thanks for being here. i m stephen romo in for yasmin today. it s a busy final day of 2023. just hours before the ball drops, the security is tight in new york s times square. celebrations are set to get underway, despite the heightened threat environment, following the october 7th attack on israel. we are live on the scene with the latest. of course, in many parts of the world, it is already 2024. we will show you the sights and sounds and the hopes so many have for the new year. meanwhile, tensions are high across the red sea at this hour, as the u.s. navy sinks three houthi boats and downed ballistic missiles fired from houthi controlled areas. we will have more on that. legal action in donald trump s world is not stopping. we will reveal that question special counsel jack smith has for an appeals court that took more than 80 pages to ask. and we begin this hour with a countdown to the new year. up to 1 million people are flocking to times square to witness new yor
to is saying there have been pilot programs to formalize the operations of the smaller minds. the results were promising, paying workers and keeping them safe while also continuing the operations. we ve got a lot more to come. you re watching msnbc. our second hour starts right now. hey there, top of the. our thanks for being here. i m stephen romo in for yasmin. if you are just joining, us welcome. before still with, us thank you. we are taking a look at live images from dubai, where a new year s celebration is underway, as the clock there strikes midnight. and for many around the world, it is already 2024 as well. some of the amazing sights and sounds as humans paused the world over to recognize the flipping of that calendar page. despite these festivities, the concerns of 2024 are already upon us as well. wars, political divide, and humans rights issues are already waiting for us in the new year. and we will dive into many of those coming up this hour. we do be
I want to see peace in the congo. The same minerals are used to make common electronics,that are sold all over the world. But in 2010, after months of lobbying by Advocacy Groups an obscure resolution called section 1502, was dropped into the doddfrank wall street reform act. It means publicly traded companies are now required to track whether their products contain conflict minerals from congo. Some of the top tech brands are taking credit for reducing violence here with the Worlds Largest chipmaker intel even claiming that some of their products are now 100 conflict free. Were proud to say the worlds first commercially available conflict free microprocessors do just that. But how sure can they be . Fault lines travels to eastern congo to investigate. John kanyoni is the owner of a leading Trading House in goma. He makes his living selling tin and tantalum to international companies. In 2010 he warned that the dodd frank law would backfire. But he says he was up against a powerful lob
Congo. The same minerals are used to make common electronics,that are sold all over the world. But in 2010, after months of lobbying by advocacy groups an obscure resolution called section 1502, was dropped into the doddfrank wall street reform act. It means publicly traded companies are now required to track whether their products contain conflict minerals from congo. Some of the top tech brands are taking credit for reducing violence here with the Worlds Largest chipmaker intel even claiming that some of their products are now 100 conflict free. Were proud to say the worlds first commercially available conflict free microprocessors do just that. But how sure can they be . Fault lines travels to eastern congo to investigate. John kanyoni is the owner of a leading Trading House in goma. He makes his living selling tin and tantalum to international companies. In 2010 he warned that the dodd frank law would backfire. But he says he was up against a powerful lobby. Imagine that you have A
A cabinet meet willing take place tomorrow morning. Hes wasting no time. It has been a long slog to this point. He must be exhausted. His team was hoping he would have been speaking to his cabinet tonight. Instead, he has been locked in those negotiations. But he has got the deal he wants. So hell take that back to london, and hell speak to his cabinet tomorrow morning at 10 00, and then we think hell announce the referendum fo for june 23rd. He wants to stay, but there are those who are undecided to stay, and those that are thinking of going against him to be on his team. In brussels for us where british Prime Minister David Cameron has presented the renegotiation of the terms of britishs membership in the e. U. In a nutshell britain will not be part of any moves towards a closer union, a closer relationship amongst e. U. Countries. He said basically that means britain will never be part of an e. U. Super state. Britain will never participate in future bailouts. Britain will never be