hi, everyone. merry christmas eve to you and welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. i m danny freeman in for victor blackwell. thanks for being here. here s what we re watching for you. new overnight, attorneys for donald trump with a late-night court filing urging a federal appeals court to throw out the fed federal election subversion case against him. could the former president s claim of absolute immunity work? and what does it mean for the 2024 campaign and piresiden biden? we ll ask an expert who say democrats need a healthy dose of realism. and israel s war with hamas rages. we ll speak with a pastor in bethlehem on how the birthplace of jesus is marking the holiday without the usual celebrations. new this morning, president trump s legal team, the former president trump s laelegal team arguing presidential immunity should clear him of wrongdoing in his federal election subversion case in washington, d.c. they say he was merely working in his offici
lottery payouts? if a powerball winner clueses to get paid over time, they ll get 30 payments over 29 years. and guess what happens to the money that hasn t been paid out? lottery officials invest it for the winner. they usually figure on about a 5% return. but remember, right now, the return on government i-bonds is almost 7%. that means the invested money gets a higher return, leading to a higher jackpot. so if you re buying tickets, you might be better off not choosing the cash payout. if you win tonight, you select the cash payout, you ll get this. $782 million. of course, that s an enormous amount, but it is less than half of this. the record breaking $1.6 billion jackpot. so the cash payment, less than half. by the way, no matter what the interest rate is, your odds of winning remain the same. 1 in 292 million. that drawing at 10:59, just before 11:00 tonight. good luck to all of you out there. the next hour of cnn newsroom starts right now. live from washington, d.c.
Line. Were going to have the latest for you from the campaign trail. And it is said to be the largest Lottery Prize in history, 1. 6 billion is up for grabs in tonights Powerball Drawing. It is saturday, everyone. Thank you so much for waking up with this. Good morning, boris. Thanks to our producers for that reminder that the Powerball Drawing is coming up. Ive got to get my lottery tickets. Are you playing . I am now. Thanks for the reminder. Appreciate that. We begin this morning with the final sprint to the midterm election. The candidates and their surrogates are making the final push with just three days to go before election day. And the battle for control of the senate it comes down to a handful of key states including pennsylvania, barack obama, President Biden, and President Trump also campaigning in the state today. Republicans heading into tuesdays elections, though, with a slight edge. But millions of voters have already cast their ballots. Everything voting is up compared
line. we re going to have the latest for you from the campaign trail. and it is said to be the largest lottery prize in history, $1.6 billion is up for grabs in tonight s powerball drawing. it is saturday, everyone. thank you so much for waking up with this. good morning, boris. thanks to our producers for that reminder that the powerball drawing is coming up. i ve got to get my lottery tickets. are you playing? i am now. thanks for the reminder. appreciate that. we begin this morning with the final sprint to the midterm election. the candidates and their surrogates are making the final push with just three days to go before election day. and the battle for control of the senate it comes down to a handful of key states including pennsylvania, barack obama, president biden, and president trump also campaigning in the state today. republicans heading into tuesday s elections, though, with a slight edge. but millions of voters have already cast their ballots. every
away and amara, we can see the finish line now. yes, we can. it feels like it s been a long last several weeks. we are finally here. this is the last weekend of campaigning before tuesday s elections as the candidates and their surrogates make their final push for votes. in the battle for control of the senate it comes down to a handful of key states, including pennsylvania. president biden, barack obama and donald trump all campaigning in the state today. the president keeping his focus on democracy and the economy. he says he is optimistic about the midterms, but polling has indicated that the momentum is on republicans side. another race that could decide who controls the senate is in georgia between senator raphael warnock and former football star herschel walker. millions of voters have already cast their ballots. in fact, early voting is up compared to the 2018 midterms. almost 35 million people in 47 states have voted early. and our reporters and correspondents