it comes as new figures show the task in hand with the price of some household basics soaring. tonight with the context, anand menon, director of the think tank uk in a changing europe and jack blanchard, the uk editor for politico. welcome. rishi sunak has become the uk s third prime minister in seven weeks, saying he ll unite the country, not with words, but with action . he promised stability, integrity, professionalism and accountability. his first day in office began with a trip to buckingham palace to meet the king and formally be invited to form a government. after travelling the short distance to downing street he addressed the nation, emphasing the scale of the economic task ahead and also finding some kind words for liz truss before talking about the problems she left behind. i want to pay tribute to my predecessor, liz truss. she was not wrong to want to improve growth in this country. it is a noble aim. and i admired her restlessness to create change. but some
happy new year, my friend, we are actually gonna be talking just about the choices that democrats made and the unity that was on display. we have congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez cortez at the top of the hour thank you for a great show, as always, buddy. if you took a high school history class in the united states, you probably spent at least a day discussing this image. this is the iconic political cartoon of the campaigning of senator charles sumner preston brooks, entered the senate, and he entered the chamber carrying a metal tipped cane. and he walked over to the anti slavery senator, charles sumner. he beat senator sumner unconscious and then he walked out without anyone stopping him. it is one of the most famous instances of political violence in our country s history, that one member of congress against another. but it was not unique. in the lead up to the civil war, they were at least 70 instances of political violence by elected representatives a
director tweeted this. yes there is at the fetterman eggnog ration. was it a food tray or a veggie tray? on that note, i wish you all very good night. four of all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late. i will see you tomorrow. omorrow. if you took a high school history class in united states, you probably spent at least today discussing this image. this is the iconic political cartoon of the campaigning of senator charles in may of 1866, a pro slavery congressman name preston brooks entered the senate and he entered the chamber carrying a metal tipped again and then he walked over to the anti slavery senator charles sumner, he beat senator sumner unconscious and then he walked out without anybody stopping him. it is one of the most famous instances of political violence in the country s history, by one member of congress against the other. but it was not unique. in the lead up to the still war, there are at least 70 instances of
you ll swallow your pride if hakeem jeffries came at you because you ll work together. there s stuff you want. if there s nothing you want in a governing sense there s nothing you can be given in a deal. michelle and nick, thank you. that is all in. alex wagner tonight starts now. happy new year. we re talking about the unity on display, we have congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez at the top of the hour. she will have a lot to say. thank you for a great show as always. thanks to you at home for joining us. if you took a high school history class in the united states, you probably spent at least a day discussing this image. this is the iconic political cartoon of the caning of senator charles sumner in may of 1856. preston brooks entered the senate and he entered the chamber carrying a metal tipped cane then he walked over to the anti-slavery senator and beat him unconscious and then he walked out without anyone stopping him. it is one of the most famous instance
house committees looking at the latest batch of documents found in his garage. we ll find griff jenkins in eagle pass with the latest. griff: hey, neil, just as you re talking about the president s visit to mexico. pan the camera, you can see migrants walking up recently crossed and i ll simply ask. [speaking spanish] neil, they say they re from colombia and you can see, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, it happens every day like clock work and president biden going to el paso not able to see any migrants. it s unbelievable. i have brand new numbers, almost 50,000 migrant encounters across the entire southwest border since january 1st of which 73% were single adults. those numbers just unbelievable. now, we know now that new york s mayor, eric adams, will make a trip now to el paso today. we don t have the details. we know he ll make at least three stops according to his press release about that. and we hope to hear from him and it comes after m