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
in washington, d.c. are dealing with a very important question. trying to decide what price should be paid for telling lies that throwed a violent insurrection. eroing the fabric of america and through no fault of their own became subjects of a conspiracy theory. rudy giuliani s defamation trial sued by ruby freeman and her daughter shaye moss. the judge ruled giuliani defamed freeman and moss, now deciding how much giuliani will pay. started with the expectation he made himself that giuliani would testify on his own behalf. he vow yesterday to give the whole story in a bit of a dramatic press conference. once he conceded, the trial went to arguments. when that happened, the lawyer asked the jury to award them $24 million each. gottlieb said giuliani has no right to offer civil servants up to a mob to win a general election. very true. emotional testimony by ruby freeman yesterday. over the course of 90 minutes freeman recounted how she was hounded by death threats, messa
i think that an election of donald trump, as tragic as that would be, it would mean worsening for the united states than the global climate challenge. david wallace-wells, always a what of information, optimism on an important topic. that is our show for tonight. now it is time for the last word with ali velshi, in for lawrence. good evening, ali. you know, alex, sometimes we talk about serious things, once in a while, what do you talk to your colleagues about when you re not on camera? you and i had a remarkable conversation before the show, topic being, hair, which i don t think most people would think that you and i would be talking about. yeah, i mean, listen, just because you are not and enthusiastic of the hair salon, necessarily, does not mean that you don t have valid opinions. we managed to fill a few minutes a conversation. and if filled a few more minutes a conversation in front of an american audience. we ll see you soon. have a. go by. i don t kno
today. we talked about accountability. giuliani and santos back in court. different cases, both about lies. coming up. and an exclusive interview with a wall street billionaire who s making waves tonight on msnbc. this will air for the first time. we re going to show you a preview of how this semiconservative billionaire who s even met with trump at the white house is telling us on the beat and this is exclusive, this is what he thinks about trump and the possibility of a second term. trump is a disgusting human being, he belongs in jail in my opinion. strong words. more context on that. that s an exclusive. we gip begin with jack smith s breakthrough as he tries to take an assertive and proactive approach in prosecuting trump for the coup. this surrounding a mystery with trump s actions, the plotting, speech, insurrection, and those long, tense hours while trump stood by while his fans committed convicted sedition. part of the process is getting more evidence and a bet
exceptions don t work, vance armbands, and they are adamantly against vance. the majority of americans, including the majority of independent voters. there is a line in that piece that is haunting me, and i m going to paraphrase it, but it is along the lines of, she did what she did what a girl with no options does. she did nothing. as always, thank you so much for being with us. up next, we go to california where people are bracing for hurricane hillary. expected to make landfall as a historic and dangerous tropical storm in just hours. and next hour, are they safe? the georgia grand jury that voted to indict donald trump and judge can have been threatened. so how do we keep this kind of extremism at bay? extrisemm at bay extrisemm at bay