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Special Envoy Steve Whitcoff says Russia and Ukraine want peace.

More from Scott Carr.

Whitcoff's has on X.

A series of productive and constructive meetings were held over the past three days in Florida.

The meetings included Trump advisor and son in law Jared Kushner, as well as White House senior advisor Josh Gruenbaum.

The post went on to say the shared priority is to stop the killing and ensure it guaranteed security.

Meantime, Ukraine's top negotiator has said his delegation is also in the US and has been holding separate meetings with American and European officials.

I'm Scott Carr.

In Washington, Republican Congressman Thomas Massey says he and Democrat Roe Kana are considering contempt charges against Attorney General Pam Bondi over the partial release of the Epstein files.

Massy made the comment during appearance on CBS's Face the Nation.

It's very troubling the posture that they've taken, and I won't be satisfied until the survivors are satisfied.

The two have been critical of the files released by the Justice Department on Friday.

In a post on x Massey said Friday's release grossly fails to comply with both the spirit and the letter of the law that President Trump signed last month.

Conna pointed out that the files were heavily reducted, and that one document containing one hundred nineteen pages was completely redacted.

The West Coast is bracing for a major winter storm.

More from Lisa Carton.

Forecasts say an atmospheric river will impact southern California during Christmas Week, bringing heavy rain, strong winds, and dangerous travel conditions.

The National Weather Service warns the duration of this storm raises the risk of flooding and mudslides, with road and airport delays expected during one of the busiest holiday travel periods.

I'm Lisa Carton on.

Wall Street before the opening bell.

Stock futures are on the rise as the holiday shortened trading week begins.

I'm Michael Kasner.

Some tech workers are being warned not to leave the United States.

Rory O'Neal reports.

Lawyers for Google and Apple are warning some employees if they need a visa stamp to get back into the US.

They probably shouldn't leave America in the first place.

Business Insider has viewed the warnings that were drafted by law firms working for the Tech Titans.

It comes amid reports that hundreds of Indian professionals have seen their US embassy appointments canceled or postponed because of social media vetting.

We welcome the winter solstice yesterday, which is actually good news if you like sunshine.

More from Bree Tennis.

The solstice gave us the shortest day of the year that's measured in daylight time.

It's due to the Earth's north pole tilting away from the sun.

That's the science.

If you're a fan of longer daylight days, that all starts today, as we'll gain about a minute of daylight each day until the summer solstice June twenty.

First, make no mistake, we are now in full winter mode and we have to get through that before measurable daylight appears.

Hang in there.

I'll look back at the top sports stories of this year.

Here's Frank Garrity, the Eagles er the chief shot at a three pete and Jalen Hurts was the MVP.

Then we had a focus group on their offense was able to score points to take advantage of opportunities defense played there.

If they played how they played, are you?

The Thunder took down the Pacers in seven for their first championship since splitting Seattle in seventy nine.

The Panthers went back to back as Stanley Cup champs, beating the Oilers in six, and the Panthers weren't the only ones to double up.

The Dodgers did too, taking down Toronto in seven games.

Yoshinobu Yama Moto snag the MVP.

Ohio State survived through a four game playoff bracket to take home the College football National Championship, defeating Notre Dame Florida edged Houston to win their third overall college basketball national title.

Among the sports icons who passed away Paul Tagliabu, Bob Trumpy, George Atkinson, Kenny Easley, Sandy allom More Senior, Randy Jones, Davy Johnson, and Ryan Sandberg.

I'm Michael Cassner