for the first time since itjoined nato, the swedish flag has been raised at nato headquarters. they ve been taking part in the largest military exercise since the cold war, amidst warnings of a new threat to europe from russia following its full scale invasion from damning of ukraine. jonathan beale reports from the arctic circle. nato says it s a bulwark for peace. but it s preparing for war. this, just part of its massive military exercise taking place right across europe. and with newest members sweden and finland in no doubt as to why theyjoined. being alone against russia is like, why take that risk when you canjoin nato? i personally feel a lot safer because now we have allies to depend on. in this scenario, they ve come to defend northern norway after it s been invaded. they re not calling the enemy russia, but it is a near neighbour. the aim of this exercise is to demonstrate how nato would come to the aid of an ally under attack. it is the very principle of the allia
hamas war escalating just days after the u.n. approved a watered down resolution calling for aid to the embattled region as the toll of the war caused christmas celebrations to be canceled in bethlehem. and getting down to the wire in iowa where a gop presidential candidate spent the holiday weekend trying win over voters. did he make any headway? we re going to find out. and if you ve been dreaming of a white christmas, you re probably going to be disappointed. we re going to tell you why most people around the country will just have to keep dreaming. we begin this hour with the growing fight over whether former president trump can claim immunity to election interference charges. trump s legal team filed a brief with a federal appeals court in washington over the weekend asking it to toss out the federal election interference case against him. his lawyers arguing quote this. president trump has absolute immunity from prosecution for his official acts as president. so, they s
the money. yeah. jason carroll. thank you very much. there s an incredible story thanks for joining us. the news continues now here on cnn it s wednesday, may 22, right now on cnn this morning, the defense rests now, the fate of the former for president will be decided by 12 manhattan jurors deadly turbulence, one passenger killed dozens more injured when a singapore airlines passenger jet hits some very rough air and there s a devastating tornado tearing a small town in iowa hello, two pieces all right. 5:00 a.m. here in washington, eight live. look at new york city good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt. it s wonderful to have you with us the defense rests donald trump s lawyers wrapped up their defense of the former president yesterday in his criminal hush money trial. and two, almost no one s surprise, trump did not testify as promised. the jury won t return until tuesday for closing arguments with a verdict possible by the end of next week. trump s sounding com
what you would see from just the turbulence. norah: the cbs evening news starts now. truly a nightmare at 37,000 feet on a flight from london. good evening, i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us. this was the scene on board a singapore airlines plane. debris strewn everywhere, dents in the overhead compartments after unbuckled people slammed into them during severe turbulence on the way to singapore. one person is dead, dozens are injured, tonight seven are in critical condition. the chaos lasted less than 2 minutes, forcing the pilots to make an emergency landing in bangkok. cbs s kris van cleave has more on what happened from passengers who experienced it. reporter: passengers describe a sudden drop during a meal service that left passengers bloodied, overhead bins and oxygen masks dangling, dented ceilings, and debris everywhere. during the few seconds of the plane dropping, there was awful screaming. reporter: it happened about ten hours into
cnn one passenger killed dozens more hurt after a passenger patient into the death of actor matthew perry all right. 6:00 a.m. here in washington alive. look at new york city, where the defense has rested in the donald trump hush money trial. good morning, everyone in kasie hunt, it s wonderful to have you with us as we said, the defense rests former president donald trump s hush money case soon to be in the hands of the jury who we ll have to consider whether he paid off a porn star to influence an election, will have to do it without hearing from the candidate himself. no surprise there, really, unless you made the mistake of believing donald trump yeah i would testify. absolutely. it s a scam. it s a scam that s not a trail. i m testifying. i tell the truth. i mean, all i can do is tell the truth. are you more or less likely you think to take the stand in the manhattan case right now. i know well if it s necessary, probably so i would like to i mean, i think so i guess h