that s what motivates me. it would be disastrous for us to decouple from china. antony blinken travel to china as chinese counterparts continue to publicly criticize the u.s. there is no reason to talk with china right now. the congressional baseball game brings together republicans, democrats, and fans of all ages. know that by the steube deep into left field and bouncing into the bullpen. republicans took it 16-6. brian: straight to a fox news alert now. marine veteran danny penny is indicted on second degree manslaughter charge connected to jordan neely s death on a new york city subway train. mr. penny says he acted in self-defense and to protect those people around him on that car. after neely said reportedly he was going to kill him. ainsley: todd piro joins us with the latest. todd: that indictment under seal right now. the manhattan d.a. is expected to formally announce 24-year-old daniel penny s indictment later this morning. new york city mayor e
to ringing in 2024 here in times square. this is america s city we are proud to host this major event to big. each year we handle this enormous undertaking. we do not do this alone. we are in lockstep with the federal, state, local agency partners appeared including the times square alliance to enjoy a safe and enjoyable event for all. molly: the well-prepared surrogate 2020 port new york city is ramping up its police presence with the iconic ball drop it you are looking for the times square courtesy of birth. by this time to market is expected 1 million people, yes when it million people will be packing and therefore the world s biggest new year s eve celebrations but welcome to new our fox news live i am a molly line. i rich. new york city mayor eric adams says there is no credible security threat to the ball drop but thousands of officers will be ready if for instance pro- palestinian groups threaten to storm times square purred early this month at several protesters w
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
lee zeldin shockingly attacked at a campaign rally by a man who tried to stab him, and the very brief stint in custody for the man arrested has zeldin and others sounding off. proceeding with caution. could the optimism in one american city inspire us all to think big and more positively about our inflated economy right now? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we re going to start with our politics lead and a clear sign from the january 6th house committee they believe it is time for attorney general merrick garland to charge donald trump with a crime. this morning, republican congressman adam kinzinger from illinois, one of the republicans on the committee, told cnn that the timeline laid out by the committee is not just damning of the president but leaves trump with clear criminal culpability. we have proven different components of a criminal case against donald trump or people around him in every hearing. and i think taken in totality, this represents the greates
The president showing solidarity with israel and revealing hes seen u. S. Intelligence that israel was not responsible for the Hospital Explosion in gaza. Based on what i have seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team. Norah tonight, the new video israelis say show the rocket came from within gaza by the Islamic Jihad. On air force one, the president later telling reporters egypt agreed to allow 20 trucks of humanitarian aid into gaza. If hamas confiscates it or doesnt let it get through, just confiscates it, then its going to end. Norah the protests tonight across the middle east and here at home, as israeli troops ready on the border of gaza. Throughout the course of just over a week what, we have witnessed is a steady buildup of hundreds of thousands of israeli troops and heavy equipment like this, in Staging Areas, all pointed in one direction, about a mile from gaza. Norah american troops hurt after Drone Attacks near Iraqi Air Force bases. The concerns tonight of a