the only shock here is that john roberts decided to have a little dignity. and maybe he was just cornered by judge merchan, who was like, yeah, i'm not going to sanction him to any jail time. john roberts, you got anything for that? >> but that's the problem, though, right? because there was that notation in the decision from scotus. joy, that because donald trump wasn't looking at a sentence. >> i've told people donald trump didn't get a sentence right. >> he may be a convicted felon, but there was no teeth to what happened. >> and so that's the reason why you saw amy coney barrett and john roberts decide to join with the liberal side of the scotus bench. there was no consequence. it kind of makes you wonder if there had been the very real threat that he, as in donald trump, would have been looking at even probation, a fine, maybe some community service hours. why don't you put donald trump in fire gear and have him go battle the fire in california like some other inmates are doing in california? but the point is, if there had actually been some threat joy,

i just assumed john roberts is there to protect trump at all costs. >> roi think that's absolutely right. there is a tension between roberts' fealty to donald trump and his fealty to the legitimacy of the court. >> 100%. what i want to talk to you about is we have covered a lot of criminal trials and cases and you wrote a whole book about incarceration, particularly incarceration of people of color. i was a couple weeks old finding out donald trump could be wconvicted of a 34 count felon and still not be called a felon simply because he had not been sentenced. i didn't know that was the rule. i thought that might be news to young black and brown defendants that until they are actually sentenced they don't have to check that box that stops them from getting jobs and stops them from getting apartments, et cetera. who knew?ng >> two things there. first, donald trump's lawyers said, he can't be a felon because then he will e he will have all these collateral consequences like the ones that you mentioned. again, donald trump has never cared about collateral consequences or reform of the crimi

attorney and john roberts with me from washington.you, the supreme court said last night no, we're not going to delay. what was that about? >> a deeply divided opinion and i think the conservatives on the court would like to have heard or would like to have given trump the relief that he was seeking, which i think would have been better for the country. but on balance i think what happened is they've basically locked judge merchan into his commitment to issue a no-jail sentence. what they call an unconditional discharge. no jail, no probation, no fine, no anything. and they are allowing trump to appear virtually. so that answers the complaint that the imposition on the transition was too arduous. it is not going to be much of an imposition. trump doesn't want to be a convicted felon. as a formal technical matter the judgment of conviction gets entered once you get sentenced and what he has been trying to avoid. but at the same time democrats called him a convicted felon throughout the campaign and the public elected him. so i think wh

just 10 days before chief justice john roberts will swear him in as president. once he is sentenced trump will officially be a convicted felon. let that sink in for a minute. not only will he be a convicted felon, but he will also be the first president in american history to be a convicted felon. something trump has worked to avoid. this will join a litany of stains he can not expong from his record. from being the first president to be impeached twice, the first president to be accused of inciting a resurrection and found liable of sexual abuse by members of his peers, in his decision, the judge acknowledged each point by point each of the arguments as to why the case should, in their view, be dismissed. key among them the claim as president-elect trump was afforded the same immunity as sitting presidents. judge merchan writes, binding precedent does not provide that an individual upon becoming president can retroactively dismiss or vacate nor does it blanket president-elect immunity. he added to dismiss the indictment and set aside the jury verdict would not

i'm john roberts in washington and this is "america reports." stunning, and i mean, stunning aerial footage shows the scope of the destruction left behind in the wake of the wildfires. homes that were filled with memories now just nothing less -- nothing more than rubble and ash and it's not just a block or a street. it's block upon block, entire neighborhoods simply gone. >> sandra: of course, now we're taking a look at some of these before and after images. satellite images. one of them showing a series of homes along the pacific coast highway burned to bits by the palisades fire. >> john: meanwhile the eaton fire continues to raze thousands of acres further east. this image showing the destruction of a neighborhood in altadena. >> sandra: countless homes destroyed along with pillars of the community. this is the altadena community church. as you can see, it's been left nearly unrecognizable. >> john: in moments we'll speak with the man whose home is inside the eaton fire's mandatory evacuation zone. >> sandra: first let's get to matt fin live

see the difference. >>> supreme court chief justice john roberts warns to judges nationwide. ntimidation -- while roberts rightly highlighted those threats, what he failed to do was to name one of their key sources, president-elect donald trump. for months we've seen trump repeatedly name call and target judges overseeing his mostly defunct criminal cases. and that, in turn, has appeared to inspire his maga fans to turn on him as well. reuters released a detailed report on prosecutors and judges in trump-related cases facing an uns precedented wave of threats and violence. trump's rhetoric doesn't only pose a threat to judges but also to civil rights organizations. these are organizations who rely on the justice system to present unbiased and fair rulings, free of intimidation and of threats, just as justice roberts has laid out. joining me now is the leader of one of those such organizations, janay nelson, president and director counsel of naacp. can you talk about in this moment how important it is to maintain an independent judiciary with everything else that is going on wi

. >> john: i am john roberts. it is revealed he made two scouting trips in new orleans prior to the attack. the fbi also saying he planted explosives around the city howards before carrying out the deadly attack. >> former fbi special agent nicole parker is here. she will react in moments. >> john: live in new orleans at the very latest on the investigation. we are learning that louisiana's attorney general has launched a new investigation into the attack. >> ordering the bureau of investigation to launch a full review of the security plans that were in place and new years including much of what we have been reporting on including the security recommendations the city had received and seemingly not implemented. on the equipment that it had available to prevent this kind of attack but did not use. as that review gets underway, the fbi is releasing a lot of new information in its investigation including the international travels of shamsud din jabbar. the bureau says shamsud din jabbar flew to cairo, egypt, and spen

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conservatives negation of the constitution's insurrection clause, so our shameless chief justice john roberts could clear the way for his reelection. all of it is, sorry, utterly shameful. today is not a day to commemorate. yes we got to do it, because that's what some of y'all voted for, or failed to vote and cleared the way for, but for god sakes, let's at least have the decency and dignity to be a little embarrassed. embarrassed for the most cynical of political parties, for their suppose it dear leader, for his billionaire bosses who paid to reinstall him, and for anyone who dismissed january 620 21 as not a deal maker for the man from whom the violence occurred to be president again. you do realize the rest of the world can see us, right? and 14 days from today you will hear many soberly laud the peaceful transfer of power. i hate to be the fly at the picnic table but you can't peacefully transfer power to an insurrectionist simply because it took them an extra four years to finish the job. this will be violent transfer of power, the most violent in u.s. history, if we are being honest.

we begin friday is afternoon and i'm john roberts in washington. sandra the story doesn't get better. >> this is brutal for so many and to see these fires still burning and the absolute destruction in so many places there and still growing. i'm sandra smith and this is america reports and the coverage of the wildfires continues and five are still burning more than 34 thousand acre of land and 10,000 acres of structure. that number yesterday was around 2,000 structures. the death toll doubled overnight rising to at least ten now. 153,000 people are currently under evacuating orders and millions of people received evacuating warnings in error. officials don't seem to know why. >> there's extreme amount of frustration, anger and fear with regards to the erroneous messages that are sent out through the wireless emergency alert system across l.a. county. we have every technical specialist working to resolve this issue and to find the root cause. >> fox weather correspondent robert ray is live in malibu, what is the latest you are seeing there? >> yeah,

i am john roberts and this is "america reports."pse footage captured with uc san diego show how quickly the palisades fire erupted yesterday afternoon. you can see the hillside smoking and how it is ablaze. it almost looks like the kona bay volcano there. folks given erupted evacuation warnings without no prior notice. look how quickly he had routes. >> sandra: people had to flee from their cars and that let's them and then i think that highway. but of course, emergency vehicles need to get through so now bulldozers working to clear the roads and shove the cars to the side. >> john: wow, it is close to apocalyptic movie. william la jeunesse in malibu with the flames to continue to burn along the pacific coast highway. i have been where you are standing many, many times. eight years to be a long row of houses with beautiful views of the beach and now nothing there. >> john, we are getting a better luck and obviously daylight now. as she has had, normally pch this is lined with home spam go to banff, bam. when we arrived,standing but

i'm john roberts and washington. this is "america reports."he national weather service issuing red flag warnings were severe fire conditions all the way through wednesday with wind gusts reaching as much as 70 miles per hour in some areas. l.a. fire officials warning earlier today those high winds coupled with low humility in dry conditions will keep the fire threat in l.a. at a "critical level." >> sandra: they could further complicate efforts to get the fires under control. at least 24 people have died and dozens more are still missing. >> john: we kick off our coverage for you this afternoon on "america reports" with griff jenkins who has live in malibu admitted that his devastation. >> good afternoon, john. someone who has spent a lot of time in california, you full well know what the national weather service putting out a particularly dangerous situation. that is the alert. it is the highest alert that the agency can issue for those wind conditions, the low humidity. the same alert that people got last week before this fire. that devastat

. >> per john roberts scotus opinion last year. >> not only does the president have immunity from prosecution for his acts but he also has immunity from having official acts evidence introduced in trials having to do with this personal conduct. the second argument is i am a president-elect and the same constitutional concerns that the department of justice recognizes with respect to sitting presidents and prosecuting them for any reason whatsoever, those should apply to me too because i'm very busy with very important things under the presidential transition act and you should therefore stretch your july ruling to cover this period too. >> right. i might run for president some day. i think i get immunity personally. that's my new constitutional interpretation. let's keep going with this. you were surprised. you walked in, you were surprised. >> i got this wrong. i really thought they were going to bail him out once again because that's what we have seen. some cynicism was warranted. this was 5-4. there were four of these justices who were prepared to help him out here. i didn't count on the f

i am john roberts. >> sandra: i am sandra smith." with martha maccallum stretch right now. >> hello, everybody. this is "the story" as we head back out to the west coast where the winds pick up in california. watched some o

staff of the united states supreme court, the chief justice of the united states supreme court, john roberts, just walk in moments ago, along with a couple of other justices, justice elena kagan and brett kavanaugh. so expect people from both sides of the aisle, wolf, to honor jimmy carter's life and service. >> wolf, a a beautiful honor that's about to begin and will continue for a while. and we'll have extensive coverage and stick around. don't go too far away to all of our viewers. stay with us for the ceremonies. once the carter funeral procession arrives up here at the u.s. capitol, including eulogies delivered by the vice president, kamala harris, and top congressional leaders from both parties. and we'll be right back. >> the whole story with anderson cooper sunday at 8:00 on cnn. >> you'll be back. emus can't help people customize and save with liberty mutual. >> and, doug. >> well, i'll be only pay for what you need. >> liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty sore throat. >> got your tongue? mucinex. insidiosus. sore throat. medicated drops uniquely formulated for rapid relief that lasts

. >>> supreme court chief justice john roberts is warning about threats to judicial independence. in his annual year end report on the federal judiciary, roberts wrote violence, intimidation, and violence directed at judges because of their work undermine our republic and are wholly unacceptable. he also warned about the prospect of public officials defying court orders they disagree with, calling it dangerous. >>> overseas now to south korea where authorities announced all 179 people who died in a plane crash sunday have been identified. today the families of the victims were taken to the crash site for the first time to pay their respects. u.s. investigators and representatives from boeing have examined the crash site. cbs' ramy inocencio has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: soldiers painstakingly sifted the soil around south korea's worst airline disaster looking for human remains among the mangled debris and magazines fluttering in the wind. eight u.s. experts joined the investigation from the national transportation safety board, federal aviation administration,

and it was not just amy coney barrett, but it was chief justice john roberts agreeing with the three liberals, so-called liberals on the court. what do you make of all that? >> that's right. and i think joyce vance articulated it well. it was a54 decision to allow the sentencing to take place today. the three so-called liberal justices were joined by amy coney barrett and chief justice roberts. and if you read their short, you know, one half page order, andrea, as i'm sure you've done, you saw that two things were important to the supreme court, or at least to the five justices who thought the sentencing ought to go forward. one is that mr. trump, as an ordinary criminal defendant, can raise issues on appeal in the appellate courts of new york and perhaps the supreme court of the united states, but also obviously important to those five justices was justice, marchand's promise, essentially, that there would be an unconditional discharge, that there would be no other penalties, that attend the conviction that the sentencing would be final today, and there would be no encumbrance upon

fun with their political opponent two of the court's more conservative justices, chief justice john roberts and justice amy coney barrett, joined the three liberal justices, making this a54 decision. >> trump expected to appear virtually later today. joining us now to discuss is cnn legal analyst and criminal defense attorney joey jackson. joey, good morning to you. were you at all surprised about this, especially the fact that amy coney barrett, who was tapped by trump for her slot on the court, sided with the liberals and chief justice john roberts in this decision. >> yeah, casey, good morning to you. you know, from a legal perspective, i was not surprised. from a political perspective, i was what am i speaking about from a legal perspective? this decision is right on the merits. and that's where courts should be in terms of it impairing his ability to conduct his transition. it's trump. i speak of. we see him there. it does very little. he's appearing for a brief appearance. the judge has already indicated casey that he's not getting jail time or anything else, and it allows mr. trump t

and again, amy coney barrett and john roberts joined with the liberals, said, but if there's no harm,there's no harm. and that's really what carried the day here. >> so this news and then right after that, it came down to the effort to keep the special counsel's report away from public view. also trump lost on that. they can still appeal it. we'll see what happens. and we're going to see i'll spoil that one. >> we're going to see those reports eventually. >> okay. well we might see you back here tomorrow night elie honig. so thank you for that. up next, of course, we are continuing to keep a close eye on what is happening on the ground in los angeles, fighting these fires from the air was my next guest. former job. now he is a u.s. senator. we're going to talk to him about what he says is needed to prevent future disasters, like the one that so many angelenos are living through right now. >> super man, the christopher reeve story. february 2nd on cnn. >> what's going on? off cameras, off all live cams off. what's going on here? they just took us off the air. get out of my studio turn

and again, amy coney barrett and john roberts joined with the liberals, said, but if there's no harm,there's no harm. and that's really what carried the day here. >> so this news and then right after that, it came down to the effort to keep the special counsel's report away from public view. also trump lost on that. they can still appeal it. we'll see what happens. and we're going to see i'll spoil that one. >> we're going to see those reports eventually okay. >> well we might see you back here tomorrow night elie honig. so thank you for that. up next, of course, we are continuing to keep a close eye on what is happening on the ground in los angeles, fighting these fires from the air was my next guest. former job. now he is a u.s. senator. we're going to talk to him about what he says is needed to prevent future disasters, like the one that so many angelenos are living through right now. >> you don't stop being you just because you turned 65. but you do face more risk from flu and covid. last year alone, those viruses hospitalized nearly 1 million people 65 and older. 1 million vaccin

john roberts and amy coney barrettjoined the three rebels in the majority and the judge overseeing the did indicate in a recent ruling that he would not consider a jail term for donald trump but he was found guilty of falsifying records to disguise reimbursement for a hush money payment to the adult film star stormy daniels made back in 2016. we have seen a reaction for the president—elect tonight. he has been meeting with gop governors and said the following, "he thought it was a disgrace that the judge overseeing the case should not have been under the case but he did indicate he would comply with this ruling. he said, "i will do my little thing tomorrow. they can have fun with their political opponents." those was a reaction to the refusal to hold the sentencing tomorrow. we go to the federal prosecutor and great to see you, sarah. what do you think of this ruling from the supreme court? i do you think of this ruling from the supreme court? i am not particularly _ from the supreme court? i am not particularly surprised - from the supreme court? i:n not particularly surprised this is

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chief justice john roberts and justice amy coney barrett joining the three liberal justices rejectingf immunity ten days before the inauguration. trump is expected to appear remotely tomorrow. the judge already signaling he will not impose fines or probation, but the felony conviction will stand. >>> tonight the nation's five living presidents are together to honor the 39th president of the united states, jimmy carter. former president george w. bush playfully greeting barack obama who sat deep in conversation, at times chuckling with president-elect trump. trump briefly shaking hands with his first vice president mike pence. president clinton and secretary clinton were right there as well. there was laughter in the national cathedral has jimmy carter's son jason recalled how carter struggled to learn how to uses his cell phone at first. >> he said, what are you doing? i said, i'm not doing anything, you called me. he said, i didn't call you, i'm taking a picture. >> david: jason carter saying his grandfather was ready to reunite with rosalynn, his beloved wife of 77 years. their fina

chief justice john roberts and justice amy coney barrett. they voted with the democratic appointed justices. now this morning, trump's appearance will be virtual. he will not be there, but there will be an audio recording and a forum for trump if he wants to rant. we should note that he is appealing this verdict, but that will not keep it from being rendered today. the sentencing. let's get to the courthouse. cnn's chief legal analyst laura coates, standing by outside laura. >> a day that donald trump thought would never come or perhaps hoped would never come. we remember that it was now, months and months ago, when a jury convicted him of 34 felony counts. he has tried to kick this can down the road, appealing to even the highest court, trying to ensure that he will not convert from a person found guilty to officially a sentenced convicted felon. but here we are in new york city, manhattan, where, frankly, the prosecutor said it all began on this falsified business records case. the catch and kill, prompting the allegations about what has t

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i'm john roberts in washington. sandra, what a scene of devastation. >> sandra: our hearts break for all those affected by this and to see those images and the density of the population and house after house just gone, john. and so many who haven't even had the ability to go check on their homes. i'm sandra smith in new york. this is "america reports." here's the very latest that we have from los angeles officials on the palisades and eaton fires, the two biggest. more than 27,000 acres have burned and both fires, according to the latest update, are still at 0% containment at this hour. and more than 2,000 buildings have been destroyed. >> john: our jonathan hunt is live in pacific palisades. as we see, the entire neighborhoods have just been reduced to ash. >> sandra: jonathan, what exactly are you seeing out there right now? >> reporter: well, sandra and john, we're seeing a very different day to yesterday. yesterday was a day of terror. it was a day of fighting. it was a day of struggling simply to survive for ma

sentencing. 5-4 majority rejected the trump request to block the sentencing with chief justice john roberts amy coney barrett voting with the other democratic presidential appointed judges. the order read ins full, quote, the application for stay presented to justice sotomeye re and by her referred to the court is denied for the following reasons. first, the alleged violations at president-elect trump's state court trial can be addressed in the ordinary course on appeals. the burden sentencing will impose on the president-elect's responsibilities is insubstantial in light of the trial court's stated intent to impose a sentence of unconditional discharge after a brief virtual hearing. justice thomas, justice alito, justice gorsuch and kavanaugh would grant the application. justice alito did not recuse himself as we knew he would not despite having a phone conversation with donald trump tuesday. joining our discussion now is andrew weismann. an msnbc legal analyst, andrew, 5-4, what do you make of the supreme court's decision? >> the first is to step back and realize that ten days from now, t

we heard chief justice john roberts say congress is not concerned about what is on the platform but whatholding. caroline: what is also intriguing is president-elect trump and where he feels a delay should come in. tyler: exactly. a lawyer for trump filed a friend of the court brief requesting there be a delay and citing trump's negotiating skills and saying he could reach an agreement between the parties to get this done and address national security concerns. if the ban is put in place the question came up if trump could to it further. it was written for a 90-day pause if there is a deal on the table but that would have to materialize. he could instruct his department of justice not to enforce it but that could open him up to legal scrutiny. he could work with congress to repeal what they put in place but that seems highly unlikely considering the bipartisan support this bill received. i'm talking about unlikely allies coming together to push it forward including hakeem jeffries and mike johnson working hand-in-hand. caroline: bipartisanship perhaps has its limits. tyler kendall, we th

never met his maker her words, i'm john roberts. >> sandra: and i'm sandra smith, the "the story" starts right now. >> martha: good afternoon everybody in martha maccallum, that "the story" this hour after 467 days, kidnapped on october seventh and then held in hamas tunnels and statehouses, dozens of hostages are now expected to be freed over a period of time in a trade for 1000 palestinian prisoners as israel and hamas appeared to have reached the cease-fire d deal. bad and saying to the american hostages will be part of the first wave of releases. three of them are believed to be still alive, 20-year-old alexander, 36-year-old and 65-year-old keith siegel. nearly 100 hostages are still believed to be in gaza and 63 of them by the most recent count available through intelligence are believed to still be alive it. we have seen some a that have happened at the course of this horrific process and grieving families that surround them, president-elect's trump, very close friend to the incoming president, and very instrumental in the final days of these ta talks. leaving with prime minister

president trump to the supreme court in a 5-4 decision said the process will move forward including john robertsy kony barrett say anything with the majority. i thought trump's reaction to the decision was remarkable he showed incredible restraint and i think showed the confidence of somebody who believes it would all be overturned on appeal. i'm certain he doesn't want to go and be sworn in with this hanging over him but our process works. if you believe the other great legal experts on our network who said this is probably something where there are many reversible errors the president will see it reversed but i thought his restraint was the right restraint and they give the judge. i believe is honest. it's a weird way to wish him godspeed but you wish him godspeed. >> i would catch it throw it down and do something which would cause a pixel is asian it's not the other thing you said earlier. okay. thank you for that coming up john federman is florida bound to meet with trump could spark a new trend among democrats. dear doctor k, i used to think i was never meant to be beautiful. i was teased

am john roberts in washington. ra, good to be back with y you. >> sandra: good to have you back, john. happy new year to you and happy new year to all. i am sandra smith in new york. this is "america reports." vice president harris will preside over these proceedings certifying the outcome of the election that she lost to donald trump your two weeks from today, trump will be sworn in as this nation's 47th president. live on capitol hill as we watch this together. >> john: good afternoon. the election was wrapped up in november, but nothing is final until congress certifies the electoral congress result during a joint session of congress. with both the movement dictates that the vice president in her capacity as president of the senate "open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted." that is what happens today. >> in just a few minutes, senators will head over to the chamber to count the electoral votes and certify the election of donald trump and j.d. vance as president and vice president of the unit

. >> john: i'm john roberts the story with martha begins now. >> martha: live continuing coverage thank you john and sandra i'm martha maccallum good afternoon everybody this is the story it's been the story all week. fast and devastating wind driven fires continuing to wreak extraordinary havoc on los angeles and the entire area along the coast. this stunning image you are seeing at mount wilson california, "'s antennas are crucial to communications for 911 calls cracked television transmission and signals and information to everyone in the area and right now you can see they are threatened by the fire and that could cause a truly immense loss if they were to crumble or catch fire. the size of cities like san francisco or boston picture all of boston, if all of boston were wiped out by a fire, think about it for those of you on the east coast that's what they are dealing within los angeles. the sheriff of los angeles saying frankly we don't know how many lives have been lost at this point. >> bro that's a house. >> god protect this house in the name is. protect this neighborhood god in

. >> john: i am john roberts, "the story" starts right now. >> martha: good afternoon everybody on martha maccallum, these are the images front and center, telling the story today, absolute catastrophe in southern california being described by people there as hell on earth? deadly wildfires, officials say there -- these are 0% contained ripping through loss angeles co., you have thousands of acres that are rapidly burning and you see them on the map here, los angeles, the palisades fire, clear stretch of inland. these incredible images of burning car as about to get a look at, it looks like a movie set but it is very real. it is apocalyptic. look at this, this is california, two people so far reported dead, those numbers likely to rise given the devastation, the bars are growing as we are coming to this afternoon at 3:00 eastern, listen to this... >> that is your entire life, you don't get that back. the memories are gone. >> a sick driving through hell itself down here. >> martha: she does not know if your mother is, okay,, you to put yourself in these people's shoes, or chief correspond

. >> martha: >> john: i'm john roberts as we watch the motorcade coming up salem parkway to the district of columbia it should be there in a few minutes per clip send it over to martha maccallum she has got the story and our continuing our continuing coverage martha. >> martha: indeed, thank you very much john and sandra. at afternoon everybody i martha maccallum and this is the story peer president-elect trump will move back to the proceedings for former president jimmy carter who is going to lie in state and the capital. earlier today we got a glimpse of the incoming president taft president-elect trump as he stood at the podium at mar de lago for well over an hour and took on a wide range of questions. at one point he brought his friend steve wyckoff picked from the middle east envoy up to the podium. in this moment it really showed how important the issue of the remaining hostages in gaza over the next couple weeks and what happens prior to the inauguration with regard to these individuals who suffered so much care how important this is to the incoming president. at one point he put

i am john roberts. >> sandra: i am sandra smith. "love story" with martha maccallum stretch right now. >> hello, everybody. this is "the story" as we head back out to the west coast where the winds pick up in california. watched some of these reactions to what homeowners are seeing on the >> at night i scream and cry and sometimes my wife tells me to be strong. i can't be strong. >> i don't know anything. i don't know my future. i don't know what we will be able to afford and what we won't be able to afford. what will have to do is to get my life normal again. >> this is a lemon i salvage from my lemon tree. i'm going to make lemonade out of this. i'm going to rebuild. >> martha: range of emotions. take a look at what's going on right now on the ground in this graphic that shows what is contained. not a lot. the palisades fire 14% contained and we heard the winds are expected to increase. close to two dozen people are missing, 24 at least, 24 confirmed have lost their lives in the horrific fires that have changed the landscape of th

chief justice john roberts urging americans to defend judicial independence as president-elect trumps for a second term. in his annual report, roberts stressed that courts must stand firm even when rulings are not popular, saying, quote, violence and intimidation towards judges undermine our republic. roberts acknowledged the need for all branches to work together saying our nation's rule of law depends on it. and democratic congressman tom swozi calling on his party to find common ground with trump saying resistance just won work anymore. in a new york times essay, he admits that the 2024 election sent a clear message that voters do want compromise on issues like the economy and immigration. he warns that blocking trump's agenda could backfire on the democrats. vermont senator bernie sanders meanwhile reaching across the aisle as well, saying look, i'm ready to work with the president-elect to cap credit card interest rates at 10%. sanders writing, quote, donald trump proposed a 10% cap on credit card interest rates. great idea. let's see if he supports the legislation that i will i

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the judge went so far as to actually quote chief justice john roberts' statement on new year's eve aboutthe judiciary destroying -- trying to destroy its credibility and undermine the safety and security of judges. so i think that's definitely part of it. the other thing, to return to the earlier conversation, i want to make clear, the judge is not saying donald trump you did something that wasn't that significant and, therefore, i am not imposing jail time on you. rather, he is saying because a state can't jail a sitting president, that that option was off the table. so if donald trump thrice to say, look, you know, i'm totally exonerated, the way was in the mueller report on the basis of this decision, absolutely not. the judge is saying by the constitution, one state can't undo the whole just like south carolina in 1862 couldn't put abraham lincoln in jail and undermine the nation. it's not about the crime. it's about the fact that donald trump was elected and will serve oz our president. >> we have 30 seconds here. andrew, you poured over this. anything we missed you think is importa

the supreme court in a 5-4 decision said the process will move forward, including john roberts and amyth the majority. it was a one-page decision. two, i thought president trump's reaction to that decision was pretty remarkable. i thought he showed incredible restraint, and i think showed the comp confidence of someone o believes all of this will be overturned on appeal's. i'm sure he does not want to be sworn in with this hanging over him, but our process works, and if you believe andy mccarthy, jonathan turley, and some of the other great legal experts, including shannon bream, on our network, so many reversible errors, the president will see this reversed. i thought his restraint was the right kind of restraint. i actually give the judge merchan come i take people what they say. i believe that he is honest. weird way to wish him godspeed, but wish him godspeed. >> jesse: i would reject it, catch it and throw it down and then do something which would cause a pixel is asian on zoom. >> greg: what is the origin of godspeed? >> kayleigh: ask juan merchan. >> harold: is not that other th

we began wednesday afternoon, hello john roberts in washington and it is hell on earth. >> sandra: absoluteeak and instruction, john and sandra smith in new york and this is "america reports." the latest information we have from los angeles fire chief on the palisades and eaton fire. 7,000 acres have burned and more than 1,000 structures have been destroyed and there is 0% containment at this point. >> john: meanwhile, jaw-dropping moment caught on camera is a man and his dog trapped inside of his home. flames engulfed his property. watch this. you are going to be okay, all right? you are going to be okay. oh [bleep]! >> john: inside of a blast furnace in los angeles fire department information officer, rodriguez contact with the latest on the fires. >> sandra: we will get to him in a moment that jonathan hunt from pacific palisades, california, where the flames are reducing streets to ash. you have been bringing us incredible images from there. what is happening right now? >> the fire continues to burn out-of-control. control. this is still not a property-saving exercise for the fire depar

things that come up to blocke ca the cars from going out that the new orleans police department john robertsals gimmicky said this. >> of course it was not s something to account for.te the bollards ared actually weds and strategically placed five locations throughout the french border on the roadway. this particular terrorist drove on thend t sidewalk behind thee police car to gain access to 100 block of bourbon street. fee when you are down there, ted.t th tells about these things and how would they have prevented this? >> trace they are very important and we will never know if the bollards or barricades would haverric prevented this. but no time now for us to bel of critical of the new york police department. o say those have t mallardseen should have been u. if they didn't have the bollards up, they need better barricades. they had police cars in place of the barricades but the terrorist went up on the sidewalk. that should have been covered appeared to the police alarm war not enough to cover where thoset barrels should have beenhe. so there is time for that to take place. i think the g

outright criminality and the judge says that he is adopting this report that the chief justice, john roberts issued his new year's eve report on the state of the judiciary and he picks him on robert's complaints about people in office who have undermined the independence of the judiciary. the judge says, this is wrong, it shouldn't happen. i think this is a rule of law stamped by a judge who didn't have a lot of territory that he could cover given the situation with the future president, nonetheless he stood for the rule of law. >> of course justice roberts didn't write this down and meant only liberals, is what i'm talking about. joyce vance, thank you very much. still ahead, senator chris murphy joins me on what his party needs to do to push back, next. back, next ♪♪ not all toothpastes whiten the same. crest 3d white removes 100% more stains for a noticeably whiter smile. new personal best. crest. speaker: who's coming in the driveway? speaker: dad. dad, we missed you. daddy, hi. speaker: goodness. my daughter is being treated for leukemia. [music playing] i hope that she lives a long, gr

. >> martha: >> john: i'm john roberts as we watch the motorcade coming up salem parkway to the districta few minutes per clip send it over to martha maccallum she has got the story and our continuing our continuing coverage martha. >> martha: indeed, thank you very much john and sandra.

. >>> there is some tension between federal government, and the supreme court chief justice john robertsgh times given the grifting of his supreme court, but how he is pushing become to j.d. vance now saying what is the supreme court holds for the law of the land. and chief roberts discussed this after vance basically said that trump should defy anything that they just view as illegitimate. >> the constitution also says that the president must abide by legitimate constitutional rulings, does it is not? >> i would say that i would hope they do not do this, but if the supreme court says that the president cannot fire a general, that is an illegitimate ruling. >> that is false, legally. you can't have any system of rule of law e demdemocracy, whe anyone other than the court determines the law's limits. but j.d. vance has a new counter as to what is legitimate. i mentioned that there are year-end stories that we are keeping an eye on, and this is one of them. and now, in this one, the chief justice roberts' wrote that judicial independence is undermined unless the other branches are firm in

>> someone once said john roberts could've been the greatest chief justice in history if he only hadn't so he is a loan operator. amy coney barrett has repeatedly shown destines between herself and donald trump. brett kavanaugh may have shown some separation. but especially with coney roberts -- coney barrett and roberts you have some not willing to toe the line. geoff: donald trump wants to make america bigger. he has talked about obtaining greenland from denmark and wants to reclaim the panama canal and wants to turn canada into the 51st state in addition to wanting to rename the gulf of mexico. it is unclear how serious he is. he talked about wanting to take greenland in the first administration. what should we make of this? >> [laughter] look, i'm going to take a page out of rachel maddox's book which is don't listen to what they say but pay attention to what they do. he can talk all sorts of smack about greenland and gulf of america and making canada the 51st state. but, until he actually does something, if he does try to take greenland were rename the gulf of mexico or if he do

i am john roberts in washington and quite a tuesday we are off to, sandra. >> sandra: indeed i'm sandrath and this is a 30. talking foreign policy and laying out plans to bolster the u.s. economy as republicans in congress strategize how to quickly carry out trump's ambitious agenda. peter doocy live in washington. he was taking it all in with us, hi, peter. >> he has seen enough mexico's efforts to stop the flow of migrants across the border are so lackluster, he doesn't think their name should be attached to the world's largest golf. >> we are going to be changing the name of the gulf of mexico to the gulf of america. , which is a beautiful ring. to that covers a lot of territory. to the gulf of america, what a beautiful name. but it is appropriate, it is appropriate. >> president-elect trump reacted in real time when a reporter told him that judge aileen cannn florida was blocking the release of the jack smith report on the mar-a-lago documents case. the president-elect said that is a big story and he said that is very good news. he was also joint for a few minutes by middle east on

i am john roberts. come join sandra smith and me at the top of the hour for "america reports."in just under 1. >> president biden only has two weeks left in office and he is still attacking trump. ♪ ♪ >> do believe he is a threat to democracy? >> i think what he did was a genuine threat to democracy. >> moments later, he lashed out with profanity and reporters. >> my being the old president, i know more world leaders than anyone of you have met in your whole [bleep] life. >> his picks for the presidential medal of freedom award for the nation's highest civilian honor to the two of his democratic allies, hillary clinton and georg george soros. house speaker mike johnson said biden's "ending his term in disgrace." some argue he addled his entire term with disgrace. in particularly unpalatable. >> honestly, i think we are starting to get a glimpse into his post-presidency. if you saw the way he lashed out i reporters cursing at them. after they leave office, they have time to reflect. people might ask about their term. president biden, if using anything he doesn't want to hear, yo

. >> john: i am john roberts. now the snow. "the story" with martha. >> we've got a nice snow storm going on. i am martha maccallum. this is "the story." >> donald j. trump out of the state of florida has received 312 votes. 226 votes. this announcement of the state of the vote by the president of the senate shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons elected, president and vice president of the united states. >> martha: that is how it is done. president-elect trump's victory is certified exactly two weeks before he will be sworn in, in the inaugural on january 20th for the second time which is only happened one other time. very big -- vice president harris carrying out her duties and what "the new york times" called an awkward task of certifying the vote that she lost although it has been done before by al gore and richard nixon in similar situations. trump reportedly watched it all as you would expect at mar-a-lago today feeling "pure of indication" as he should. it was a resounding electoral win. that is the way

you can catch me on "america reports" alongside my colleague john roberts weekdays at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. in the meantime, i'm going to pass it over to the gang at "the five." i believe that greg is back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello, everybody. i'm jesse watters along with kayleigh mcenany, harold ford jr., dana perino, and greg gutfeld. it's 5:00 and new york city, and this is "the five." ♪ ♪ >> two weeks to go until joe biden's national nightmare of a presidency is over. the big guy isn't hiding the fact that he is bitter and angry at the world that shunned him. it's really no wonder why he's upset. his legacy is in tatters. hunter's cache line is about to dry out. his entire party blames him for democrats november thumping. with kamala certifying the results any congress to date and the trump train is about to undo every one of his policies. now biden is throwing temper tantrums, lashing out at his successor as a threat to democracy and snapping at reporters, lecturing them about his 50 year resume in global affairs. watch. >> i think what he did was a genuine threat to democracy. i