materialfrom members of your team, then her majesties treasury, the statements of miss joseph and mr york smiththe statement and attending today. we understand that you want to say some words by way of preface to the evidence you will be giving. preface to the evidence you will be caivin. . ~' ,, preface to the evidence you will be aiavin. . ~' ,, ~ preface to the evidence you will be aiavin. . ~ . ,, giving. thank you, mr keith, thank ou for giving. thank you, mr keith, thank you for having _ giving. thank you, mr keith, thank you for having me _ giving. thank you, mr keith, thank you for having me here _ giving. thank you, mr keith, thank you for having me here today. - giving. thank you, mr keith, thank you for having me here today. i - giving. thank you, mr keith, thank l you for having me here today. i want to start by saying how deeply sorry i am to all of those who lost loved ones, family members through the pandemic and also all those who suffered in the various different ways throughout the pandemic as a result of the actions that were taken. i thought a lot about this over the past co

york. >>> meantime tonight, special counsel jack smith outlining a new argument he plans to use in former president trump's election interference case involving january 6th. speaking to trump's intent and his state of mind. here's jonathan karl. >> reporter: special counsel jack smith signaled today that he will make the case that not only donald trump is responsible for the violence that unfolded on january 6th, but that, quote, the rioters disruption of the certification proceeding is exactly what the defendant intended. in a new court filing, smith points to trump's own words, including his recent statements on the campaign trail, supporting those serving prison time for storming the capitol, suggesting they did nothing wrong. >> i call them the j-6 hostages, not prisoners. i call them the hostages, what's happened, and it's a shame. >> reporter: smith is now saying, quote, the defendant's embrace of j-6 rioters is evidence of his intent, because it shows that these individuals acted as he directed them to act. smith says he will present evidence that trump could have called off the vi

york. special counsel jack smith says in a filing that prosecutors will use data from former president donald trump's cell phone in the 2020 election case. smith plans to call an expert witness to testify on trump's cell phone usage leading up to january 6th. >>> the air force says 15 people have been disciplined after the classified documents leak by air national guardsman jack teixeira. he was arrested in april for sharing classified documents on discord. >>> and a busy holiday season at the airport. aaa predicts 7.5 million people will travel by air for christmas and new year's this year. that would be the most since it began tracking in 2000. >>> for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> tonight we begin with breaking news. the supreme court just moments ago taking a step forward in a historic case involving donald trump. late this afternoon, the supreme court agreeing to hear an extraordinary petition from special counsel jack smith, who is pursuing this criminal prose

"the new york times" says the request was unusual in two ways. mr. smith asked the court to rule before an appeals court. this goes back to mr. trump's defense which is more about litics than the law. "the time," quote, if mr. trump were to win the 2024 election, he could have his attorney general dismiss the charges. holding a trial after the presidential race means that

. ♪ >> welcome to fox news live i'm bryan llenas a new york special counsel jack smith is challengingm he should have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution. a new court filing he said trumps claim quote threatens to license presidents to commit crimes to remain in office. the family comes less than two weeks before the immunity issue comes before an appeals court. trumps team is asking for the court to throw the case out bright u.s. supreme court has already rejected to fast-track the case. cities across the world up in the finishing touches on their new year's eve preparations. right here in new york city more than 1 million people expected to ring in the new year with the iconic ball drop in times square. mayor eric adams said the city is beefing up security this year due to the israel hamas war. i am brian dennis back to life, liberty, and levin. ♪ welcome back america. i hope yo you are enjoying the holiday season. if you months ago i caught up with my buddy steven a smith who told me all about politics in the world of sports. here is what he had to say, go. >> have a good f

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the legal proceedingsegarding trump with jack smith asking the high court monday to rule on trump's claimed that he is immune from prosecution. the new york times says hours temr. smith filed paps, the justices graedhe initial request to put the consideration as to whether to hear theas on a fast track. trump's lawyers were ordered to file their response seeking review on a abbreviated schedule by the 20th. special counsel is preparing for a march trial to pvehat trump attempted to interfere with the 2020 election results. >> c-span k pan 2020 will -- campaign 2024 coverage. watch as the first of food in the country are cast along with candidate speeches begin with the iowa caucuses january 15 and new hampshire primary january 23. campaign 2024 on c-span. your unfiltered view of politics. >> healthy democracy does not just look like this. it looks like this. where americans can see democracy at work where people are truly informed so the republic thrives. get informed straight from the source on c-span. unfiltered, unbiased, word for word. from the nation's capital to wherever you are because the opinion that matters the most is your own.

the judge in new york tolerated it, but jack smith is worried about a jury. that's the way the case will be tried in the district of columbia. he wants to make sure that that jury is focused only on the evidence and the relevant evidence that's presented in court. i don't expect that judge chutkan will get to this issue until shortly before the trial. >> paul butler, thank you for your time. >>> diplomatic mission. thousands of migrants move north toward the border, the secretary of state heads south for talks about the humanitarian crisis. you are watching msnbc. ♪ my name is josh sanabria and i am the owner at isla veterinary boutique hospital. i was 5...6 years of age and i knew i was going to be a vet. once alexandra called me to let me know that bank of america had approved my loan... it was important to me. we not only just provide the financing piece, we do everything that we can to surround them with the right people. all you need is a perfect, amazing team that will guide you through the right steps to be successful. and that's what bank of america w

smith draw his past experience? that's where we begin tonight. >> he's a tough, but low-profile prosecutor with a very long record. he led difficult and victorious cases including the prosecution of new yorke officer justin volpe who tortured lima, smith was a younger federal prosecutor then and went on to develop something of an expertise in the hard cases that other lawyers sometimes duck. the kind of cases that go at the powerful in government or police, senators, heads of state. he developed experience for the pressures of those specific kind of cases a something of a reputation as the kind of prosecutor you actually pick up and call with a tough case like that. smith did stints in federal and local prosecutor's office in new york and that's, as you can imagine, one of the busiest and intricate places to try a big case in america. so we're going to lean in, take the facts and figure out how records suggest about the work he's doing now and we have rare footage of smith in action and here's some of what we learned. one, jack smith is steeped in the challenges at prosecuting heads of state. who has even done it abroad as the u.s. war crimes critic. smith is careful, sober and i would sa

smith forging ahead in the d.c. coup case with new filings, including a draft list of evidence to be used at trial. trying to nudge it forward as the new york times put it. smith doing this despite a temporary pause in the case as an appeals court reviews trump's claim of presidential community. oral arguments are now set for january 9th. smith's latest filing getting under trump's skin. his, quote, outraged legal team complaining that smith, quote, improperly and unlawfully attempted to advance this case. trump's legal team giving away the game, right? their primary concern is to delay. >> delay, delay, delay has always been donald trump's legal strategy. >> his best defense here, best strategy is delay. >> do i think they will try and push it and push it and push it? absolutely. >> trump strategy has always been to delay. that's nothing new. but special counsel jack smith isialing up the head. anotr deadline hits tomorrow. smith wants to fast track the presidential immunity question to the supreme court. trump has until tomorrow to tell the supreme court why it should reject smith's proposal. so here's the big picture. smith is trying to

so far today, trump has posted lashing out at the "witch hunt" in new york, attacking "deranged jack smithgoing on about radical left zealots and thugs and plugging a book of letters he's selling, but no mention of his sister. i hope he at least has the decency to find a good plot for her on his golf course. [ laughter ] meanwhile, another republican candidate has whittled himself out of the race. tim scott has decided to suspend his campaign for president. if you don't know who tim scott is, it's why he decided to suspend his campaign for president. [ laughter ] this is tim. [ applause ] >> jimmy: asking voters to paint him like one of their french girls. [ laughter ] he is gone now, and it's a shame. looking forward to seeing what weird way he'd sit next. [ laughter ] so with scott out, the remaining republican candidates are donald trump, ron desantis, chris christie, nikki haley, freddy kreuger, snidely whiplash, and a big mouth billy bass. i think. and on the independent side -- rfk jr. who is -- not only is he anti-vax, he is also apparently anti-socks. he was photographed strolling

lone wolf attacks, especially in major cities like new york, where close to 1 million people will watch the ball drop in times square. romney smith from our new york nbc nation joins us now with more. >> reporter: good morning, marcus and kira. the focus of the hundreds of thousands of people who come to times square to ring in the new year will be fun. but the focus for nypd will be making sure everyone is safe. the organizers of the ball drop in times square expect upwards of 1 million people to pack this area sunday night to bring in 2024 with the iconic ball drop. there are no known credible threats at this time, but police are ramping up safety and security efforts and they also expect demonstrators related to the war in the middle east. now, thousands of officers will saturate new york city to make sure the celebrations are all as safe as possible, but they're still asking for the public's health to call police if they see anything suspicious. bringing it back to times square, the confetti test will happen at 11:00 eastern time and the goal is to ensure that the 3,000 pounds of confetti will fly through the air perfectly at

had -- hello, sandra smith in new york. >> john: john roberts in washington.epublican leaders say the impeachment inquiry is necessary to force the white house to comply with their investigation while the same time giving them more leverage when seeking documents and testimony from key witnesses. >> sandra: right to it with hillary vaughan, does this formal impeachment inquiry change things for republicans? >> sandra, that's what they hope. they think that launching this formal impeachment inquiry means their subpoenas have a little more teeth and they will have a little bit better luck getting people to actually show up so these closed door depositions that they are trying to do as part of their ongoing investigation. today the committee did hear from lesley wolf, the former assistant attorney in delaware, accused of slow walking the hunter biden irs investigation by the irs whistleblowers. >> lesley wolf, according to mr. shapley and -- you cannot talk about the big one, meaning joe biden. >> majority of interviews after the new york. and also hunter biden f

hello, welcome, sandra smith in new york. a brand-new week. hello, john. >> john: i'm john roberts in washington. this is "america reports". listen to this, sandra. a new poll says 20%, that is one fifth of college aged americans believe the holocaust, where 6 million jews were murdered by the nazi regime is a smith. bill maher says what is supposed to be america's brightest young minds simply going to waste. >> you know the phrase useful idiots, the bigger scandal here, the biggest, most esteemed colleges in the country and they have raised [bleep] idiots. >> sandra: allowing antisemitism to go unchecked in campus, concern for jewish students at america's most prestigious universities is only growing. >> john: complete coverage for now, whether this is a watershed moment for higher education. >> sandra: our team of reporters, jacqui heinrich is live at the white house, staying quiet, why the white house is staying quiet over magill's resignation. and grady trimble in west philadelphia, what's the reaction there to president magill's resignati

. >> sandra: sandra smith in new york. "america reports," all eyes are on the presidents of harvard and mit after they failed to commit calls for the genocide of jews of the hearing on antisemitism. >> john: behind closed doors to decide the fate of claudine gay. >> sandra: and whether americans are waking up to the crisis on college campuses. let's get first to bryan llenas, is harvard's faculty standing by president gay? >> it appears they are, sandra. nearly half of harvard's faculty, 700 members have signed on to a letter obtained by fox news urging the harvard corporation to not fire its president, claudine gay, for failing to unequivocally say the genocide of jews violates the code of conduct. reads we the under signed faculty urge you to defend the independence of the university and resist odds, including calls for the removal of claudine gay. they are meeting a second day. trucks with video billboards were seen on campus calling for the firing of gay. the only rabbi on the antisemitism task force resigned over gay'

hello, welcome everyone, i'm sandra smith in new york. john, it's hard to believe every single day we are seeing these numbers. >> john: and numbers that were called more than a crisis five years ago. john roberts in washington, this is "america reports". it's a five alarm fire according to border patrol agents with sources telling fox news monday set a new record for daily migrant crossings, all as the total encounters in december usually a quieter time at the border expected to set another new monthly record. >> sandra: "new york post" says it proved president biden has waved the white flag and ignoring laws and letting everybody in. bill melugin is live in lukeville, arizona. mostly adult men are crossing all day, bill. what are you seeing there? >> bill: well, sandra, you can see over my shoulder another group of adult men who have crossed illegally here and the border numbers are spiralling out of control in the month of december, we are currently averaging 10,000 migrant encounters every single day. this is the situation here in luk

. >> sandra: sandra smith in new york. this is "america reports". today marks two months now of war between israel and hamas. israel battling militants in some of the biggest cities along the gaza strip. u.s. confirming it has resumed intelligence flights, and despite all the devastation, israel is showing now their resiliency through testing, through the major tests that they are in in these trying times as they celebrate the first night of hanukkah across the jewish state. >> john: greg palkot is live in sderot, israel. >> a town hit very hard by hamas on october 7th, some residents are hanging in there, and two months on, they have erected this massive menorah that's behind us right now, marking the holiday of hanukkah. more on that in a moment, but the war raging near by us, pockets of resistance in the north and further into southern gaza, especially that town of khan younis, it's believed many of the hamas leadership and fighters are holding out. 90 israeli soldiers killed in the fight, including the son of an idf chief of staff and current ca

. >> sandra: sandra smith in new york, this is "america reports". shooting down drones and missiles in the red sea, troops in the middle east are on high alert. >> john: new attacks on u.s. bases ins iraq and syria, that brings the total to 100 attacks since october 7th. right to the chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin live at the pentagon with more. >> early this morning cayman island flagged chemical shipping vessel issued a distress call, a houthi attack drone had struck the tanker. 11th attack on international shipping in the red sea since the gaza conflict began. the same u.s. navy destroyer, u.s.s. carney, who released this video two weeks ago showing it intercepting houthi missiles and drones in several hours' long defensive battles over the past month answered the distress call this. comes after the carney shot down a swarm of 14 one-way attack drones launched from houthi controlled areas of yemen. lloyd austin who traveled to the region to meet allies to figure out how to address the threat would meet with allied defense

smith against dald trump. now fisher is to dismiss that count. central question before the supreme court according to the "new york times" quote, can the government charge defendant in those cases uederal law that makes it a crime to corruptly obstruct an official congressional proceeding. here's how the times lays out the move. theecision to hear the case will complicate and perhaps delay the start of mr. trump's trial. now scheduled to take place in washington imarch. supreme court's ultimate ruling which may not arrive june will likely address the viability of two of the main counts against mr. trump and could severely limit efforts by the special counsel, jack smith, to hold the former president accountable for the violence his supporters committed at the capitol. whatever the justices decide could have a major immacht on the investigation. prosecutors have charged more than 300 with obstruction of official proceeding. the supreme court's decision today just one of many factors that could have ended the case. there's also the matter of trump's appeal on judge chutkan's ruling that trump was not immune from prosecution

all the people have to do is look at the headlines around the country from colorado to jack smith to new york city. yes, they're out to get him and that's exactly it. especially with the weakness of many of the cases and the unhinged results they have in colorado which i think the supreme court is going to strike down pretty quickly. back to this case with jack smith, jack smith, you need to understand this, jack smith is the prosecutor who wants to get donald trump into court as soon as possible. he tr tried to go through the supreme court. the supreme court said no. what trump's legal team is doing is the proper way the court cases are handled. i think of most of these that are out to get donald trump, they waited so long to bring the charges trying to get it into the election cycle to i believe personally interfere and make it hard for donald trump to run for president again, they waited so long that the real judicial system the does move slowly. these cases do take time to run through and that's what we're seeing this year so it's going to be interesting to see how it goes. i think the st

sandra smith in new york. great to begin another hour with you. >> john: i'm john roberts in washington as we kick off hour two of "america reports". lukeville, arizona, quickly becoming a hot bed for smugglers. fox has learned more than 600 migrants arrived there overnight, some coming all the way from africa. >> sandra: in eagle pass, texas, dozens of migrants lining up along a fence line waiting for border patrol. that is where griff jenkins has been reporting from today. griff, what are you seeing there right now? >> griff: well, sandra, you know, i've covered quite extensively this border crisis and i have never seen what's happening at this very moment. let's go to our fox flight team and give you that shot here in eagle pass, and this area we have shown you large group after large group, sandra. but what's happening at this very moment here in eagle pass is this sector, this area is getting hit simultaneously in three different locations with a large group. the border patrol defines a large group as 100

. >> sandra: sandra smith in new york, this is "america reports". that decision by harvard's board caps off one of the most disastrous weeks in the prestigious school's nearly 400 year history, as top alumni, donors and jewish students on campus said gay's conduct since hamas terrorist attack was unacceptable. hundreds of faculty members warned the board would be caving to political pressure if they removed her. br bryan, what's happening. plagiarism. >> bryan: we spoke with dr. carol swain, tenured at princeton university, and she says she's been shown that gay plagiarized at least twice, without giving her credit. >> if claudine gay had the moral fortitude and integrity, she would just resign. they have given her space now that she should just resign. >> bryan: the harvard corporation says since late october reviewed allegations against plagiarism, a few instances of inadequate citation, the analysis found no violation for the research misconduct, president gay is proactively requesting four corrections in two articles. swain says president gay is

sandra smith in new york. internal memo obtained by fox business says the mexican military seized 10 ieds filled with black powder and shrapnel, found in mexico at the arizona-mexico border. >> john: and a gun fight in mexico. hillary, we are hearing the dhs secretary is on the hill today. has he had any response? >> no, he has not. he did not say anything to reporters asking for an update about the border immigration talks on this border deal that congress is trying to work through here. but in regards to this story, we do know that border patrol is warning agents to be careful after the mexican military found 10 explosive devices on the mexico side of the u.s. border. a federal law enforcement source shared with us an officer safety alert that went out to cpb agents this week, r agents should exercise extreme caution and report any possible armed subjects approaching the border with possible explosive devices. also describing the explosives, saying the mexican military seized ten ieds filled with black powde

i'm sandra smith in new york. and bret, great to have you here. >> bret: something that happens a lot on this show. i think. john has the day off. this is "america reports". we are also awaiting an update from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu as israel prepares to surround gaza's second largest city, that's where they believe hamas leaders are hiding and possibly holding hostages. >> sandra: meanwhile, we are getting brand-new video into our newsroom, the moment shrapnel falls in tel aviv. >> bret: greg palkot is on the ground in southern israel. what are you hearing there today? >> we are at a staging area for the israeli defense forces. outside the town of neteva, about six miles from the gaza strip. hearing a steady pounding of artillery from here as we watch the armored personnel carriers behind us shuttling forces back and forth to the front line. attention now is on the southern part of gaza, khan younis, it's believed the leadership of hamas is hiding out. gaza is seeing the most intense airstrikes

sandra smith in new york. afternoon by now, john. >> john: call it afternoon at this point. good to be back with you. i can see you are still enjoying the weekend. john roberts in washington, this is "america reports". american troops from across the middle east have been under attack day after day for nearly two months and criticism has grown from both sides of the aisle, president biden may be taking the problem a bit more seriously than in the past. >> sandra: u.s. carrying out a drone strike in northern iraq, killing five iranian proxy fighters. that strike came just hours after iran-backed houthi rebels attacked several commercial ships and a u.s. destroyer in the red sea using drones and ballistic missiles. >> john: complete verage for you now, mike waltz standing by on whether president biden is doing enough to deter iran. but first, we go live to southern israel where our trey yingst is on the ground. idf expanding the ground offensive in khan younis. what are you hearing from your sources how this is unfolding. >> good afternoon, day 59 of the war between israel and

hello, sandra smith in new york. >> john: not sure what the wrong polls are, all the polls are saying that. i'm john roberts in washington, this is "america reports". may not be the most wonderful time of the year for the biden campaign, poll after poll seem to make it clear americans are concerned over the president's age and unhappy with his handling of the economy and maybe not just voters worried over the direction of the race as the "wall street journal" is reporting, even president obama feels biden could very well lose it all next fall. >> sandra: and that comment likely not received too well over the white house, where we find jacqui heinrich, live on the north lawn. jacqui, hello to you. what's the reaction so far to the latest batch of bad polling for the president? >> jacqui: good afternoon, sandra. another batch of bad polls for president joe biden and the "wall street journal" reports democratic allies are starting to get nervous "those with concerns include former president barack obama, who knows this is going to be a close race, and feels democrats could very well lose

sandra smith in new york. house formalizing the impeachment inquiry with a party line vote of 221 to 212. gop says it's necessary to strengthen their standing with any future court battles. depositions could be conducted over the holidays, in the wake of the house decision. republicans say the president benefitted financially from his son hunter's foreign business dealings and their investigations into the matter could run deep into the 2024 election cycle. >> john: michigan democratic congresswoman debbie dingell is raising a red flag of polling out of her state, trailing president trump in a head to head match-up. peter doocy live at the white house, but chad pergram live on capitol hill with the latest. >> chad: good afternoon. the vote to formalize the impeachment inquiry gives house investigators more power to summon witnesses for depositions, many republicans finally jumped on board. >> this administration has been holding us up saying there is not a formal impeachment inquiry, we are not going to give y

hello, welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. great to have you today. >> bret: good afternoon, i'm bret baier in washington in for john roberts. pump sea water into the complex tunnel system to force hamas terrorists out of there. israeli forces are setting up pumps to draw water from the mediterranean and push it through miles of hamas' tunnels. >> sandra: the fate of some 130 hostages still in captivity remains unclear at this hour. fox team coverage kicks off right now. ai aishah hasnie is in capitol hill for an antisemitism hearing. >> bret: and trey, what are you hearing about the new tactic by israel. >> we are following the report from the "wall street journal" indicating israeli officials are considering using water from the mediterranean sea to flood the hamas tunnel network. this has raised some questions about what it would do to the freshwater supply inside gaza but it would give the israelis a tactical advantage against the miles of tunnels inside the strip. this development comes as israeli forces say they raided h

sandra smith in new york. after a week-long truce which saw more than 100 hostages released, talks to extend that ceasefire collapsed after israel said hamas launched more rockets toward southern israel and failed to release all of the women and children that were part of the agreement. >> john: idf appearing to move the offensive to the southern part of the gaza strip, they claim many of the terrorist group senior leaders are alive and hiding in tunnels. strategy is facing opposition from the biden administration. >> sandra: we have complete coverage for you now. former national security councilmember michael allen standing by on what can be done to rescue the remaining american hostages. but first, let's get right to greg palkot, live on the ground in sderot, israel. greg, you and your team have seen the explosions all day. what's the latest from there? >> sandra, john, we are just hearing it right now. more blasts. we can confirm firsthand that the war between israel and hamas is very much on the gaza strip

hello, well come everyone, i'm sandra smith in new york. >> john: john roberts in washington.his is "america reports". we promise we will not go to bars arbitrarily. not to say it won't happen, but not on purpose. hunter biden says maga republicans are targeting him and his family and compare his remarks with previous statements from the white house, the language regarding his father and his relation to hunter's business appears to be changing yet again. listen to this. >> i've never discussed my business or their business, my son's or daughter's. >> i've never spoken to my son about his overseas business. >> my answer remains the same, the president was never in business with his son. >> my father was not financially involved in my business. >> sandra: president biden insisted he did not discuss his son's business dealings and press secretary said he was never in business with his son, and now hunter says he was never financially involved. karine jean-pierre takes to the podium a few minutes from now. >> john: not the only issue dogging president biden today, across the stree

york civil fraud trial. on january 16th, eugene carroll's defamation trial begins. on march 4th, jack smith's election interference trial is set to begin, on march 25th, the new york hush money case is set to go to trial. on may 20th, we can expect the start of jack smith's classified documents trial, and august 5th is the proposed start date for the fulton county georgia election trial. you can say his card is pretty full. but even as the story continues to right itself in the annals of american history, we do not yet know where this will be the year that donald trump is finally held to account. joining me now is super lawyer jill wine banks, a former assistant what a great special prosecutor and msnbc analyst, and jennifer rubin, who's an opinion writer for the washington post and also an msnbc political analyst. jen, i want to start with you. the case to remove donald trump from the ballot, it centers on the 14th amendment. and that argument is basically that this is one of the most important amendments in the constitution. do you think that failing to remove donald trump from the ballot a

so it was not until i was named president of smith and the new york times wrote an article about my background and that people came to know the circumstances of my early life. and so so i just really didn't talk very much about it until then. but here's what i found out after that article came out, i received letters all over the country from people who were inspired not by the fact that i had been elected president of smith, but by the fact that i had come from the child that i came from to become president of a major college. they were inspired by that. so i didn't start talking. the elements of journey until after that moment when i realized finally that the most important thing about me may not be what i've achieved. it actually may be about where i've come from. i started to appreciate that my smith's presidency and and that's from then on. i've wanted to talk about how i grew up, more about my parents and what gave to me and on and so the book could not have been written. i would say. 1995 or 2000. sure. it's interesting that here you are now someone as one of the most admired college pr

welcome to our two, i'm sandra smith here in new york.i, john. >> john: good to be with you for a second hour, i'm john roberts in washington and this is "america reports". israel urging all civilians in gaza to evacuate as operations expand into the southern part of the strip. the biden administration warning israel to proceed with caution, raising concern more aid and support to our ally may be limited. so, what is the strategy going forward? >> sandra: we will put that question to mark regev, a senior adviser to benjamin netanyahu in moments. but first, to nate foy, he's live on the ground in northern israel for us right now. nate, what are you hearing at this hour? >> well, sandra, it's actually been relatively quiet for the past two hours or so, but the sights and sounds of war are certainly back in israel, gaza, also lebanon, we did have significant action earlier today or earlier tonight local time. israel hit 200 terrorist targets in gaza. hamas has launched rockets and missiles across southern and central israel, tel aviv specifi

so it was not until i was named president of smith and the new york times wrote an article about my background and that people came to know the circumstances of my early life. and so so i just really didn't talk very much about it until then. but here's what i found out after that article came out, i received letters all over the country from people who were inspired not by the fact that i had been elected president of smith, but by the fact that i had come from the child that i came from to become president of a major college. they were inspired by that. so i didn't start talking. the elements of journey until after that moment when i realized finally that the most important thing about me may not be what i've achieved. it actually may be about where i've come from. i started to appreciate that my smith's presidency and and that's from then on. i've wanted to talk about how i grew up, more about my parents and what gave to me and on and so the book could not have been written. i would say. 1995 or 2000. sure. it's interesting that here you are now someone as one of the most admired college pr

york where close to 1 million people will watch this. the ball drop, in times square. here's a live look outside as they are preparing that beautiful ball for its spotlight tomorrow night. romney smith from our sister station in new york joins us now with more. >> reporter: the focus of hurns of thousands who come to times square will be fun but focus for nypd making sure everyone is safe. now, the organizers of the new year's eve ball drop in times square expect upwards of 1 million people to pack this area sunday night to ring in 2024 with the iconic ball drop. there are no known credible threats at this time, but police are ramping up safety and security efforts and also expect demonstrators related to the war in the middle east. now, thousands of officers will saturate new york city to make sure the celebrations are all as safe as possible, but are still asking for public's help to call police if they see anything suspicious. if you have never seen a new year's eve in times square i highly recommend you put it on your bucket list. the energy is unmatched. reporting from times square, romney smith. >> all right. thanks, romney. >>> back here locally as we move you forward into 20

york to be in person with you. i want to start there. the move today by jack smith, it seems to me like kind of a power move.ow do you read it? >> i think it's a wise move. i think it's a necessary move. as you are talking about with liz cheney earlier in the program, there is a clock. and it's taking. and it's ticking, i guess it's not ticking faster than it otherwise ticks, but it's taking. and if donald trump can delay the trial in this or any of the other cases, particularly the federal cases past the election, there are multiple bases on which he can avoid accountability altogether. and so, jack smith and his team have said before, when they're advocating for an early child date, and they have a march 24th 2024 trial date -- the public does as well. so i think it's an important and critical move, and whether or not he sees justice, donald trump in this particular case, which i think -- before any criminal cases against him, is the most profoundly important. and i think it cuts to the heart of democracy moreso than all of the others. whether he will see a courtroom and adjudication in a free and open sys

i'm sandra smith coming to you from the grounds of the united states it in academy, west point, new york's one of our oldest military posts at one of america's most fabled universities. the west point band is one of america's finest american musical organizations. we'll hear the musicians on stage as they perform in their annual holiday con certain. but first a look at how west point played a crucial role in our nation's independence before it became the press i juice military academy we know today. [♪] the academy sits on a plateau overlooking new york's hudson river. the location chosen in 1778 by george washington is no accidents. he thought west point was the strategic key to its defense by stopping the british advancements during the revolutionary war. 12 years later the college was established, dedicated to training professional leaders in warfare. in 1817 known as the father of west point. the general boost academic standards. with the country just a few years old at the time. there was an emerging need for engineers. west point catered to that need becoming the first engineering

york giants. >> second down antenna three-man rash devante smith, touchdown philadelphia.g on offense and star quarterback tommy devito, they will come back but they lost 33 - 25 and also we cannot forget this, rough day for the kansas city chiefs losing to the las vegas raiders at home. >> patrick mahomes throws, it's picked off, going for touchdown. >> the raiders defense controlled the game keeping the chiefs from clinching the division, mahomes having a meltdown on the sidelines, taylor swift showing up there but boyfriend travis kelce could only come up with five catches for 44 yards he's wearing a santa claus hat with his number, 20 - 14 and those are some of your headlines this morning. the security and exchange commission will decide whether or not to approve a new joint proposal to launch exchange traded funds to a bitcoin, this is january 10 for the expectation is designed to mirror the price movements of bitcoin itself, joining us bitcoin foundation chairman brock pierce, good morning great to have you here. walk us through how this could work and what the timin

smith did a stint at the federal office in new york, one of the busiest and most intricate places to try a big case in america. we are going to lean, take the facts and figure out what his record suggests about the work that he is doing now, and we have rare footage of smith in action. here is what we have learned. one, jack smith is steeped in the challenges of prosecuting heads of state. he's one of the few living american prosecutors to have done it abroad, as a war crimes prosecutor at the u. n. court in the hague. two, smith is careful, sober, i would say dry to the point of, frankly, at times, being boring in his presentation. a man clashing with gangsters and actual war lords cuts a somber figure when you look at his record and how he operates. even when he makes his big arguments in court, there are peers who say that he has actually used that understated style to great effect with juries and judges, meaning that it works. and then there's the flip side, as bob mueller found, if you do end up clashing with donald trump's pr, internet, political and violent rhetoric onslaught,

hello, i am jesse wattersse along with judge jeanine carol,w harold ford jr., sandra smith and will gain.n, 5:00 in new yorkity and this is the five. ♪ ron desantis and gavin newsom going down in the epic redwing versus blue debate on hannity. the two high profiletr colonists talking trash for months and finally getting the chance to hammer each other's recorder face-to-face. >> the tax too much, they have f political agenda, not a good climate for business, they've lost a lot of companies. >> california dominates, 21 stat1 ste populations, fifth lae economy in the world. >> he had kids locked out of school because of the teachers union, that's having ayo generational impact. >> the last guy you want to talk to on immigration.>> >> line to immigrants from sending them to an island,eyar martha's vineyard. >> an app where they ploecaut hn feces found on the streets ofat sa an francisco. >> the two taking vicious personal shots at each other. >> i can handle it, i'm used to it, you're nothing but a bully. >> don't tell a blizzard of lif> to mask the failures. >> you are trolling folks and playing political gam

. >> reporter: andrea smith, mom of four in upstate new york, purchased this minivan over the summer,s it wasn't easy. >> we felt pressured to make a purchase right away, because there were so limited options, and we didn't want to wait a couple months or three, four months for one to come on the lot. >> reporter: then, sticker shock. >> the price we ended up paying a third of the price what we purchased our home for. >> reporter: but in 2024 a possible silver lining. >> what is 2024 going to look like? >> 2024 will look a lot more normal to the average shopper. >> reporter: this is executive editor of kelley blue book with factories coming back at full production, he says, inventory has been recovering. while still below pre-pandemic levels boost in availability means more options on the lot. >> in 2024 there's an abundance of both new and used cars. so customers should be able to find what they want for a reasonable price. >> reporter: in november, price of new and used cars reduced slightly from 2022. new cars averaging $47,000 and used cars at 26 grand. consumers will see the bigg

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