texas illegally. have the courage to speak what we put on that back side, true. moms for liberty highlighted antigovernment extremists. we are letting it kind of roll off our back in a sense. you re a hate up, put me in. good news on the horizon, first time that fox is going to be covering the rails. things are going to be spectacular. brian: here we go. we begin this hour with a fox news alert. get, this forge are president 2024 g.o.p. frontrunner donald trump indicted on seven criminal charges. ainsley: the charges still remain sealed. but, we know they re related to the classified documents that were found at mar-a-lago. steve: that s right. peter doocy joins us live from the white house with the very latest and, peter, i m sure you have plenty to talk about today. peter: former president trump is trying to get back here to the white house but, first, is he going to have to try beat a federal obstruction wrap. it sage election interference at the highest
these extraordinary times. the beat starts right now. hi, ari. hi, nicolle. this is one of those nights. we are tracking several developments, including a brand-new hearing over evidence in a case alleging unlawful lies by fox news. if you re thinking, wait, is this a rerun? did i dvr this? no, this is a different multibillion dollar case that the network is dealing with while reeling from the other original record defamation settlement in the defamation case. that is big. we re going to get to that. also, more tom hanks. we have new material from our interview that s airing tonight for the first time. it will be new, and i m excited to share it with you. we begin with cascading set backs and a political request that s backfiring in public with house republicans pushing on on their deep state in that nothing burger report from trump and bill barr s hand picked attorney general. you can make up your own mind about the evidence, because these kind of things involve eviden
for ari melber starts now. i wanted to say, what a day doesn t every feel day like what a day? what a day without breaks. some accountability welcome to the beat. i m alicia mendez in for ari melber we start with breaking news a legal earthquake for fox news fox news folded. rupert murdoch will pay more than $787 million over lies and conspiracy theories. the settlement coming as opening statements were about to begin in court today fox admitted to telling lie, and it comes after two years, a mo mounting smoking gun of evidence rupert murdoch under oath admit some hosts endorsed the lies from trump s team. here s dominion s lawyer right after the deal was struck. the truth matters lie have consequences. over two years ago a torrent of lies swept dominion and election officials across america into an alternative universe of conspiracy theories causing grievous harm to dominion and the country. today as settlement of $787,500,000 reps vindication and accountability.
that night and yesterday, murdaugh changed his story to admit he was at the dog kennels where his wife and son worships slade something that he did not tell the police at the time. . the last time you sell supposedly your wife and child and all of this detail, you as a lawyer and a prosecutor didn t think that was important to offer? i think it is important here in and al murdaugh helped l.a. about being at the kennels, he left his wife and son minutes before slaughtered, no one else was around. you hear the dogs barking, caring on and they sent somebody was around? no, they weren t. there was nobody around and the dogs didn t know. there was nobody else around. good. for him to sense. jesse: but the most explosive moment of the day murdaugh putting his own theory who murdered his family. he believes it is revenge over a vote accident involving his now deceased son paul. paul was driving the family vote drunk when he crashed and killed one of his friends. i
from the biden family wish you and your family peace, joy, health and happiness. merry christmas, happy holidays and all the best in the new year. god bless you all and may god protect our troops. judge jeanine: and while we count down the days until santa arrives, there may be no better place to celebrate this season than new york city. the big apple does a lot wrong but christmas is one thing we really get right. of the lights, the decorations, the stores, the trees, and, of course, the caroling. when you re awake he knows if you ve been. wait, you re not singing. yes, i am. no, you re not. you re just moving your lips. mine, please, what s the big deal? dad. santa claus is coming to town! [laughter] judge jeanine: music is a vital part of the holiday season like the movie says, the best way to spread christmas tree is singing loud for all to hear. and even i loved getting in on the action. jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way oh what fun i