they play against michigan. see you in 2024. up next, cnn is going to take a special look back at 2023 with all the best, all the worst. it starts right now. 2023 was a year like no other in big news, politics, movies, music, culture, science, sports, and more. everyone seemed to be going all-in all the time. and now it s time to take a look at the whole crazy year with our guest laura bernard lopez, laura coates, john berman, charlotte wilder, coy wire, and max foster. we re playing for keeps. it s all the best, all the worst 2023. i m tom foreman. how did we get through the past 12 months? many of us hoped it would be easier than recent tumultuous years, and there were moments of accomplishment, community, and joy. but we were also challenged. divided over issues and often unable to agree even on what we want. and it was wildly apparent where we begin, with the biggest news stories of the year. we are the union the worst big news for many americans started in th
up, hundreds of thousands of votes ahead, and all of a sudden you saw that drop, what is it, 3:02 in the morning, the chart coming down, down, down. the votes are running out. bing, bing. and all of a sudden, we lose pennsylvania. the right continues to push fringe positions, personal grievances, and conspiracy theories, team normal lid by president biden is displaying stable leadership at home and abroad. also tonight, the right is turning the defense of the violent january 6th criminals into a movement. and as usual, kevin mccarthy is complicit. you might not know the name markwayne mullin. this week, the cage fighter turned republican senator said, quote, i don t want reality. and i have the thoughts about his reality-free rant about teaching children about race. but we begin tonight with the rise of team normal. thanks to president joe biden, well, bidening, after his theory of the case in politics that bipartisanship is best actually won out last night, when the
sproefd support for athletes speaking out against biological men who keep trying to compete with women in sports. you know, the guys who keep putting the meat in swim meet. disgusting. ponder tweeted i barely said anything publicly about this issue and i ve had so many people message me stop me in the streets and say thank you and tell me stories about girls afraid to speak up for fear of loss of employment or hateful but it s not hateful to demand fairness for girls in sports that s logical fair and based on er refeudable scientific facts. what happens next? liberals in the media are furious because well they re stupid and what do they do to a woman speaking out against bullying of women? they bully her of course. riding in on her broomstick is nancy armor a ghastly sports columnist for usa today the official dor matt for americans staying at low priced hotels. if the laquinn take inn goes out of business, so does she. the god awful armor writes quote don t be fooled by the
corral republicans on the debt deal, run desantis is in iowa, marking the first big speech of his presidential campaign and taking aim at the former president. now, he is attacking me over some of these disagreements. i think that he s doing it in a way that the voters are going to side with me. our panel will explain how all of this will play with the national audience. plus, a new study shows that the first 45 words of police officer says during a traffic stop of a black driver can predict how that encounter will end. i will talk to one of the researchers who discovered the warning signs of a police stop likely to escalate. remember the fifth grade florida teacher who is investigated for showing a disney movie with a gay character in it? as we speak, there is a heated school board meeting going on where parents and students have a lot to say about all of this. that teacher will join us straight from the board meeting. just a reminder, here is the controversial scene.
that is what we are hearing from the white house about debt ceiling negotiations at this hour. house speaker kevin mccarthy sounding more confident now that a deal can and will be reached before the new june 5th deadly. chair of the congressional black caucus, congressman steven horsford is with us to discuss what is at stake. and let s talk about governor ron desantis roll out on twitter, y all. the florida republican officially announced he s running for president. but there was no crowd, no introduction of the candidate. i mean, it s almost the exact opposite of what you want to do to launch a presidential campaign. plus, three years ago, since george floyd was killed by police, police brutality is still a deadly reality in america today. we are talking to activist tamika mallory about confronting this ongoing crisis. i am symone sanders townsend. and i have something to say. a breakthrough or a breakdown? that is what is at stake in the next nine days. that ceilin