markets performance today after that shellshock of a trading day yesterday? a lot of market technicians look at this stuff and say after a huge sell off, it s kind of nice to see the next day be an update. it wasn t. it was better than yesterday, but all of this comes at a time when there s growing pressure to see what happens in china could ever happen here. most experts say no for the time being. but we have our own problems here. debt ceiling breach that could come sooner than we think. they re pushing that off. we re going to talk to senator john thune about the republican effort to challenge the democrats for punting on this one. we ll get the read on that shortly. the battle overhandling all of this almost simultaneously. that could weigh on stocks as well. first, susan li on what happens to the earlier very strong update. susan? not much of a rebound after the worst day for the stock market since mid may on monday. it was all over the place. google investors trying t
it s not all that bad. people magazine just named you the most sexist man of the year. oh, i think it s the sexiest. christmas show on saturday night due to the spread of the omicron variant. without a live audience featuring taped sketches and past favorites. tom hanks and tina fey kicked off the evening and introducing paul rudd. his fifth times hosting snl. it was pretty good, i enjoyed it a lot. tom hanks is hilarious, i came here all the way from california and not going to stop this. tina fey says hey, you know what else you started? what? covid. it was actually talking about doing the best they could with difficult circumstances. they certainly did that. absolutely. you had quite a weekend, yourself, did you? i had quite a weekend, yes. i was visiting my brother working with him, getting ready for christmas and you got a phone call saturday morning. i did from you, telling me the man in the house where i was had just become an ambassador. at 4:0
our politics nation. i will host keisha lance bottoms, senior white house adviser, as well as martin with the king the third, congresswoman terri sewell and the reverend jesse jackson. american voices with alicia menendez starts right now on msnbc. thank you so much, reverend sharpton. hello, everyone, i am alicia menendez. we begin this hour with breaking news, showing donald trump s stronghold on the republican party on full display at the conservative political action conference, also known as cpac. in the last hour, he won the cpac straw poll with 62% of the vote. florida governor ron desantis with only 20% of the vote. at this hour, trump speaking to the crowded cpac, who want former years of trump in the white house. we are not going to show you trump s comments live, but our producers are listening so you don t have to. you are welcome. for the past four years, trump s turned the must anticipated conservative conference into the trump show, focused on his divisive po
from the dead, build back better, okay? senate democrats are now pushing forward with a deal to fight climate change, and lower rising health care costs. i am talking about the inflation production act. pieced together behind closed doors between west virginia senator, joe manchin, and other democrats, this legislation will lower prescription drug costs, tax corporations, and reduce the deficit. then, there is the historic 369 billion dollar investment in the fight against climate change. now, that includes encouraging americans to go green, and by expanding tax credits for electric vehicles. and that s on top of a 7500 dollar credit for new clean cars, it adds 4000 dollar credit for used electric cars, targeted at low income families. it s a lot. so, it s democrats hope to get this bill across the finish line, the lingering question tonight really is, if any of it will give them something to sell, to voters before the midterms? new nbc reporting reads, quote, democrats belie
american voices will be back next weekend. so, this hour, we are gonna get you all up on what s happening in washington. and i m gonna do my best to take you inside the room to the conversations being had. first, the surprise breakthrough from a democratic friends on capitol hill, bringing a key piece of president biden s agenda back from the dead, build back better, okay? senate democrats are now pushing forward with a deal to fight climate change, and lower rising health care costs. i am talking about the inflation production act. pieced together behind closed doors between west virginia senator, joe manchin, and other democrats, this legislation will lower prescription drug costs, tax corporations, and reduce the deficit. then, there is the historic 369 billion dollar investment in the fight against climate change. now, that includes encouraging americans to go green, and by expanding tax credits for electric vehicles. and that s on top of a 7500 dollar credit for new clea