Good evening and welcome to politics nation. 2024. We are a couple of hours out from tonights Academy Awards in hollywood. We are awaiting the Biden Versus Trump action franchise to premier. With the president and his predecessor for the day to primary. I have my own awards to hand out. The best actor has to go to Congressional Republicans where they act like they care about the issues theyve been crying over. From the southern border to inflation. That is because they are taking cues from best director. Another easy choice in 2024. Who gave the best performances out of the worst actors. Even if it is not what the public wants to see. Just as the best award is for the producers, the best this year has been the president. They have actually produced something. A far better picture than what trump and the gop have to offer. That leads me to the last category, the best screenplay. Biden versus trump sequel will not be finished for another eight months. As the nation finishes the final dra
outside the u.s. district court building in south florida with the latest. good morning to you, jonathan. good morning, steve, ainsley and brian. security is always tight around federal courthouses. buff you can only imagine it rises to a much higher level when the defendant is a former u.s. president. the washington post is reporting law enforcement are actively monitoring online threats from extremists groups. monitoring their plans for rallies in the miami area. one of them reportedly planned for outside the courthouse tomorrow. also bringing in additional officers. mr. trump has been indicted on 37 counts, related to the alleged mishandling of classified white house documents stored in various locations around his mar-a-lago estate in palm beach, florida. the charges include 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information with other charges related to mr. trump s alleged efforts to conceal the documents from federal investigators. south carolina senator
level and biden administration is most corrupt in history trying to deflect by bringing this hoax case, they are not going to get away with it. carley: president biden is facing his own investigation into his mishandling of documents at the penn biden center and at his home in delaware. is this a sick joke? this guy has documents from the time he was in the u.s. senate from his time in garage. i don t want to hear from the legal analysts technicality about false statement and obstruction, this should never have been a case. willful retention of documents griff: here is alex. alexandria: the first president to face counts, seven under the espionage act and conspiracy and false statements. trump offered this. our country is in decline, we re a failing nation and this is what they do. i am an innocent man, we will prove that again, seven years of proving it and here we go again, in a position to make america great again. i am innocent and we will prove that soundly and
the u.s. striking three facilities in iraq used by iranian backed militants. carley: the act of retaliation comes after three u.s. service members were hurt in an attack on a base in northern iraq. griff: right now black smoke rising over gaza. the intense fighting comes after iran s president issuing a threat against israel after one of their commanders was killed in syria. david spunt is live in washington with the latest tracking all of it for us. hey, david. hey, griff, hey everyone, one of our service members was injured critically. president biden ordered the strikes after u.s. forces came under attack by a drone. according to national security sources, the iranian-backed militia hezbollah and other affiliated groups under the umbrella of iranian backed militants claimed credit for this christmas day attack. the president was briefed by national security team yesterday at camp david. defense secretary lloyd austin saying in part let me be clear, the president and
presidential election results by former president trump and his allies. donald trump did not testify, but the grand jury believes some witnesses who did lied under oath. jonathan karl standing by. the major storm as we come on the air. tornado warnings in the south. 18 states on alert from mississippi to maine. severe storms, heavy snow, and rain. the system moving into the northeast tomorrow. rob marciano tracking it all. late word tonight, a police officer arrested for the deadly shooting of an unarmed man in louisiana. what the officer s body camera video shows after he responded to a domestic disturbance. new reporting tonight about the tragic shooting on the campus of michigan state university. authorities revealing the chilling two-page note written by the alleged gunman and listing other targets. frustrated residents demanding answers about the toxic train derailment in east palestine, ohio. the head of the epa on the ground today, trying to calm fears. some pe