the. i am ari melber. i will be joining you now for the next two hours of a special holiday edition of the bee tonight on this friday december 29th. donald trump s criminal trial several looming in 24. that s where we begin tonight, and we ll do it a little different tonight here for the holidays. i have former federal prosecutor joyce vance, already with me to start the show. we are looking at this legal heat coming up. i want to get into this with the, joyce, but first show you and every something we put together to consider the historic indictments on the road that donald trump has already been on. donald trump has been indicted under seal of the new york grand jury. 34 felony counts of falsified business records. we have one set of laws in the country that we apply to everyone. this will now be months if not the next year of our lives. the former president was placed under arrest on charges brought by the government he once led. the guy running for president
new materials have been found at both mike pence s home and donald trump s florida resort. also on the other front, new details about the high altitude object shot down over alaskan airspace, plus, canada just shot down a similar objects flying in their airspace. we have new details from a news conference that just wrapped up. and a once in a century disaster, incredible stories of survival, devastating tales of lost in the earthquake that hit turkey and syria. i will speak with chef josé andrés, who is on the ground, giving survivors some hope and warm meals. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. tonight, we begin with breaking news. canadian prime minister justin trudeau announcing hours ago that an unidentified objects being tracked over canadian airspace was shut down by the united states. canadian officials just got a press conference moments ago confirming that, at the u.s. canadian of craft that were scrambled a u.s. f 22 fighter jet successfully shot down t
also on the other front, new details about the high altitude object shot down over alaskan airspace, plus, canada just shot down a similar objects flying in their airspace. we have new details from a news conference that just wrapped up. and a once in a century disaster, incredible stories of survival, devastating tales of lost in the earthquake that hit turkey and syria. i will speak with chef josé andrés, who is on the ground, giving survivors some hope and warm meals. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. tonight, we begin with breaking news. canadian prime minister justin trudeau announcing hours ago that an unidentified objects being tracked over canadian airspace was shut down by the united states. canadian officials just help a press conference moments ago confirming that, at the u.s. and canadian aircrafts were scrambled, a u.s. of 22 fighter jet successfully shot down the object over the yukon. during that press conference, canada s defense minister said i
the district attorney s office told fox news while a victim has a right to be notified, they also have the right not to be contacted. after consulting with victim experts we don t believe this is a trauma informed approach. david, one of the deputy district attorney s there pointed to the fact that the d.a. recognized that victim service representatives will be at the hearings. they are not attorneys. when you take away the prosecutors and the victim s right to know and give them a serve that is counselling that s like putting a band-aid on something and is not a solution. a right to know supersedes the right not to be contacted. a couple of days ago i spoke to a friend of mine on a parole board and people in the law enforcement community about this issue. the important of impact statements not only in the courtroom but from families needs to be considered. there is another problem here that goes to where gascon s excuse about staffing. it s not just police officers on the