we go to new jersey with more of the former president s message. nate, good evening. trace, good evening to you. his first public remarks, or at least his first speech since his arraignment in miami this afternoon, former president trump defended his right to retain classified information. he said it is in the sole discretion of the president to keep their own documents, and he also took sharp aim at president joe biden for what he calls weaponizing the department of justice. listen here. this day will go down in infamy and joe biden will forever be remembered as not only the most corrupt president in the history of our country, but perhaps even more importantly, the president who together with a band of his closest thugs, misfits and marxists tried to destroy american democracy. but they will fail and we will win bigger and better than ever before. [applause]. charging a former president of the united states under the espionage act of 1917. trace, president trump then
respiratory symptoms. and jofficials are advising you to put your masks back on to protect you from the smoke. and derek van dam is joining us from the cnn weather whycenter. yesterday the fire alarms went off at school because of the smoke. how will it be today? you ve heard the term you wait a couple minutes and the weather changes. this was literally a 15 minute time lapse and you can see the smoke that inundated new york city, the skyscrapers just becoming a martian landscape. social media was lighting up. it was incredible to see but also very dangerous. and yet another day of the smoke and haze across many of the many populated areas of the east coast. and in new york we still have haze and smoke present, but it is not as bad as it was last night. majority of the thickest has drifted further south. so washington, philadelphia, baltimore, those areas will wake up to almost choking-like air and hazardous air really as this smoke continues to settle in. that stretches ac
stabilize. i ve had the same job 34 years. i m good. where the economy sits might determine what the next chapter will look like for the country. i m going to work hard, pay off my bills. have a new car in sight. i m going to do it. i m optimistic about 2024 and all it will bring to the world, to the economy. neil: investors have high hopes for a new year and a new stock market. let s say for the first trading day, not the most magnificent of starts. last year s so-called m magnificent big tech stocks were big duds. so we record, you decide if 2024 is still big. welcome. i m neil cavuto. happy to have you with us. happy new year to you as well. to lydia hu on the bumpy start to what ken fisher says is going to be another banner year. but again, not quite starting out that way. yeah, hi, neil. you said it best. today was a bumpy start for the first day of trading in this new year. of course, it s coming on the heels of a blockbuster close at the end of 2023. al
we are. that does it for us this morning. ana cabrera picks up the coverage now. on this wednesday, thank you so much for joining us. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera. we have breaking news. in the special counsel s investigation into donald trump, just moments ago, nbc news cameras caught a top aid to trump awe arriving at the federal courthouse in miami. the same courthouse where we learned a grand jury will had hear testimony this week. the guy in the tie has been the right-hand man to trump in his post presidency. he runs a superpack and that sighting just after the bomb shell report from the new york times about testimony from former chief of staff mark meadows. we re live in miami and d.c. on what all of this could mean. and breaking news out of the vatican this morning. pope francis is expected to undergo surgery and remain hospitalized for several days. smoke from wildfires lead ing to had hazardous conditions across much of the country. dr. gupta is going
coverage and casey stegall at dw international airport but first we send it off to christine coleman in santa monica, california, with a rough assignment on the beach. how was it working out there, christina? hi, bill, millions of americans across this great nation honoring the brave men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our country. take a look at this video. a wreath-laying ceremony for the uss intrepid and located on the hudson river in new york city and more than 50,000 served on board the ship during its surface. to me, it is sacred ground. the cemetery because so many people are buried at sea. here on the west coast, the national cemetery with 12 annual memorial day ceremony. the cemetery 15 miles north of downtown san diego and more than 30,000 veterans laid to rest there. i m very thankful everybody comes out and supports these whether they know those folks are see the fruits of the sacrifice that they have made for this country. in the midwest s