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>> welcome back to the weekend everyone. this morning, the world is reacting to new round of airstrikes from the united states and the middle east. last night, the united states and united kingdom targeted houthi rebels and iran-backed militant group in yemen. the government says they struck 36 targets and 13 locations across the country. all of this comes just one day after a separate series of very consequential strikes by the united states targeting iran- backed militias militants i...

plus, house democratic leader hakeem jeffries is here at the table as republicans struggle to do anything with their majority in the chamber. and arizona secretary of state demanding the justice department take action to protect election workers. grab your coffee, settle in, welcome to the weekend. we begin with the verdict and e. jean carrolls defamation case against donald trump. the 83.3 million dollar award includes 65 million in punitive damages. fridays verdict came after an ev...

arguments used by donald trump to fend off the cases popping up cross the country challenging his place in the 2024 ballot. it is an existential threat to the one thing that donald trump sees as the way out of all his legal problems, winning the presidency. a brand-new brief to the supreme court alongside other prominent lawyers like george conway, michael luttig calls for the justices to take the 14th amendment very literally. they say, quote, because section 3 emerged from the hall...

im alicia menendez with simone standers townsend and michael steele. here are some of the stories we are following today. donald trump delivering a new calling for, quote, compute -- complete immunity for presidents. plus, the house speaker cold water on -- congresswoman the net paragon will tell us where things stand. we will also hear from hhs secretary javier -- after record breaking care for the affordable care act. grab your coffee, settle, in to the weekend. we begin with donald ...

classified material to people including a military plan of attack against an unnamed country. trump is accused of directing a aide to move documents out of a security room for an fbi subpoena. the doj also claiming trump suggested to his lawyer that they should hide or destroy the documents. the former president will appear in federal court tuesday in miami and is proclaiming his innocence. >> tremendous support. that was a hoax and a scam, and now they are doing it again. it is just a...

we just won an oscar to gather >> for all the little boys and girls who look like me watchin tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities this is proof that dreams drea big, and dreams do come true and ladies, dont let anybod tell you you are ever past you prime. never give up! [applause] >> and on that, american dream affirming note, i wish you a good night from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late ill see you at the end of tomorrow ...

do you have the votes for speaker locked in tomorrow? >> i think well have a good day tomorrow. >> what are your conversations like with -- >> i hope you all have a very nice new years eve. >> taking the shine off the republicans big day, new york republican congressman-elect george santos will likely be among the new lawmakers sworn in despite to admitting to a growing number of lies about his life and resume. we will dig deep near that and the multiple investigations into santos and ...

for the january 6th select committee, the ticking clock has prompted a last-minute print to share with the american public everything that theyve collected. this morning, the committee released yet another enlightening batch of transcripts from interviews with some of trumps closest allies. testimonies from people like ronna mcdaniel, kellyanne conway, and katrina pearson add new context to trumps state of mind in the lead-up to january 6th attack. however, the information we learned t...

>> explosive testimony today about what trump and those closest to him new heading into the insurrection. in a to the former white house chief of staff mark meadows publicly testifying trump was told his supporters were armed but said they are not hurt t here to hurt me. ryan nobles has more now. >> from the moment she was sworn in, cassidy hutchison, former aide to trump white house chief of staff mark meadows made it clear she had much to share. >> that was the first moment that i r...

january 6th, gas prices have doubled, drug o.d.es have reached their highest point ever come of the u.s. economy is careening toward the devastatind scariest and least noteworthy of all, this country has never in its history been closer to a nuclear war. if the other networks cannot be bothered to cover any of that tonight, instead theyve interrupted their regularly scheduled programming to bring you yet another extended prime time harangue from nancy pelosi and liz cheney about donald...