super saturday. also tonight, president biden leaves washington for the holidays. what the economy strong, but some voters saying bahumbug. the campaign season now just days away. in the czech republic, a day of mourning, one of europe s deadliest mass shootings. plus, christmas canceled. cbs chris shows us why bethlehem s big night is silent this year. normally, celebrations would have bound, but because of the war, there s hardly anybody here. later, it s an american town spreading the holiday spirit all year. this is going to the united kingdom, australia, japan. with festive flair and a special stand. you don t think of like christmas things in florida. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from washington with adriana diaz. good evening. adriana is off. i m robert costa in washington. the holidays are here. around 115 million are packing up suitcases and are headed on their christmas and new year s travels. today was forecast to be the busiest trav
dealing with hamas, or getting the hostages home. what we are seeing now is not the best way to do that. ben rhodes, thank you for spending time with me tonight. that s our show for tonight. now the time is my last word with ali velshi. i hope a lot of people listen to what ben says. we ll continue this a little later. but you have a good evening, my friend. tonight the special counsel jack smith is once again making his case for the supreme court to weigh in on donald trump s claims of presidential immunity in the criminal case of united states of america versus donald trump. the special counsel and his team are asking the supreme court to grant an expedited review of trump s claims that his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election fall within the, quote, outer primitive perimeter, end quote, of his official duties as president and easier for immune from prosecution. yesterday fog filed a brief before the supreme court urging them to stay way for the issue
office. [cheering] you go, colorado. it s not partisan, it s about applying historic principles. what do you say to the republican candidates argument the voters should have the say and not the courts? why are you standing with confederates. john: democrats celebrate the move to ban trump from the 2024 ballot, president biden is going to hit the campaign trail, other states are looking into it. jacqui: slow start to president biden s re-election campaign, heading to the polls weeks from today, the biden campaign is saying that president biden, kamala harris, and others will fend off his challengers in the democratic primary. john: the shift in strategy as polls show president biden struggling to energize his democratic base. and much win swing states. jacqui: karl rove standing by and whether the effort to ban trump from the ballot might backfire. peter, is the campaign planning a rose garden strategy for the president? peter: they say they are not, jacqui,
and why, later this hour. that s a federal official. plus, the colorado ruling. why it s a political gift to biden, not donald trump. and just in time to ruin the holiday, this. breaking news on fog. very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin with this breaking news. just before the deadline overnight, donald trump s legal team filed a brief with a federal appeals court in washington asking it to toss out the d.c. election subversion case against him. saying he should be immune from prosecution for his actions while he was presidents. it comes a day after the supreme court declined to intervene and the case, leaving it to the lower court to decide first. meanwhile, on the question of immunity, president biden, now, has weighed in. mister president, do you think that our [inaudible] i can t think of one. joining me now, nbc s julie tsirkin in washington. julie, welcome. what did we hear from tr
carolina all the way to new york city and maine. tonight the hurricane force wind gusts coming, already bringing down trees and power lines across several states. the confirmed tornado tonight, 90-mile-per-hour winds. thousands of flights cancelled and delayed. boston s logan airport issuing a ground stop for hours. now the big change coming tomorrow morning. rob marciano is here. tonight the awful images just in, hamas releasing video showing three hostages, three seniors pleading for their release. tonight the outrage over three hostages accidentally killed by the israeli military. they were waving a white flag to show they were not the enemy. the stunning moment president biden s motorcade is struck by a driver. you can hear the crash. the president then rushed into an suv, and what we ve learned about the driver tonight. mary bruce with new reporting. tonight republican candidates for president forced to address donald trump s use of language similar to hitler.