and simon schuster, and nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel is with me on set. talk to me where we are in this moment and why the speech could be critical. you ve been on the front lines for months. ukraine is trying to do everything it can to stay relevant, to keep the attention on ukraine. ukrainian money, and weapons and wants sanctions to be maintained on russia. i think many are watching. some nations seem to be wavering, maybe it s time to strike a deal. maybe it s time to bring putin back in the fold. perhaps ukraine should give away some of its provinces in exchange for peace. and ukrainian officials are trying to counter that narrative, saying we can t stop. putin is not going to stop even if we cut off part of our country and give it away to him. this leads to greater appetites of dictators. there s a tremendous desire from president zelenskyy personally to make sure the world continues to focus on ukraine and stay with ukraine. do you get a sense
good morning. and welcome to our first show. where every saturday, i ll sit down with some really smart people to discuss the biggest stories and what we hope will be a different way. today, we re asking, with mounting pressure on president biden, to call for a cease-fire in gaza, how much say does he really have in what israel does? plus, legal challenges now, to keep donald trump off the ballot. should judges or voters decide his future? and later, a hot topic for parents and kids. should schools ban students? from using cell phones? our panel here is all ready to go. sit back, and grab your coffee, and let s talk about it. first, our saturday starter. president biden walking a diploma diplomatic tight rope as israel continues the offensive in gaza am response to the horrific attack by hamas last month. secretary of state blinken is back in the area this week. getting more humanitarian aid in gaza and more hostages out. here at home there are growing calls for israel to
wiw? how?nnounc welcome to hannity . and tonight, stay tuned. by the way, a major announcementemt from our frien, our colleague, g.a. caldwell. but first, let s right in. butt the 2024 electiohen is only 136 days away. early voting in pennsylvania, new that begins in 87 days. rolls out to other day states thereafteother. r in and the very first presidential debate is less than one week away. and just six days, two left wing self-proclaimed journalists who are really just talk show host from fake news cnn. they will moderate thursday ne now, needless to say, the odds a are stacked against donaldre trump. the former president recently said he thinks therep.h pres is% chance that cnn will be fair. our prediction is the odds are actually much lower now.e for starters, i think we can expect the first half of the cnn presidential debate to be dedicated, dedicated to questions about january six and abortion. the left s abortio mongering about trump s desire for political retributi
The latest news from around the world with host Brooke Baldwin. Unfolding in the same district, there are a lot of legal issues these are all people, you say people all in the president s circle. Its Congressman Collins, his son and the sons soon to be fatherinlaw. There are a lot of references to coconspirators not named as defendants. Yes. So are those folks who if youre a prosecutor, are these other Family Members who are cooperating or might they be indicted down the road. They could be indicted down the road. At this point theyre not being indicted but they participated in criminal conspiracy according to the indictment. The most Famous Coconspirator in an indictment probably was Richard Nixon in the watergate affair. He was never indicted but he was clearly listed as a coconspirator with respect to some of the charges that were brought. So, this is something they do in the early stages of a case. The case may name others later. Might you have other Family Members flipping on othe
congressional leaders may be stepping back from the brink of a government shutdown this month. a short time ago they announced an agreement on overall spending levels for this fiscal year. it s an important first step in averting a shutdown. we aren t out of the woods yet. cnn s arlett saenz is with us. what are you hearing from the white house? does it look like perhaps they re on their way to a deal? reporter: well, jim, president biden signed off of this law saying in a statement he believes it moves the country one step closer to a government shutdown. big questions still remain about whether they can actually get this funding bill written by that next deadline on january 19th. now house speaker mike johnson and senate majority leader chuck schumer negotiated this agreement landing on a $1.59 trillion spending level for fiscal year 2024. the breakdown comes to about $806 billion for defense spending and $704 billion for