This christmas sunday, as we wrap up 2022, we cant ignor the fact that its been a toug year over the past 12 months, theres been a recurring theme and the stories weve covered. The fight for democracy here and abroad we have witnessed th resilience determination of th ukrainian people as they continue to resist russia invasion over in a wrong, the death o mahsa amini sparked mass protests and civil unres against the ruling regime. Here in the u. S. , voters pushe back pushed back at the ballot box. Overcoming ideological differences to reject election denialism. And as we head into the ne year a new poll by ipsos showe that 65 of adults worldwide say theyre optimistic tha 2023 will be a better year for them then 2022 earlier, i spoke with the most reverend Michael Curry and dr. Barry see black. Chaplain of the senate who reminded us that in a worl that can often seem dark, ther is always one thing that can provide light and guidance hope the most reverend Michael Curry presiding portio
embassies garrett hague, mar-a-lago in west palm beac florida. garrett, welcome to you. tell me all that you hearing about trump world about donald trump saying that he is goin to be arrested on tuesday. donald trump s allies hav been preparing for thi possibility for weeks, if no months if following this case closely and as you pointed out, they don t have any more specific information than do you or i i fact, the trump campaign spokesman indicated in his cleanup message to reporters there is nbc news reporting, that made them first aware tha this indictment, if it comes could come as soon as next wee but politically speaking talking only about the politic here, the trump team and his sort of wider constellation of allies have leaned into this moment, have leaned into thi possibility, to be able to cas the former president a standing up against what the see as a liberal, weaponized justice system you are seeing it from trump allies on twitter toda primarily, making th inv
this christmas sunday, as we wrap up 2022, we can t ignor the fact that it s been a toug year over the past 12 months, there s been a recurring theme and the stories we ve covered. the fight for democracy here and abroad we have witnessed th resilience determination of th ukrainian people as they continue to resist russia invasion over in a wrong, the death o mahsa amini sparked mass protests and civil unres against the ruling regime. here in the u.s., voters pushe back pushed back at the ballot box. overcoming ideological differences to reject election denialism. and as we head into the ne year a new poll by ipsos showe that 65% of adults worldwide say they re optimistic tha 2023 will be a better year for them then 2022 earlier, i spoke with the most reverend michael curry and dr. barry see black. chaplain of the senate who reminded us that in a worl that can often seem dark, ther is always one thing that can provide light and guidance hope the most reverend michael curry
world is very uncomfortabl with supporting putin violation of sovereignty i ukraine. and so we have to, and i think secretary blinken, president biden have been very effective in calling out the chinese government on this to make it clear that an support for russia with subjec trying to some of the same sanctions. it would violate international norms, and frankly even chin has claimed to support and so that is what is reall on the line right now, as we look at how close russia and china are going to be. and those military drills are being held this weekend an the gulf of milan. that s definitely going to put all of that on display there being held along with iran, an their navies and so let me get to one mor question for you though. with the biden ministratio threatening a ban on tiktok, i the united states, if it s chinese owners refused to sell their stakes in, it tiktok s chief executive will b testifying for congress next week, but it also comes as now that the doj and fbi are i
what he has been doing for the last ten months. which is waging a brutal war o aggression on ukraine. president putin has the abilit to end this war as soon as today. have you seen any signs tha he actually wants to do that no, absolutely not. he has been continuing to rain down missiles and drones on th ukrainian people it s worth remembering a people around the world ar celebrating christmas that millions of ukrainians are without sufficient heat, power and electricity because of russia s ongoing aggressio against them last week, the european union agreed to a dynamic ca on natural gas prices to bring down sky-high energy cost du to russia s war on ukraine but there are some eu countrie including germany who argu that such a plan will result i gas shortages next year. how will the biden ministratio keep europe united against russia as europeans spar