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any moment we expect to see president biden as he departs from the white house jetting off to than st. croix for vacation as president-elect trump works through the christmas holiday preparing for his arrival into the oval office. good morning, i'm riched son. bill and dana are off. >> i'm aishah hasnie, merry christmas. "america's newsroom." there are just now 25 days left in president biden's term. rather than make the most of his remaining days in office, he is eager for a final bout of relaxation, where else but the u.s. virgin islands. >> in 2023 he vacationed there and in 2019 he was there as he prepared for his first challenge to donald trump. this year's getaway will book end a year that brought significant challenges to the president overseas war, crisis at home, inflation, immigration and dropping out of the presidential race most notably. >> aishah: president trump is

laying the ground work for policy plans and stacking his cabinet. alexander hoff is live in studio with me now with more. >> the president's departure is not a departure from what we've been seeing the past few weeks. you've seen it on capitol hill. many are wondering where he is. aside from mass clemency announcements and appearances on the holiday circuit president biden hasn't weighed in on much. he made a reflective christmas post writing for the last time as your president it is my honor to wish all of america a very merry christmas. my hope for our nation today and always is that we continue to seek the light of liberty and love, kindness and compassion, dignity and decency. may god bless you all. president-elect trump shared well wishes from mar-a-lago and an active approach to messaging. posts weighing in on everything from his appointees in the border. in one he used the holiday greetings said merry christmas to all including to the wonderful soldiers of china who are lovingly but illegally

operating the panama canal. in a separate post. what you see is the well wish pose there. panama's president denied that it is controlled by china. they have two sports and invested a billion a dollars in a new bridge there. trump advocated for reclaiming control and combat being ripped off by shipping fees. on the hot topics of icy greenland trump wrote to the people of greenland, which is needed by the united states for national security purposes and who want the u.s. to be there, and we will. in terms first term he expressed interest in greenland with denmark's prime minister stating the island is not for sale. yesterday president biden did condemn a russian christmas attack on ukraine. promised to keep sending weapons. trump has said he is waiting to meet potentially with president putin expressed interest in meeting with him about ending the war. we don't know if that will happen before he takes office. now in contrast, president biden

met with him just once back in 2021. some could see that as trump being more active in that regard as well. >> rich: pope francis making a plea -- >> aishah: making a plea for peace. >> may have the sound of arms be silenced in war torn ukraine. the boldness needed to open the door to negotiation and gestures of dialogue and encounter in order to achieve a just and lasting peace. may the sound of arms be sill unlessed in the middle east. in contemplating the crib of bethlehem. where the humanitarian now is extremely grave. may there be a cease-fire, may there be hostages released and aid be given to the people worn out by hunger and war. >> aishah: the pope addressing

two major military conflicts that have reverberateed across the world speaking to thousands at st. peters square in vatican city. >> rich: major sticking points in israel. the exchange for hostages and palestinians prisoners and the withdrawal of israeli troops from gaza. trey yingst is live in tel aviv. >> good morning. it is day 447 of the war between israel and hamas. diplomatic efforts are ongoing to try to reach a cease-fire agreement. reports do indicate that both sides are accusing the other of adding conditions or changing positions as it relates to the ongoing conversations being facilitated by qatar and egypt. egypt's foreign minister said this. >> certainly at the heart of the cause was most importantly the palestinian cause and the catastrophic conditions in the

gaza strip and efforts made by egypt in cooperation with qatar to quickly reach an agreement. >> while these conversations take place, israel is continuing strikes against gaza. five palestinians were killed overnight in a van marked with the word press. israeli military claimed they were members of islamic jihad. initial photos showed them previously working as journalists. with the war in gaza ongoing there is an uptick of attacks from houthis in yemen. netanyahu issued a new statement overnight. >> the houthis, too, will learn what hamas and hezbollah and assad's regime learned. this lesson will be learned across the middle east even if it takes time. >> moments ago air strikes were reported in the yemeni capital. this may be the israeli sponsor the u.s.-led coalition targeting houthi positions there. rich. >> rich: trey, thank you live in

tel aviv. >> aishah: the iranian regime is facing several setbacks this year with israel decimating its proxy forces and nuclear program. weaker and more vulnerable to an attack and present options for the incoming trump administration. m mike -- why it might be a problem and desperate for nuclear weapons. >> if you are looking around at the fact your conventional capability has been reduced, your proxies are reduced. main client state has been eliminated, assad has fallen, it is no wonder there are voices saying maybe we need to go for a nuclear weapon right now. it's a risk i'm personally briefing the incoming team on

and something that is the consequence not of iranian strength, but of iranian weakness. >> aishah: do you agree with that, mr. secretary? >> first of all, happy holidays to you as well. when we step back from what has taken place over the last now year and change in the middle east, we can see that america is a lot more at risk and israel was with the atrocities of october 7th that so many have seemed to have moved past. the iranians are weaker, no doubt about it. the leadership of hamas is destroyed and hezbollah. no chafrngs to this administration. president biden told them to stand down. if they did that the terrorists would still be alive killing folks. iranian regime will have to be dealt with by president trump. i'm confident he will go back to a model that tries to get to a better outcome. to see if they've changeed their stripes. they've never negotiated. they understood power was the most important thing.

president trump will see that. we see all the things he is saying already from mar-a-lago and confident he will deliver a policy with respect to iran that puts more pressure on the regime. gives the people there an opportunity for freedom and liberty and protects america first. >> aishah: that's what a lot of iranian activities all the time. iran does not respond to diplomacy. it only understands strength. we saw that with the trump administration the previous time around. the biden white house is leaving here hoping that the trump administration negotiates a brand-new nuclear deal. is that smart or should we hold iran accountable for everything they did these last few years? we saw what they did with israel, the proxy war. how should we hold them accountable? >> when we were -- the question is exactly right. when we were working this very same problem we built out the

abraham accords aimed at peace and prosperity in the region but also understood that the threat of nuclear proliferation by the weapons systems about which all these leaders are circling, will iran end up with a nuclear weapon. it can't be permitted. more countries will decide to get a nuclear weapon. i'm convinced president trump understands that deeply. we worked to put enormous economic pressure so they had no capability to build out the weapons program, the broad nuclear-based program that the world so fears because an iran with a nuclear weapon on october 7th would have been a different problem set for israel, middle east and the united states. we have to get that one right and make sure they never get there and a new sheriff in town, a new leader in goodness, under four weeks now will make an enormous amount of difference. >> aishah: we have about 30 seconds left. russia sending certainly a very different message with this christmas day surprise attack in ukraine.

basically hitting their energy infrastructure. general keith kellogg, the incoming special envoy to russia and ukraine basically said that this was wrong, the world is watching. the u.s. is more resolved than ever to bring peace to the region. a quick question for you before we go here. can this president, as he has promised over and over wants to end this war, can he do that without ukraine ceding land? >> the problems that europe happened directly because of the absence of american leadership and deterrence in the same way what happened october 7th was a failure of american leadership. what we saw yesterday these attacks, christmas day attacks were serious. president trump understands this. he has been talking about a conversation with vladimir putin that will have to happen. you have to convince vladimir putin the cost of continuing this conflict exceeds the benefit and when you don't do that you get inoh seventys

killed across ukraine going on three years. american leadership is important. that will mean leading the europeans to do what they need to do. this is their backyard, a european conflict. president trump understands that and we did it for four years and had kept vladimir putin from invading ukraine. obama couldn't do that and biden didn't either. president trump and his team can build back a model to protect america, protect europe and make the world more peaceful and stronger moving into 2025, aishah. >> aishah: secretary pompeo, thank you for joining us, hope you have a safe holiday, thank you. >> thank you, happy holidays to everyone. >> rich: investigators are working to identify the cause of a plane crash in kazakhstan. 28 survived. according to reports flight data indicated the plane had problems with altitude control. others say it may have been

struck by russian air defenses during misidentification. >> losing confidence with each day. i think that johnson has to do his best to start finally showing he will do what he says and not just continue to try to make deals with hakeem jeffries. >> rich: not all republicans are thrilled with mike johnson. is his gavel at risk? if so, can he secure enough votes to keep his job? while some democrats are calling for a total party rebrand progressives are pledging to stay the course despite their losses. white christmas for boston and new york for the first time in 15 years. we got the rest of the holiday forecast coming up. ♪ [children playing] hey guys, come on! time to eat. time to eat. i don't want this.

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>> aishah: check it out. for the first time in more than a decade new york city and boston waking up to a white christmas. the big apple seeing an inch of snow covering their streets. boston got three. winter weather isn't welcome for everyone. severe weather blanketing many states including the south and west coast today. cozy up and watch us, rich. >> rich: good advice. speaker mike johnson is on thin ice after last week's funding fiasco. when lawmakers are sworn in january 3rd the first vote of the new house is to elect a speaker. with the republican majority as slim as it already is johnson can only lose one republican vote. let's bring in tom bev in.

happy holidays. do you think republicans will give speaker johnson another shot in the new year? >> as you mentioned there was criticism of johnson but muted before this spending vote. he had done a very good job of aligning himself with trump. down at mar-a-lago, went to the ufc fight in new york city. he was in tight with trump. the spending bill that he originally negotiated with democrats was a huge mistake and opened the floodgates of criticism now. as you mentioned with only one vote to spare it has thrown his speakership in doubt. there is still a week left and we'll see what trump does. whether he decides to support johnson but right now there is a lot of angst among johnson's allies and supporters in the house and certainly as i mentioned a lot of criticism flowing into the ears of donald trump from some conservative republicans in the house. >> rich: not just the bill he negotiated with democrats. the president-elect and a number

of republicans are very happy with the second bill that eventually passed the house, right? >> right. trump called for a two year suspension of the debt limit. not included in the bill that passed. it did get support from elon musk who is a key ally of trump's and took it from 1500 pages down to 20 pages or so. and did it strip out a lot of the stuff that had gotten conservatives up in arms when they saw this piece of legislation. it was a huge improvement but not everything that trump wanted. so, you have know, it is not all rainbows and unicorns on the republican side. they still have some stuff to work out on their own. >> rich: look at the calendar. if you don't have a speaker and the vote is on the 3rd of this month, by the 6th the house is supposed to certify the presidential election and then you have this aggressive trump agenda coming after the inauguration. this could be a domino effect to all of this, no? >> it could.

certainly that's one of the arguments that i think mike johnson is making privately to donald trump right now. listen, come out and support me. we don't need this right now. you don't need this, agenda doesn't need it. the last thing we want is to have a blowup in the house. as you mentioned, you know, january 6th is going to be when they confirm the electoral votes. that apparently according to legal scholars can be done without a speaker but the house can't do anything, the first order of business to elect a speaker. if they can't get that done they won't be able to do anything until they do that. we've seen in the past republicans just a couple years ago struggled to do that. so i think mike johnson is trying to get trump to support him publicly and smooth over some of these criticisms so they can all be on the same page when the starting gun goes off on january 20th. >> rich: switching to the other side of the aisle outgoing representative corey bush who lost her primary told "politico" the squad will keep fighting.

the number in congress on the team will be smaller but never been silent. anyone who underestimate our power is severely mistaken. i probably could have flipped over a few more tables i guess in the house of representatives. but you know, tom, you look at the democrat soul searching that's going on now, where will the party end up? more progressive or will it be a split in the party going into the mid-terms and presidential after that? >> the early returns don't look good for the democrats in terms of acknowledging what went wrong in november and what they can do to correct that. there is a split within the party. certainly the progressives think that they need to be more progressive and one of the reasons they didn't do as well. certainly there are other democrats who say listen especially on the social stuff, trans issues, etc. , they got off track and didn't focus on the economy and voters' concerns regarding inflation and the like. so i think this is another example, this interview with

corey bush, she thinks that she wasn't aggressive enough and the reason she lost in her primary along with spending by apec and her stance on israel, which is also another issue that i think hurt democrats in the general election. this is going to go on for some time and eventually when they get a chance, either to go back to the voting booth, which will be next november for governors' races in virginia and new jersey, or when they start and look toward picking their nominee, standard bearer moving forward they will have to really come together and solve a bunch of issues. otherwise they will continue to find themselves on the short end of the stick and in the wilderness. >> rich: thank you for joining us. >> aishah: a christmas tragedy in the heart of manhattan. six people hurt after a taxi pummels into pedestrians just outside of the iconic macy's store on 6th avenue.

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>> aishah: three people are recovering from gunshot wounds after somebody fires a weapon inside the phoenix international airport. it all began after they got into a verbal fight outside of a restaurant which was located before the tsa checkpoint. check out this video in an unrelated incident. police took a man into custody here, wow. investigators believe he came inside the airport after hearing reports of that shooting. he allegedly got into an altercation with police leading to his arrest. >> rich: a group of good samaritans rushed to rescue a 9-year-old boy and his mother and others struck by a taxi

driver in front of the iconic macy's in new york city. cb cotton is in new york city. >> this out of control taxi turned christmas day shopping into chaos. the crash happened right here behind me over my shoulder in front of this capital one building. the taxi jumped the curb, striking six people. the youngest victim a 9-year-old little boy. this all happened just after 4:00 p.m. yesterday according to police who say the driver suffered a medical emergency. officers say a 9-year-old boy with a cut on his thigh. a woman with a head injury and a woman with a leg injury and taxi drivers were taken to the hospital in stable condition. three other women hit refused medical treatment on scene and got to hear from the good samaritan. the moments he returned the help. >> the mom was fully under the car. when we actually pushed the -- when we got up and ripped the fender off, i thought a couple people thought it was just a

little boy. i don't want to speculate on anything with her. she actually -- i was shocked she seemed to be good and was communicating with her son. >> police say there are no charges at this time. the crash is still under investigation. this all happened at a time when police were on high alert here in the city following the christmas market attack in germany where officials there say a saudi refugee drove his car into the crowded market killing five people. rich. >> rich: cb cotton in new york. thank you. >> aishah: rich, debate is raging right now in democrat-run cities and states across the country on whether or not to assist or resist trump's mass deportation plans. chris clem is a retired border patrol chief. let's put up the maps of cities and states opposing the mass

deportation plan. new jersey, california, new mexico, michigan, north carolina, massachusetts, denver, los angeles, san francisco, some of these cities have problems of their own with crime, homelessness, you name it. gavin newsom in california is taking a similar measure trying to sort of build resources to help these illegal immigrants in his state. ice can't really do their job, chris, without the help of the state, without coordination with state authorities. how does the trump administration as it comes in, how do they deal with this? >> good morning and, you know, i think having a veteran like tom homan leading the charge with this is going to be just fine for those that are pro-integrity, pro-law enforcement and pro-immigration enforcement. we have the resources. we will be able to respond accordingly. let's really focus on what these blue cities and blue governors

are doing. they are grasping at straws. this is a federal responsibility. they'll get the job done but they will have a talking point that is going to bring out emotions and invoke dreamers and family separations, reality is the president has said we're targeting national security interests, public safety threats and these governors and mayors should cooperate and let's focus on working together so we can go into the jails and get these criminals as opposed to releasing them and having to run into the communities and putting everyone at risk. focus on protecting the citizens of the united states and work together rather than just, you know, cry and focus on the small segment they want to protect. america voted for president trump and this agenda. even states like arizona voted for president trump. we passed a pro-border security bill in the state. they need to get behind the administration and work towards accomplishing the goal of

protecting the united states. >> aishah: it feels like he has all the makings of a huge political firestorm in the first couple weeks as trump gets into office. we're in for a battle it seems where states will be, you know, fighting with this administration when we should all be fighting against the cartels. it is no easy undertaking. let's talk about the money. we haven't quite heard a dollar figure yet until this week when tom homan, the border czar, told fox business what he thinks he is estimating to be the cost of all of this. watch this. >> congress needs to fund this deportation operation. they need to understand yeah, it will be expensive in the beginning but in the long run it will save billions of dollars of taxpayer money. we're talking about the biggest national security vulnerability this country has, $86 billion is a start. we need at least that to do this operation. >> aishah: 86 billion is the starting point. that's a lot of money for

taxpayers. how does the president make a case for this? >> well, i think if you let senator rand paul and ramaswamy and musk go at it. there is a lot of spending that goes on in things not supporting enforcement and not supporting the desires of the american people. so they will find that money. we will be able to use the resources we have. a lot of the facilities are necessary to properly detain the migrants before they get removed or before they have their hearings. so we need to do this and do it right. it is going to be a logistic challenge. a lot of the facilities are there. they need the support and ability to do their job. they have been handcuffed for the last four years under the biden administration. we'll have an opportunity to put handcuffs on the bad guys under this administration. yeah, it will be costly but when you look at the impacts and you break it down. if there are 10 million undocumented aliens in the united states, it's 8600 out of

that $86 billion price tag. that's not very much when you look at the impacts that so many of these criminal gangs and cartels have caused the american people and migrants themselves. i think it is money well spent. american people knew what they were getting when they voted for president trump and that's a mandate as far as i'm concerned. >> aishah: we shall see. it will be something to see. chris clem, thank you for joining us, always good to see you. >> thank you, ma'am. >> rich: aishah, a sad new reality as rent prices become out of reach. more americans are finding long-term homes in motels. plus drill baby drill. how president's trump's plans for fracking may be removing the red tape. is limu with you in all your dreams? oh, yeah. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty. ♪

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>> aishah: maybe you got a gift that you just weren't thrilled with this year. don't worry, retailers know not every gift is a winner. consumers are expected to spend more than $240 billion this year. crazy. with more gifts come more returns and companies say that can eat into their bottom line. so this year get ready, be prepared. if you shop stuff they are instituting new policies like imposing restocking fees or shortening the return window. check your receipt before you head into the store. >> rich: luckily i loved every gift i got. family, thank you. a hard year for many americans by the cost of life and more are struggling to afford a home for their family. with rent prices unbearably high more americans are finding shelter in long-term motels. let's bring in jackie deangelis

from fox business. good morning, merry christmas. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> rich: why is rent up so much? >> such a sad story for so many families across the country. we talk about food inflation all the time. when you look at housing prices and rents, they have all skyrocketed. we have a situation in this country where we don't have enough housing supply. then you pile on top of that the inflation people have experienced with food and other goods and services and the fact that their wages haven't kept up and they basically can't afford to live. you think of places like new york, one of the most hard hit, right? you have families, more than 550 families in 2023, i'm sure that number has gone up. they are living not in a rental. they can't afford it. they are living in motels with kids. they don't have kitchens. they are cooking food in microwaves. this is a really difficult situation. not just happening here. it has to be solved. i think president trump will put plans in place to do it. >> rich: on the local level. a lot has to do with zoning and

housing regulations and what it takes to build housing and density, right? >> the deregulation president will be able to streamline some of the process so easier for builders to build. he will also bring prices down hopefully to make it easier for them to be able to do new construction as well. lumber costs and what we've seen over the course of the last four years. not easy to build stuff right now on so many levels. >> rich: let's look at elon musk tweeting about jobs and doge and whether or not it will cost the economy jobs. he said the fixed pipe fallacy the wrong economic thinking. infinite for job and company creation. think of all the things that didn't exist 20 or 30 years ago. what effect can doge have on the job market? >> i think it will be a great effect and they just want to hate on vivek and elon. what he is talking about here is cutting down on the wasteful

spending. government jobs where people are working remotely not doing anything at all. you know what will happen? they won't lose their job. there may be a temporary blip when they do but they want to create a growth economy. you put people back to work being productive and contributing and not draining off the system. you can hate vivek and elon but what they are talking about is a problem we have had in this country for a very long time. it has to get involved. i think they'll do it. >> rich: doge doesn't seem to have zoom parameters. vivek and elon are talking about something different every day. >> they are creating something. they are answering a need the american people are calling for. listen, you think about president trump. he is not wearing about re-election. he didn't need to do this second term. i believe he is doing it because he cares about america. saw we've gone the wrong way the last four years and wants to

right the ship and part is cracking down on government and cutting the waste. you look at the bill they were trying to pass, all the things that could be cut, 1500 page bill. you can get it down to 20 and keep the government open. it tells you there are so much perked packed in all the time. we sit there and keep spending the money and complain about the deficit and all the things that are wrong. you have to try to fix the system. >> rich: thank you for joining us, merry christmas. >> thank you. >> aishah: help is coming to the people of north carolina following hurricane helene. danamarie has that story for us today. >> 27 homes in green mountain were washed away. a young couple lost their lives. honoring their legacy has been a main focus for volunteers this holiday season. >> a lot of them families have been there for hundreds of years and so it's a tight knit

community. one person passes, it affects everybody. >> this is the home where steve andy lane lived with their three children. the kids weren't home when the hurricane hit and survived. now operation anchor made rebuilding this home their mission. organizers tell us that a 1400 square foot home costs $42,000 for just the foundation and shell. the supplies are being donated but the heart of the project is the manual labor done 100% by volunteers whether they have experience in construction or not. once the home is complete, we're told it will become a safe haven where families can live who lost their own home. >> i can tell you personally that if this happened at my house i couldn't afford to rebuild. i don't know how many families in the country could afford to rebuild without no help right now. you have to understand, these people are getting absolutely nothing. >> steven said most are left

with big mortgages to pay since many didn't have flood insurance. >> when we run out of money, we got supplies and we'll figure out how to make it to the jobs and figure out how to keep repairing. we might not build a house but we can repair a house. we'll keep going. >> he thinks it will take three to four years to completely rebuild the community. they are looking for people to sponsor families and operation anchor can help make those connections. >> aishah: so important not to forget those folks. thank you. >> rich: hamas is holding 101 hostages captive for another holiday season. some of their families see hope amid the darkness optimistic that perhaps the incoming administration can bring their loved ones home. we'll speak with one of them. the prosecutor in the "rust" movie set shooting dropping the appeal but the family says the

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>> excellent symmetry. the three caught, looking to the pylon. he has it. touchdown chiefs. >> rich: plenty of room for cheer for the kansas city chiefs after a christmas day blow-out of the steelers. coach andy reid celebrating in style. [cheers and applause] >> rich: he is in santa mode hyping up his team who secured the top spot in the afc. >> aishah: that's the best santa beard i've ever seen. this past year we watched as music giants fell from grace, politicians pled guilty and plenty more stunning scandals happened. "fox & friends" co-host ainsley

earhardt is recapping the major scandals. >> never a shortage of scandals making headlines. let's look at the biggest. this year saw the dawn fall of sean diddy combs allegedly sexually abusing women and silencing through violence. he maintains his innocence. his trial begins in may. jay-z has found himself in the middle of diddy's legal troubles. they've been accused of raping a 13-year-old girl at an after party for the 2000mtv music video awards. they deny the accusation. >> your motion to dismiss with prejudice is granted. >> alec baldwin dismissed involuntary manslaughter charges against him. he was charged in the 2021 death of helene yeah hutchins who was shot on the set of baldwin's

film "rust." justin timberlake making an apology for running a stop sign, veered out of his lane and failed sobriety tests. the fairytale is over for lopez and -- they shocked the world when they gave their love story a second chance after their first split in 2024. ♪ >> fans around the globe devastating following the death of former one direction member payne. the 31-year-old was found dead after falling from a third story hotel balcony in argentina. trochin and alcohol were in his system. three people are charged in relation to his death including a suspected drug dealer and drug employee who might have provided drugs to him. boeing had a series of safety problem.

the company as max nine planes were grounded after a midair blow-out of a door plug at 16,000 feet. >> boeing is at a moment of reckoning. >> quality control issues and a strike of union workers in the fall. olympic games returned this summer in paris. algerian boxer took home the gold but faced global scrutiny on her way to the podium. questions swirled around her gender with many calling her inclusion in the games unfair. american gym gnat chiles stripped of the bronze medal. it adjusted her score placing her in third. the appeal overturned after the games ended knocking her into fifth place. 20 years after accusing duke lacrosse players of rape she admits it was all alive.

she falsely accused of players of raping her while she performed at a team party 2006. the men were arrested, tried and found innocent in a case that rocked the nation. >> senator, do you betray your country? >> disgraced new jersey senator bob menendez found guilty on all counts including bribery, extortion and obstruction of justice. he accepted gifts in returns for political clout. sentencing is set for the end of january. former u.s. representative george santos facing sentencing in early 2025 after pleading guilty to charges relating to the misuse of campaign funds. as part of thinks plea he will serve a minimum of two years behind bars. >> 35 years is a long time. >> the menendez brothers could be freed in 2025. the siblings had been serving life sentences for the brutal 1989 murder of their parents. prosecutors recommending resentencing after new evidence

emerged that could support the brothers' claims of sexual abuse by their parents. we'll follow these stories and more in the new year. >> aishah: rich, i don't know about you, i think the worst scandal for me was the p. diddy scandal. freakoffs, 1,000 bottles of baby oil. reading that affidavit, the court documents i felt like i had to take a shower in holy water after because it was so disturbing and just out of this world. >> rich: my god, right? you think about usually in congress you've got one on the house side or one on the senate side. we had one for both chambers of congress this year. you talk about charging documents. that one had gold bars in it. quite a year for the hill. >> aishah: it was. all right. russia's christmas day attack on ukraine sparking a response by the white house. president biden is