good morning. welcome cnn this morning. merry christmas eve out there. santa is making his rounds. new developments from former president trump s legal team in a filing submitted late last night. the president is urging a federal appeals court to slow out the federal election subversion case against him in washington, d.c. his attorneys driving home the point trump was working in his official capacity as president to make sure the integrity of the election results. in the document they said before any single prosecutor can ask a court to sit in judgment of the president s conduct, congress must have approved of it by impeaching and convicting the president and since that didn t happen, trump has immunity. well the appeals court expedited the process and will hear arguments january 9. the judge for the case paused procedural deadlines. it s up to an appeals court to decide if presidential immunity applies here. he is not the first president to invoke presidential i
hello and merry christmas eve. welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. i m danny freeman in for victor blackwell. thank you for joining us. here s what we are watching for you. attorneys for donald trump with the late night court filing urging a federal appeals court to throw out the federal election subversion case against him. why they claim he has absolute immunity. war in the holy land on this christmas eve. the idf expanding operations in gaza as president biden gets on the phone with the israel leader to discuss the war a. the latest on the victims and gunman police are searching for. t tis the season for spreading holiday cheer. a study shows people sharing time to volunteer is dropping. we will discuss ahead on cnn this morning. new this morning, former president donald trump s legal team a major legal move. a light night filing urging federal appeals court to throw out the federal election subversion case in washington, d.c.. that trump was w