The last few weeks have been historic, unprecedented, and yes, at times, pretty alarming. Former president , donald, trump is under an avalanche of legal trouble. Remember, those cases are not just about the criminal conduct of one man. There are about the future of our democracy, and our very way of life. The stakes for this country could not be higher in this moment. The question of who is leading the country impacts every single issue you care about. Well continue to talk about these cases, through every twist and turn. Believe me, i understand that a former president under multiple indictments is enough to shape the confidence of anyone in our system. Today were going to change things up a little bit. In part because i was pretty along when i saw a recent poll that 37 of voters think were in danger of failing as a nation. Failing. I wanted to spend the show talking about some of the people about the efforts to make progress, even under the threat of trump hanging over everything. N
Proceeding, and conspiring against the rights of voters. It ties these to the violent attack of trumps voters at the capitol on january 6th. Special counsel jack smith spoke on that after it was filed. It was fueled by lies. Lies by the defendant, targeted at obstructing a Bedrock Function of the u. S. Government, a nations process of collecting, counting, and certifying the results of the president ial election. The men and women of Law Enforcement who defended the u. S. Capital on january 6th, are our heroes. They are patriots, and they are the very best of us. Since the attack on our capitol, the Department Justice has remained committed to ensuring accountability for those criminally responsible for what happened that day. This case has brought consistent with that commitment, and our investigation evander individuals continues. The indictment names trump as the only defendant, but it describes six coconspirators working with him to contest joe bidens win in 2020. Trump, no surpris
unable to qualify as one of the best third place finishers. gone out, cameroon through. in the same group, senegal had already reached the last 16, but made it three wins out of three, beating guinea 2 0. abdoulaye seck and iliman ndiaye scored the second half goals. guinea also go through to the last 16 from that group and will face equatorial guinea on sunday. two matches are under way in group d and there is everything to play for. the top two, angola and burkina faso, are neck and neck on four points playing each other. both are sure of progressing goalless there. if algeria beat mauritania, they guarantee their qualification in a top two spot. that match is also goalless. about half an hour played there. a trip to wembley is at stake across the next couple of nights. the league cup semi finals will be decided. chelsea and middlesbrough are playing the second leg of theirs right now. championship side boro had a 1 0 lead after the first leg, this is the latest from stam
des moines, iowa. this is the story this hour. former president trump just held a news conference in new york city. the closing arguments on the other side of this equation are still underway in this fraud trial. the former president saying again today that he s innocent. he s done nothing wrong. watch. so they have no case. it s a shame that a thing like this is able to happen. businesses leave new york. martha: hunter biden on the other coast of the country, we re waiting for his arrival in court in los angeles on tax charges. one day after causing chaos on capitol hill when he showed up unexpectedly at his contempt of congress hearing as if he was open to testifying and speaking at the hearing except when he didn t like the way things were going, he stormed out. matt whitaker is standing by here in iowa where he s born and raised in iowa. let s go to nate foy, our correspondent covering the trump trials and he s in new york city on the latest developments in that today
also tonight, a trump court victory keeping him on michigan s primary ballot. we have breaking news on a similar case, a trump defeat in colorado. later, the remarkable story of how to maine s fishing day ended with him saving another man s life. a man trapped and lost to the world for nearly a week inside a wrecked truck with deadly weather closing in. good afternoon everyone, john berman here in for anderson. what christmas break? that s what that republican presidential candidates must be asking. tonight there is virtually no time left before the first contest. and happening now, live pictures of former south carolina governor nikki haley. she s in the middle of an event and new hampshire. she s armed with the governor s endorsement there, a fresh infusion of cash, and possibly she hopes, at least, one of the most precious commodities and politics. momentum. now it is a relative term with donald trump lumen over everything. but momentum nonetheless. especially with the ne