this christmas sunday, as we wrap up 2022, we can t ignor the fact that it s been a toug year over the past 12 months, there s been a recurring theme and the stories we ve covered. the fight for democracy here and abroad we have witnessed th resilience determination of th ukrainian people as they continue to resist russia invasion over in a wrong, the death o mahsa amini sparked mass protests and civil unres against the ruling regime. here in the u.s., voters pushe back pushed back at the ballot box. overcoming ideological differences to reject election denialism. and as we head into the ne year a new poll by ipsos showe that 65% of adults worldwide say they re optimistic tha 2023 will be a better year for them then 2022 earlier, i spoke with the most reverend michael curry and dr. barry see black. chaplain of the senate who reminded us that in a worl that can often seem dark, ther is always one thing that can provide light and guidance hope the most reverend michael curry
of the - columnist for msnbc, daily molly is a special correspondent with the vanit fair and the politic broadcast. both of these shows ar fantastic, so you should mak sure that you tune into them all right, don t go anywhere straight ahead, a brand-ne batch of documents from januar six committee has dropped. we will have the latest on these new revelations, what we know and where we go from, her plus, donald trump fought fo years to keep his tax, between now the congress has, them w are in fact learning som things that no one actuall expected to find out another hour of elie velsh begins right now and good morning, to it i christmas eve, it is cold, i is 9 am in east, 6 am in the west, and its final days o existence, still dropping interview transcripts and we are still here sifting through them for new revelations the committee released its final report less thursday night and a fresh batch of witness transcripts just las night in a historic move i recommended that cong
pass a new funding bill. just hours ago, the new house speaker, mike johnston, unveiled his plan to keep the government funded. it is a two-step approach, putting some parts of the government until january, there is still february. this new plan does not include spending cuts nor additional military aid to israel. this untested strategy also serves as a major first test for speaker johnson, who has limited experience and battles. already getting pushback from his own caucus, congressman saying today, quote, it has a 100% clean and i 100% opposed. nbc news confirms roy is now one of three republicans to already say no deal. in the meantime, the white house is calling the spawn a, quote, recipe for more republican chaos, and more shutdowns. in a new statement, press secretary added house republicans are wasting precious time with an un-serious proposal that has been panned by members of both parties. nbc news capitol hill correspondent has more. hi, alicia, six days ahe
the republican candidate, mayb donald trump if there is low turnout, i actually think that we shoul remain skeptical but maybe, for the first tim in a long time, there is actually a market for a thir party candidate. with so many peopl disillusioned an unenthusiastic about the two leading choices right now. let s talk abou presidential politics in the state of florida since both of you have represented the state. carlos, a majority o republican members of congress from florida, have endorse trump over president governo ron desantis 11 and oh. some of the lawmakers have complained that desantis has made little effort to reach ou to them. this comes as desantis i having a tough few weeks wit many republicans criticizing his handling of his feud wit disney, and the six-week abortion ban desantis hasn t even announced his run for the white hous
charges that are a veile likely this week andrea, let s talk abou those other shoes you are just mentioning particularly as they pertain t jack smith, the special counse looking into the federal cases we got news yesterday that trump s lawyer evan corcoran cannot use attorney client privilege to you not, to escap from testifying before jacks myths, before his grand jury talk about the significance of that yeah. that is, i think this is something that is really likel to occur if there are charges. which is that we could send an up seeing lawyers for donald trump in for the white house playing really key roles and giving key testimony at any trial i ve been corcoran, the reason that he is an importan potential witnesses that h drafted but did not sign the