night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. great to be back here at 30 rockefeller center. and we re starting this evening s broadcast with special counsel jack smith and his election interference case against donald trump, which is headed to trial, ready for this, in just about three months. now there is new reporting about what trump s former vice president told smith investigator about the days after the 2020 election leading up to the riot at the capitol. abc news reporting that pence gave smith s team several details about how trump, quote, surrounded himself with crank attorneys who espoused on american legal theories and almost pushed the country towards a constitutional crisis. abc says pence told the feds he was sure that days before january 6th, he told trump he still had not seen significant election fraud. but trump was unmoved. abc also reports that at one point pence had even decided to skip the generous six certification vote before his son co
of an extension as hamas offers to release more hostages. dozens of israelis who ve been held captive in gaza have been released by hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. in return, 117 palestinian prisoners have been freed. president biden said he wants to keep the deal going so all hostages can be brought home and more aid can be sent to gaza. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega reports. free again. 14 israeli hostages released by hamas head home after their long ordeal, along with three foreign nationals. among them were is year olds dafna and ela elyakim, eight, who were finally reunited with their mum, chen goldstein almog, who was released along with her three children, and roni kriboy, released 51 days after being kidnapped from a festival where he was working as sound crew. it followed a weekend of happy reunions. people from kfar aza watched on as news of their friends avigail idan spent her fourth birthday in captivity. the israeli a
that was one of the now former detainees released by israel over the weekend. some other news now homelessness in bournemouth, christchurch and poole has risen to pre pandemic levels. that s according to the government s department for levelling up, which found the area has the highest number of rough sleepers outside of london. the region has been chosen as one of five pilot areas for prince william s charity homewards. tristan pascoe reports. # silent night. bournemouth town centre, glitz, baubles and festive decorations. you don t have to scratch too far below the surface to see for the homeless it is far from sweetness and light. it is really hard basically. every time we set up some sort of tent or something like this, we have it taken of us and moved on. it is scary, especially somebody who has been in like abusive domestic relationships. last night i had nowhere to go so what i am wearing now - is what i slept in last night. you can imagine how cold it is. here in bo
does feel much colder. that wind will continue to blow in one or two showers into the night. more cloud across northern parts of scotland but away from these areas we will have clear skies overnight. temperatures will fall away very quickly. we will have the first widespread frost of the autumn. not desperately cold but we could see temperatures as low as minus four or minus five in some rural areas. a much colder start to tomorrow. but a sunnier day to come from many of us. still the odd shower blown in a long nose sea coasts, particularly norfolk and suffolk but it won t be as windy on saturday. there will be more sunshine, dry weather around as well. after the trustee started temperatures might be a bit lower than today. only struggling to about five or six at best. things start to change pills top of the weekend because this area of low pressure is slowly ambling in from the atlantic to bring with it more cloud. maybe a bit of light rain coming into northern ireland. even
record high, and the office for budget responsibility says it would represent the largest fall in living standards since the 19505. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. these reforms will save around two million self employed people an average of £350 a yearfrom april. better than nothing. tuning into the autumn statement at walthamstow market. a good place to test the mood. pensioners seemed happy. him increasing pension, that s good for me. and young workers like the rise in the minimum wage too. 10% more i m going to win i m going to earn. yeah. who wouldn t like it? but other workers said the cut to national insurance isn t enough. not with the way things are at the moment. the cost of living is too expensive. £450, divide that by 12, divide it by the family that you ve got. is it enough? i don t think so. here are the key details. first, that national insurance cut. it s going from 12% to ten for all employees from january. the self employed will see a