hunt. it is thursday, december 21. 5:00 a.m. in new york. also 5:00 a.m. in washington, d.c. where donald trump is now urging the supreme court to reject a fast track review of his claim for presidential immunity after he tried to overturn the 2020 election. his legal team filed a motion wednesday and this is one week after special counsel jack smith requested that justices rule quickly on whether immunity would protect trump in prosecution so that his trial could begin on march 4. trump s legal strategy has always been to delay the proceedings as he campaigns again for the white house in 2024. meantime, president biden was asked about tuesday s unprecedented colorado supreme court ruling that trump is an insurrectionist and does not among in the state s primary ballot. is trufrmp an insurrectionis? i think it is self-evident. you saw it all. whether the 14th amendment apply, i ll let the court make that decision. but he certainly assumed an insurrection. no question abou
hello, everyone. i m dana perino. it s 5:00 in new york city. this is the five. dana: america just when you thought you had seen every scandal out of washington, there s this. a staffer for democratic senator ben cardin is out of a job after a graphic sex tape was filmed in a historic senate hearing room. capitol police are investigating how it was allowed to happen. it was recorded last week, but the time of day is unclear. it s the same esteemed places where supreme court justices had their confirmation hearings, where the 9/11 commission uncovered what happened there, and it s where james comey testified against former president trump. the identities of the people involved in the video have not been confirmed, but legal experts think they could face criminal charges like trespassing. meanwhile some in the media are really spinning this story. nbc news blames conservative outlets for reporting that a democratic senate staffer filmed the sex video in a capitol hill heari
better off than their parents and radical left is pushing us to culture of grievance instead of culture of greatness. todd: with that, you re watching fox and friends first, i m todd piro. and i m ashley strohmier for carley shimkus. ashley: is it enough to win the nomination? the senator is facing competitors like former president trump, governor ron desantis and others possibly waiting to jump in. alexandria hoff is live in washington. good morning. alexandria: you saw in the clip, the 57-year-old senator kicked off his campaign with a life lifted out of poverty has provided him. scott has more cash on hand than any other gop hopeful. joe biden and the radical left are against every rung of the ladder that helped me climb. that is why, i m announcing today that i m running for president of the united states of america! [cheering] alexandria: last night at charleston southern universities, his campaign slogan, faith in america. after signing paperwork on frid
the league and political battles over abortion. one of the nation s pose conservative courts weighing it as state legislatures in north and south carolina take new action to ban the procedure. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to cnn s exclusive reporting on new evidence in the trump classified documents investigation. cnn special correspondent jamie gangel broke the story for us, jamie, tell us what you re learning. reporter: wolf, cnn has obtained this letter from the national archives to president trump informing him that the archives is getting ready to hand over 16 new presidential records to special council. thises is far as we know we have not seen the records yet but the evidence . it suggests that trump had first-hand knowledge that you just do not declassify material with a wave of a hand. there is a rigorous process. as we have heard multiple times, trump an
improve under johnson, who has several conflicting comments on whether he is defunding the city of police. we know the city of chicago rebuked this call to defund this bit. this system of incarceration and policing, this is real political gold. i never said we ll take money from police. the 150 million was not redirecting the funds from police? directing dollars to make sure we hire and promote 200 more detectiveses, to make sure we are implements laws on the books like red flag laws, i never said i would cut the police budget. ashley: here is lauren with more. new chicago mayor brandon johnson will be sworn into a job with no small task, figure out how to stop crime? his city and learn to work with police and his constituents even though he was part of calls to defund police. he says his policies go after root causes of crime. chicago police report murder is slightly down from this time last year, but still in the hundreds and motor vehicle thefts up 130%. just y