now. mind bending. they are. they are. see you soon. welcome, everyone, to the beat. i m ari melber. the top story is the earthquake rocking the fox news empire. a lawsuit putting pressure on fox for the first time, puper murdoch who s wielded power and enjoyed it, and he s said so for about seven decades. do you like the feeling of power you have? yes. murdoch deploys fox news and his tabloids with that power that he admits he enjoys, to shape and sometimes all but run america s republican party and impact conservative discourse in this country. now he s under legal pressure because fox aired falsehoods and lies about the 2020 election. and allegedly pushed the specific lies they knew were false at the time which paved the way and built the support for many of the people who then showed up at the election. the company hit with this billion dollar lawsuit. weaver covered that before on this program, from a voting company that alleged defamation. this is the top
cinematographer. miguel a ma gator is interviewing the special prosecutor right now. we re listening. we ll share everything we learn in realtime. plus president biden is putting 3,000 miles between himself and the growing political headaches in washington. the white house and some top democrats trying to down play concerns about whether the special counsel will derail his reelection bid. but are other democrats sensing a 2024 opportunity? and more proof of egregious lies from george santos ares exposed, including a claim about his mother and september 11th. alec baldwin is now facing serious charges in the shooting of a cinematographer. he will face two counts of involuntary manslaughter. here he is back in 2021. all of what happened on that day leading up to this event was precipitated on one idea, and that is that we had something profound in common. and we both assumed the gun was empty. the da writing if any one of these three people had done their jobs, she would
the democrats are desperate to turn the tide and win over last minute voters. but president biden just screwed up big time with another out of touch remark. no more drilling. there is no more drilling! i haven t formed any new drilling. that was before i was president. we re trying to work on that. get that done. jeanine: that comes just two days after the president says he wants to shut down every coal plant in america. the white house still trying to spin that one away. but the democrats are not done with foolish comments. their solution to americans struggling with 40-year high inflation is to eat chef boyarde. what do you plan to do to help solve our inflation problem? yeah, i grew up in a family where if the gas price went up, the food budget went down. so by this time of week, we d be eating chef boyarde if that budget wasn t going to change. that s what families have to do. jeanine: and with comments like that, it s no wonder democrats strategists are making
are hung properly. we have a special guest on the couch, his name is santa. merry christmas. merry christmas. did you like the cookies and milk? there is a little secret i tell you. the parents drink the drink the milk and eat the cookies because most parents don t believe in me. it is upsetting because there is a plate of crumbs. todd: you eat the crumbs. i have been known to do that. todd: we have something for you. that for me? carley: cinnamon rolls and milk. todd: did amazing job. call it what it is. were there any obstacles or smooth sailing? australia, they always give me a problem. todd: why? they don t go to bed. you know what it is like to stop time when kids are awake, dad and mom are wrapping other presents family gives. todd: it is summer down there. yes. todd: days are longer. there is less darkness. i understand it. very easy for them to sand me. griff: i have an question, santa. this is a important question. for all children. i don t think th
world, i m wolf blitzer and this is the situation room special report. as we cover the breaking news from illinois, cnn s coverage of the fourth in america is delayed until later this hour. let s go straight to highland park, illinois, the chicago suburb that s grief-stricken and terrorized right now as the mass shooting suspect is still on the loose. cnn is there for us, adrian, police are looking for a 22-year-old man named robert e. crimo the third. tell us about what they know. reporter: wolf, investigators believe that 22-year-old who they think is responsible for the shooting that happened here in highland park is driving. he s in a vehicle, they say, with illinois plates, described as a silver hyundai. and the license plate, again dm 8 80653. meanwhile, investigators had their teams out aggressively trying to apprehend this suspect. they consider him armed and dangerous. if you think you see this 22-year-old man, police say do not approach him. instead, call 911. t