not end up taking the stand, and the way that the lawyers sort of framed that to the jurors here was they didn t want to put the two plaintiffs through any mo ....
target of the unrelenting trump attack machine shouting where s hunter. here s my answer. i am here. mr. biden, was it worth it trying to sell the family name? do you want president biden to pardon you, sir? neil: so it went or didn t go. still on the hunt for answers. hunter biden showing up on capitol hill, but a no-show for the closed door deposition that republicans had demanded. so what happens now that he s defying that subpoena? we don t know. this much we do. he used his appearance to blast the impeachment inquiry in to his dad that could be just hours away. all of that and as martha was telling you, we have a new record at the corner of wall and broad. the biggest finish we ve seen in two years. the dow has never been higher. the other averages racing along. we ll tell you what sparked this and what it could mean for you now in your world. welcome, everybody. glad to have you. so much going on today. the record on wall street, more on that in a second. fi ....
for six years i ve been the target of the unrelenting trump attack machine shouting where s hunter. well, here s my answer. i am here. there is no fairness or decency in what these republicans are doing. they have lied over and over about every aspect of my personal and professional life. john: christmas break is almost upon us but it is a busy afternoon here in washington as any moment we are expecting to hear from the white house as kayleigh was pointing out, after hunter biden s shocking public statement and refusal to appear before the house oversight committee and republican lawmakers are expected to formally authorize an impeachment inquiry into president biden. so begins wednesday, hello, i m john roberts in washington. buckle up, sandra, here we go. sandra: and just 12 days from christmas, can you believe that, john. this is america reports . gop leadership has indicated they do have the votes to approve the impeachment probe with debate for the measure h ....