we hope you are doing well. from all of our colleagues across the network of nbc news, thank you for staying up late, icu at the end of tomorrow. of today, i saw down with former secretary of state presidential candidate hillary clinton and we covered a lot of ground. we talked about conflicts overseas in the middle east and in ukraine. we talked about donald trump s legal jeopardy and the utter chaos and the republican party. chaos that, by the way, it s in full display tonight. with the senate now scrambling to find a path forward after republicans killed their own bipartisan border legislation in order to appease donald trump. for weeks, republicans have insisted that they would not pass aid for israel in taiwan, as well as urgently needed funding for ukraine unless democrats agreed to have new border policies. just to put this all into perspective for, ukraine is facing some of its biggest challenges since this war began. russia has ramped up missile strikes across the co
good evening, my friend. we have a big news making interview tonight. we will get right into it. today, i saw down with former secretary of state presidential candidate hillary clinton and we covered a lot of ground. we talked about conflicts overseas in the middle east and in ukraine. we talked about donald trump s legal jeopardy and the utter chaos and the republican party. chaos that, by the way, it s in full display tonight. with the senate now scrambling to find a path forward after republicans killed their own bipartisan border legislation in order to appease donald trump. for weeks, republicans have insisted that they would not pass aid for israel in taiwan, as well as urgently needed funding for ukraine unless democrats agreed to have new border policies. just to put this all into perspective for, ukraine is facing some of its biggest challenges since this war began. russia has ramped up missile strikes across the country, as ukraine has been forced to ration muniti
fatigue and morale issues, and in thele meantime republicans a playing politics. they are playing politicwise the vital resources ukraine needs to defend its democracy from invaders. the democrats agreed to work with republicans and to craft a bipartisan bill to increase border security measures in exchange for that aid. but then donald trump came out against the deal. he did not want to hand president biden a victory on trump s favorite campaign issue, which is drumming up fear about what s happening eaautothe bord. and so today republicans voted to kill their own bill in the senate. the finaln vote was 49-50 with all but four republicans voting against r it. after that stunning defeat democrat chuck schumer put a second bill on the floor. it strips out the border stuff and juste funds aid to israel d taiwan and ukraine, which is what the democrats wanted in the first place. 58 voted to advance that bill. that is just shy until the 60 they need for final passage. now the sen
heat. 2023 was the year the world woke up to the climate change threat. i don t think anybody can deny the impact of the climate crisis anymore. what have we learned and what will next year look like? plus, landmark act. world leaders agree to transition away from fossil fuel, the chief driver of the climate crisis. we re not turning back, that is the future. but with loopholes in the agreement, is it enough? former vice president al gore is ahead. and seeing green, as governments around the world struggle to combat climate change, what role does wall street have to play? who s got the money on lock by being able to make it profitable. i ll ask the multibillionaire investor who is focused on climate change. ray dalia is coming up. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is sounding a very clear alarm. we are closing out 2023, a year we may look back on as the time that people started to truly grasp that the climate crisis is here and
about how the president tried to force it to an end. did you hear any part of the phone calls? yeah, i remember hearing the word wind. and i remember he said, you are our wind. new information today on the danger of the vice president faced as a result of the threats to his life, and the president know that that s what he s done. i am betrayed the united states of america. new evidence today showing that people working with the president to enact the scheme. they knew what they were doing was illegal. doctor eastman s emails stated, quote, i ve decided that i should be on the departments list, if that still in the works. and a crucial warning about the enduring threat to the country. donald trump and his allies and supporters are a clear and present danger to american democracy. tonight, the member of the investigation who like today s hearings, congressman pete aguilar. plus, nicole wallace, joy reid, chris hayes, lawrence o donnell, ari melber, stephanie r