of weaponizing our sacre system of justice agains president trump. he also said they will hol alvin bragg and hi unprecedented use of power t account. you have known him a long time as a fellow member of congress in california. what do you think is motivatin him in this moment i think what s motivating him is he senses the base of the republican party they are still with donald trump, and therefore he will still be with donald trump he is doing what he, jim jordan, and others did during th impeachment proceedings. and that is, act as a kind o surrogate criminal defense tea for donald trump run interference for him, in this case. try to interfere with th manhattan district attorne prosecution. that, of course, is not th role of congress what he should be doing as speaker is uplifting the justice system, saying let the jury decide. let the prosecution prove it face this is what any responsible speaker would say. but sadly, under donald trump,
blaming wokeness and dei policies for quite literally everything this week it is the bankin crisis, republican politicians like ron desantis, and james comer have been openly blaming silicon valley bank s failur on so called woke policies this of course as untrue svb s failure is due in part t a bank run, rising interes rates and overall mismanagemen by executives. but we also have to look at th role our government plays an all of this. specifically, a trump era la aimed at deregulating th banking industry see, back in 2018, congres rolled back oversight for a mi sized banks, exempting the from regulation such a complying with stress tests. in maintaining certain level of liquidity svb fell into that category. last week, federal regulator said they would cover all of svb s deposits to be clear, taxpayer dollar are not being used here. but we ve seen the fed step in
trying to run for an office to no one seems to want to for. jill, at the minute that we have left, i want to move on t tucker carlson s attempts, t rewrite the history of the insurrection, a former senio authored in new piece in politico magazine, to leave th role played by far-right extremists right now in d.c. out of this conspiracy theor square up to the reality actually played out in tha courtroom? there is nothing that links what he s doing, to facts or reality. it s an alternative universe let s look at this logically he got over 41,000 hours o tapes, he s used in minutes of that that brings the case more than anything else could, but there is no significant evidence tha this is what he s trying t
perspective. they re absolutely heartbreaking seeing how har those people were to get their homes and then look what happens. okay, scott, thank you so much from pajaro, california. coming up next, a new articl in the new york times about al of those text messages in th role they might not play in th dominion lawsuit what s the big deal? what s the big deal? what s the big deal? marching band music marching band music i ll get a cart. get two! scotts daylawn saving is the biggest deal of the year. stock up early and save up to $20 dollars on the best scotts products. (vo) if you ve had thyroid eye disease for years and things are a no-go because you keep seeing double, stock up early and save up to $20 dollars it s not too late for another treatment option. to learn more visit treatted.com
december 25th. the church itself is changin the dates and moving christmas up jonathan incredible. matt bradley, coming to us liv from kyiv. thank you very much. joining me now is noah haynes, professor at the george town university school of foreign service. and security fellow at the truman national security project. no lab, thank you very much fo being here she is msnbc s matt bradle just outlined for us how som ukrainians are aligning with the west decelerate christma in the 25th, over january 7th, the traditional easter orthodox celebration what is your take on the significance of that first of all, i m so happ to be here merry christmas to be you. make christmas i think it signals democracy presidents ellen ski was ver clear about that in his visi last week. he was very clear about th role that democracy plays. not only that, it s abou sovereignty. it s about respecting all th tenants up democracy, which is