Warning to israel, the comments from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about a ground invasion. Nikki haley is coming off the sidelines, as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. Good evening, i am katie fang in for stephanie ruhle, 14 days in to Donald Trumps criminal trial, Stormy Daniels returned to the Witness Stand and faced off against trumps defense team in a very interesting crossexamination. My colleague Laura Jarrett has more. Reporter tonight, Stormy Daniels leaving court after a blistering crossexamination. Former President Trumps team suggesting she has been trying to cash in on her story of sex with mr. Trump at a celebrity Golf Tournament 18 years ago which he denies ever happened. The defense accusing her of lying. Trumps attorney, Susan Necheles, hammering her years of acting and directing the poor in industry, saying it gave a lot of experience in making funny stories about sex appeal or appear real. She fired back and said that the story was untrue i wou
On the left side of your screen. Chaos happening inside the White House Biden gave the directive to build a border wall. Just as the news was hitting the nation about miles of border wall going up on the southern border, the White House Press secretary said, this is a quote, walls dont work. And now her boss is saying walls dont work. Who is in charge at the white house . Biden or Karine Jeanpierre . Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. The political pressure became too much to ignore. President biden promised there would not be another foot of border wall built on his watch. Then he caved. After all, walls do work. How do we know . His Vice President Kamala Harris comes from california, a state where there is a wall. Maybe thats why, as bidens border czar, Kamala Harris has never known what to do about the waves of humanity illegally coming into america. Her state has a 15foot tall barrier between san diego and mexico. Part of that barrier goes right through the beach
Hill, leading the country in unprecedented territory. House of representative begins a Frantic Search for a new speaker. 217 around one person. There are days left to avoid a shutdown. The process is on hold. This is outnumbered, im kayleigh mcenany. Here with my cohost Harris Faulkner and emily compagno. Joining us fox business anchor, dagen mcdowell, and cohost of the verdict ben ferguson. Kevin mccarthy is now the first speaker in the history of the United States to be stripped of the gavel. His historic removal was led by fellow republican matt gaetz. Matt gaetz was furious because Kevin Mccarthy was working with democrats. Gaetz had to work with democrats to oust the house speaker, so there is that. There was a dramatic vote. Final vote total was 216210, with majority voting to vacate the chair of the house speaker. Every democrat voted for Mccarthy Removal along with eight republicans. They got support from the eight. Here is what the florida congressman had to say after the vote
Front next two Crucial Court kill the campaign. The january 6 case after the argument today violent clashes on college campuses. Teargas used on protesters as a Major University canceled their graduation. Lets go out front. Two separate court rooms to separate cities at the very same time. Crossexamination for the first trial in washington and the Supreme Court hearing the former president noted the significance. Today was a breathtaking day. Maybe he thought breathtaking. Good for him. Many moments including a testimony for five hours. It was his third day on the stand. Photo shown, this picture you are looking at they use this to show the depth of their relationship and it continued at the white house where packer said. Reporter brough t him. He provided details as well and then ending the day under crossexamination as drop watch with his arms folded across his body. And at the same time in washington there were three hours of washington over whether trumps claims are immune from pro
to another militia group? our team in israel and gaza. also tonight, the first blast of winter for millions. multiple pileups in ohio as lake-effect snow pounds the midwest and northeast. in d.c., the national christmas tree blowing over. and the deep freeze stretching into the deep south. al roker is here. a farewell for rosalynn carter. former president jimmy carter leaving hospice to attend the memorial service for his wife of 77 years, alongside president biden and every living first lady. the emotional tribute. convicted double murderer alex murdaugh speaking out in court as he is sentenced to another 27 years for financial crimes. what he said as he faced his victims. a dramatic body cam. troopers responding to a deadly bus crash involving high school students. what it shows. and after 17 day trapped in a collapsed tunnel, the joy tonight in india after all 41 workers are finally rescued. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening