stories you re going to remember for the rest of your life. this is the mugshot the world will never forget. mr. trump has been criminally and not four times. i have 91 felony counts. i did everything, they interlock me. kevin mccarthy has finally been sworn in speaker after running on a historic 15th ballot. it s becoming increasingly clear with the speaker of the house already works for. chaos on capitol hill tonight. brought on by the house vote to remove kevin mccarthy. the speaker. congress has a new house speaker tonight. ending threat works off uncertainty. president biden makes an historic top secret trip to ukraine. one year later, kyiv stands. and ukraine stands. democracy stands. america stands with you. president biden and israel. less than a day on the ground but no doubt of the u.s. government commitment backing israel and its four against hamas. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. we re closing in on that and all of 2023. so it is
israel and its four against hamas. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. we re closing in on that and all of 2023. so it is time for our holiday not cat. where we parked on the biggest stories not just of the week but of the year. and a look at what is ahead in 2024. with make not and alter a, quote your friend and colleague sam is senior analyst and senior political correspondent at puck news. bezels michael and like the most stylish outfit, given you all the questions. and democratic strategist and comedian, and, just like truly brilliant guy, john you gulsen. all right, ken. the finish line is inside. the end of 2023 is wrapping up. it has been a wild year. politics, economy, culture. the israel-hamas war, the war still going on in ukraine. but next year, is not going to
everybody now knows who he is and who he s always been, and that should stay in 2024. can i ask quickly? he is now being forced to pay the $148 million to the three women in georgia. will he ever actually pay? probably not, and bankruptcy, he can t discharge the. that tell our audience what that means. he s lost the pay up, whether he declared bankruptcy or not, which he did this week. he still owes the money. whether or not, he has $148 million in cash, he supposed to pay immediately to these two women and pursuing him again for additional damages, i don t think they ll see a dime. but he has to and should. that kills me. chapter 11, something like that, right? all right, john, yours? i would love to leave behind right wing fundamentalists and christian nationalists use jesus, his birth as we celebrate, as a prop, while legislating and fighting against his actual teachings.
if she hasn t retired to work at a private equity firm. you wouldn t just fire, in this instance, you wouldn t just fire the leadership. you d close down the company. this is entirely not productive, they passed 20 bills an entire year. and blocked massive pieces of legislation. important legislation that specific respect to the immigration question. we are not getting comprehensive immigration reform, which is more than kathryn rampell wrote a great post in the post today. she s beautifully outlines the problem. they don t want to. they want a scapegoat, the christian refugees at our border, and call them illegals at christmas time. they don t want a solution. they got what they wanted with abortion, and it blew up in their face. this republican party could end illegal immigration tomorrow, you lock up the people who do all the hiring. there s no wall, big enough, to hide the gigantic help wanted sign at our border. but none of these republicans talk about let s incarcerated peo
[laughter] i am going to give you mine, and it certainly seems petty after john s, but here goes. what i would like to leave behind in 2023 is the new tipping culture. it was one of the first things that we talked about when we started the nightcap. more than a year later, i am still annoyed by it. i absolutely embrace and encourage gratitude of all forms, including tipping, especially service workers in bars and restaurants, however, it is part of their income. i would like to leave behind this new screen that every single check out counter i go to, a self checkout, when i buy water, i get asked, one question, and i am asked if i would like to leave a 25% or 30%. i think this is crazy. we hear from lots of businesses, the reasons prices are higher is because we have to pay our employees more. if you have to pay your employees more, why is it that you are shaming consumers to subsidize those employees? let us please tip and show