thanks for being here. i m stephen romo in for yasmin today. it s a busy final day of 2023. just hours before the ball drops, the security is tight in new york s times square. celebrations are set to get underway, despite the heightened threat environment, following the october 7th attack on israel. we are live on the scene with the latest. of course, in many parts of the world, it is already 2024. we will show you the sights and sounds and the hopes so many have for the new year. meanwhile, tensions are high across the red sea at this hour, as the u.s. navy sinks three houthi boats and downed ballistic missiles fired from houthi controlled areas. we will have more on that. legal action in donald trump s world is not stopping. we will reveal that question special counsel jack smith has for an appeals court that took more than 80 pages to ask. and we begin this hour with a countdown to the new year. up to 1 million people are flocking to times square to witness new yor
proportions as law enforcement braces for a possible indictment of donald trump, jurors are sorting through conflicting testimony from key witnesses. so, who is the grand jury going to believe? plus, gut wrenching video showing the death of irvo otieno pinned down by law enforcement and hospital staff for 11 minutes before he stopped moving. what the county attorney is doing today to try to bring those responsible to justice. and more dangerous and destructive weather is hitting california, including another massive dose of snow and several more inches of rain. evacuation orders issued for neighborhoods like this that used to be along the san joaquin river, now essentially in the san joaquin river. a lot to get to. we start in new york, where the next grand jury date in the hush money case against donald trump is tomorrow. allowing the already massive sense of anticipation to build for at least another 24 hours or so. but jurors have a lot to digest between now and then
15% minimum tax on large corporations. joe biden says at the end of the day, it is a win for the everyday americans. it s a game changer for ordinary folks. some of it won t kick in for a little bit, but it s all good. [ inaudible ] so will this streak of legislative wins help set the stage for a political rebound for democrats in november? victories, though, in washington rarely translate into success at the ballot box. just ask former president barack obama after he passed sweeping health care and financial reform packages, and still lost democratic control of congress. but will this time be different? things change pretty rapidly. joining me now from capitol hill are my guests. so, sahill, what s the word? well, it s been such a roller coaster journey for this piece of legislation over the last 18 months, it s had more deaths and resurrections. it got over the senate with a 50-50 vote broken by vice president kamala harris. after three dozen amendments were voted on,
About the new sighting. We begin with a look at what could be an important day in the georgia interference case against former President Donald Trump and his 18 codefendants, and all 19 people charged with conspiring to overturn the results of the president ial election there are scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow, but only two of them, former white house Chief Of Staff, mark meadows, and former Coffee County director, have entered a plea. The proceedings in Fulton County Superior Court will be conducted now on camera. Garrett haake has been covering the trump investigations, and milea whily, president of the Leadership Conference on civil and human rights. Garrett, most of the defendants wont be there so what can we expect things to look like tomorrow . We could end up in a situation where none of the defendants are present, and theres still time for the last two remaining defendants who have not filed a waiver in the case to do so. If georgia, if you already have surrendered and been
Well talk about the Significant Developments with california senator alex padilla. In new york city, former President Trump is back in court for day three of the Civil Fraud Trial against him. Why the judge has ordered a gag order on trump. And the largest Healthcare Workers strike in history is now under way. At least 75,000 Caser Workers hit the picket line. And we begin with what comes next for the house after the historic ouster of speaker Kevin Mccarthy. Moments ago, House Judiciary Committee chair jim jordan confirmed he is now running to succeed Kevin Mccarthy as speaker. Hes the first person to announce his candidacy. This comes one day after eight House Republicans joined with democrats to remove mccarthy from his post. It is first time in American History a speaker has been removed in such a manner. Nbc news caught up with mccarthy this morning as he arrived at the capitol just moments ago. Mr. Mccarthy, how are you feeling this morning . Great well, one of mccarthys top alli