all right. dana, thanks. dana: have a great show. bret: gogood evening. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, we are following two major stories, first former president donald trump is appealing a decision by maine s democratic secretary of state barring him from primary ballot in his role january 6th, 2021 capitol riot. expecting a similar appeal over colorado s decision to remove the decision from that state s ballot. we begin with claudine gay s resignation as the president of harvard university. the departure comes amid several plagiarism accusations criticism over her december congressional testimony where she was unable to say unequivocally calls on campus for the genocide of jews violated the policy. gay is the second person to resign following the testimony along with former upenn president liz magill. mollie lyon has that story from our boston unit tonight. good evening, bret.
democracy that was fueled by lies. trump s lawyers today claim the charges violate the former president s first amendment rights, but central to the indictment are contemporaneous notes from former vice president mike pence. and today, he lashed out at his former boss, saying trump was surrounded by crackpot lawyers. we have a team of coverage tonight and cbs s robert costa is here to start us off. gogood evening, robert. reporter: good evening, norah. head of trump s arrival in washington tomorrow from his lawyers are moving fast to build a defense. is former vice president is emerging both as a key witness and a key critic, app security officials are already on edge. former president donald trump spent the morning playing golf at his club in bedminster, new jersey, as he and his lawyers braced for a high-stakes appearance in federal court. charging donald j. trump with conspiring to defraud the united states. reporter: the sweeping indictment alleges trump used dishonesty, fr
the decision preposterous. tesla is offering $7,500 discounts on model 3 and model y electric vehicles delivered in the u.s. this month. that s according to the company s website. this comes amid concerns the automaker is facing softening demand as the economy struggles. we are awaiting the final report from the democratic led house committee investigating last year s capitol riot of january 6th. republicans are already sharing their conclusions. a different report. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram is on capitol hill tonight with the latest. gogood evening, chad. bret, house republicans issued their own reports on security failures at the capitol. they took aim at house speaker nancy pelosi and the former sergeant at arms paul erving. it is cleesh that the democrats, particularly the sergeant at arms in the speaker s office prioritized optics over operational security when they knew they had information here that made the capitol a potential threat on
omnibus spending bill to keep the government open is in the hands of the house right now tonight. senators earlier approved the measure today with all of that spending, $1.7 trillion. one of the sticking points for the bill has been title 42 asylum rules, dealing with the southern border, illegal immigrants due to expire but currently being preserved by the u.s. supreme court. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. gogood evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. even though the justice department admitted this week there will be temporary increase in unlawful border crossings if and when title 42 goes away there wasn t enough interest in the senate today to do something about it. as tough as these times have been, if we look a little closer, we see bright spots all across the country. peter: as president biden puts a bow on 2022. i sincerely hope this holiday season will drain the poison that has infected our politics. peter: m
will: people wearing funny christmas sweaters and college basketball coaches going absolutely bananas. have you seen the two things together at the same time. the coach of michigan state and is he an angry elf in this game. katie: that s awesome. will: there you go. that was last night s game against oakland. judge jeanine: that s it for us tonight. special report is up next. hey,. bret: bret i think i saw gutfeld stuck in one of those claw machines once. [laughter] jessica: looking for gus. bret: we will see you. gogood evening. i m bret baier crypto currency owner sam bankman-fried makes bail after extradition from the bahamas. dangerous winter conditions effects tens of millions of americans as thehold travel season intensifies. and women in afghanistan take to the streets to protest a taliban rule banning them from universities. but, breaking tonight, an