International analyst for msnbc news, and the host of way too early, White House Bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, happy new year to you all. Happy new year to you. Happy new year. We have so much to talk about. New year yesterday morning, mika and i went to a new Years Day Service, and the priest gave a homily on the need to be architects of peace in our daily lives and political discourse, and Foreign Policy and everything. The harsh path we have taken in our not so new century is elevated, revenge over reconciliation. And reminded us for all of us in attendance, and i love this. Its a good one. He said start by digging two graves. One of them for yourselves. Yeah. Wow, that really does strike you when you look whats happening in washington over the past 20 years because i really do believe, mika, we live in two americas. One that has seen Childhood Poverty has dropped to 60 year lows, and teenage pregnancy drop to 70year lows. Its in the u. S. World dollar and anytime over
coronation are continuing across the uk today ahead of a special concert at windsor castle this evening. stars including lionel ritchie, katy perry and take that will perform at a concert in windsor this evening, in front of 20 thousand people. numerous street parties across britain are also expected to take place for what s being called the coronation big lunch . some of these will be attended by members of the royal family. live now to katty kay who is in windsor, ahead of the big lunch in celebration of the coronation. iam here i am here at windsor castle, where it is still quiet, but is will be packed as evening the people going to that concert. today is all about food and the big lunch. but tomorrow is a day of service in the united kingdom, organised by the big help at. with me is matt hyde, the co creator of the big help out. we co-creator of the big help out. we want to co creator of the big help out. we want to celebrate volunteering and -et want to celebrate vol
eurovision 2023 kicks off and just over a week in liverpool and we to former ukrainian contestant. welcome back. the united nations is sending its top aid official to sudan to help co ordinate relief efforts after warning that the humanitarian situation there is reaching breaking point. fighting continues and the leader cease fire. and there s going to leave the country and evacuation from port sudan and the red sea are also continuing. those not able to leave by plant or going across tojeddah in saudi arabia. and they gave me their assessment of events. this is taken so many by surprise and snow its third week and now the cease fire that is been extended is now barely holding and whether it is the people you see disembarking from the people you see disembarking from the warships and the passenger ferries who come into the port here in saudi arabia or as we did, making the ten hours and sometimes it can are crossing across the red sea and port sudan were many people are makin
financial payments made out not to clarence, but to ginni thomas, the wife of the supreme court justice, who is already under fire today. we are going to get to all of it tonight. but first, before all that, there is this. do you remember, during the peak of the pandemic, when people would banged pots and pans outside their windows and clap and cheer for essential workers every night at 7 pm? well, this is kind of like that, but only for mogadore hards. since august, almost nightly, trump supporters have met outside the d. c. jail, and at about 9 pm, the january six defendants, inside the jail they flicker their lights on and off. and that s because they are signaling it s time for everyone, inside and outside, to seeing the star-spangled banner. the washington post reports that they do that on most nights. former president trump even recorded and released a rendition of the national anthem using these guys as, like, a backup choir. he then proceeded to play
condemn. the proud boys stand back and stand by. the proud boys celebrated that shout-out from then president trump during a debate in 2020. months later, members of that group would be heavily involved in the violence on january 6th. and now they are facing serious prison time for their actions. much more on yesterday s guilty verdicts in just a moment. meanwhile, in new york jurors in donald trump s civil rape trial heard more of his video deposition yesterday while taking through some of that testimony, and also ahead, more ethics issues for supreme court justice clarence thomas. this doesn t sound it s not good. it keeps on coming, and i m not sure what the consequence is here but it looks really bad. there is new reporting that clarence thomas wife was paid nearly $80,000 by a nonprofit that had a case before the high court. and her payments to her would come with instructions from leonard leo not to tell anybody she s getting the money. seems pr