the. i am ari melber. i will be joining you now for the next two hours of a special holiday edition of the bee tonight on this friday december 29th. donald trump s criminal trial several looming in 24. that s where we begin tonight, and we ll do it a little different tonight here for the holidays. i have former federal prosecutor joyce vance, already with me to start the show. we are looking at this legal heat coming up. i want to get into this with the, joyce, but first show you and every something we put together to consider the historic indictments on the road that donald trump has already been on. donald trump has been indicted under seal of the new york grand jury. 34 felony counts of falsified business records. we have one set of laws in the country that we apply to everyone. this will now be months if not the next year of our lives. the former president was placed under arrest on charges brought by the government he once led. the guy running for president
the son of god. son of man. the lamb of god. jesus of nazareth. jesus. god. with us. arriving in bethlehem. raised in nazareth. ministering here in galilee. crucified on a roman cross. and rising on the third day to redeem and overcome the sins of the world. 2000 years ago. jesus christ walked this very land, fully god and fully man. the most consequential in human history. in this series, we retrace his steps. where he lived. where he healed. where he died. and where he rose. the gospel has come alive. this is jesus. god. with us. oh, in part one of this series. we will follow the path of jesus from the moment of his birth until his controversial and rapidly expanding public ministry captivates the world. it s one thing to read about the life of jesus and study the scriptures. but to make the story of jesus truly come alive. i knew i had to see it for myself. so i packed a bag and flew 6000 miles to where it all happened. more than 2000 years ago, the holy land of israel. he
he is told he can testify before a grand jury investigating a hush money payment to an adult film star. is this a sign criminal charges are coming next? meantime, new 2024 polling from iowa puts trump at the top of the list in favorability. florida governor ron desantis right behind him, and making his first visit today to the state is a possible contender. we re live from iowa. new developments in the kidnapping and killing of americans in mexico. what the drug cartel blamed for the violence is now claiming in a new letter. and another devastating storm system in the forecast. heavy snow in the chicago area, and in california, a fear of flooding as people are still trapped. and we re keeping a very close eye on the white house, where president biden is expected to speak at any moment on the better than expected february jobs report. we ll bring you those remarks when they begin. there you see our live shot at the white house. the president expected to speak any momen
lowers the price cap for gas and electricity but bills are still expected to rise because of less government support. i think it is time that members of this house grew up. betty boothroyd the first woman to be elected speaker of the house of commons has died at the age of 93. and a former love island star takes on a youtuber in boxing s most anticipated contest between two novices. and coming up on the bbc news channel. a moment to remember for 16 year old mia brookes, becoming britain s first snowboard slopestyle world champion in georgia. good afternoon. a deal could finally be agreed today on post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland, after more than a year of negotiations between the uk and european union. talks will begin shortly in windsor between the prime minister rishi sunak and the european commission president ursula von der leyen it s thought the two leaders could sign off a deal in the next few hours. ursula von der leyen says she is looking
the road. hang on. hey soft! mr mr. clark please stop clock. mr. wendell, please. that is that is not appropriate. the suspension of the rules. request mr clerk. can we just go back? over what what that was. one second one second. alright, we re gonna. be watching the proceedings here just to bring people up to speed state representative gloria johnson. ah again born just like a former state representative jones, not born in tennessee, moved to tennessee to go to college. he went to university of tennessee at knoxville became an activist more traditional path for her knox county democratic party chairwoman and then elected to the tennessee house, which includes knoxville. tennessee um and she and two of her colleagues in the wake of that horrific covenant school shooting christian school were three little babies, 39 year olds and three students, three faculty and staff were murdered. by a disturbed individual. um she took to the floor and disruptive manner that was made me th