burgers on the grill. let s take a look at some of the week s top stories. with us, the host away too early. white house chief at political jonathan lemire, you asked special correspondent for bbc news katty kay is with us. former white house director of communications to obama jen palmieri. and the president of the national action network and host of msnbc s politicsnation, reverend al sharpton joins us this morning. so get this, a memoir from donald trump s own former white house chief of staff appears to undercut the former presidents latest and many defenses for his willful handling of classified documents. earlier this week you remember this leaked audio from a 2023 meeting seemingly capturing former president trump showing off what he admitted was a classified document. this is at his club in bedminster. about a potential plan to attack iran while he was president. well, with milley, i ll show you example. he said that i wanted to attack iran. isn t it amazing? i ve a
of fifth avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn t lose any voters, okay? and the risk he poses to the country itself. donald j trump was president and does not believe in american style democracy. he doesn t. senator brian schatz joins me live. then. mister president. thank you very much. welcome. great to see you. the craven pandering of fox news to the republican frontrunner, and what it would take to make the primary an actual competition. it s going to be a two-person race. we know that. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. we are monitoring breaking news tonight out of the middle east, specifically yemen, where u.s. and british military forces launched strikes on targets linked to the houthi militia, a yemeni militia backed by iran, after a series of attacks on ships. president biden s statement, quote, these targeted strikes are a clear message that the united states and our partners will not tolerate attacks on o
the final day of his fraud trial as police show up to the judges home address. justices are getting underway, police on long island responded to a bomb threat at the judges home. tonight, the ongoing and persistent menace of violence surrounding the ex president. i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody, and i wouldn t lose any voters, okay? and the risky poses to the country itself. donald j trump was president and does not believe in american style democracy. he doesn t. senator brian schatz joins me live. then. mister president. thank you very much. welcome. great to see you. the craven pandering or fox news to republican front runner, and what it would take to make the primary an actual competition. it s going to be a two person race. we know that. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. we are monitoring breaking news tonight out of the middle east, specifically eamon, where u.s. and britis
it happened late on tuesday and is the latest in a series of attacks which are prompting major shipping lines to take alternative, longer routes. the international chamber of shipping says that one in five commercial vessels and ships are now avoiding the red sea, which accounts for 12% of global trade. it s led to a near doubling in the cost of container shipping. the attackers say they ll continue to target vessels until palestinians in gaza are allowed sufficient food and medicine. michelle bockmann is principal analyst at the maritime analysts lloyd s list intelligence. thank you for being with us today, michelle. there have been multiple efforts to try and neutralise the threat from these houthi rebels to ships in the area. these latest attacks suggest they are failing. good afternoon. it certainly seems that way at the moment. the us coalition of military support that is meant to be helping that transit through the red sea to the suez canal seems to have failed to deter
thanks for being here. i m stephen romo in for yasmin today. it s a busy final day of 2023. just hours before the ball drops, the security is tight in new york s times square. celebrations are set to get underway, despite the heightened threat environment, following the october 7th attack on israel. we are live on the scene with the latest. of course, in many parts of the world, it is already 2024. we will show you the sights and sounds and the hopes so many have for the new year. meanwhile, tensions are high across the red sea at this hour, as the u.s. navy sinks three houthi boats and downed ballistic missiles fired from houthi controlled areas. we will have more on that. legal action in donald trump s world is not stopping. we will reveal that question special counsel jack smith has for an appeals court that took more than 80 pages to ask. and we begin this hour with a countdown to the new year. up to 1 million people are flocking to times square to witness new yor