Plus a first look at tomorrows front pages. Good evening. Englands lionesses have thrilled and delighted fans at home and abroad by beating the hosts australia 3 1 in a keenly contested world cup semi final. Its the third consecutive time theyve been in the last four in the world cup and it now means they will face spain in the final on sunday. Todays match was full of drama and tension, leaving the audience wherever they were on a rollercoaster of emotions. Its tough being a fan. With a place in the final potentially 90 minutes away, the tension was deep and palpable. Despite a nervy opening, englands first goal sparked wild celebrations. Cheering. Both in australia and back home. But australias supporters knew their team werent going down without a fight. Cheering. And a goal in the second half restored hope to the home nation. England fans on Tenterhooks But then two more goals sealed englands place in sundays final against spain. Its coming home. Well, our Sports Editor dan roan is
list were excluded by the house of lords appointments commission. mr sunak said the former prime minister had asked him to override the recommendation, which he didn t think was the right thing to do. let s go to westminster and our political correspondent ione wells. this seems to be a whole new level of their this seems to be a whole new level of their bitter this seems to be a whole new level of their bitter dispute. this seems to be a whole new level of their bitter dispute. this - this seems to be a whole new level of their bitter dispute. of their bitter dispute. this has descended of their bitter dispute. this has descended into of their bitter dispute. this has descended into a of their bitter dispute. this has descended into a very - of their bitter dispute. this has descended into a very public i descended into a very public slanging match between rishi sunak and former prime minister, boris johnson. we do know that the house of lords appointments comm
morning. morning joe starts right now. it s the top of the hour. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 2nd. happy new year, everybody. israel s ground offensive in gaza is entering a new phase. the israeli military has plans to pull back some troops and shift to more localized operations. we re going to go through that development and the escalating tensions in the red sea. plus, a damning, new report on the intelligence failures by the israeli military. new york times investigation found there was no battle plan for a massive hamas invasion that they were warned about. also ahead, a look at the long to-do list for congress in 2024 with several crucial items that were simply not addressed late last year. plus, the supreme court has a tight timeline to rule on what would be one of the most consequential cases involving the presidency. we ll get expert, legal analysis on the issue of removing donald trump from the ballot in two states. are there going
good evening from new york. i m in for chris hayes. we are still waiting for the january 6th committee s report on donald trump s attempted coup. but today, ahead of the final product, the committee has released a brand-new batch of transcripts from its closed-door interviews. those transcripts providing new insight into the inner workings of the trump administration, both in the days leading up to january 6th and as trump s inner circle scrambled to respond to the committee, the committee s investigation. in fact, among the new transcripts is an interview the committee conducted with the former trump secretary of defense, this man, mark esper, who answered questions surrounding the ex president s desire to use the military to quell domestic disputes. in an interview with former deputy press secretary sarah matthews, who said she heard trump seemed to privately admit that he lost the 2020 election. quote, alyssa fara, the former communication director said to me that behind
for senate, and that would certainly be something, this show gives enough about, and on that note, i wish you all a very good night. u all very good night. from all our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late yet again, i ll see you again tomorrow. tomorrow thank you at-home for joining us this hour, happy to have you here, lots of news have all kinds gone out right now in california the monsoon style rains there, have literally 10% of the entire u.s. population living under a flood watch right now. the population of california so, big the win 90% of californians, or under a flood watch, tonight that s 10% of the whole u.s. population in this succession of extremely wet storms the north central coast of california has been particularly hard hit already, and now with additional storms, still coming, there are all kinds of northern california rivers that don t usually flood, that are looking now like they are going to flood. there s the places