deadline right now. hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. the gop is entrenched in another civil war today, this one intrastate, not intrachamber, but gop versus gop all the same. in one corner the talented mr. ripley of kevin mccarthy s house republican conference, and in the other his hometown republican detractors who say he should resign for telling, quote, lie after lie. the second political thrilla in manila political-style duel isn t at all how the republicans planned to roll out their new grip on power, but it was happens when a party lowers the bar to subterranean levels. here are the fireworks from new york republicans today. george santos campaign last year was a campaign of deceit, lies, fabrication. he s not welcome here at republican headquarters for meetings or at any of our events. as i said, he s disgraced the house of representatives, and we do not consider him one of our congresspeople. today on behalf of the nassau county republican committe
as thousands of flights have been canceled. sam bankman freed was now back at home. he s released on a $200 million bail. the biden administration had not yet released border immigrant numbers for november or even a plan for what they ll do if title 42 is lifted as we await a decision from the supreme court. we begin with the huge $1.6 trillion spending bill that s on its way to the house tonight after the senate approves the measure on thursday, despite many lawmakers blasting the bill. jeff paul is following it all for us tonight. good evening, jeff. good evening, jonathan. the bill passed by a vote of 68-29. the 4,000 plus page bill heads to the house. before a shutdown that could occur just 24 hours from now. a lot of hard work and a lot of compromise, we funded the government with an aggressive investment and american families and american workers and national defense. it is one of the most significant appropriation packages we have done in a really long time.
start, tomorrow in federal court in d.c., but we ve just learned that it s not gonna start tomorrow, instead that trial will be delayed for a, day and, won t start until wednesday, because one of the defense attorneys for the proud boys, just got his law license suspended. and so the judge in the proud boys cases decided to postpone the start of the trial by one day, to give the proud boys a chance to find a lawyer, with an active law license. little matters like, that gumming up the works in the most unexpected ways. opening statements expected now to be wednesday, the trial is expected to last at least a month, i keep you posted, now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell, good evening lawrence. that evening rachel, exactly one week ago, unite we re discussing damar hamlin, going down on that field, in that football game, in a way that we didn t know if he is gonna live. and today, he returned to buffalo, it has been an amazing week of recovery for him, and s
processing another act of political violence in this country. and we still do not know an exact motive. we do not know the power of lies and how they spread in our political discourse. no further than the general sixth attack at the u.s. capitol, that threat to our democracy remains clear and present. joining me now from san francisco for the latest on that attack, nbc news scott cohn. scott, where is the investigation at this hour? and what are you learning about the attacker? reporter: yeah, alicia, this is a widespread investigation. it includes, of course, the san francisco police department and the district attorney. also, the capitol police and the fbi. and a lot of it really focusing on the alleged attacker, david depape, 42 years old, who we know has led an unusual life for certain. and it s culminated in recent months, apparently, with a lot of blog posts and social media posts that are really kind of going through a potpourri of hate, and conspiracy theories and t
it s december 31st. i m martin savidge in for boris sanchez. good morning. good to be with you. i m amara walker. thank you for spending part of this final day of 2022 with us. we re following breaking news. pope emeritus benedict has died at the age of 95. his health had been faming prompting pope francis to ask for prayers. for the first time in modern history, pope benedict resigned, which paved the way for pope francis to take control of the catholic church. cnn cnn s deana gallagher has more. a german childhood, he lived in the shadows of hitler s nazi regime, he was referred to as god s rottweiler. years caused accomplishments to go unnoticed. he was the first pope to go green, making the vatican the first country in the world to go with a zero carbon footprint and bringing in electric vehicles including a hybrid popemobile. he was cardinal and pope dur the year whence the catholic church sex scandals came to light. it was too little too late for some, but it wa