contracts down on ac activists. rachel: agent people were detained in hong kong, acured of disrupting order in a public space. his year, a carnival has been held where those vigils used to take place. and that s the new hong kong for you. in 2020, they were protesting the ccp and there were, i mean, gazillions of american flags as our protesters in the summer of 2020 were burning flags, american flags in hong kong they were flying american flags and calling for freedom of course, that didn t come to them. now you see these fake pro beijing protests instead of the tradition of honoring those brave people who tried to fight against communism in tiananmen square. every inch of space you give over becomes a place where freedom does not exist. president trump said the provocations are because we look weak from what happened in afghanistan to the minor incursion in ukraine. rachel: to the falling on the stage. to the falling on the stage of beijing, may be unnoterly looking at
branding of the program. we can go with the more accurate polish version or how about the ukrainian spelling and pronunciation? the polish version probably closer to my roots. i m not the only one with name pronunciation on the brain these days. florida governor ron desantis kicked off his presidential run last week. perhaps the only thing more confusing than trying to launch the campaign was hearing the candidate s last name. come again. the same day he released that video, he appeared on fox news and said this. anybody that s so inclined to help us, i would love to have your support. this was low-hanging fruit for the trump campaign. i m ron desantis. this is governor ron desantis. wishing everyone a merry christmas. who knew the long versus short version of a vowel could cause all this political calamity. the governor seemed unphased when asked what the final word on how to pronounce his name. he said this. this is ridiculous. the way to pronounce my last any
sandwich. this is the first and only time our cameras have caught him since attorney general merrick garland appointed smith. and on that subject, we asked him where the investigation stands. is the indictment sir? is an investigation happening, sir? excuse us. anything you d like to say, mr. smith? he didn t say anything. didn t even look in our direction, but there are reasons to believe a charging decision is in fact coming soon. donald trump s lawyers were at doj headquarters yesterday meeting with him and other doj officials. jack smith and other doj officials and sources familiar with the investigation told nbc news the grand jury in washington, d.c. is set to meet again this week after a lull. we ve also just learned from sources familiar another grand jury will hear from a witness in florida. so what s the deal with that? what are two grand juries doing for the special counsel s investigation and who else could jack smith be looking at? joining me now is nbc n
alexandria hoff following it all and joins me here onset. alex. alex: senator jody ernst started and there s about 2,000 iowans and one thousand that come from the charity fundraisers and cattle calls some put it for gop hopefuls that want to connect and carve out their brand. i scare the dickens out of the radical left and joe biden. leadership is not about virtue, signaling or building a brand, leadership is ultimately about results. we have a battle to fight in 2024. let me fight that good fight for you. alex: well former vice president mike pence took a ride himself. who knew? gearing up for presidential announcement which will come on wednesday in iowa according to ap, same day as multiple results have north dakota governor doug bergum entering the race. former new hampshire governor chris christie will announce run on tuesday. here is pence talking about the week ahead. i have every confidence that voters in iowa and around the country will take time to think ha
and not long ago to preview the case and the fight she says not enough people are talking about it. it s devastating that there are women out there who are retiring or changing their events because they are forced to compete against biological males. women s sports should be preserved as just women s sports. gillian: this military whistleblower has gone public with claims the u.s. has a super secret program to retrieve spacecraft they say is of nonhuman origin. wreckage from ufos. john: sending shock waives through the sports world. saudi-backed liv golf now merging with the pga tour, despite some pga players who went over to the tour got grief. all that as america reports rolls into a second hour. good to be spending more time with you. gillian: fox news alert from the white house. john: president biden will hold a cabinet meeting to discuss his next 100 days in office, and selling his legislative wins at the top of his agenda as he fights to win a second term.