out. i ll save it for the next election. yes, oh my god. [applause] a friendship so great, not even kornacki himself could have predicted it. and on that absolutely fantastic no, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the work of nbc news, thank you for staying up late, a siena tomorrow. and thanks to you at home for joining me this hour. before he was even elected president, donald trump had a journalist kicked out of a press conference just for asking a question. okay, who is next, yes? please? [inaudible] excuse, me sudden, you are called, sit down. i have the right to ask a question. sit down, please. you weren t called. trump looks over at his staff, a bodyguard walks over, and ushers ramos out of the news conference. sit down, sit down, go back to univision. the journalist that trump had his security kick out from that press conference was jorge ramos, one of the most prominent latino journalists in the country. now, ra
that is all in on this wednesday night. alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex. good evening, chris. we have in the forthcoming block, a fairly robust discussion about media that is apparently changing its policies to further a bed trump s lies in the context of what he is saying about paul pelosi in that attack. it is a combustible mix. it really is. thank you, my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining me this hour. before he was even elected president, donald trump had a journalist kicked out of a press conference just for asking a question. okay, who is next, yes? please? [inaudible] excuse, me sudden, you are called, sit down. i have the right to ask a question. sit down, please. you weren t called. trump looks over at his staff, a bodyguard walks over, and ushers ramos out of the news conference. sit down, sit down, go back to univision. the journalist that trump had his security kick out from that press conference was jor
forces are carrying out a targeted operation against hamas inside gaza s largest hospital, where hundreds of civilians are trapped, including dozens of babies younger than the war itself. senior adviser to israeli prime minister netanyahu joins us to talk about that and more. here in the u.s., high stakes summit for one of the world s most consequential relationships as president biden and chinese leader xi jinping are set to meet face to face this afternoon for the first time in a year. meanwhile, on capitol hill, new house speaker mike johnson appears to have cleared the first major hurdle of his tenure with the house passing a temporary plan to avert a government shutdown. and today in georgia, the judge will hear arguments in the 2020 election interference case after the fulton county d.a. slams the release of interview tapes with former trump allies as witness intimidation. why she is seeking an emergency protective order. and we begin this hour with new developm
pretty darn good. thanks. the lead with jake tapper starts now. direct quote, stand your butt up then, quote, you stand your butt up. not a schoolyard. that was today in the united states senate. the lead starts right now. i d love to do it right now. well stand your butt up then. you stand your butt up. stop it. heated exchanges on capitol hill. one in the senator and another in the house involving former house speaker kevin mccarthy and actual physical violence. and just down the block, a massive rally on the national mall with a goal. one rally attendee has a brother being held hostage by hamas. he ll join me ahead. plus an emergency request for an emergency protective order after leaked evidence in fulton county, georgia, shows co-defendants of donald trump explaining efforts to overturn georgia s 2020 election results with shocking new details that you have not heard before. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we re going to have much more on
the prosecutor. providing a plethora of details about the days and weeks after the 2020 election. when donald trump and his allies tried anything and did everything they could to reverse what they knew was trump s election defeat. we re getting a look at what sidney powell and jenna ellis told prosecutors during the recessions. those are the meetings where defendants who take plea deals reveal any information that could be used against the other defendants in this case. which includes rudy giuliani and donald trump. former trump attorney general ellis descriing a chilling conversation with trump aid at a white house christmas party. i said something to him like i m sorry that we haven t been able to do more. and i emphasized to him i thought that the claims and the ability to challenge the election results was essentially over because of the dismissal of the case from the the supreme court. he said to me in an excited tone, well, we don t care. we re not going to leave. i