tonight on our quest life. so, there is a lot going on in the world, we know this. you have probably when it comes to the important news. let me tell you, if you are looking for the one thing to take away from all of this, what i think is the one thing, here it is. rudy giuliani, i cannot get this story out of my mind. that is why i m going to focus on it with you right now. do you realize somebody who was the former u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, a very familiar prosecutor, is refusing to stop defaming and lying about election workers, election workers who have been proven, proven, to have done absolutely nothing wrong? in fact, the federal judge who is overseeing that case has already ruled that rudy is spreading false information about ruby freeman and wandrea shaye moss. he is falsely claiming, and you remember this, they were passing around usb drives, quote, as if they are vials of heroin or cocaine. interesting use of that particular descrip
the texas supreme court reversing a ruling that allowed kate cox to get an emergency abortion. she had no other option to leave the state to get an abortion. she had the option, many, many women are trapped in their seats. ukrainian president zelenskyy to the white house and to capitol hill as delays for more aid are continuing in congress. the prospects of this getting done before the calendar year is up looks not good right now. the free world hesitates, that s when dictatorships celebrate. good morning, everyone. i m phil mattingly with poppy harlow in new york. we start with an extraordinary request from the special counsel in the election subversion case against donald trump. jack smith, special prosecutor, wants an answer from the supreme court, on whether the president is immune from prosecution and he wants it as soon as possible. smith went directly to the high court, specially leapfrogging what could have been a very lengthy appeals process. it c
news. the united states supreme court just agreed to weigh in for the first time on donald trump s historic criminal prosecution. the justices now set to quickly decide whether to accept the special counsel s request to rule out trump s claims of immunity. also, cnn s new polling in both michigan and georgia finds trump is leading president biden in those pivotal swing states. we re going to break down the warning signs for the biden campaign and the democrats as trump also appears to be gaining support over his republican rivals in iowa. and president zelenskyy is here right now in washington for talks with the president and key lawmakers about stalled u.s. aid to his country. zelenskyy arguing the lack of new war funding is making putin s quote dreams come true. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking news. the supreme court res
immune from prosecution for things that happened while he was in office, and secondly, whether he essentially is barred from being tried in this case because of double jeopardy, because he was obviously impeached by the congress, but he was not convicted. that is one of the central questions that jack smith and his team is now asking. the filing says in part of that principle, is that a zenith here, whereas here a grand jury has accused a former president of committing federal crimes to subvert the peaceful transfer of power to his lawfully elected successor. nothing could be more vital to our democracy than a president who abuses the electoral system to remain in office, is held accountable for criminal conduct. jake, this is obviously now the goal here is to try to expedite this. they re asking for the court to do this, to get the briefs going by december 18th. the goal is to try to get this going before that march trial date comes near. evan, special counsel jack smi