Daily shows roy wood jr. And before the speeches over the next couple of hours, were going to cover the biggest stories driving the week. Setting the stage for our coverage, and of course of this iconic d. C. Event. That also includes mike pence testifying before the special counsel reinjury, to e. Jean carroll trial, newly incriminating sound that could come up in the future lawsuits against fox, the firing of Tucker Carlson, the ethical lapses of Clarence Thomas, neil gorsuch, and the conservatives on the Supreme Court. But lets talk about some of the characters who are certain to play a prominent role at tonights event, perhaps in the remarks as well. This week President Biden officially kicked off his Reelection Campaign. In his First Campaign ad, biden cast himself as a warrior, fighting for the freedom of the American People. Part of the president strategy here is to frame the gop as a quote, extreme movements bent on overturning fair elections, restricting access to abortion, an
Of issues . Nine senators causing the vote to be delayed. One of them senator rand paul, started the idea of splitting the bill into. The idea has been talked about for at least a year, there might be another opportunity of a separate bill that has more bipartisan support that would elute the spending, people in the Republican Caucus want. Reporter democrats have been unified in opposing the bill, Chuck Schumer suggested meeting get warehouse to open the door for talks. I make my friends on the republican side, donald trump, and offer. Lets turn over a new leaf. Lets start over. Lets abandon more tax breaks for the rich, lets abandon cuts to medicaid and discuss what the American People are really concerned about. On the president have scheduled today, new indication that splitting the baby will find out soon enough. Senators leave tomorrow for recess. Not a big surprise, you just told everybody. Democrats means im vowing to resist the president s agenda at every step. A speechwriter f
Conspiracy against the United States. One of those two men is Paul Manafort, the president s former Campaign Manager and certainly one of the biggest names to be facing criminal charges. Its another, less recognizable name that could potentially pose a bigger problem for the president and his people. We have fox team coverage. John roberts looks at the reaction coming out of the oval office today and the white house. Senior political analyst brit hume with the political implications and analysis. We begin with chief washington correspondent james rosen. Good evening. This is being described by some as the worst day yet for the trump presidency. In the action here in federal court today, donald trump was far removed from the allegations and confessions. Representing the first landmark in the special counsels investigation. Any reaction . A few hours after Paul Manafort surrendered to the fbi, he and longtime associate rick gates appeared before magistrate judge Deborah Robinson in Feder
President , ed henry starts us off in the white house tonight. Ed . Reporter this is all about President Trump trying finally to kick off the new year by going on offense over these various russia investigations. Basically fed up with playing defense for so long throughout the last year. The president , one day after his personal Attorney Michael Cohen tweeted, enough is enough and filed defamation suits against buzz feed, fusion gps and its cofounder on what he called the phoney dossier. The president starting today by tweeting about democrat Diane Feinstein leaking that transcript of testimony, declaring, quote, the fact that sneaky Diane Feinstein who has stated collusion between trump and russia has not been found would release testimony in such an under handed and possibly legal way totally without authorization is a disgrace. Must have tough primary, meaning back in california. Thenat the time used a join News Conference with the Prime Minister of norway to reiterate his claim th
And security for american citizens. Dana we now bring in South Carolina republican congressman trey gowdy. Good to have you. Last night the judge ruled the Trump Administration was wrong to end the daca program and this comes in the middle of the republicans and democrats trying to figure out a way to pass legislation on the issue. What is the practical effect of the judges ruling last night . It was a temporary stay. I think what its instructing is that Congress Needs to fix this. This is not a judicial issue. It is noted an executive branch issue. Congress needs to fix it. Im optimistic that we can. Our country has a long history of treating children differently, particularly children who have not reached the age of legal accountability. So i am optimistic that were going to solve that and in addition, make sure this is the last time we have to have this conversation, which means border and interior security. Dana how do you think that conversation is going with the republicans and d