Guests Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, Juliette Lewis, musical guest, joey purp featuring rzand the legendary roots crew. Questlove [ indiscernible ]. Steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] thats a hot crowd. That is a hot crowd. That is a hot, hot crowd right there. Welcome. Thank you so much. Thank you so much, everybody. Welcome to the tonight show. This is it. [ cheers and applause ] youre here. You made it. Guys, this is very exciting, the Mega Millions jackpot is now a record high 1. 6 billion. [ cheers ] of course after taxes thats around 900 million. [ laughter ] or if youre president trump, 1. 6 billion. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] thats right, the jackpot for tomorrows drawing is 1. 6 billion which means for just 2 you have a chance to lose just 2. [ laughter and applause ] you see this is going viral, over the weekend, texas senator ted cruz tried to do a Campaign Event using facebook live. [ light laughter ] but he had some technical diffic
House next year without winning a single extra vote. How you ask . Because republicans right now are taking advantage of the once every decade post census Redistricting Process to redraw congressional maps in a way that gives them a partisan political advantage. It all goes back to signer of the declaration who in 1812 as governor of massachusetts signed a bill that created a misshapen district that stretched from boston to the New Hampshire border before hooking around again to the coast and looked like a salamander and, hence, gerrymander. Over the decades both parties have gerrymandered seats but on the republican side right now and in recent years it has been intense and brazen. Just listen to this republican State Legislator from north carolina. We want to make clear that to the extent are going to use Political Data in drawing this map. It is to gain partisan advantage on the map. Then theres the racism. Take texas. You heard the phrase democracy dies in darkness, right . Well, a
You from msnbc World Headquarters in new york. Welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. A busy week ahead in washington as the january 6 select committee is gearing up for a vote to hold steve bannon in Criminal Contempt after the former trump aide was a noshow for his deposition last week. Heres what one member of the committee, congressman adam schiff, had to say about it this morning. Were not messing around here. Were moving very expeditiously. To me this is an early sign of whether our democracy is recovering, whether its true that no one is above the law, that the rule of law must apply. So we intend to go after anyone who doesnt provide information that theyre lawfully compelled to, to our committee. Also on the hill, new reaction from democrats as the white house is likely to drop a key component of bidens plan to battle Climate Change from the build back better package after facing opposition from senator joe manchin. House Budget Committee chair john yarmuth tells msnbc what
Colleague, al sharpton, and politics nation. Good evening, and welcome to politics nation. Tonights lead, battleground georgia. In 2020 the peach state proved crucial in sending joe biden to the white house and delivering democrats, a slim majority in the senate. With the midterms and 2024 looming, georgia may once again figure as a flash point in an allout fight for the Heart And Soul of our nation. Former president trump, who is still under criminal investigation for his handfisted effort to try and find more than 11,000 votes in the state held a rally there last month where he called for an arizonastyle audit of the 2020 election results. Georgias republican elected officials, including governor brian kemp, who resisted trumps blatant coup attempt last year, nevertheless used the big lie to pass one of the most repressive voting laws in the country, in a desperate attempt to keep their state blue by Disenfranchising Black and brown voters who dare to vote for democrats. The states o
Policies that drove people of color to the polls either dead or in the balance, the rising majority will have a keen high on what congress will get done as we look at a quickly approaching midterm cycle, that, my friends, is a part of the reason why were here in the purple fact state of florida. Hispanic heritage month says if culturely ethnically geographically and ideology diverse, not only harnesss 2 trillion in buying power, also the numbers to drive how this democracy functions. Now, you guys know, we dont need a designated month on this show. The center vices of the rising majority. Were not new to this. Were true to this. But for those that have fellow curiosity of our countrymen, we have a lot to cover. You dont want to miss a minute of it. Lets kick it off with latinas. They understood the assignment at the ballot box and the boardroom. You may have hearse the phrase the future is latina, joining me now is a familiar thing, journalist marianna is on set with me, marianna atenc