i m bret baier. we are just a weekend away from the first voting in the 2024 presidential election cycle. we will check in on iowa ahead of monday s caucuses. and we ll speak with iowa senator joni ernst. plus, how iran s so-called ghost armada is helping skirt sanctions as americans endure a tax from iranian taxies. and plenty of complaining from congress after uneventful briefing on ufos. but, first, breaking tonight, president biden says iran backed houthi rebels are terrorists. this goes against current u.s. policy changed by the biden administration. the houthis have already responded to yesterday s airstrikes against facilities in yemen with new attacks today. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight life from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. pentagon officials believe there will be some sort of retaliation for last night s strikes. we know the houthi rebels have already launched at least one ballistic missile toward
important or impactful. we covered it all, too. i m talking about surrounding the story, watching every minute of donald j. trump s indictment. we were intrigued and concerned about the possible tapes of our president getting bribes from burisma. we were sickened by flashers at the white house. we missed out on a lot and you deserve more than that. sow i want to use this moment and these minutes to tell you the stories that matter most to your life. crime, if it s not affecting your business, you worry about it affecting you, your life, your family. when you take actions to help others, you can still ends up in jail. i m talking about the story of danny penny who is facing charges for putting a man in a chokehold on a new york subway. e kept re-meeting, i m going to kill you. i m willing to go to jail and i m not scared. brian: he took action and he s a hero. we learned that progress not reined in, artificial intelligence ai. it can all too often see evil in all that. a mom
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
is planning donald trump on trial in august of next year 2024. willis is planning to go forward with that r. i. c. o. trial regardless of the presidential campaign. we begin with this story because that could put her in the spotlight next year. now to our special report. for all the prosecutions that have come out of the january 6th insurrection, from trespassers, to those who blatantly attacked police to the actual malicious seditionist, no trump aid has been put on trial for action steal the election either that day or in the weeks leading up to that day. d. a. fani willis has brought this assertive r. i. c. o. case they are against trump and 18 others, people just starting to learn about this prosecutor. i think it s a choice between integrity and corruption, good and bad. that was willis, but not talking about this case. there, she was discussing what she called a choice during her campaign for this post. and we will get to that in a few moments. it s pretty interes
crucial witnesses in any of these trump probes. i m talking about the man atop the white house during the january 6th insurrection, and he was chief of staff during that period, chaotic and otherwise of trump s departure when we know the secretive classified documents were taken, stolen, or mishandled. the man you see on the screen is your witness, mark meadows. the times has just crossed that news in the last few minutes. we have that news. we ve also got this video, providing a rare look at trump council jack smith heading to work today, apparently escorted by security. msnbc news cameras with this exclusive. i want to show you what we have here. it s the first known video of smith going about his job, going to work in this role. the at the high stakes job with where his approach has been discreet, secretive, and low profile. we can show you how the reporter did his job today, asked the questions, and smith responded by showing exactly how he does his job no comment wha