what comes next for israel? we re going to discuss with a former member of the knesset. the true story behind the ousting apartments first black president. spoiler alert, it wasn t about plagiarism. we will discuss the conservative effort to get claudine gay removed. another hour of velshi begins right now. good morning it is sunday, january the 7th. it is orthodox christmas. i m ali velshi. if you paid any attention at all to the u.s. jobs report at any point over the next three years, there s a good chance you heard the phrase, better than expected. you probably heard it again over the past few days, following the latest report for december. 216,000 net new jobs were created. much better than expected, per cnbc. in the old days, we d say than 150,000 or more jobs created in one month was good. there are now one point 42 open positions for every job seeker in america. while every available job is not matched to every available job seeker, mathematically, america has more j
supreme court decision barring him from the primary ballot. this is a major step. it is something the united states supreme court has never truly grappled with. we never had an interaction s president seeking reelection. the president of harvard university resigned today, weeks after her controversial testimony before congress about antisemitism. yeah rage came not from her academic peers, but from her political foes, led by conservatives who put her career under intense scrutiny. i think it is going to be really a tremendous victory in iowa. i will defeat president trump fair and square. i have no doubt about that. and the only one who has the chance to beat trump and win the general election. three years ago tomorrow, we saw with our own eyes the violent mob stormed the capitol. everything is on the line right here and the question is, what kind of century is this going to be? the democracy is still america sacred cause, the most urgent question of our t
let s get right to it. we begin with the actually unprecedented collation of politics that america is facing in 2024, whether we like it or not, whether we re tired or not, which i get. but the nation has never actually put a former president on trial. several prosecutors are working on that for a task, even as donald trump s civil fraud trial stretches through december of 2023. and in 2024, as you probably heard, if you d watch the news, defended trump faces several criminal trials in different districts while running for president again. procutor jack smith separately, the stolen intelligence documents case in florida. the atlanta dea pushing ahead of convictions 2023. and then you ve got over 90 felonies changed. that is not normal, even if it has been normalized. the first trial initially slated from march, well those schedules can change facing more serious warnings from people who know about this, from actual legal experts. discussing a very real possibility t
on the tail, on this particular one, a cardinal, a symbol to many that a past loved one is there. she literally looks like a little angel. and that s what her grandparents had written on the note. a note that reminds us to discover humanity in ordinary places, and in that, we all may find a little grace. katie beck, nbc news, tampa. safe travels little grace kelly. and on that very beautiful note, i wish you all a very good night. thinking about chris murphy and that spiritual renaissance we all needed. f our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. well, if you re wondering who won the debt ceiling deal, the proof is in the vote in the house of representatives. the total vote was 314 in favor, 117. opposed 165 democrats voted for it, 149 republicans voted for it. 71 republicans voted against it, and only 46 democrats voted against it. more democrats supported this bill than republicans, because this
allowed, as you pointed out. but it s pretty clear that chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell are going to get this thing through the senate intact. they sure are. it s clear that tim kaine has a lot of his wounded, i think in many ways, by the way the white house put the mountain valley pipeline in the steel. but it sounds like the democrats need to be the adult in the room and set aside their personal concerns and ultimately say yes to something they never wanted to be a part of to begin with. democrats, of course, have the curse of responsibility. yeah. they are the responsibility party. the other party is the not serious party, and so, democrats frequently find themselves casting difficult votes in order to do the larger responsible thing. to save the u.s. economy. as hakeem jeffries said, team normal versus team extreme. correct. and i think you will see that on a bumper sticker somewhere in washington, d.c.. correct, thank you, alex. have a good show. th