square with police drones and officers on horseback. why some are calling it an attractive target for terrorists and what s being done to keep cities around the world safe on the holiday. also, the confrontation in the red sea. u.s. navy attack helicopters say they were acting in self defense after sinking multiple boats and killing ten houthi rebels. after they attacked a commercial cargo ship. how this could affect shipping in the red sea region, and tonight, abc news has learned the navy is moving an aircraft carrier out of the region. israel warned on a lengthy timetable for the war with hamas. how much longer they expect it to last. and the u.s. and israel at odds over who will control gaza once the fighting ends. the migrant crisis pushing cities to their breaking point. hundreds of migrants flown from texas to illinois then bussed to chicago. big city mayors plead for federal help. president biden heads into the new year facing a tough senate fight over border
breaking news on this holiday weekend. special counsel jack smith delivers a newfound, an urgent an appeals court to dismiss former president trump s immunity claims. ahead, what that means for the case and when we could get ruling. plus, nikki haley s campaign playing cleanup after she botched a simple question about the civil war. what her answer says about the state of the gop and its base. also ahead, a look at how the polls have shifted over the course of 2023 and what that means for 2024. and why an extreme immigration law in texas is drawing the attention of the justice department. this is american voices. we begin this hour in iowa, where several gop presidential candidates are spending the weekend in hopes of dismantling donald trump s hold over the republican party. that includes former south carolina governor nikki haley. but as she works to capture momentum from a surge in the polls, her campaign is also cleaning up her recent comments about the civi
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
[the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] rachel: good morning, everybody. we begin, i am looking there but i should say hi first. good morning. joey:i am four days into this. rachel: are you saying you are not? joey:usually i come in for a day. i ve been here this week and i don t know where the headlines are going but americans getting fed up, we are looking for something new. rachel: you wonder how much more we can take. joe: democrats voting for republicans, polls show members of state legislators on the republican side coming into the new year. people are fed up with the craziness. will: it s got that kind of feeling and only two days left. rachel: the biden kind of feeling. pete: the old smell of let s put that over here and get rid of it feeling. two more days of this, then 2024. good to see you. let s begin with this. the first hour of fox and friends starts with d
also tonight, israel admitting serious mistakes, bombing civilians in gaza, and in killing three of the hostages as a freed hostage said her captors were a family in gaza. nikki haley sparking controversy after the republican candidate is asked what caused the civil war and leaves out slavery. her day of damage control. the house in idaho where four college students were stabbed to death, torn down despite pleas from the victims families. a major freeway shut down. the chase and standoff involving a s.w.a.t. team and the driver of a semitruck that refused to pull over. the bulletproof vehicle used to finally get that suspect out. the new expanded warning about counterfeit versions of ozempic and other wildly popular diabetes and weight loss drugs. what you need to know to protect yourself. and the lives they lived. our tribute to some of the great names we lost this past year. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. i m tom llamas in for lest