hey. good morning, ainsley, good morning, steve and brian. the president was just joking with u.k. prime minister. they have only been meeting once a month or so because they have had so many frequent meetings in the last several months. had the president really made a point of stopping here to meet with the king after missing his coronation. the two leaders are going to talk climate finance in just a little while from now. but the president will also need to justify his decision to give controversial cluster bombs to ukraine after u.k. prime minister ri rishi sunak voiced opposition to that move. while more than 120 countries banned these weapons the white house is not one of them. called russia s use of them a potential war crime they say ukraine has a right to use them on their own land and incentive to mitigate risk to its own people that committed to a post war clean-up. this is about keeping ukraine in the fight. so, we re going to send these additional artillery sh
for the first time yesterday and was like, what? it s been a while since the supreme court treated the constitution as anything but a paper towel for when biden. america banned slavery. here is an interesting fact that folks at reuters just dug up, i love reuters. powerful people in the u.s., supreme court justices, governors and legislatures descended from slave owners, including republican mitch mcconnell. i d say he took one on the chin, we all know that is not possible. [laughter] greg: lindsey graham, langford and tom cotton. cotton, his name gave that away. if he ran for president, he should use the slogan picked cotton. not going to work in the cities. [laughter] greg: i m sorry. i would not advise that either. greg: if old white men did not surprise you, how about dems, duckworth, sheehen, liz warren and maggie. liz warren must be asking how, how. how is this possible? fun part, every living president is descendent of slave owners, except one. can you guess wh
for the first time and he was like whoa! true, it s been a while since the supreme court treated the constitution as anything but a paper powell for when biden spills his ensure and the reason for the change is also the reason for tonight s monologue. it s been over 150 years since america banned slavery but here s an interesting fact that folks at reuters just dug up. i love reuters. a lot of powerful people descended from slave owners. that includes republicans, mitch mcconnell. i would say he took one on the chin, but we all know that s not possible. [laughter] greg: but also lindsey graham, james langford and tom cotton. his name sort of gave that away. [laughter] greg: if you ever run for president should not use the slogan pick cotton. not going to work in the cities. [laughter] i would not advise that either. greg: all right. if those old white men didn t surprise you, how about tammy duckworth, jean and liz warren, right? that s got to be tough for those wom
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
fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds, and making false statements, just some of the charges against congressman george santos. after spending the day in federal custody, he just pleaded not guilty to 13 counts. so what will speaker mckcarthy do? a major test at the southern border. patrols encountered more than 10,000 migrants on tuesday alone as pandemic restrictions come to an end, our reporters are speaking live with those families desperate to get cross. plus president biden hitting the road to sell his debt ceiling message saying america is not a dead beat nation. new details on ongoing negotiations with republicans as we close in on a crucial default deadline. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. new york republican congressman george santos has pleaded not guilty to the 13 federal charges hes faces in court. prosecutors say his bond is set at $500,000, though his travel will be limite