it s my obligation and responsibility to find solutions even if we re not getting the help we deserve from washington, d.c. new york city mayor eric adams calling out the republican governor of texas and the white house. we re going to go through the new york city mayor s executive action to address the busing of migrants from the border. plus, we ll bring you the latest from the middle east. a member of israel s war cabinet is now threatening a send front in the conflict, and this one along the border with lebanon. and also ahead, an update on the efforts at the state level to block donald trump from the republican presidential primary ballot. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, december 28th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. israeli forces are moving forward with their expanded operations in refugee camps in gaza. that s where we ll begin our day. yesterday the idf launched strikes across the region targeting shelter
of messages and depositions from fox news hosts, senior executives and employees as part of a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit. these documents show the depth of the contempt many at fox news had for the truth and frankly for their own viewers. prime time host laura ingraham blasted the fox news decision desk for something that every other normal reputable news organization in the country values, for being accurate. from the new york times, quote, ms. ingraham said the work of the decision desk was an inside job intended to sabotage conservative hosts like her, quote, we are all officially working for an organization that hates us she fumed. the messages show that host sean hannity responded to that, quote, why would anyone defend that call, referring to the decision desk s highly accurate and early election night projection that president joe biden would go on to win arizona. no, sean and laura were not alone. from the washington post reporting on these new filings, quote
we begin with our chief correspondent, jonathan hunt. good evening. good evening. the first u.s. president to be indicted on criminal charges. donald trump gathered together his supporters to air grievances. i never thought anything like this could happen in america. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it. now, among the former president s target was alvin bragg, the manhattan district attorney leading the charge to convict trump on hush money payment to porn star stormy daniels. the criminal is district attorney because he leaked massive amount of grand jury information. [applause] for which he should be prosecuted or at a minimum, he should resign. and the former president hit out of the judge in this case, too. i have a trump-hating judge and trump-hating wife and family whose daughter works for kamala harris and now receiving the biden/harris campaign. before he wrapped up, he criticized othe
no one is perfect. i even said at a meeting, i m a sinner. we all sin before the dploir of god. but every day i pray to god to let me do his will. that s the reason i m in this race right now. when i see people getting hurt on the street, the crime going on, i see the crime like nobody wanting to hold anybody accountable for. plus president biden and the first lady just arrived in florida. they will get a firsthand look at what s left of that city. reeling from hurricane ian s direct hit one week ago. the death toll from the storm is now at 112, half of those happening in lee county, where fort myers is located. and finally, former president trump now asking the supreme court to step in to negotiate the fight over classified tmts found at his home in florida. could it be a winning legal strategy or another tactic to delay the doj s investigation as long as possible? we re going to dig deeper into that in just a moment. i want to bring in washington correspondent yamiche a
today is actually a holiday fess vas. the tradition of festivus begins with the airing of grievances. i have got a lot of problems with you people. now, you are going to hear about it. you, krueger. my son tells me your company stinks. oh, god. and now as festivus rolls on. until you pin me, george, festivus is not over. oh, please. somebody stop this. let s rumble. katie: this year s festivus like all the others with the airing of grievances. we have a lot of problems with the way swawgd p washington was. works. the unwiths who run it the ones supposed to represent us shown time and time again they only represent themselves. reminded of this every year on festivus when senator rand paul releases a report on how the government spent your hard earned tax money throughout the year. this year washington, d.c. outdid themselves spending over $482 billion on wasteful projects like dropping $3 million to inject hamsters with steroids and watching them fight. another 2 m