sacred is to prepare and equip those women and men we send into harm s way and care for them and their families when they return home. and when they don t. it s ab obligation that unites americans. it brings us together to make sure the women and men who are willing to lay down their lives for us get the very best from us in return. i want to acknowledge we re making progress in key years like bipartisan legislation that s advancing in congress that would deliver health care services and benefits to rans and the survivors impacted by toxic exposures. we don t know how many died because of what they were exposed to on the battlefield. burn pits that incinerated the waste of war and hazardous material, jet fuel and so much more. we have a duty to do right by them. and i m determined to make sure that our brave service families and members that served aside them do not wait decades with the care and benefits that they deserve. that s why we re working so hard to find out the fac
Im martha maccallum. On this friday, ill be joined by bret baier and Ari Fleischer about the battle for speaker of the house. Brand new developments in this. We will talk about it coming up shortly. Also, the big announcement that is coming from r. F. K. Jr. Joe rogan speaks out on the trump trial. Well get to all of that. First, chicagos democrat mayor also throwing his hat in the ring. He will head to the border as well to see whats going on. His citys parks and Ohare Airport turn in to shelters with the city holding the Democratic National Convention Next year. His people are starting to fight back. Watch. The reality is, we have to say no. Thats the simple solution. No. Coming in to the community of black people where we get the low scraps. You want to take the resources that we have and put us at the bottom of the barrel . [chanting]. Martha you work for us is the chant there. Very significant meeting this week. Lets go to Garrett Tenney reporting from Ohare Airport. High, garrett
We begin this hour with Breaking News on the economy. There is new data sugg the american job market remains strong. This morning, the govnmt reported that employers added a whopping 336,000 jobs last month. Thats nearly double t 170,000 Jobs Economists had predicted. The Unemployment Rate held steady at3. 8 . And when you break it down,he hispanic Unemployment Rate fell 0. 3 . While the black Unemployment Rate rose 0. 4 . Were keeping a close eye on the white house where the president is set to speak about this jobs report and national manufacturing. Well bring you those remarks when they begin. Joining us now, dominique chu. Whats behind the numbers . Not many people at all were forecasting for this kind of job growth pointed out by the doubling of jobs created over the forecast. What this does suggest is that the u. S. Economy is still extremely resilient and thats a good thing. Theres a lot to unpack. But the big takeaway from this report, the economy is growing in some ways and no
Trump were getting new details on the first witness to be called a men allegedly in the room, what a scheme was hatched to bury bad stories about donald trump. And the 2016 election. Jewish students being urged to return home for their own Safety Classes go virtual has protests, royal, a unit diversity, and the Supreme Court braces for arguments that could effectively end the federal election case against donald trump im john berman with sara sidner and kate this This Is N Newsroom Historis unfolding before our es today, right behind me live pictures of a courthouse in Lower Manhattan a then at use trump tower here in new york vershortly, donald trump will leave his apartment for Opening Statements in a trial or could ultimatelland him behind bars. Were getting new details this morning about the very first witness expected to called by the prosecution a man known to be involved in several catch and kill schemes for donald trump. Polluting the alleged Hush Money Payment with porn star S
court has agreed to fast track consideration of a case testing whether former president donald trump has immunity from some of the criminal charges against him. the man in charge of prosecuting the former president on charges of election interference asked the nation s top court today to step in and now the highest court in the land has responded. correspondent david spunt has details tonight. good evening, david. bret, good evening. they certainly did. just moments ago the justices instructed the former president s attorneys to weigh in by next wednesday, december 20th. the supreme court is a body of nine that tries to remain apolitical but those justices are now being asked to enter the nerve center of the 2024 presidential election. special counsel jack smith has made an emergency plea to the justices asking them to rule on whether donald trump is immune from prosecution. smith petitioned the court earlier this afternoon asking for a quick decision. the federal judge ove