soul of this nation. forging the soul of the nation. i knew we were in the battle for the soul of the nation. we are in the battle for the soul of america. judge jeanine: he s planning on saving souls again tonight. in just one hour. we ll be delivering a rare prime time speech where his administration says he s going to be unifying america. this is an opportunity again for the president to directly have a conversation with the american people. what we are going to hear from him is how to move the country forward. that s going to be the focus of the speech tonight, he s going it s way to be optimistic and hopeful. judge jeanine: for months, his rhetoric leading up to the speech has been anything but unifying. let me tell you about this ultra maga agenda, it s extreme as most maga are. the maga crowd is the most extreme and political organization that has existed in american history. i don t have to tell you about the ultra maga agenda attacking families and our free
trump electors. we are going to hear from four witnesses this afternoon, including the secretary of state for georgia, brad raffensperger and his chief operating officer, gabriel sterling, big public figures in the wake of the november election in 2020. the committee says it s going to show evidence that former president trump put undue pressure on legislatures to try to put forward alternative slates and electors. for president trump, the strategy did not work, legislatures did not go along with it. you see betty thompson taking it there, much of the questioning will be handled by california congressman adam schiff as he questions the witnesses and makes the majority of the presentation. liz cheney there seated to betty thompson s left-hand side, adam schiff on the right-hand side. we expect the hearing will last at least a couple of hours. let s pause now while chairman thompson gavels in today s hearing. the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the u
viewers all around the world, i m max foster in london. a controversial move by the united states as it vetoes a u.n. resolution calling for a cease-fire in the israel-hamas war. we ll bring you the reaction to that decision. plus, donald trump s gag order is back on, and appeals court rules the former president cannot go after witnesses in the doj election interference case. ahead, we ll tell you who he can attack. and the way i look at it is we just need to have a good showing in iowa. presidential candidate nikki haley hopes to separate herself from the pack in the race. for the republican nomination. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. the united states facing fierce international criticism for vetoing the u.n. security council s latest attempt to call for a cease-fire between israel and hamas. human rights watch warned that u.s. the medical charity doctors without borders condemned the u.s. quota vote against humanity. the resolution had
good morning, everyone, and welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, december 9th, i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for joining you this morning thank you for joining us this morning. it was my birthday and thanksgiving. it s been a couple of weeks. i had to get that out. a federal appeal court has upheld the gag order in trump s election aversion case. who he can and can t talk about and how he is responding to the ruling. hunter biden is facing new criminal charges. what the white house is saying. it was an emotional day for family members of the victims of ethan crumbley. i came within sight. you intended to kill me. the sentencing he and hiss parents are u no facing. the potential impact and the major cities we re walking through the weekend. and major rivalries kick off today. the 124th army/navy game on cnn this morning. we begin with both leading presidential campaigns being forced to deal with legal issues in the run-
Very important for both countries and on todays program where delighted and honored to have a truly expert in this area. Dr William Stanton who was at one time that the director of the American Institute in taiwan is here with us and hes of course currently the director of the center for asia policy at the National Team. Our university. Bill will come to provo. Thank you. Its great to be here. Yes first of all i wanna come back to me for being a permanent resident of kabul. Thats my proudest achievement in time id fill you in the distance over a condition for the many contributions they have come to us how one wastes over the years its been an elk was like this said billion now the director of the center for asia policy the National Team on university. Telescope that of other note the center of what kind of research being conducted over. The ok well you know on the center was actually on the brainchild of the president charm of the National Team or university. Okay um i think he heard