my question is why would you abuse that power by formalizing a baseless impeachment inquiry into president joe biden? we are bringing in congressman jim clyburn for his take on the expected inquiry vote next week and more. plus, the alarm bells of authoritarianism are getting louder. donald trump s tumbling down on his desire to be a dictator, and just for one day, he says he. we will get into how president biden is responding to trump s plans for revenge and retribution. and retired army colonel eugene vindman is running for congressional seat in virginia. he was targeted by former president donald trump after playing a critical role in trump s first impeachment. why he wants to put his name on the ballot now. i am symone sanders-townsend and i have something to say. members of congress are back on the hill tomorrow for their last week before the new year. but there is only one resolution house republicans want to focus on. and one that authorizes an impeachment inquir
now if you re paying attention any attention to liberal you comments made post-verdict you would have noticede hear thu were hearing not so subtle warnings of maga uprising. trump and his maga followersi are digging in, trying to tear w down the system. he s perfectly willing to call out the mob, basically, and them attack all these people and threaten their safety. there s going to be violence, b there s going to be trouble. this is wrong. there s going to b herbee some maybe some violence. and this president, former president, should not have done what he did. i don t think he has a problem with the concept of violence. seems now, why would they all say this seems almost coordinated? after all, they won the battle,s at least convicting trump.e flas that was their dream. so what s their motive for, fanning the flames now? well, since they can t credibly argurediblgue thate that you reu than you were four years ago, they need more than just lawfare to win november. and ev
clocks that does it on its own. tom, thank you so much. that does it for us this hour. katy tur reports starts right now. good to be with you, i m katy tur. we re watching lewiston, maine, where president biden will pay respects to those murdered in the mass shooting last week. for now, we re going to start in new york city where the trump organization fraud trial wrapped for the week. eric trump is finished testifying now. reporters say he looked uneasy in the courtroom. we have two people who were there to tell us what he said and what they saw. outside the courtroom, eric trump called the case a joke and said the ag was unfair. she s come after my father ruthlessly. every single day a trump is in this court, she shows up. it s a press moment. we haven t done a damn thing wrong. if you can line up as many trumps as you can, she can sit in court for an extra couple of days, and send fundraising e-mails to her donor base saying i m going after trump. now that both b
judge and a combative eric trump and a prosecutor, will it be a preview of next week and the former president s testimony after his son calls the trial itself an absolute joke. the current president, sending his secretary of state on a very high stakes mission to israel, making a personal plea to stop the fighting if only for a few hours. the desperate push to get more people out of harm s way even as israeli forces encircle the largest city in the gaza strip with thousands trapped inside. a former u.s. ambassador to israel will join me to explain where things go from here. and the alarming surge of anti-semitic threats on college campuses now leading one university to pull the plug on classes today citing stress on the students. with no end to the war in sight, will the threats and the fallout get worse before they get better? but we start in new york where tensions exploded in a testy 25-minute long back and forth between donald trump s legal team and the judge at his c
evacuated. the major announcement from toyota, recalling nearly two million popular suvs because of potential fire danger and more than 50 years after they broke up, the beatles releasing their last song with a little help from a.i. make it through announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome. today, more americans safely made their way out of gaza, a slow trickle of foreigners and dual citizens getting through the now partially open egyptian border crossing for many, their escape coming none too soon in the heart of gaza tonight, hamas and israeli military units are reported to be engaged in street-to-street fighting, as well as in below-ground tunnels. flares fired in the night sky illuminating the battlefield. each side taking casualties as israeli forces work to encircle the hamas stronghold of gaza city civilians are at increasing risk. the u.n. reporting israeli strikes damaged several of its camps inside gaza. and the whit