now we expect that they are going to meet on tuesday, next week, to make a decision about how to go forward. hold on a second. next tuesday? why are you meeting seven days from now? the fact is that the house is on recess right now and kevin mccarthy, the house speaker, is a broad. so as soon that they are going to be able to get together and have this conversation is next tuesday. that is exactly right. a lot of lawmakers, including mitt romney today argued why are we waiting so long? this is an emergency, we know congress takes time to figure these things out, we need to be on the sooner. hadn t president biden said he was not going to meet? i don t know if he ever stated that, but the feeling was that he was not going to meet with mccarthy because he didn t feel that the republicans were negotiating with good faith. what had been the holdup until now? one of the arguments the white house had made was that they were not going to negotiate on the debt ceiling. the
Tonight from the heart of times square, this is cnns new years eve live with appearances by usher, ellie golding, kevin hart, patti lupone, Patti Labelle, jean smart, john stamos, jennifer lewis, amy sedaris, tenacious d, nick cannon, ava max, samuel l. Jackson, plus more surprises. And now live from new york city, your hosts, Anderson Cooper and andy cohen. And welcome, everybody, to times square in new york city. Anderson cooper here. Im andy cohen. They brought us back for another year. They did. Yes, they did. With stipulations. Some stipulations this year. Well get into that. Yeah. Theres fine print. Yes. It is a balmy night here in new york. Its almost like 50 degrees. Yes, it is. I was schmitzing. I got rid of my coat. We were all prepared for it to get colder. The crowd has been assembling for hours here in times square. Very wet very wet. I would call them flaccid, the crowd. Okay. Its early. Not the word i would use. And a little early for that word. Okay. Theres plenty of ti
tonight from the heart of times square, this is cnn s new year s eve live with appearances by usher, ellie golding, kevin hart, patti lupone, patti labelle, jean smart, john stamos, jennifer lewis, amy sedaris, tenacious d, nick cannon, ava max, samuel l. jackson, plus more surprises. and now live from new york city, your hosts, anderson cooper and andy cohen. and welcome, everybody, to times square in new york city. anderson cooper here. i m andy cohen. they brought us back for another year. they did. yes, they did. with stipulations. some stipulations this year. we ll get into that. yeah. there s fine print. yes. it is a balmy night here in new york. it s almost like 50 degrees. yes, it is. i was schmitzing. i got rid of my coat. we were all prepared for it to get colder. the crowd has been assembling for hours here in times square. very wet very wet. i would call them flaccid, the crowd. okay. it s early. not the word i would use.
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i m yasmin vossoughian in for another busy hour. this morning we re tracking major developments in each of the three yes three separate investigations related to the 2020 election and the big lie spread by the former president and his allies. first in the justice department investigation. a source telling nbc news mark short, former chief of staff to mike pence appeared before a federal grand jury on friday to discuss what? we ll get into that. second n the house january 6th committee investigation, the panel revealing in crucial deposition clips how the former president was reluctant to condemn the capitol rioters the day after the attack. third, the investigation in fulton county, georgia and the setback for the da probing the former president and his allies attempts to overturn the 2020 election. we want to bring in nbc knew capitol hill correspondent ali vitali is joining us, michael schmidt, msnbc contributor, and glenn kirschner, msnbc legal analyst. glenn, let me