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Fox News, I'm Jim Osman. Here's what's happening. Funeral ceremonies for former President Jimmy Carter begin today with the motorcade in Georgia. Fox's Jonathan Seri reports from the Carter Center in Atlanta.
Today is the first of six days of funeral ceremonies commemorating the life of former President Jimmy Carter. This morning, his family met his casket at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. It's a small community hospital in the town of Americus, just outside of Plains, a hospital that the former president helped raise funds to build.
The motorcade stopped briefly outside Mr. Carter's boyhood home and farm, now an historical national park. A bell rang out 39 times in honor of the 39th president of the United States. From there, the motorcade is carrying Mr. Carter's remains to Atlanta and will pause briefly outside the Georgia Capitol building where Mr. Carter served as governor. President Carter died at 100 years old.
The first of what could be many lawsuits will soon be filed against the city of New Orleans over the failure to secure Bourbon Street before the terror attack that left 14 people dead and dozens wounded. The legal action comes as grieving families in the community hold vigils honoring the dead. Fox's Madison Scarpino reports from New Orleans. The local law firm filing the suit is representing one of the survivors of this attack. And it says that the New Orleans Police Department and the city failed to put bail
basic safety precautions in case that may have prevented this tragedy. And the typical bollards in place here in the French Quarter were not due to Super Bowl preparations. And when asked, the police chief here said she did not even know about the barriers. The attack on Bourbon Street left 39 others injured. America is listening to Fox News.
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New York Judge Juan Merchan will be sentencing President-elect Donald Trump in his hush money case on January 10th. Fox's C.B. Cotton has more. Trump has the option to appear in person or virtually. Presiding Judge Juan Merchan indicated that he favors what's considered...
a lenient sentence and called an unconditional discharge, which means Trump would get no punishment, no fines, probation or prison time. But the conviction would still stand and give Trump the chance to appeal the case. Trump's spokesman sounded off, calling the entire case a witch hunt, saying there should be no sentence, saying that Trump must be allowed to continue the presidential transition process. Trump also spoke to Fox News Digital exclusively, saying in part, quote,
They want to see if they can get a pound of flesh because every case has failed. Other cases against the president-elect have recently been dropped. House Speaker Mike Johnson retains his speakership, but President-elect Donald Trump's agenda may still face a bumpy road in Congress. Fox's Chad Pergram has more from Capitol Hill. House Speaker Mike Johnson won on the first ballot, but three members held out.
Thomas Massey of Kentucky, Keith Self of Texas, and Ralph Norman backed Jim Jordan. However, a phone call from President-elect Trump compelled Self and Norman to change their vote. The vote underscores how tough it could be for the GOP to manage its narrow majority.
That could cause problems passing key parts of President-elect Trump's agenda. House Republicans traveled to Fort McNair in Washington for a set of meetings about using a special parliamentary tool called budget reconciliation to pass their agenda.
Reconciliation deals mostly with spending and taxes, but it can bypass a Senate filibuster. Chad Pergram on Capitol Hill. And gas prices, AAA says the average cost of a gallon of gas is up a bit. It's now at $3.06. I'm Jim Austin, and this is Fox News.