bigger. and two, i m not sure it s going to be supported by other democrats, so i don t really see it going anywhere. look, the main point is, they might be beating up on joe manchin, but joe manchin has all the cards. he is the 50th vote in a tie senate. if they alienate him, a lot of stuff they want to do won t get done. gillian: sale, on the manchin front, it does seem like things took a turn towards the personal very quickly. [laughs] gillian: he said i want to get his quote. he said that build back better was mcdaris mischaracterized bythe white hoy thought they could beat him into submission. does it shock you, bill, to hear that politicians in washington by threatening violence upon one another? [laughs] it doesn t shock me. remember, joe biden campaigned against his democratic rivals to the presidential nomination on
taking part in orgies, preying on kids. the defense argued maxwell is being portrayed as, cruella de vil, and the devil wears prada all rolled up into one, without knowing that she was musing anyone. they claim she is a scapegoat for epstein s crimes after he killed himself in a federal jail here in new york in 2019. they poked holes in the testimony of these accusers, really about inconsistencies in the details of their testimonies. maxwell chose not to take the stand in this case, mike. she stood up and told the judge, the government has not proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt, so there is no reason for me to testify. we will see if they reach a verdict today. mike? mike: we will see what the impact is on the jury. gillian? gillian: u.s. border patrol agents have now arrested a man they described as a potential terrorist.
are so volatile. mike: james freeman from the wall street journal, thanks so much for your time. so, gillian, the national republican campaign committee predicts more democrats will be heading for the exits. they may be thinking it over and over the christmas holidays, but certainly an interesting time looking ahead to midterms next year. gillian: if fund-raising is anything to hang our hats on here, mike, we learned overnight that so far this year the rnc has brought in it i think over a million dollars more than the dnc. mike: follow the money. gillian: coming up next, a harvard professor standing trial today on allegations that he had ties to the chinese communist party. the charges are brought as part of the justice department effort to crack down on chinese espionage. we ve got general jack keane on tap, he will weigh in on that case and the chinese threat. mike: plus, a recent arrest in arizona of two agents described as a potential terrorist. how biden s border crisi
jussie smollett was convicted on five disorderly conduct charges for staging a fake hate crime against himself. that was quite a case. obviously got widespread attention, also devoted a whole lot of resources to investigating a celebrity facing an alleged hate crime that didn t pan out, gillian. gillian: yeah, so not only did kim foxx allegedly live better to medications but jussie smollett sister, she violated her professional ethics code, we are learning now, according to legal experts, when she offered smollett s sister legal advice. she said something to the tune of, it is important your brother remains consistent throughout this trial. we ve got to leave it there for now, mike, but more later. harvard university now, a professor, charles lieber, in court today facing charges that he lied to the united states about his ties to the chinese government program. prosecutors are saying lieber is paid tens of thousands of dollars per month for collaborating with a chinese university wi
sites across the country. and we are going to continue to build on that. the president will talk about that. with today s announcement from the president, he tries to stop the spread again with a new set of measures that gets us even further away from this summer s guidance, which was vaxxed or masked. many thanks. gillian? gillian: to the cdc says omicron accounts for 73% of all new u.s. covert cases and the state of texas is reporting the first american deaths linked to the new variant. jonathan serrie joins us from atlanta. hi, jonathan. hi, gillian. the omicron variant has been confirmed in every u.s. state with the exception of oklahoma and south dakota, and texas has confirmed the first omicron-related death. it s a man in his 50s in the houston area. officials say he was unvaccinated and had underlying