Justice for the senate to consider. President trump prepares a nomination. Mitch mcconnell pledges a vote. The democrats promise a fight. An epic showdown with just 44 days until the final votes. Our guests this is morning, bill clinton who nominated Ruth Ginsburg in 1993. Americas top elected democrat now, nancy pelosi, and republican senator ted cruz. Plus, analysis from our powerhouse round table. Good morning, and welcome to this week. Call it the year of chaos. The 2020 election has already seen it all. Impeachment, a pandemic, economic turmoil. Racial protests scarred at times by violence, and friday night, the loss of an american giant, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. A champion of equality, she broke barriers as a law professor and advocate, achieving greatness in the words of Supreme Court colleague david souter before she became a great justice. Outside the court where ginsburg served for 27 years, admirers have been gathering to mourn her passing, prepare for the
washington today, and many same republican politicians who are running up that hill still came out to kiss his ring. plus, the pain that alex jones inflicted on the families of the sandy hook massacre victims as he stands trial for defamation. and dr. anthony fauci will be my guest on white house plans to get the monkeypox outbreak under control. not a sentence i thought i d ever say. good evening, everyone, jason johnson in tonight for joy reid. we begin the reidout with signs that the justice department is widening its investigation into january 6th and the efforts to overturn the election. in an exclusive interview today with nbc s lester holt, attorney general merrick garland said that the department s investigation is moving at an unprecedented speed, and he refuses to rule out prosecuting the twice-impeached former president for his actions. you said in no uncertain terms the other day that no one is above the law. yeah. that said, the indictment of a former
and i do. it s insane. you knew what life was like, i assume, before. oh i did. do you feel like that s where we re headed once again? i m deathly afraid that s where we re headed. and that s why had to come out here and put my voice against it. and hope that lots of other people will join us. and supreme court will hear. as what concern do you have for the future for your children in a world without row? just everything. i m sorry. your fine. i feel like this could be a turning point. this is so, so very important to me personally. there are so many more issues that i feel, this is just a floodgate. and i am terrified for them. interestingly enough, much different than yesterday we were out here reporting, it seems like today is much more of unemotionally response. a quiet response. people really sharing their personal stories as well, coming together as families. here to protest a decision made by the supreme court. democratic lawmakers hearing these calls
What is next for the president and republican party, were asking former advisor to president george w. Bush, mr. Karl rove. Liberal media cant get over this whole russia collusion story. It has been a year. We still have no evidence. You wouldnt know that talking to liberal media, Gregg Jarrett from the very start. He has real intel on what is happening right now. Lets go to blake burman. Go to President Trump es on first legislative win. Hi, blake. Reporter President Trump starting his christmas break here and the president signing this tax bill into law. He said by doing so, before christmas, that indeed is promise kept. The president c also continued o tout number of companies that come forward, because of this tax bill, they will start to reward their employees, latest of which today, could from pnc and sinclair broadcasting, giving 1000dollar bonuses to their employees. Add them all up, trish, that adds up to 55,000 workers just between those two companies alone. Inside the oval,
Face setting up their own health systems. The estimate could the a blow to republican attempts to round up enough votes to get the bill on the senate floor next week. The white house says it did not sign off on what had been two dozen jet trips made by hhs secretary tom price. He took 24 flights on private planes since he became a cabinet secretary in february. The Health Department defended the trips saying his schedule was difficult and his workdays long. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. I am mark crumpton. This is bloomberg. Julia live from new york. With 30 minutes from the closing bell and u. S. Stocks take a long weekend. Trading unchanged in the close. Miss . Hatd you scarlet Angela Merkel made that to her tenure but at what cost . Ise lithium battery si led. Lit. Julia senator john mccain saying he would oppose the latest Obamacare Repeal measure and that deals a major deal to blow. Is it came over . Game