at this hour stock sell-off. the u.s. market sharply lower at this hour because of worries about a europe-based bank. what s happening and why republicans hold a hearing with the border patrol chief at the texas border but all 15 democrats on the committee skipped it the latest sign of the immigration divide also in texas new details from inside that courtroom where a trump-appointed judge is hearing arguments over whether to pull an abortion pill off the market nationwide. presidential prescription. president biden in las vegas about to push his administration s new plan to lower the cost of prescription drugs. we ll bring you his remarks as soon as they start our reporters are fanned out all across the country following the latest developments. but we begin in the battleground state of nevada where any minute now president biden will speak about his plan to lower prescription drug prices mike memoli is traveling with the president. i think that state has one of or the
january 6th committee zeroing in on what could be a key phone call. a source telling nbc news the call was made from from her president trump to a support staffer, it may be rando but the aid is in talk with the select committee. the backdrop to all of it, 2024, with a new interview out today with the former president, saying he s made up his mind about whether or not to try again for the white house and that announcement may be sooner than you think. one of the reporters behind this group is here live. the abortion law that indiana is asking them to put back on the books and who the state is investigating for performing the procedure there, even though it s legal. we ve got a lot of news on this thursday afternoon. we will start here in washington with senior national political reporter, cofounder of the punch bowl news and jake sherman and former u.s. attorney and msnbc contributor chuck rosen. do we start talking about this deal on the electoral count app, is it going
teleprompter, you don t know what he will say. it is a different donald trump than 15 and 16. florida s ron desantis not holding back hitting donald trump at every turn in a live cnn town hall. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it is wednesday, december 13. in just hours the house investigation into the biden family reaches a full house vote to formalize the impeachment inquiry is planned after a resolution passed yesterday. nine yeas, four nays. ayes have it and resolution ordered. the gop alleges that joe biden benefited from his family s foreign business dealings. the problem of course is that their investigation has struggled to uncover any wrongdoing by the president which is why it hasn t garnered the unified support of the full republican conference. we re the rule of law team. tomorrow wil be voting on the inquiry. why? because it is the next necessary step. donald trump says jump. maga extremists say
alarms about what his return to the white house could look like. you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody. except for day one. plus, abortion fwiet. the texas supreme court temporarily blocks a pregnant woman from an emergency abortion. there s no outcome here that i take home a healthy baby girl, you know. so it s hard. will the state force her to continue her pregnancy? and new charges. president biden s son hunter is indicted for the second time this year. nine new criminal counts including tax evasion and filing false returns. what would be the political impact. plus, under fire. the president s three elite universities facing backlash after their testimony at a congressional hearing on anti-semitism, and now the president of the university of pennsylvania has resigned. does calling for the genocide of jews violate penn s rules or code of conduct yes or no. if the speech becomes conduct, it can be harassment, yes. conduct committing t
a very good day to all of you from msnbc world quarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with some breaking news. a dramatic turn in a texas abortion case. the state supreme court now stepping into pause a lower court ruling effectively preventing kate cox from having an abortion. her baby is unlikely to survive the pregnancy. i m gonna be talking to a legal expert in just minutes about what this all means. also this hour, president biden is on the west coast. he and the first lady will be in california for fundraising events tonight. before that he stopped in las vegas to highlight a major infrastructure success. we are building the first high speed rail project in our nation s history. part of a 2.8 billion dollar investment. ten major rail projects across america. reaching tens of millions of people. also new today, outgoing congressman kevin mccarthy is now endorsing donald trump for president, saying he is open to serving in trump s c