senate because washington keeps getting it wrong with extreme positions. john fetterman takes everything to an extreme. and those extreme positions hurt us all. all eyes on pennsylvania on a debate in that race that could determine the balance of power in the senate. i m brianna keilar with alex marquardt this morning. it s great to have you. thank you for having me. john berman is off today. and democrat john fetterman and republican mehmet oz who you saw there, arguing the issues, also attacking each other in their first and only debate. fetterman addressed his recovery from a recent strokes. he used a closed captioning device for help. the candidates went toe to toe on key issues, like inflation and the economy. i can make the difficult decisions as you do in the operating room as a surgeon. i ll do them cutting our budget as well. he has never met an oil company that he doesn t swipe right about. he has never been able to stand up for working families across pen
this house and the speaker herself were specifically targets of the defendant. can you definitively say this was politically motivated? yes, it appears as those this was based on his statements and comments made in that house during his encounter with mr. pelosi that this was politically motivated. after years of targeting nancy pelosi with violent rhetoric and imagery, right wing republicans are resorting to vile conspiracy theories and what aboutism to try to downplay their role in the violent attack on her husband. plus, the right wing majority on the supreme court seems poised to dismantle yet another icon of 20th century progress. taking aim today at affirmative action, and surprise surprise, they don t seem too supportive of campus diversity. we ll break down the arguments in the high court today. and how republicans are playing the pundits with skewed polling data, and taking control of the narrative about the upcoming elections. we begin with the latest on
Fake news, just fake news, i refuse to accept it. And onto the next question, here we go. Are, looking forward to the debates. Have a good weekend. Today was day leavening the first criminal trial of a former american president , the prosecution called to the Witness Stand One of Donald Trumps closest confidants, hope hicks, Communications Director and longtime aide. Hicks was constantly by trump s side navigating each crisis that came his way. And that was why prosecutors used hicks testimony to take the jury all the way back to one of the most important and memorable moments the 2016 campaign. As a warning, this next part is vulgar. I bought some to text in case i start kissing her. You know, im automatically attracted to beautiful kissing them, its like a magnet. And they let you do it, you can do anything. Grab them by the [ bleep ] the access Hollywood Tape. A recording of donald trump in 2005, openly advocating sexual assault, bragging about his ability to assault women. When you
that s how you know it s real. one take with our postal worker friends. you can follow me on tiktok at ari melber. now time for joy reid. tonight on the reidout a lot of threats. wishing death upon me. telling me that i ll be in jail with my mother, and saying things like be glad it s 2020 and not 1920. it was lies from rudy giuliani and others that led to those threats against shaye moss and ruby freeman. today, shaye moss took the stand in the trial to determine how much giuliani will have to pay in damages. also tonight, president biden tells president zelenskyy he will never walk away from ukraine. but many republicans are sure willing to walk away and give putin a big victory. i ll talk to senator raphael warnock about that and much more. also tonight, cassidy hutchinson joins me on the danger that donald trump poses if he gets a second presidency. plus, the fallout over congressional testimony of university presidents, and why it s a disingenuous arg
Promised to help. During the campaign, President Elect trump put out a list of promises. He put out his contract for American Voter and in it, very specific promises for his first 100 days. Lowering taxes and tax reform. Free and fair trade deals to protect American Workers and their jobs. Fixing our nations infrastructure and sending education back to the states and school choice. Repealing and replacing obamacare. Affordable child care, pulling a border wall, keeping community safe, rebuilding our nations military and doing what he calld draining the swamp. If he can keep those promises come of this country will be in a much better place one year from now, two years from now, four years from now. So on the eve of this inauguration, my advice for the incoming president is very simple. Dont let the washington establishment, republican establishment, democratic establishment, Media Establishment that in the way of
but i think we will get there and i think this very much is a new beginni