in an ever apropos joint statement, the grandma said this. when our grandson asked if he could make a film about us, we thought he was crazy! we said, who would want to watch a movie about us? and now, the fact that the film has brought joy to so many, it is happiness we could have never imagined. we feel so scene and loved. now, we have to find something to wear. well, congratulations to nai nai and wài pó. i absolutely cannot wait to see what these two ladies wear on the red carpet. i am sure designers are battling to dress them. if they haven t yet, they better start now. and on that note, i wish you a very, very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i will see what the end of tomorrow. i m in charleston, south carolina, where i spent some time with the governor of california, gavin newsom, getting a sense of the state of play as he sees it in the potential general election matchup between biden and trump,
general election matchup between biden and trump, and we re going to have some clips of that interview to play for you momentarily, but first i m going to send it up to you in new york, ayman. it to away, my friend. you re going to give us a big preview and the latest on the 2024 presidential race and the sper spective down there in south carolina. we do want to start with the front-runner in new york. the republican primary was once again in a new york courtroom. this afternoon trump took the stand in the damages case brought by writer e. jean carroll. the former president has already been found liable of sexual abuse and defamation by a civil jury. trump today testified for only three minutes, but in those three minutes, believe it or not, the judge had to tell the jury multiple times to disregard trump s out of order testimony. at the same time trump was taking the stand, there was a split screen, a jarring split screen. president biden was hitting the campaign trail at
blinken. now the secretary of state. that line was election interference. yet there wasn t a single question about the story today at the white house briefing. we by contrast will have all the latest on it just a moment. but first, good evening and welcome to the tucker carlson tonight. for centuries politicians in this country assumed that in order to win an election had to convince voters to vote for you. had to make their case. that was called democracy. the defining strategic inside of the modern democratic party is you don t need to convince anyone of anything. what matters is demographics. you need to import enough people from elsewhere, people that are financially dependent on you in order to live. that s the story in the state of california. that s white california changed. that s why texas is changing. it s also happening at the local level all over the country. democrats have realized that they win the vote in virtually every major city. the suburbs remain contested
just because democracy didn t produce the results they wanted . they still plan to change the suburbs forever by getting rid of them. joe biden s hud secretary, marcia fudge, a former member of congress explained last year the administration was concerned that african americans cannot afford homes not because they re poor, but because home appraisers are racist watch. what the president has said, is that we have to look at everything through a lens of equity. and so what? we have realizes that people selling homes that just as the person you were talking about, and even people buying homes if their appraisal is not correct, what we find especially as a black people in communities of color and underserved communities is we lose great wealth just through the appraisal process. notice here the seizing of the moral high ground big picture. if the party ministration got about african americans they probably wouldn t withdrawal the police were american but in point of fact, for
the national mall expected to be flooded in d.c. with up to 100,000 protesters march for israel. the goal of the administration is to show solidarity with the hostages taken as well as condemning anti-semitism. brian: head off to san francisco head-to-head meet with president xi. clean up the house. it was abundantly cleaning because of optics and not security. steve a united airlines flighted headed from los angeles to canada made an emergency landing in san francisco last night after an alleged bomb threat. brian: 148 passengers, 8 crew members. unclear if any of these passengers were arrested. mike ought to know better and republicans thinking about supporting this ought to know better. same government shut down showdown this time with a new speaker. mike johnson unveiled a two step plan to avoid a partial shutdown before friday. steve: holiday huddle for the kelce brothers announcing a christmas album. give it up. when when. [harmonizing] [laughter]