Good afternoon. I am richard lui in for yasmin. The christmas dozens of Flights Canceled due to weather in the mid let leaving airline scrambling to get Travelers Home for the holidays. A live report on the situation just a moment. And, a brandnew falling by Donald Trumps legal team on the issue of president ial immunity, essentially their clients commute completely immune from prosecution. This sets up a showdown of what the Special Counsel and the hearing set for early january. Breaking news for you as well, the Israeli Military revealing the fate of five hostages whose bodies were found in the tunnels of gaza. We will get the details with that just into. Us with record breaking numbers of migrant the board of this week, some negotiators working the phone lines through the congressional recess to find a deal on immigration. Well also look back at the Culture War Bottles of 2023 when america appeared to be a war with itself. That is coming up, later this hour. We are going to start th
the southern border is near a breaking point with thousands of migrants there waiting to be processed. federal authorities are reporting a seven-day average of more than 9600 migrant encounters at the border this month, which is among the highest ever recorded. republican tony gonzalez says the resources of border towns already are stretched thin and are being pushed past their ability to handle the unprecedented surge. when there s large numbers of people that come over, border patrol gets overwhelmed. they have to feed and clothe and house these people. where do they go? they go to the local grocery store. just the other day they bought 8,000 loaves of bread, cheese, food to feed these people. guess what happens when you go shopping at that local grocery store? you don t have groceries. joining me is rafael romo on the southern border in eagle pass, texas. just give us a sense of what you re seeing there today. reporter: let me tell you, in the last few minutes we saw
it s good to be back with you on this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, breaking news overseas. more than 15 people killed, dozens injured after a shooting at a university in prague. video shows a scene all too familiar here in the u.s. but exceedingly rare in central europe. so what happened? plus, rudy giuliani trying to fend off a mountain of legal bills from lawsuits and legal fees by filing for bankruptcy. and wait until you hear just how deep his debts go. the growing humanitarian crisis at the southern border. for the third day in a row, more than 12,000 migrants have crossed into the u.s. we are live in texas. plus, governor greg abbott escalating his war against president biden s immigration policies. first, he was bussing migrants, now he s flying them out of state. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, and we start with that deadly shooting in prague. nbc s molly hunter is following that story for us. just mome
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
and the reidout with joy reid is up next. good evening everyone. welcome to the reidout. we begin tonight with major breaking news. a bombshell ruling from the colorado supreme court in just the last hour, states that donald trump is disqualified from holding the office of president. and from appearing on the republican primary ballot in that state. in a more than 200 page ruling the court found that trump is ineligible for the white house under section 3 of the 14th amendment to the u.s. constitution. the court found that district court was correct in its early ruling calling the january 6th attack on the capitol an insurrection and that trump, quote, engaged in that insurrection through his personal actions. the court noted we do not reach these conclusions lightly. we are mindful of the magnitude and weight of the questions now before us. we are likewise mindful of our solemn duty to apply the law without fear or favor. and without being swayed by public reaction to