minister and the right wing extremists to make up an important part of his coalition are still in power. david rothkopf, as always, and happy holidays to you and your family. thank you, david. a lot more coming up. you re watching msnbc. our second hour starts right now. [inaudible] > [inaudible hey everybody, good to see you. i m yasmin vossoughian. if you are just joining us, welcome. if you are sticking with us, we are very thankful for that. with the stroke of a pan, the dawn of giving donald trump exactly what he wants refusal to take up an issue that is clearly headed their way. now puts the chances of trying the former president for election interference before the next election in serious jeopardy. meanwhile, trump may face new legal danger from a new tape that have surfaced trying to pressure a group of republican officials in michigan to help him overturn the election. there s lots of speculation about that. obviously the fact that it comes out right after
the rise, is it possible to reverse the growing support of lies and deceptions? and speaking of lies and deceptions, move over george santos, there is another gop fabulist in town. we are going to explain and our worst of the week s segment. i am ayman wilkie dean, let s get started. we begin this hour with breaking news on former president jimmy carter. carter will begin receiving hospice care at his georgia home following a series of hospital stays. the news was confirmed in the statement by the carter center saying he has decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family. carter s grandson, former georgia state senator jason carter tweeted out, i saw both my grandparents yesterday. they are at peace and as always their home is full of love. thank you at 98 years old, carter is both the longest-living and living president, as well as the post presidency era. after he defeated reagan in 1980, he worked tirelessly to provide advance democracy, human, rights an
political outsider in the vein of john mccain. let s be honest, if john mccain as a child had been dropped on his head and into a vat of acid, and you see why republican trying to change the conversation. mitch mcconnell knows that candidate quality really does matter. even when the political winds should be in his party s favor. look at the 2010 and 2012 election cycles. maybe remember delaware republican senate candidate christine o donnell, who after confessing she dabbled in witchcraft has aired a campaign ad saying she wasn t a rich. or caught todd aiken, whose lead in the polls came to a halt when he said there were legitimate forms of rape. when house democrats got walked and lost dozens of seats in couldn t win the senate for republican, and i couldn t do it in 2012 even. mitch mcconnell knows political losers when he sees them. and it s clear he doesn t have a lot of hope for his crop of contenders. joining us now is former democratic congressman, max rosa of new
jon stewart goes to the hill and sounds off on the gop. they haven t met a veteran they won t screw over. o donnell: families of 9/11 victims blast donald trump as the former president hosts a saudi backed liv tour at his new jersey golf club just 50 miles from ground zero, his controversial comments. nobody has gotten to the bottom of 9/11, unfortunately. o donnell: monkeypox crisis: the major american city tonight declaring a state of emergency as cases explode. jetblue buying spirit: what the $3.8 billion deal could many for your next strip trip and how an nfl superstar is helping kansas city teenagers give back to their community. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. good evening, to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this busy thursday night. tonight, for the second time this week, catastrophic flooding has forced americans to flee their homes in the middle of the night, th
so-called, trigger laws. and the next 30 days or so sick states would similar laws on the books are likely to join them. and within the coming weeks and months, six more states are expected to issue new bans on all or most abortions. meanwhile, abortion will remain legal and protected in 20 other states and washington d.c.. that means abortion access is pretty much decided in 40 states. that leaves us with ten states. shown in the gray on this map. they represent tens of millions of americans literally living in a gray area. in those states access to a safe and legal abortion will likely hang in the balance based on a few external factors like which political party gains control in the midterm elections. that is the case in michigan. which is not a law that criminalized abortion back in 1931. that law was superseded by roe in 1973. now michigan s governor, gretchen whitmer, has promised to quote fight like hell to prevent it from going back into place. here she is speaking ex