The diversity in that donald trump press conference. You wonder, is it planned or wow. Who knows. It is friday, january 4th. Its quite a day. With us we have msnbc contributor mike barnacle. He could have been in that picture if he had shaved off the hair on the side. Thanks. Not sure why Donnie Deutsch is here, but hes here. Whoa, whoa. Mika, were way past that right now. That has not haepd in a long time. Are you sure were past it . We brought in the mediator and we worked through it. Associate editor msnbc contributor noah rothman, Washington Bureau chief for usa today, susan meech. Donald trump, lets show the picture of donald trump and the three bald guys behind donald trump. Be nice. I am being nice. Im sure theyre very nice. Im just talking about the image that he mens hair club. What was that about . That was very clear. I mean, you have four white men, you have four stoic, strong white men of a certain age, not smiling, by the way. Look, this is all donald has left. This wall
History, now 55 members. Tonight its worth noting that while donald trump ran on banning muslims and issued a travel ban limiting immigrants from several muslim majority countries, voters responded by electing the first Muslim American ever to the United States congress. And while trump continues to bait Elizabeth Warren over native american issues, voters also elected the first native American Woman to ever serve in the u. S. Congress. You look at this, and you look at whats happening, you look at a historic day for america, and i can add that sometime we may reach a point where this type of diversity is not worth noting. Someday the people in power may so thoroughly reflect the people of this nation that we dont even think to note it. But tonight we do note it, and as someone reporting the news, i can tell you people in both parties today gave the requisite and merited props to a legislator who made history as the first woman ever to be speaker of the house and the second woman to ev
A sharp shift in brazils Foreign Policy the far right leader said that russias support of president Nicolas Maduro in neighboring venezuela had significantly increased tensions in the region. The protests continue in india after two women defied an ancient ban and entered a hindu temple in the Southern State of kerala in september Indias Supreme Court ordered the lifting of the ban on women of menstruating age entering the suburban mala hill temple that has drawn criticism from conservative hindu groups. South koreas Intelligence Agency says north koreas top diplomat in italy has gone into hiding acting ambassador joe song gill and his wife are said to have disappeared from pyongyangs rome embassy in november. In two thousand and sixteen u. S. Voters said no descending the first female president to the white house just two years later those voters sent more women than ever before to capitol hill and here they are the faces of a new u. S. Congress more diverse than ever before tonight a
Get im protected like proud to be his woman speaker of the house of this congress which marks the one hundredth year of winning having the right to vote and guide to play for all the years in the crash. With over one hundred women members of congress the largest number in his god bless you all and god bless the United States of america. Also coming up tonight in chinas history making landing on the far side of the moon for now beijing says this is a Mission Driven by science. So meaningful it has so many resources look at it that even if we be necessary and the very meaningful half that goes back from the fact that the moon perhaps we have lost the technology to land on the fos after. Two our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with a u. S. Congress unlike any that the world has ever seen today a new congress was sworn in the most diverse freshman class of wall makers ever to ever work on capitol hill a record one hundred twenty Se
Officials now say one person is dead, another in Critical Condition there. The shooter also reported dead. More details from that horrific shooting in just a moment. But we start first tonight with cnns alison kosik in honest ci monsey, new york where the rabbis home was violently attacked. What more can you tell us . Reporter and we are learning just how the suspect 38yearold Grafton Thomas got inside the rabbis house behind me. He walked through the unlocked front door. Wasnt unusual for the rabbi to leave the door unlocked, an open door policy as one guest told me. An open door policy for the community to join in on a celebration would like last night. The seventh night of hanukkah. When almost 100 people gathered inside that home. But thomas went ahead and took that opportunity to walk through the door with a long machete type knife and began his stabbing spree. Stabbing five people including the rabbis son. Now, one guest is being hailed as a hero. Joseph gluk is being called a me