happy new year, my friend, we are actually gonna be talking just about the choices that democrats made and the unity that was on display. we have congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez cortez at the top of the hour thank you for a great show, as always, buddy. if you took a high school history class in the united states, you probably spent at least a day discussing this image. this is the iconic political cartoon of the campaigning of senator charles sumner preston brooks, entered the senate, and he entered the chamber carrying a metal tipped cane. and he walked over to the anti slavery senator, charles sumner. he beat senator sumner unconscious and then he walked out without anyone stopping him. it is one of the most famous instances of political violence in our country s history, that one member of congress against another. but it was not unique. in the lead up to the civil war, they were at least 70 instances of political violence by elected representatives a
director tweeted this. yes there is at the fetterman eggnog ration. was it a food tray or a veggie tray? on that note, i wish you all very good night. four of all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late. i will see you tomorrow. omorrow. if you took a high school history class in united states, you probably spent at least today discussing this image. this is the iconic political cartoon of the campaigning of senator charles in may of 1866, a pro slavery congressman name preston brooks entered the senate and he entered the chamber carrying a metal tipped again and then he walked over to the anti slavery senator charles sumner, he beat senator sumner unconscious and then he walked out without anybody stopping him. it is one of the most famous instances of political violence in the country s history, by one member of congress against the other. but it was not unique. in the lead up to the still war, there are at least 70 instances of
attack. he wanted to get nap and kneecap the speaker of the house. the new report knocking down the conspiracies pushed by the right. and eight days until the midterms, and it seems democrats have found a way to take down their opponents, likewise then, the supreme court s arguments of affirmative action. the conservative majority court seems poised to dismantle the policy, as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again. i am mehdi hasan in tonight for stephanie ruhle. do you hear that? that is the unmistakable sound off the brazen lies fabricated stories, and crazy conspiracies heard all weekend long about the attack on speaker nancy pelosi s husband being shattered today by the department of justice. among the stunning details revealed today, as federal criminal charges were filed, government officials said the suspect was prepared to break nancy pelosi s kneecaps. and late this afternoon, as the san francisco district attorney presen
thursday s primetime hearing. the secret service is coming under some major scrutiny tonight over missing text messages from january 5th and sixth. on friday, the committee issued a subpoena for those messages after inspector general notified them that they had been deleted. today, nbc news learned the agency, now, has said they have no new text related to the attack to give house members, meaning they can t find any of them. the secret services they lost the texts as part of a technology upgrade. they received for requests from congressional committees on january 16th to preserve records, and they had this planned migration for the 25th, i believe, of january. nobody along the way stopped and thought, well, maybe we shouldn t do the migration of data and of the devices until we are able to fulfill these requests. their process, as explained to us, was simply to leave it to the agent to determine whether or not there was anything on their phones worth saving that was necess
america reports on this friday. white house getting good news on the jobs market but will a massive spending plan send the economy into another tailspin, making an already bad inflation problem even worse? hello, everyone. i am sandra smith in new york. jon: i am jon scott info john roberts. the labor department says the u.s. added 528,000 jobs last month. the on employment rate also falling slightly to 3.5%. both numbers beating expectations. wages are still largely out of step with the rising inflation. now more than 200 economists, 230 to be exact, warning democrats their social spending bill will make high prices in this country even worse. jon: senior economic advisor jared bernstein joins us. first, congressional correspondent chad pergram has the latest on the spending bill. good afternoon. democrats say this bill will help with inflation. more than 200 economists warn congressional leaders that the u.s. is in a dangerous crossroads. they argue the bill incre