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
welcome to prime time we can, i am nicolle wallace. let s get right to the week s top stories. donald trump would never keep the fifth amendment. if you re innocent, why are you taking the fifth amendment? now he is on trial for hiding hush money payments to a star. but he won t take the stand. donald, why won t you testify? after all, you believe only guilty cowards to the fifth. fifth amendment, fifth amendment, fifth amendment, horrible. horrible. please take the stand, donald. or admit you are a coward. it is a big open question at this point, will he or won t he? will donald trump take the stand in his defense in his own criminal trial? the jury good to hear from the man at the center of all of it, the defendant directly. we have seen the ex-president take the stand or go under oath for very short periods of time in previous trials and it has got not gone very well for him. in november of last year he testified in the civil fraud trial against him and his busines
democracy at stake, the nine justices of the united states supreme court hold in their hands the power to forever alter the trajectory of our country. how they rule on cases having to do with january 6th, violent attempt to disrupt the transfer of power, will echo for generations. so not only is it reasonable for us to expect those nine human beings to go about their process impartially, it s vital that they are seen and perceived as being impartial appearance. the mere appearance of bias could strain our trust in an honest result for these cases, which is why today s news isn t just disturbing, it s scary. the new york times cites photos and interviews with neighbors in reporting that in 2021, days before president joe biden s inauguration as president, days after the deadly attack on the united states capitol of january 6th, neighbors of conservative justice samuel alito noticed something on his lawn, an upside down american flag, a symbol commonly used in those days by t
to talking movies as we look at hollywood s forthcoming summer movie season. mad max is one of my top on the list. deadpool 3. i am excited to see that. the deadpool movies are really funny and i like to see a movie that s funny with other people, so we can all laugh together. l mr president, do you regret the use of air strikes against american citizens? and talking movies will also be reporting on the dystopian action film civil war a movie following us journalists in the midst of civil disorder. an early in the season big hit, critically praised, but not everyone liked it. i don t think it s a very revealing, revelatory or deep examination of the practice ofjournalism. also, diversity in the film industry how much progress is being made? in some areas, concerns that representation is getting worse. only 30 films out of 100 featured a female lead or co lead. last year, it was at 44%, so there s been a shift down. plus, how film fans are exploring new ways of watching
it is once again going to feel pretty warm. i will have all of the details very shortly. it s sunday the fifth of may. good morning to you. our main story: the conservatives have suffered a significant defeat in the west midlands after losing the region s mayoral election to labour. in the closely fought race, andy street, who was seeking a third term in office, lost out to richard parker, by a margin ofjust over 1500 votes. the result had been seen as pivotal for rishi sunakfollowing one of his party s worst ever performances in this week s local elections. our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. parker, richard labour and co operative party, 225590. it was a result that will send a shudder through conservatives. street, andrew, the conservative party candidate, 224082. labour victorious in the west midland mayoral race by 1508 votes a tiny margin in a region of 2 million people. one of the conservatives high profile metro mayors andy street toppled. the