exclusive, and that s coming up first. plus a preview of trump s day in federal court this week with robert mueller s former top prosecutor andrew weizmann. also today, a conversation with congressman dan goldman. he knows a thing or two about making the case against donald trump. later, former cia director, john brennan joins us to discuss just how dangerous it is to handle our nation s most sensitive secrets like this. so we talk about a lot of issues on the show every week. we will definitely continue to do that. today, we have one focus. making sure you have a better understanding that the end of the show of the federal indictment of donald trump. the former president was back on the campaign trail yesterday attacking the special counsel and trying to muddy the waters as much as possible. the rhetoric from his supporters is getting increasingly violent, and his arraignment tuesday in miami could be a circus. so it s super important that everybody understands the facets of
welcome to the special edition of hannity . happy new year we start tonight with highlights from the first ever red state blue state debate between florida governor ron desantis and california governor gavin newsom. take a look. let s get started. everybody ready? as we speak, there is a phenomenon playing out across the entire country. americans are leaving blue states in droves in favor of red states. you can see numbers on the screen right now from the years 2021 and 2022. these particular numbers are stark in the state that you lead in the case of governor newsom. according to the u.s. census, this is where the numbers come from. in 2021, 2022 california has lost 750,000 residents to other states. governor desantis, during that same two year period you gained 454,000 residents from other states. so governor desantis, we had a coin toss. i was not part of it. i missed it. apparently governor newsom won the coin toss. you chose to let governor desantis have the first quest
as it is getting closer to birmingham. here s a quick peek at what he looked like smiling after decades and a peruvian person. he is held there in the death of a difference a young woman. after the natalie holloway case. smiling as he mugged for the cam is a little bit in peru. he is charged are being brought back here because he is being charged with trying to extort a quarter of a million dollars from the family as he dangled leads to finding her body to them for money. and it led to nothing. but more heartbreak for the holloway family. their daughter natalie was 18 years old when she vanished during a graduation trip in aruba. in 2005. her body was never found. ted williams is life in birmingham, alabama where the family is from and where vandersloot s plane is about to arrive. tj ward worked for the family has a private investigator during this case in aruba, following up on those leads that lead nowhere at that time. geraldo rivera covered this case extensively for fox n
good evening. happy holidays. welcome to the beat. i am ari melber. i ll be joining you the next two hours for a special holiday edition of the beat. donald trump has a criminal trial problem. he has several trials looming in 2024. that s where we begin tonight. we ll do it a little different for the holidays. former federal prosecutor joyce vance with me to start the show. we re looking at this legal heat coming up. i want to get into this with you, joyce, but first show you and viewers something we put together to consider tonight, historic indictments on the road donald trump has already been on. donald trump has been indicted under seal by the new york grand jury. 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. we have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone. this will now be months if not the next year of our lives. the former president was placed under arrest on charges brought by the government he once led. the guy who s running for
are at 4. the desantis campaign has just released a video making his formal announcement. let s take a look. the federal government makes it harder for families to make ends meet. and the president flounders. but decline is a choice. success is attainable, and freedom is worth fighting for. writing the ship requires restoring sanity to our society. normalcy to our communities, and integrity to our institutions. truth must be our foundation. and common sense can no longer be an uncommon virtue. in florida, we prove that it can be done. we chose facts over fear, education over indoctrination, law and order over rioting and disorder. we held the line when freedom hung in the balance. we showed that we can and must revitalize america. we need the courage to lead and the strength to win. i m ron desantis, and i m running for president to lead our great american comeback. bret: more on that in a bit. governor desantis now becomes the main challenger to former president trum