have a great weekend. the reidout starts now. tonight on the reidout after all we have been through in our history, from unless to civil war to two world wars to insurrection to pandemic. i refuse to believe in 2024, we americans will choose to walk away from what s made us the greatest nation in the history of the world, freedom. liberty, democracy is still a sacred cause. president biden marks the anniversary of the january 6th attack on the capitol with a scathing rebuke of the man who sparked the violence that day. and a warning that trump remains a serious threat to democracy. plus, breaking news from the supreme court on whether it will hear arguments on trump s ballot status in colorado. the same court that trump s lawyer says owes him a favor. i have three very special guests tonight, congressman betty thompson, and adam schiff from the january 6th select committee. and officer harry dunn, who is planning his return to the capitol. the place he so brav
unemployment kept steady at an historic 3. 7%. that marks three consecutive years of economic growth in biden s three years in office, and along with more jobs come consistently higher wages. there is no way to paint this as anything but good. so, let s see how they celebrate the good news over that, at fox. the job numbers are through the roof. jobs numbers are pretty gangbusters. jobs numbers smashed expectations. of course, the left is trying to figure out how to spend these great economic numbers. okay, i m getting. that isn t how they celebrated it at fox. that was fox. but that was not today. those were fox personalities talking about positive job numbers during donald trump s presidency because in fox s world, the monthly job numbers were always fantastic when trump was in charge. but today, when fox, and even fox business, did talk about biden s positive job numbers, the bulk of it sounded like this. we ve got another strong jobs report. but it isn t what
prompting new retaliation from u.s. forces and new fears that the violence could spread. let s bring in aaron gillcrist who s covering today s diplomatic meetings in washington at the white house and nbc s jay gray who s in tel aviv. jay, starting with you. what is the latest on the ground in israel and gaza as we talk about last hour the war cabinet meeting last night and what may have come from that. day 81 of the war and as intense the u.n. says it has been since the start and as deadly. they are saying the intensity of the battles on the ground as well as the air strikes has ramped up over the last 48 hours. we know that the attacks have been targeting from the air control and command centers according to the idf. they have been working also to identify and target some of the senior hamas leaders saying that one of their air strikes did kill a leader but not saying to this point who that may be. on the ground, they are continuing to try and expose and then eliminate the
you read books. you read books there was a great va, author of the book how the garcia girls left their accent. joining me tomorrow night six pm eastern for our special year end meeting of the velshi banned book club and we are going to feature some of my favorite conversations with authors and scholars from 2023. don t miss it. but i will speak with a man who was one of the first introduced the idea that donald trump could be disqualified as a 2024 presidential candidate because of section three of the 14th amendment. the federal judge joins me just a few moments if another hour of velshi begins right now. and good morning, it is saturday, december 23rd. i m ali velshi. the start of a crucial presidential election season is right around the corner, but a few key constitutional questions remain unresolved, which could directly up in the 2024 race. with the iowa caucuses just 23 days away, some of those issues are finally reaching the supreme court s purview, setting up
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