he s also asking the georgia supreme court to shut down district tierney fani willis s investigation into whether trump and its allies tried to overturn the 2020 election. in a filing yesterday in that case trump s legal team writes that allowing the georgia investigation to continue with cause, quote, reputational harm to the petitioner as he seeks his party s nomination for the presidency of the united states via a flagrant disregard for in violation of, his fundamental constitutional rights. and i spoke last night with congressman, jamie raskin, and about these increasingly desperate looking moose on the part of the trump team. listen to what he told me. you can t prosecute him when he is president, because he s president. you can t prosecute him after he sees president, because he is running for president. you can t impeach and convict him, they argued. you can t use the impeachment process because, really, he should be tried, they say. use the criminal statutes. but you
and lots of questions to answer, so let s get started. u.s. fighter jets have now shot three objects out of the sky, in just eight days. one in the world is going on here? we will delve into what we know so far, and the important questions that still need to be answered. plus, donald trump apparently does not want investigate a january. six as trump s lawyers prepared to fight that new subpoena, we ll break down his chances of actually getting what he wants. later, gridiron history today s super bowl, as the chiefs and the eagles battle for every yard, quarterbacks leading the team setting a major milestone stepping onto the field. all of that and more is coming up. a good sunday morning to you, i m katie. fang for the third time in less than two, wakes military has shot down an unknown object. in this latest incident, the u.s. canada air defense organization downed a over canada s yukon territory. president biden, prime minister justin trudeau, authorized the operation.
its that limit, house speaker kevin mccarthy and republican congress, they are risking your economic statement that stability, all before spending cuts even though this has nothing to do with news spending. president, biden he is not negotiating on this. so, what happens now? and the president says he has no regrets when it comes to the handling of documents found in a delaware home because he is cooperating fully with the justice department. critics say he is giving too many questions unanswered. we will get into why it is consistent with president biden s approach to the department of justice. meanwhile, one of my least favorite topics, donald trump. okay a judge, a former president to pay nearly 1 million dollars in fines for filing a frivolous lawsuit against his political foes. why one payout will be particularly painful for for mr. trump and at this time it could be targeted from using the course for future political gains. i am simone sanders thompson, and i have somet
finally official. kevin mccarthy is the new speaker of the house after 15 hard-fought ballots and some serious late night drama. and a good saturday morning to you, i m katie fang, let s begin today s show getting caught up on how we got here. it started with the 14th vote late last night mccarthy managed to flip more of the hard-line republicans needed to win the speakership. but came up short one matt gates voted present. that led to a tense conversation on the house floor between the two men, and our show of visible frustration from mccarthy. and watch this. republican congressman mike rogers approaches matt gates to see something and a colleague pulls him back by putting a hand on his face. the moment showing how much anger was boiling over on the floor after several days of voting. and then for a moment it looked like republicans are going to adjourn, and start voting again on monday. but at the last second, or it was out that they suddenly had the votes. and of that 1
And down significantly from october. This is the fifth straight month of decelerating jobs gains and two of the past three weekly jobless claims reports showed increases. Now, Congress Continues to not be able to agree on another round of relief funds, although a 908 billion package put forth by a Bipartisan Group of house and Senate Centrists seem to have at least broken the stalemate. Yesterday, president elect biden summed up the situation like this. This is a dire jobs report. This is a snapshot, i might remind you, up to mid november. Before the surge in covid cases we predicted, many predicted and the deaths rise that weve seen in december as we head into a very dark winter ahead. Were indeed heading toward a very dark winter, right now, the United States is setting records for covid19 case, hospitalizations, and deaths. On a near daily basis and we arent even at the expected postthanksgiving surge, which is anticipated to begin this weekend. As we hit the 10day mark for millions