Prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he had corrupt intent. Reporter former federal prosecutor harry litman says that defense falls short. His efforts to make in a political speech case will not fly given the facts as alleged in the indictment. Reporter special counsel jack smith has yet to charge or even name the six coconspirators listed in the indictment. Hes charged trump and trump alone when he could have charged many more. Reporter john eastman, Sidney Powell and Jeffrey Clark could be potential coconspirators. This may be just a little push toward any of the six to say okay, i didnt name you. Heres your chance. You can cooperate with me. Reporter some legal analysts say the narrow indictment means the trial could happen quickly, possibly wrapping up by next spring. Several of the january 6th defendants are due in court in d. C. Tomorrow, but those cases have been rescheduled to a later date. We have complete coverage of the indictment of former President Trump on kpix. Com. You
Leading the s p this morning after their results. The cfo joins us this hour for an exclusive big news of the morning, fitch downgrading u. S. Longterm credit to aa plus to aaa it is the second downgrade ever by a major agency after s p back in 2011. Joining us first this morning on cnbc, the interview with the man behind that call, Fitch Ratings richard frances. Great to have you with us. Thanks for the time. Thank you i would love to know, sort of, your some color on the timing and the thinking behind the call now as some have pointed out, some of your quantitative models have been on the mend the last six months or so yeah, i mean, honestly, this is a steady deterioration that weve seen in some of the key metrics for the United States for a number of years. In 2007, general Government Debt was less than 60 . And now its up to 13 theres been a clear deterioration. Furthermore, were expecting physical deficits to rise over the next three years and we expect debts to continue to rise o
Santa newsnight starts now the circus comes to the courtroom. Thats tonight on these nine good evening. Im abby phillip the new york tonight. Tensions and chaos erupt inside of the courtroom. Let me set the scene for you. The trump team made a game time decision to call a witness, robert costello. Hes a former Legal Advisor to Michael Cohen. Now about 14 minutes into his testimony, cohen, costello vividly demonstrated why he may have caught trumps the tension. But the Presiding Judge was not amused costello rolled his eyes. A judge merchan, he let out an audible sigh after an objection. And the transcript, maybe the best way to describe what happened next in that courtroom. The judge, he says, i wanted to discuss proper decorum in my courtroom. Costello, right judge okay. So when there is a witness on the stand, if you dont like my ruling, you dont say, jeez. Okay. And then you dont say strike it because im the only one who can strike testimony in the courtroom. Do you, understand that
Massachusetts house of representatives. And he was also even while he was on the Supreme Court a professor at the harvard law school. Interestingly enough, he was also noted as one of the most successful authors of the first half of the 19th century. Matter of fact, when he was 65 years old, that particular year his book royalties gave him twice as much money as his salary as a justice of the Supreme Court. As many of you know, he became when he was appointed at that time, the youngest justice to serve on the Supreme Court. And one of the youngest ever to serve. He was appointed by president madison in 1811. And was actually took office the following year in february of 1812. As most of you you know, im sure, he made a significant mark on american law in his 33 years on the bench. But his greatest contribution to jurisprudence is his commentaries on the constitution in which he set forth a philosophy of judicial restraint. He was quite enamored by the philosophical approach to the law
That arent toys. Hes hoping santa reads it and, hey, hes okay if carson wentz does, too. Now, fox 29 news at 10 00. We begin tonight with a developing story along the Schuylkill River. A woman is in the hospital after her car ended up in the water. Thanks for joining us at tenley im lucy noland. Im iain page that. Woman is okay right now thanks to some people out on the water who came to her rescue. Brad sattin is live in fairmount park. Thank goodness they were there, brad. Reporter yeah, good timing for sure. This is the spot where it happened. Were here on the parking lot for some reason still unknown right now the car went across the parking lot, past the grass and right into the Schuylkill River behind me as you mentioned she is at this hour in stable condition. Thanks to a rescue. We know that two rowers an third person on a boat saw what happened and they raced over to help. Respond to do a person in the river, car in the river. Reporter call came in just after 5 00 this afterno