the same outfits. putin is basically ruthless dictator barbie. all right. good morning. and welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, december 6th. we ve got a lot to get to this morning, including donald trump s response to questions about his promise to use a possible second term to seek revenge and retribution. we ll show you what he said. plus, republican senator tommy tubervillle finally drops his hold on hundreds of military promotions. but he s trying to spin it as both sides not getting what they want. let that breathe. also ahead, the partisan fight over the senate s foreign aid package. one contentious issue is threaten to sink the bill. we ll have the very latest from capitol hill. along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early jonathan lemire. congressional investigations reporter for the washington post, jackie al mayny and white house editor for politico, sam stein. good to have you all with us this morning. our top story this hour,
cnn news not with abby phillip starts right now. comments from the president that made his own staffers go yikes. that s tonight on news night. good evening, i m abby philip in new york. tonight, what you might call the law of political suspects. every action has it s equal, opposite reaction. president joe biden has now essentially confirmed that he is running for one race, and or bronzer, because of one man and one man only. donald trump. those remarks came at and off camera fund-raiser in boston, and they are jaw-dropping, if only for their clarity and their simplicity. if trump wasn t running, he says, i m not sure i d be running. but we can t let him win. the biden campaign was caught off guard, according to sources. yikes, was how one top campaign adviser reacted when he learned what biden had said. now, that remarks are short to create some headaches in the days ahead and to renew some conversations that are ongoing about president biden s age. moments ago, tru
no power? no problem. introducing storm-ready wifi. now you can stay reliably connected through power outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery back-up to keep you online. only from xfinity. home of the xfinity 10g network. tonight on three 60 a new word about how we re gonna use in new on the prosecutors plan to use the former presidents embrace of january six defendants in court, we ll talk about that and more with liz cheney, whose new book has plenty to say about donald trump and the threat he poses a free look. it all style, exclusive new reporting s about how much longer israel might continue high intensity crown operations in gaza, which today saw some of the heaviest fighting for war. plus, what key voters in a key swing state have to say about their choices for 2024. john king finds out in the latest edition of our special series of reports, all over the map. good evening, thanks for joining us again. our guest tonight here within studio is li
no more insight on this week s billboard hot 100 chart isn t from the senior, actually, from this decade, or the decade from where that. it s actually twice my age and then some. in fact, if it were person it would be old enough to collect social security. as the holidays near though, it s it s probably when you ve been hearing a lot. brenda leaves, rocking around the christmas tree is making history, 65 years after it was released. now, breaking the record for the longest time to debut between, debuting and reaching number one. this achievement, fueled by a music video and tiktok campaign from lee, who recorded the song when she was just 13 years old. she is now 78, and celebrating this milestone, as she turns 79 next week. a nice early happy birthday to her. the song is set to break the record, that also is a christmas classic, of course, a lot of christmas music around here for the next several weeks. i want to thank you so much are joining us tonight, cnn
right now. tonight on the reidout, . i lost my name, my sense of security, all because of a group of people starting with number 45, and his ally, rudy giuliani, decided to scapegoat me. donald trump s repulsive attacks have already devastated the lives of people like georgia election worker ruby freeman. an appeals court heard arguments on the gag order designed to protect others from the wrath of trump and his maga rival. mike lee revised an old and discredited conspiracy theory about january 6th, the very same mike lee who says america is not a democracy. we begin tonight with the expedited destruction of the voting rights act. earlier today in a 2-1 decision, a panel of judges on the 8th circuit court of appeals said that only, only the federal government, not private citizens, and civil rights groups can sue under a key part of the voting rights act. effectively gutting the legislation in seven states. the decision upheld a lower court ruling. the case sought