PREVIEW - NORTH KOREA Colleague Mary Kissel discusses the adversaries -- the Axis of Resistance -- that the Marco Rubio State Department will inherit from the Biden administration, and what is to be done about the rogue state North Korea. More details ton

PREVIEW - HEZBOLLAH Colleague Jonathan Schanzer of FDD (Foundation for Defense of Democracies) analyzes the unknowns of the failed state of Lebanon. More details tonight.

GOOD EVENING The broadcast opens with a discussion of Shamsud-Din Jabbar in New Orleans, examining what remains unknown about this case...

#ITALY :Iran takes an Italian journalist, Cecilia Sala, hostage. Lorenzo Fiori, Milan.

#CUBA: Rogue State, Terror State. Mary Anastasia O'Grady, WSJ

2/2: #AI: Nvidia accelerates into robotics. Brandon Weichert, National Interest.

1/2: #AI: Nvidia accelerates into robotics. Brandon Weichert, National Interest.

2/2:POTUS-Elect: Trials of Trump for sentencing January 10. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

1/2: POTUS-Elect: Trials of Trump for sentencing January 10. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

#NewWorldReport: Argentina Beacon of Freedom for the Americas. Ecuador failing. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire

#NewWorldReport: Brazil Lawfare against the DF. Venezuela planning to barter with POTUS Trump. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire

#LEBANON: Hezbollah refuses to comply with 1701, countdown to end of the ceasefire. David Daoud, Bill Roggio, FDD

#ISRAEL: Rumours of hostage deal. David Daoud, Bill Roggio, FDD

2/2: Ukraine: Kyiv counterattacks in Kursk Oblast. John Hardie; Bill Roggio FDD

1/2: Ukraine: Kyiv counterattacks in Kursk Oblast. John Hardie; Bill Roggio FDD

#SOUTH KOREA: Yoon gains support. David Maxwell, Center for Asia pacific Strategy.

#TAIWAN: No PLA attack expected. Anne Stevenson-Yang, author "Wild Ride"

#Al Qaeda: More threat than ever. Bill Roggio, FDD

NEW ORLEANS: What we do not know about Shamsud-Din Jabbar. Bill Roggio, FDD

PREVIEW - AL QAEDA Comments by colleague Bill Roggio of FDD (Foundation for Defense of Democracies) regarding Al Qaeda's current status and potential threat to the homeland. More details tonight