former president trump back on the campaign trail in new hampshire and once again he is praising dictators around the world. listen to how he characterized chinese later on xi jinping earlier today. president xi is like central casting. there is nobody in hollywood that can play the role of president xi. the look, the strength, the voice. it s good to have a good relationship with putin and xi. they have lots of good reopens. and kim jong-un. the former president showing some confusion over who is the current president. the head of hungary, a very tough, strong guy. victor orban. they were interviewing him two weeks ago and they said what would you advise president obama? the whole world seems to be exploding? trump tipped his attacks on special counsel jack smith, talking about smith s wife and family. the former president repeated his accusations that smith is deranged and a trump-hating prosecutor, tipping his wife and family despise me much more than he does. turn
another government shutdown. congress only has five and a half days to pass some kind of measure to keep the federal government funded or otherwise risk closing down some agencies and suspending some services right before the holidays. but as has been the case since the beginning of this congress, unresolved issues within their is functional house republican caucus continue to derail progress. the conference wide call yesterday afternoon, the new speaker mike johnson unveiled his plan to fund the government, which involves a novel approach called a lag, continuing resolution, or c r. under this plan, fundi for some services and agencies, such as military vet programs, department of transportation and housing, and urban development, among others, will be extended at current levels until the first deadline of january 19. meanwhile, funding will be extended until february 2nd, a couple of weeks later, for the rest of the government, including for the departments of state, justic