good to be with you, i m katy tur. it is getting spicy inside a new york city courtroom where the judge overseeing the second e. jean carroll defamation trial against donald trump is forcefully admonishing his lawyer lawyer. and it s clear he does not like what he s hearing. reporters inside the room say trump has slammed the table with his hands and ranted loudly enough for the jury to hear saying things like now she seems to have gotten her memory back. and carroll s statements are false. he said this as the jury was being dismissed, and quote, this is really a con job. judge kaplan was not having any of that and on his second warning, he told donald trump he might have to consider kicking him out. i understand you are very eager for me to do that. to which trump put his hands up in the air and said i would love it. i would love it. i know you would judge kaplan said back because you just can t control yourself in this circumstance. you just can t. it sounds like an episode
like anybody, i would like to live a long life. longevity has its place, but i m not concerned about that now. i just want to do god s will, and he has allowed me to go up to the mountain. i ve looked over, and i ve seen the promised land. i might not get there with ya, but i want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promise land! [ applause ] so i m happy tonight. i m not worried about anything. i m not fearing any man. my eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord. dr. martin luther king jr. speaking in memphis on april 3rd, 1968, the night before he was assassinated. today is martin luther king jr. day, and we will discuss dr. king s ongoing legacy, especially as important as ever, because today is also the first nominating contest of the pivotal 2024 presidential campaign. turnout for the iowa caucuses could be an issue because it ll be absolutely frigid tonight with temperatures well below zero across the state. voters must be at their caucus
direct action, president biden says the strikes were defensive, meant as a deterrent. the houthis are vowing to not back down and experts in the region believe them. is this the moment israel s war officially expanded into a regional war. if so, who else might get dragged in. turkish president erdogan slapped the u.s. and the uk for what he called a disproportionate use of force and so did iraq, warning such strikes don t deter but rather expand the scope of the war. like hamas and hezbollah, the houthis are backed by iran to which the white house issued another warning this morning. here was nfc s john kirby. we re not looking for conflict with iran, and there s no reason to escalate beyond what happened over the last few days by the houthis, they are the ones who have been escalating. we re not looking for conflict with iran. that said, we know that iran supports the houthis, we know that they supply them with the missiles and drones, the same things they have been using
good afternoon, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. the blame game over southern border, president biden and house republicans are attacking each other as a record number of the u.s. continue to cross border patrol agents are doing everything they can to take care of this situation, but they are completely overwhelmed, completely just overwhelmed with the situation, and it s getting worse. plus, it s what the atlantic calls the english muffin problem. you might not have heard of it, but likely you re dealing with it. why so many americans hate the current economy even though the numbers show it s actually trending in the right direction. and the cdc tracking a surge in covid cases as millions travel for the holidays, what you need to know about the new variant fueling the virus s spread. we begin with the humanitarian crisis growing by the hour on the southern border, a record number of migrant crossings are pushing processing facilities way
we ll get it fixed and get it fixed properly in two years. but we re going to get it fixed and fixed properly. we ll get it fixed in two years. all right. he s going to get it fixed in two years. two years. wait, but he had a chance to fix it in 2017. what did he do? well, he called the debt ceiling sacred. and 18, 19. then he urged a default. now, donald trump is back in the mushy middle, promising a big fix down the road. you know, like infrastructure, health care, and a border wall. yeah. meanwhile, ron desantis continues de-santis. i think you should. really. if i say it, you should do it, okay? willie, mika wants me to change the pronunciation of my name to joe subaru. or brzezinski. joe subaru. it s been scarborough, like, my whole life. yeah. subaru, joe subaru. iramping up for a campaign, maybe it s time for a rebrand. people love a good subaru, reliable automobile. great family car. it is odd, i have to say, that the desant