Atlanta with the new indictment against donald trump possibly coming out of georgia at any minute. Is a the deadline approaches in the January 6th Federal Case against the former president. It could give us a signal of where exactly that case is headed. The foiled Assassination Attempt on ukraines president. Had, but we learned about the plot and the russian woman allegedly at the center of it all. The ntsb investigating after two Firefighting Helicopters collided in california, killing three people. What went wrong here . Were following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. Its legal deadline day here in d. C. Former president trumps Defense Lawyers have a few more hours to respond to a Special Counsel filing. Prosecutors asked the court to place restrictions on what trump can do with aunt say about certain evidence in the election interference case. Trumps lawyer suppose it could have until 5 00 p. M. Eastern time to respond, but
inside iraq where they were around at militants for a drone attack, iraq is calling them hostile acts and warning them they can ratchet up tensions in the middle east. the anti-semitic outbursts, written in hebrew. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m pamela brown and you are in the situation room. we are with the next donald trump legal battles, just days to go before the new year and weeks to go before the first 2024 presidential contest. pamela, donald trump s legal team is spending the last days of 2023 prepping for an immunity case they will argue on january 9th. they have submitted their brief, that was over the weekend and they are once again arguing that donald trump cannot be prosecuted for anything related to january 6. as they returned the 2020 electric results. because he was acquitted, he cannot be criminally charged. we will see some response from the special counsel by the end of this week but then arguments before the appea
the supreme court for more than two decades and was at the center of some of the most impactful decisions impacting the lives of all americans. thank you for joining us. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. team trump just took out its first new hampshire ad against nikki haley. the lead starts now. by this time, next month, we will know if the polls are right. do you hear that sound? that s the sound of us surging. this hour i will speak with haley s biggest supporter in new hampshire where she has got to stop trump if she wants to be president, plus democratic senator john fetterman from pennsylvania will be here taking headlines and waves in his party for backing israel wholeheartedly, pushing border security, and saying he s not a progressive. what is going on? and the volcanic eruption creating warnings and wonder around the world. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. off the top are live images of that incredible volcanic eruption in iceland. the largest
americans biggest adversaries in one of the most remote parts of the world. in international waters off the coast of alaska aleutian islands, 11 russian and chinese lessons were seen patrolling the waters saturday. this is according to alaska s two senators, and today, china s foreign ministry insisted that their presence was, quote, not targeted at any third party, but the u.s. military is responding, sending ships and planes to the area. cnn national security reporter natosha bertran joins me from the pentagon. important to know the northern command proceeds no actual threat from russia or china, but when russia and china do something like this , they are sending a message. reporter: that s exactly right, breonna taylor we have learned from u.s. northern command is that these russian and chinese vessels were engaging in joint patrol off the coast of alaska last week, when u.s. northern command did send boats and aerospace and
china, and russia. interesting. natosha bertran, take for the report live for us in the pentagon. start two to helicopters, helping to fight wildfires in southern california have collided. three people are dead. we will have the latest on how that happened and the investigation. stranded on the open seas nearly 2 days. a florida man takes extreme measures to survive after he drifted a dozen miles offshore. his amazing story is ahead on cnn news central. so researchers can help life underwater flourish. if you s struggle. and struggle. and struggle with cpap. you should check out inspire. no mask. no hose. just sleep. learn mo and view important safety information at inspiresleep.com i currently out of the office. focusing on a little blue-sky thinking.