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friends. it is wednesday, december 27th, im willie geist. joe and mika have the morning off. a lot to get to including israeli forces shifting military efforts to southern and central gaza with officials warning the war could take many more months. and hours from now, antony blinken and alejandro mayor kas are set to meet with mexican president obrador. plus donald trump continues to claim he should be immune from any prosecution surrounding his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. w...

it was about the freedoms of every individual. it was about the role of government. >> damage control for nikki haley after she did everything shy of declining to name slavery as the cause of the civil war. just the latest example of the republicans mission to erase the difficult parts of american history. also tonight, profiles in cowardice. just as shes facing a tough re-election campaign, lauren boebert announces plans to abandon her constituents and run for office elsewhere. pl...

appeals court to toss his 2020 election interference case arguing that he was carrying out white house duties at the time and therefore immune to prosecution. this move coming one day after the supreme court declined to rule on the immunity question for now. it is a blow for special counsel jack smith who sought a speedy decision. that trial like trumps three other criminal cases might play out while voters are casting ballots in the 2024 election meaning trumps political future could ...

♪ youre live in the cnn newsroom. im jim acosta in washington. we begin with the most important sales pitch in washington this week selling the deal to avoid a catastrophic debt default. the call that was scheduled for two hours ago has not happened yet. a default could be disastrous to the u.s. and that threat still looms ominously. up on capitol hill there are lawmakers from both parties grumbling. passage is not guaranteed at this point. lets go to priscilla alvarez. what is the...

end up winding up doing to our fellow -- >> on one side of the scale is the current situation in venezuela which is quite dire as it is in cuba, right? what would we do to even the scales to get to the point of what we were doing produced an equal amount of desperation, as would be really. >> a quarter of venezuela is gone. staggering, thank you my friend as always. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. on november 4th of 2008 america elected its first black president. ...

on our house in terms of what we will end up doing to our fellow human being. >> if you think of a scale, on one side of the scale its like the current situation in venezuela, which is quite dire, as it is in cuba, what would we do to even the scales, to get to a point where what we were doing produced an equal amount of desperation. >> yes. >> its unthinkable. >> a quarter of venezuelas gone. staggering, thank you my friend, as always. thanks to at-home for joining us this hour. on no...

the race, and as he began to deliver his concession speech before a crowd in phoenix, arizona, this happened. >> a little while ago, i had the honor of calling senator barack obama to congratulate him. [crowd chanting] please. to congratulate him. on being elected the next president of the country that we both love. >> john mccain. gently, but firmly, and managing a crowd of republicans for booing the election of our nations first black president. at the time, this was seen as an impor...

distorting the truth. it began with court documents revealing foxs tucker carlson was privately skeptical of election lies, contempt youts yous of the former president, texting someone saying i hate him passionately even as he indicated to viewers the opposite. a dominion voting systems lawsuit, carlson was on the air lying about january 6th. >> reporter: the crowd was enormous, a small percentage of them were hooligans, they committed vandalism. youve seen their pictures again and aga...

it began with court documents revealing foxs tucker carlson was privately skeptical of election lies, contemptuous of the former president, texting someone saying i hate him passionately even as he indicated to viewers the opposite. a dominion voting systems lawsuit, carlson was on the air lying about january 6th. >> reporter: the crowd was enormous, a small percentage of them were hooligans, they committed vandalism. youve seen their pictures again and again, but the overwhelming majo...

up late with us. i will see you at the end of tomorrow >> it was february 23rd of las year, russia was on the brin of invading ukraine th midterms were just beginning t kick into high gear. and this story broke in the ne york times >> two prosecutors leading new york trump inquiry resign, clouding cases future. two prosecutors in manhattan das office quit out o frustration with the newly-erected elected alvi bragg was not being aggressive enough in prosecuting donald trump okay yes so ...