courthouse. and it is friday night, so you know what that means? our friday night cap is here. breaking down all of the biggest stories of the week. then, it has been nearly 15 years since the miracle on the hudson. i sat down with captain sully sullenberger as the 11th hour gets underway on this jam-packed friday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle, our nightcap is just ahead and we are going to talk about all of the big events from this week but first we will stick with today. because the former president is now in the deepest legal danger potentially of his life, and he may be planning to question whether those classified documents that he took to mar-a-lago actually damage national security. that is according to the new york times, which says that question could be a central to trump s defense. he s also waiting to hear whether his claim of presidential immunity from prosecution will actually fly with a panel of appeals court judges, and we could get that
is just ahead and we are going to talk about all of the big events from this week but first we will stick with today. because the former president is now in the deepest legal danger potentially of his life, and he may be planning to question whether those classified documents that he took to mar-a-lago actually damage national security. that is according to the new york times, which says that question could be a central to trump s defense. he s also waiting to hear whether his claim of presidential immunity from prosecution will actually fly with a panel of appeals court judges, and we could get that decision at any time. but politico today is pointing out, trump seems to be trying a new legal strategy to help supporters immunity claim. he is now saying that when he pressured mike pence, and other state officials to overturn the 2020 results, the election was quote, long over. of course i was entitled as president of the united states and commander in chief to the community
coalesund an alternative. i have more on the breaking christie news later tonight. while trump isolding his own fox hall appearance tonight. he watched in person as his lawyer made unlawful claims about why they think a president should have a license to kill the political rivals in america without being prosecuted. so as the headlines range from the start of the primaries to those brazen claims about assassination, right now, we have something special for you. we re beginning in a way with the weather. last year had some of the most extreme weather ever, driven, of course, by climate change. there were heat records broken. catastrophic flooding, tornadoes, wildfires, and then in the winter months, extreme snow events. indeed, there were 28 separate billion-dollar climate disasters breaking the previous record from about three years back. cold weather, as you may know, can be just as overwhelming and dangerous as a fire or a tornado. and nowadays, we have more videos showing
look beautiful in your matching sweaters. thank you. happy holiday season. carley: second hour of fox & friends starts right now. happy holidays, guys. giddy up jingle horse jingle around the clock a mix and a mingle and jingle that s the jingle bell rock. [laughter] lawrence: i m so glad to work here because here we believe in santa. growing up my dad did not tell us about santa. lawrence: no. i work all year to buy all these presents do you think i m going to let some mythical take credit. he didn t buy it i did. carley: santa is real and visits all the house as. lawrence: i m so glad i goat believe in santa. carley: when i was a kid for christmas, santa would bring some of the presents and then my parents would write mom and dad on the other ones that they gave. santa would drop off some. brian: a lot of kids watching now i m just saying lawrence lawrence what you are telling me, brian, my dad took credit for santa s work? that s what i m sayi