now. good morning, i am lindsey reiser. we are going to begin with breaking news from the u.s. supreme court. two huge decisions on the final day of its term. moments ago the justices striking down president biden s plan to forgive more than $400 billion in student loan debt. the high court says it needed to be approved by congress and they also ruled that colorado website designer can refuse to create a website for a samecouples saying that the first amendment allows her to refuse to invoice it endorsed messages. colorado seeks to force an individual that. with us now to start off our coverage this hour, nbc news correspondent outside of the court. catherine christian. now an msnbc legal analyst. first, to you here. two huge cases. what did the supreme court have to stay on both of those? well, on that case regarding lgbtq rights. that was the case where now, the opinion, they said that the web design was within her rights and that colorado, which regarded this as an an
the woman at the heart of the post office scandal says she ll hand in her cbe but what s the plan for victims? on newsnight tonight, we hear from several former sub postmasters of south asian heritage who believe discrimination at the hands of the post office compounded their suffering. with my parents, because their english is very broken, people would get quite abrupt with them. so you re saying racism, in your mind, was at play? certainly with my parents. an mp who was also a sub postmasterjoins us does he see a plan forjustice for all the victims? also tonight, newsnight has seen nhs documents that say a student s life could have been saved had doctors at a brighton hospital acted sooner, yet an inquest concluded only yesterday there was nothing to trigger further investigation. we ll have an exclusive report. in washington, donald trump has been arguing that he should be exempt from prosecution. ifeel that, as a president, you have to have immunity, very simple. and if
heavy rain from seattle to san francisco. the california coast bracing for more big waves. the system then moving into the east by the weekend. rob marciano timing it out. the images coming in of the deadly earthquake rocking japan just hours into 2024. the magnitude 7.5 quake destroying homes and businesses. maggie rulli reporting. the migrant crisis expanding. buses carrying nearly 400 asylum seekers from texas and louisiana suddenly arriving in several cities in new jersey. the buses apparently trying to avoid the new crackdown by new york city s mayor eric adams. chicago and denver also seeing more arrivals. respiratory illnesses on the rise across the u.s. 31 states reporting high or very high levels of covid, flu, or rsv. hospitals in at least six states now reinstating mask policies. the israel-hamas war. israel signaling it will withdraw some troops from gaza. several military brigades. to prepare for extended fighting, despite global pressure to scale back at
storm to start the new year. heavy rain from seattle to san francisco. the california coast bracing for more big waves. the system then moving into the east by the weekend. rob marciano timing it out. the images coming in from the deadly earthquake rocking japan just hours into 2024. the magnitude 7.5 quake destroying homes and businesses. tsunami warnings now in effect. maggie rulli reporting. the migrant crisis expanding. buses carrying nearly 400 asylum seekers from texas and louisiana suddenly arriving in several cities in new jersey. the buses apparently trying to avoid the new crackdown by new york city s mayor eric adams. chicago and denver also seeing more arrivals. respiratory illnesses on the rise across the u.s. 31 states reporting high or very high levels of covid, flu, or rsv. hospitals in at least six states now reinstating mask policies. the israel-hamas war. israel signaling it will withdraw some troops from gaza. several military brigades. to prepare fo
branding of the program. we can go with the more accurate polish version or how about the ukrainian spelling and pronunciation? the polish version probably closer to my roots. i m not the only one with name pronunciation on the brain these days. florida governor ron desantis kicked off his presidential run last week. perhaps the only thing more confusing than trying to launch the campaign was hearing the candidate s last name. come again. the same day he released that video, he appeared on fox news and said this. anybody that s so inclined to help us, i would love to have your support. this was low-hanging fruit for the trump campaign. i m ron desantis. this is governor ron desantis. wishing everyone a merry christmas. who knew the long versus short version of a vowel could cause all this political calamity. the governor seemed unphased when asked what the final word on how to pronounce his name. he said this. this is ridiculous. the way to pronounce my last any