ukraine and israel. republicans are blocking the bill until they get concessions on border security and immigration. we will get the latest from the hill, plus 2023 was the hottest year in 125,000 years. it seems like a good time to convene a nearly 200 world leaders and thousands of representatives of global industry to work on climate change. i am going to be joined by the legendary bill mckibben to talk about what actually gotten at this year s massive u.n. climate conference. another hour of velshi begins now. ence another hour of velshi begin now. reporter: good, morning it s not a december 17th. i m ali velshi. we are now less than one month away from the start of the 2024 primary season, which kicks off on january 15th. with the first-in-the-nation gop caucuses in iowa. january is going to be a busy month, in addition to iowa, new hampshire will also hold its primary, plus there are three republican debates currently scheduled to take place during the month, and on t
one special counsel jack smith brought regarding the lead-up to and the after math of january 6th. today in federal court, we heard both lawyers for the special counsel and donald trump square off over the limited gag order judge tanya chutkan imposed a couple of weeks ago. we ll play the audio in a second. first, quick context. the gag order stops donald trump from publicly disparaging prosecutors, potential witnesses or court employees involved in the case. jack smith s team wants it saying it s necessary to keep people safe. donald trump s team is appealing it saying it violates his free speech and ability to campaign. and while the d.c. circuit court of appeals has yet to rule, we did get come hints. take this exchange, where judge millet presses donald trump s team on whether their arguments that it s unconstitutional to limit the political speech of a candidate would stand if donald trump were not running for office. would your position be a different a year ago? i
unlucky her for the past five years. she s a truly amazing leader, khalid and most importantly friend to me, to our entire, team to our company. and i want you to know she s a friend to you. she truly cares about every single one of our viewers. she s led the through countless nights of breaking news, covering so many important stories that matter to this entire country. she is devoted to helping people get better and smarter. so, yes we are going to miss our lauren. our l.e.d.. day in and day out. but we look forward to some very special big, big msnbc projects together again. so, my dear friend lauren, i am not going to say goodbye to you. i am never letting you out of my clutches. but, i cannot wait to see you sir. knock it out of the park, sister. and congratulations. and on that note, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues, across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow thanks to you at home fo
evening now, good we would have more on how she, find what is going on with the hospital with a reporter that you and i both, and who has been to that hospital, and reported their extensively. our own that is later on in the hour thank you my friend, and thanks to you at home for joining me this hour. i want to start tonight with what i think is an incredibly good point made yesterday by a republican congressman, a member of the freedom conch conference. no less here is what texas conservative chip roy had to say, to his colleagues. one thing, i want my republican colleagues to give me one thing, one that i can go campaign on and say we did. . one! anybody sitting in the complex, you want to come down to the floor it can explain to me one material, meaningful, significant thing the republican majority has done, besides well, i guess it s not as bad as the democrats? congressman roy is correct on two fronts here. first off, the republican -controlled house of represe
come back anytime. yes, sir, thank you. that is all in on this thursday night. alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex. good evening, my friend. we re going to have more on al-shifa and what s going on at that hospital with a reporter has been to that hospital and reported there extensively, that s our own eamon mohyeldin. i want to start a with a good point made a member of congress, made by the freedom caucus no less. here s what chip roy had to say to his colleagues. one thing i want my republican colleagues to give me one thing, one that i can go campaign on and say we did. one. anybody sitting thin complex you want to come on the floor and explain to me one material meaningful significant thing the republican majority has done besides, well, i guess it s not as bad as the democrats in. congressman roy is correct on two fronts here. first off, the republican controlled house of representatives has next to nothing of substance this year. seco