the shah had been friends with many u.s. presidents. iran years earlier with the help of the cia. as a major source of persian gulf oil, his regime grew to be a stronger u.s. interest. during that visit to carter's white house there were ominous signs that all is not well between him and his people. i remember coming to work and smelling the tear gas because there was some kind of rally or protest thing going on near the white house when the shah came. >> both the shah and i got tear gas and our wives did as well. there was a big demonstration against the shah by iranians who had come to the united states to get away from the shah's domineering dictatorship. >> that was the first time i said, these people are not going to leave that issue to them, they're going to bring it here. >> in just over a year the shah was overthrown in a violent revolution. in his place stepped a militant cleric, the ayatollah khamenei, and many americans were to get a taste for the first time of radical islam. when the shah exiled and sick with cancer begged t

and forfour and a half prison —— shah's regime.e, the criticism of that regime, the present remains, as we heard in some of the stories in the accounts of the women, a notorious one for both men and women, and some prisoners we hear of their stories of even worse conditions, sometimes what they are in more remote or rural areas, and some of the smaller prisons — even the regulations and some of the standards of the bigger city prisons don't even apply. find prisons don't even apply. and we should _ prisons don't even apply. and we should say, _ prisons don't even apply. and we should say, of— prisons don't even apply. and we should say, of course, we heard the denials there by the iranian government, saying they reject these claims. given the reporting like this, international pressure as well, human rights groups speaking out, what are the chances we could see some sort of reform within iran? i could see some sort of reform within iran?— within iran? i think there a aood within iran? i think there a good chance _ within iran? i thi

and anyway, they they assured me the shah could come in to york for treatment and they would protect our people. and in iran there were. but we had over 5000 americans still working iran in addition to the embassy personnel and and the only proviso was that the shah had to agree ahead of time that he would not make any political statement while he was in new york. and he agreed to that. so that was the circumstances under which i let the shah come and then the student militants, our embassy and khomeini held off for about three days. and then he backed up the students and the president and minister resigned in protest because their word of honor to was violated. and that's the the whole thing started. and, of course, it lasted, as most people still remember, 444 days. so the last three days i was president. i never went to sleep. i never went to bed. i spent up all of that time negotiating the release of the hostages. and at 10:00 on inauguration morning, all hostages were in an airplane ready to take off and khomeini held them until 5 minutes after i was no longer president. then to

the shah had been friends with many u.s. presidents.lf oil, his regime grew to be a stronger u.s. interest. during that visit, to carter's white house, there were ominous signs that all was not well between him and his people. [ crowd chanting ] >> i remember coming to work and smelling tear gas because there was some kind of rally, a protest thing, near the white house when the shah game. >> both the shah and i got tear gas, our wives as well. there was a big demonstration against the shah by iranians who had come to the united states to get away from the shah's dominating dictatorship. >> that was the first time i said, these people are not going to leave that issue to them. they're going to bring it to here. >> in just over a year, the shah was overthrown in a violent revolution. the ayatollah and many americans were to get a taste for the first time of radical islam. when the shah, exiled and sick with cancer, begged to enter the u.s. for medical treatment, carter reluctantly agreed. but his compassion would carry a monumental price

and he was israeli intelligence as as the shah was toppled. and i also want ask just giving your back around covering this story, i know you said you were employed for a couple of years because of the lawsuit, the conspiracy theorist label getting fired. but as sort of more time passed continued working on this. what were the implications of some of that blowback and how did some of that blowback evolve over time time? well, the dust settled i think i began to realize, you know, i sort of it took me forever to figure out who i, i was. and to be honest, i there were at least two types of disinformation. i think there was disinformation sent by israel to up in people's faces and discredit them and i think there were some some of the people, you know, there were three or four pilots who piloted jets and supposedly made these secret flights. and it was very hard to ferret out who was telling the truth and who wasn't. but gradually i could wipe away the dust. and i to me, a big turning point. restarting the project came 2016 and i've flown to franc

and the shah did give me that assurance. then, to the surprise of me and i think to the surprise of the president and prime minister of iran, the militants took hostages, two of them. when the ayatollah, after three days, supported the capture and holding of the hostages, then both the president and prime minister resigned in protest. but that was just the beginning of a long ordeal when they held the hostages. so do not really believe i would have done anything different. the main advice i got was to attack iran, to bomb iran, and so forth, but i was convinced that had i done so, i would have killed 10,000 innocent iranians and they would have immediately executed our hostages. host: we have just under one hour left in this first portion of today's program, hearing your thoughts on the life and legacy of former president jimmy carter . coming in on social media, this from jason on x, says, he really walks the walk compared to so many who wear their supposed face on their sleeve or use it to manipulate. carter, in my opinion

zohreen shah, abc news, burbank. >> breaking news now the house has passed a funding bill to avert aovernment shutdown. it still needs to pass the senate. coming up next, a live interview about the situation and how we could be impacted here in the bay area. plus failures and fraud. two things at the heart of a new lawsuit involving zelle and the banks that own it. if you missed it on tv last night, manhunt, luigi mangione and the ceo. murder. a special edition of 2020 is now streaming on hulu. takes a deep dive into the to see a live look at that. it still needs to pass the senate. if approved, that will avoid a government shutdown, which is due to start at midnight. joining us live now is political science professor nolan higdon from uc santa cruz. nolan, it is always a pleasure to speak with you. and we're talking as all of this is happening right now. what is it? tell us about this new measure that just passed. where are we now? >> yeah, all indications are it looks like the government will be able to keep itself open. now, the house has passed this bill. from what we're being to

abc news reporter zohreen shah tells us why van der beek is talking about it. >> actor james van dereek opening up about getting a diagnosis he hadn't imagined colon cancer. >> it felt like a nightmare, honestly, at first that i that i couldn't quite wake up from. >> the 47 year old actor, perhaps best known for his starring role on the 90s tv show dawson's creek, telling gma's robin roberts the diagnosis came as a shock. he thought he was in great shape and eating healthy. he said he immediately tried to approach cancer with hope for the future. >> as soon as i got diagnosed, i, i knew all right, this is going to add many happy years to my life. i'm going to make changes that i never would have made otherwise, that i'm going to look back on in 30 years and say, thank god this happened and that's how i was about 90% of the time. i would say about 10% of the time i was a sobbing, terrified mess. >> he says getting present with loved ones has helped. getting very emotional when talking about his wife. >> this is where i'm going to lose it. she's she's been amazing. i'm she's really tau

zohreen shah, thanks so much. >>> overseas tonight, and a russian anti-aircraft system now suspected of causing the deadly christmas day plane crash in kazakhstan. and this new video of the plane flying erratically seconds before descending and then bursting into flames. 38 people killed, but dozens surviving the disaster. abc's ines de la cuetara with late details just coming in. >> reporter: tonight, mounting questions for the kremlin about what may have caused the christmas day crash of azerbaijan airlines flight 8243. the commercial jet taking off on wednesday morning from baku, the azerbaijani capital, en route to grozny. new video showing the plane flying erratically, rapidly losing and regaining altitude. the plane's wing visibly damaged before crashing in a city in kazakhstan across the caspian sea. of the 67 people from four different countries onboard, 38, including both pilots, were killed. miraculously, 29 survived, some pulled from the wreckage, others appearing to walk away unharmed. local officials initially suggested the crash was caused by a bird strike, but a u.s. o

abc's zohreen shah has more. >> a wildfire exploding in malibu, california, forcing people to evacuate. growing from one acre to 100 in less than an hour. >> there was so much fire in here, it was insane. >> the franklin fire threatening the lives of thousands of people in its path, as well as homes and other structures fueled by bone dry brush and santa ana winds gusting up to 76mph. >> this home is now gone. >> nothing you can really prepare for. uh- just kind of keep a watchful eye and let people know around you that are kind of stuck. elderly people, people with children try to get everybody out. >> the los angeles county sheriff's department deputies urgently going home to home, urging residents to evacuate. >> don't worry about your homes. uh- somebody breaking in and taking something. i know that's a lot to ask for, but we have professionals on our department and we're not going to allow that to happen. >> a police car damaged in the fire. authorities saying the deputy was not hurt. 800 pepperdine university students, just a stone's throw from the pacific ocean, were under a man

zohreen shah, abc news, los angeles. >> dozens of firefighters in the south bay are trading in theirelmets for christmas hats today. how they brought holiday cheer to dozens of early for some kids in the south bay who can't be home for the holidays. in this case, santa is several santa clara county firefighters. this morning, they dropped off christmas toys to dozens of young patients at valley medical center, including roston, houston. roston was injured recently in a fire at his family's home in santa cruz. >> it means a lot to me, and it's it makes me it humbles me just with what the valley and the people of the valley are doing. and it restores my, my whole faith and just people in general. >> it's a very special day for these kids. they're having a tough time, and we're here to spread some joy. >> this is the second year of the hospital toy giveaway. most of the gifts were donated by citizens who dropped them off at fire stations around santa clara county. today, the san francisco sheriff's office announced that a fifth grader from ikwo elementary school is the winner of its hol

abc news reporter zohreen shah has details on the accusations and jay-z's response. >> reporter it's a bombshell accusation against one of the most powerful people in the music world. a newly amended civil lawsuit alleging music mogul jay-z sexually assaulted a then 13 year old girl with rapper sean diddy combs after the video music awards, 14 years ago. the civil lawsuit originally filed in october, amended over the weekend to include jay-z's name and says jay-z and diddy drugged and raped a 13 year old girl at an after party, and that another celebrity stood by and watched as combs and carter took turns assaulting the minor. combs and carter attended the vmas that year. the rapper, filing to dismiss the lawsuit, denying the claims, calling them idiotic and saying it was a blackmail attempt, taking direct aim at the plaintiff's attorney, stating what he had calculated was the nature of these allegations and the public scrutiny would make me want to settle. jay-z, the father of three, writes, my wife and i will have to sit our children down, one of whom is at the age where her friend

zohreen shah, abc news, los angeles. >> back here at home, facing a government shutdown, the senate rushed through a bipartisan plan to temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid. it dropped president elect donald trump's demand to raise the debt ceiling in the new year. the senate worked to approve the bill 85 to 11, just past the midnight deadline in washington. >> very good news for my colleagues and for the country. democrats and republicans have reached just reached an agreement that will allow us to pass the cr tonight. >> we will not have a government shutdown, and we will meet our obligations for our farmers who need aid for the disaster victims all over the country, and for making sure that military and essential services, and everyone who relies upon the federal government for a paycheck is paid over the holidays. >> the final bill was johnson's third attempt to keep the federal government open, and it raises questions about whether the speaker will be able to keep his job and work alongside trump and billionaire ally elon musk, who put a great deal of pressure on lawma

zohreen shah, abc news, los angeles. >> back here at home, facing a government shutdown, the senate rushed a bipartisan plan to temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid. it dropped president elect donald trump's demand to raise the debt ceiling in the new year. the senate worked to approve the bill 85 to 11, just past the midnight deadline in washington. >> very good news for my colleagues and for the country. democrats and republicans have reached just reached an agreement that will allow us to pass the cr tonight. >> we will not have a government shutdown, and we will meet our obligations for our farmers who need aid for the disaster victims all over the country, and for making sure that military and essential services, and everyone who relies upon the federal government for a paycheck is paid over the holidays. >> the final bill was johnson's third attempt to keep the federal government open, and it raises questions about whether the speaker will be able to keep his job and work alongside trump and billionaire ally elon musk, who put a great deal of pressure on lawmakers ove

sanjay shah is the founder of the london—based hedge fund, solo capital partners.dend tax refunds from the danish treasury by making a series of complex trades dataset from us. —— that is it from us. stay with us here on bbc news. hello from the bbc sport centre. i'm tanya arnold. the home nations have found out who they'll face in qualifying for the 2026 world cup which will be held in the united states, mexico and canada. northern ireland are in group a and will play either germany or italy, slovakia, and luxembourg. in group c scotland face portugal or denmark, greece, and belarus. wales were drawn in groupj with belgium, north macedonia, kazakhstan and liechtenstein. while england are in group k and will play serbia, albania, latvia and andorra. the either—or—ties are down to the nations league quartersfinals. let's get reaction from the managers. we have to take this very seriously. it's the first fixture with latvia, i think — england and latvia, so a new challenge for all of us. and then we are clear favourites, of course, against andorra, but qualification

sanjay shah is the founder of the london—based hedge fund, solo capital partners.the danish treasury by making a series of complex trades. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. the united states has offered $85 million reward for information about an alleged scheme in which north korean technology workers got jobs scheme in which north korean technology workers gotjobs at unsuspecting us companies then stole their trade secrets for ransom with the proceeds used to fund pyongyang's weapons programmes. suranjana tewari is following the story from our asia business hub in singapore. i couldn't get my head around this story at first. tell us the details about what we do know. , , , know. yes, this is quite the sto . know. yes, this is quite the story- the _ know. yes, this is quite the story. the us _ know. yes, this is quite the story. the us state - know. yes, this is quite the - story. the us state department says the way the scheme worked was that between 2017 and 2023, about 130 north korean workers managed to get itjobs at us companies and nonprof

and of course, my family, my father was military in the shah's army.o we were we were the westerners. we were the really westerners. but how did your family managed to get. we couldn't know. no, we couldn't. it was very difficult and it was. but and i honestly. i don't know how what percentage of people in iran really know about this incident. and i'm not sure more than you would think. i mean, it was quite big news at the time. and in iran, as it was around the world, iran's government leapt to the conclusion that must have been organized by the cia they immediately blamed america for this, wasn't it? was it was done by saddam. but the immediate assumption was that it must be a kind of risk, revenge attack for what was happening at the american embassy in tehran when when it became clear that wasn't the the iranians began to put great pressure on britain to bring it to an early conclusion, save their diplomats to get them out america simultaneously was also putting pressure on britain in the hope that if it could be solved bloodless, ali, if that that

zohreen shah, abc news, burbank. >> the party is over for party city, according to cnn.he company's ceo told employees today that the chain store is going out of business, closing about 800 stores all across the country, including 14 that are here in the bay area. party city opened its first store four decades ago. it filed for bankruptcy in january of 2023 after struggling to pay off $1.7 million in debt. dave and busters is moving into oakland's jack london square. the popular arcade chain and restaurant will provide will move into 55 harrison. the building went up in 2019 and was supposed to be a high end food hall. that plan fell through during the pandemic and it's been vacant ever since. the official opening date for dave and busters has not yet been released, but we'll try to keep you updated on that. >> they had planned a fun fy adventure, but it was not that blink of an eye. tragedy struck a bay area victim sharing his family's story after an airboat crashes across the country. >> what the state of california is doing to keep bird flu from spreading. as concern

joining me now to unpack all of this for our second hour is rita-shah, a former campaign spokesperson founder of relax strategies and joyce vance, msnbc legal analyst. she is also the author of "civil disclosure with joyce vance on sub stack." joyce, again, taking off my glasses to talk to an attorney, specifically from the doj. i want to ask you if you're a u.s. attorney at this point, how are you squaring the idea that on one hand, the doj is continuing to prosecute people for offenses related to january 6th and on the other hand, donald trump has already said that he is looking to pardon all the january sixers within the first few minutes in office. >> so the pardons that donald trump is contemplating are very different sort of creature from the pardons that joe biden has just issued. you know, prosecutors don't always love it when someone receives a pardon after they've obtained a conviction. but there are very strong standards that have been used for evaluating these cases involving perhaps most importantly whether or not someone who is up for consideration would pose a threat, a

abc news reporter zohreen shah has more on the investigation. >> horror before the holidays after a carlowed into people visiting a christmas market in magdeburg, germany, the attack killing at least two and injuring about 60 others, according to german security officials. this is the moment a car captured on cctv suddenly drove into the evening market, plowing through the holiday crowds at high speeds. a suspect has been arrested in the attack that sent shoppers fleeing in panic. u.s. law enforcement sources told abc news. according to german authorities, the suspect is a doctor from saudi arabia who has been living in germany since 2006. they say he drove a rental car through the market. the incident triggering a major emergency response with the city center and the market both closed and littered with debris. the motive is unknown at this time. magdeburg is about a two hour drive west of berlin. zohreen shah, abc news, los angeles. >> gio benitez joins us now from new york to tell us what's coming up at 7:00 on good morning america. >> and good morning to you on this saturday coming

and the shah did give me that assurance. and then, to the surprise of me and i think to the surprise of the president and prime minister of iran, the militants took hostages, two of them. when the ayatollah, after three days, supported the capture and holding of the hostages, then both the president and prime minister resigned in protest. but that was just the beginning of a long ordeal when they held the hostages. so do not really believe i would have done anything different. the main advice i got was to attack iran, to bomb iran, and so forth, but i was convinced that had i done so, i would have killed 10,000 innocent iranians and they would have immediately executed our hostages. host: we have just under one hour left in this first portion of today's program, hearing your thoughts on the life and legacy of former president jimmy carter . coming in on social media, this from jason on x, says, he really walks the walk compared to so many who wear their supposed face on their sleeve or use it to manipulate. carter, in my opi

abc's zohreen shah is following this story for us in los angeles. >> a wildfire exploding in malibu, california, forcing in people to evacuate. growing from one acre to 100 in less than an hour. >> there was so much fire in here, it was insane. >> the franklin fire threatening the lives of thousands of people in its path, as well as homes and other structures fueled by bone dry brush and santa ana winds gusting up to 76mph. >> this home is now gone. >> nothing you can really prepare for. uh- just kind of keep a watchful eye and let people know around you that are kind of stuck. elderly people, people with children, try to get everybody out. >> the los angeles county sheriff's department deputies urgently going home to home, urging residents to evacuate. >> don't worry about your homes, uh- somebody breaking in and taking something uh- i know that's a lot to ask for, but we have professionals on our department and we're not going to allow that to happen. >> a police car damaged in the fire. authorities saying the deputy was not hurt. 800 pepperdine university students, just a stone's

abc news reporter zohreen shah has more on the investigation. >> horror before the holidays after a carto people visiting a christmas market in magdeburg, germany, the attack killing at least two and injuring about 60 others, according to german security officials. this is the moment a car captured on cctv suddenly drove into the evening market, plowing through the holiday crowds at high speeds. a suspect has been arrested in the attack that sent shoppers fleeing in panic. u.s. law enforcement sources told abc news. according to german authorities, the suspect is a doctor from saudi arabia who has been living in germany since 2006. they say he drove a rental car through the market. the incident triggering a major emergency response with the city center and the market both closed and littered with debris. the motive is unknown at this time. magdeburg is about a two hour drive west of berlin. zohreen shah, abc news, los angeles. >> the fda has approved the first prescription drug for obstructive sleep apnea. the weight loss drug rebound is part of the class known as glp one receptor agoni

. >> america agrees to take the deposed shah of iran into our borders in order to get medical treatmentkhomeini, the head of iran, orders the takeover of the american embassy. >> this is the fifth agonizing day for the u.s. government. >> this was the origination of nightline to give a daily report on those hostages. >> and every single day it starts with this is day 21, day 30, day 58. >> day 174. >> meanwhile, ronald reagan is getting a head start as the republican candidate. >> november 4th, 1980 the election of a president. >> the anniversary of their taking of the hostages happened to be on election day. >> even though carter loses the presidency in 1980 with a humiliating landslide defeat at the hands of ronald reagan, he is determined to get the 52 american hostages still held in iran free. >> he lost, but he's still president until january. >> there's never been a day that went by. in fact, there's never been an hour that went by since the hostages were taken that i didn't try to do something to get them home safely. i need to be here until we get the hostages off the ground. i

abc's zohreen shah has the latest. the contract? coffee. >> with just four days to go until christmas. thousands of workers protesting two major american companies. >> we struggle every month to pay our rent to afford groceries, and that's unacceptable. don't get it. >> shut it down. starbucks baristas in california, chicago and their home base, seattle began a five day strike friday, demanding better pay, benefits and resolution to what they say are unfair labor practices. >> the holiday season is huge for starbucks, and there is an economic aspect to striking that's really important. >> workers say starbucks backtracked on an agreement with only 2% wage increases now for most baristas. starbucks says the union is demanding far more, proposing an increase that they claim is, quote, not sustainable. put it in park, put it in park. and it's day three for delivery drivers for amazon. on the picket line in four states after the company ignored the deadline the teamsters union had set for their contract negotiations. one striker speakin

next month following an appeals court move, and zohreen shah has more on the legal battle.aying it was pushing inaccurate and fl flaws -- flawed hypothetical information resulting in an outright censorship of the american people, and now they're indicating they will fight the court's decision. >> let's go! >> reporter: this morning, another major sign that the countdown clock might be ticking for tiktok. >> tiktok is getting banned. >> reporter: a three-judge appellate panel upholding a lower court's decision stating the wildly popular chinese owned app could be banned in the u.s. if its parent company, bytedance, does not sell the app after fears that china could steal personal information from its 170 million american users, fears that tiktok has long described as speculative and overblown. >> for a lot of us, this is going to be a huge income loss. >> reporter: now some users are panicking that bytedance will not meet the january 19th deadline set by the court. >> there are a lot of us who make a living off this app and are very blessed to be where we are but also have w

. >> the guy who sold the banana, by the way, his name is shah alam.understand, first of all, that's bananas. second of all, it's a conceptual art, but it speaks to a something excessive, something absurd that the concept, oh, i could tape any banana to the wall and there's a crypto billionaire ready to buy it for millions of dollars. does it tell you there's something wrong with us? >> the crypto billionaire is the perfect person to buy it. i think that was part of his point, you know, i mean, crypto isn't exactly real. and i just -- you know, this guy i talked about, shah alam, he cried when he heard about that sale. i found that incredibly poignant. he was a poor guy who sold bananas for 25 cents and somebody was paying $6.2 million for his banana. you know, they did another artwork five or six years ago called america. it was an 18-karat gold plated toilet. >> which is somewhat trumpy. >> some of our elected officials apparently used them. >> yeah. let's talk literature. since you're bringing another art. i mentioned the times said four years later

and of course, all that fell apart a year later when the shah was thrown out and jimmy carter offered eventually a chance to come to the united states for cancer treatment. um, the, the whole kind of world blew up in front of him, and americans were taken hostage in iran. that overshadowed everything for the rest of president carter's time in office. in fact, the last night he was president, he stayed in the white house, oval office all night long, dressed in a sweater against the cold, hoping that the deal would come through to release the american hostages. the deal came through, but not until noon the next day, when ronald reagan took the oath of office, and he was later able to announce that those americans were coming home. so that heaviness overshadowed many of the domestic things that jimmy carter wanted to do. he created the department of education. he believed in civil rights and hired women and appointed women judges. and a lot of those accomplishments just were completely overshadowed by the the heaviness of the world situation. >> it's interesting. time magazine wrote this

>> zohreen shah, abc news, los angeles. >> and if you'd like to participate in giving tuesday, we havey of ideas on our website. it is important to do it today, though, as many nonprofits are doing matching pledges today only. just head to abc seven news.com/take action. and coming up on abc seven mornings at six. closing arguments. the high profile murder trial of the man accused of killing cashapp founder, bob lee. closer to coming to an end. >> plus a controversial approach. a tech founder getting a lot of attention for no work life balance at a san francisco company. they will grow up. (♪) discover who they are (♪) what they want from this world. and how they will make it better. and while parenting has changed, how much you care has not. that's why instagram is introducing teen accounts. automatic protections for who can contact them and the content they can see. (♪) abc seven mornings live now at six. >> campus closures. a south bay school district voting to either close or consolidate a dozen schools. we hear from parents and teachers impacted by the decision keeping the cable c

. >> thanks for shah. the main library in oakland is back open after a six-month renovations. city officials celebrated the improvements today with book lovers and library staff. some of the upgrades include a new roof, electrical system and flooring oakland mayor sheng thao. was there. she recognize the many ways the library serves the community. in addition to obviously lending out books. >> it's a place where community can actually build together. it is a place where people can come in when it's too cold. it is a place where people can come to get respite when the years not put enough outside. you know, hour by brees become so much more than just checking out books. >> indeed, they have in the library is back open now, 7 days a week staff is offering tours for people who want to come. check out. the new features. >> vibrant space, celebrating indigenous people's cultural arts open today in san francisco, the organization behind the annual carnival parade now is a permanent home in the mission district. casa de carne of all located on florida street will serve the artists wh

. >> to put this into context the year before, in 1979, the shah of iran, the west's favorite oil-rich dictator was overthrown by the islamic fundamentalist government of the ayatollah. bitterly opposed to the west and one of the first events that many of you will remember was the taking over of the -- i'm pressing the wrong one here -- thstudent militants who over the american embassy in tehran. they weren't students but they were actually militia. the standoff would last a long time. there were 55 hostages, american diplomats and soldiers held inside that building. and six days before the attack on the iranian embassy in london, american special forces had attempted to free the hostages in iran, the ill-fated and ultimately disastrous operation eagle claw in which a large number of american servicemen died, it was a complete failure and it marked carter's administration from then on, arguably his reputation never recovered from this failure. in some ways it was a ciprocal operation. the six men that attacked the embassy in1980 weren't islamic fundamentalists they were arabs, part of

here's abc's zohreen shah. >> reporter: christmas chaos at phoenix's sky harbor airport wednesday night, as police respond to an incident that left three people shot and another person stabbed. it happened right before 10:00 p.m. at the terminal 4 food court just yards from where passengers enter the security checkpoint. that's when authorities say a family fight escalated and shots were fired. tonight, police say three men are in stable condition and a fourth victim, a woman, sustaining life-threatening injuries. >> all five individuals that are involved in this incident are all known to each other, no community members or visitors were injured outside of this group of individuals. this incident has been resolved, it was resolved very quickly. there's nobody outstanding. >> reporter: bystanders making the best of a best situation. >> people are outside for 30, 45 minutes until they said it was all clear to come back in. >> reporter: and some passengers were stuck outside, but it did not lead to any major delays or cancellations. whit? >> whit: zohreen, thank you so much. >>> overseas t

guy back in the mid 1970's, if the shah of iran made a request, he would get it. so today i would say, vladimir putin probably could make a foia request for information about himself and they would have to answer. of course they would deny it. interesting. states have different foia rules. virginia, in a case that went to the supreme court, had a law that said, only citizens of virginia could -- or companies or residents of virginia could make -- could request access and the supreme court held unanimously, well, that's ok. it's their records. well, yes. but it's kind of silly. and claimed to violate the privileges of a clause. the supreme court said no, it doesn't. that doesn't matter. you have to look at these states, they're not all the same. the first thing is, anybody can request a record. the second thing is, there has to be specific exemptions for it. the presumption is that records are made public. that doesn't always hold. but that's the rule. the exemptions are quite specific. and in contradiction to the administrative procedure act, the burden is on the

there was relief in iran when the shah of iran was forced out of the country.much better alternative. we learned in retrospect a lot of iranian's did at the time, not necessarily. what do you think? >> i think it depends.what is than iran, iran was ale basically, a majority of the population of she muslims, syria was ruled by a regime connected to she, that branch of islam. the majority of the people are syria and islam. there's a difference. the majority of the people are going to be ruling the country. that's a big deal. what needs to not happen is a bloodbath and revenge against the shiite minority. neil: but that is still likely, isn't it? >> cooler heads could prevail. turkey has some influence, the gulf states have some influence based on funding. that needs to happen. the nelson mandela. neil: i was mentioning vladimir putin, in key ports, down, that limits what he does in that region of the world. it is increasingly important, would extend the war there in a weird way. what do you think? >> the two sides, ukraine and russia will sit down at the negotiat

cameron l and g and shah mere l and g. for the new president to get into office sign off on the permits so they can move forward with their project. >> when you hear donald trump say something like drill, baby, drill. what do you think? what does that mean to you? >> it means that he is going to most probably push forward to help get these permits finished to get these big projects complete. underway. >> carley: if that happens, do you think it will revitalize your community? >> most definitely will. we are already feeling the effects from these lng plants. they help out with our communities in big ways all the time. >> carley: so president biden, of course, paused person myth of new lng export terminals. >> there was a big facility in your community put on pause as a result of that. that can't be good news for you and people who want to work in cameron. >> no. it was a big pause. it affected a lot of our local businesses. they were expecting the big projects to start. it delayed. just hoping to get it back going again. ac

my question is not if they shop -- the shah's regime was referable to the ayatollah's, but do we back unpopular regimes whose major merit is that they are friendly to the united states? governor reagan: the degree of unpopularity to a regime when the choice is total authoritarianism -- totalitarianism, i should say in the alternative government makes one wonder if you are being helpful to the people, and we have been guilty of that because someone did not meet exactly our standards of human rights. instead of trying patiently to persuade them to change their ways, we have in a number of instances aided a revolutionary overthrow which results in complete totalitarianism instead for those people, and i think this is kind of a hypocritical policy when at the same time we are maintaining a detente with the one nation in the world where there are no human rights at all, the soviet union. there was a second phase in the iranian affair in which we had something to do with that, and that was we had adequate warning that there was a threat to our embassy, and we could have done what other emba

this with the 2 p as well as your ssl do you pulled it up or does this play most assaulted with dr. shah associates, you closer to on y'all's visit from me. you'd also hung up if i missed it, there was some dentist tape on the head. a boy same walk. you have them, you know, not me. so this is diane and i think like the desert set, the been you know, show alternate ill also that is also included as well to i, paul twenty's on the top is the best policy. and we hope that, you know, you know, to show you since even get back to you because my business, it's tallie, you know, if he normally does the office and i think i'm super funny, but he's on the download. this one he does. yeah. he told you this is jonathan pop up. he thought it best to send me pavilion to me. it's a dog. do you know p l destroyed no. treat the patient the i guess the doctor. visually louisiana don't don't be of. no, they'll do go to the comment. they only feed that they'll do good as nothing along because of a who does good disorder or free advocate of on school. well, we usually speak, doug. say that you said a to to s

. >> i don't see the shah today president. i do welcome his involvement. he brings a level of transparency that most people cannot. >> doge is getting some help from a familiar face. trump just hired katy michelle, the wife of stephen miller and former press secretary for former vice president mike pence. bret, some democrats do want to work alongside doge and elon musk and vivek ramaswamy. moskowitz, congressman from florida, hoping that elon speaks to democrats the next time he is in washington bret? >> bret: aishah thanks. stocks are up to holiday week the dow gaining 67. the s&p 500 fin militiad ahead 93. the nasdaq jumped 192. up next the not guilty plea of the man accused of gunning down executive in midtown, manhattan. we will bring you there. first what some of our fox affiliates are covering tonight. fox nebraska in lincoln pillen injured taken to a hospital after bucked off the horse. 68-year-old pill len is expected to be hospitalized for several days. the governor's office saying he was riding horses with his family when he was felony off a new

so william shatner shah that first hand. but get a load of his cluelessness.hen he said she had to do so many things working for her black, woman. >> sounds like a guy from back in the 60s. like she is black. all right, cool, i will a bank it. he's william shatner, it's not like he is shakespeare. unless she put it in a script for him to remember to say he was asked to ad lib. it. never ask an actor to ad lib. anything we saw what happened with the kamala. it just does not work you know what i'm saying? but go back to cuban for a second. cuban has been a rich snob for too long. he is so out of touch. he has no friends. is best guess is a beer and tea. that is such a stretcher. he cannot say well i had drinks at. he has no experience with people unless they work for him and he has power over them. if you watch that podcast that was ernie trying to save the podcast. because nobody likes market. marcus the guy who were went to the party, a birthday party and to showed up in the first thing he says is remember when your dad died? wouldn't it be cool if he was here

they want to retain themselves as an organized mill that shah, and they're keeping the hostaged they'restages in order to have leverage over israel. iran behind the scenes is reading the tea leaves with donald trump coming to office in a month and putting pressure on hamas if as well as hezbollah to settle hinges down. but hay don't control hamas completely, and hamas has its own agenda. ashley: can donald trump, when he takes office, get a deal done? is his presence something that could finally get a ceasefire ins place? -- in place? >> i think one of the dimensions that donald trump will add is maximum pressure on iran. and iran will then be pushed into a position where it is pushing much harder on hamas to bring things to a close, to release the hostages. hasn't happened yet. i think they're still trying to get the most out of in that they can, but i think there is a chance with that kind of additional pressure on iran, it'll have to change hamas' calculations. ashley: very good. i want to move on to the other big conflict. moscow rejecting trump's call for a truce with ukraine, but

colorado quarterback shah door sanders he is the son of colorado head coach and former duel nfl, mlbg to have stars. >> overseas collective. >> elite crop of athletes since day one always risen to the top and made the most money because they bring a lot more star power than necessarily the rest of the team does or spent a long time building their brand. >> big 12 teams. while the team is not in the playoff, high caliber players are on the roster, including sanders, a projected first round draft pick and heisman trophy winner travis hunter. >> is there a way to fix this to make it more fair or capitalism college football version. >> so what we want to do is try to make sure that everybody has that opportunity at the get whatever you can get. when you take money you sign a contract. >> bret: large donor groups known as collectives. big donor ohio's 1870 society a major partnership with giant eagle. tennessee's quarterback landed an $8 million deal from the speier sports collective before ever signing with the volunteers. >> i think that where the red flag is popping up is there's a lot

aishah shah. >> aishah: c.b. cotton live for news new york tonight. thank you.onight the manhunt is expanding for the person of interest in the murder of a major healthcare executive gunned down wednesday morning in manhattan police say they have reason to believe he has left new york. now they want your help in finding him. correspondent alexis mcadams has the latest tonight from new york. good evening, alexis. >> aishah, good evening. what started here in manhattan is now expanding to a nationwide manhunt. the fbi is now stepping n its ongoing investigation as we are on day three trying to track down a person of interest who investigators tell me again today, aishah here in new york city. they believe he hopped on a greyhound bus from atlanta, georgia, came to new york city and disappeared shortly after. >> we believe he was here from 10 days. we have that bus leaving the same morning, him going to the port authority terminal the same morning approximately an hour afterwards. >> police tell fox news the person of interest arrived in new york on november 24th.

we're seeing that play out in you should shah and ukraine as you saw a huge cyber attack on state registriese criminally underinvested as countries, companies and investors in cybersecurity, and we're always playing catch-up. this is a trend that has a lot of legs. there's no silver bullet solution, so you have to play it with an etf that gives you a portfolio of the leading cybersecurity names that come on to the scene each year. ashley: very good. love it. lou, thank you very much. >>> now this, president biden arrived in st. croix for his final vacation as president. he and his family are reportedly staying at a massive beachfront villa are completely for free, by way. lucas tomlinson has the tough job of being in st. croix for us. lucas, good morning. are there ethics concerns about the president's trip? >> reporter: well, good morning, ashley. there are some ethics concerns that have been raised by some critics of president biden. as you mentioned, he did arrive here yesterday in what many people are accuse the president of doing is trump-proofing his administration ahead of the transfe

. >> i worked in iran, and i remember when the shah left and jimmy carter was involved at that period of time, and we had the hostages and jimmy carter, i remember what he was doing. and in the united states as president, and he did so much. >> rob coughlin worked for president carter in the white house and the federal environmental protection agency. >> i will always think that it was one of the honors of my life to have been his friend. >> coughlin, a leading environmentalist, wrote the book surfer in the white house. coughlin says he was impressed by carter's commitment to the environment and to human rights. >> if anybody was going to go to heaven, it would have been jimmy. he's the only american president who's been able to use the white house as a stepping stone to higher things. >> his post-presidential career is probably best known for his ties to habitat for humanity. president carter and his wife, rosalynn, worked tirelessly with the organization, including stops here in the bay area, worked alongside of thousands and thousands of volunteers all over the world to build homes

case on iran, for instance, this is the one who on new year's eve 1977 went to tehran and toasted the shah and said iran was an island of stability and troubled region in the middle east. he knew privately that was not true, and i think it was an evening but needless to say for the rest of his life easily in his memory. yet when the hostages were taken in 1979, there was huge pressure on him to bomb iran in order to get re-elected. he felt that if he had done that, he could have gotten re-elected. amid all the frustration about these hostages, but he also said that if i had done that, he said privately, there probably would have been maybe 10,000 innocent iranians killed, and the hostages would have been executed. so this was a profile in courage in that he showed restraint. but really a lesser person could have led straight to re-election. could i mention one more, ali? >> yeah, please. >> i was thinking you were mentioning inflation. yes, carter's economic policies did not divert inflation, and there was terrible inflation especially by his last year or two in office. but in 1979 he supp