have. the young trayvon martin, i m so glad i had a hans to speak with miles frost. and those across the pond, you might get a real treat if you see him on the stage at any time. well, it s our second hour of laura coates live. did you get your holiday greeting from the former president? wait until you hear what he is saying. so it was not exactly a silent night for one donald j. trump. he shared his seasonal wishes on social media in exactly the way you might expect. but i warn you, some of this stuff may make even the grinch blush. hello little girl. on christmas day, the former president posting a message that was just a big ol lump of coal in america s stocking, writing, merry christmas to all, but then going on to call special counsel jack smith an out-of-control lunatic, opponents thugs and wrapping it all up by wishing, and i m quoting here, may they rot in hell. again, merry christmas, unquote. there are lots of ways to wish america a merry christmas. feliz
now they dispute this. nowhere in their actual proposal are their exclusive protection for veterans. but they say i m it s unusual language we used with presidents these days, they say i m lying when i say that. the truth is, why do so many veterans groups, why have they spoken out in opposition is the republican proposal. they are not all democrats, they know what s going to happen. folks, that s a game republicans are playing. any time you single out the impact of their overall cuts they tell you no, no, no, it s not true, but they are wrong. they want to protect something, they would have written it down and say we are protecting it. you can t cut this program. you can t cut it. so you can see it. here is another example. under the republican plan, nationwide, 100,000 teachers and support staff would lose their jobs at the very time we are attempting to overcome the incredible deficiencies that occurred as a consequence of what happened with the pandemic. so many kids, t
the economy and vowing to finish the job, with the debt limit battles loom looming, what are republicans going to do? then, mystery in the sky the white house says no aliens, but questions remain after the u.s. shot down three unknown objects. defense secretary lloyd austin is speaking to nbc about it. and in what is being called one of the most disturbing docuseries of the year, victims of the sarah lawrence cut cult tell their stories. there is the director joins me live, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. we begin this evening s broadcast with breaking news we re reporting from cnn says special counsel jack smith has subpoenaed donald trump s former chief of staff mark meadows. the subpoena is part of smith s investigation into trump and his role in the january 6th insurrection. cnn s report is according to a single source familiar with the matter. nbc has not independently confirmed any of it. it comes
brand-new at 2:00. hi, sandra. sandra: sandra smith in new york. right into a jam packed hour with this fox news alert. faa has been charged with modernizing notam for ten years. why has it taken ten years? we have been on a journey of modernization. let me ask again, why has it taken ten years and why is it still not done. it does take a while. these systems the complexity. everyone shut down the first time since 9/11. john: acting head of the faa getting grilled on capitol hill over the air travel debacle, the first nationwide ground stop since the september 11th attacks. sandra: faa says it is now taking steps to avoid a repeat of that massive system failure but already several incidents of near collisions have travelers rethinking their next trips. john: even some lawmakers questioning the agency s priorities, listen here. do you believe that that is your mission at the faa to mitigate climate change and increase equity, is that your job at the faa?
not been the charm for kevin mccarthy. you see the tally on the screen. we are waiting any minute for this vote to officially be closed, and then the question is what happens next? do they try for time number six? where unless something has dramatically changed and we don t think it has, mccarthy will probably lose again. do they try to take a break? what are the concessions that are happening behind the scenes? we have the best team in the biz, here to answer the questions to the best of their abilities including capitol hill correspondent ali vitali and political director and moderator of meet the press, chuck todd, nbc news colleague, and steve kornacki is posted at the big board and former chief communications adviser to former speaker paul ryan and msnbc political analyst brendan buck is with us, too. if you re looking at this saying, okay, i ve been watching this coverage for six hours. what has changed? what is different? what is going to change the moment? here is w