humanitarian and disaster relief mission. reading up to the job, volunteers put up donation boxes, sorting through donations, and gruesome the u.s. partner companies put together pallets of supplies to help decorate them with messages from the holidays. finally, aircrews look at the palace on to the plains and dropped more than 200 packages and supplies and toys to over 40,000 people, living on 58 different islands. the operation took six days to complete and covered 1.8 million square miles. now, that is what i call spreading christmas cheer. and on that no, i wish you all, a very good night. from all of ourolagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late with me. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. end of tomorrow in the year 2000, george w. bush became the first president in more than 100 years to win the presidency and lose the popular vote. in 2016, donald trump became the second. now, what made both the two responsible at the expense of the popula
11th hour stephanie ruhle starts now. t tonight, the people who have a major impact on the 2020 election. the supreme court s decision on whether to weigh in on donald trump s immunity claims. and the upcoming appeal on colorado s ballot disqualification. meanwhile the former president is doubling down on his comments about immigration. yet only a handful of republicans are even pushing back. then more scrutiny over a i and facial recognition after rite aid was accused of misusing the technology, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. we get some news tonight. the nation s highest court appears to be on a fast track to play a pivotal role in next year s presidential election. supreme court has been asked to weigh in on legal battles and evolving republican front runner donald j trump. special counsel jack smith wants the justices to issue a speedy ruling on t