let s get started according to new nbc poll out this morning, for the first time donald romp is now leading and a hypothetical led election matchup. now, this is not just bad news for president biden, it is terrible news for the very future of american democracy. for weeks we ve been warning you on the show about the dangers of a second trump term, the former president after all as promised retribution, pledged to round up protesters with military and suggested using the justice department to go after his political enemies. these are plans that should terrify each and every single one of us, but tonight i want to pull back the curtain and take a look at who could be tasked with carrying out trump s radical agenda come 2025. on the question, what would a second trump presidency, without any human guardrails, without any adult in the room, actually look like? let s start with the second highest office, the vice president of the united states. earlier this month, trump floated
congress is opening an investigation into the allegations warning the wealthy institution could lose federal funds as the school down plays the importance of gay s academic misconduct. now congress is involved. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. morning. bill: a good year, huh? merry christmas. dana: happy shortest day of the year as well. happy greg gutfeld day. bill: the president, claudine gay, becoming an embarrassment for harvard announcing it found more cases where she copied the work of others without giving procrit. instead of punishment she is being allowed to update her doctoral dissertation and make corrections. the house committee is expanding its investigation into anti-semitism at harvard to produce all the documents related to the allegations of plagiarism. dana: virginia fox writing is standards aren t be applied consistently resulting in different rules for different members of the academic community. if a university is no
the gunman identified, a student at the university. what police say he did before targeting victims at school. tom soufi burridge in prague tonight. here in the u.s., the major storm hitting the west at this hour. heavy rain, flooding, and possible landslides. rescuers pulling drivers from their cars. and following days of flooding in the northeast, crews now racing to clear roads, as the holiday travel rush kicks into high gear. rob marciano standing by. the race for the white house. donald trump s republican rivals running out of time to cut into his massive lead before the iowa caucuses. nikki haley stepping up her attacks against the former president. ron desantis claiming trump s indictments have distorted the primary. jonathan karl reporting. the israel-hamas war. the u.n. now warns the entire population of gaza is facing starvation. children lining up for soup, clutching pots and bowls. israel urged to agree to a new cease-fire to allow more humanitarian aid into
you time and writing. that is our show for this evening. now it is time for the last word with ali velshi in for lawrence. good evening,. ali that was a fascinating conversation. whenever you have fascinating conversation through the end of your show, it distracts me. they re always fascinating. that s what i mean, hence, i am always a little confused at the beginning of my show. that s what the viewers. good to see you, my friend. he too, my friend. we got breaking news tonight, donald trump s criminal defense team filed its reply to the special counsel jack smith s requests that united states supreme court decide whether the disgraced former president is entitled to presidential immunity in his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. the special counsel of donald trump have already filed briefs on the same issue with the d.c. appeals court. jack smith is pushing the supreme court to get involved now and make a final decision on the issue
to try to knock trump out of the race are counter productive. they backfire. as you know he feeds on grievance just like a fire feeds on oxygen. and this is going to end up as a grievance that helps him. did colorado just hand donald trump a political gift by barring him from the ballot? why some say the effort to rue the former president could actually help his campaign. plus how president biden is responding. this as nbc news has learned the colorado supreme court justices who ruled in the case are now facing a flood of threats after their historic decision. also ahead, we ll bring you the latest out of the israel-hamas war as israel defense forces uncover hamas extensive tunnel network in gaza city. and the blunt warning from chinese president xi jinping to president biden about beijing s intentions with taiwan. all right, good morning. welcome to way too early on this thursday, december 21st. i am not jonathan lemire. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. now, th