bathroom. president trump is accused of showing people without security clearances an attack plan prepared for him by the defense department and a map related to the military operation. now, trump calls the charges against him the box hoax, and a continuation of the witch hunt against him. he also told fox news digital that he believes the timing is meant to the distract from the reporting that president joe biden allegedly received $5 million there a ukrainian gas company from a ukrainian gas plane executive. here s a breakdown of the charges, willfully retaining national defense information, withholding and concealing documents, making false statements and conspiracy to obstruct justice. here s special counsel jack smith. we have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to to everyone. the defendants in this case must be presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable do you want in a court of law. in a court of law. reporter: and trump criticized s
all is calm all is bright mother and child holy infant tender and mild sleep in heavenly peace sleep in heavenly peace carley: that is our beautiful christmas choir. pastor lindsey williams and divine connection on fox square this christmas morning. good morning, everybody. carley shimkus, griff jenkins and kevin corke is on the couch with us. we hope you are having a wonderful christmas morning. the day is payable toly here. griff: what beautiful caroling. we were talking just before we came on. that is a beautiful a cappella. carley: difference between singing and caroling we think it s a cappella of course. griff: i called it a cappella. something something beautiful about caroling. i can t sing so i would never carol. it s really special part. carley: kevin, you have such a good speaking voice. can you sing? i wouldn t be surprised. kevin: go on, stop. i actually did sing in college. i sang in a church choir for about i would say about two ye
are department brightening our christmases. merry christmas to you guys a. thank you and thank you for you service. merry christmas and thank yo for having us at. they give very much. the third hour, fox & friends starts right now. goof upset. seeing it, y all. that is pastor lindsay williams and divine connection on the li about the boxes where this beautiful christmas morning and that is a you get them started. standing ovation we love every bit of that the beautiful voice of the first is eager and then they all came in. that s the way to celebrate christmas. that will get you in the spirit to start opening presents . it merry christmas a if you re just waking up opening presents thank you for being here. what a great i still and moved it by them singing. that was beautiful and thank them so much for joining us in sharing their gift this christmas morning. as our sunset first christmas. it s a very exciting day for us in our household. we have pictures
chris jansing reports. at this hour, donald trump s republican rivals not sounding much like rivals after he s kicked off the ballot in colorado. what they re saying including the candidate pledging to withdraw from the state s contest if trump can t compete too. pressure mounting on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. his tense meetings with the families of hostages and where negotiations stand right now to bring them home. plus, the threat is far from over as a volcano continues erupting in iceland, what it means for thousands of people forced to evacuate right before the holiday. and it s the most wonderful time of the year, unless maybe you re headed to the airport. the record-breaking travel as families head home for the holidays. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we start with donald trump s republican opponents rallying around after the colorado ruling. nbc s vaughn hillyard is following that for us. what are they sayin
to desecrating the quran and insulting the prophet muhammad in 2021. rights groups report that iran has put more than 200 prisoners to death since the beginning of the year. and in a further crackdown on high profile figures iran has charged two well known actresses with violating its strict dress codes for women. the president of iran, ebrahim raisi, has ordered an inquiry into the widespread protests seen here triggered by the death in custody of a young woman, mahsa amini, last september. taraneh stone from bbc persian joined me earlier in studio. this wasn t related to a protest per se, but it s causing a lot of concern about the high number of executions that we re hearing here and there in the news lately. we have heard in the news about many executions, especially the execution of minorities. and they re raising concerns over the imminent execution of some minorities, like arab minorities. now, we know that iran is notorious for executions, for death penalties. and w