right now on ana cabrera reports, breaking news at a courthouse in washington, rudy giuliani no longer set to testify today in his own defense in the defamation case brought by two election workers. why did the man once known as america s mayor decide not to take the stand? plus, donald trump s fed in pause. will this force the judge to change the trial date? also ahead, the house voting to launch an impeachment inquiry, so why now after a year of investigation resulting in no evidence of wrongdoing by president biden? and later, the return of vladimir putin s hours long year-end news conference, the first since the invasion of ukraine. his new admissions about the war and what he said about a potential prisoner swap with the u.s. good morning, thanks for being here. it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with breaking news from washington. in major reversal, rudy giuliani will not take the stand in his defamation trial. he wa
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But, it s one that wall street loves to hear. the markets kicking off after another record day. this time, the dow closing above the 21,000 mark, for the first time, ever. president trump tweeting about it this morning, highlighting all the recent gains. joining me now, ali velshi at the floor of the new york stock change. here in studio, steve forbes and david stockman, he is the author of trumped, a nation on the brink and how to bring it back. ali, i just heard the bell ringing. what are you seeing? reporter: it was a loud bell. the founders of snap are ringing the bell today. it s the unleashing of the ipo of snapchat. the dow closed to the downside. it was starting to sound like a broken record. yesterday was remarkable, a 303 point gain, almost 2% on little
A live look here at the new york stock exchange floor where we re just seconds away from the start of the trading day. the opening bell, there you hear it, is just about to ring. in fact, it is ringing as well as wall street wraps up a christmas shortened trading week. players coaches and staff from both penn state and boston college, who will be participating in the new era pinstripe bowl at yankee stadium tomorrow. with more on the day ahead on wall street, let s bring in cnbc s michelle caruso-cabrera. good morning. happy holidays. what are investors focused on? the fact we re probably at another record this morning. remember the dow closing above 18,000. it looks like we ll have another strong session this morning. at least that s what the futures indicated. right now, if we see a positive open, it s going to suggest that momentum continues at least today. it s a regular trading session today. the thing we re focused on is
With american sniper in theaters. what can we expect on sunday? this sunday, we have u.s. senator joe donnelly talking about veterans committing suicide. also, the american sniper, the movie s out. he was the most lethal sniper in american history. over 160 confirmed kills. we have a navy s.e.a.l. sniper that knew him that was at his funeral that will be live with us. to talk about his life, his legacy, the movie. and the way forward. patrick murphy, thanks for joining us. don t forget to taking the hill on sunday right here on msnbc. we re under five minutes from the opening bell. the dow closing above 18,000 on the shortened trading day on wednesday. will the santa claus rally continue? plus, we ll take you inside the real-life alpha house. as lawmaker roommates move out of their frat boy home away from home. that s next on msnbc.