tracks. carolyn manno, thanks so much. happy new year. coming up, we speak with morgan more artie with a look ahead to the massive college football matchups between alabama and michigan, texas and washington. so stick with us for us for that. all right. next hour of cnn this morning starts right now. good morning to you. 7:00 here on the east coast. we ve got, what, 17 more hours until we hit 2024. so happy new year eve to you. we start this morning with a new court filing from special counsel jack smith. he is urging an appeals court to reject former president donald trump s claims of presidential immunity in the 2020 election subversion case. jack smith, quote, says he threatens to license presidents to commit crimes to remain in office. trump s lawyers says unless he is impeached and convicted by the senate. let s go to cnn s zachary cohen. he s got more for us. reporter: perez special counsel is arguing that the former president donald trump is wrong in claimi
a fox news alert, go fund me accused of playing politics yet again, as it shuts down the fundraiser for an elderly rancher being held after shooting and killing i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier. the fundraising platform says the terms of service prohibit covering legal defense of anyone formally charged with a crime. jackie ibanez has details. go fund me refusing all fundraisers for the arizona rancher in jail for shooting and killing a migrant on his land. gifts and go is supporting donations for kelly. this is exactly why give send go exists, to allow people to have voice and gain support in time of need. we are not the judge and jury and will not take down campaigns based on bias. there were reports of shots fired and officers found a deceased person. kelly s case come as migrants pour across the border at record levels. the rancher s friend says he s had trouble with migrants in the past. his ranch is a mile and a half away from the board in the tucson
starts right now. i m pamela brown in washington. new developments tonight in the idaho murder investigation. for the first time we are hearing from the parents of the suspect in this case. 28-year-old bryan kohberger. he is facing four counts of first-degree murder in the brutal slayings of four young students. it is a shock to his family. cnn s veronica miracle has more on what the family is saying today. reporter: pamela, that family put out a statement through his public defender. his attorney. this is according to cnn and here s what it reads. it says, first and foremost, we care deeply for the four families that lost their children. we pray each day for them. we ll continue to let the legal process unfold and as a family love and support our son and brother. we have fully cooperated with law enforcement agencies in an attempt to seek the truth and promote his presumption of innocence rather than judge unknown facts and make assumptions. we respect privacy in the mat
life and how that should be private and he said that any conversation we do have in future with the other parts of the family should remain private. the buffalo bills win in their emotional return to the field. hospitalized teammate damar hamlin tweeting play-by-play reactions. just wanted to come out and play free, play loose, play for him. and obviously the first kickoff you couldn t have scripted any better. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom . tonight, election deniers in brazil break down the barricades and take over the heart of the country s government, the congress, the supreme court and the presidential palace. and now a senior government official vows to punish those involved saying, i m in the field walking on the streets and personally commanding the security forces fulfilling the mission i received from the president of the republic. nobody will go unpunished. the democratic rule of law will not be walled up by criminals.