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good morning. welcome "cnn this morning." >> merry christmas eve out there. >> santa is making his rounds. new developments from former president trumps 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 doc...

>> dana: dr. mehmet oz and dave mccormick are separated by a few thousand votes. if the margin doesnt get bigger it heads for a recount. >> bill: pennsylvanias recount threshold, half a percentage point, .5% still tallying the votes and both candidates sounding very confident late last night. >> when all the votes are tallied im confident we will win. >> we can see the path ahead. we can see victory ahead. >> dana: bryan llenas is reporting live from new hope, pennsylvania. you had a l...

Washington 81 years ago, this is very real, that he can sit there and talk to the president of the united states and the members of congress and to the american media in person. so a very powerful visit, very well done and i was proud of both sides how it turned out. less done and i was proud of both sides how it turned out.— how it turned out. less talk about what ukraine _ how it turned out. less talk about what ukraine needs _ how it turned out. less talk about what ukraine needs now, - how...

Similarly even driving through flood water if you come across it, even 30 centimetres of flood water can float your car so be very cautious. that is the one. lets talk now to professor liz bentley, the chief executive of the royal meteorological society. telus first about the origins of storm eunice. we are already seeing the impact of it battering south wales and the south—west of eglin this morning. what are its origins? it south-west of eglin this morning. what are its origins?— what are ...

President and top covid general the increasingly political dr. anthony fauci. >> harris: president biden defending his travel ban on eight african countries in response to the omicron variant. lets watch. >> president biden: the reason for the immediate travel ban is there were significant number of cases, unlike any other country, around south africa in the world. we needed time to give people an opportunity to say get that vaccination now before it heads -- it will move around the world. its a...

African countries where this variant emerged. >> the reason for the travel ban, theres a significant number of cases unlike any other country in the world. we needed time to give people an opportunity to say get the vaccination now before it heads -- it will move around the world. >> martha: so joe biden had a different take on that when president trump did a similar thing. well talk about this with karl rove who is starting by on that part of the story. but for, a senior scholar from the hopkin...

Attack the people of puerto rico. its like nothing ive ever seen. >> yeah. youve been there, joe. spare a thought for people in puerto rico yesterday. the island was mostly spared the brunt of the storm but wasnt able to shake the presidents twitter feed. when it was still unclear how hard this storm would actually hit the island, donald trump continued his attack tweeting we are tracking tropical storm dorian as it heads, as usual, to puerto rico. fema and all others are ready and will do a gre...

Dealing with the after effects of dorian. alex? >> omar jimenez, on the eastern side of puerto rico. we hope you and your team will stay safe as well. thank you very much. puerto rico say u.s. territory. its citizens are american citizens. yet this is what theyre hearing from their president as they brace for this storm to hit. we are tracking closely tropical storm dorian, the president wrote on twitter, as it heads, as usual, to puerto rico. fema and all others are ready and will do a great j...

Why? >> reporter: were seeing the president already teeing off on puerto rico. as this island prepares for this potential hurricane to come its way, the president is teeing off. he tweeted earlier this morning, were tracking closely tropical storm dorian as it heads, as usual, to puerto rico. he says fema and all others are ready and will do a great job. when they do, let them know it and give them a big thank you, not like last time. that includes from the incompetent mayor of san juan. and the...

Point, a dynamic weve not seen obviously, well be here to watch it for you. >> we sure will. thats a really important way to face-to-face. put it, how far away the steering currents are, all the arlette, thank you. way in california. theres so much time and sun min kim, katherine lucy of the wall street journal and unpredictability. thank you for that, chad. puerto rico is very much on the presidents mind this morning. nprs franco ordonez. he is tweeting, in part, we are thank you, one and all, ...