all a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late, i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. of tomorrow it was four days before the 2016 election when the wall street journal published this report national enquirer shielded donald trump from playboy model s affair allegation. the journal was the first to report that the national enquirer paid a woman named karen mcdougal $150,000 in august of 2016, and what is known as a catch and kill. basically, the enquirer bought macdougalls story, about a romantic relationship with donald trump in 2006, and then the acquirer killed it. it never went to press. in any other news cycle, this story would ve been a bombshell. in the last week, of a wild campaign, the mcdougal story got very little attention. first of all, the country was still reeling from the release of trump s access hollywood tape, which had happened a month earlier. just days before, fbi director james comey had anno
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cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with dramatic video. we re going to show it to you right here showing the moment a bomb explodes in a cafe in st petersburg, russia, killing a well known russian pro war blogger. may have been presented to the blogger hidden inside a figurine. the dead blogger had more than a half million followers on his pro military blog, where he aggressively supported the war in ukraine openly criticized the setbacks. russian troops face there. cnn s matthew chance is in moscow for us. well jim. this explosion killed one of russia s most prominent pro war military bloggers, posting under the name of vlad lent tartasky. he accumulated more than half a million followers on his pro war telegram channel in which he was notoriously hard line enthusiastically, for instance, declaring on ukraine we will kill everyone. we will rob everyone we will have our way. and, of course, like other prominent russian military bloggers criticizing aspects a
contractor inside syria, plus a trump lawyer testifying in front of a federal grand jury in the classified documents case, but the former president s attention is on new york. he calls the manhattan prosecutor a degenerate and he recklessly warrants of death and destruction if he is charged with a crime, and right now president biden meeting with his counterpart to the north prime minister, justin trudeau, the visit happening in the united states and canada strike a new deal too slow or growing migrant search. now, though, we begin with the commander in chief moment for the president of the united states. president biden signing off retaliatory airstrikes in eastern syria. social media video. you see it here, capturing the smoldering fire fury of american missiles fired from f 15 fighter jets president hitting back in iran after a kamikaze drone flew directly into a coalition base, killing a contractor and wounding five other u. s service members. cnn obtaining video of ambul
history making officials begin the transition to power. progress is not inevitable, but progress is possible. how will they govern? maryland democratic governor-elect wes moore joins me exclusively in moments. and all wrapped up? the january 6th committee completes its work. now it s two republican committee members are leaving congress. i m here to investigate january 6th, not in spite of my membership in the republican party, but because of it. did they make their case and change their party s future? republican congressman adam kinzinger will be here exclusively. plus, making way. top house democratic leaders stepped aside for the next generation. have you heard i was 83? our exclusive interview with outgoing house democratic majority leader steny hoyer ahead. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is wishing you a happy new year. it is sunday, january 1st, 2023, and we hope you re enjoying a restful holiday. here in washington th