president s debt ceiling deal with speaker mccarthy facing its first major legislative test inside a crucial house company that has several conservative opponents of the agreement. threats from a group of republican lawmakers on capitol hill put a catastrophic default back in play. there s no new taxes, no new government programs. would i want to cut more? yes. i was able to work at 15% of the budget. i m not sure what else they want to do. i think we have to look at where the victories are. this hour, ron desantis kicking off his first presidential campaign trip in iowa with hopes of making a splash at the caucuses there in 2024. plus, kremlin officials say ukraine is responsible for new drone strikes on residential areas in moscow. vladimir putin s relentless bombardment of kyiv fires up another wave of deadly aerial attacks. today in pittsburgh, the trial gets under way for the gunman charged with the 2018 shooting deaths of 11 worshipers at the tree of life synago
that s right. it s an important public service announcement. i encourage everybody to watch at 8:00 and 9:00. this is usually ari s hour. who can do it like ari? i wish you a happy holiday. you made it through two hours of a holiday rock block. did it. i m sorry we re not in the same studio. have a great, restful, well-deserved holiday. enjoy your rock block. i will. thank you all at home for joining me this hour. i m not ari. i m alex wagner. this is the beginning of a two-hour rock block thick with news. we begin here. it s a moment that you are forgiven if you don t remember it or if you missed it at the time. a lot happened on this day. at his speech before the insurrection on january 6, president trump had a lot to say about bias on the supreme court. you know, look, i m not happy with the supreme court. they love to rule against me. the supreme court, they rule against me so much. you know why? because the story is, i haven t spoken to any of them, any o
was, as predicted by some, overshadowed by technical glitches. also new overnight, america s credit rating is at risk. a key rating agency now put the u.s. on watch. the one week to go until a possible default. and house speaker kevin mccarthy is set to send house members home for the weekend with no deal. meanwhile, u.s. intelligence is indicating that a ukrainian group may have been behind that recent drone attack on the kremlin. officials picking up chatter of ukrainians blaming one another. and anti-lgbtq campaign takes on corporate america again. target remove sometimes pride merchandise after some employees were threatened. and fans around the world are san. she was the queen of rock n roll, tina turner died at age 83. we re going to remember her life and her legacy on cnn this morning which starts right now. she was the queen. the queen. simply the best. we re going to honor her this morning. you re going hear a lot of tina turner this morning. get re
south wales police give more details about events leading to the death of two boys in cardiff but their account raises fresh questions. inflation is in single figures for the first time since last august but food prices have continued to surge at their fastest rate in nearly 45 years and a life changing medical breakthrough as a man paralysed in a cycling accident walks again, thanks to implants in his brain. on bbc london. later in the hour, on the bbc news channel will not round up the latest action and key interviews and discuss the biggest talking points from here at the bbc sportscenter! good evening. tina turner, widely hailed as the queen of rock and roll , has died she was 83 and had been ill for some time. born anna mae bullock in the state of tennessee, she became famous in the late 1960s, performing as a duo with her abusive husband ike turner. as a solo artist with global hits like what s love got to do with it , the best and private dancer she sold
republicans floundering on the debt ceiling deal, as biden plays it cool. why doesn t biden say what a good deal it is? why would biden be saying what a good deal it is before think that s going to help me get it passed? no. tonight, how calling the bluff of the hostage takers was the key to saving the country from economic catastrophe. democrats are committed to making sure that we do our part and avoiding default. democratic leader, hakeem jeffries, will join me live tonight. then, have all members voted? the radical republican attorney general of texas, impeached by his own party. plus, as the special counsel closes in, new worries about a snitch in team trump. and he s out of jail, unrepentant, and selling perch. the qanon shaman returns home as a hero. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. at this hour, we are watching the first big test for the first big deal between the house maga caucus, led by kevin mccarthy and a dem