The banking system. The banking system. And as the bbc s and as the bbc s Michelle Fleury reports, it could face even more tense relations with the us depending on who wins the race for the White House. When the measures were first announced back in may, the White House said it was in response to chinas unfair Trade Practices and to protect us jobs. At the time the chinese said they opposed the hikes and would retaliate. Analysts said the tariffs, which include a 100 duty on electric vehicles made in china, well, that they are largely symbolic, especially since chinese evs are not currently sold in the united states. As well as a rise on ev tariffs, levies on solar cells will increase to 50 , while rates on Steel And Aluminium products will more than triple to 25 . Tariff hikes on other products, including semiconductor chips, are set to take into effect over the next two years. The increases, which impact a relatively small amount of us imports, come as Vice President Kamala Harris an
rich: good evening, welcome to new york. i m rich edson in for bret baier. legal team is asking a federal appeals court to drop the election interference case, arguing that he is immune from prosecution. the fight of the senate will be one of the biggest stories of 2024. we will take a closer look. whatever happened to the nationwide protest over the death of george floyd in 2020? some protesters got a major payday. rich richer but, first, breaking tonight, hamas is reportedly rejected an egyptian led peace proposal that would have required the terrorist organization to cr cede power. pal citizennian parliament. knowingations at impasse. it will release more hostages if israel stops its attacks. benjamin netanyahu vowed sunday to keep fighting. all this as pope francis delivered his christmas message calling for peace in the world and calling for end to the gaza. trey yingst is in tel aviv tonight. hey, trey. trey: rich, good evening. it s day 80 of the war between isra
on the east coast, 8:00 in los angeles and this is america s late news, fox news at night. breaking tonight the supreme court will not consider former president trump s claim that he s immune from prosecution in the 2020 election interference case for now. that decision a big blow to special counsel who wants to keep mr. trump s march trial on track. the chief correspondent jonathan hunt is live with what more this means what this decision means and how it could impact the 2024 leeks. good evening, jonathan. good evening. today s refusal by the supreme court to take up the presidential immunity question is certainly even if it s temporary a victory for donald trump. and a setback for special counsel jack smith s efforts to speed his case to trial. interestingly, there were no noted dissents from the order so it looks as though the supreme court unanimously said to the special counsel don t come knocking on our door right now. we ll let this process play out like it wo
conversations from the past month. we begin this morning with a discussion about the potential dangers of a second trump presidency. editor in chief of the atlantic, jeffrey goldberg, recently joined us to discuss the publication s special issue, which features 24 writers each outlining the threats they say a second trump term would pose to the united states and the world. we have a lot of writer at the atlantic who spent many years covering different aspects of trump and trumpism, and i wanted just to pull them all together in one, easy to read package. one copy of the print magazine, obviously it s online right now at theatlantic.com. mm-hmm. i wanted our writers to describe, as best as they could, what would happen in their areas of expertise if trump became president again. the next trump presidency will be worse. the restraints will be off. there won t be any quote, unquote, adults in the world. mckay coppins has a piece, who will get jobs in the next trump adm
will: welcome to a special edition of jesse watters primetime. i m will cain in for jesse. we start with a fox news alert. a major blow for the democratic party. the supreme court today shot down special counsel jack smith s appeal to fast track trump s january 6th case, handing trump a christmas gift: time. jack smith, the overzealous prosecutor with a scraggly beard, tried to leapfrog the lower court of appeals and force a quick decision on the question of whether or not the former president should be granted immunity from his federal charges. why? to make sure donald trump spends the month of march stuck in a courtroom. trump, who s already been out of commission for the last two months over his fraud case in new york, will be taken off of the campaign trail. again, meaning no rallies, no fund-raisers. he will be forced back into the court the day before super tuesday when trump is supposed to be on the ballot in 16 states. it s been the biden campaign strategy all alo