it s always good to see you. happy new year, by the way, it s not too light to say happy new year. it is not, the whole month of january, as far as i am concerned. the whole 2024 will be, you can see it, but my fingers are crossed. from your mouth to my ears, have a good show. and tonight, donald trump s criminal defense team is renewing its requests for judge tanya chutkan to hold special counsel jack smith in contempt of court. with the election interference case currently on hold while trump s immunity claims get worked out in a federal appeals court, trump s lawyers lot of activity in the case halted, even the routine filing of documents which jack smith s team has said is permissible because it does not require the trump team to do anything. the motion to punish a jack smith for something that he is not prohibitive from even doing is yet another example of how donald trump has always referred to live in the world of alternative facts. with that strategy, it s on
good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it s kasie hunt. it s thursday, 5:00 a.m. here in washington. it s 4:00 a a.m. in iowa. there are now four days until the caucuses. hours ago, ron desantis and nikki haley went head to head on the cnn debate stage in the fight for number two. both deploying the pants on fire strategy. you have said it again. stop lying. she said she never said it. you re lying. it doesn t change the fact that ron is lying because ron is losing. you lie a the lot. hnikki haley gives him a run fo his money. you get the point. they both also took some time to go after the no-show, far away republican front runner, donald trump. i think what happened on january 6th was a terrible day. i think president trump will have to answer for it. he sat in the white house and tweeted law and order. but he did nothing to ensure law and order. as your president, i will never let our city burn. at that very moment, trumps wa
and tonight, donald trump s criminal defense team is renewing its requests for judge tanya chutkan to hold special counsel jack smith in contempt of court. with the election interference case currently on hold while trump s immunity claims get worked out in a federal appeals court, trump s lawyers lot of activity in the case halted, even the routine filing of documents which jacks mitt s team has said is permissible because it does not require the trump team to do anything. the motion to punish a jack smith for something that he is not prohibitive from even doing is yet another example of how donald trump has always referred to live in the world of alternative facts. with that strategy, it s on a collision course with the courtroom reality. that s what we saw this week as the disgraced former presidents that up for just a few minutes, in his own defense and the new york attorney generals civil fraud trial, when trump rambled, dissembled and presented himself as usual, as a
the former president. the first big attempt to control ai artificial intelligence. the european parliament has approved a draught plan to regulate the use of ai. and does too much bad news stop you from following current affairs? the latest figures suggest the tougher stories are turning people away from reading and watching the news. but first to that exlusive report on north korea. no one has been able to enter or leave the country for over three years because of the their covid restrictions. now three people living in north korea have risked their lives to tell the bbc what s happening. they ve told us food is so scarse, neighbours are starving to death. here s our seoul correspondent, jean mackenzie, and a warning you may find the report distressing. supplies are so low. people are started dying. this chilling testimony comes from inside north korea. once i didn t eat for two days, i only drank water. recently, people have been knocking on the door asking for food b
a federal judge has ordered the massachusetts air national guardsman accused of leaking classified documents to be held behind bars until his trial. mourners packed into a new york city church today for the funeral jordan neely. all of us have the right to live. more than 15 million are on alert for severe storms across the southern plains today. watch for some hail, as well as the heavy downpours, the lightning, and can t rule out even an isolated tornado or two. james: remembering jim brown. the iconic football player, actor, and civil rights activist has died at the age of 87. he helps everybody. that is what he is known for. meet gravedigger allen mccloskey. allen has been at this job since 1952. what was your hardest one? my wife. how did you get through that? i figured she d want me to do it. james: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this friday night. i m james brown, in for norah. and we begin tonight with