Well timed. That is how it landed. A book about the Oil And Gas Industry and a big chunk of the book was about the craziness and the corruption in the ukraine. Then it was the playing field. I didnt intend it to land it that way. Well, now of course mr. Trump is being impeached for a second time. And it is kind of uncanny, a lot of the things that i wrote about in the book that came out in the first trump impeachment. The whole reason that i wrote the book is because we were consistently underestimating the sway of this one industry. How much sway it has over politicals and governments here and around the world. I thought there was a need for a explainer and how the industry could explain. If something is happening that does not make sense on the surface it helps to look at the industry and see if they are maybe The Hidden Hand, when politics fail or governments are bad. This is a place to look. One thing to say here is the hidden power that is making it possible or impossible and call
claudia: welcome back to a special edition of fox news live. former president donald trump asking a federal appeals court to throw out the criminal case alleging he interfered in the 2020 election. the president and his legal team claiming absolute presidential immunity protects him from prosecution. welcome to a brand-new hour of fox news live. merry christmas, i m claudia cowen. i m rich edson. trump s filing with the u.s. court of appeals in d.c. comes one day after a big setback for special counsel jack smith. the u.s. supreme court refused his request to fast track his immunity claim for trump. the case hinges on whether president trump was acting as president or a candidate. his strategy is to run out the clock and he has a lot of tools to do that. and he may be successful. the issue here i think everyone agrees that there is something called absolute immunity for your official functions, if you are performing an official function the president has immunity and
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ashley: thank you, i m ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. fans in the city of brotherly love rioting after the eagles lost the super bowl, some fans marching on city hall, scaling traffic lights and posts and facing off with police officers and damaging property. [cheering] this is your second warning disburse, disburse, disburse. todd: they forgot to grease that one. marianne has more on the highlights. the marianne: the chiefs pulling off a come-back victory over the eagles. kansas city winning second super bowl in last four seasons by taking down philadelphia 38-35 in glendale, arizona. patrick mahomes winning the super bowl mvp award. the offense scored each possession in the second half and field goal by harrison butker sealed the victory. [cheering] butker up and got it. marianne: eagles fans are talking about a controversial call and marching on city hall, scaling lamp posts as they sprayed teargas to disburse the crowd. that moment didn t oversha
anyone s game with four critical tossup races neck and neck. you are watching fox and friends first, i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. governor races across the country are scrambling for votes in theun areup to the big day. i m a democrat running on my record on crime. seem to care more. my eight year old understands the government printses trillions of dollars, prices go up. you sent me to get stuff done, that is what i ve done. working with republicans and democrats to get legislation republicans know tim ryan is completely fraudulent when he claims to have supported policy, they know the record. this race for governor is not about democrats or republicans, it is choice between sanity and chaos and about electing leader to goff earnwith vision and strength. solid conservatives for a long time, we haven t moved, guess who moved? democrats, further and further and further. todd: ashley strohmier has more on the final pitches. ashley: a new abc