the update on this news that new york judge juan merchan will not toss out manhattan d.a.rump. the judge denied trump's claim of presidential immunity9 that the supreme court had upheld. fox news' eric shawn is live in new york city with more on this story. eric, good to see you. >> reporter: yeah, good evening. president trump calls this decision illegal, psychotic, corrupt. new york state judge juan merchan ruling presidential immunity does not apply to the defendant in this case and says he will not scuttle trump's conviction. >> he said, first of all, this was not official conduct, but even if it was official conduct, it wasn't protected. and even if it was protected and some evidence came in that shouldn't have come in, it was all harmless error. >> reporter: the supreme court has given broad immunity for official presidential actions. but merchan says trump's actions that led to his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records for hiding $130,000 in payments to adult film actress stormy daniels, he said that had nothing to do with his presidential duties. m

so that's what judge juan merchan had to do.hat's what every judge would have to do in these circumstances. admittedly, we don't have a lot of i was going to say circumstances like it is. >> it is worth keeping in mind. there are not a lot of criminal prosecutions against presidents in the united states. there were there used to be four. now. now there's sort of one and a half. i guess the georgia case is technically still alive, but i don't know if the supreme court will want to wade into this again. but it also is important, you know, for historical purposes, what this case decides is whether the president of the united states is a convicted felon. there's not going to be a prison sentence. there may or may not be a fine. >> you don't think there will ever be a prison sentence? >> no, not a chance. even after 000 chance, the da's in their recent filing to the judge in these motions, even suggested that maybe there isn't incarceration. >> it seems like they just want to move the ball to the finish line and maybe get the convict

el presidente electo donald trump arremetiÓ contra el juez juan merchÁn, quien dictaminÓ que Él no tienes. afirmÓ que el caso no tiene que ver con las acciones oficiales del presidente, sino con su conducta no oficial. en su red social, trump tildÓ al juez de corrupto y psicÓtico. donald trump intensifica su campaÑa legal contra medios de comunicaciÓn. ahora de mundo a una encuestadora y un diario por su Último sondeo publicado previo a las elecciones. el sondeo informaba que la vicepresidenta kamala harris llevaba una ventaja de 3 %, lo cual, segÚn trump, buscaba ayudar artificialmente a los demÓcratas. "tik tok" tendrÍa los dÍas contados y su cierre afectarÍa a creadores de contenidos. a los ejecutivos de "tik tok" se les agotan las opciones. el presidente donald trump podrÍa cambiar de opiniÓn. reportera: alondra sierra encontrÓ su voz en "tik tok". le ha permitido pagar por el costoso tratamiento de la enfermedad. ella lamenta que el futuro de "tik tok" estÉ en riesgo. >> afectarÍa mucho mi vida. esta es una plataforma que me ha dado la oportunidad de compartir mi experiencia con el

i thought that was really a strong part of the record and it really showed that judge juan merchan wasthere and was meticulous in going through exactly what happened here, just to show the defense was trying to essentially snicker the court by saying this is error to allow it when it was a defense that was actually submitting that evidence. so one final thing though is there is still one more motion on immunity that is pending and it is on what is called temporary presidential immunity so it's not on the same supreme court decision but we still are going to wait that one decision and is fully briefed as of today. so that's the one thing that could happen between now and the issue is when a sentencing would occur, so that could be put off and it could not be put off, that is going to be the subject of that one pending motion that we still will wait. >> andrew weissmann thank you very much for joining us tonight. >>> coming up, faith can help you reach your goal but sometimes it takes a little more than that. that is next. that is next. ♪ who knows what tomorrow ♪ ♪ will bring ♪ [dog bar

completely illegal psychotic order, the deeply conflicted corrupt biased and incompetent acting justice juan merchanrespected the united states supreme court and its historic decision on immunity. how much of the supreme court's decision on immunity is this case based on? >> it is based on judge merchan interprets the decision to say, for these -- this case, he didn't get any immunity. and i expect we will see this case again probably in the supreme court. but, the case is still not over in that there is another motion that donald trump filed to dismiss the indictment and we're waiting for judge merchan to decide that motion. >> so, this was revealed yesterday, i guess, that trump has another pending argument about jury misconduct? >> that's a new one. >> that's separate. >> that's separate. that should have been filed before as part of his -- what is called 330 motion to set aside the verdict. that's a new allegation. they're going to do -- donald trump and his lawyers are going to do everything they can to make sure he's not sentenced before inauguration day. >> and so that's essentially -- i'm wo

el juez juan merchÁn ha rechazado una peticiÓn del expresidente, donald trump a fin de justificar unao, stormy daniels, afirma que no guarda relaciÓn con las acciones de trump como mandatario y por lo tanto, Éste no estarÍa protegido por la inmunidad presidencial parcial que le reconociÓ la corte suprema. y ahora vamos con una teorizaciÓn importante en el caso de los hermanos menÉndez por el asesinato de sus padres en el 89 en california. ♪[mÚsica]♪ como saben, hay un nuevo fiscal de distrito de los Ángeles que anunciÓ que los casos legales de los hermanos menÉndez se van a manejar por separado, el fiscal ha dicho que entrarÍa a revisar las transcripciones de los dos juicios, el del 93 el del aÑo 1996, dice que tendrÁ reuniones con fiscales, abogados, defensores y contactarÍa a familiares de las vÍctimas, ojo, porque dijo que tambiÉn podrÍa acceder a el habeas corpus y que va a investigar las nuevas pruebas encontradas, por Último, te recuerdo que reemplaza a quien habÍa mostrado la verdad con mÁs disposiciÓn para realizar el caso y considerar la liberaciÓn de los hermanos. de momento

still ahead, judge juan merchan rejecting donald trump's bid to throw out his hush money conviction. the major ruling tonight and what it might mean for the legal fight over his sentencing. and later, conspiracy theories growing by the day over those alleged drone sightings. can the white house put an end to it? a member of congress trying to get answers joins me tonight. >> you make good choices it's a trait that runs deep. like to step into big shoes and still walk on your own path with ambition like that, you need someone who elevates advice to a craft. at ubs, we match your vision with insight and expertise to shape a unique outcome for you. advice is our craft. >> confident about which used car to buy? nope. why not ask the most confident person you know? >> my old high school coach. >> just say show me the carfax value. you'll get the most accurate price based on the vehicle's accident history. shop at the all new carfax.com. >> nature has vitamin e from sunflowers. ours has retinyl palmitate, organic broccoli, carrots and blueberries. >> pyridoxine hydrochloride. >> so much ha

still ahead, judge juan merchan rejecting donald trump's bid to throw out his hush money conviction. the major ruling tonight and what it might mean for the legal fight over his sentencing. and later conspiracy theories growing by the day over those alleged drone sightings. can the white house put an end to it? a member of congress trying to get answers. joins me tonight today, my friend. >> you did it. >> you did it. pursue a better you with centrum it's a small win toward taking charge of your health. so this year, you can say you did it. >> the jewelry exchange. the source for lab grown two carat studs. 992 carat solitaires, 1293 carat, 2490 ten carat tennis bracelets. 3990. thousands to choose from. always the lowest price. the jewelry exchange direct. >> they are trying to shut down this legal loophole to get 100 milligram generic viagra, or 20mg generic cialis delivered to your door for just $0.87 in less than two minutes. do this first, scan the qr code to go to get friday plans.com. then you select if you need generic viagra or cialis. the quantity you need and the dosage. i'

new york judge juan merchan is refusing to throw out trump's conviction over the hush money cover upayments to stormy daniels, merchan ruled monday that trump's conviction should not be tossed out, despite the u.s. supreme court's decision on presidential immunity. merchan writing, quote, if the act of falsifying records to cover up the payments so that the public would not be made aware is decidedly an unofficial act, so too should the communications to further that same cover up be unofficial. trump railed against the ruling today. he called mershone a radical partisan and responded to the decision on his social media site truth social. quote. if allowed to stand, would be the end of the presidency as we know it, unquote. let's bring in cnn's kara scannell and former new york state supreme court justice jill konwiser. kara, we're just over a month until trump's inauguration. where does this case go between now and inauguration day, january 20th? and what is the trump team saying? >> well, trump's team, as you just put up his truth social posts. they are criticizing the judge, conti

at some future date, i think i don't i don't see juan merchan entering our national conversation mucher this. >> just one little bit i wanted to add was a lot of the lawyers for donald trump are now in the administration, including staff secretary role, doj roles. it's going to be really fascinating to see how they deal with some of these legal issues once they're in power. >> yeah for sure. all right. coming up next here on cnn this morning, that deadly school shooting in wisconsin leaving two dead and six others critically injured, congressman marc veasey of the house gun violence prevention task force will be here to discuss. plus, palling around with the president elect. tech ceos pilgrimage to mar-a-lago, trying to get on donald trump's good side the first term, everybody was fighting me. >> and this term, everybody wants to be my friend. i don't know my personality changed or something you only come across an artist like luther vandross once in a lifetime. >> luther. never too much. >> new year's day at eight on cnn. >> you didn't get where you are playing it safe. you seek oppo

and that is a question that judge juan merchan did not answer tonight. >> all right. and obviously a crucial one for answers. thank you so much, paula. and we have more breaking news. the fbi and new jersey state police are pleading with the public to not shoot down those suspected drones. this comes as president elect trump is accusing president biden of covering up the truth about these drone sightings, sightings that have now been reported in at least six states across the east coast. and as the fbi and the department of homeland security tonight say that they are deploying detection technology over new york the government knows what is happening. >> i think they'd be better off saying what it is our military knows and our our president knows. and for some reason, they want to keep people in suspense. >> pete muntean is out front the drone hysteria is soaring as federal authorities are scrambling to tamp down false alarms, breeding conspiracy theories online, fanning the latest fears. >> reports of unmanned aerial systems over secure wright-patterson air force base

well, judge juan merchan denied donald trump's request to dismiss the charges in alvin bragg's falsified business documents case on the basis of presidential immunity, prompting trump to decry what he says is the complete disrespect of the supreme court and their ruling on immunity. and meanwhile, donald trump also indicated he would consider a pardon for new york city mayor eric adams, saying that he believes he was unfairly targeted because of his hardening stance on illegal immigration. take a look at this. >> would you consider pardoning eric adams? >> yeah, i would, yeah. i think that he was treated pretty unfairly. i mean, i'd have to see it because i don't know the facts. i think he was treated. you know, it's very interesting when he essentially went against what was happening with the migrants coming in. and, you know, he made some pretty strong statements like this is not sustainable. i said, you know what? he'll be indicted soon. and i said it not as a prediction, a little bit lightheartedly, but i said it. i said, he's going to be indicted. and a few months later he got indic

. >> reporter: judge juan merchan rejecting a trump attempt to throw out his conviction in the new york hush money case on presidential immunity grounds, the decision preserving the criminal conviction for now. mr. trump expected to appeal. trump also told reporters he sees ending the war in ukraine as more complicated than settling the conflict in the middle east, insisting that both presidents putin and zelenskyy have to be willing to make a deal. >> and our thanks to garrett for that report. >>> the woman who allegedly flew as a stowaway from new york to first is back in custody after another alleged incident. two senior law enforcement officials tell nbc news that svetlana dali cut off her required ankle monitor and fled to the u.s.-canadian border where she was picked up by canadian authorities. she will be in court today in buffalo and is expected to be sent back to new york city to face charges tied to her jfk airport stunt where sheyi saided tsa security and boarded a flight to paris. >>> kobayashi says she has no idea about the media information. she returned from mexico to the

los abogados de trump le pidieron al juez juan merchÁn de nueva york que anule la sentencia en su contratificar el perdÓn de su hijo. dijo que el departamento de justicia estÁ politizado, que lo persiguieron injustamente, que lo trataron mal. y segÚn las propias palabras de biden, que la polÍtica infectÓ al sistema judicial y llevÓ al mal manejo de la justicia. ahora, trump, defendiÉndose con las mismas palabras del presidente de los estados unidos. >> julio dos noticias importantes alrededor del presidente electo cristina londoÑo. gracias. hoy en mÉxico, una escuela cerca de la capital estÁ bajo la lupa. se dieron a conocer videos en los que se ven los maltratos, los golpes de maestras a los pequeÑos. las imÁgenes son fuertes y sacuden sobre todo porque esta escuela atiende Únicamente a niÑos con discapacidad. osorio reporta los niÑos no se tocan. >> la indignaciÓn de decenas de madres de familia tomÓ una de las avenidas mÁs importantes de coacalco estado de mÉxico. denuncian que sus pequeÑos, con discapacidad intelectual fueron maltratados en el centro smart step. queremos justicia. fa

. >> reporter: and late tonight, judge juan merchan rejecting a trump attempt to throw out his conviction in the hush money case on presidential immunity grounds, preserving the conviction for now. mr. trump expected to appeal. trump also told reporters he sees ending the war in ukraine as more complicated than settling the conflict in the middle east, insisting that both president putin and zelenskyy have to be willing to make a deal. lester? >> all right, garrett haake, thank you. >>> and also tonight, syria's ousted dictator is breaking his silence for the first time since fleeing to russia. it comes as families torn apart by his brutal regime are scrambling to reunite. richard engel is in damascus, and a warning, the details are disturbing. >> reporter: bashar al assad offered his version of events tonight, a week after he was overthrown. in a statement, assad claimed he was overseeing combat operations against the rebels he called terrorists and only left after a russian commander ordered him to evacuate for his safety. at no point during these events did i consider stepping down or

up next, new york judge juan merchan not throwing out the conviction and andrew murkowski i'll be home for christmas. you can count on me. please have snow and mistletoe and presents under the tree. right now all over the country, kids at shriners hospitals for children™ are able to go home and be with their families for the holidays. and it's only possible because of the monthly support of people just like you. thanks to a generous donor, every dollar you give, will go three times as far to help more kids. with your gift of just $19 a month, only $0.63 a day. we'll send you this adorable love to the rescue® blanket as a thank you and a reminder of the care you'll be providing so kids can be with their families. christmas eve will find me where the love light gleams. it only takes a moment to call the number on your screen. or you can visit loveshriners.org right now on your phone or computer. your gift of $19 a month will have three times the impact in the lives of kids like me. because every child just wants to be home for the holidays, and your gift makes that possible. your call is

up next, new york judge juan merchan not throwing out the conviction and andrew murkowski after the breakh what's next. narrator: at this very moment, children at st. jude are fighting to survive. with a gift right now, you can join the battle to save lives. katy: without saint jude, i don't know where we would be. can we see snuggles? they have given children with cancer, like my winston, a chance. christine: she has neuroblastoma and it has spread to her liver. i try to enjoy every minute with her because i do not know when would be my last moments with her. narrator: time is running out to give a year-end gift that can help. st. jude children's research hospital save lives. because cancer doesn't stop during the holiday season. please call, go online, or scan the qr code right now and give $19 a month to help make it the season of hope for families at saint jude. tammie: just that feeling that was, like, so hard on your heart that my kid's not going to live. every day now, it's like a gift. narrator: for just $19 a month, you can make a difference. please become a st. jude partner in h

want to pivot from the filing of the da attorney alvin bragg and he discussed all the ways judge juan merchanld sentence trump before inauguration and pick up further proceedings when he leaves office or trump's sentencing could be put off until after the presidency and merchan should evoke the abatement doctrine. in this case, it could be used to terminate proceedings without dismissing the indictment. what is your take on these arguments and particularly this last one? the abatement? >> well, this case is in a posture that has never happened before in the history of the criminal justice system. so alvin bragg is offering the judge some options. you can sentence donald trump right now. sentence him to a big fine and we'll be done with it. or we could just put the case on ice. he was voted president. he wasn't voted get out of jail free and we can pause the case and pick it up where we left off in four years or there is a third option. it is what happened when a defendant dies but a fur found this person guilty. that will be fine. but he does not deserve a clean slate. what we should do is ac

period and this just in, new york judge juan merchan is refusing to dismiss trump hush money convictionhe supreme court ruled on presidential immunity. other democrats are saying that just get over it! trump outsmarted us and the country is behind him. >> donna trump is not an 88, that may be very clear, donna trump is smarter than me, you, and all critics work is due to is the most powerful human on earth in our lifetime, and we're still saying will how -- we look like idiots! >> you are totally right. >> jesse: make america great again was not just a slogan, it was always the mission. the founder, patrick david joins me, how are you doing? subban i'm doing well how are you? >> jesse: i'm doing very good. you know more about this and those people, he had a couple dinners down there. with all these ceos go down to the patio and have dinner with donald trump, is it lobbying him, is it kissing the ring, what is swirling around down there? >> it is called either not have a choice, what are you going to do? you talk to all this negative things about him and all of a sudden you see he is put

. >> dana: juan merchan upholding trump's conviction for falsifying business records. he says the supreme court's immunity does not apply in this case. jonathan turley joins us now. what was the judge's reasoning. what was he saying? >> well, he really iron plated this decision. he said first of all this was not official conduct but even if it was official conduct it wasn't protected and even if it was protected and some evidence came in that shouldn't have come in, it was all harmless error. you can pick any one of those three and he would still be good to go. that is an opinion that is likely to get support from some people on the appellate level. what is interesting about the opinion is it really contradicts what many in the media have said for months, that the supreme court's decision granted sweeping immunity. that it was a death squad ruling. merchan had no difficulty in finding exceptions that might apply to this case. so i think a lot of judges would probably agree with the outcome. not necessarily all the reasoning of judge merchan. but we'll have to see. ther

. >> laura: mollie, relearned today right before the show came on the air that judge juan merchan hasuled that trump's hush money conviction can go forward. he doesn't have presidential immunity for the hush money conviction. supreme court immunity doesn't cover that so, presumably of a he completes four years in office we will be back at that? what we have learned here? >> one of the worst legacy of the biden area destroying rule of law. using courts to go after political opponents to settle things that should be settled at the ballot box. it's a horrible contrast between biden and really all other presidents that they -- that he did so much in this area. you know, it's true that this press conference today didn't just show trump sort of reaching through space and time to govern, even though he is not yet president. we have seen in recent weeks everyone strategy him as a president. that's contrast with biden: republican party leadership that is on its way out. donald trump is showing the republican party what it looks like to win. what it looks like to be a leader who gets things don

new york state judge juan merchan's ruling presidential immunity does not apply to the defendant woonsd scuttle trump's conviction. >> he said first of all this was not official conduct even if it was official conduct it wasn't protected. even if it was protected and some evidence come in that shouldn't have come in, it was all harmless error. >> the supreme court has given broad immunity for presidential actions, but merchan says trump's actions, that led to his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records for hiding $130,000 in payments to adult film actress stormy daniels had nothing to do with his presidential duties. merchan writing, quote: the president himself may speak in his unofficial capacity as a candidate or party leader. and certainly he can do so in his private capacity as well. any argument that private conduct transforms into official conduct is without merit. the jurors heard testimony that trump met in the oval office with his then lawyer michael cohen about reimbursing him for paying daniels, not an official act, ruled merchan. he also ruled trump's tweets

judge juan merchan saying the evidence presented in the trial was related, quote, entirely to unofficialduct and thus received no immunity protection. trump is pushing to dismiss the case all together but merchan has not yet ruled on that motion. and those are your headlines, guys. >> brian: they are still actually appealing his conviction. >> carley: correct. >> steve: it's still there. >> brian: they can't say convicted felon until he is sentenced and the sentence has been put off, i guess, four years. >> steve: until he is sentenced. >> ainsley: thanks, carley. >> steve: meanwhile on this tuesday joe biden facing growing backlash after commuting the sentence of that pennsylvania judge convicted of funneling juveniles to jailing in exchange for millions of dollars of kickbacks to the judge. ones he . but when it comes to caring for his teeth it's one more way aspen dental is in your corner. lowe's knows the perfect gifts don't have to stretch your budget. that's why we offer a free select tool when you buy select tools and batteries from our top brands. so, perfecting the holidays... o

brian kilmeade will react to judge juan merchan refusing trump's bid to throw out his hush money convictionhouse downplaying concerns over the mysterious drones, and mike is coming up too. the 10:00 hour -- mike mike rowe is coming up too. he's -- the 10:00 hour is next. muck i'm on my way ♪ .. cising these rights well. the founders of our great nation chose independence, as do we. hillsdale college accepts no government funding, because independence makes possible the good to which we aspire. confident. measured. ready. the markets, like life, will turn and challenge us. but when emotions run high, we stay grounded. with the hcm buyline, we work to empower investors, in navigating market volatility and complex conditions. we provide a diverse portfolio with proprietary mutual funds and etfs aimed at growth and preservation. so you can invest with confidence. visit howard c.m. funds dot com. with dexcom g7, managing your diabetes just got easier. so, what's your glucose number right now? good thing you don't need to fingerstick. how's all that food affect your glucose? oh, the answers on yo

. ♪♪ >>> manhattan judge juan merchan issued a 41-page decision today denying donald trump's claim thated and dismissed because of the supreme court's ruling on presidential immunity concerning the supreme court's ruling, judge merchan's decision reading, "the trump versus united states court's decision was principally concerned with a president's ability to make decisions and make those decisions for the public good. based upon that concern which chief justice roberts refers to in various ways throughout the trump decision, it is readily apparent that trump versus the united states addressed a very specific issue, when may a former president be prosecuted for official acts taken during his presidency? that is not the issue currently before this court." the trump attorneys claimed that some testimony from the trial was related to official business of the presidency and that that testimony contaminated the verdict. judge merchan dismissed that writing in his decision, "this court finds that even if the disputed evidence was admitted in error, such error was harmless." joining us now is a

judge juan merchan has postponed sentencing as these filings have been coming in.? >> what i'm looking for here is what danny will day -- the district attorney's office will say in response. what trump's lawyers are saying is you have to dismiss this case. look at what the doj has done and they have opinions which are not binding in new york state, but they have opinions saying the constitution actually requires that the cases be dismissed against donald trump. and, again, that's not binding on the state, but that's doj's interpretation of what the constitution requires. obviously the state has to go by the federal constitution as well. so trump's lawyers also said, if you disagree with us and you're going to take the position that this can just be put on hold and then you can resume the case once donald trump's term ends, if you're going to take that position, judge, we want a two-week stay basically to pause this case so we can go to federal court and ask a federal court to overrule you on that. it will be interesting to see how the district attorney's office res

but judge juan merchan says he's prohibited from considering those claims.dent lisa rubin is here to break it all down. is there something the trump team should have done, could still do that could make it possible for the judge to do something? what's happening here? >> so judge merchan is saying to the parties in the letter order, chris, essentially you didn't frame this in the right way. if you want to make allegation of grave juror misconduct, you need to support it by a sworn statement, and you need to put it in the form of a motion. i can't consider this on your motion to dismiss the entire indictment, which is pending, but if you want to vacate the verdict on this ground, submit a motion, i'll be happy to consider it. >> half of the trump team letter is redacted by the court. i don't know what this is, but are there any clues from that? >> there are some correspondence also from the d.a.'s office on the other side of this that we have seen. the one clue is that it's not clear that the source of the allegation is actually a juror himself or herself, bu

and this just in new york, judge juan merchan is refusing to dismiss trump's hush money conviction, even after the supreme court ruled on presidential immunity. other democrats are saying, just get over it. trump outsmarted us, and the country's behind him. >> donald trump is not an idiot. donald trump, let me just be very clear. donald trump is smarter than me, you and all critics. you know why we know this dude is a phenomenon. he is the most powerful human on earth and in our lifetime. and we're still saying, well, how was this guy? do we look like idiots to ordinary people? >> because he is totally right. >> make america great again wasn't just a slogan, it was always the mission. valuetainment founder patrick bet-david joins me now. how are you doing? >> i'm doing good. how are you doing? >> i'm doing really good. now you know more about this than most people. and i think you've had a couple dinners down there when all these ceos go down to the patio and have dinner with donald trump, is it lobbying him? is it kissing the ring? what's swirling around down there? >> it's called you d

new york judge juan merchan says evidence that led to trump's conviction wasn't related to his official conduct as president. the u.s. supreme court ruled in july that presidents have broad immunity from prosecution for official acts. a jury found trump guilty of 34 felony counts back in may for falsifying business records to cover up payments to adult film star stormy daniels. trump has still not been sentenced. in that case, his legal team is expected to appeal the judge's latest decision. trump promising once again to push for a deal to end the war in ukraine in his first news conference since his election, trump wouldn't say if he expects ukraine to give up territory in exchange for peace. he did say parts of ukraine have been reduced to rubble and there are no cities left for displaced people to return to. trump also repeated a warning that all hostages held in gaza must be released before his inauguration on january the 20th, as you know, i gave warning that if these hostages aren't back home by that date, all hell is going to break out well, the president elect met with tiktok ce

. >> like judge juan merchan in new york, who said that he is not immune from sentencing in the case that he's in charge of up there. and donald trump took notice of that. he attacked the judge today in the last hour, as deeply conflicted, corrupt, biased, incompetent, called him a radical partisan keeping a place in illegal keeping in place an illegal gag order. so i cannot expose his and his family's disqualifying in a legal conflict, so on and so forth. yeah. >> i mean, and this is what he's been saying for many months, saying that he is compromised, that he has a conflict of interest because of one of his family members. so, so not everything is going his way. one of the things that will be interesting to see is sort of how long the honeymoon lasts. it is certainly a honeymoon. the second time is sweeter for for donald trump. and you see lots of things going his way. his approval rating is high. the transition ratings, which you talked about last week, are higher than they were last week. so we'll see what happens when he gets to congress when he goes through these confirmation h

money more harry enten of juan merchan more aviento we learned that beckett would be born with half of a heart. >> you have all these expectations, and they just come crumbling down. >> he was transferred to the hospital. we had a plan and kind of built relationships with the people that were going to be saving our son's life. six surgeries and three open heart surgeries. >> without the staff and the surgeons, our son would not be here without a hospital. they saved his life. >> people take for granted all the things that a hospital does. thsee if you're overpaying for car insurance. go to finance buzz.com. now. >> this year is way better for flipping houses bigger budgets. >> 1.3 what they went up bigger stakes. >> things are so unpredictable. >> is there a crocodile in there? >> the flipping al-mousa season premiere thursday, december 26th at nine on hgtv. >> this week we could learn when the man accused of killing unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson will be extradited back to new york. the manhattan district attorney suggests that the suspect, luigi mangione, may soon be giving up h

now, new york judge juan merchan has decided the conviction stands because the evidence that led to trump'sonviction was not related to his official conduct as president. cnn's kara scannell is joining us now. how did the judge come to this? this, um, decision. you know, you were there for the trial. you watched all of it. you watched as one person after the other took the stand. how did he get here? >> so he goes through this evidence, the evidence that trump's team is challenging and saying that testimony from white house aides like hope hicks and madeleine westerhout and trump's tweets when he was in the oval office were all official evidence and should never come into the trial. >> based on the supreme court's ruling back in july. and the judge walks through all of this. and ultimately, he concludes that this case was about a private matter. it was about hush money paid to a porn star and the cover up that followed. and he said it is logical and reasonable to conclude that any communications about that were also personal and unofficial. so that's the bottom line here. he goes on to say,

meanwhile, manhattan district attorney alvin bragg is urging judge juan merchan not to toss out trump's guilty verdict on the hush money case. it's nice to see alvin bragg pushing for something besides a meat lover's pizza. okay, so, kat, the do you think that they are just going to let this fade away, that they can't give it up right now? they just they know that trump seems to be winning and winning big, but they can't face their supporters because they promised. >> yeah, i really do feel like it's the same thing as what i talked about. the people, they're in too deep. yeah, it's like people don't realize it actually is an option to say you've learned something. people will do anything rather than say, you know what, i might not have been right about that. i've learned something and people just won't do that for some reason. i mean, the hush money case, i know personally several people who hate trump still and voted for him because of the hush money case. yeah, because they were so disturbed by this. you know, trump saying that he's not above the law when really no one ever has been c

judge juan merchan to rule on a motion to dismiss another effort by the trump team to try to get thatviction tossed based on the fact that he's president elect. we know the two very serious federal cases that trump was facing are now going to be or have been dismissed. and then, of course, the only other outstanding question was this case down in georgia. now, once the case was filed, a lot of legal experts and my sources on the trump legal team said this was an unusual way a rico case to pursue this kind of matter. and they were confident that eventually they could beat it in court. but here, it doesn't even look like they'll have to ever do that, because here the da fani willis being disqualified. so a truly extraordinary victory for the trump legal team's crusade over the past two years to just delay, delay, delay on behalf of their client in the hopes that he would be reelected. now he is a convicted felon. he was convicted of 34 counts in manhattan earlier this year. but as i said, it's unclear if he'll ever even be sentenced on those charges. >> all right. hard to keep them all,

como lo mencionas, el juez de nueva york, juan merchan,en un escrito deja muy claro que esa inmunidadhina, tiktok tambiÉn le ha pedido a la corte suprema de justicia que bloquee la popular prohibiciÓn de lared social, dijo en campaÑa que no apoya la ley que firmarÍa biden para proteger la plataforma, pero dijo que continÚa analizando el caso. lo que sÍ estÁ de acuerdo es en querer fortalecer la frontera, provecho en querer acusar al gobierno de biden de vender partes no utilizadas para construir un muro fronterizo comprÓ bajo su primer gobierno . >> [habla en inglÉs] el caso en acto criminal en gastar los mismos millones en construir mismo lo que ya tenemos. >> no quiere convensar, quiere separar a las familias. >> [habla en inglÉs] edwin: trump saliÓ a la defensa de su nominado, a pesar de sus posturas con las vacunas. >> [habla en inglÉs] edwin: el camino a la confirmaciÓn de kennedy junior podrÍa ya no ser tan complicado, tomando en cuenta que los senadores ya nos estarÍan enfocando en los comentarios controversia les que Él ha hecho con el tema de las vacunas, sino que ahora su at

listen, kulam juan merchan bill weir that is happy new year in arabic from us here in dubai. >> as weatch these amazing fireworks out of doha, they really know how to put on a display in this part of the world as 10,000 fireworks of 100 pontoons, all around the small gulf kingdom of qatar. it's on fire this evening. they'll be enjoying it all over the country as they have been here in dubai. we really are, uh, kicking the can to you guys. the ball is now in your court. it's a happy new year from here in the gulf. >> good luck. it is a high standard that they have set. yeah. this is a mesmerizing light show. the most surprising part to me, though, is that they're playing the killers and panic! at the disco. let's go ahead and listen in and watch more of the show live from doha, qatar. right now. >> wow, this is so incredible to hear. i love it here in london. we've got justin timberlake playing in the background. everyone wants to dance. and coming up not too far from me in beautiful paris saskya vandoorne is cruising along the seine river, taking in all of the beautiful sights. saskia