hey, everybody. welcome back. it is 11:00 a.m. in the east. i m yasmin vossoughian back for a second hour here. we re following the breaking news out of michigan that is putting pressure on the u.s. supreme court this morning. the state supreme court rejecting a case to remove trump from the 2024 ballot, just a week after a ruling by the colorado supreme court removing him from the ballot in that state. want to bring in nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard, carol lam, and former republican congressman from florida david jolly as well. vaughn, if you will, walk us through this ruling out of michigan. it is most notable the supreme court, we should understand, is not actually taking up the appeal from the litigants. instead, they denied to hear any arguments and to take up the case. but by doing so, they are all but affirming the lower court s decision, which in the state of michigan is to not disqualify donald trump from the ballot, like the state of colorado did. on the p
while x is located some 2000 miles away. plus israeli prime minister benjamin is in gaza with troops today battling the fight is far from over. israel ramps up the strikes against hamas. donald trump is asking a court to grant him absolute immunity. the case is legal team is making to get the interference charges thrown out.i m kate baldwin with sarah s nightmare. john is off today. this is a very christmas cnn news central. this morning big news out of russia.opposition leader and chief hooton critic alexa has been found after disappearing for two weeks. the head of the anticorruption foundation says diwali is now in a colony in the pafar reache of western siberia thousands of miles from the jail he was known to be. he was movmoved from the detent center in moscow serving a 19 year sentence. where following the developments. we are getting more information from the team regarding his current location but as he mentioned this is a moment of relief for supporters and legal
you are live in the cnn newsroom, i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour with donald trump arguing that lobbying owe election officials to overturn the 2020 election was within his official responsibilities as president. that argument was part of a brief filed last night in which attorneys for the former president asked an appeals court to dismiss his criminal election subversion case, one day after the supreme court refused to decide for now whether he is protected from prosecution. in the filing trump s attorneys argue that, quote, president trump has absolute immunity, the judicial branch cannot sit in judgment over a president s official acts. the legal wrangling could push a verdict into the heat of the 2024 campaign or even after the election if trump is elected he will try to pardon himself. politico argues trump s legal argument seems to be as much about prevailing in the appeals court as a bid to slow down the case against him. let s discuss that and mo
hi, everyone. merry christmas eve to you and welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. i m danny freeman in for victor blackwell. thanks for being here. here s what we re watching for you. new overnight, attorneys for donald trump with a late-night court filing urging a federal appeals court to throw out the fed federal election subversion case against him. could the former president s claim of absolute immunity work? and what does it mean for the 2024 campaign and piresiden biden? we ll ask an expert who say democrats need a healthy dose of realism. and israel s war with hamas rages. we ll speak with a pastor in bethlehem on how the birthplace of jesus is marking the holiday without the usual celebrations. new this morning, president trump s legal team, the former president trump s laelegal team arguing presidential immunity should clear him of wrongdoing in his federal election subversion case in washington, d.c. they say he was merely working in his offici
thank you for wicking up with us. i am amara walker. i m paula reid in for boris sanchez and i am thrilled to be back with you today. thanks for coming back. i am glad we didn t scare you away. well, we are following two top stories this morning. a solemn moment expected today in alabama. president biden will visit selma to mark an important moment in civil rights history. the 58th anniversary of bloody sunday. and a raucous welcome for former patient. the conservative political action conference in maryland facing a slew of investigations. the twice impeached republican promised a reckoning with democrats and establishment republicans. in 2016 i declared i am your voice. today i add i am your warrior, i am your justice, and for those who have been wronged and betrayed, i am your retribution. i am your retribution. a lot to get to this morning. let s begin with priscilla alvarez in delaware with the president. this is president biden s third trip to selma but his fi