square. they ll help us ring in 2024. 2023 was a year like no other in big news, politics, movies, music, culture, science, sports and more. everyone seemed to be going all in, all the time. and now it s time to take a look at the whole crazy year william our guests laura coats, john berman, charlotte wilder, coy wire and max foster. we re playing for keeps. it s all the best, all the worst, 2023. welcome. it s worth asking, how did we get through the past 12 months? many of us hoped it would be easier than recent years and there were moments of accomplishment, community and joy. but we were also challenged, divided over issues and often unable to agree even on what we want, and it was wildly apparent where we begin with the biggest news stories of the year. we are the union. the worst big news for many americans started in their pocketbooks. the economy this year was an absolute emotional roller coaster. unemployment was down, earnings were up, at any moment, a l
going to die that way. jesse s body is it was obvious that it was a homicide and wreaked of guilt and lied and lied and lied. about six, sex, sex. there s a lot of people that sheet and it doesn t make them a murderer. all of a sudden it no one else had a motive. steve is on the phone, he s got a gun. he was crying. i said, fight this. this is crazy. college student is murdered and detectives discover a trail leading uncomfortably close to home. oh my god, it s going to look bad. it was afternoon by the time someone noticed him, though he d been lying here still, was beautiful. and though he had been lying here still since before daylight. and where university students were winding down their school year. june 5th 2004. and 9-1-1 behind it and i was ordered to come and investigate and headstrong up their yellow tape and we re taking a and it was obvious to them that it was the medical examiner sitting on the left and waited for her
and could a conviction in any of these cases be a tipping point for voters? scheduling nightmare aside in all of this, the former president might not even get on the republican ballot in some states. we ve got a wave of new developments in the effort to disqualify trump ahead of the primaries. where it s working and where it s getting kind of messy. meanwhile, in d.c., another motion has been filed by jack smith in donald trump s election interference case. what the special counsel is now asking the judge to block the former president from doing during trial proceedings. let s dive right in. joining us now is washington post senior political reporter aaron blake, former congresswoman and msnbc political analyst donna edwards, and msnbc political analyst, democratic strategist, and pollster cornell belcher. thanks for being here. aaron, let s start with you. as we approach the new year, paint a picture of this, if you could, of just how chaotic this could get. only one of do
head south to mexico, a migrant caravan is making its way north. the lead starts right now. senior u.s. officials are urging the counterparts to do a lot more to drive down the number of border encounters. a record number of migrants is overwhelming both sides of them order, they are facing a barrage of complaints from elected officials who were usually on his side. we will explain. talking 2024, the latest development to keep trumps name off state primary ballot. they responded to a challenge of trump s eligibility, why is it the merit and their spending so confidently yet so many do not think the economy is doing well? we will investigate the finances and feeling heading into the new year. welcome to the lead, i am beyond got in for tapper. top officials are in mexico looking for help in slowing the surge of migrants at the u.s. border. the pictures show how urgent the crisis has become, we have 6000 migrants around the u.s./mexico border yesterday, that s a drop from wha
2023. Tonight, were coming to you from times square in the heart of new york city. For so many, this is the place where new years begins and ends. Im tom yum. We fake you for joining us tonight. Were covering the top ten stories from this eventful year. Plus, look at the people in trends which to find the last 12 months. As we look to close the chapter in 2023, we take a look back at the air that was. Heres nbcs joe fryer. How do you define a year like 2023 . Was that the year of the strike . [crowd chanting] or year of the swift . Didnt offer a glimpse of the future with the rapid rise of Artificial Intelligence and the Weight Loss Drug ozempic . Or a Blast From The Past . Hi barbie i can with the pink coated resurgence of a classic doll. Was it the year a speaker was booted, or simply a prelude to 2024 . The Campaign Trail lined with pit stops in the courtroom. 2024 you can be defined in so many ways. So much of the world, it was a year headlined by war in the middle east. Major Brea