Laws. What gives you the authority to tell the u. S. Border patrol what to do . This land were on right now was used by the federal government to further illegal activity. And i want to put a stop to it. There were more than 3,000 book bans in Public Schools last year. 1,000 more than the year before. We went to one conservative southern town to hear how theyre turning the page. Parents have the right to determine what their children are taught and what theyre allowed to read. But when were having a problem with is parents that want to determine what other parents rights are for their children to read what they want. Elon musk and jeff bezos, two of the richest men in the world, are in a race to help nasa put astronauts back on the moon and then on to mars. And liftoff of artemis i. Its not science fiction, but its also not easy. And thats our story tonight. Im lesley stahl. Ill bill whittaker. Im anderson cooper. Im sharyn alfonsi. Im jon wertheim. Im cecilia vega. Im scott pelley. Th
to try to knock trump out of the race are counter productive. they backfire. as you know he feeds on grievance just like a fire feeds on oxygen. and this is going to end up as a grievance that helps him. did colorado just hand donald trump a political gift by barring him from the ballot? why some say the effort to rue the former president could actually help his campaign. plus how president biden is responding. this as nbc news has learned the colorado supreme court justices who ruled in the case are now facing a flood of threats after their historic decision. also ahead, we ll bring you the latest out of the israel-hamas war as israel defense forces uncover hamas extensive tunnel network in gaza city. and the blunt warning from chinese president xi jinping to president biden about beijing s intentions with taiwan. all right, good morning. welcome to way too early on this thursday, december 21st. i am not jonathan lemire. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. now, th
lawmakers have now finally agreed to a tentative debt ceiling deal. there is still a long way to go including selling members of their parties on the plan. can they get the support they need to prevent default? an unprecedented move. impeaching a state attorney general after an investigation into corruption and obstruction of justice. the latest on the historic action. a hollywood hideaway. the sultans, could it supercharge the future of electric vehicles? yes. and the little mermaid is out. hout inspires a new generation of young black girls. we begin in washington and the debt limit. the white house and republican negotiators reached an agreement in principle. there are concerns that the nation could potentially default. it needs to be written and passed by june 5th, the day janet gallons of the government will run out of cash and there are skeptics in the house and senate who will have to be one over before the president gets a chance to sign that bill. we have t
hunt. it is thursday, december 21. 5:00 a.m. in new york. also 5:00 a.m. in washington, d.c. where donald trump is now urging the supreme court to reject a fast track review of his claim for presidential immunity after he tried to overturn the 2020 election. his legal team filed a motion wednesday and this is one week after special counsel jack smith requested that justices rule quickly on whether immunity would protect trump in prosecution so that his trial could begin on march 4. trump s legal strategy has always been to delay the proceedings as he campaigns again for the white house in 2024. meantime, president biden was asked about tuesday s unprecedented colorado supreme court ruling that trump is an insurrectionist and does not among in the state s primary ballot. is trufrmp an insurrectionis? i think it is self-evident. you saw it all. whether the 14th amendment apply, i ll let the court make that decision. but he certainly assumed an insurrection. no question abou
we still have a lot of work to do. but with lawmakers on both sides skeptical, do they have the votes to actually pass it? i ll speak exclusively with house progressive leader, congresswoman pramila jayapal and gop congressman, dusty johnson, next. and room to grow? more republican presidential hopefuls jump in. i m running to lead our great american comeback. i m the candidate, the far left fears the most. with the former president dominating the polls, can they cut into his lead. republican governor chris sununu joins me exclusively. plus, fallen heroes. this memorial day, veterans reflect on their comrades who did not come home. i think about them probably every day almost. yeah, really. you don t every forget it. a look at some of the incredible americans we lost at war, coming up. hi, i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is waiting to exhale. president biden and speaker mccarthy last night announced that they have struck an agree