in the big apple tonight. new york city and the rest of the country are set to ring in the new year end just a matter of hours. meantime others around the world have already welcomed in 2024 but you are looking at celebrations in the middle east where the clock just hit midnight. happy new year everyone and welcome to a special edition of fox news live i am rich edson. you are looking at times square courtesy of ea earth cam authorities here at home find the right balance between safety and celebration crowds already gathering in new york city s times square for eight hours to go until the iconic ball drops. 1 million people expected to attend in person there tonight. law enforcement agencies in the federal state and city level all taking special care as israel s war against hamas sparks heightened concern over potential disruptions like protest or even violence. thousands of nypd officers and fbi agents are ready for any threats to public safety. and alexis is live and times
i m jason chaffetz in for laura ingraham. this is a special edition of the ingraham angle. nikki haley s civil war filibuster on the campaign trail. i wonder what her competition thinks. tonight, governor ron desantis is here to react. jason: we have breaking news that s happening right now. the main secrthe maine secretars barred donald trump on the ballot as the authority to block the former president from election. we will have more on this in moments, reaction from governor ron desantis. unbelievable that that is happening. but, first the lapd says demonstrators carrying signs reading free palestine blocked the intersection. that s when police say things turned violent. others became aggressive with the police officers. one police officer was thrown to the ground by a protester. [shouting] [shouting] disperse now to permit the safe flow of pedestrians traffic. jason: first christmas, now new year s. times square on high alert. the nypd bracing for more viole
michael steele in for katie feng and jonathan kaye part. immunity insanity, special counsel jack smith fires back at trump s presidential immunity defense and the federal trial. our team at msnbc legal and political analysts are standing by to help us break it all down. looking at that this new 80 page court filing and how it impacts the 2024 race for the white house, ahead. taking aim, ukrainian forces strike back after russia s biggest aerial barrage since the war began nearly two years ago. the latest overnight developments coming up in a live report. security and celebration. police across the country are beefing up their presence on the ground and in the air to keep new year s eve party or safe. we are live in new york s times square where nearly 1 million people are expected to bring in the new year under tighter security. we begin with the latest on donald trump s deepening legal troubles in a new filing on saturday, special counsel jack smith urged the d.c. appeals co
maine secretary of state shannon bellows deciding to remove former president donald trump from the primary ballot there. bellows, addressing the decision last night on msnbc. i was duty bound to follow maine law, to ensure that candidates, all the candidates who appear on the primary ballot are qualified for the office they seek. but across the country, california secretary of state deciding to keep trump on the official ballot and in oregon, a decision in a similar case is expected soon as well. want to bring in nbc news justice reporter ryan reilly and former assistant d.a. catherine christian, also an msnbc legal analyst. ryan, start things off for us, if you will, we got colorado, michigan, potential oregon, heard from california, maine as well. parse through california along with maine, what broke overnight. yes, i think that with maine the main difference is between the colorado case, the colorado case is something that was decided by justices, right, by the supre
that is new york city mayor eric adams again calling out the republican governor of texas and the biden administration. we ll go through the mayor s executive action to address the busing of migrants from the border as the tension continues to grow between the democratic mayor and the president of the united states. this all comes as secretary of state antony blinken met yesterday with mexico s president to discuss what can be done about the surge of migrants with another caravan moving toward the border. also ahead this morning, nikki haley making headlines this morning for her response to a question about the civil war. it wasn t a hard one. we ll show you that exchange from a campaign stop in new hampshire. plus, another warning about donald trump s plans for a second term. this time coming from ron desantis, one of his opponents for the republican primary. good morning. welcome to morning joe. i m willie geist. joe and mika have the morning off. with us, host of