they are saying give us the rules of the road and we'll obey them. >> so, i asked eric trump what theoing to look like in practice. he said it's going to look transparent, but stopped short on ing further. what is also interesting is president-elect donald trump recently announced plans to nominate paul atkins for the securities and exchange commission replacing gary gensler. it will be interesting to see what happens over the next few months. dom. >> dan, the use case for bitcoin generally speaking with cryptocurrency evolves around the idea of decentralized finance. we know president-elect donald trump has made a lot of waves and commentary in regards with his relationship with the fed and fed chair jay powell. there is a way to reconcile and how exactly does somebody like eric trump talk about the idea this uld be a different type of banking or financial structure? >> this is fascinating, dom. you hit the nexus exactly. what is the purpose of the strategic bitcoin reserve in the environment where bitcoin is meant to be decentralized. doesn't that defy the idea why this exists in th

next week eric trump who again is now the de facto leader of trump's businesses, he is headed to abu dhabi to headline a cryptocurrency conference. eric trump is literally traveling to another country to pitch the trump cryptocurrency to international investors. are you a rich person from a foreign country? would you like the opportunity to put a lot of money into the pacts of the american president -- pockets of the american president? you are in the right place. trump's second term is looking very much like a billionaire's playground. yesterday trump picked former georgia senator kelly loeffler to run the small business administration. why pick senator loeffler for that role? one big reason might be that loeffler and her husband, her husband who literally owns the new york stock exchange, they collectively donated more than $5 million to trump's re-election effort. and loeffler is in good company. she's the ninth major trump donor to land a top spot in the new trump administration. to put all of this in speck, president biden's -- speck, president biden's cabinet had a net worth of

donald trump junior, eric trump and lara trump.from the man himself two months before the election president trump and i sat down a to discuss the horrific assassination attempt and his vision for a next administration. which we see thank god happening before our eyes, go. >> this photo right here, what were you thinking? cooks well, that was a photo that was taken it's an amazing photo. >> it's right to the window. >> seven secret service people on top of me because by that time i had gone down. this was a photographer that was taking pictures. and i think realized when he was developing them, look what we have here. so there's a little gap in the floor you're able to see it was not like oh gee what a nice picture this would be. >> what was going to your head right there? >> amazing. really amazing. i felt very clear headed. i knew i got hit in the ear. i felt i was one 100% okay. the secret service was very brave. they were jumped over on me very quickly, second spirit i was down but they were on top of me and bullets were flying

even this argument that eric trump was making, banks won't do business with us, so we turned to cryptowhat a lot of criminal enterprises do. >> it is rhetoric. it reinforces donald trump os words of, i am in battle. and the way in which it reflects the way they are holding the back of the economy. but fundamentally we should remember that this is the republican party that used to be really strict about picking winners and losers. this is a whole different ball game of trump and his allies making money off of this thing. this, it was not helping north korea get around sanctions. the use case for crypto is so limited beyond being the person who is able to get the cash out. it is astonishing. also, the most crypto friendly guy, it was back in 2009. >> but here is the thing, most people who don't know it, they don't understand it or think about it . but here is the issue. you've got an incoming president who has created fantastic news for crypto. he is a big investor, great for people in the crypto business. but we are seeing a president choosing to aggressively pump up one specific indust

trump called crypto a scam in 2021. i crypto conference this week, his son eric promised attendees that his dad would be the most pro-cryptoypto but also investing in it including a potential acquisition of a company called back, it's a platform that was formally led by trump cabinet pick, kelly loffler, and the government appoints for crypto, the government just appointed david sachs to be the czar for ai and crypto and he of course is a big crypto daddy. according to eric, his family embraced crypto because many major financial institutions and other corporations stopped doing business with them after january 6th. david, i turn to you first. first of all, long before january 6th, donald trump had a very difficult time doing business with any u.s. bank's. it's how he ended up with deutsche bank as his banker and after all the issues they had, they stopped banking with them. but even this headline, after january 6th, institution stopped doing business with us so we turned to crypto. what does that mean, you are paying your contractors in crypto? you pulled your money from chase, i mean like this is not making sense but wha

we should be clear about who eric trump thinks is an independent journalist.is your expectation for the upheaval that brady press briefing room. which is a critical exchange and form for debate between the press and the administration, what that might look like in a matter of weeks? >> look, in any other moment if you ask me dave, how well do you think the white house press core does holding government parties accountable? i might take issue with the way it is done. but there are important moments where you hear questions that above all in the american electorate and news reports that need to be challenged and tested in realtime and public view. that is what that press briefing room is providing. when president biden proved not to be up to the job. many millions of americans, you saw that being posed to his representatives at that lectern because that is the form which takes place. i don't know if they want to spend their times lingering around in tiny cubicles for the chance to ask officials questions. joe rogan wants people to come down to austin to his stud

we should be clear about who eric trump thinks is an -- like an independent journalist.uld be joe rogan, the nelk boys. what's your expectation for the upheaval that that brady briefing press room, a critical exchange and forum for debate with the press and administration, what that might look like in a matter of weeks? >> look, in any other moment if you were ask me how well do you think the white house press court does in holding administrations, government officials of both parties accountable, i might take issue with the ways in which it's done it. sometimes for performative and playing to the tv cameras. there are moments, important moments, where you hear questions that bubbled up in the american electorate or in news reports that need to be challenged and tested in real time, in public view, and that's what that -- you know, press briefing room is all -- is affording and allowing. when president biden proved not to be up for the job in the view of, you know, many tens of millions of americans, republicans and democrats, you saw that being posed to his representati

we see the president's son eric trump and steve wittkoff coming to speak to investors and enthusiastsbout the incoming administration's plans to call the united states the crypto capital of the planet. i spoke to him in the studios in abu dhabi and asked the role of the key players like elon musk will have in shaping the u.s. crypto policy moving forward. >> is the modern day albert einstein. he has a brilliant mind. he sees efficiency with spacex and so many companies. what's the common denominator? he is trying to get to space efficiently to get there cost effectively. that's been the biggest problem with space. he looks at the u.s. government. 6% of people work a 40 hour workweek. it's less than 1% if you take out maintenance personnel and security officers. that's a real problem. this quarter alone, you reported the numbers well. the u.s. government hired 50,000 government workers. in america, 17,000 construction workers. tell me that's not backward. we want to see efficiency and a productive society. i think we want to see relate innovation and get the government get the hell out

in that interview trump also said ukraine should expect lysate under his administration than under the current administration. arthel: now over to you and congresswoman mace. eric fills out his administration some of his choices have been controversial and unconventional. could ask warning about dismantling agencies, the direction the administration will take. supporters say voters sent a clear message. the system, long overdue for shakeup, today, 50% of americans believe the country is in decline, the political and economic elite don't care about hard-working people. 63% think experts don't understand their lives, 66% believe america needs a strong leader to take the country back from the rich and powerful. trust in institutions he says has plummeted. what can we expect? nancy mace, republican from south carolina sits on the oversight and armed services committee. what overarching message and trend do you see in his pics so far? >> the statistics you just pointed out, those are romantic, why donald trump won. i do love a idea of donald trump coming in with unconventional pics for cabinet nominees and appointments. this is a time when we need to come together,

trump in previous years. in washington, rebecca cast or, fox news. erict trump has invited china's xi jinping to be attend the inauguration. reports say he will likely not attend, but what message is there in the fact that he invited him, especially with the president-elect threatening to raise tariffs on chinese imports? gordon chang is gatestone institute senior fellow, this author of "plan red." gordon, can we help potentially in a fights off -- fight off china before they do any more damage to us? >> clearly, president trump is playing some sort of mack machiavellian gelled die mind trick on the chinese -- jedi mind trick. and of course xi jinping can't attend because with he attacks the notion of democracy all the time. the he can't attend a ceremony that celebrates a peaceful transition of power after a democratic election. so, yeah, xi jinping can't go. the problem here though is that countries around the world, some of them, view trump's invitation as actually a sign of weakness. that's especially true in the middle east and the gulf. and i'm sure

his son, eric trump, even chimed in with a post about how trump's christmas shopping list also consists of canada and the panama canal to other entities that clearly have absolutely no economic appeal at all. it's all just about keeping america safe. well, at least the isn't even trying to be subtle about the fact that he wants something, denmark of which dreamland is an autonomy. his territory responded by basically promising to toss some cash at trump, saying that the boost defense spending to at least 1300000000 euros in the interest of a stronger arctic presence. now you better believe some of that money is going to be thrown at trump. for us weapons, it's based is really telling him, please don't break down my door and take my girl because i'll give you something else that you might want instead. breeland's prime minister. meanwhile said the quote grima belongs to the people of greenland. yeah, well my body, my choice probably isn't the strongest argument to make to trump of all people. the you is already in a relationship with greenland as an overseas territory with you, you citiz

that was eric trump, the son of us, the incoming president, donald trump. and i wanted to ask you specifically about trump because he did a bit of a bolt fast. why he wasn't really sure about that point at the beginning. and now he says we're going to make the us the crypto capital of the wild. i'm. is that any risk so that by inducing bit point, he's actually searching the us dollar and the foot. well, i think he said on a written and very interesting point, um, this is a remarkable inflection point in global economy and the post world war 2 economic landscape. the united states has a thought that they can transition to a big coined standard without disrupting the dollar. some others around the world think that that might be an order, a little bit too tall to effectively conquer it without a lot of disruption. but if the plan put forward, which is to create approximately $100.00 trillion dollar lending facility back by big point, and then to do a transition accordingly, over the next several years. you know, in, in practice, in theory, in theory that sound

continue to live my life. >> martha: president trump was asked if he would consider pardoning you the other day, here's what he said. >> would you consider pardoning ericwould. i think he was treated pretty unfairly. i have not seen the gravity of things but it seems being upgraded in an airplane many years ago it's. [chuckling] i probably know everybody here has been upgraded to. >> martha: houthi asked to the two pardon you? i have not asked that, in our conversations we both expressed our love for the city, they years he was in office, they were combative. i'm working with the president and his administration, and my attorney is an excellent attorney, he is going to handle every avenue to pursue justice. should not have been charged, no american should go through what i'm going through right now, this country believes in fairness and what i'm experiencing is not only a professional tragedy but it is a personal tragedy. >> martha: two last questions, a lot of what you say makes it sound more conservative, you were a republican in the past, did the things that we talk about your reflections on this election make you feel maybe you want to go back to b

. >> "the new york times" reports, "as the inauguration approaches, eric trump, mr. second son and trump company family's de facto leader is, expected to forego deals directly with foreign governments, but he is not planning to revive the promise the company made eight years ago to swear off all other foreign deals while his father occupies the white house." how big of deal is this? >> i think it's a very big deal. in fact, when trump got elected in 2016, elijah cummings and i had the equivalent of a hearing on the potential conflicts of interest of then president- elect trump in late 2016 and he has far flung enterprises and investments all over the world and it is a recipe for corruption. it is certainly a recipe for ethical conflict of interest that no president ought to be even entertaining and he and his family are walking conflicts of interest waiting to be discovered. >> on another issue, nbc news reports billionaire elon musk poured more than $20 million into a mysterious superpac at the end of the 2024 campaign, part of more than $250 million he spent overall

they engaged in diabolical law fair on many, many fronts eric trump recently told me the trump familygether. as a united front, go. mark: every thing was on the line this was not just your regular election dispute over white papers and policy here and there. for many of us it was a fundamental transformation of america or the rebirth of america and the president, your father one innate landslide i have not had your take on this since it happen. give us your take. >> obviously been the show before you guys have gone through the weaponization of what they did to our family what they did to my father, what they did to me the 111 subpoenas i received the impeachments and the russia hoax you covered it honestly better than i think anybody out there. the dirty dossiers meant to slander my father to embarrass him the hundreds of millions of dollars of legal fees a through on him with nonsense lawsuits. the way they attacked his supreme court justices abrade the way they raided his home they took him off the ballot in colorado and maine you saw all the fights that went around that. time and t

and eric trump basically competing for power with the chief of staff susie wiles. and this is according to a source nbc news said like game of thrones over there. don jr. is trying to do things at times. susie will have a meeting and don jr. will say something else. what do you make of this? >> don't forget elon musk. flying around following donald trump wherever he goes. he followed him to paris. so i think this is pretty clear that donald trump will have a reckless presidency. the fact he is handing over elon musk the keys to the federal government to destroy our institutions with a fake department he is creating out of nowhere shows how irresponsible he is with the seriousness of the moment. he is not focused on helping people, but taking away things they depend on. things he and folks like elon musk and their billionaire friends are trying to roll back. we have to fight back against trump and these new billionaires in charge of the government. >> let me ask you about how dough do fight back. republicanshave control of the senate, the white house, congress. what

you are thinking of people like eric trump who had 100 indictments and spent millions and millions ofe weaponization of fani willis and nathan in a white house and georgette, letitia james, alvin bragg, jud. a continuation of weaponization. when we talk about putting the fingers on the scale of justice but what has really happened under this administration, they tossed out the justice and constitutional law for weaponization of federal government in an effort to try to politicize or go after your opponents. i think he thought the outcome is going to be different and that is why he will push forward with two-tiered justice system when hunter biden did violate. he lied on a federal license which is up to $250,000 and lied about his taxes. he will bail his son out which is allowed the justice to rule. >> todd: we referred to influence peddling scheme that you listen to joe biden, he's been involved in ignorance peddling scheme sagging, i have no idea about hunter biden's business dealings from the beginning. watch. >> i don't know what he was doing and i did not know he was on the board

eric trump's wife, lara trump announced she is stepping down as co-chair of the republican national committee. she shared on social media that the group accomplished all three of the goals she set out to accomplish, surpassing fundraising goals, ensuring election integrity, and improving voter turnout. trump has not announced her next move yet, but told the associated press she would not rule out a run for the senate authorities in new york are combing through evidence as the man who shot and killed a health insurance ceo remains on the run. on sunday, divers once again searched a lake in new york's central park, hoping to find the gun used to kill unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson. in another part of the park, police found the gunman's backpack with monopoly money inside. the nypd has released more pictures of the alleged shooter believed to have left the city. they're trying to confirm his identity millions of syrians at home and across the world are at a critical juncture. still to come, i will speak with an expert about the mounting humanitarian concerns as the country devastated by mor

. >> eric trump's wife, lara trump announced she is stepping down as co-chair of the republican nationalmittee she shared on social media that the group accomplished all three of the goals she set out to accomplish, surpassing fundraising goals, ensuring election integrity, and improving voter turnout. trump hasn't announced her next move yet but told the associated press she wouldn't rule out a run for senate. well, authorities in new york are combing through evidence as the man who shot and killed a health insurance ceo remains on the run cnn's gloria pazmino has the latest. >> that's right. while the nypd has come up empty handed for a second day in a row after a team of its divers spent the day in the lake of central park looking for a potential murder weapon, the team of divers has been searching the water of the lake for the past two days. in hopes of finding the gun now, this is after they found a backpack left behind by the suspect inside of central park. but inside that backpack, only a jacket along with some monopoly money. now, investigators are hoping that if the suspect got

was not a protective agent close enough to president biden, vice president harris, and president eric trumpwas there. fallon others contend shows the secret service is not improving. on the actual trump assassination attempt, the committee says it does not know if the gunman worked alone, the committee report is due next week. >> neil: if only they could have been as cold as you were. chad pergram following it. the colorado democrat. where do you think this is go going? >> good to be with you. first of all today was our final hearing that culminated five months of bipartisan work. we have completed an investigation, it is thorough and comprehensive and in the coming days we are going to release our report that is the definitive story of the security failures and what happened in butler, pennsylvania, and our recommendations for how to fix it. we are not just here to complain about what happened. but to have very, very specific recommendations for reform, short-term and long-term, to give americans the confidences will never happen again. >> neil: do you have confidence in the secret service

some of these conversations that have also really been pushing patel on donald trump, i'm told eric trump donald trump jr., and stephen miller. donald trump's incoming deputy chief of staff for policy have all been the ones really promoting patel to donald trump. their argument and we've kind of seen this now echoed by many republicans on capitol hill. and other of donald trump's transition officials, that essentially they believe that patel is the only one who can reform the fbi and restore trust in the fbi in the way that donald trump wants it. so that's some of the thinking. i know that's been kind of going on behind the scenes at mar-a-lago over this decision. >> it's an open question whether patel will be confirmed by the senate. we know that some of trump's cabinet picks are heading to capitol hill this week including today, to meet with some senators. what more can you tell us about that that's right. >> i was told by two sources familiar with the meetings this week that a number of his cabinet picks, including tulsi gabbard, his picked to be the director of national intelligence a

one thing as well that i was told is that the people who are closest to donald trump, people like eric trump, donald trump jr., as well as stephen miller, his incoming deputy chief of staff, that they really were the ones ending up pushing donald trump on or kash patel on donald trump. and that essentially they thought patel was really the only person who would be able to disrupt the agency in the way that donald trump has been talking about for several weeks now. >> and elena how are lawmakers reacting to this pick well we heard a lot of lawmakers say similar things. >> we know we saw, you know in the aftermath of donald trump making this announcement about patel, there was a flurry of posts from people like miller but also mike waltz his national security advisor selection as well as senator mike lee. but then we heard a number of republican senators and those really the fiercest loyal republican senators, i would say defend patel on the sunday morning shows. take a listen. >> donald trump campaigned on reforming the fbi and the department of justice. so i don't know why any of this is fra

at a conference in abu dhabi the president-elect's son eric trump says there will be a clear set of regulations guidelines rather than road blocks. >> think about a president who isn't going to allow bit coin and crypto-currency overregulated and stifled by high taxes. somebody who will fight like hell against those institutions waged war on crypto-currency. >> hopes gary gensler would embrace the asset as chair of the securities and exchange commission. at least one current sec commissioner also looking forward to change. >> it'sline extremely frustrating being inside the agency and seeing opportunities that we had to provide guidance, to provide clarity and, instead, our approach has been almost entirely driven by bringing lawsuit after lawsuit, which is really expensive way for us to yelling great and not effective way. >> president-elect trump bitcoin reserve something insiders applaud. >> what position we have given the u.s. already has significant bitcoin holdings i think exactly the right thing at exactly the right time. >> cynthia lummis supports vision 5% of the world's gold so it shou

eric: trump had an interview this morning after being in perished yesterday meeting with french president the reopening of the cathedral of notre dame in the fast-moving events in syria could impact the president-elect's foreign policy issues, rich edson live in west palm beach, florida with the very latest on this. >> good afternoon president-elect trump is promising and ambitious to his next administration foreign policy he met yesterday in paris with french president emmanuel macron ukrainian president latimer zelenskyy you can an interview trump said ukraine could expect less american aid under his administration though innovator social media post he said russia is in a weakened state, zelenskyy and ukraine would like to make a deal and stop the madness they have lost 400,000 soldiers and many civilians there should be an immediate cease-fire and negotiations should begin. i know vladimir putin well this is his time to act china can help the world is waiting. >> you're talking about hundreds of thousands of bodies laying all over fields. at the stupidest thing i've ever seen it should

, behind the scenes, i'm told that others and those closest to donald trump, including his sons eric trump, as well as donald trump jr. as well as his incoming deputy chief of staff, stephen miller, had really pushed donald trump to end up choosing patel. they argue that he was likely the only person in their minds that they believed could really disrupt the federal bureau of investigations as much as they believed patel could, as well as root out the bias that donald trump believes has really permeated the bureau over recent years. now, donald trump, i'm told, had interviewed both andrew bailey and kash patel at mar-a-lago in person earlier this month. however, i was also told that donald trump was not that impressed by bailey. he thought that he lacked the personality traits to really be the type of legal pit bull that donald trump wants his fbi director to be. i'm going to read for you one quote from a trump adviser who has been involved in some of these conversations. they said quote, it came down to a matter of what trump wants and what he was looking for in terms of an fbi director a

people like his sons eric trump and donald trump jr., as well as stephen miller, his incoming deputy chief of staff for policy that were encouraging him to select patel, arguing that he was really the only person in their eyes that would reform the fbi in the way that they thought. donald trump wanted, and to try to root out the bias that they believe has kind of permeated the bureau in recent years. now i'm also told that donald trump interviewed both bailey and patel at mar-a-lago in person for the role of fbi director. however the sources told me that essentially trump wasn't that impressed by bailey's interview and didn't think that he would be the legal attack dog. the legal bulldog. really, that donald trump wants in the role for the leader of the fbi? i'm going to read for you what one trump adviser told me who's been involved in these conversations. they said, quote, it came down to a matter of what trump wants and what he was looking for in terms of an fbi director. and bailey didn't fit that mold. he didn't have the personality. so again really getting into that sense of do

the president-elect's son eric trump said in a bitcoin conference earlier this week that his father willinto, quote, the crypto capital of the world and he'll be an unbelievable ally to the industry. joining me is the digital chamber founder and ceo, perry ann boring. great to see you. >> good morning, maria pl do you agree that president trump will create such a backdrop making the u.s. the crypto capital of the world? >> well, so far what president-elect donald trump has proposed, what he's outlined to our community would absolutely solidify the united states leadership in the digital asset and block chain technology ecosystem. he gave his famous bitcoin speech in nashville just a couple of months ago and he talked about creating a stockpile , a bitcoin stockpile on behalf of the united states. he's discussed aligning tax policy to drive more economic activity into this space and he wants to clear up a lot of these regulatory friction points for the industry. the u.s. has driven out crypto activity under the biden administration. we need leadership at the very, very top to bring these

. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] then we've got his daughter-in-law, lara trump, bride of eric. trumpobbying governor desantis of florida to appoint lara to the senate where marco rubio leaves his spot to be secretary of state. maybe this -- i don't know, with lara, maybe it's trump's way of telling her to please stop singing? i don't know. [ laughter ] remember when republicans couldn't shut up about kamala harris and her qualifications? "she doesn't have the experience, he only picked her because she's a black woman, is she even a black woman?" may i introduce senator lara trump, graduated with a b.a. in communications at nc state, studied at the french culinary institute, worked as a personal trainer. get that lady in the government right away. [ laughter ] if lara becomes a senator, who's going to walk eric? [ laughter ] one thing we know for sure is that seat is not going to matt gaetz. disgraced former congressman and rejected nominee for attorney general, matt gaetz, has a new job starting in january. he will host a show on oan, "one america news." for those who aren't familiar

what i found even more than the attacks on kamala and fox were eric trump and others that trump did such a great job in his speech to the chicago club. you know, was a complete disaster. but, you know, i find the you know, i've worked at the washington post for most of my life and i love the the press and what we do but i find certain contradictions in dealing with trump because it's a completely different, you know, ballpark basically. you know and so he attacks press. he calls us the enemy of the people and i think that is to some degree, a defensiveness on the of the press and what has become the cliche lately, which is seen watching, you know, sort of trying to make him sound like he's making sense when he's not, you know, that whole the whole issue is very complicated for me. i can understand why. and i'd love to talk you further about it, because i think that we call you the legacy press. no offense not i refuse to say the legacy press. i think you trump is a disrupter in a lot of ways and you know from time to time we have disrupters uber disrupted the taxi cab business. you know

eric trump is publicizing a mockup design this week as they get ready to return to office. trump is raising money for his donors, even though he just finished an expensive and victorious campaign. but he is having special meetings, candlelit summits, that is $1 million a person. and over in silicon valley, which has had a long arc of evolution around many of these issues, we can see how money follows power, especially in an era where power is so ready to reward everyone with money. mark zuckerberg from facebook, ceo now of the parent company, has warmed up to trump after a very long arc. member, donald trump has threatened facebook and zuckerberg. he has talked about him using the government powers to go after him, as he has with so many other folks. but cozying up. $1 million now going to trump's inaugural fund. that donation, the general report is a departure from zuckerberg's past practice. it comes after an election in which trump threatened to punish the tech tycoon, and on it goes. now, these are individuals in the business community who are known for basically one mai

there's a mention of a new trump tower in saudi arabia, and they're not shy, eric trump is publicizing a mock-up design this week as they get ready to return to office. trump is raising money from his donors even though he just finished an expensive and victorious campaign, but he's having special meetings, candlelit summits. that's a million dollars a person. and over in silicon valley, which has had a long arc of evolution around many of these issues, we can see how money follows power, especially in an era where power is so ready to reward everyone with money. mark zuckerberg from facebook, ceo of meta, has warmed up to trump after a very long arc, and remember, donald trump has threatened facebook, zuckerberg. talked about abusing the government powers to go after him as he has with so many folks. but like bezos before him, zuckerberg cozying up, a million dollars now going to trump's inaugural fund. that donation, the journal reports, is a departure from his past practice. comes after an election in which trump threatened to punish the tech tycoon, and on it goes. now, these are i

and eric trump and sister in law lara trump, in part filling that vacuum on the political stage, fully embracingfather's ivanka trump, for now, is seeking some privacy, mu. all r still to come, the u.s. military says one of its warships shot down a planever the red sea. but it turns out it was a navy fighter jet. what we know about this apparent friendly fire incident, plus home field, might have been the biggest key to victory in the first round of the new and expanded college football playoff. we have details. stay with us new year's eve live with anderson and andy. >> live coverage starts at eight on cnn. okay, everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy ensure with 27 vitamins and minerals, nutrients for immune health, and ensure complete with 30g of protein psoriatic arthritis symptoms can be unpredictable. >> one day your joints hurt, the next sits on your skin. >> i got cosentyx. feels good to move. >> feel less joint pain, swelling and tenderness. back pain, clearer skin and help stop further joint damage with cosentyx. don't use if

and that includes his sons, eric trump and donald trump jr., but also stephen miller, his incoming deputy chief of staff for policy i'm told that they were pushing patel on donald trump arguing that really, they believe that he was the only person that could reform the fbi and change the fbi in the eyes of donald trump and really be in lockstep with him in the ways that they know that donald trump wants to do. and so, a lot of behind the scenes discussion about this, i know this was a decision that donald trump, i'm told, was wavering for a bit and really wanted to make sure he found the right fit. and he believes that that is kash patel. >> jess elaine alayna treene in west palm beach with the latest reporting. thank you very much. when the news first broke last night on kash patel, i spoke with former deputy fbi director andrew mccabe, and here's his immediate reaction to that news the installation or the nomination? >> i guess we should say at this point of kash patel fbi director can only possibly be a plan to disrupt to dismantle, to distract the fbi, and to possibly use it as a tool

eric: all right, rich, in west palm near mar-a-lago. arthel? arthel: president-elect trump on three of our biggest trading partners, 25 on mexico and canada -- 25% -- and an additional 10% on china. economists say that could start a huge trade war and raise prices on food, cars and more. so right now we're going to bring in james freeman,s assistant editor of the editorial page at the wall street journal. all right. so, james, you well know that president trump wants mexico and canada to clamp down on fentanyl and migrants illegally crossing our borders. so what steps are they, mexico and canada, capable of to make that happen? >> well, if we look at the experience of the first term, we remember that president trump threatened tariffs on a number of goods including beer, avocados, things like that. fortunately for consumers, they didn't come to pass because mexico did take more action to enforce its own southern border. so i think there are steps they can take, and i think both consumers and investors in this country are hoping that they do comply because that would be a bi

eric. hello, everyone. i'm arthel neville. mr. trump reportedly wanted today's event to be called a tribute to arizona after after he flipped the state red by a wide margin during the campaign. trump promised to crack down on immigration and and border security, and he's now working on putting his plans into action. >> i made a series of big day one promises in my campaign. you you know just as well as i do. in 29 days from now, i intend to to keep those promises to the american people. [cheers and applause] >> and just as we did four years ago, my administration will live by the motto promises made, promises kept. eric: ed lawrence, fox business network, live in phoenix with the very latest at thal hi site is. hey, edward. >> reporter: hey, eric. and they're cleaning up all around us. as always, when president-elect donald trump speaks, he makes a lot of news. this speech sounded a lot like a campaign victory speech. in it he dropped another foreign policy bombshell, this time putting panama on notice. >> the principles, both moral and

or eric trump or ivanka i can only imagine what the headlines would have been. and i will say if you're democrats and you're trying to walk this straight line, that we're somehow better than republicans because we care more about the future and state of this democracy, i think that's that's that's that's trash. now, no one believes it. no one believes it. they've lost all credibility for the facade they portrayed for several years. >> and mj, one of the other things that's interesting here, kind of like a subtext, is president biden's war with his own attorney general he appointed merrick garland because he wanted to restore accountability and respect in the justice department. and merrick garland, i know that there are partizans on the left and right who don't like him but he is, it seems to me, from my vantage point, has tried to negotiate some very difficult terrain, appointing special counsel this and that. and you know, this is just another slap in merrick garland's face for doing what he thought was the right thing. >> yeah, and deference to the judicial s

the ground or otherwise after this conflict is over that is exactly what president trump is been asking for smith. ericecurity advisorl waltz present like trump, met with ukrainian present zelinski and present men and manual micron and present and in and he was european troops in ukraine to oversee a cease-fire and giving any concessions to vladimir putin, actually end up rewarding him for his brutal carnage and the rest of republican tribesmen and house armed services committee member, don bacon joins us now is very good to see you when you calling for in doing so as you do so through this process and how to be in a protecting ukrainian people. don: moral clarity from the russians are bombing cities that could have tens of thousands of ukrainian kids as you just saw this past week, ukrainian cities and we have to have moral clarity i would like to hear from president biden and from president trump, and grand we want peace, but it's going to be a just peace and russia sing 20 percent of ukraine it would be wrong to just say that they could keep that all bit will have the compromise of their know this i