defense attorney and covering the breaking details, marianne rafferty. we begin with matt finn on precisely what we are learning about this indictment. good evening. former president trump is calling this a dark day for america and is responded to the reported indictments on truth social. i m an innocent man. i m an innocent person practicum after donald trump, organizing the justice department, organizing the fbi. we can t let this continue to go on because it is ripping our country to shreds. we have such big problems. this should not be one of them. reporter: it is not clear exactly what the former president will be charged with but sources told fox news he faces at least seven federal counts of obstruction of justice, conspiracy and illegal retention of classified documents. it is all in relation to trump allegedly storing classified documents at his photo at mar-a-lago home. you may recall last august, the fbi made the unprecedented move of raiding that property. t
welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in washington with erin burnett in new york. breaking now, 37 criminal charges against donald trump revealed in a detailed federal indictment that s now public. the former president of the united states accused of storing and hiding very sensitive, highly classified documents as mar-a-lago allegedly conspireing with an aide to defy a subpoena for the material. wolf, prosecutors say trump kept secret information in a ballroom, up on a stage, in a bedroom and in a bathroom and even in a shower. the former commander in chief showed off documents including a document trump is said to have described as a, quote, plan of attack. tonight, erin, special counsel jack smith is vowing a very speedy trial arguing laws must be enforced as the indictment warrants trump risked exposing military and nuclear secrets of the united states and its allies. this is a special edition of the situation room. the
a special edition of the ingraham angle from new york city. efforts are underway several states to remove former president donald trump from the ballot. we will get to that in a moment. tonight, vivek ramaswamy is here with his reaction. plus, gary sinise with a heart-warming inspiring story that you have to hear. but, first, william faulkner famously said the past isn t dead, it isn t even past. as we say farewell to 2023, there are important lessons that we may have missed. lessons we need in the new year. you know, we tend to focus so intently on the crisis or the outrage of the moment that we miss the larger trends. this hour we will report breaking news, look at the big stories of the year and how they will shape our 2024. it will be an important and fun hour. i want to start with the narrative thats sounded all year long and going to be a major theme in the new year. you know the song. this fight for out freedoms is also a fight for our democracy. i wish i could s
control for nikki haley, after she did everything shy of declining to name slavery as the cause of the civil war. just the latest example of the republicans mission to raise the difficult parts of american history. also, tonight, profiles in cowardice. just as she is facing a tough reelection campaign, low one forward announces plans for her constituents, and runs for office elsewhere. plus, with just days away from what promises to be a momentous here in politics we will preview the many criminal and civil trials of the republican front runner, donald trump. and, trust me, there are a lot of them. good evening, i am charles coleman read, are in for joy reid and you are watching the readout. we ve got a lot to talk about. we begin tonight s conversation with revisions history by the republican party about one of the darkest and most painful periods ever in america. this time, from presidential candidate nikki haley. on wednesday, healy sparked with the new hampshire voter
we are live in new hampshire. also tonight, a trump court victory keeping him on michigan s primary ballot. but will the same be true in november? and we have breaking news on a similar case, a trump defeat in colorado. later, the remarkable story of how two men s fishing day ended with them saving another man s life. a man trapped and lost to the world for near i will a week inside a wrecked truck, with deadly weather closing in. john berman in for anderson. what christmas break? that s what the republican presidential candidates must be asking tonight. there was virtually no time left before the first contest. and happening now, live pictures of former south carolina governor nikki haley. she is in the middle of an event in new hampshire. she s armed with the governor s endorsement there, a fresh infusion of cash, and possibly, she hopes at least, one of the most precious commodities in politics, momentum. it is a relative term, with donald trump looming over everyt