right now, trump attorney is delivering the defense s closing argument to the criminal trial against the former president. his message is quite simple. where exactly is the crime? there s not a lot of shred of evidence. the case hinges on the word of a convicted lawyer. getting revenge on trump. later it is the prosecution s turn and the jury will deliberate. we heard moments ago as they were getting going right after a break that the jury has told the judge they are willing to stay late today. however, todd blanche had also said that it needed another 30 minutes. that was 5 minutes ago. we could see the defense end is closing arguments. the verdict could exonerate the former president or make him the first commander in chief convicted of crime. this is outnumbered with my cohost emily compagno and kayleigh mcenany. sandra smith has fitness into her busy day. fox news contributor and former utah congressman. let s go live. when you and i talked last hour, you really have
president biden, chuck schumer, nancy pelosi, taking a victory lap after the nearly $2 trillion pandemic relief package officially became law. what you shepherded through the congress, not only meets the moment. it does even more. it is historical and they call it transformational. and it really is. all right. so in just a moment, we ll be speaking with andy, the white house senior adviser for covid response to talk about where things stand, what comes next, of course. the other major breaking news story that is developing this hour. we will be hearing from the family of george floyd, reacting to the minneapolis city council s approval of a $27 million settlement over his death as the client for floyd s murder continues. we want to begin this hour and this conversation with minnesota democratic senator tina smith. thank you. so for your time. we greatly appreciate you joining us on these two very important stories that we re dealing with. we ll start with what we just saw
The house of representatives voted for final passage on the tax cuts and jobs act. That brings us one step closer to the president making good on his promise to deliver tax cuts for christmas. We are looking forward to the senate vote later this evening and the president will be monitoring these developments throughout the day. As december winds down, i thought this would be a perfect opportunity to look back at what has been a historic year. Nearly 1. 7 million new jobs have been created at the Unemployment Rate has fallen to 4. 1 , the lowest rate in 17 years. The stock market reached a record high, more than 60 times and closed above 20,000 for the first time in history. We rolled back 22 regulations for one new regulation saving taxpayers over 8 billion dollars and liberating americas economy from the grip of bloated government. We have withdrawn from or began renegotiating the trade deals that once threatened to destroy american industry and shipped our jobs around the world. Nati
Morning. Lauren worries that Rising Interest Rates in the wake of an economy by much of the selloffs the 10 year treasury continues to rise right now to. 846 . Connell would flip it over to your. The ftse 100 in london is down by 1 . The other major average we follow in paris and frankfurt are lower by less than 1 this morning. Lauren a nation, stocks really think that the nikkei in japan than to put 5 and below 23,000 for the first time this year. Take a look at asia, china and shanghai composite gain. 35 . Trained to indians for it. The Philadelphia Eagles, the long drought is over. Finally. Lauren you heard back. The eagles won their first super bowl ever. Left to minneapolis for Cheryl Casone. Fbn am starts right now. Connell good for the eagles. 5 01 a. M. Here in new york city. Starting to come around to the idea proposed for some time that the day after the super bowl been a national holiday. Not that i would want to be here. I would be here anyways. Lauren it is for many people
His own writings. Well hear from Matthew Mason, auth are on of John Quincy Adams and the politics of slavery. This is just over an hour. A remarkable historical figure and central to almost any academic study of the late 19th to mid excuse me, late 18th to mid19th century and based on the diary that John Quincy Adams had to Matthew Mason are here to talk about their book selections from their diary. This book was recently hailed by the Washington Times as a great read and an informative excuse me, an informative reality check on issues that vex us even now. Matthew mason is a professor at Brigham Young university. He holds a ph. D from the university of maryland and has been at byu since 2003. His publications include slavery in politics in the early american republic, a possible biograp biography the politics of bondage and freedom in the new american nation, and massachusetts in the civil war. The commonwealth and national disunion edited with the mhs own conrad wright. David is dist