tonight on the mehdi hasan show, a warning to us all, that s not the first time i ve said it, far from it. the 14th amendment case heads to the supreme court with existential danger that donald trump poses to our democracy. plus, pictures don t lie. the horrors in gaza through the lens of now iconic palestinian photographer murtaza a visa. finally, republicans in control of the messaging law, while they are taking a victory lap over claudine gay resigning. when will liberals push back? good evening, i am mehdi hasan. three years, ago i launched this show on msnbc with a very stark warning about the danger imposed to american democracy by one donald j trump. tonight, on the very last edition of the mehdi hasan show, yes, our last show. i want to begin by again warning you all about the threat to our democracy from donald j trump. the donald trump who was running for president again, who s leading joe biden in some of the polls. and who continues to make violent authoritarian u
colbert. good evening, reverend sharpton. always good to see. i ve been keeping abreast of your activities this week, and want to applaud you for your protest with respect to the pushback that we are facing around d.c. and i efforts across the country. but i do have a quick question for you. for a policy measure, what s it gonna take for us to actually move the needle and finally keep dni from having the attacks that it s currently facing? i think we must make cities, municipalities, states and others, say that the a.i. must be enacted if people are gonna get state city contracts are funds. these businessmen, when we picketed on thursday, i ll do business in the public space. they cannot do public space business with taxpayer dollars if they re not trying to make it an equal place for all. so we need to have politicians putting legislation and policy in place to protect dei. well, that protection doesn t start without any pressure. and so with that, reverend sharpton, t
reports on wall street are found nearly 70% of gazans probably four and 1000 homes have been damaged destroyed. mostly stripped through six house will have been shut down. defense expert robert payne told the ap that the allies destroyed around 10% of all buildings across germany in the three years between 1942 and 1845, compared almost 33% all buildings destroyed as well across gaza in less than three months. according to paper, quote, gaza is one the most intense civilian punishment campaigns in history. [bell ringing] coming up, how republicans are great at taking up all the oxygen in americas culture wars. case in point claudine gay tobacco. first, richard louis is here with some other headlines and information. thank you, mehdi. some breaking news first off for you from capitol hill. house and senate leaders saying they have a government spending deal for the coming year. congress has not finalized the details to pass on january 19th to avoid a government shutdown. now, that
in place to protect dei. well, that protection doesn t start without any pressure. and so with that, reverend sharpton, thank you for always continuously applying pressure where it needs to be. hello, everyone. i m charles coleman junior in this evening for alicia menendez. we begin this hour with breaking news out of capitol hill. congress has reached a spending bill for 2024. now, the deal establishes an overall spending limit of 1.59 trillion dollars for the fiscal year. congresses currently facing its first chant deadline of january 15th joins us now from capitol hill with the latest. good evening, julia. help us break this down. this 1.59 trillion dollar deal. well, it depends who you ask when it comes to breaking down the steel. when speaker johnson put out his memo to colleagues breaking it down, he said that there would be 886 billion dollars