not. the car crash and deadly inferno in rochester. multiple people dead. authorities say this was intentional. they say the driver with at least a dozen canisters filled with gas in his rented suv. aaron katersky reporting. tonight, the embattled president of harvard abruptly resigning amid allegations of plagiarism and backlash on her testimony on anti-semitism on campus. a suspect allegedly shooting his way into the colorado supreme court, holding a guard hostage at gunpoint. the migrant crisis in the u.s. hitting the suburbs, after new york city s mayor say you must give us 32 hours notice, buses carrying hundreds of asylum seekers dropping off migrants in the suburbs. tonight, a top hamas official killed in a massive explosion in beirut. late today, former president trump appealing maine s decision to bar him from the primary b ballot there. and tonight, nikki haley saying it s about time trump showed up at the debates. rachel scott in high what. tonight, the
a special holiday edition of the last word. 2024 will be another year of defendant trump and another election here in which democracy itself is once again at stake. the republicansha only a three state majority in the house of representatives. the democrats have only a one seat majority in the united states senate with democratic senators facing difficult campaigns in ohio, montana, pennsylvania, michigan, and nevada. democrats will be running on a 3.7% unemployment rate. unemployment has not been has been below 4% for 22 months, the longest stretch since 1969. president biden was at a temperature of ain t at the cop with this international training center in battleground state of nevada. on the final jobs report floor 2023 was released. folks, all this project stands in stark contrast to my predecessor. he always talked about infrastructure week. [laughter] four years of infrastructure week, but it failed. he failed. on mount watch, the state of infrastructure week ameri
Show, a Government Shutdown averted for now. The republicanled house is near disaster illustrates the dysfunction of our political system. Isnt high time to try and fix it i will ask derek smallwell. Plus how to dueling speeches from President Biden and donald trump this week showed us exactly who they are and whats at stake in 2024. The gops baseless Impeachment Hearing was so bad their star witness shut down their case against joe biden on day one. Good evening, im mehdi hassan. We did in fact end up dodging a Government Shutdown this week. It would have been the 22nd shutdown in less than 50 years. After House Democrats and the non crazy wing of the house gop came together at almost a lastminute yesterday to pass a plan that keeps the government funded existing levels while adding and money for Disaster Relief in tokyo from ukraine. He might want to write the date November 17th and your calendars. Thats when the majority, quote, unquote runs out again. We do this entire dance all ov
Its civil fraud trial tomorrow. Who better to talk to than former trump lawyer, Michael Cohen. He bullied blew the lid off of trumps shady business dealings, hes on the Witness Stand for this trial, he could come face to face with his former boss for the first time in years. We are waiting remarks from President Biden at any moment from the white house and when he is ready we will take that to you live. But, in the meantime, i just want to level set on what we have seen in washington over the last couple of days. One Republican Congressman said that the last week was, like quote, riding a mechanical bull. That is quite a visual, but pretty accurate. The president is going to weigh in after Congress Managed to pass a short term funding bill that will keep the government open for the next 47 days. Now, preventing a Government Shutdown is obviously good news. And so is the fact that the final bill did not include any of the devastating cuts to Domestic Violence programs that have been on
Howard weve all seen this movie before way too many times, its washington Melodrama Beloved by the media, suspenseful story, a ticking clock. Its a selfinflicted crises with a Government Shutdown hanging in the balance, and journalists start issuing dire warnings of all the people whod be hurt if the feds cant pay their bills. Talk about a waste of time, an endless parade of dysfunction. Its real americans who will be paying the price while the elect representatives who are suppose to be working for you, they arent doing that. A Government Shutdown that will leave roughly 7 million women and children without s. M. A. P. Benefits which means they could go hungry. Active duty Military Members will go without pay. Howard the warnings come true and the focus shifts to how long the politicians will keep squabbling before coming to their senses, or theres a last minute if deal. Thats what happened last night. And usually that means a stopgap funding measure, in this case about six weeks, tha