and this is dateline. i just can t imagine to be held in captivity. dad, just send the money. that s all they want. they have an american kid. a 14-year-old kid in the middle of the jungle. they re thinking they have the jackpot. they were vacationers turned prisoners. a mother and son, kidnapped by terrorists. we need 10 million u.s. dollars for the release of your family. 10 million, from me? are you losing your mind? a harrowing international hostage drama. this is a big operation, this is not just a drag tag group of people. anything can happen, there are no guarantees. can a father to negotiator to bring them home? prepare for the worst. i m getting worried. i m getting so worried. a lot of people were praying for them. a lot of people were. hello, and welcome to dateline, they were on a dream vacation when suddenly a mother, her teenage son, and a cousin were all kidnapped by a group of men with guns wanting money and lots of it. but the wo
very good to beac you for another hour. i m alex witt in for katy tur. we re continuing our breaking news coverage of a legal setback for special counsel jack smith in his election interference investigation into the former president. the supreme court has just put out a single line order statement denying smith s request to immediately settle trump s presidential immunity claims, meaning the issue now heads to the court of appeals in d.c. we do have the date for those oral arguments. so what this decision all means for timing and how quickly the supreme court could take up the case once that court rules, there s a lot to get into. we re going to dive in right now joining us, justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian, and msnbc legal analyst, and former assistant d.a. with the manhattan district attorney s office, catherine christian. ken, first off, were we expecting a sidestep like this? because that s essentially what it is. it s a punt, if you will, from the su
minister and the right wing extremists to make up an important part of his coalition are still in power. david rothkopf, as always, and happy holidays to you and your family. thank you, david. a lot more coming up. you re watching msnbc. our second hour starts right now. [inaudible] > [inaudible hey everybody, good to see you. i m yasmin vossoughian. if you are just joining us, welcome. if you are sticking with us, we are very thankful for that. with the stroke of a pan, the dawn of giving donald trump exactly what he wants refusal to take up an issue that is clearly headed their way. now puts the chances of trying the former president for election interference before the next election in serious jeopardy. meanwhile, trump may face new legal danger from a new tape that have surfaced trying to pressure a group of republican officials in michigan to help him overturn the election. there s lots of speculation about that. obviously the fact that it comes out right after
g7 in japan. we re going to begin right now with nbc s julia tsirkin on capitol hill force. julie, i know that you have no information about a phone call with the president and the house speaker. presumably this took place on board air force one. what do we know? yes, it. debt that s exactly right. i just got done out of the 20, nearly 20 minutes with the speaker. he walked out, along with their graves top ally in these negotiations. you had a conversation with president biden on air force one, as the president, of course, makes his way back to the united states from g7. the big picture here is a from mccarthy, from when we talk to him just a few minutes before that phone call. he said it was a productive discussion, he said the two leaders agreed to meet in person, sometime tomorrow afternoon. this is after the president is able to recover from his travels. it s still the top line number, here how long the that limitless will last, what the spending cap situation is, h
stop him we have late details president biden in japan, while back home negotiators work around the clock to reach a deal on the debt limit where things stand right now. why deutsche bank is agreeing to pay $75 million to settle a lawsuit by jeffrey epstein s victims. priced out one of the toughest housing markets in years. higher rates, far fewer homes for sale how to navigate it and at age 63, she is going back to where she feels most at home, outer space. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome. once more we are seeing the horror of a mass shooting through the eyes of the heroes days after a teenaged shooter randomly killed three elderly women, police in farmington, new mexico, have released dramatic body camera video capturing the daring actions of police officers. in scenes we should warn you may find upsetting, the video captures officers rushing toward the danger, their long guns extended in front as one officer confr