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awards. from rockefeller center, here is your host, al sharpton. good evening. welcome to politics nations 12th annual revvie awards. that s where we celebrate the best and worst of politics in 2022, and give awards to those who deserve it. i m honored to have been bringing in some of the most significant and memorable moments this past year. and what a year and has been. with that, let s bring in our esteemed panel. republican strategist and msnbc coulee political analyst, susan el presidio. danielle moodie, host of the woke a f daily, and democracy podcast. and, host of right here on may msnbc. this year was dominated by the midterm elections. with that in mind, let s get right to our first revvie. the biggest political showdown. i ll share a few of my own nominees to get us started. then, the panel can chime in. the first is the senate showdown in pennsylvania between john fetterman and dr. oz. oz won the republican nomination based on fame, and he got dispensed
the man who inspired that attack. former president donald trump. a series of monumental decisions from the supreme court will also be front of line for so many voters this november. none greater than the unprecedented decision to overturn almost a half a century of privacy rights and roe v. wade. coming up we are gonna be joined by georgia s democratic nominee for governor, stacey abrams. she s gonna talk about everything because on the line this fall. but first let s bring in an incredible roundtable, we have former chairman of the republican national committee michael steele. former white house press secretary under president obama, robert. gives host of msnbc s politicsnation in president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. former aide to the bush white house and state department, elise jordan. and former white house director of communication to president obama, and director of communications for hillary clinton s 2016 presidential campaign, jennifer palm
from msnbc world headquarters here in new york, welcome everyone to alex witt reports. developing here for this hour, in just, days the january six select committee will begin laying out its findings in primetime public hearings. earlier, today committee member congressman adam schiff gave insight into the approach will be taking a detailing its findings. the american people, i think, now a great deal already. they ve seen a number of bombshells already. there is a great deal they haven t seen. but perhaps most important is that the public hasn t seen it woven together, how one thing led to another, at one line of effort to overturn the election led to another and ultimately led to terrible violence. the first non peaceful transfer of power in our history. so, we want to tell that comprehensive narrative. meanwhile, a new look at americans attitudes to gun laws as the debate over gun violence pretend prevention intensifies. and you cbs news yougov poll shows 60% of americ
here tonight. and i m proud to be for san diego s 49th congressional district. make no mistake, there are big differences between we, democrats, and our opponents. and to gather, with president clinton, we will protect medicare and social security, and a woman s right to choose. we will bring hope and pride and immunity and opportunity and responsibility to our future. thank you very much. good luck. he was proud to be carrying the clinton gold banner. in fact, first lady hillary clinton personally came to san diego to campaign for him. still not recognizing him? well, he was younger than. we all could miss how times changed. you could not win that 1986 congressional race. in fact, he didn t win any of the five races he ran in the 1990s, for various san diego political offices, all of them as a liberal. that gentleman s name was peter navarro. the very same beecher navarro who 20 years later would become a top official in donald trump white house. the very same peter nava