want to break it down, it will determine the state of our economy in weeks and months and years ahead. first we need to look at the constitution. let s take a look. who is responsible for spending and borrowing? raising taxes, is it the president? obviously not, article i section 8: the first part of that. it is not a suggestion. it is not a ambiguous this say choir power that legislature has, when you look at history, back to britain and the parliament with the king. this was something that the framers of your constitution looked at, they wanted this power not to be with the king or this presidency they created or executive branch. they are supposed to execute the laws passed by congress, they gave this power to congress, to the people who are directly electioned in congress. senator of the time chosen by state legislators and house chosen by the people, you, we the people have some say so over the finances of our country. do you feel that way today? this is explicit. we d
begins in new york city, premiers sunday at 2:10 pm eastern on msnbc and wil stream on peacock. but tomorrow john will join me here in conversation right her in - premiere of this series. we ll have that show for you tomorrow you will not want to visit that is us for tonight i will see you again tomorrow. now it s time for the last wor with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence o donnell. - at 9 pm. he sure is. he s my favorite, he s my favorite this and i ll be watching. yes, as well. i thank you, alex wagner. thank you. we begin this hour wit breaking news about supreme sheldon whitehouse a member of the senate judiciary committee committee is calling for a investigation of justice thoma tonight by attorney genera merrick garland. quote, for potential violation of the ethics of government ac under chapter five of th united states code, section 13 106. senator whitehouse will be our first guest tonight in thi breaking news coverage of first in american histo
yes, as well. thank you, alex wagner. thank you. we begin this hour wit breaking news about supreme clare justice clarence thomas. sheldon whitehouse a member of the senate judiciary committee committee is calling for a investigation of justice thoma tonight by attorney genera merrick garland. quote, for potential violation of the ethics of government ac under chapter five of th united states code, section 13 106. senator whitehouse will be our first guest tonight in thi breaking news coverage of first in american history. and the 234 year history of th united states supreme court, n member of the united state supreme court has ever appeare clearly to break the law until now. clarence thomas absolutely violated the federal law cited by senator whitehouse in his demand florida investigation o the by the attorney general. the law could not be more clea or more simple it requires supreme cour justices and other federal employees to report any real estate transaction, quo
the jury was sworn in. but foxes legal battles are no over yet then, why some are questioning florida governor ron desanti is really conservative and then an alarming and disturbing uptick in gun violence, highlighted by two separate incidences, how ringing the wrong doorbell and turning into the wrong doorway turned into tragedy, as th 11th hour gets underway this tuesday night. good evening once again, i stephanie ruhle. the parties have resolved thei case those words from the judge brought the dominion fox new defamation case to an an before the jury heard from a single witness late today, fox agree to a nin figure payout to settle th lawsuit, 787 point $5 million, a little less than half of the 1.6 billion they were suin for. fox has admitted to telling lies about dominion, tha caused enormous damage to my company, our employees, and th customers that we serve. nothing can ever make up for that the deal officially ends th legal battle over whether fo defamed
you from msnbc and los angeles mayor christmas eve to all o you celebrating, welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with th latest on the deadly winte storms moving across the u.s., leaving dangerously cold win chills across much of centra and eastern states at least 20 people have died i storm related incidents across the country in, erie count police say ambulances are stil unable to respond to emergency calls, in a timely manner. the problem is in the hardest hit areas, up to two thirds of emergency response vehicles are stuck fire, ambulance, police, i addition, a man in vehicles ar causing significant problems, have to note this, it is not something we are proud of, but in the worst affected areas, there is no emergency servic available. there s no guarantee that life-threatening emergency situation, that they will be able to respond immediately. we are dealing with situations all night, including a situation with a baby at a hom location which is on