." >> reporter: donald smith said it will likely cost him $30,000 to repair the damage. >> i feel disrespected. i mean all that to just come get an atm that just had five or 600 in it. >> reporter: investigators linked those burglars to other similar thefts that morning. mr. crispy isn't surprised saying oakland makes it inviting with the no-chase policy. >> you can be drunk. you can run a red light. you can come close to sideswiping a school bus during the morning hours right in front of a police officer and the pursuit policy in oakland says we cannot pursue that suspect. >> reporter: at a friday press conference the governor demanded changes to the pursuit policy. he sent chp officers to help the understaffed oakland police department since february. he'll extend the help for another month, but the extra chp resources will end in january if the policy isn't changed. >> this is not something that's particularly complicated. it's just a question of commitment and urgency. >> reporter: the chp officers working in oakland don't have to follow the policy. in fact, their chopper caught this chase

. >> reporter: donald smith, a.k.a. mr.rispy, says it will likely cost him $30,000 to repair the damage. >> i feel disrespects, all that several hundred dollars in it. mr. crispy isn't surprise, saying oakland makes it inviting for the criminals with a no chase policy. officers can chase if they believe a suspect committed a violent crime. >> you could be drunk, you can run a red light. you can come close to sideswiping a school bus right in front of a police officer, and the pursuit policy in oakland says we cannot pursue that suspect. >> reporter: at a friday press conference, the governor demanded challenges to the pursuit policy. all to help the understaffed oakland police department since february. he'll extend the help for another month. but the extra chp resources will end in january, if the policy isn't changed. >> this is not something that's particularly complicated. it's just a question of commitment. >> reporter: the chp officers working in oakland don't have to follow the policy. they caught this chase on thurs

. >> the owner, donald smith, known as mr. crispy, showed up for work soon after. >> when i pulled up, i saw the whole front of this was wide open and it was unbelievable. >> despite the damage to the window equipment and a hole that looks right into the nail shop next door, he's most disappointed in the police response. >> you know, people got families to feed. so it's just very depressing that they could at least showed up. and, you know, something sent somebody. >> eventually a client was able to wave down an officer who just happened to be stopped at the intersection outside. but that was more than eight hours after they called 911. >> this was just super ridiculous that they just left all of us here stranded all these hours. and, you know, just to talk about it, you know, it's just it hurts for that reason. like, what about us? we're paying taxes, you know, providing services for the community. >> the officer told smith they were busy because nine other businesses were also hit that morning, all using the same vehicles se

the owner, donald smith says when. we got to his store saturday, he was shocked to see the place in shambles. >> yeah, it was really scary. like the believable like some kind of scary glass was everywhere. all on the floor. you know, step in from, you know, and it was great news. it shouldn't have to take somebody get shot. but in the show this, this say was a priority call and put evidence. so i mean, i don't get that. >> there's now plywood and the front of the store smith said he's proud because staff were able to get back to business as usual the next day police are investigating the burglary as well as several other similar crimes that happened in that same general area around the same time. >> another developing story we're following for you this evening. a portion of the santa cruz work has collapsed began floating away this afternoon. 3 people fell into the water when a section of the pier collapsed according to santa cruz police, 2 of them had to be rescued by lifeguards. the 3rd person was able to get themsel

it was like living through a nightmare said donald smith. >> owner of mr.shop when he found his shop had been rammed into by a vehicle around 6 in the morning causing over $40,000 in store damages and a stolen atm machine smith called oakland pd shortly after and says no one showed up later his 07:00am client arrived and saw the mess. smith said he was scared and embarrassed to stand outside. >> and all of us investment in the event a police officer was coming up the street and that child the flag him he just kind hit the gas and waiting. it can't go on. >> hours later, still no police until one of smith's clients saw another oakland pd officer who happened to drive by and chased after that officer. so he was that can jacket, get the red lights and then that's when we took running. >> and flags also down. came over me and i was about to begin. so they never came. we had we flagged down the officer, yvonne, and that officer did stop by and file a report. it shouldn't have to take somebody get shot. but in the show up time. >> in the same day at 06:30am, at e

the owner, donald smith, says he's disappointed police officers did not respond. a client waved down an officer who happened to be stopped at the intersection outside, but that was over eight hours after they called 911. the officer said they were busy because nine other businesses were also hit that morning, all using the same vehicles seen by their cameras. >> this was just super ridiculous that they just left all of us here stranded all these hours and, you know, just to talk about it, you know, it's just it hurts for that reason. like, what about us? we're paying taxes, you know, providing services for the community. >> police confirm a car also rammed into a chevron gas station, east bay restaurant supply and a 76 station where an employee fired shots, scaring off the suspects. >> well, the 49ers can kiss their super bowl dreams goodbye this year after officially being eliminated from playoff contention before even taking the field in miami, the 49ers failed to pull off a win with a final score of 29 to 17. coupled with the washington commanders and division

it was like living through a nightmare said donald smith. >> owner of mr. crispy professional barber shop when he found his shop had been rammed into by a vehicle around 6 in the morning causing over $40,000 in store damages and a stolen atm machine smith called oakland pd shortly after and says no one showed up later his 07:00am client arrived and saw the mess. smith said he was scared and embarrassed to stand outside. >> and all of us investment in the event a police officer was coming up the street and that child the flag him he just kind hit the gas and weight kept going. >> hours later, still no police until one of smith's clients saw another oakland pd officer who happened to drive by and chased after that officer. so he was that can jack to get the red lights and then that's when we took running. >> flag also down. came over me and i was about to begin. so they never came. we had we flagged down the officer, yvonne, and that officer did stop by and file a report. it shouldn't have to take somebody get shot. but in the show up time. >> in the same day

it was like living through a nightmare said donald smith. >> owner of mr.op when he found his shop had been rammed into by a vehicle around 6 in the morning causing over $40,000 in store damages and a stolen atm machine smith called oakland pd shortly after and says no one showed up later his 07:00am client arrived and saw the mess. smith said he was scared and embarrassed to stand outside. >> and all of us investment in the event a police officer was coming up the street and that job the flag him he just kind hit the gas and waiting. can't go on. >> hours later, still no police until one of smith's clients saw another oakland pd officer who happened to drive by and chased after that officer. so he was that can jack to get the red lights and then that's when we took running. >> and flags also down. came over me and i was about to begin. so they never came. we had we flagged down the officer, yvonne, and that officer did stop by and file a report. it shouldn't have to take somebody get shot. but in the show up time. >> in the same day at 06:30am, at east bay

the owner, donald smith, says he is disappointed that police officers did not respond. says a client waved down an officer who happened to be stopped at the intersection outside more than eight hours after he called 911. the officer said the department was busy because nine other businesses were hit that same morning, all using the same vehicle seen by their surveillance cameras. >> this was just super ridiculous that they just left all of us here stranded all these hours and, you know, just to talk about it, you know, it's just it hurts for that reason. like, what about us? we're paying taxes, you know, providing services for the community. >> police confirm one of the cars seen here on surveillance video also rammed into a chevron gas station, the east bay restaurant supply and a 76 station. in that case, an employee fired shots and scared off the thieves. >> our time now. 505. there's a new report out from antioch police about a countywide effort to stop vehicle thefts. last week, 12 law enforcement agencies came together for a joint operation hosted by antioch polic

donald smith, the owner of the barbershop, is both frustrated and says he's disappointed.nd police did not respond. one of his clients waved down a police officer who happened to be at the intersection outside of the barbershop, but that was more than eight hours after they called 911. the police officer said they were busy investigating nine other burglaries that same morning, all using the same vehicle seen by surveillance cameras. >> this was just super ridiculous that they just left all of us here stranded all these hours and, you know, just to talk about it, you know, it's just it hurts for that reason. like, what about us? we're paying taxes, you know, providing services for the community. >> now, police confirm a car also rammed into a chevron gas station and east bay restaurant supply store, and also a 76 gas station where one employee fired shots scaring off the suspects. it is now 735. the bay area lost someone very special, one of the most beloved athletes, and it happened this weekend. this news hit us hard. i think it really did. >> is it kind of came coming i

it was like living through a nightmare said donald smith. >> owner of mr. crispy professional barber shop when he found his shop had been rammed into by a vehicle around 6 in the morning causing over $40,000 in store damages and a stolen atm machine smith called oakland pd shortly after and says no one showed up later his 07:00am client arrived and saw the mess. smith said he was scared and embarrassed to stand outside. >> and all of us investment the event a police officer was coming up. stay in that job. the flag him down. he just kind hit the gas and weight kept going. >> hours later, still no police until one of smith's clients saw another oakland pd officer who happened to drive by and chased after that officer. so he that can jack to get the red lights and then that's when we took running. >> and flag also down. came over me and i was about to begin. so they never came. we had we flagged down the officer, yvonne, and that officer didystop by and file a report. it shouldn't have to take somebody gets set. but in the show up time. >> in the same day at

it was like living through a nightmare said donald smith. >> owner of mr. crispy professional barber shop when he found his shop had been rammed into by a vehicle around 6 in the morning causing over $40,000 in store damages and a stolen atm machine smith called oakland pd shortly after and says no one showed up later his 07:00am client arrived and saw the mess. smith said he was scared and embarrassed to stand outside. >> and all of us investment the event a police officer was coming up the street and that job the flag him down. he just kind hit the gas and weight kept going. >> hours later, still no police until one of smith's clients saw another oakland pd officer who happened to drive by and chased after that officer. so he that can jack to get the red lights and then that's when we took running. >> and flag also down. came over me and i was about to begin. so they never came. we had we flagged down the officer, yvonne, and that officer did stop by and file a report. it shouldn't have to take somebody get shot. but in the show up time. >> in the same da

it was like living through a nightmare said donald smith. >> owner of mr.been rammed into by a vehicle around 6 in the morning causing over $40,000 in store damages and a stolen atm machine smith called oakland pd shortly after and says no one showed up later his 07:00am client arrived and saw the mess. smith said he was scared and embarrassed to stand outside. >> and all of us in this one of the event a police officer was coming up, stay in that job to flag him he just kind hit the gas and weight kept going. >> hours later, still no police until one of smith's clients saw another oakland pd officer who happened to drive by and chased after that officer. so he was that can jack to get the red lights and then that's when we took running. >> flag also down. came over me and i was about to begin. so they never came. we had we flagged down the officer, and that officer did stop by and file a report. it shouldn't have to take somebody get shot. but in the show up time. >> in the same day at 06:30am, at east bay restaurant supply in oakland was also rammed by a v

it was like living through a nightmare said donald smith. >> owner of mr.spy professional barber shop when he found his shop had been rammed into by a vehicle around 6 in the morning causing over $40,000 in store damages and a stolen atm machine smith called oakland pd shortly after and says no one showed up later his 07:00am client arrived and saw the mess. smith said he was scared and embarrassed to stand outside. >> and all of us in this one of the event a police officer was coming up the street and that child the flag him he just kind hit the gas and waiting. can't go on. >> hours later, still no police until one of smith's clients saw another oakland pd officer who happened to drive by and chased after that officer. so he was that can jack to get the red lights and then that's when we took running. >> and flags also down. came over me and i was about to begin. so they never came. we had we flagged down the officer, yvonne, and that officer did stop by and file a report. it shouldn't have to take somebody get shot. but in the show up time. >> in the sam

donald smith, the owner of the barbershop, says he is disappointed that oakland police did not respondht hours. authorities said they were busy investigating nine other burglaries that same morning, all using the same vehicles seen by surveillance cameras. >> this was just super ridiculous that they just left all of us here stranded all these hours and, you know, just to talk about it, you know, it's just it hurts for that reason. like, what about us? we're paying taxes, you know, providing services for the community. >> police confirmed that a car also rammed into a chevron gas station and east bay restaurant supply store and a 76 gas station where an employee fired shots, scaring off the thieves. a beloved family run donut shop in the east bay has closed for good after nearly 40 years in business. longtime customers lined up early sunday morning outside rudy's donut house in castro valley. everyone there waiting to say their final goodbye to the shop's owners, sisters, angela decoteau and gina alfaro, have been working at the shop since they were teens, and their father, rudy, was in

the owner donald smith says when he got to his store on saturday just before 06:00am. he was in shock to see his shop in shambles. he sent us these photos and police say they have seen a spike in recent commercial burglaries with burglaries, using cars to smash into the businesses. you can see the front of the store ramdin smith says thieves took the atm machine inside and police adding the took other several items. according to smith, it was like he was living in a nightmare. and on top of that embarrassing because so many people crowded around the store front when it was exposed, smith said he is also disappointed in oakland pd because around 06:00am when he called the police, he said an officer didn't show up till 9 hours later after the incident. >> yeah, it was really scary. and like the believable like some kind of scary moment of some glass was everywhere the floor. you know, step came in from, you know, and it was great. it shouldn't have to take somebody get shot. but in the show this, this they say was a priority call and put evidence. so i mean, i don't get

it was like living through a nightmare said donald smith. >> owner of mr.shop when he found his shop had been rammed into by a vehicle around 6 in the morning causing over $40,000 in store damages and a stolen atm machine smith called oakland pd shortly after and says no one showed up later his 07:00am client arrived and saw the mess. smith said he was scared and embarrassed to stand outside. >> and all of us investment the event a police officer was coming up. stay in that job. the flag him he just kind hit the gas and weight kept going. >> hours later, still no police until one of smith's clients saw another oakland pd officer who happened to drive by and chased after that officer. so he was that can jack to get the red lights and then that's when we took running. >> flag officer down. came over me and i was about to begin. so they never came. we had we flagged down the officer, yvonne, and that officer did stop by and file a report. it shouldn't have to take somebody gets set. but in the show up time. >> in the same day at 06:30am, at east bay restaurant

and downtown oakland, high street and international, the owner, donald smith says when he got to his store saturday, he was shocked to see his shop in shambles. >> yeah, it was really scary. like the believable, like some kind of scary moment of some glass was everywhere. all on the floor. you know, step in from, you know, and it was great news. it shouldn't have to take somebody gets set. but in the show this, this they say was a priority call and put evidence. so i mean, i don't get that. plywood down. replaces the >> front of the store. smith said he's proud of his staff because businesses, you know, his business return to normal the next day. good for them. that's a quick turnaround. police are investigating this burglary as well as several others that happened in the same general area around the same time. the house ethics committee has released its report on former florida congressman matt gaetz. the report releasel today ac uses him of paying women for, including a 17 year-old. he's also accused of using illegal drugs and more kron four's washington correspondent maddie beer-t

it was like living through a nightmare said donald smith. >> owner of mr.spy professional barber shop when he found his shop had been rammed into by a vehicle around 6 in the morning causing over $40,000 in store damages and a stolen atm machine smith called oakland pd shortly after and says no one showed up later his 07:00am client arrived and saw the mess. smith said he was scared and embarrassed to stand outside. >> and all of us investment in the event a police officer was coming up the street and that's the flag him down. he just kind hit the gas and waiting. can't go on. >> hours later, still no police until one of smith's clients saw another oakland pd officer who happened to drive by and chased after that officer. so he was that can jack to get the red lights and then that's when we took running. >> and flag also down. came over me and i was about to so they never came. we had we flagged down the officer, yvonne, and that officer did stop by and file a report. it shouldn't have to take somebody get but in the show up time. >> in the same day at 06:3

the owner, donald smith, known as mr.rispy, showed up for work soon after. >> when i pulled up, i saw the whole front of this was wide open and it was unbelievable. >> despite the damage to the window equipment and a hole that looks right into the nail shop next door, he's most disappointed in the police response. >> you know, people got families to feed, so it's just very depressing that they could've at least showed up. and, you know, something sent somebody. >> eventually a client was able to wave down an officer who just happened to be stopped at the intersection outside. but that was more than eight hours after they called 911. >> this was just super ridiculous that they just left all of us here stranded all these hours. and, you know, just to talk about it, you know, it's just it hurts for that reason. like, what about us? we're pay taxes, you know, providing services for the community. >> the officer told smith they were busy because nine other businesses were also hit that morning, all using the same vehicles seen

donald smith, the owner of the barbershop, says he's disappointed that oakland police did not responde of smith's clients waved down a police officer who happened to be at the intersection outside of the shop. but that was more than eight hours after they called 911. the police officer said they were busy investigating nine other burglaries that same morning, all using the same vehicle seen by surveillance cameras. >> this was just super ridiculous that they just left all of us here stranded all these hours and, you know, just to talk about it, you know, it's just it hurts for that reason. like, what about us? we're paying taxes, you know, providing services for the community. >> police confirmed that a car also rammed into a chevron gas station and east bay restaurant supply store and a 76 gas station where an employee fired shots, scaring off the suspects. >> the antioch police department saved christmas for one family after thieves stole gifts from right under the tree. police responded to a burglary last week in which someone broke into a family's home, took off with all their pre

one of them was donald trump. jack smithissed that case because donald trump is about to become the sitting president. and as i just said, doj has long had a policy. we're not going to prosecute the sitting president. but there's two other guys, walt noorda and carlos de oliveira, both of whom were mar-a-lago employees. coconspirators. neither of them is going to become president. so those cases can carry on. so what jack smith has done here is transfer those cases over to normal federal prosecutors, the u.s. attorney's office, not special counsel. so theoretically, pam, those criminal prosecutions can carry on, but it would not shock me whatsoever if donald trump very quickly pardons both of them as soon as he takes office. >> all right. >> elie honig with the lightning round tonight. thank you so much. it's so great to see you as always. and thanks for joining us. news night with abby phillip is up next. see

the two federal cases against donald trump, jack smith wound those down and the other was dismissed. this case in georgia is really in limbo. the only one that really has some legal maneuvers going on is the stormy daniels case. 34 felony convictions against donald trump in new york city. the judge just throughout donald trump's attempt to say, the supreme court just granted me immunity. i ought to be able to throw this case out. he said not so fast. he has postponed sentencing, perhaps, not until donald trump is out of the white house. william brangha -- >> william brangham, thank you as always. >> thank you, jeff. >> now we shift the focus to donald trump following through on threats of legal action against the news media. earlier this week, abc news agreed to pay $15 million to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by mr. trump and the president announced more was to come. >> i feel i have to do this. i should not really be the one to do it. it should have been the justice department or somebody else, but i have to do it. it costs a lot of money to do it. but we have to straighten o

one of them was donald trump. jack smith has now dismissed that case because donald trump is about to become the sitting president. and as i just said, doj has long had a policy. we're not going to prosecute the sitting president. but there's two other guys, walt noorda and carlos de oliveira, both of whom were mar-a-lago employees. coconspirators. neither of them is going to become president. so those cases can carry on. so what jack smith has done here is transfer those cases over to normal federal prosecutors, the u.s. attorney's office, not special counsel. so theoretically, pam, those criminal prosecutions can carry on, but it would not shock me whatsoever if donald trump very quickly pardons both of them as soon as he takes office. >> all right. >> elie honig with the lightning round tonight. thank you so much. it's so great to see you as always. and thanks for joining us. news night with abby phillip is up next. see you back here on thursday. >> tonight is past prolog. jimmy carter's death prompts a second look at his

donald trump asked a new yorkjudge to completely dismiss the criminal case in which he was convicted of falsifying business records — to cover up payments to a porn star. our north america editor sarah smithsking for the case to be entirely thrown out and the verdict vacated, citing atjoe biden�*s recent pardon of his son, hunter. president biden said he believed that politics had infected the case against hunter and as a result he had been selectively and unfairly prosecuted. donald trump says that is exactly what happened to him in the new york hush money case where he was found guilty earlier this year. he sastoe biden has effectively admitted that politics does get involved in a system ofjustice in america and that the district attorney in manhattan, donald trump says, engaged in precisely the same kind of political theatre joe biden condemned. it's unlikely the judge will throw the case out and totally overturn the verdict, but i think it shows you just how politically inflammatory the justification thatjoe biden gave for pardoning his son hunter was and how it will continue to be used by republicans, who have argued all along that the criminal cases against trump were part of a poli

is decent about prosecuting your political opponent he called donald trump a threat to democracy and he had his prosecutorial hitman jack smithonald trump and porter where i live in washington, d.c. on bogus charges multiple times. again holiness i jimmy carter's legacy, joe biden thinks jimmy carter is a decent person then he should study the legacy and try to learn from it. cheryl: i have got to push back. he was a one term president and there were issues whether it was the gas lines, the inflation, the iranian hostage crisis those were all true things in his presidency but the things after his presidency is being celebrated today in habitat for humanity he won a nobel peace prize for his work the way that he served his church and his community even the wall street journal writes about jimmy carter's unappreciated legacy i would like to honor the former president who passed away yesterday at the age of 100. let's move on and talk about another current issue that is happening in this nation which is the debate over the h1b visa program the debate picking up before president-elect takes office, tesla chief elon musk changed h

all straight, the two jack smith federal cases both been dismissed voluntarily by jack smith because now that donaldmp's been reelected, jack smith acknowledges he cannot proceed with the prosecution. there was a bit of a separate question about the two state cases. they're still arguing over whether the manhattan hush money case can proceed to sentencing. that's ongoing. and then this is the fourth case. this is the georgia state level case. and for now, it's not even going to matter what trump's status is as president elect. for now, the court of appeals has basically taken this whole case off the tracks separately, by the way, they're not going to be able to proceed once donald trump gets sworn in on january 20th. so this case was was was going down the tubes either way. but but i guess this expedites it. >> yeah, it's going down the tubes pretty quickly here ellie. no question about it. let me bring in paula reid. paula, you've been following all of these cases as well. and time and again it seems donald trump is escaping his day in court, reaching a final conclusion, a judgment in any of these

donald trump's narrative. this was an act of patriotism. what will stand against that, is jack smith'srward. passed by an independent group of citizens who reviewed the evidence, and chose to indict that prosecution against donald trump, has moved forward, derailed only by his re- election. we are coming to this moment of battling. only one of them at the end of the day can prevail. the hope of the people is that it will be an accurate version. january 6, we saw that happen in front of our eyes. jack smith will reflect in the evidence in his report. that one prevails. >> we can believe our eyes and ears. what we saw, a moment of very quick and personal privilege. i love the two of you very much. i cannot pick a side. >> i will root for whoever has to win, lose, and then have to wear the winning teams garbage. my friends, happy holidays, good to see you. thanks for being here. >> thanks, katie. >> that does it for this hour. things were watching. >>> coming up in our next hour, katie porter came into congress with a blue wave in 2018, and did some of the most memorable whiteboard accoun

current investigation of donald trump, but adam kinzinger's point about history is so important, especially when we consider what will probably be the soon released report by jack smiths absolutely the case. it's one of the reasons that i think that donald trump will be quite reluctant to be pursuing any sort of court proceeding, because if you're trying to whitewash history, a court proceeding is precisely how not to do that. you know, liz cheney or adam kinzinger or any member of the january 6th committee, if there were to be a criminal or civil trial, there will be a court record. they can actually call all sorts of witnesses, not just mike pence, but you know who else they could call? they could call donald trump to the stand. he has so far not testified in connection with the january 6th case in connection with the hearings, in connection with the impeachment. so having a trial in many ways is the very last thing you want to do if you're trying to whitewash history. >> andrew, as we go forward here, the jack smith report could be coming literally any day now. is there anything that you would consider in the release of the report that would indicate a better time

if they turns over records they would think there was a conspiracy against her and jack smith against donaldu can't imagine that would be happening, could you? listen, the truth is this. we know there was. we've seen white house records that show that a lot of these d.a.s and a.g.s were visiting the white house and coordinating with jack smith and also the white house administration. unacceptable. political motivation and selective constitution. we don't do them in this country. my message is the same for fani, you have embarrassed yourself was a enough. the case is a joke and hoax and need the american people to have what little faith they have restored in our justice system. it starts with all of those hoaxes being dropped and saying we respect the rule of law and understand the presidency and understand that maybe we were a little sideways but now we are going to do the right thing for america. not for president trump. >> harris: congratulations on the incoming position. great to have you on the program today. thank you. >> thank you. >> harris: drones the size of an s.u.v. have been hove

president—elect donald trump has asked a new york state judge to completely dismiss the criminal case in which he was convicted of making a hush money payment to a porn star. sarah smithrump is askin: for bring us up to date. donald trump is asking for the _ bring us up to date. donald trump is asking for the case _ bring us up to date. donald trump is asking for the case to _ bring us up to date. donald trump is asking for the case to be _ bring us up to date. donald trump is asking for the case to be entirely - asking for the case to be entirely thrown out and the verdict vacated and citing at his recentjoe biden�*s pardon of his son, hunter. president by the said he believed that politics had infected the case against hunter and as a result he had been selectively and unfairly prosecuted. donald trump says that is exactly what happened to him in the new york hush money case where he was found guilty earlier this year. he says he was found guilty earlier this year. he sastoe biden has effectively admitted that politics does get involved in a system of justice in america and that the district attorney in manhattan, donald trump says engaged in precisely the same kind

remain as critical as anybody of the way that letitia james alvin bragg and to an extent, jack smith pursued donald trump. i stand by all of that. i think it's been proven out quite compellingly, but i also completely reject the argument that we will see that we're already seeing that, well, donald trump was done hard by therefore anything goes the other way that's retributive and that's leading us in a very bad direction. and i'll be just as critical of those efforts. >> elie honig thank you very much as always. everyone else, hang tight. coming up next, president elect trump has made some huge promises about immigration enforcement in his second term. how, though, is he going to enact them? well, the man that he's tapped to do that just spoke to cnn moments ago. we've got another special guest in our fifth seat to discuss that as well i want to be the greatest player that i could possibly become buddy holly this is cnn, the world's news network you make good choices. >> always planning ahead. like to not just chase a career, but one day. follow your heart with ambition like that, you need someone

the two federal cases against donald trump, we know jack smith has wound those down. one was dismissed, this case in georgia really in limbo. the only one that still has some legal maneuvers going on is the stormy daniels case, 34 felony convictions against donald trump in new york city. the judgejust threw out trump's attempt to say, hey, the supreme court just granted me immunity. i ought to be able to throw this case out. he said, no, no, no, not so fast. but he has postponed sentencing, perhaps not until donald trump is out of the white house. geoff: william brangham, our thanks to you, as always. william: thanks, geoff. geoff: we're going to shift our focus now to donald trump following through on his threats of legal action against the news media. earlier this week, as we have reported, abc news agreed to pay $15 million to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by mr. trump, and the president-elect announced more was to come. donald trump, former president of the united states (r) and current u.s. president-elect: i feel i have to do this. i shouldn't really be th

lawfare against donald trump was disaster for democratic party. all efforts from jack smithjames, alvin bragg, failed in court of public opinion and all cases failed from legal perspective. donald trump won popular vote, swing states held the house, republicans have majority of republican governors in this country. listen to john fetterman he knows you need to find your narrative and message if you want to get elected again. tell people what you are going to do to make lives better instead of demonizing your opponent and saying you want to save democracy, he is right on this one. >> todd: you have fetterman saying what he said on "the view" and jared moskowitz saying i want to join doge and eric adams saying sanctuary cities are over, looks like death by thousand cuts. do you agree? >> joe: completely, my neighbor, his name is josh gotheimer, democratic congressman, he joined doge congress con constituency. you hear bernie sanders saying he wants to work with donald trump to bring down charges that credit cards have on regular folks where interest rates are far too high, cap

should do preemptive pardons for liz cheney if or adam schiff and others who -- jack smith, others who investigated donaldy were coming because it was another example of him granting one of the progressive demands. there'd been a full court press from the progressive wing in congress. a lot of those who were given clemency are people that this crew believes were jailed on crimes that shouldn't have risen to crimes. this comes from the factor, people that don't think we should have prisons at all. so that was a last grant there. he's debating this issue of preemptive pardons for allies or people he worries the trump administration might do something about. that gets to the a bigger point, paul. actually, amazingly, e actually think dan's being too nice in his assessment of what's happening in the final days. it's not just the end, culmination of progressivism, this is about trying to stymy the future administration coming in, and they are doing that left and right in a way that i've never seen an administration do. an example, they announced a lease sale in the national wild wildlife reserve which they wer

but president—elect donald trump has called the pardon itself an "abuse and miscarriage of justice". our north america editor sarah smithlongside his dad. and it was here the president decided to give his son the gift of a full and unconditional pardon, despite his previous promises not to do so. i'm extremely proud of my son, hunter. he has overcome an addiction. he has... he's one of the brightest, most decent men i know, and i am satisfied that i'm not going to do anything. i said i'd abide by thejury�*s decision and i will do that, and i will not pardon him. president biden wants americans to forgive that naked hypocrisy, which could spare his son a prison sentence. at a children's event at the white house today, the first lady tried to be heard over the christmas songs as she said, "of course i support a pardon for my son." the reaction as swift as it is predictable — righteous indignation from biden's opponents. first came the decision, now the outrage. president biden pardons his son. he lied to us repeatedly, sayingj that he wouldn't pardon hunter. i figured he would and it's. unfortunate that, you know, when yo

the tax cuts donald trump ushered in during his first term, set to expire at the end of 2025. that is how jason smiththat if they let that lapse it could be a huge tax increase for every day americans, 23% on average, smith says for the last four years americans watched high prices eat away at their paychecks and financial well-being, 22% tax increase will only compound that pain particularly for lower income americans living paycheck to paycheck. elon musk is chiming in on the tax debate arguing the us tax code has to be drastically simplified, democrats arguing new trump tax cuts will only help the rich, patty murray writing on x republicans went to extend the trump tax cuts to give handouts to billionaires and megacorporations while forcing the middle class to foot the bill. democrats say the trump tax cuts will add to the national debt but republicans point out tax revenues jumped roughly 45% from november 2017 to this month, december 2024 according to treasury department data. that bolsters their case to extend that. ashley: grady trimble, thank you very much. get back to these markets as we fin

i will go to my grave believing that hillary smith beats donald trump.i will always believe her last name was a bigger problem than her first name. >> is it going to take a thatcher? i mean is the first female president going to have to be right of center, to play against type? >> probably. >> i agree that i think that hillary clinton had unique vulnerabilities. i think sexism in the 1990's against hillary clinton and in ascent into the public consciousness that was very much loaded into what a first lady should be versus what she was, and that sexism played a role and chased her throughout her entire career, even as i do believe we have moved to be a better country on those things. but she bore the brunt of that. and so i think sex hasn't played a role but i also think she was not the right candidate for the moment, and as we've discussed he's run the best campaign i think he's run, but donald trump is a unique sort of generational candidate. so the fact that we've nominated two women and they both went up against a generational candidate, what we are n

donald trump -- jill biden. >> kayleigh: i am certain that she had. we will get to that. >> larry: going to notre dame, it is a catholic church, okay, i want to go back quickly, al smith dinner, religion and cultural symbolism, donald trump went to the dinner, he goes to the reopening of the notre dame, winning catholic voters by 20 percentage points in the last election, and 2020, joe biden won catholic voters by a few, donald trump is saying, religion is important, that has to be a part of our culture and it has to be a part of our moral thinking. i just wanted to get that out, because i think that it's a subheading that is not gotten enough play. >> kayleigh: without a doubt, another big point, syria fl, from basheer assad, and fell to someone with relations to al qaeda, a bad actor to someone who now claims to be a good actor, and make this point that joe biden, we did not hear from him till sunday, donald trump is meeting with foreign leaders when this happens and i don't think it was an accident that we did not hear from him from 24 hours, because this is what it says, he has effectively disappeared from the radar in the wake of democrats bruising electoral law since n

quarterbacks, a ton of fun to watch, two of the best comeback stories in the nfl, gino smith for the seahawks and sam donald written him off. don't do that anymore. if the vikings can get a win today, he might be the comeback player of the year this year. peter: big game day. thanks, jen hale. >> thanks for having me. peter: griff and i will play football ourselves in a couple minutes. i'm going to go outside and pass it off to carley for headlines. i have my coat again. carley: i can't wait to see who wins the football battle. we have some news to get to. lara trump is removing herself from consideration for marco rubio's vacant senate seat. the former rnc co-chair announcing the decision yesterday while teasing a big announcement for her future that could be coming next month. rubio's former seat remains open for the next two years. florida governor ron desantis says he hopes to have an appointee by january. president-elect trump announcing a series of new administration picks yesterday including apprentice producer mark brunette foreu.k. special envoy, burnett worked with trump in 2004 to launch the show

smith can you see your self, seeing what you see now? i was a donald't let the current circumstances could you see yourself voting for him? works quite possibly not going to sit there and dismiss that anymore. we are beyond that. he would have to prove a lot and i am not talking about policy now, for a second allow me too say this, what concerned me about donald trump and the reason i voted against him and voted for kamala harris was because i felt that he would be defensive. that he would create chaos because he demands such a level of loyalty and fealty to him. that would take priority over governing our nation. that was my concern. and so i am looking for both sides to work across it all from one another. having said that, when you cease of the things he said, if he follows through on some of the things that he has said it is not just about eradicating inflation and improving the economy, and controlling our borders these are things i care about make no mistake about that. i so they would support them in that regard. but, it cannot be about fealty t

smith recently voted for kamala harris, since then donald trump one pennsylvania.rlie, is this a recognition that the democratic party has a message -- or are they hearing from a constituent that these democrats a better get board with the trump agenda and make significant changes? >> i would like to thank they are doing what they think is best, but i imagine you are right that they are probably hearing from voters and getting nervous about how far out of touch they've gotten. when you sit back and think about this, the democratic party is every institutional advantage at their fingertips. they have the media, they have the big tech companies, they of hollywood, everything is on their side and yet, still, after all of those internal advantages, you have a guy like donald trump with his america first agenda coming along and he was able to expose all of it and it is true. the democratic party has become this toxic party of hatred and the lack of inclusivity and the complete lack of tolerance, the hatred for half of the country. it's now the republican party under don