court might soon decide an issue that could mean criminal charges against the former president simply vanished. so why is he telling the court, hey, not so fast when it comes to taking up the case? also tonight, was the colorado supreme court right to boot him off the ballot under the 14th amendment? we can ask the voters. plus, just in time for christmas, a judge rules that the women rudy giuliani defamed with his election lies can start trying to collect that nearly 100 and $50 million he owes them, right now. good evening. i m pamela brown in for anderson tonight. first up, why the former president s legal team asked the supreme court not to bypass an appeals court and quickly take up the question of whether he enjoys legal immunity for his actions as president. a decision you think any defendant facing charges the white be invalidated would want asap, except perhaps this defended, who is running for president. we re going to talk in a moment with our legal panel about tha
that overwhelming support ellis spoke about can be seen in glaad s a report, showing supermajorities supporting acceptance, freedom and equal rights for the community. and i ve got a sinking thinking that the lgbtq community will not let a small hateful group of people ruin their pride this month, or any other month, for that matter. and i want that community to know, from the 11th hour, we see you, we love you, we need you, and we support you. happy pride, everyone. 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 will see you at the end of tomorrow. in july of 2021, joe biden had been president for more than half a year. but the last days of the trump administration were still very much being reported on. the ways in which trump had tried to overturn the 2020 election in this series of escalating maneuvers, which ultimately resulted, of course, in the attack on the u.s. capi
on the tail, on this particular one, a cardinal, a symbol to many that a past loved one is there. she literally looks like a little angel. and that s what her grandparents had written on the note. a note that reminds us to discover humanity in ordinary places, and in that, we all may find a little grace. katie beck, nbc news, tampa. safe travels little grace kelly. and on that very beautiful note, i wish you all a very good night. thinking about chris murphy and that spiritual renaissance we all needed. f our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. well, if you re wondering who won the debt ceiling deal, the proof is in the vote in the house of representatives. the total vote was 314 in favor, 117. opposed 165 democrats voted for it, 149 republicans voted for it. 71 republicans voted against it, and only 46 democrats voted against it. more democrats supported this bill than republicans, because this
allowed, as you pointed out. but it s pretty clear that chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell are going to get this thing through the senate intact. they sure are. it s clear that tim kaine has a lot of his wounded, i think in many ways, by the way the white house put the mountain valley pipeline in the steel. but it sounds like the democrats need to be the adult in the room and set aside their personal concerns and ultimately say yes to something they never wanted to be a part of to begin with. democrats, of course, have the curse of responsibility. yeah. they are the responsibility party. the other party is the not serious party, and so, democrats frequently find themselves casting difficult votes in order to do the larger responsible thing. to save the u.s. economy. as hakeem jeffries said, team normal versus team extreme. correct. and i think you will see that on a bumper sticker somewhere in washington, d.c.. correct, thank you, alex. have a good show. th
make sense of this with our viewers. thanks mehdi. here we go. tonight, on a two hour edition of the mehdi hassan show, breaking details of the debt limit deal. we will hear from democratic congressman greg azar, who just got briefed by the white house on intubated with two experts. then special counsel jack smith manhattan the alvin bragg put out new potentially damning evidence against, who else, donald day trump in their respective cases. and setting the record straight on one henry a kissinger. the former secretary of state marks his 100th birthday, we will look back at his dark and very bloody legacy. good evening, i am many hassan. we have breaking news tonight, we have what they are calling a deal. just a short time ago, president biden spoke about that debt limit in principle, reaches we can do in his administration and the republican leadership in the house. we ve got good news, we just spoke with speaker mccarthy, and we have reached a bipartisan budget agre