Reporter you were talking about tests up at the top. I can tell you theres one other test right now for the courts, that is to find a fair and impartial jury. 65 Perspective Jurors were ushered into the court on the ninth floor of the courthouse in virginia. The judge first describing the charges against Paul Manafort to them, including bank fraud, conspiracy and failure to report offshore bank accounts. Of course, thats where theyre going to fight this case out over the next two or three weeks. After doing that, he began what is traditional for any judge, and that is to question the jurors about whether they know any of the attorneys in the case, introducing all the attorneys and the defendant Paul Manafort to them. Then essentially trying to get at a question of whether any associations these jurors might have would affect their ability
to reach a fair and impartial verdict in this case. Of course, no one responded affirmatively. They have moved on to private and personal questioning
Good evening. Im erin burnett, outfront, breaking news. Protests across the nation tonight after another deadly shooting involving a white officer and an unarmed black man. Youre looking at the crowd taking to the street right here in new york. Theyre blocking traffic on new Yorks Brooklyn bridge at this moment. Theres also another rally going on in San Francisco already, as you can see, crowds are gathered there with signs that read black lives matter. These are scenes repeated in several other cities tonight, including tulsa, where today, 73yearold volunteer deputy turned himself in after being charged with Second Degree manslaughter. Robert bates is his name and he said he accidentally shot eric harris, the man you see running away in an undercover sting operation. There are growing questions tonight about whether bates who is a former insurance executive who had donated thousands of dollars to the Sheriffs Department in tulsa, was qualified to be on the street. Brian young is live
Girls alike coming up. Fox friends starts right now. Hey this is chuck knap wishing you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year from fox friends. Thanks, judge. Judge, good morning to you. Good morning to you, ainsley earhardt. Im filling in for anna this morning. So fun to be with you guys. Et cetera especially right before christmas. I love it here. Our studios are decked out. Our pillows are comfy. You can always take my pillow. No, just kidding. Lets get to a fox news alert though as we start this show. Just moments ago, north korea saying it can prove its not behind, not, i repeat, behind that sony cyber attack. And now they are threatening grave consequences if the United States doesnt join a joint probe together. Hey, come on over, United States, and work with us. This comes hours after president obama and the fbi say north korea is, in fact, responsible. Leland vittert is live in washington with the unfolding story. Good morning, leland. Good morning. North korea is old adage go
Breaking news, the white house calls the crippling attack on sony pictures, a quote, Serious National Security matter but today no formal response from the white house. One day after cnn reported that u. S. Investigators concluded that north korean leaders ordered the attack. A statement from the administration blaming north korea and laying out the response was anticipated as early today instead a white house spokesperson didnt use the words north korea in responding to questions about the attack, simply saying the investigation is ongoing. Im not prepared to ascribe any accountability for this specific act or to describe who might have been the sophisticated actor that initiated it. And careful to use the word act or using the word terror or war or anything like that. Could this mean the u. S. Is about to blame other countries or third parties. And today posters for the movie the interview, many are upset sony did not pull the picture. And pamela is outfront, why no formal response f
In north korea dont even have the technology to watch the interview. But the communists there were able to deploy a cyber army to get revenge for an insulting stoner flick. And it could be a blueprint, frankly, for more dangerous attacks against the u. S. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We begin this friday afternoon with some breaking news in our national lead. Youre about to hear exclusively from the ceo of Sony Pictures entertainment who, frankly, just got called out by president obama. President obama wagging his finger at the company for caving to threats from north korean cyber terrorists. President obama frankly pulled no punches. It suffered significant damage. There were threats against its employees. I am sympathetic to the concerns that they faced. Having said all that, yes, i think they made a mistake. I think they made a mistake. Today the fbi officially pinned the sweeping online attack on cyber criminals working for kim jonguns government.