weekend. let s dive right into the week s top stories. the big story, of, course we have two hot wars for the president to navigate on the world stage. the republican-controlled house has voted to formally authorize its impeachment inquiry into president biden despite failing to provide any evidence of wrongdoing by the president. the vote was strictly along party lines with all 221 republicans voting yes, all 212 democrats voting no. republicans say the move will grant them the ability to better enforce their subpoenas in the courts. house oversight chair republican james comer has accused hunter biden and other biden family members of engaging in, quote, shady business practices. but as we said, has yet to reveal any evidence of wrongdoing or influence peddling by the president himself. so here is what several house democrats said ahead of the vote. see the biden impeachment investigation isn t a who done it. it s a what is it? it s like an agatha christy novel where the
he s leading us to a depression. trump asked supporters on wednesday to name one thing that has gotten better under biden and, i don t know, there s a lot, i can think of a lot, but i think maybe number one is we re drinking less bleach. good morning, welcome to morning joe, it is friday, december 15th. senate majority leader chuck schumer is calling the bluff, he has hopes of hammering out a deal on foreign aid which includes critical funder for ukraine. also ahead, how the biden campaign is trying to capitalize on the impeachment inquiry into the president. plus, rudy giuliani s defense team takes a very odd strategy in closing arguments in his defamation case. i will tell you about their pitch to the jurors. with us this morning we have columnist and associate editor for the washington post david ignatius, member of the new york times editorial board mara gay, host of the podcast unbrand with donny deutsch, and the co-founder of punchbowl news don bresnahan.
in a statement to cnn, the attorney says no one tells us anything which is very frustrating. president trump is basing his response on press reports and the fact that this is a political prosecution and the d.a. leaks things to the press instead of communicating to the lawyers as they should. now, this drama began earlier today on trump s truth social page after predicting his arrest on tuesday, the former president urged his supporters to quote, take back our nation. and tonight his campaign is already fundraising off of his claims, which have not been confirmed. there is no indication that he will be arrested tuesday. sources tell me and my colleague that trump s legal team has gotten no word from the manhattan district attorney s office about the timing of any possible indictment. another source says the former president has been pushing his team to get the base riled up over the idea because he believes it would help him politically. cnn is following the latest developmen
american fighter harassing international air space, tonight in today s confrontation between russia and the west. one in which moscow is already fighting a hot war in europe and just during the cold war it s actively trying to subvert pro western governments. we have a 360 exclusive on a russian document laying out one such plan to effectually topple a country besides ukraine an indications that the scheme already started. first, what that video tells us in new details on the upper accepted. cnn oren lieberman high over the black sea, it pointed backwards, a russian fighter jet closing fast on the much slower mq 9 reaper, the russian jet begins dumping fuel, the vapor and spinning propeller clearly visible in the video. the russian fighter flies by on another pass dumping fuel once again the jet comes even closer and the video picks lates when the fighter collides with drone you can see the propeller with a bent blade damaged in the impact in the side by see images you can
signifies in today s confrontation between russia and the west, one in which moscow is already fighting a hot war in europe, and just as during the cold war, it s also actively trying to subvert pro western governments. we have a three 60 exclusive, on a russian document laying out one such plan to effectively topple a country besides ukraine, and indications that the scheme is already started. first, though, but that video tells us in new tail details on the intercepted cells. cnn s oren liebermann has that. high over the black sea, a u. s. spy drone points of camera backwards, towards its own tale. russian fighter jet closing fast on the much slower and q nine reiber. the russian jet then begins dumping fuel as it passes by the drone. the cloud of fuel vapor and crucially, the spinning propeller, clearly visible in the video after the pass. the russian sequoias you 27 fighter than flies by with another pass. dumping fuel once again, thvideo pixelates when the russian figh