a special holiday edition of the last word. 2024 will be another year of defendant trump and another election here in which democracy itself is once again at stake. the republicansha only a three state majority in the house of representatives. the democrats have only a one seat majority in the united states senate with democratic senators facing difficult campaigns in ohio, montana, pennsylvania, michigan, and nevada. democrats will be running on a 3.7% unemployment rate. unemployment has not been has been below 4% for 22 months, the longest stretch since 1969. president biden was at a temperature of ain t at the cop with this international training center in battleground state of nevada. on the final jobs report floor 2023 was released. folks, all this project stands in stark contrast to my predecessor. he always talked about infrastructure week. [laughter] four years of infrastructure week, but it failed. he failed. on mount watch, the state of infrastructure week ameri
the republicans have only a three seat majority in the house of representatives. the democrats have only a one seat majority in the united states senate, with democratic senators facing difficult campaigns in ohio, michigan, montana, pennsylvania and nevada. democrats will be running on a 3. 7% unemployment rate. unemployment has not been, has been below 4% for 22 months. that s the longest stretch since 1969. president biden was at an infrastructure event at the carpenters international training center in the battleground state of nevada on the day the final jobs report for 2023 was released. folks, all this project stands in stark contrast to my predecessor. he always talked about infrastructure week. [laughter] for years infrastructure week. but it failed. he failed. on my watch instead of infrastructure week america is having infrastructure decade. [applause] decade. trump just talks the talk. we walk the walk. [applause] look, he likes to say america is a failing natio
at stake. the republicans have only a three seat majority in the house of representatives. the democrats have only a one seat majority in the united states senate, with democratic senators facing difficult campaigns in ohio, michigan, and nevada. democrats will be running on a 3.7% unemployment rate. unemployment has not been, has been below 4% for 22 months. that s the longest stretch since 1969. president biden was at an infrastructure event at the carpenters international training center in the battleground state of nevada on the day the final jobs report for 2023 was released. folks, all this project stands in stark contrast to my predecessor. it was talked about infrastructure week. [laughter] for years infrastructure week. but it failed. he failed. on my watch instead of infrastructure week america is having infrastructure decade. [applause] decade. trump just talks the talk. we walk the walk. [applause] look, he likes to say america is a failing nation. frankly, he d
texas sized fall from grace, the state s controversial attorney general, ken paxton, is impeached by fellow republicans in the state house. texas congresswoman, jasmine calk, joins me live to talk about that and more. and, as sunday show first. republican presidential candidate, asa hutchison, joins me live. how does he plan to stand out in a crowded field still dominated by donald trump? i ll ask him. i m jonathan capehart, this is the sunday show. we begin with a deal of house speaker kevin mccarthy and president john biden reached an agreement after a three-month standoff that almost triggered a u.s. to fall. the tentative deal would boost the nation s borrowing limit for the next two years, until after the 2024 presidential election. there are no changes to medicaid, or biden s student debt relief bill. but, the deal does include work requirements for recipients of federal aid like snap. increasing the aid from 29 to 34 with the exception of veterans. this is a deal w
is making waves even before he s expected to jump in the presidential race. desantis today signed a bill to defund diversity bill at florida colleges, a clear response to critical race theory being taught in classrooms. he s also changing florida law to allow himself to campaign while serving as governor and to reduce transparency over state spending and travel. desantis is stepping off his turf, sending migrants to states run by democrats. and praising the marine veteran now charged in the subway chokehold death. he also barnstormed betrayal in iowa this weekend when the 45th president cancelled a rally there over weather concerns. donald trump is taking notice and taking aim at desantis. and desantis is indirectly firing back. we must reject the culture of losing that has infected our party in recent years. if we focus the election on the past or on other side issues, then i think the democrats are going to beat us again. trump was asked for his response in a new interv