tonight from the heart of times square, this is cnn s new year s eve live with appearances by usher, ellie golding, kevin hart, patti lupone, patti labelle, jean smart, john stamos, jennifer lewis, amy sedaris, tenacious d, nick cannon, ava max, samuel l. jackson, plus more surprises. and now live from new york city, your hosts, anderson cooper and andy cohen. and welcome, everybody, to times square in new york city. anderson cooper here. i m andy cohen. they brought us back for another year. they did. yes, they did. with stipulations. some stipulations this year. we ll get into that. yeah. there s fine print. yes. it is a balmy night here in new york. it s almost like 50 degrees. yes, it is. i was schmitzing. i got rid of my coat. we were all prepared for it to get colder. the crowd has been assembling for hours here in times square. very wet very wet. i would call them flaccid, the crowd. okay. it s early. not the word i would use.
amid record turnout for early voting, but armed groups intimidating voters and pro trump election officials vowed to challenge any vote. can anything be done to stop this? then, what s going on with the crime rate? while republicans use fear, we look at the facts in their own backyards. and elon musk rocking up to twitter hq with everything, including the kitchen sink. question now? what is he going to cook up inside. as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. the white house is gearing up to launch an all out offense against the democrats with less than two weeks to go until the midterm election. president biden and his cabinet will be out on the campaign trail starting tomorrow. their closing argument will be a big one, economy, economy, economy. the president will argue his focus on building an economy from the bottom up and in the middle out. in a recent interview, the president said he believes american vot
trump election officials vowed to challenge any vote. can anything be done to stop this? then, what s going on with the crime rate? while republicans use fear, we look at the facts in their own backyards. and elon musk rocking up to twitter hq with everything, including the kitchen sink. question now? what is he going to cook up inside. as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. the white house is gearing up to launch an all out offense against the democrats with less than two weeks to go until the midterm election. president biden and his cabinet will be out on the campaign trail starting tomorrow. their closing argument will be a big one, economy, economy, economy. the president will argue his focus on building an economy from the bottom up and in the middle out. in a recent interview, the president said he believes american voters are also concerned about the future of democracy. if you notice, the generic
pushed to make his case federal? then, thousands of escape burning man after being trapped by rain and mud and escapee shares his midnight hike and how he got out. as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening, once again, i m stephanie ruhle, live from msnbc headquarters at 30 rock. late today, a federal judge handed down the most severe punishment for any of the more than 1000 people charged in connection with the attack on the capital. 39 year old enrique tarrio, faith one-time leader of the far-right group, the proud boys, was sentenced to a total of 22 years behind bars. feds say he played a key role in orchestrating the insurrection, even though he wasn t even in d.c. on that day. but on the eve of january 6th, tarrio tory it was currently missing the founder of the oath keepers militia. he was found guilty of seditious conspiracy, and he was sentenced to 18 years in prison. the push online. just make sure my guys are okay. tomorrow. i ve got a
in syria, in lebanon, and a rare strike in the west bank destroying a mosque. an israeli soldier killed today during a raid inside gaza. more than 300,000 more israeli troops now waiting for the order to attack gaza on the ground. from the air, a relentless israeli barrage. palestinians digging with hands as they search for victims. innocent lives at risk with just a trickle of food and water making it into gaza. in the north, more israelis evacuated from the border with lebanon, and the hostages, two americans are free but more than 200 israelis are still believed to be held by hamas. matt gutman reporting from tel aviv. britt clennett on the border with lebanon. the u.s. military repositioning a carrier strike group to the middle east and new missile batteries also on the way. president biden speaking once again with prime minister netanyahu, and tonight, an official telling abc news the u.s. is urging caution on a ground invasion, concerned about americans still in gaza