claudia: welcome back to a special edition of fox news live. former president donald trump asking a federal appeals court to throw out the criminal case alleging he interfered in the 2020 election. the president and his legal team claiming absolute presidential immunity protects him from prosecution. welcome to a brand-new hour of fox news live. merry christmas, i m claudia cowen. i m rich edson. trump s filing with the u.s. court of appeals in d.c. comes one day after a big setback for special counsel jack smith. the u.s. supreme court refused his request to fast track his immunity claim for trump. the case hinges on whether president trump was acting as president or a candidate. his strategy is to run out the clock and he has a lot of tools to do that. and he may be successful. the issue here i think everyone agrees that there is something called absolute immunity for your official functions, if you are performing an official function the president has immunity and
hello everyone. i m sh sshena with the five. california governor gavin newsom taking a swing at republicans while discussing his states s problems, growing concerns california is reverting spending millions to clean up homelessness for the apex summit taking late night tv and blaming the g.o.p. for amplifying the quality of life issues. they ve been on a deal about san francisco since nancy pelosi became speaker. california s values are difference of daylight and darkness in the republican party. they have to focus on our failure to be right. san francisco is a special place. it s a unique and special place. sounds like someone is looking for a rematch after the big red vs. blue state debate newsom taking shots at florida s ron desantis. i m not running for united states. parently desantis s. i ve developed animus toward him because of his animus to you. is he s out there scapegoating communities, attacking minorities and women. what he means is anti-black. he s out
administration they stopped construction of the wall, ended remain in mexico and put back catch and release. day three of the hearings. secretary mayorkas, has he done his job to protect the american people? i do not believe he has. he is focused on the processing and ignored border security. the nation is increasingly comfortable, comfortable with accepting weakness. john: begin on capitol hill, lawmakers are squaring off at the house hearing on the border crisis. among those testifying, a mother with a heartbreaking plea after her daughter was brutally murdered and the suspect was in the country illegally. hello, i m john roberts in washington. good to spend tuesday with you. gillian: nice to be with you, i m in for sandra smith. this is america reports. and kayla hamilton, 20 years old, suspected ms-13 gang member broke into her home, assaulted her, then strangled her to death. this before taking off with her cell phone and about $6 in cash. john: her mothe
along can kellyanne conway jessica and greg gutfeld. this is the five. california governor gavin newsom taking a swing at republicans while discussing his state s problems. growing concern california is reverting back to its old ways after spending billions to clean up for the ap ec summit. taking to late night tv and blaming the gop for amplifying the issues. they have been on a doom loop since nancy pelosi became speaker. tenth in american recovery and value is a stark contrast, difference is daylight and darkness, they focus on our failure to be right. california is a unique and special place, resilient and vibrant. shannon: sounds like someone is looking for a debate after the blue versus the red states. ron desantis is, i developed anymous because of his anymous against you. what he means is anti-black, he is censor facts, rewriting story, eliminated ap african american studies. heed slavery was a workforce development program. for me, it is a serious moment and
communities on the brink, as thousands cross into the u.s. daily. we are live once again at the border. plus, released on bond. the u.s. marine who held a homeless man in a deadly chokehold on a new york city subway is now out of jail, after his first court appearance. daniel penny is facing a second-degree manslaughter charge. we have the latest on this case. and the oklahoma governor is waging a war on a pbs station, the home of sesame street. why the governor says it doesn t line up with oklahoma values. we are following major developing stories and many more coming in here to cnn news central. we begin with the crisis many fear has no clear end in sight. the rush of migrants to the southern border now that title 42, which of course dates back to the covid pandemic, is over. the policy allowed the u.s. to immediately remove undocumented arrivals, it expired 14 hours ago. and over the last two days federal authorities reported more than 10,000 people in border custo