Gillian, nice to have you here in new york. Here is harris now on the faulkner focus. Harris we begin with a fox news alert. Three high profile courtroom visits in focus. Former President Donald Trump talking with the media and directly to the voters on his way into court today. President bidens son, hunter biden, was in and out relatively quickly on federal gun charges. And it is Jury Selection day in the case against Accused Crypto Crook Sam Bankmanfried. From the legal cases to a congressman carjacked at gun point. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. Lets begin with the who somethingyearold son of president. Hunter had to take a drug test today and passed with a negative result from drugs. He arrived and left the Delaware Courthouse all in under an hour. He faces three charges, two for lying on federal gun forms and another for illegally possessing a firearm while using drugs. His plea not guilty. The arraignment coming after his controversial Sweetheart Deal that
You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im in washington. We begin this hour with news that the Florida Republican party has scrapped its own loyalty oath requiring candidates to pledge support for the partys eventual nominee. It is a promise donald trump has flatly refused to make all along. It is seen as a major defeat for trumps closest rival in his own state, Florida Governor ron desantis, and a big win for donald trump. Meanwhile, as trumps legal woes consider to pile up, the judge has been asked to place a limited gag order on trump. They want to continue to block his ability to make continuing attacks in the federal case. Trump still leads the republican pac by more than 40 Percentage Points in the lowest cnn polls. Jeff, were about four months from the iowa caucuses. Youre at a key event tonight in des moines. What do you think well hear tonight . Reporter jim, the rest of the republican rivals will be gathered here on stage one by one reaching out to evangelical voters. A key consti
Christmas in florida. We still have no idea what is going to happen to this covid relief bill that so many miles per hours are counting on or the bill to fund the government. Funding runs out monday. President trump has two big demands. He wants to increase the amount of the stimulus checks from 600 to 2,000 and he wants to get rid of the extraneous foreign spending in the funding bill. It is a disgrace. For example, among the 5,000 pages in this bill which nobody in congress has read because of its length and complexity, its called the covid relief bill, but it has almost nothing to do with covid. The frustration for Many Republicans on capitol hill is that President Trump has largely been absent from a lot of these negotiations and now at the 11th hour, hes really threatening to come in and blow up the bipartisan compromise that they have come up with unless Congress Makes very big changes in very little time. Heres republican senator pat toomey talking on fox just about an hour ago.
That fire is located off of state highway 128 and solano and owe low counties near the southeast share of the lake. And its burning just east of where another fire, the butts fire started just a few days ago. Ktvu went into the fire zone today and she joins us live there with the challenges facing both crews and drivers. Christina . Reporter well, it hasnt been a happy day for travelers that are headed to the lake from state highway 128. They are getting stopped right here at Pleasant Valley road as fire crews continue to battle that fire in the rugged hills behind us. Water drops by air are key to helping cal fire ground crews get the upper hand on the monticello fire burning southeast of lake we arest is a. The closure of state highway 128 at Pleasant Valley road the forcing boaters to is forcing boaters to pull over and turn arnold. We drove an hour and a half and now we got a roadblock. Reporter josh and desiree from danville planned for a day on the water at the pleasure cove mari
Today. Last week the president was tweeting about the report saying what is taking so long with the Inspector Generals report, now you would think he would jump at the chance to read all 568 pages about it and tweet about it or at least the 14 page executive summary but because we know the president is not a reader, anything longer than a tweet is too much for this president. But heres the thing. It turns out that these 568 pages can actually be summarized in a tweet. And they have been summarized in a tweet masterfully by veteran washington reporter john harwood of cnbc who delivered the entire report in a digestible morsel perfect for the president of the United States. To sum up Justice Department Inspector General concluded that bias did not affect clinton email investigation. That fbi had proper reasons for declining to prosecute her. And that the only improper actions influencing the 2016 election were actions that damaged clinton, not trump. So if you read one tweet about the In