claudia: welcome back to a special edition of fox news live. former president donald trump asking a federal appeals court to throw out the criminal case alleging he interfered in the 2020 election. the president and his legal team claiming absolute presidential immunity protects him from prosecution. welcome to a brand-new hour of fox news live. merry christmas, i m claudia cowen. i m rich edson. trump s filing with the u.s. court of appeals in d.c. comes one day after a big setback for special counsel jack smith. the u.s. supreme court refused his request to fast track his immunity claim for trump. the case hinges on whether president trump was acting as president or a candidate. his strategy is to run out the clock and he has a lot of tools to do that. and he may be successful. the issue here i think everyone agrees that there is something called absolute immunity for your official functions, if you are performing an official function the president has immunity and
oral arguments on january 9th. that might make the current march trial date for trump s trial untenable, putting his entire 2024 legal calendar in question. so voters may not have a ruling on whether donald trump plotted to overturn the 2020 election until after they cast their ballots in 2024. we should note, if trump wins a second term in the white house, he could and likely would purger himself and charges might not ever see the charges in trial. extra points for coming in on a holiday weekend, so we appreciate that. i guess, to some extent, that might be a bit of a doomsday scenario to say this case may not happen at all in 2024. but what do you think? what are the consequences of this supreme court decision we heard? is it just going to end up back in their laps in a couple months from now anyway? what do you think? the scenario you painted isn t necessarily a doomsday scenario. trump asked to go on bond for the whole circuit to hear. and then he ll have something like
the biggest strike day yet, with up to 1.4 million people expected at demonstrations in paris and elsewhere. the government is aiming to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 years. today marks the sixth day of strikes and protests since mid january. part of the french government plan is also to raise the minimum pension to 1,200 euros a month, which is over 550 euros higher than the current minimum figure. but unions want more because of rising inflation. joining me now is gregory bekhtari who is a member of the fsu , the main teachers union in france, and works as a teaching fellow at the pantheon sorbonne university. thank you for being with us. the government says that these plans are necessary because they say that if they don t, the numbers don t add up, it would mean a deficit. why is raising the pension age such problem? raising the pension age such roblem? , ., , , , raising the pension age such roblem? , ,, , problem? it s a problem because it s ve unfair probl
yes!! and once in a lifetime moments. two tickets to nascar! yes! find rewards like these and so many more in the xfinity app. welcome back to seen in tonight, don lemon is off tonight, i am still lura coats, who could know that the greatest legal crisis donald trump might face darted as his administration was out the door, not the january 6 insurrection mind you, the work of the select committee, is not done there yet, but the move that will never be forgotten, all those boxes sent to mar-a- lago, classified documents mix into documents like the ones that movers hauled off the truck into his resort compound, miles from where they were supposed to be as he returned, willingly or not, to civilian life. seems like this get a small mention in the 38 page affidavit written by an anonymous fbi agent, to make the case, and being kept confidential. for their safety of course, the bureau as you know faces growing threats. what can we now read among the many reductions, showing me muc
adams said no and a few other words. with that, america s dangerous influx is heading northeast. mayor eric adams says his city resources can t take it. invite those who are trying to find housing in his state to give them housing instead of sending them here, federal government has responsibility, fema, needs to give us support that we need. harris: calling for federal government to help? that is not fresh or new, it is for them. governor abbott says what liberal city mayors are facing is nothing compared to what texas and other border states have been dealing with for months. nate foy reporting. nate. that bus load of 50 migrantss arrived 7 a.m. issue the green bus circled manhattan before stopping at the port authority authority behind me and a group of 50 migrants offloaded from the bus, mixture of single adult men, few women, majority from venezuela. they were met by 10 volunteers, given clothes, sandwiches and water, some children handed stuffed animals. one child