cities celebrating as well, so shall we show you some live pictures from rome as well, in italy? where we can see, again, fireworks. amazing work there as well. also, we can also show you some live pictures from berlin germany. amazing pictures, again, isn t it? so, many european cities welcoming the new year, of course many cities here in asia have welcomed 2024 about six, seven hours ago. of course, will we will bring you more on new year s celebrations around the world later in the programme. the us military says its helicopters have destroyed three small boats in an attack on a container ship in the southern red sea. it s the second assault by iran backed houthi rebels on the ship within 24 hours. the us says the gunmen who launched the raid from yemen attacked in four boats, coming within 20 metres of the vessel. the fourth craft fled the area. the houthi rebels say their actions are in protest against the gaza war, where there ve been more air strikes by israel. 0ur
donald trump, the gingerbread man. although the title may seem like a hilarious comedy, this is hardly a laughing matter. in fact, this is not inspired by real events, but rather based on actual occurrences and real facts. now, in 2023, donald trump, the former president of the united states, and the current front-runner for the republican nomination, was indicted 4 times. he was charged with 91 felony counts, he set for 2 trials, was hit with a multi million dollar civil verdict, and he took the mugshots scene around the world. he s now been removed from the primary ballot in 2 different states. it almost makes you wonder whether he s more busy now than he was when he was actually the commander in chief. with the new year, donald trump faces 5 separate trials and verdicts in 2 civil cases that threaten both his bank accounts and his businesses. all the while, he s also facing the jury that we haven t even talked about. the american electorate. but for as long as donald j tru
you re a candidate now, ron. thanks to what is sure to be remembered as the most awkward campaign launch in american history. plus, that s not fair. trump s lawyers channel their inner 8-year-old in a whining complaint to the u.s. attorney general with due apologies to 8-year-olds. later, one year after 19 students and two teachers were gunned down in uvalde, texas, an activist group floats a radical proposal for reining in america s deadly gun culture. and we begin tonight with a question. would you ever hire someone who participated in a deadly insurrection to overtake the u.s. capitol or fellow rioters threatened to kill the house speaker and hang the vice president? would you hire a woman who was once arrested and charged with stealing the campaign signs of a political rival who she had run against for public office? personally i wouldn t and i imagine most of you wouldn t either. but florida governor ron desantis did. this is sandra atkinson. her investigation by
the fbi versus america.s of tont that s the focus of tonight s angle. day you ever stop during the course of your day and wonder how did thingsk get so off track in america?er now, i m just not talking about the lousy economy or high prices either. a lot of the bedrock values seem to be in short supply.t suy respect for elders, respect for our history. respect for our constitution. how about justho basicw ab dece? you just put a magazine, you still try to mar-a-lago stupid . you see those like of that she s going to die. ie the rank depravity, today the viciousness, the casual nature of the violence today seems different. s differenat least from what i r seeing growing up. g is one thing is obvious. en wa when wnne can t expect our next generation to respect the rule of law, we can t., we c er we certainly can t. if our own f.b.i. is perceived to be flouting the basic idea of equal justice under the law. but operating within an obvious political bias, as it did re
i m mehdi hasan. this is ralph yarl, 16-year-old from kansas city missouri he is a star student, excellen athlete and a talented musician his teachers and friends are described him as a quote, quie and kind soul that is always willing to help. the father of a 16 year ol myself, i can tell you he is the type of kid that would mak any parent beam with pride he is even a great older brother. on april the 13th, girl mother asked him to pick up hi younger brothers from a friend house. according to court documents just before 10 pm yara walke up to the door and rang th bell however, unbeknownst to him he was actually at the wron address. that has happened to a lot o us, right? knocking on the wrong door but we all waited at the doorway and then saw a man answer the fireman hand an then from there things escalated quickly. y all says he was shot almos immediately, first in the head while he was on the ground the shooter opened fire second time, striking a role in the arm that is wh