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
kicked off the ballot, or at least kicked off the ball pending appeal. more proof that donald j trump is having a hard time shaking the i word, insurrection. and that the republican front runner is heading into the new year with section three of the 14th amendment nipping at his seals. first, there was colorado. now, its main saying that trump is disqualified from being on the ballot. let s not forget that more than a dozen other states, with the 14th amendment have cases pending. 14 amid cases. the new ruling by the secretary of state s as inspiring as it is somber. quote, i conclude, as did the colorado supreme court that the record establishes that mr. trump, over the course of several months and culminating on january 6th, 2021, used a false narrative of election fraud to blame his supporters and direct them to the capitol to prevent certification of the 2020 election, and the peaceful transfer of power. i likewise conclude that mr. trump was aware of the likelihood for v
but there is still a lot of time between now and next november. as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. greetings everyone, i am symone sanders-townsend instead for stephanie ruhle. tonight, the race to protect a key priority for biden s agenda. wartime military aid for ukraine in israel. that 100 billion dollar aid package is now tied up in a fight on capitol hill involving our southern border. republicans refused to release the money unless the white house agrees to their demands for border security and immigration policy that includes return to some trump era policies. senators have been meeting with white house officials to try and work out a deal. the senate was supposed to leave today for a holiday recess, but this afternoon, majority leader schumer said the senate will be back next week. the senate will return on monday. that will give negotiators from the white house, senate democrats, senate republicans a time to work through the weekend in an effort
the senate will be back on monday to work out a deal on immigration and ukraine aid. then, rudy giuliani s defamation trial is now in the hands of the jury. what went down in court today. and new polling shows a tight race in several swing states, but there is still a lot of time between now and next november. as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. greetings everyone, i am symone sanders-townsend instead for stephanie ruhle. tonight, the race to protect a key priority for biden s agenda. wartime military aid for ukraine in israel. that 100 billion dollar aid package is now tied up in a fight on capitol hill involving our southern border. republicans refused to release the money unless the white house agrees to their demands for border security and immigration policy that includes return to some trump era policies. senators have been meeting with white house officials to try and work out a deal. the senate was supposed to leave today for a holiday recess, but t
reporters at length. we re going to tell you what he said, and what it means for this evening because mccarthy and president biden are meeting again at 5:30, face to face at the white house. keep an eye on what each side says coming out of that meeting, the third one in as many weeks. if they can t start coming together now, when will they? because although we say eight working days, that doesn t mean a deal and a bill and a vote will happen overnight. marking it up, debating it, signing off on it all take time even when congress is trying to go quickly, and according to treasury secretary, janet yellen, there isn t exactly wiggle room. june 1st is a hard deadline, she told meet the press over the weekend, even invoking the 14th amendment would take time, which by the way, yellen says would be potentially inappropriate and legally uncertain. so what would be left, aside from defaulting? again, watch what comes out of this meeting. house democrats have 210 vote for their dis