3 PM ET: Special counsel drops cases against Trump, Israel will vote on ceasefire, Thanksgiving weather & more

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🗓️ 25 November 2024

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Special counsel Jack Smith has announced he’s ending his prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump over two controversial charges. The Israeli cabinet is set to vote on a 60-day ceasefire deal with Hezbollah tomorrow. The Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge from major tobacco companies over required graphic health warnings. We’ll tell you what new research shows about alcohol consumption in the US since the Covid-19 pandemic. Plus, we have a look ahead at how weather could impact Thanksgiving travelers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, from CNN.
0:02.5	This is Madeline Thompson with five things you need to know for Monday, November 25th.
0:07.0	Special counsel Jack Smith has announced he's dropping his election subversion case against
0:13.0	President-elect Donald Trump and his prosecution of Trump for allegedly mishandling classified
0:18.2	documents.
0:19.7	Smith says he'll continue to pursue charges against
0:22.0	two of Trump's employees in the classified documents case. The Supreme Court issued a landmark
0:27.2	ruling this summer that said Trump enjoyed some presidential immunity from criminal prosecution,
0:32.4	but Trump's strategy of delay in the case ensured that a trial in the election subversion case
0:37.1	never got underway
0:38.2	before the election. Trump has said he would fire Smith once he retook the office, shattering
0:43.7	previous norms around special counsel investigations. A spokesperson for the president-elect called
0:49.0	Smith's decision to drop the election subversion case, quote, a major victory for the rule of law.
0:54.3	We'll have more on this in our 6 o'clock episode.
0:57.6	The Israeli cabinet is set to vote on a 60-day ceasefire deal with Hezbollah tomorrow.
1:03.1	That's according to a spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
1:07.4	Netanyahu has agreed to the deal, quote, in principle,
1:10.2	but National Security Minister
1:12.0	Itamar Ben-Gavir is expected to oppose it.
1:15.1	CNN's Nick Robertson is in Jerusalem.
1:17.0	24 hours between now and when the cabinet, including the federal minister, including
1:21.4	it, Mark Ben-Govir, will sit down with the Prime Minister and take the vote.
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