center headquarters. this is msnbc headquarters on the right. the iconic christmas tree in the middle and this is our news proof to you that they haven t taken down the big tree yet. people still enjoying the ice skating in the holiday season. the new year naturally begins with a presidential race as well as a possible trial of donald trump. later tonight we have some developments in that jack smith case. our top story of the new year right now is this official home stretch of the primaries in the 2024 presidential race. president biden is the presumed democratic nominee. there is no big race there although there are some other announced candidates. we even heard from cornell west last year. on the republican side there could be an open race. will republicans decide between trump or his remaining opponents? and how soon does that process start? if you ve been busy, you know, having a little time off or enjoying your holiday food or your new years workout routine or any of the
good evening welcome to washington, i m mike emanuel in for bret baier. border crossings set another record. officials report the highest monthly total ever recorded for december. with the new year comes new laws. we ll tell you where minimum wage is up and which states are implementing new gun restrictions and bret baier looks at the reece of internet use and how they re impacting the electric grid. but, first, breaking tonight, president joe biden says his favorite memory of the year is bringing jobs back to the u.s. he also says the country s in a better position to lead the world than any other nation. the president s new year s message comes amid a year of low approval numbers criticism of the us handling of the war in israel and the crisis at our southern border. the first family s scheduled to return to, wa ton tomorrow after a week-long caribbean vacation. lucas tomlinson is traveling with the president and reports from st. croix. good evening, lucas. mike, the wh
a rollback of regulations on banks. i will be joined by democratic congressman and former venture capitalist josh harder on the next steps to stabilize the banking industry this hour, former president trump taking the fight directly to ron desantis in iowa. ron de-sanctiuos. he is aisciple of paul ryan. he reminds me of mitt romney in california, 11 people were gunned down in january, president biden will announce stronger gun background checks i will talk to the congresswoman from that district, judy chu good day i m andrea mitchell in washington, d.c. the wall street journal is reporting that the justice department and the securities and exchange commission are investigating the collapse of silicon valley bank and stock seals sales by its executives before the bank went under. they are questioning whether regulators should seen troubled signs in new york signature bank they are scrambling to diffuse political fallout. inflation moderated slightly for the eighth mo
the caucuses seven years ago plus, themarkets get a break as cooling inflation sparks a much needed rally on wall street. but what about main street what does the latest report tell us about the cost of food and clothes and electricity? we ll break it all down for you. and forecasters in california warning that a new round of rainstorms may bring large scale and long lasting flooding up to eight more inches of rain falling on areas yet to recover from last week s storm as the totals reached levels not seen in decades all this as the northeast sees its first real snow of the season, less than a week before the official start of spring we have a lot going on we ll have all of it for you in just a minute. but we start with donald trump unveiling his strategy for presidential run number three, fully embodying the combative, insulting and misleading campaign style that made him president. but that we had seen very little of in recent months. it started before he even got to io
remember the wheelchair over the cliff? democrats used it. the wheelchair over the cliff commercial, very effective that was about him ryan, paul ryan is a bit reason mitt romney i m not a big fan of mitt romney lost his election to be honest with you, ron reminds me a lot of mitt romney. so i don t think you re going to be doing so well here, but we re going to find out. but those are the facts. oh, if ron only reminded us of mitt romney, i think a lot of people would be less worried there s donald trump doing what democrats love to see donald trump doing. shredding the republican party attacking the republican party tearing to pieces the republican party. it s not enough that he led to their te defeats in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 now, he s determined to do it in 2024 going after republicans and creating a civil war that was just part of donald trump s rant about ron desantis last night in iowa the former president had a lot to say yesterday about the florida