the defence secretary grant shapps said the royal navy is working on a new dragonfire laser weapon to complement its existing weaponry, the sea viper air defence system. that s to be upgraded with a new warhead and software to counter ballistic missile threats. here s grant shapps. we have, for example, the largest ships that we have ever put to sea in the aircraft carriers. i toss it off, i think, 13 frigates and destroyers which are under commission at the moment. we are modernising the navy, going throughjust massive through just massive capitalisation programme and just this morning, for example, i have been on x, twitter, yesterday, the results of a new weapon which is a laser weapon called dragonfire, capable of doing what those men and women on hms diamond have been doing, with the sea viper missile system, and doing it with a labour laser instead to bring down incoming so the technology is also moving on very fast, as well as the investment. economists have warned
the investigation. whistleblower gary shapley is sitting down with fox newings, he claims investigators gave the president s son special treatment. the misdemeanor charges against hunter biden should have been stronger. he has no political motive and is coming forward to expose the corruption. david is live with details. david. david webb before the gary shapley interview, president biden was asks about what s app messages between hunter biden and chinese business associateses. watch this. how involved were you in your son s chinese shake-down text message? were you sitting there? were you involved? no, i wasn t. no. gary shapley, a special agent, still on the job, began overseeing the tax probe in 2020s he came forward after he saw problems with the probe. in an interview with bret baier he claimed prosecutors approved and backed out of searching properties connected to hunter biden. when other search warrant was on a storage unit in virginia. we got updated informatio
good evening from st. john s newfoundland. a lot has occurred. right behind me two ships involved in the search for the titan, the canadian coast guard vessel and another ship have just now returned here to port. this is them coming in just moments ago. the canadian coast guard ship anne harvey is expected here within the next hour or so and titan s support ship the polar prince is due back here overnight or early morning. polar prince left here as you know a week ago just today a week ago today traveling the more than 400 miles to the site of the at a tannic. it was to be titan s first trip of the season down to titanic. it blew apart and imploded. two different debris fields and they re hoping through pictures to understand and scanning that to understand exactly what the dynamic of that was and if they can learn anything from it. also just the number of warnings that we are now hearing about, about the sub. and i think we re going to hear more about the concerns rai
control for nikki haley, after she did everything shy of declining to name slavery as the cause of the civil war. just the latest example of the republicans mission to raise the difficult parts of american history. also, tonight, profiles in cowardice. just as she is facing a tough reelection campaign, low one forward announces plans for her constituents, and runs for office elsewhere. plus, with just days away from what promises to be a momentous here in politics we will preview the many criminal and civil trials of the republican front runner, donald trump. and, trust me, there are a lot of them. good evening, i am charles coleman read, are in for joy reid and you are watching the readout. we ve got a lot to talk about. we begin tonight s conversation with revisions history by the republican party about one of the darkest and most painful periods ever in america. this time, from presidential candidate nikki haley. on wednesday, healy sparked with the new hampshire voter
after returning from camp david to ring in the new year on the beach in the caribbean. sounds nice. you are watching fox and friends, i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro. it is anything, but a vacation for americans who are losing faith in joe biden. the president spent 411 days of his presidency on vacation. president obama spent 328 on vacation over two full terms. carley: president biden is skipping the end of year press conference this year. david spunt is live in washington. the president heads to the u.s. virg in islands with the first lady today. when the president returns it will be 2024, the year he runs for reelection, he wants to go full out on impeachment. and his son will face several federal charges. the president is dealing with the migrant encounters at the southern border and 103 attacks on u.s. forces since october 17th and the house plan to launch an impeachment inquiry. chairman james comer is pushing for not only impeachment inquiry underway,