director tweeted this. yes there is at the fetterman eggnog ration. was it a food tray or a veggie tray? on that note, i wish you all very good night. four of all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late. i will see you tomorrow. omorrow. if you took a high school history class in united states, you probably spent at least today discussing this image. this is the iconic political cartoon of the campaigning of senator charles in may of 1866, a pro slavery congressman name preston brooks entered the senate and he entered the chamber carrying a metal tipped again and then he walked over to the anti slavery senator charles sumner, he beat senator sumner unconscious and then he walked out without anybody stopping him. it is one of the most famous instances of political violence in the country s history, by one member of congress against the other. but it was not unique. in the lead up to the still war, there are at least 70 instances of
you ll swallow your pride if hakeem jeffries came at you because you ll work together. there s stuff you want. if there s nothing you want in a governing sense there s nothing you can be given in a deal. michelle and nick, thank you. that is all in. alex wagner tonight starts now. happy new year. we re talking about the unity on display, we have congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez at the top of the hour. she will have a lot to say. thank you for a great show as always. thanks to you at home for joining us. if you took a high school history class in the united states, you probably spent at least a day discussing this image. this is the iconic political cartoon of the caning of senator charles sumner in may of 1856. preston brooks entered the senate and he entered the chamber carrying a metal tipped cane then he walked over to the anti-slavery senator and beat him unconscious and then he walked out without anyone stopping him. it is one of the most famous instance
tonight on the reidout leader mccarthy, do you have the votes for speaker tomorrow? do you have the votes for speaker locked in tomorrow? we ll have a good day tomorrow. kevin mccarthy plays let s make a deal with the most radical fringe members of the republican caucus. with his longtime quest to become speaker in serious peril. or comical peril, depending on your point of view. one vote he needs belongs to george santos, the biggest liar in washington since donald trump left town. we re getting a look at trump s taxes but where did santos get his money? also tonight, gen z finally arrives in congress. congressman-elect maxwell frost joins me. and republicans love to call themselves pro-life, but in recent weeks, many of those same people were voting against bare minimum protections for women and children. tonight, we re calling them out. we begin tonight with happy new year to all. we re in 20-michael jordan and hopefully 2023 won t decide to play baseball i
that s a lot of pizza, you know you have all place when all you can offer speeds. a former chair, michael steele and mark leibovich, thank you for joining me tonight friends. thanks alex. take care. we ve a lot more to come tonight. when 18 congress is not yet and such about how s that markets have something to celebrate on their side of the aisle this evening. stick around to find out what it is. but first, as house leader republican kevin mccarthy plays let s make a deal to shore up more votes for speaker. what has already given up to appease the fringes of his caucus? we ll bring you those details coming up next!
i think it is really in some ways this is all very predictable, right? the republican party just in giving itself to trump has basically, you know, reduced any sort of hint of a spine or any kind of governing underpinning at all and this is what happens when you just have no organizing principle at all, no ideological principle at all and who knows? i think maybe they ll figure it out but maybe not. this could go on for weeks. we ll see. that s a lot of pizza. you know you re in quite a place when all you ve got to offer is pizza. michael steele and mark leibovich. thanks for joining me. take care. we have a lot more to come, the 118th congress is not yet in session, but house democrats have something to celebrate on their side of the aisle this evening. stick around to find out what it is. but first as house leader, republican kevin mccarthy plays let s make a deal to shore up more votes for speaker.