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What brought down a passenger jet on Christmas Day? Signs are pointing to Russian anti-aircraft fire.

The lead starts right now.

The crash of...

Azerbaijan Airlines plane raising serious questions around the globe. U.S. officials now weighing in about a possible link to Russia.

The latest assessments, plus dramatic new video from aboard the doomed airliner. Also,

Donald Trump's aggressive Christmas message. It certainly wasn't holly and jolly for Canada, Panama,

or Greenland? Is it just bluster or is it confirmation of an expansive foreign policy approach

the president-elect will usher in on day one? And the new crusade by Amanda Knox, the American woman wrongfully convicted in an Italian court of killing her roommate.

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and how often it happens to defendants right here in the United States.

A lot of my advocacy work to this day has been around

is what is happening behind closed doors

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