awards from rockefeller center. here is your host, al sharpton. good evening, and welcome to politicsnation s 14th annual revvie awards. it s where we celebrate the best and worst of politics in 2023, and give awards to those who deserve it. i m honored to have been bringing you some of the most significant and memorable moments this past year, and what a year in his been. with that, let s bring in our esteemed panel this year. jen psaki. i m so proud to have her with us, host of inside with jen psaki. right here, an msnbc. republican strategist and msnbc political analyst, susan del percio, who i would say is my favorite republican. [laughter] and ali velshi, host of velshi, also here on msnbc weekends. and he s wearing his i thought it was a clergy caller at first. [laughter] people were accessing for some blessings, so. let s get right to our first revvie. of 2023.est political headline i ll share a few of my own nominees to get us started. my first top news story,
starts right now hi, ari. hi, nicole. so nice to see you welcome to the beat everyone i m ari melber we are running and gunning i have a lot for you tonight i have the secret tapes of ted cruz about how he tried to steal the election and we have ted cruz s response. he responded directly to that beat report from last night and we have something else a a new excerpt from the cruz tapes and tucker carlson s firings and new details and new implications that go well beyond media. we begin in washington, and we have jen psaki with me on set in person so she s going to be the person explaining everything that i m about to update you on and it appears speaker mccarthy is buckling to the right flank on the republican budget bill, mccarthy had put concessions to the so-called right-liners whatever you want to call them including congressman gaetz. he said he would not be, quote, re-opening the bill. will you re-open the bill no. are you guys not listening to my answers? did
it s thursday, the 6th of october. our main story. hundreds of thousands of nurses across the uk are being asked if they re willing to walk out over pay. the royal college of nursing is balloting its members for strike action for the first time in the union s 106 year history. the rcn wants a payrise of 5% above inflation, but no uk nation has offered close to that. our correspondent, caroline davies, has more. through the darkest days of the pandemic, the uk s nurses were some of the nation s heroes. now, they re being balloted to strike over pay. my love for it was to make a difference in people s lives. and that s why i am here. but then, sometimes when i look at it, it s like, is it really worth it? victoria is a mental health nurse in an nhs trust. after she came back from maternity leave, she went part time and receives universal credit because she says her pay wouldn t cover the cost of childcare if she worked full time. even now, she struggles. sometimes you end up ha
the first time in its history. multiple explosions rock the southern ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia with the regional governor blaming russia. a warning that petrol prices could rise after global oil producer opec agrees it will reduce output. the british home office suspends an immigration official and former met officer after a bbc investigation reveals he d been posting racist content on whatsapp. hello if you re watching in the uk or around the world. 3a people including 23 children have been killed at a nursery in thailand. it happened that a child care facility in non bua lam phu province with the gunman fleeing the scene before killing himself, his wife and his children. he has been identified as 35 year old panya kamrab. after the shooting, the man fled the day centre in a white pick up truck and thai media are reporting he was sacked by police last year over drugs offences. i m joined by our thailand editor. thank you for coming in, can you tell is more about what ha
its manifesto with policy launches of the conservatives, liberal democrats, and the greens already. and today, two more. plaid cymru released its policy early this morning with the manifesto demanding fairfunding for wales and morning with the manifesto demanding fair funding for wales and more control over its natural resources. that it was the turn of the labour party, with the sleeves rolled up, party leaders to keir starmer promise that wealth creation will be the party s number one priority if they win a majority on the 4th of july. there were no policy surprises with previously announced details including 40,000 more nhs appointments each week in england, and the recruitment of 6,500 new teachers, as well as the launch of a new border security command to tackle gangs organising small boat channel crossings. sir keir promised not to raise personal taxation or vat, except on private schools. here s our political editor chris mason. the labour movement s past and perhaps i