president trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack. what happens when the president disregards the court s rulings as illegitimate, when he disregards the rule of law? that breaks our republic. president trump is a 76-year-old man, he is not an impressionable child. to my republican colleens, you are defending the indefensible. there will come a day when donald trump is gone, but your dishonor whether remain. no man who would behave that way at that moment in time can ever serve in any position of authority in our nation again. he is unfit for any office. hi, everyone, so, 5:00 in new york. if the disgraced twice impeached four times indicted ex-president has a nemesis or counter, someone who will hold his feet to the fire with facts, it is indisputable done most capably by liz cheney. she was that was just a bit of what she had to say and do there, fearless. viewers of this program are well versed in cheney s remarkable work in shaping
mike: good evening, welcome to washington. i m mike emanuel in for bret baier border crossing set another record. highly total ever recorded for december. with the new year combings new laws. we will tell you where minimum wage is up and which states are implementing new gun restrictions and bret baier takes a look at the rise of internet use and data centers have increasing number of those facilities are impacting the electric grid. but, first, breaking tonight, president joe biden says his favorite memory of the year is bringing jobs back to the u.s. he also says the country is in a better position to lead the world than any other nation. the president s new year s message comes amid low approval numbers u.s. handling of the war in israel and the crisis at our southern border. the first family scheduled to return tomorrow to washington after a week long caribbean vacation. lucas tomlinson is travel with the president and reports from st. croix. good evening, lucas. mike
of course, you are sitting in iowa and you have republicans flocking in fast and furious to try to win iowa and get ready for the caucus as biden is trying to seize the national stage here. it is hard to imagine either side getting a lot of credit from the country for what is happening this week. it s a significant development. for the president, for doing what he said he would do, work with republicans and for speaker mccarthy as well. he has been underestimated throughout the first part of this year. the white house never thought he would be able to keep his republicans unified. that is what happened. i can tell you, being out here for several days talking to voters on both sides, there s not a lot of applause for washington. there s not a lot of credit for averting a crisis from happening. there is no doubt president biden despite if he doesn t on a friday night, how we consume the news now and everything that is chopped up and shared, this will get into the bloodstream
congressman byron donald. plus, the gut wrenching words of the a witness who watched as a gas station owner in south carolina chased down a 14-year-old and shot him in the back, quote, everyone s getting trigger happy. the shooter says he thought the teenager was shoplifting. he wasn t. now the gas station owner is facing charges, his store is in ruins after being vandalized by protesters and another community is in mourning. we begin with one of those rare days on capitol hill where high political drama and debate collide with the critical job of governing, in this case trying to keep the u.s. economy from going off the cliff, and no one knows exactly how it s going to play out. not only could tonight s vote seal the fate of the debt limit agreement between president biden and speaker mccarthy, it may also be a defining moment for mccarthy himself. he s been engaged in open warfare with far right republicans of the freedom caucus arguing over whether the legislation is a
bret: good evening, welcome to washington. i m mike emanuel in for bret baier. new evidence that iran is helping houthi militants disrupt traffic on the red sea. taxpayers spent money on migrant housing. why is some of it not being used? we check in with weather and traffic on one of the busiest holiday travel days of the year. mike: but, first, breaking tonight, a major decision from the u.s. supreme court as justices refuse to consider former president trump s request for immunity from prosecution. the case will instead go to an appeals court early next month. this is considered a victory for the former president and setback for special counsel jack smith it. could have huge ramifications is the coming election year. senior national correspondent rich edson at the white house tonight has details. good evening, rich. good evening, mike. an election already with significant uncertainty just had more injected into it this afternoon. the supreme court s refusal to soon