good evening. happy holidays. welcome to the beat. i am ari melber. i ll be joining you the next two hours for a special holiday edition of the beat. donald trump has a criminal trial problem. he has several trials looming in 2024. that s where we begin tonight. we ll do it a little different for the holidays. former federal prosecutor joyce vance with me to start the show. we re looking at this legal heat coming up. i want to get into this with you, joyce, but first show you and viewers something we put together to consider tonight, historic indictments on the road donald trump has already been on. donald trump has been indicted under seal by the new york grand jury. 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. we have one set of laws in this country, and they 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 who s running for
greetings everyone, i am simone sanders thompson and welcome to the special edition of symone. a 2023 year in review. today, we are looking back at a year of nonstop consequential news. in order to put this year into perspective we need to remember that much of what unfolded in 2023 was built on the foundation of unprecedented events in 2022 like the dobbs decision overturning roe v. wade or history defying midterms and a criminal referral of donald trump after the january 6th committee investigation and so much more. after all of that, 2023 was a year of reckoning. let s break that down. the definition of reckoning is this. a time when one was called to account for one s actions to pay ones debts or fulfill promises or obligations. from the very start of the year, from the halls of congress that the former president to picket lines to communities like yours, there were reckonings on many fronts. the year kicked off with republicans taking back the house, but it was clear f
millions under winter weather alerts. more than 100 winter related accidents in nebraska alone. we re tracking it all. president biden ordering air strikes in iraq in retaliation for a drone attack that wounded three american service members, one of them critically. the latest hostilities involving iran-backed militants. while in gaza, intense new bombing by israel. dozens killed, and the possible terror attack near an israeli embassy. plus, our richard engel in the israeli-occupied west bank where palestinians face growing violence by jewish settlers. the confrontation they caught on camera. also tonight, ukraine s cruise missile attack on a russian warship. the moment of impact. the crisis at the border. thousands joining a new migrant caravan heading towards the u.s. bus drivers under attack. the growing number being assaulted, punched, pepper sprayed, even threatened with a machete. can anything be done to protect them? the latest version of the apple watch no
feeding realtime information to the houthis as iranian-backed group target ships in the red sea in an attempt to disrupt shipping and military traffic. i m jacqui heinrich. griff: i m griff jenkins. hour two here we go as the war wages in northern gaza despite calls for humanitarian pause. greg palcokk in tel aviv. down south in gaza some very rough battles as we will continue to pound various hamas targets today saying it has killed a top weapon smuggler for the group. they are zeroing in on the headquarters in the south and trying to finish off strongholds in the north where miltants have been holding on. despite widespread devastation, israel not altering its approach after yesterday s resolution in the un security council calling for humanitarian pause. that was toned down a bit after the u.s. go along with abstention, critics say it s not strong enough to get sufficient aid to gaza as houthi fighters continue attacks on international shipping in the red sea, we just go
[ ] welcome to fox news chance west point holiday show. i m sandra smith coming to you from the grounds of the united states it in academy, west point, new york. it s one of our oldest military posts at one of america s most fabled universities. the west point band is one of america s finest american musical organizations. we ll hear the musicians on stage as they perform in their annual holiday con certain. but first a look at how west point played a crucial role in our nation s independence before it became the press i juice military academy we know today. [ ] the academy sits on a plateau overlooking new york s hudson river. the location chosen in 1778 by george washington is no accidents. he thought west point was the strategic key to its defense by stopping the british advancements during the revolutionary war. 12 years later the college was established, dedicated to training professional leaders in warfare. in 1817 known as the father of west point. the general boost