i m alicia menendez with simone standers townsend and michael steele. here are some of the stories we are following today. donald trump delivering a new calling for, quote, compute complete immunity for presidents. plus, the house speaker cold water on congresswoman the net paragon will tell us where things stand. we will also hear from hhs secretary javier after record breaking care for the affordable care act. grab your coffee, settle, in to the weekend. we begin with donald trump ramping up his calls for presidential immunity. the former president posting late last night that, quote, without complete immunity, a president united states would not be able to properly function. this comes as trump gears up for a busy few weeks on legal and political fronts. appeals could go at either moment on those immunity claims. just days from now, the supreme court will hear oral arguments over whether the state of colorado can a boot trump from the presidential ballot. those cases
tonight on msnbc for the bes possible reason. it s because she was on route, traveling to texas o assignment joy is in texas tonight. she will be there tomorrow for a roundtable with vice president harris it happens tomorrow night at seven pm right here on msnbc one year post roe, a readout special with vice presiden harris joy can tell you more about it herself in the next hour whe she joins the last word with lawrence o donnell that will be it for me for now but now it is time for the las word with lawrence o donnell a that is correct, joy is going to join us in this hour. and rachel, am i the only on who is untroubled by the washington post reporting toda about how long it took for the justice department to get wher it is now on the jack smit investigation of january 6th it s slow, i think they will claim it was deliberate in the best sense it was careful and they ve ended up where man people, including many of ou guests tonight were urging the to end up. and a year, i
going to be there tomorrow for our roundtable with vice president harris it happens tomorrow night at seven pm, right here on msnbc. one year post roe, a readout special with vice presiden harris joe i can tell you more abou it herself next hour, righ here when she joins the last word with lawrence o donnell that s going to do it for me for now, now it s time for the last word with lawrenc o donnell, who will get that straight note from joy, good evening lawrence that s correct, joy is goin to join us this hour and rachel, am i the only on who is on troubled by th washington post reporting toda about how long it took for the justice department to get wher it is now on the jack smit investigation of january 6th you know, it s slow i think they will claim it was deliberate in the best sense it was careful and they have ended up where many people, including our guests tonight were urging the to end up. and a year, if we can call i that, of delay at the justic department when
joe weekend! there was a lot to talk abou this way let s get right to some of the top stories. we re gonna begin with th new york times reported that the manhattan district attorney s office has signaled two attorneys for former president trump. he could face criminal charges the paper sites for people wit knowledge of the matter. it all stems from th investigation by manhattan da, alvin bragg s office and trump s role of the hush money to adult film actress, storm daniels ahead of the 201 election prosecutors now offered th former president the chance to testify next week before the grand jury, that has bee hearing evidence and the potential case the times reports it would b unusual for a da to notify a potential defendant withou ultimately seeking charges against them, but trump is likely to declined that offe according to the paper, former presidents lawyers also coul meet privately with prosecutor in an attempt to fend of criminal charges two of trump s defense attorney
This christmas sunday, as we wrap up 2022, we cant ignor the fact that its been a toug year over the past 12 months, theres been a recurring theme and the stories weve covered. The fight for democracy here and abroad we have witnessed th resilience determination of th ukrainian people as they continue to resist russia invasion over in a wrong, the death o mahsa amini sparked mass protests and civil unres against the ruling regime. Here in the u. S. , voters pushe back pushed back at the ballot box. Overcoming ideological differences to reject election denialism. And as we head into the ne year a new poll by ipsos showe that 65 of adults worldwide say theyre optimistic tha 2023 will be a better year for them then 2022 earlier, i spoke with the most reverend Michael Curry and dr. Barry see black. Chaplain of the senate who reminded us that in a worl that can often seem dark, ther is always one thing that can provide light and guidance hope the most reverend Michael Curry presiding portio