awards here is your host, al sharpton good evening, and welcome t politics ex nation s 12t annual awards. it is where we celebrate the best and worst, and give a words to those who deserve it. i am happy to have given you the most memorable moments thi year what year it has been. with that let s bring in our esteemed panel republican strategist and msnb political analyst, susan del percio daniel moodie, host of the wal and the democracy podcast. and ali velshi, host of velshi right here on msnbc. this year was dominated by the midterm elections. with that in mind, let s get right to our first, revvie the biggest political showdown i will share a few of my nominees to get us started i the panel can chime in the first is the showdown in pennsylvania between joh fetterman and dr. oz oz when the republican nomination based on fame, an he got a dispensing medica advice on tv, but it was fetterman s health that was th big concern after he suffered stroke during a campaign - durin
better if there s any doubt that hi legal problems are getting t donald trump, consider this. what was on his mind o christmas day? not wishing everyone a happy holiday with family and friends, but attacking the fbi and th justice department in a fantastic profile for new york magazine, olivia nuzz says that donald trump i becoming more isolated he s embroiled in multiple state and federa investigations, including on concerning the theft o classified documents. and th justice department is weighing whether to act on the criminal referrals from the january 6th select committee that s before we learned today that the ways and mean committee will release o friday six years of trump returns. returns that trump fought so hard to keep secret. one adviser told new yor magazine that he has retreated to the golf course and t mar-a-lago, his world ha gotten much smaller, his world is so, so small. olivia details his quote, sad, lonely, thirsty, broken, basically pretend run fo reelect
republican congressman elect george santos admits muc of the story that helped get him elected it was fiction but there is a very good reaso kevin mccarthy will do nothing about it also tonight, what to expect when donald trump s tax return are finally released we already know that some years, he paid nothing in federal taxes. and, if you missed it over the holidays, we will take into th january six committee report plus, christmas cruelty, governor greg abbott dumps hundreds of migrants into th bitter cold washington d.c. on christmas eve. a supreme court keeps title 42 in place i m in for joy reid, and w begin with the tale of georg santos, the incoming republica congressman from long island has finally admitted that th new york times is right. he was not honest about hi resume on monday, santos broke hi silence and talked t embellishing huge portions o his biography, according t merriam-webster, that is calle a lie. you know, when someone makes a untrue statement with th
this generation of young peopl to just put up the restriction on freedoms. and in china, it is very fascinating because although many of the protesters wer single issue, they just wanted an end to these draconia lockdowns. others were talking abou democracy and if she shoul resign, and 79 universities ha protests so, that says a lot. that does say a lot ruth ben-ghiat, as always, thank you very much for coming to the last word and that is tonight s last word tonight on the readout. did i embellishment resume? yes i did. and i m sorry and it shouldn t be don
reveal awards from rockefeller center here s your host of sharpton okay we re wrapping thing up here at the rev ease ending with a look at our judges grea expectations their predictions for 2023 remember what you can say is o tape and will be served agai suit next year who wants to go first? go ahead. i ll just say 2022 an hopefully for me for one big reason that is because of the las several years and in your case the last 60. you ve been talking abou democracy and the civil rights movement they re a lot people intereste in it and a lot of peopl saying i have a job and life and i can t worry abou democracy. democracy became important