oath at the last moment? now his defamation trial is one step closer to wrapping up, while the former mayor could be one step closer to even deeper financial ruin. plus, chilling words from overseas, hamas terrorists arrested while plotting attacks across northern europe. the latest on their targets and fears that the threats could continue to spread. and house republicans go all in on evidence-free impeachment proceedings, are they risking their power on a political roll of the dice. we begin with those jury deliberations that could start any moment now in rudy giuliani s defamation trial. earlier giuliani abruptly dropping plans to testify on his own behalf, even though millions of dollars are potentially at stake. just days ago, the former mayor insisted his testimony would prove that the lies he told about election workers ruby freeman and shaye moss weren t lies after all. but by yesterday afternoon, it seemed giuliani was already walking that back. when i testif
right now on ana cabrera reports, breaking news at a courthouse in washington, rudy giuliani no longer set to testify today in his own defense in the defamation case brought by two election workers. why did the man once known as america s mayor decide not to take the stand? plus, donald trump s fed in pause. will this force the judge to change the trial date? also ahead, the house voting to launch an impeachment inquiry, so why now after a year of investigation resulting in no evidence of wrongdoing by president biden? and later, the return of vladimir putin s hours long year-end news conference, the first since the invasion of ukraine. his new admissions about the war and what he said about a potential prisoner swap with the u.s. good morning, thanks for being here. it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with breaking news from washington. in major reversal, rudy giuliani will not take the stand in his defamation trial. he wa
reporting from new york. yasmin vossoughian picks up the coverage right now. it is 11:00 a.m. in the east, 8:00 a.m. pacific. this morning, major political fallout on capitol hill as republicans formally launch their impeachment inquiry into president biden, hours after his son defied a subpoena to speak with lawmakers behind closed doors. meanwhile, new developments in the federal criminal case surrounding former president donald trump. why a new court ruling threatens to push back the trial s start date, even further, into the presidential election year. this morning in an unexpected twist, former trump lawyer rudy giuliani will not take the stand in his multimillion dollar civil defamation trial. we ll take you live to the courthouse and breakdown what is next for this case. as democrats are considering major concessions on the border, we re going to take you live to one port of entry officials had to close after being overwhelmed with new arrivals. we re also goin
that wraps it up for me. right now on andrea mitchell reports, president biden boosted by the fed forecasting rate cuts in the year ahead and the chance of curbing inflation without riing rates. vladimir putin closing the year at his marathon press conference, showing no sign of abandoning his invasion of ukraine, counting on international funding for kyiv drying up. translator: coming back to the goals, they remain unchanged. today ukraine virtually produces or manufactures nothing. they have been importing things for free freeloading. it will come to an end, sooner or later. national security advisor jake sullivan in israel today, meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his war cabinet as the white house presses them to open a second gate for desperately needed aid into gaza. republicans backing the investigation of the president and his family s business dealings. republicans targeting hunter biden, who said he would testify in public but ignore
have a lot of legal news surrounding the former president. first, a new york state appeals court has told donald trump it will not overrule judge engoron s limited gag order which said donald trump could not attack his judicial staff, a decision that is basically moot seance the civil fraud case has rested, leaving judge engoron to decide how much to fine donald trump and how to stop the former president and his family from doing business in new york. we re going to explain the stakes, they re big, and when to expect a decision. there s also news in the federal election interference trial in d.c. yesterday we told you judge tanya chutkan put that case on hold as both the supreme court and appellate court decide whether to expedite a ruling on trump s claims of presidential immunity. trump s team called it a big win, but for how long? just hours later, the d.c. circuit court said yes, they will expedite a ruling. fast tracking a decision that has huge consequences for whethe