The sleeves up because we are 235 days away from the election. Every day we are getting closer. The stakes get even higher. This week President Biden and donald trump wrapped up their primaries and other presumptive nominees. At the same time, all four criminal trials against trump are facing even more delays. In georgia, District Attorney forney willis can proceed with her case. With that, lets bring in our night and get ready because i could not be more excited about who is joining because they are the future stars of journalism in this country. Four outstanding Student Journalists from across the nation who have done amazing work. They have not in and graduated from college yet. Get ready to feel like you are and under performer. Theo baker, former spotlight editor at the stanford daily. The youngest ever recipient of the prestigious polk award. You have seen him before. Caitlin 80 joins us. Editor at the daily tar heel. The Student Newspaper at the university of North Carolina in c
news, the u.s. launches break strikes in he ran in syria, in retaliation for the killing of three u.s. soldiers and jordan. more information from correspondence and the pentagon, white house at this hour, wolf blitzer situation room, i am mark in for wolf. this is cnn breaking news. that s get back to this breaking news, u.s. military retaliating for a deadly attack against a u.s. base and jordan, airstrikes underway in iraq and syria against targets tied to the rain iran backed targets, we are getting new information as we speak, oren liebermann, news of the strikes breaking just moments ago, what we know of the strike? we expect them to be more powerful in many ways, central command, a number of targets the were struck, and what was used to carry out the operation, let me read this out from u.s. central command. at 4 pm eastern time, if every second, forces conducted strikes and iraq and syria against the revolutionary guard and affiliated literary groups, striking
team. the four times indicted former president is in the middle of a very complicated legal situation as he faces 91 criminal charges related to his conduct before, during, and after his presidency. a civil fraud trial in new york for threatens the future of his real estate empire while a different civil it hold him liable of sexually abusing the writer and columnist, e. jean carroll. carol is also suing trump in a second defamation trial over commentshahe made on cnn in may about her. late last night, donald trump filed a brief to the d.c. court of appeals, continuing to assert that he s immune from prosecution for actually committed while president, specifically for his role in questioning the results of the 2020 election. of course, the allegation is not that a question the results of the 2020 election, anyone is entitled to do that, it s that he did something to try and overcome those results. the immunity argument is the argument he s making in the hopes of getting jack
you read books. you read books there was a great va, author of the book how the garcia girls left their accent. joining me tomorrow night six pm eastern for our special year end meeting of the velshi banned book club and we are going to feature some of my favorite conversations with authors and scholars from 2023. don t miss it. but i will speak with a man who was one of the first introduced the idea that donald trump could be disqualified as a 2024 presidential candidate because of section three of the 14th amendment. the federal judge joins me just a few moments if another hour of velshi begins right now. and good morning, it is saturday, december 23rd. i m ali velshi. the start of a crucial presidential election season is right around the corner, but a few key constitutional questions remain unresolved, which could directly up in the 2024 race. with the iowa caucuses just 23 days away, some of those issues are finally reaching the supreme court s purview, setting up
degree murder and home invasion in the shooting death of his estranged wife. the tv appearance from three years ago did not come up at the trial but the marital troubles were central to the prosecutor s theory of the motive in that case. thanks for joining us. cnn tonight starts with alisyn camerota right now. that was a plot twist, abby, that i did not see coming. i thought that was your kicker. do not kill your wife. that s not a good idea. thank you for sending us off on that message. we will all take that to heart, abby, thank you very much. see you tomorrow. evening, everyone. we re awaiting the senate vote on the debt ceiling bill. we ll take you live to capitol hill to see if there are any last-minute obstacles. more follow-up to donald trump caught on tape discussing i classified pentagon document about a potential attack on iran. now team trump is trying to defend the former president with an array of different excuses, so we will fact check what they re sayi