it s always good to see you. happy new year, by the way, it s not too light to say happy new year. it is not, the whole month of january, as far as i am concerned. the whole 2024 will be, you can see it, but my fingers are crossed. from your mouth to my ears, have a good show. 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 jack smith 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
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
. . hi, i m craig melvin, and what did you find? this is dateline. all of a sudden i realize, why are they late? there s something definitely wrong. he said your family was in an accident. and my world just dropped down underneath me. the scene told the story why did you find? somebody hit them. a deadly crash on a dark road. two gone, one barely alive. to a tragic accident. but look closer. can all of the broken glass and twisted metal, was there a clue to a crime? the last thing i wanted to have was to have to take a double fatality and not treat it as a homicide. murder. and no one saw coming. i couldn t deal with it. two families in torment. we were both just a small town trial with big emotions. you took it. you did it. and the verdict that would shake them all. hello, and welcome to dateline. a dangerous highway in big sky country. that was a setting for a deadly crash that would seem to unite two families in shock and heartbreak. excep
to it 1.65 trillion dollar spending deal. that s the same top line spending number agreed to last year in bipartisan debt ceiling deal, but this deal happens to include a major win for republicans. the deal cuts 20 billion dollars from the irs over the next two fiscal years, republicans often insist that they care about the deficit but they are slashing the only government program that reduces the deficit. today, the irs announcing that it s collected more than $500 million in back taxes from tax delinquint millionaires so far, all thanks to president biden s inflation reduction act. but some republicans still aren t happy with the spending bill, with one texas republican saying that the motion to vacate the speaker is, quote, on the table. if he makes this deal that is not tough enough on the border and as you laid out, is his job in jeopardy? what i ve said is that everything is on the table. that s the point of having, rules so that he can hold a body to account. nothing should
occurs, it will be so were salt ever publicans once again deciding that if they are unable to jam their extreme right wing policies down the throats of the american people, they re going to shut down the government, her every day americans and crash the economy. we re going to do everything possible to stop that from happening that was hasse democratic leader hakeem jeffries yesterday, and it looks like déjà vu all over again in the house of representatives, as the first of two that time to fund the government is fast approaching. ahead of next week s deadline, speaker mike johnson and senate majority leader chuck schumer announced that they had agreed to it one point 65 trillion dollar spending deal. that s the same top line spending number agreed to last year in bipartisan debt ceiling deal, but this deal happens to include a major win for