bret: good evening, welcome to washington. i m mike emanuel in for bret baier. new evidence that iran is helping houthi militants disrupt traffic on the red sea. taxpayers spent money on migrant housing. why is some of it not being used? we check in with weather and traffic on one of the busiest holiday travel days of the year. mike: but, first, breaking tonight, a major decision from the u.s. supreme court as justices refuse to consider former president trump s request for immunity from prosecution. the case will instead go to an appeals court early next month. this is considered a victory for the former president and setback for special counsel jack smith it. could have huge ramifications is the coming election year. senior national correspondent rich edson at the white house tonight has details. good evening, rich. good evening, mike. an election already with significant uncertainty just had more injected into it this afternoon. the supreme court s refusal to soon
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Aperture in terms of who is a potential target for cyberactivity. and the second thing is this should be another in a series of wake-up calls that we should think about what would happen if this type of a destructive attack impacted a major financial institution, impacted a key part of the energy sector impacted the air traffic control system. as bad as it was for sony i would argue that an attack of this level on any of those other places would have much wider implications for the public. major general brett williams and mark rash thank you both very much for joining me tonight. thanks, lawrence. happy new year. coming up the amazing monet davis will join me. she is now the associated press female athlete of the year. quick, quick, quick. tweet me your questions for monet using the #lastword.
i would say probably no there. okay. thank you so much. probably no on the 20,000. happy new year anyway. up next zooming through the other stories making news including an accident that leaves a salty taste behind shall we say. less than 14 hours away from the big celebration in new york city. turning the calendar from 2014 to 2015. live at the cross roads these pictures we re showing you where we will it s pretty quiet at the moment. it s very early 10:18. a closer look at the famous times square crystal ball. first, today s prime cut. o donnell spoke with monae davis the little leaguer that pitched 70 miles per hour. she was named the associated press female athlete of the year. as it turns out. there s another sport she s more passionate about. i want to go to uconn to be