overthrow the 2020 election culminated in a violent mob storming the u.s. capitol. for a few weeks, trump was an outcast. a political comeback seemed farfetched, almost impossible to imagine. and yet, thanks to his allies in congress and the maga movement on hold, donald trump has emerged here at the end of 2023 not nearly rehabilitated politician but as the undisputed leader of his party. now, trump began this year as the prohibitive favorite for the republican presidential nomination. even in january, he had a monster 20 point national lead over his closest rival, florida governor ron desantis. and in the months since, trump s lead has only widened. at this point, a rematch against joe biden appears almost inevitable. and yet, while trump s march towards the republican nomination this year was mostly interrupted, there has been for the last 12 months an x-factor that he has had to contend with, a series of criminal investigations. as the year began, trump was the subject of
moment that you will be forgiven if you don t remember are missed at the time, a lot happened on this day, but at his speech before the insurrection on january six, president trump had a lot to say about bias on the supreme court. you know, look, i am 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 have not spoken to any of them since virtually they got in, but the story is, that they re puppets. the only way they can go out to, because they hate that, not good on the social circuit, and they only way to get out is to rule against trump. let s rule against trump, and they do that. now, in reality, the current supreme court is one of the most conservative courts in modern history. they are the court that overturned roe and ended affirmative action, all practically speaking, gave it to citizens united. conservatives dominate the bench, 6 to 3. but donald trump is not compl
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
treatment to as many people as possible. it s needed. and on that note, i wish you a good note. i m symone sanders-townsend in for stephanie ruhle, and from all of our colleagues across the networks of msnbc news, thank you for staying up late. goodnight. reporter: when you think of russian president vladimir putin, you probably think of him riding horseback shirtless or presiding over a large military parade. putin s public appearances are typically loud, highly choreographed displays of masculinity and strength, which is part of what made his announcement today so notable. today putin announced that he will be running for president again. there is no pomp and circumstance, just this video of a clearly staged impromptu moment where soldiers asked putin to run again and he agreed. that quietly puts putin under contract to lead russia until past 2030. putin has effectively ruled russia since 2000, and there s no doubt he will win the upcoming election. if you remember the la
this is alex wagner. happy second night of hanukkah you, you are celebrating a mine at home who are celebrating. thanks for joining me this hour. when you think of russian president vladimir putin, you probably think of him riding horseback shirtless or presiding over a large military parade. putin s public appearances are typically loud, highly choreographed displays of masculinity and strength. which is part of what made his announcement today so notable. today putin announced that he will be running for president again. there is no pomp and circumstance, just this video of a clearly staged impromptu moment where soldiers asked putin to run again and he agreed. that quietly puts putin in under contract to lead russia until past 2030. putin is effectively removed russia since 2000, and there s no doubt he will win the upcoming election if you remember the last russian election in 2018, putin had his main predator opposition leader alexei navalny buyer from running. and h