Happening now, Breaking News, cnn. Well, you find a central witness in the classified docs Documents Case. Now, speaking publicly for the first time, standby for details on what he knows as he urges voters out there to learn the truth about his former boss also tonight, a dire warning from the fbi director that the Terrorism Threat against the United States is that a whole new level . After the october 7 attack on israel and the war in gaza standby for more on alarming new testimony by the nations top intelligence officials. And the princess of wales now says shes responsible for editing a family photo that was supposed to ease speculation about her health after up nominal surgery instead, the image and the controversy are now raising even more questions about whats going on with the british royal. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world im wolf blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room the skis. Cnn Breaking News because thats good right to the Breaking News,
Skis, cnn Breaking News, because thats good right to the Breaking News, cnn has exclusive new interview with a key witness in the Trump Classified documents case, known only as trump employee five, at least until now . Cnns kaitlan, polands as a west palm beach, florida near maralago, kaitlan. Who is this witness . And why is he speaking out now well, if this is brian butler, brian butler worked for donald trump for 20 years at the Maralago Club at one point, running the car service for all of the gases thats coming in and out of the club. He eventually left that job in fall of 2022, but that was not before he had been privy to some major conversations and moments in this classified documents investigation. And now he is someone who has spoken to prosecutors multiple times and clearly is a key witness. For the indictment. One of those moments he recalls, wolf is June 3 Of 2022 when he was working at the club and the bodyman of donald trump, walt nauta, asked him oddly in his estimation
rahel solomon in for christine romans. a stormy and hot independence eve day eve, is in store for millions of people across the country. severe storms are expected to spread from mississippi to massachusetts, with wind gusts, hail and tornadoes possible in some areas. the streets of chicago flooded on sunday after record rainfall. meantime, more than 30 million people across the west coast, mid-atlantic and the carolinas will be under heat alerts today. and the severe weather could also mean another frustrating day at airports. nearly 7500 flights were delayed, more than 600 were cancelled across the u.s. on sunday. and since saturday, there have been almost 1,000 cancellations. so, a lot to get to, let s bring in right now, cnn meteorologist allison chinchar. allison, good morning. what areas are you watching specifically? good morning, rahel. two separate areas of western. the first one kind of slides up and down most of the east coast and a secondary position for the mid
welcome to inside politics. i m manu roaju in for dana bash. is donald trump immune from actions he took in office. that crucial question now in the hands of three judges on the d.c. court of appeal. trump says he cannot be prosecuted for trying to overturn the election because they were, quote, official actions he took while president. moments ago, we heard from trump himself. i think it s very unfair when an opponent, a political opponent, is prosecuted by the doj by biden s doj, so they re losing in every poll. and they re losing in almost every demographic. numbers came out today that are really very mind boggling if you happen to be joe biden. and i think they feel this is the way they re going to try to win. that was outside the courtroom, inside the court, with his d.c. criminal trial looming, trump s lawyer and the special counsel s office made their cases in the high stakes hearing today. if a president has to look over his shoulder or her shoulder every time
center headquarters. this is msnbc headquarters on the right. the iconic christmas tree in the middle and this is our news proof to you that they haven t taken down the big tree yet. people still enjoying the ice skating in the holiday season. the new year naturally begins with a presidential race as well as a possible trial of donald trump. later tonight we have some developments in that jack smith case. our top story of the new year right now is this official home stretch of the primaries in the 2024 presidential race. president biden is the presumed democratic nominee. there is no big race there although there are some other announced candidates. we even heard from cornell west last year. on the republican side there could be an open race. will republicans decide between trump or his remaining opponents? and how soon does that process start? if you ve been busy, you know, having a little time off or enjoying your holiday food or your new years workout routine or any of the