from the start of the 2024 primary season which kicks off on january 15th with the first in the nation gop caucuses in iowa. january is going to be a busy month. in addition to iowa, new hampshire is also going to hold its primary. there are three republican debates currently scheduled to take place during that month. on top of all of that, donald trump s civil fraud trial in new york will come to a close just as e. jean carroll s second lawsuit against him gets going. trump s criminal trials are not going to begin until later in the year. according to politico, his campaign is already confronting the scheduling nightmare ahead of them as trump s legal obligations clash with his political ambitions. trump s team plans to front load his schedule in 2024 and get him out on the campaign trail frequently early in the year in anticipation that his numerous legal cases could disrupt their plans later on. it is a trump s criminal proceedings, the first of a prosecution of an ameri
ukraine and israel. republicans are blocking the bill until they get concessions on border security and immigration. we will get the latest from the hill, plus 2023 was the hottest year in 125,000 years. it seems like a good time to convene a nearly 200 world leaders and thousands of representatives of global industry to work on climate change. i am going to be joined by the legendary bill mckibben to talk about what actually gotten at this year s massive u.n. climate conference. another hour of velshi begins now. ence another hour of velshi begin now. reporter: good, morning it s not a december 17th. i m ali velshi. we are now less than one month away from the start of the 2024 primary season, which kicks off on january 15th. with the first-in-the-nation gop caucuses in iowa. january is going to be a busy month, in addition to iowa, new hampshire will also hold its primary, plus there are three republican debates currently scheduled to take place during the month, and on t
welcome to cnn tonight. is it possible the u.s. shot down a hobby balloon or that the u.s. new something and said nothing. plus trains have become less safe. tonight we ll talk about the rollback of regulations that allow them to carry more hazardous material through all of our neighborhoods, just as they did through east palatine, ohio, causing that toxic spill. very hard to believe there is a particular path that can cause harm small community. and with smart home technology, are you the boss of your home, or is your home the boss of you? tonight i ll speak to one man whose smart home locked him inside without the code to get out. you might think you control your own heat and lights and ring cameras, but think again. we have natasha alford, l.v. granderson, josh barrow, and thanks so much for spending friday night with me. great to have you guys here. okay. let s start. the northern illinois bottle cap balloon brigade is missing a balloon tonight. it is missing
standing by their man despit his criminal indictment in new york and multiple other loomin investigations new nbc news polls out today show the former presiden leading the pack of 2024 gop presidential hopefuls. with 46% support the republican voters florida governor ron desanti trails behind trump by 1 points no other republican had double digit support in the poll. the long and short of, i trumpism is here to stay both in the form of go candidates transformin themselves in his image. trump s whole over the base. no matter how hard som republicans urged gop voters against a. at the end of the, day we won a winner republicans want someone who could win in november of 24. donald trump is a loser. he hasn t just lost once, he lost our house seats in 2018 he lost everything in 20 we should have 54 u.s. senator right now. we don t because of hi message. donald trump s positioning himself to be a four-time lose in 2024. we need candidates that can win! the gop base seems unf
to the courthouse. he is being closely guarded by the secret service. this is a pretty fluid situation, but here s what we know so far. former president expected to get fingerprinted once he s inside the courthouse. it remains unclear if you will have a mug shot taken. they have been going back-and-forth on that today. we do understand he will not be handcuffed. remember, i told you on tucker couple nights ago that no, the secret service would decide the tone of all of this. the tone would include whether to handcuff him which is a completely different visual for the nation to see or not. he will not be handcuffed. he will then be escorted to the 15th floor of the main courthouse where the hearing will take place. it s expected to last less than 30 minutes. video cameras have been banned from the courtroom today but there will be some still photographs taken. during the arraignment, the indictment will be unsealed, and those charges will finally be revealed, although andy mcc