in an ever apropos joint statement, the grandma said this. when our grandson asked if he could make a film about us, we thought he was crazy! we said, who would want to watch a movie about us? and now, the fact that the film has brought joy to so many, it is happiness we could have never imagined. we feel so scene and loved. now, we have to find something to wear. well, congratulations to nai nai and wài pó. i absolutely cannot wait to see what these two ladies wear on the red carpet. i am sure designers are battling to dress them. if they haven t yet, they better start now. and on that note, i wish you a very, very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i will see what the end of tomorrow. i m in charleston, south carolina, where i spent some time with the governor of california, gavin newsom, getting a sense of the state of play as he sees it in the potential general election matchup between biden and trump,
and so he got upset and so he said he d take one and he d challenge me to one and he d beat me. maybe he would, maybe he wouldn t. but what i said is, okay, well, if that s the case, then get on a debate stage and let s go. bring it, donald. show me what you got. nikki haley going after donald trump at the very start of her speech in her home state of south carolina. a real shift from previous rallies. we ll have more from the campaign trail and the new polling from the gop front-runner. plus we ll bring you the latest from capitol hill where there are now serious doubts about the possibility of passing a border bill, which includes urgent funding for ukraine. and also ahead, we ll explain the new action by israeli forces inside gaza that could create even more tension with the biden administration. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, january 25th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we begin this morning with the race
who is claiming responsibility, and who is denying any involvement. plus, the border battle. the president taking his toughest stance yet on immigration as the gop-led house pushes ahead with the push to oust his homeland security secretary. also ahead, writer e. jean carroll speaking out publicly about her $83 million victory over donald trump, the message she believes the jury sent to the former president. is the conviction of a notorious double killer about to be thrown out? what we know about the potential retrail in the case of disgraced lawyer alec murdaugh. thanks for being here on a monday. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. president biden is vowing to retaliate after three u.s. troops were killed in a deadly drone attack at a base in jordan. it happened near the border of syria and iraq in a base known as tower 22. two u.s. officials tell us a drone packed with explosives made impact near a shelter where some troops were sleeping.
it was a big win for the climate movement. not just for the movement, but the world. it is a good policy, thank you, hunter walker and hunter the truce, wherever you get your books. it s a good one. that is all in on this thursday night. alex wagner tonight starts right now with alex and south carolina and my friend in new york. take it away, to you first, alex. three msnbc host for the price of one. this is history right here, thank you, chris. as you say, i am in charleston, south carolina where it s been time with the governor of california, gavin newsom, getting a sense of the state of play as he sees it in the potentially general election matchup between biden and trump, we are going to have some clips of that interview to play for you momentarily. first, i will send it up to new york, ayman, so take it away, my friend. thank you very much. we will be talking later on throughout the show because you will give us a big preview and the very latest on the 2024 presi
general election matchup between biden and trump, and we re going to have some clips of that interview to play for you momentarily, but first i m going to send it up to you in new york, ayman. it to away, my friend. you re going to give us a big preview and the latest on the 2024 presidential race and the sper spective down there in south carolina. we do want to start with the front-runner in new york. the republican primary was once again in a new york courtroom. this afternoon trump took the stand in the damages case brought by writer e. jean carroll. the former president has already been found liable of sexual abuse and defamation by a civil jury. trump today testified for only three minutes, but in those three minutes, believe it or not, the judge had to tell the jury multiple times to disregard trump s out of order testimony. at the same time trump was taking the stand, there was a split screen, a jarring split screen. president biden was hitting the campaign trail at