politicsnation. tonight s lead, last-ditch effort. senate negotiators have been meeting this afternoon trying to hammer out a deal on immigration. president biden s homeland security chief met with lawmakers on the hill earlier in the day. majority leader chuck schumer delayed the holiday recess, hoping for a breakthrough on a bill that would also include military aid for israel and ukraine. if a bill cannot be made in the next several days, both chambers will have to take it up next year alongside a spending package to avoid a government shutdown. and in the house, there will be the matter of and impeachment inquiry into president biden. launched this week at the origin of that republican leadership. all this as the first presidential nomination contest is now less than a month away and iowa. and black voters across that south are literally so when the states that live in, over voting district maps that they contained designed to suppress the vote in 2024. an
right now, the nation s crucial debt ceiling talks or on hold. and wall street appears to be on edge. as we barrel towards a possible economic catastrophe. house republicans in the biden white house have stalemate this weekend. with no future meetings slated to hammer out a debt ceiling deal with a projected deadline just 12 days out. meanwhile, the 2024 electoral picture is sharpening in focus. and growing in size. south carolina s senator, tim scott, making it official yesterday. that he is running for the presidency next year. and so far, the lone rank republican in an already crowded gop field that is about to get even more crowded. with florida governor, ron desantis, expected to make his announcement next week, that he will seek the republican nomination for the white house. as a high-profile democratic victory, in desantis backyard, snatches yet another big city office of the mayor from the gop. i ll talk to a florida democratic party chair, nikki freed, in just a mome
to get to it. you can tell me in the hall later. as mentioned tom hanks is our special guest tonight. the oscar winner who campaigned for biden and obama is here tonight. he has a new book. we re going to get into a lot more. that s tonight. we begin right now with this. you know the sound. new election votes in america. voters just went to the polls in four states and some results have some of the republicans shook again, and we all remember the fizzle of the 2022 midterms. now democrats won in several more key states, including ousting republican mayor in a conservative city in florida. last night florida democrats scored their biggest election victory in years. a stunner in jacksonville, florida, the most populous city. a democrat has flipped the mayor s office. this is really important a democrat won the mayoral seat in jacksonville, florida. it s all new. they re calling that republican loss there in the largest city in florida a stunner because the desant
instigators of the january 6th attack. for members of the proud boys, including their former leader found guilty of seditious conspiracy. what today s verdict could mean for the investigations into donald trump. then, new ethics questions about supreme court justice, clarence thomas. and a billionaire donor. and, with just one week until title 42 expires, a look at the humanitarian crisis at the southern border as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. i m symone sanders-townsend in four stephanie ruhle. tonight, there s brand-new reporting that special counsel jack smith is ramping up efforts to find out former president trump hid classified documents. the new york times writes, prosecutors have, quote, obtained the confidential cooperation of a person who has worked for trump at mar-a-lago. the report continues, quote, the existence of an insider witness, whose identity has not been disclosed could be a significant step in the investigation. this news comes jus
donald trump. then, new ethics questions about supreme court justice, clarence thomas. and a billionaire donor. and, with just one week until title 42 inspires, a look at the humanitarian crisis at the southern border as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. i m simone in for stephanie ruhle. tonight, this brand-new reporting that special counsel, jack smith, is ramping up efforts to find out former president trump hid classified documents. the new york times writes, prosecutors have, quote, obtained the confidential cooperation of a person who has worked for trump at mar-a-lago. the report continues, quote, the existence of an insider witness, whose identity has not been disclosed could be a significant step in the investigation. this news comes just hours after the justice department scored a critical win in its prosecution of the january 6th attack. today, for members of the proud boys, including the group s leader enrique tarrio were convicted of seditious