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
christmas the night before christmas and all throughout the country, good luck for those trying to travel anywhere in the country. more than 11,000 flights cancelled or delayed in the u.s. just today. bad for travelers that can t get off the ground. bad even if you re not traveling because that package you re waiting for might not get to you. fed ex and ups say they are worried and close to 1.5 million americans are without power. fox on top of a country frozen in place with mike tobin in chicago where they re used to flight cancellations but nothing like this. madison alworth in newark, new jersey with a lot of travelers that have had it with this. max gordon in new york where major flooding worries are adding to all of this. fox weather meteorologist steve bender on just how long we re all going to have to deal with this. so forget about who will see a white christmas. the race is on for millions of americans who are having a devil of a time getting anywhere before christma
politics, ordinary spaniards feel the pain. and the french president says it was a mistake for greece to join the euro. first off, let s go straight to the european stock markets and see how they re faring at the minute. we re seeing a higher open and that in turn follows rallies on thursday after that crucial deal was reached at the eu summit in brussels. we ll bring you the numbers in a moment s time. first up, let s tell you what s making news across the region. in particular, it is the french president, mr. nicolas sarkozy. in an interview on thursday, sarkozy said allowing greece into the euro zone was, it seems, a mistake. greece ended with false economic figures. it was not ready to do so. sarkozy spoke with the chinese president, hu jintao on thursday to assess china s reaction to the eu deal. we had spanish jobless figures being released a few moments ago. what we know is the spanish jobless rate has risen to 21.52%. so 21.5% across this euro zone nation. this me