ukraine and israel. republicans are blocking the bill until they get concessions on border security and immigration. we will get the latest from the hill, plus 2023 was the hottest year in 125,000 years. it seems like a good time to convene a nearly 200 world leaders and thousands of representatives of global industry to work on climate change. i am going to be joined by the legendary bill mckibben to talk about what actually gotten at this year s massive u.n. climate conference. another hour of velshi begins now. ence another hour of velshi begin now. reporter: good, morning it s not a december 17th. i m ali velshi. we are now less than one month away from the start of the 2024 primary season, which kicks off on january 15th. with the first-in-the-nation gop caucuses in iowa. january is going to be a busy month, in addition to iowa, new hampshire will also hold its primary, plus there are three republican debates currently scheduled to take place during the month, and on t
mayor already in financial and legal trouble, now owes money to two georgia election workers. the powerful storm making its way up the east coast likely bringing power outages and travel delays. the awful news out of gaza. the israeli military admitting to accidentally shooting and killing three hostages. these are the sites and the sounds of the holiday shipping season. we will show you how gifts get to where they need to go on time. and your time to ship them is running out. it gave me joy helping people. it felt good giving something instead of getting something i really changed my heart. norah: and we are on the road was santa s helpers spreading holiday cheer. their joy, that s the gift to you. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west. i am norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us on this friday night. we begin with breaking news about the man once known as america s mayor. rudy giuliani tonight ordered to pay a staggering amount of mone
reporting about the missing russia binder, plus congresswoman jasmine crockett of texas on the senate republicans pushing for a border deal. we re also gonna ask her about ted cruz in the abortion question he refuses to answer. plus, hayes brown on what he calls the fact free biden impeachment inquiry. . we as i bet you all very good day from msnbc world headquarters here in new york, welcome everyone to alex witt reports. when it comes to breaking news. dhs secretary mayorkas and the bipartisan group of senators or holding meetings today. they re hoping to reach a deal to unlock funds for ukraine and israel. republican leaders say a deal must include border security measures, where the surge of illegal crossings has reached record levels. nbc s julie tsirkin is following all of those negotiations on capitol hill for us. welcome again, julie. i know you spoke to the key negotiators just moments ago, tell us what they re saying? alex, i told you last hour, the plan must ha
early votes cast could break turnout records. also tonight the state of emergency in florida. hurricane and tropical storm watches up as subtropical storm nicole takes aim. we ve got the new track. the new numbers on child rsv cases. 77% of pediatric hospital beds filled nationwide. what parents need to know. the chaos at twitter under new owner elon musk. after laying off nearly half its workforce the company reportedly scrambling to hire some key workers back. and is facebook next in line for mass layoffs? and the world record powerball jackpot. nearly $2 billion up for grabs tonight. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone, from our nbc news election headquarters. with 40 million early votes already cast, millions of election day voters will soon add their votes as the first poll openings here in the east are now just hours away. control of congress and the direction of the country to be decided. democrats defending their slim
with us, three republicans and one democrat, tom, ridge mark schweikert, bell the democrat, tom corbin, live written a letter to the candidates, for governor, josh shapiro and doug mastriano, saying this. as the commonwealth s four living former governors, we share much in common as regards our beloved pennsylvania. the go on to say more about, that and then they say we are asking you, as the leaders of the pennsylvania republican and democratic parties, to pledge to honor the process, respect the law, who provided peoples will, and support a peaceful transfer of power. in doing so you will demonstrate to all pennsylvania candidates, who will be looking to for leadership, the love of commonwealth and country, must come above all. they say they re asking them to, it s astonishing that there s a letter saying this, but they re asking these two candidates to accept the results, of the november 8th election. to accept the results, and also ensure a peaceful transition of powe