liz: bill clinton saying you're too finger wage and preachy and james carville said the same.on the far left. trump stopping dei throughout government and military and refocus agencies on day jobs. what do you think? do you think the period is over? >> i think dei should stand for didn't earn it, liz. not before but after and he got it all and bill clinton of 1995 talking and guy that passed down budget amendments and welfare reform and declared ere arrowhead of big government was over and threw out more people illegally than any other president. if more candidates like bill clinton and more competitive in elections and woke stuff and she supported u.s. taxpayer dollars for people in prison and effective in the campaign and can't run on this stuff and america doesn't like it one bit and bill clinton get it is and hopefully democrats as well. liz you're always really smart. thank you, joe. i'll wait for the check in the mail. >> venmo, my friend. it's coming. liz: good to see you, joe. thank you. >> they're grately impacted with what happens to the climate. >> we have to do mor

. >>> news just coming in, president bill clinton hospitalized. >>> and the winter weather alerts for >>> first, luigi mangione led into court today under heavy guard, appearing before the judge, pleading not guilty to 11 charges, including murder as an act of terrorism. his lawyer saying she is concerned whether mangione can get a fair trial. aaron katersky inside the courtroom. >>> the news just coming in, former president bill clinton in the hospital. what we're learning tonight. >>> several people rescued when a pier crashes into the powerful surf in santa cruz, california. the images just coming in. >>> millions are on alert for a fast-moving storm sweeping into the northeast. what it could mean for travel. and will there be a white christmas? lee goldberg is standing by. >>> the terrifying incidents at two popular ski resorts. in nevada, at least five hurt. skiers falling 30 feet into the snow. and in colorado, the rescue. more than 170 people trapped. some for hours. >>> the bombshell house ethics committee report on former congressman matt gaetz. detailed allegations from a ye

of the united states of america. >> bill clinton said he was running for office three months before lf as an innovative alternative to what he called division less leadership of george bush. >> on the one hand, bush was seen as a figure of the past. a remainder of the w.a.s.p. ascendancy. on the other hand, bill clinton was seen as the new generation of politicians, the boomer generation. >> i'm generation x and my dad who grew up in the 1950s was terrified of bill clinton. he thought he was a dissolute hippie. he was the apotheosis of baby boomers as the kind of people who skipped vietnam. >> charges about draft dodging a hunting bill clinton once again. >> didn't like it and didn't inhale and never tried again. >> i was [ inaudible ] for 12 years. >> governor clinton's private life has become the overriding issue in the democratic presidential campaign. >> your categorically denying that you ever had an affair with gennifer flowers? >> i said that before. >> hillery went on television to defend him but also really wanted to make the point that she wasn't just conservative old-fashi

governor iran against their hand-picked candidate who had been former chief legal counsel in bill clinton's office office. all his money was race right of the basement of the white house come i white house staffers and longtime clinton folks. they're so excited when i went because that never was supposed to happen. republicans didn't win. i was only the fourth elected in the 150 years. first in 25 years. i got to the i was only elected republican in the building. they hated me so much and this is no joke i get an innovative people would get off, they would refuse to write an elevator with me. that little video you saw above the door being nailed shut, that's not an apocryphal story. when i got sworn in, i couldn't open the door and that was nailed shut from the inside. john fund from the "wall street journal" was fluent and from europe to see was it really true because a sound spittle preposterous preposterous. it sounds figurative. it was little. the door was literally shot and it stayed that way for the first 59 days. that happened because hillary's former law partner webb hubbell calls u

. >>> news just coming in, president bill clinton hospitalized. >>> and the winter weather alerts for millions. >>> first, luigi mangione appearing before a judge, pleading not guilty to 11 charges, including murder as an act of terrorism. his lawyer says she is concerned wherever managgione can get a fr trial. >>> several people rescued when a pier crashes into the powerful surf if santa cruz, california. in images just coming in. >>> millions are on alert for a fast-moving storm sweeping into the northeast. what it could mean for travel. and will there be a white christmas? >>> the terrifying incidents at two popular ski resorts. in nevada, at least five hurt. skiers falling 30 feet into the snow. and in colorado, the rescue. more than 170 people trapped. some for hours. >>> the bombshell house ethics committee report on former congressman matt gaetz. a years-long investigation finding quote, substantial evidence that he had sex with a 17-year-old in 2017. in violation of florida's statutory rape law, and allegedly paid nearly $100,000 for several women for sex. gaetz maintaining he

. >> he won because he ran as democratic of bill clinton and trump era. we have to return to fighting for common sense policies that work. >> todd: david webb will react. gl and florida will ban social media accounts for children under 14. we'll break that down next. ♪ >> todd: gjennifer crumbley asking a judge to release her from prison. her attorney she should not serve time until her case reaches the supreme court. this matter proceeds likely four years before the appellate court. the parents became first parents to be convicted for a school shooting committed by their child. they were found guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter. the woman accusing jay-z and diddy of can remain anonymous. >> chanley: not only did lawyers for jay-z, shawn carter, fail to convince the judge the person should be named, calls out jay-z's lawyers, writing relentless filing of inflammatory language is inappropriate and waste of judicial resources and tactic unlikely to benefit his client. earlier this month, the rap mogul was sued by a woman who claims he and sea

(high pitched sound) (high pitched sound) (high pitched sound) >> ♪ ♪ >>> bill clinton is on the looselly doesn't let bill go into a room full of women by himself she made an exception could get her a pardon. >> do you think it would be wise of biden to preemptively pardon any potential targets such as your wife for example she is apparently on the list from the justice nominee. >> they've got a problem with her because first she didn't do anything wrong but secondly followed the rules exactly as they were written if biden wanted to talk to me about that i would've talked to them about that. they want to give them public advice on the pardon power. it's a very personal thing. >> belo doesn't want hillary pardon ones are in prison so he can be free. voters don't want to pardon peluso as 20% there as democrats don't want to listen to voters they want to talk about their own problem like how the election was stolen eight years ago. >> it's important for everybody to just take a deep breath and say unlike in 2016 there is no outside influence like the fbi director interfering at the last m

i mean, you know, what is the title of bill clinton's new memoir, citizen? well, until jimmy carter, the idea of a former president as basically a citizen of the world didn't really exist. you know, harry truman, dwight eisenhower, they kind of went home to the farm. lyndon johnson, you know, same the same story. and i think carter really created the idea that a former president could be engaged and a source of positive change around the world. and, you know, he sort of it's like a it's like a new model, you know, and there are very few people in, in our history who can who can you can say that about that. they just sort of created something that really reimagined, you know, there have been former presidents for, you know, at that point, you know, almost 200 years. um, but none had really envisioned their role in the same way that he did. and i think he has created a model that, to varying extent, other presidents, i think, now see as part of, you know, kind of what you are expected to do when you leave office, although none, i think, to the full extent, mat

you sort of equated bill clinton, sort of, what was it? dyer: back in the 1990's we had a crime wave across our country. in fact, many cities were under siege. drive-by shootings, murder rates had skyrocketed. so, bill clinton did something that was very courageous. he led the issue of 100,000 cops, fully-funded by the federal government for three years, and placed them in cities across america. i believe that was the single thing that saved america from that violent crime wave. my message to those in d.c. is that we have a mental health crisis in america. and it is time for the people in washington, d.c. to step up and fully fund 100,000 mental health clinicians so we can put those out on the front lines to replace our police officers. that seemed to be received well. mayor schieve: that resonated with all of them. thank you. i love you. [applause] ok, awuanetta. tell me, how was your experience? because i was blown away, how angry -- how engaged you are. you will say, i am a republican, but you don't care. you will work with anyone who w

bill clinton did something that was very courageous. he led the issue of 100,000 cops fully funded by the federal government for three years and place them in cities across america. and i believe that was a single thing that saved america from that violent crime wave. and my message to those in d.c. is that we have a mental health crisis in america. and it is time for the people in washington, d.c., to step up and fully fund 100,000 mental health clinicians so that we can put those out on the front lines to replace our police officers. and that seemed to be received well. >> that was -- that resonated with all of them. thank you. i love you. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> amazing. okay. aquanetta. you know her and she walks into a room. everyone says, uh-oh, aquanetta is here. tell me, how was your experience? because i was just blown away like how engaged you are. you'll say, yes, i'm a republican, but like literally you don't care. you'll work with anyone that will work with you. so talk a little bit about that because i was just -- i

>>> the news tonight on former president bill clinton's health. the latest on his condition. >>> the fda raises the alarm over previously recalled costco organic eggs. >>> nasa waits for word on its daring mission to the sun. the spacecraft faster than anything that's gone before. >>> and america strong tonight, on this christmas eve. norad has its eyes in the skies, while many of santa's elves send holiday cheer to our nation's troops and veterans. >>> good evening, and thank you so much for joining us on this busy christmas eve. i'm rachel scott, in for david. we begin tonight with the holiday winter blast causing headaches for last minute travelers, especially along the busy i-95 corridor. snow and ice making roads nearly impassable for millions in philadelphia, new york, and boston. and turning deadly for one commuter in new york city. american airlines briefly grounding all flights after a computer glitch, creating havoc for travelers across the country. in the west, massive waves battering the california coast, creating scenes like this one

liz: now bill clinton is criticizing joe biden's par to be of his son hunter biden. reacting to the sound and debate is heating up on biden's unconstitutional lawless preemptive pardons. but first, head over to buddies dagen and brian burg and see what's coming up on the bottom line. >> hey, liz. waiting that arrangement in the suspect in the united healthcare murder and we'll follow that for you and plus, we've got congressman greg steube with trump on the world stage and tom phillips with crazy ideas to trump proof your portfolio and i would listen to him and listen to them when there's good stuff on it. >> in defense of daniel penny what it means for all of us. his acquittal and lee carter on the murder of the united healthcare ceo of the vic victimization of him after his death. it's a dangerous thing we see on that . top of the hour. see what i did there? hey, jackie! (♪) evan, my guy! you're helping them with savings, right? (♪) i wish i had someone like evan when i started. somebody just got their first debit card! ice cream on you? ooo, tacos! i got you. wait

that's the problem with bill clinton.le. >> only a block away from the jiggle joint when the speech is over. stuart: reporting that one democrat close with lawmakers says the lack of leadership coming from the white house feels like the president and going for them and newt said this, watch. >> trump is the first d de-phacotoe president going to paris and president macron treated him with full presidential honors as if he was the president and it's as if the president trump era has begun and oh, by the way, joe biden still just hanging out. stuart: president trump era has begun and biden's era is failing. >> reminds me of the unconventional moment when we had two popes. reck when benedict stepped aside and there's like a second string pope and biden is like president amaritus and got nothing from jill biden. she likes talking to trammed nap church more than joe. you're at the cathedral in notre dame and asking for them for a problem. stuart: it's a night of comedy this thursday and tickets are on sale. >> doing standup co

biden did pardon and commute the jail sentences and a lot of people today and watch president bill clintonalk about pardoning clinton's wife, hillary clinton. watch this. >> these have a problem with hillary clinton because -- first, she didn't do anything wrong and second, followed the rules exactly as they were written. i guess kash patel is determined to go after her, he could do it. i think if president bind wants to talk to me about that, i don't think i should give public advice on pardon power. liz: of course saying wiping out 33,000 e-mails was doing nothing wrong. fbi officials said it was really bad what she did and it was wrong. clinton said he'd talk to biden about pardoning hillary clinton if he wanted to but not publicly talking about it but he just did it. p underscoring the criminallalty of the administration and going for trump and hunter biden is other things that have happened here and preemptively and unconstitutionally. you can't pardon somebody for something they allegedly didn't commit in the first place. so they haven't even been indicted yet and this whole thing ab

bill clinton won the non-college educated vote by 14 points in 1996. kamala harris lost it by 14 points in 2024, a 28 point drop and yet every time they lose the blue collar voters, democrats decide they must go even further left on economic policy meanwhile, trump runs his campaigns on a mixture of some populism but lots of libertarian policy ideas appoints billionaires to all important economic posts and yet one more of the working class vote this year than any republican in decades why, in my view, two reasons. first, voters these days are powerfully influenced by cultural issues like immigration identity, and the so-called woke agenda. this is also true of the democratic party's upper middle class voters, who vote for the party that promises to tax them more because they agree with it on social issues second, the working class is not overwhelmingly anti-capitalist. when he was running for president, polls often showed that bernie sanders economic ideas, such as medicare for all were more popular among college educated voters rather than working cla

bill clinton, barack obama, joe biden, they knew how to speak american, i will,.obama would get mocked for dropping his g's that was smart to drop your g's when you're starting to talk to about bill clinton was bubba. there is something about it and donald trump speaks a common language to the people he's talking to and the more mocking us college president types do of it in some ways it only reinforces it. so i don't want to say it's all language or all but there's there's something too which is why the perception of the party only got negatively reinforced when they anointed candidates. it felt like it was the elites making this decision for you. a voter isn't going to tell you that's why they they couldn't connect but i think you can see that that's why they didn't connect. >> i think a problem for democrats though is that that's their coalition and it's very it's hard to be the anti the anti-institutional party when you are the party when you're the party of the people who trust institutions and that's it's just not going to be believable on some level. >> tha

bill clinton is on the loose. slick willie was on the view today. hillary usually doesn't let bill go into a room full of women by himself, but she made an exception. if he could get her a pardon, do you think it would be wise of president biden to preemptively pardon any potential targets? >> what about your wife, hillary clinton? she apparently is on kash patel's list. for what? >> yeah, well, they got a problem with her because at first she didn't do anything wrong. of course. second, she followed the rules exactly as they were written. if president biden wanted to talk to me about that, i would talk to him about it. but i don't think i should be giving public advice on the pardon power. i think it's two. it's a very personal thing. >> bill doesn't want hillary pardoned. he wants her in prison so he can be free. voters don't want a pardon palooza. a new poll shows only 20% back hunter's pardon. but democrats don't want to listen to voters. they want to talk about their own problems, like how the election was stolen eight years ago. >> it's importa

former president bill clinton is in the hospital this christmas eve.the 78 year old is undergoing testing after being hospitalized for a fever. we're told that he's doing fine and they hope to have him home by christmas. a 33 year old man is now charged with murder after allegedly setting a woman on fire on a new york subway train, ultimately killing her. the man is a 33 year old guatemalan citizen who police say entered the u.s. unlawfully sometime in the last six years. the involuntary manslaughter case against alec baldwin is now over. new mexico prosecutors are withdrawing their appeal of the dismissed case in connection to the rust set shooting death of a cinema photographer in 2021. attorneys for baldwin calling the decision, quote, final vindication. and from the failed assassination attempt against president-elect donald trump to the devastating baltimore bridge collapse, 2024 was full of viral moments that we followed from our phones. >> buster come here, come here, come here, you little. >> coming in at number ten on the list of most viral vi

former president bill clinton in the hospital tonight. and we have new information on his health. >> welcome to times square. >> it's the biggest party of the year. happy new year with the biggest guests. we have even more amazing guests lined up for you with performances by music's biggest stars and appearances by comedians, celebrities and more. yes, anything can happen on new year's eve oh my gosh. >> wow. >> new year's eve live with anderson and andy. live coverage starts at eight on cnn and streaming live on max you know what you don't see in psoriasis commercials? >> cut the thousands of real people who go undiagnosed. people whose psoriasis can look very different depending on their skin tone. as the makers of tremfya, we understand that everybody's moderate to severe plaque psoriasis doesn't look the same. so we undertook a first of its kind study of plaque psoriasis in every skin tone like hers and his and yours. >> serious allergic reactions and increased risk of infections may occur. before treatment, your doctor should check y

former president bill clinton in the hospital tonight. we're just getting new information about his health. let's go up front. >> good evening everyone. >> i'm kate bolduan in for erin burnett outfront tonight. sex, drugs and a minor. a bombshell report released by the house ethics committee. reams of evidence released, including text messages that reveal the first for the first time, the full scope of former congressman matt gaetz's sex scandal. according to the report put out just this morning, gaetz, who was trump's nominee for attorney general before stepping aside, allegedly paid multiple women for sex, including a 17 year old, while he was a sitting member of congress and also did illegal drugs while in office. well, tonight, a slew of text messages that suggest gaetz wasn't always so willing to pay up. there's a lot here. here's one exchange. a woman writing. so i'm not going to be taking care of this. i'm not going to be taking care of for. last week, gaetz allegedly responds, i gave you 250 today. i figured redacted would pay for

all of the women who accused bill clinton. and were voting very different lien 2024 and in 2016, i think they voted for him because he was trolling so incredibly hard. but she wasn't likable, was not a good campaign, you told her any hope he puts this in his memoir, he told her, go to wisconsin. everyone was like no bill, you're not president anymore, she has to go break the glass ceiling. yeah,, with her resentment? he has built a battering ram for her, it has done no good. they both look like a bunch of aging whiners. >> i bet you they fight about it every day still. >> do you think they hate obama to because he beat her? >> they hate each other. the obama's, the bidens and the clintons all hate each other. >> think about this, their own not speaking to each other because biden was stabbed in the back by obama and hillary clinton stood on the sidelines and did nothing and then nancy pelosi separated herself from biden, now she is alone and matted obama for making her step forward to destroy biden. so now all of the titans of

bill clinton and louis free were not on speaking terms for the last three years of bill clinton's administration his white house visitor pass. you know, the idea an fbi director would voluntarily step down simply because the president or in this case incoming president was unhappy with them and the way they were doing their job when there was no meaningful evidence of, you know, corruption or wrongdoing by christopher wray in an official capacity is astounding to me. >> yeah, let's slow down on that point. you put this into english for everybody. this job is not one you report in a functional way to the president on every matter. you are governed like everyone else within the administration but you are giving examples there was perhaps necessary tension because that is part of the job, the notion that wray is aware of or concerned that the sitting president in january will dislike him, that that should affect him at all, let alone run from the building is kind of an admission or kind of a problem, like a referee wanting to be super popular with the players and the fans when usually a good refere

tonight, you'll hear the sound if from barack obama and bill clinton. they're now being accused of major hypocrisy. byron york fired up and ready to go on that. also this story tonight. >> do you think some of the resistance of some men, back and white, is misogynist? i i mean, do you think that this is orchestrated? today's your birthday -- >> yes. elizabeth: a major new controversy from msnbc and kamala harris and al sharpton. america's biggest coalition of black church leaders now demand msnbc suspend and investigate al harpton. his nonprofit took in half a million dollars from the kamala failed campaign before he did that softball msnbc interview with her. tonight, former president trump white house -- trump white house press secretary will take on that major conflict of interest. plus, we've got violent gangs like venezuela's tren de aragua for the first time ever under biden taking over u.s. city streets. but for some reason, far-left california governor newsom doubling down on biden's open borders. why? we've got the sound of even charlamagne tha

i also think bill clinton. yes, i do believe that that bill clinton is smarter than this.vvy. he's playing just in his memoir. he's going out of his way to say how unfair it is. but hillary, she lost twice. she used the word deplorables to decide to describe people that weren't voting for his, for his wife, that she never went to wisconsin, didn't try in michigan, couldn't fill up a crowd without lebron james, and she still couldn't sell out. arena in cleveland. she was remarkably unpopular. and remember, the access hollywood tape would have destroyed any campaign. trump came back from the access hollywood tape and still beat her. and they want to blame james comey. i've had enough of her. she's done. and trump proved it was no fluke in 2024. kennedy. >> you know, bill clinton is basically saying donald trump is such a horrible person. you know, look at hillary. look at what he did to her. look at kamala harris. trump beats women. that's essentially what he's trying to sell. but i love walking down memory lane with you. because remember, when, you know, right after the acc

what is the title of bill clinton's new memoir? mean, it's citizen, and that role for a president really didn't exist at anywhere near the extent that it did before jimmy carter. and i think in some ways, that legacy will continue to live on long after he's gone, probably long after we're gone in the expectations that that most presidents have for what they should be doing after they leave office. yeah, absolutely. >> it is quite a postscript to his own life that he leaves politics. politicians in general. but obviously especially presidents. ron brownstein, none of this is complete without you staying up late with us this evening to give us your insights, and we really appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> now, our coverage of the former president continues here on cnn. ahead, what jimmy carter considered to be one of his greatest achievements. >> at bet mgm. >> everyone gets a welcome offer. >> so whether you're courtside trying to hit the over or up here trying to hit the under hoop or hitting that win with your crew. >> oh

as bill clinton said, he's a stubborn irishman.didn't want to step aside or be a laying dock or acknowledge his frailty and the family empowered him in that and enabled him and that. it's an extraordinary crisis of confidence. if nancy pelosi hadn't been woman enough to stand up and forced biden out when the men wouldn't do it, he would've been the nominee and they would've lost far worse. >> jesse: she had the biggest cojones in the entire party. imagine that. great to talk to you, you nailed the selection. he really did. good job. breaking news on the hit man who executed america's biggest health care ceo. be right back. and stabbing pain in my hands, so i use nervive. nervive's clinical dose of ala reduces nerve discomfort in as little as seven days. now i can help again feel the difference with nervive. here's something you don't see very often... elves not working and why not? i gave them the day off. thanks to weathertech. with so many gifts for everyone they won't have to work as hard. there's laser measured floorliners and

bill clinton, arkansas, just think about it. these are democrat.nsas, texas, georgia, south carolina. these people were deeply rooted in the history of the country and knew that what makes this country great is the things we can do to correct our faults. and so i am proud of having served john west. i'm proud of the relationship i had with jimmy carter, with his employee rita samuels. uh, his mother, lillian carter. uh, i worked with her very closely when they were putting together the campaign long before i ever knew who jody powell and ham jordan were. uh, but we all work together trying to create a new south for our children and grandchildren. and i think we did a much better job than jimmy carter has ever gotten credit for. and i'm glad to see now that people are beginning to pay attention to what they did. and it seems for jimmy carter, i don't know if we'd have gotten a bill clinton liz murrill. uh, a joe biden. >> yeah, he's he's getting a lot of credit today and a lot of remembrances from folks on both sides of the aisle. and, congressman j

bill clinton, arkansas, just think about it. these are democrats. arkansas, texas, georgia, south carolina. these people were deeply rooted in the history of the country and knew that what makes this country great is the things we can do to correct our faults. and so i am proud of having served john west. i'm proud of the relationship i had with jimmy carter, with his employee, rita samuels. uh, his mother, lillian carter. uh, i worked with her very closely when they were putting together the campaign long before i ever knew who jody powell and ham jordan were. uh, but we all worked together trying to create a new south for our children and grandchildren. and i think we did a much better job than jimmy carter has ever gotten credit for. and i'm glad to see now that people are beginning to pay attention to what they did. and it seems for jimmy carter, i don't know where they've gotten a bill clinton at least more. uh, a joe biden. >> yeah, he's he's getting a lot of credit today and a lot of remembrances from folks on both sides of the aisle. and, co

a sus 78 aÑos bill clinton ha enfrentado problemas de salud, incluyendo una cirugÍa de by—pass. defensa. —— partidarios de luigi mangioni. a pesar de que gofundme eliminaron las campaÑas de recaudaciÓn para liman johnny, alegando que no lo puede permitir en caso de crÍmenes violentos. la abogada del director ejecutivo de united healthcare afirma que la policÍa y el alcalde de nueva york, eric adams, estÁn utilizando a su cliente con fines polÍticos. estaremos muy pendientes de este mediÁtico caso. vamos a hablar del ex capo del cartel de medellÍn, fabio ochoa, ya esta en estados unidos tras cumplir una dÉcada —— una condena de dos dÉcadas por narcotrÁfico. su llegada estuvo firmada por diferentes medios de comunicaciÓn y ha generado varias reacciones encontradas. por un lado el fervor de su familia, por otro, la indignaciÓn de quienes no cumplan de haber estado en una de las organizaciones criminales mÁs poderosas de colombia. nuestro colega se encuentra en bogotÁ y nos tiene todos los detalles. jesip: hola. buenos dÍas. saludo cordial desde bogotÁ, la noticia aquÍ sigue siendo

and still to come, everything that we've learned about what is ailing former president bill clinton, he has been hospitalized tonight, of course, two days before christmas. that update and m more when ac360 continues. >> welcome to times square. >> it's the biggest party of the year. >> happy new year with the biggest guests. >> we have even more amazing guests lined up for you with performances by music's biggest stars and appearances by comedians, celebrities and more. >> yeah, anything can happen on new year's eve. >> oh my gosh. >> wow. >> new year's eve live with anderson and andy. >> live coverage starts at eight on cnn and streaming live on max. >> every parent knows when it's time to go into protect mode. >> adding lysol disinfectant spray to your cleaning routine is three times more effective at stopping the spread of germs. >> like a relentless weed. >> moderate to severe ulcerative colitis symptoms can keep coming back. >> start to break away from uc with tremfya. with rapid relief at four weeks. tremfya blocks a key source of inflammation at one year. many people experien

she's so immensely talented that his successor, bill clinton, put her on the supreme court. look at the environment. he was a hunter and a fisherman, as well as a as a farmer. he understood, really from the dirt up how important the environment is. he saved tens of millions of acres of wilderness in alaska so that people forevermore, americans can hunt and fish and hike and explore there. so yeah, i'm with james by his post-presidency is great. he built over 4000 houses for poor people, but as an american president on issues that matter the most. he was always consistently on the right side of history. >> and julian, looking at carter's one term through your historian's lens, you've written, quote, carter demonstrated how a commander in chief who is willing to burn political capital and focus on noble objectives rather than short term benefits, can do great things for the nation and the world. but as you point out, that ultimately cost him. we just heard from his chief of staff, who feels similarly. it cost his party politically as well. but what did it mean for his legacy?

the former president, bill clinton, has been hospitalized. we'll have the very latest on his health as doctors are keeping a close watch on him tonight. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. let's get right to the house ethics committee report on matt gaetz. we're learning more and more about the sex and drug allegations against the former republican congressman, who was forced to bow out as president elect. trump's choice for u.s. attorney general. cnn's katelyn polantz has been studying the report and the supporting evidence that was released just a little while ago. caitlin, give us the latest details. well, wolf, the house has released this report. >> they've also released evidence that they gathered for it, and they spoke to half a dozen witnesses who they say were able to put together the story. and they also looked at text messages. they traced payments, the story of matt gaetz for more than 20 times, paying tens of thousands of dollars toward women, eithe

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killer in court answering to first degree murder charges and the breaking news, former president bill clinton hospitalized tonight. we have details on his condition. good evening. i'm erica hill in for anderson tonight. the man who might have been the country's top law enforcement official tonight is also a man whose former colleagues today, in a stunning break with tradition, chose to publicly accuse him of having sex with a minor of regularly paying women for sex, using or possessing illegal drugs, accepting improper gifts and other acts, including obstructing the investigation into those allegations. and honestly, those are just the bullet points from the introduction to the house ethics committee's report, a document the committee acknowledged it would not ordinarily release given the gaetz resigned from congress the day he was nominated for ag and then, of course, withdrew from consideration again. that happened just eight days later. quoting from the report. now the committee does not do so lightly, saying in this instance, although several committee members objected, a majority of the

former president bill clinton is in the hospital after reportedly developing a fever. he's under observation and undergoing tests at medstar georgetown university hospital in washington, d.c. aides say clinton is awake and alert. a source close to the former president says the situation is not urgent and that he wanted to be checked out. clinton has faced a number of health scares since he left office in 2001. he is 78 years old. remembrances continue to pour in for the greatest athletic of all time. fans have been stopping by the 66th avenue gate of the coliseum to remember rickey henderson. the hall of famer, passed away friday at ucsf from complications with pneumonia and asthma. he was 65 years old, and he would have turned 66 on christmas day. henderson had a 25 year baseball career and is major league baseball's all time leader in stolen bases, lead off home runs and runs scored. he'll surely be missed and forever remembered here in the bay area, and you can read more about henderson's life and baseball career on our website, abc7 news.com. and when we come back

when bill clinton was president and i was working for him we cut spending, balanced the budget.ve created the greatest deficit in history and it is ultimately what cost kamala harris and the democrats control of the white house and the congress. we need a fiscally prudent democratic party that focuses on people's economic concerns, does a bipartisan deal on the border and immigration, gets tough on crime and makes it clear that we stand for traditional cultural values. unless we do that, the party's history is limited. >> john: i remember the end of the clinton administration the big discussion we have a plan to pay off the debt. what will we do when we stop issuing t-bills. they don't have to worry about that anymore. another exit from that "politico" piece. when asked to compare the democratic party to an animal, one participate compared the party to an ostrich because they have their heads in the sand and committed to their own ideas even when they are failing. another likened them to koalas who are lazy about getting policy wins we need. what animal would they be, gabrielle?

. >> bill clinton secretary veterans affairs jewish should.ng bill clinton, there were affairs. [laughter] jenny with a tie. matthew griner broward. >> white house. >> i would think it was a woman who worked in the white house. your incorrect. matthew. trespassed from a waffle house trying to sober up on the bill. he was just leaving to sober up. here we go. taylor scott brian. waffle house or white house? you could clinch the game. >> i think i'm going to go with waffle house. >> i think that's wrong. [laughter] reef white house people, i think it is. >> i think you're overthinking it but you are correct. >> waffle house. >> i knew it. >> back on top. >> america's got talent. >> they don't and good for anybody. >> kicks off this weekend social path like emily watching the whole month channel for the holiday season when we come ba back. ♪ ♪ ♪ literally my favorite channel. the christmas movies, which i have been watching. i probably watched 50 so far i want a hallmark movie where the end they don't do happily ever after. >> it's not hallmark.

it's interesting that full, the president bill clinton jumped to joy biden's defense of the pause and hon. sir . mister clinton claims that democrats still have a much better track record in that regard than the republicans. it's not a good enough excuse. yeah, uh, bill clinton, who got, you know, bribed by mark rich, who was, you know, a corrupt individuals of, you know, the, the, the, the money that flowed into the clinton foundation, subsequently, you know, quite large and learned how to make the do business with us. it does not look, it's not just the democrats uh, you know, you're a john kerry, aka, who's been uh, you know, of the both on.

jon: that was the point is going to make you with the white house spokesman for bill clinton.certainly was no choir boy when it came to issues outside of his presidency. >> wright does a principled man, i'm not going to apologize because i am right i am george stephanopoulos, i am always rights. thirty-seven days, 37 days will be in the oval making it great again. i do think these remaining lawsuits and there may be more. this is just clearing the way in showing folks you are in the find out phase very quickly with donald trump. he has had it hurries fighting back against law there were bullies don't get is a people start fighting back they're not used to seeing hands in their face like this. they're going to keep seeing hands. jon: the references to donald trump as hitler, some of the other horrific things that have been said about him during this campaign and this is one of the sweet moments where he gets to throw it back in their faces and say you lied basically. >> right. i will add one more how many times have you heard of folks in media or pundits are in the written word

and we've seen this with the last multiple impeachment s two to have donald trump, bill clinton that there this clause in the constitution, the impeachment clause, it's in a number of places the idea that if you want to fire a president, that's how you do it. and so with a functioning impeachment. clause, arguably there is a check on pardon power that if there was an abuse of pardon, there could be an impeachment. now, the one of the problems with that, of course, is timing because as as we discussed, a lot, these pardons happened on the last day in office. if you're not up for reelection, you're got it's too late. so and we saw with the second trump impeachment, the senate took the position that once a president is no longer in office. there is no possibility of impeachment. and then in addition, i argue that just impeachment has become a political football. it's not a mechanism anymore. so we're now at a point where maybe just by virtue of history, the pardon power is become like a king than even it was at the time of ratification in the constitution in 1788. you know, i guess i wo

we have people including bill clinton how about hillary? about some pundits are saying you should give thousands of pardons, whole categories of people. part of it is to try to fulfill the -- the nightmare for democrats is democracy won't collapse and people won't be taken in mass in camps as was stated on various programs. that's a real problem. if democracy actually survives. the best way to blunt that and to preserve the narrative is say well, you know, there are these white knight pardons that biden saved america by pardoning whole categories of people so he couldn't do that. that's the only backup position that they have. but you now have this strange thing like bill clinton saying i really think my wife should be on that list. you have commentators saying i need to be on that list. and the list of naughtys are getting longer for the season. >> dana: interesting thing. i was thinking of my christmas wish list. i have to get that for peter. a pardon is not on that. fetterman continues to delight and surprises. his first truth social pos

yeah, uh, bill clinton, who got, you know, bribed by mark rich, who was, you know, a corrupt individuals of, you know, the, the, the, the money that flowed into the clinton foundation, subsequently, you know, quite large and learned how to make do business with us. it is the look, it's not just the democrats, uh, you know, you're a john curiosity who's been uh, you know of them both on r t and then at a show on our t. all he, he went and asked for a rudy giuliani to intercede with donald trump for a pardon and julia on a $1.00 to $2000000.00. it's illegal, but you know, so that gives you an idea that, you know, the united states likes to point the finger at rushes at all. your corrupt a man. we do look at the mirror, the, the crux it over on the side of the wall. the ocean is, is, is, uh, okay, you know, equals anything in other countries that we try to accuse others of doing. people have shown that already started i during the presidential race, mr. trump as directed to take legal action against he's the critics. do you think that's something that he might actually follow through? well