and i m sure you ve never done. okay. i m going to use a script tonight at the end of the hour written by kyle griffin for monday night s show that has gotten bumped all the way to wednesday because of the news. it s one of these wonderful stories about what a difference the presidency makes, the difference between joe biden and donald trump. and so, just, you know, get out of here, so, get yourself positioned and get ready to watch that. now three-day old kyle griffin script at the end of the hour. you sure know how to sell it. ha ha. no. and i want you to tell us tomorrow whether you think it worked, whether you think the shelf-life held. okay. i will report back, thank you lawrence. thank you, rachel. thank you. well, if there were a pulitzer prize for tweets i d nominate a tweet by washington post critic peter marks written at the end of the first week of november when we were on the verge of calling joe biden the winner of the election. in a tweet peter mar
tangles with witnesses new reporting on the number of people at the rally that fateful day elected to office. on tuesday. investigating trump, i will talk to the incoming manhattan d.a. as a decision nears from that office on whether the former president will face criminal charges. all of that plus, a disturbing new report out about america s tap water. what is coming out of the faucet right now could be toxic. don t miss the details coming up. we begin with new developments about the victims in that stampede at a travis scott concert in houston. eight dead. all under 30. with the youngest victim 14 years old. among the injured, a 10-year-old in critical condition. joining me now nbc s catie beck with more details on this. what else are we learning about how this all happened? and who these victims are. reporter: i think the central question for investigators is, why this surge occurred. what was the catalyst that made the crowd rush forward and all of these eight peopl
former president himself could be a manner of weeks away. in a moment i talk to the man to inherit the fallout from that decision set to be sworn in as the new manhattan d.a. in january after a history making victory. the former president facing a political fallout, a political threat i should say from a january 6 committee ramping up the efforts to hold him accountable. a victory from a trump averse candidate in virginia has republicans debating the future of the gop with or without the biggest draw and biggest problem. i think the only way the republican party can go forward in strength if s if we reject the lie and what happened on january 6, if we reject the efforts that president trump made to steal the election. he is not going away regardless of what the few you are holding for him. the current president and the administration taking a victory lap over the infrastructure bill and promising more is on the way. my prediction is we are going to produce on the bu
cnn this morning continues right now. deep uncertainty on capitol hill over kevin mccarthy s plan to lock down the votes to get this passed. when you maxed out your credit cards, it s a pretty good time to evaluate your spending habits. no one in this country can afford the risk of default which is why republicans should take it off the table. e. jean carroll expected to take the stand today. they say donald trump raped carroll in a dressing room. trump s lawyers say she schemed. and two other women will testify who allege that trump forced himself on them can also take the stand. mastermind of the 2021 suicide bombing at kabul airport has been killed by the taliban. the white house hasn t said when he was killed or how. the chairman of the house foreign relations committee said, quote, any time a terrorist is taken off of the board is a good day. but this does not diminish the biden administration s call pablt. culpability. incompetence, that s how
good morning, everyone. happy wednesday. more on that interview with kim kardashian. we have a lot of headlines to get. to the woman that accused former donald trump of raping her could take the stand as part of her battery and defamation lawsuit against him. that s the columnist e. jean carroll. she s expected to testify along with an employee from the department store according to a source telling cnn as carroll, of course, is alleging that trump assaulteder in a dressing room at the department store in the mid 90s. those are allegations the former president has denied. i preceded into the dressing room. the minute he closed that door, i was banged up against the wall. he slammed you against the wall? yeah, and i hit my head really hard. zb these are allegations she made for many years. but now this is all coming to a head in court. on tuesday, a jury of nine people was em panelled for the case. six men and three women. and according to the judge, those jurors are going to