signed into law. i will talk to freshman congressman seth magaziner on his first year in the. hill plus a former first lady to pop icon. we will remember those we lost in 2023. we begin in the middle east as the war between israel and hamas is one of its deadliest stretches yet. according to officials in gaza, nearly 250 people have died in the last 24 hours alone with israel saying it is expanding its mission in central gaza. meanwhile, the biden administration has once again sidestepped congress to approve millions in additional arms sales to israel. nbc's jay gray joins us from tel aviv with more on this. jay, we are hearing that there was a brief pause in fighting in the city of rafah for some humanitarian aid. what do we k that? >> stephen, you are absolutely right. an area that is desperate for humanitarian aid. a four hour pause in the fighting in rafah. thousands there living in tents.

people arriving every day. it is where the idf has suggested people go for safety. there are people pouring into that region. in fact, everyone in the u.n. says rafah is, quote, bursting at the seams. this pause was to allow humanitarian aid in. primarily food and water. just what came in today clearly will not be enough. i wouldn't be surprised if the idf allows fighting there to ponce in the future, as well. there are so many people moving into that area. so little food and water right now. >> such a different situation. this violence has affected children and the west bank and in jerusalem, as well. and he spoke with organizations trying to do work to help. what they have to say? >> we spent some time in the west bank. the u.n. says the war in gaza is now spilling into the neighboring west bank and east jerusalem.

what a lot of those who are working with these community say is that it has never been as violent, never been as deadly as it is right now. that is saying something. we've known for decades that palestinians, israeli soldiers, police, as well as jewish settlers have been fighting in and over the land there. what some of those working on the mental health in the region say is this is a situation that is going to continue to cause problems long after the fighting stops. >> so much devastation there. >> parents, mothers, children, they are under great stress in the west bank and in east russell a man in gaza. children are not safe. israel has in place all kinds of protections for children in the situation particularly when they are detained. these protections are not

applied when it comes to children in east jerusalem and children in the west bank. >> a more somber statistic, stephen, from the west bank. the u.n. saying it is especially difficult on those children right now. the deadliest one year total of children killed ever in the west bank. 124 palestinian, six israeli children dead. 83 in just the last 12 weeks. >> children and the vulnerable suffering so much in all of this. jay gray, thank you. meanwhile, strong warnings from israel as it continues to exchange rocket fire with hezbollah along its northern border. a number of israel's war cabinet says if he israeli community and the government did not restrain hezbollah, israel will. the united nations has warned of, quote, devastating consequences if that war spills over into the parts of the

region. joining me is former state department arid israel negotiator, henry david miller. he's also a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for peace. thank you so much for being with us. again, it's just inevitable? it is going to spillover and become a regional war? is there any way now to stop it? a regional war? >> thank you for having me, stephen. happy new year. the risk of escalation along the lebanese border has been ever-present. we are now in the third months of this conflict. i have to say i'm surprised that things have not escalated their. the question of hezbollah and israel, three key actors, in terms of triggering or avoiding escalation. remains the same. neither side, none of them, want this. the longer the israeli gaza conflict continues. the greater chance of misperception, miscalculation.

make no mistake, the israeli lebanese war could would in fact trigger regional escalation. remember, we have two carrier strike groups. one is in east russell, i'm another with djibouti with overtones straight aircraft. a greater change of u.s. involvement. and even the possibility of irani israeli or u.s. conflicts. >> terrifying prospect. i will talk more about what we already know is happening. israel has continued to strike refugee camps in gaza. they have said that the war will continue for many months. already 85% of gaza population has been displaced. 21,000 people in gaza, reportedly died. if not refugee camps, where are the palestinians, where this was to go at this point? >> i think the reality is clear. there is no way israel is going to be able to achieve its objectives. it may not be possible, without

causing extraordinary harm and damage to the population. which they've already done. in an effort, understandably, perhaps, to root out hamas's assets, military assets. the military in and around under some of the population. i think what needs to be done, demonstrations particular. harden actually happen, in january, or by the end of january. a fundamental change in the way the israelis are operating. from the division side operation, heavy on airstrikes and artillery timon maintain focus intelligence driven military activities which would allow predictable areas, predictable areas not just to provide sanctuary for palestinians but to surge, not theory i've-ing but to surge manatee assistance into gaza. we have to start the new year, begin the new year with israelis ramping down this level of military activity so intensely. >> on the topic of putting

pressure on israel, the south africa has referred israel to the international court of justice at the u.n., accusing the country of genocide. the court seems to have limited authority. for example, they have ordered russia to stop a city in ukraine. we have seen, that obviously, has not happen. could this do anything to israel even if it is just to signal it is losing international support? >> i think the israelis are well aware of that. the reality is it is losing its international legitimacy. the icc already has an investigation investigating war crimes. both on the part of israel and hamas, dating from 2014. the reality is now. the issue is israel and hamas. those are the combatants whose mutual objectives right now are mutually exclusive. even the outside parties, including the united states, may press hard, any misconduct, toning it down maybe possible. but any conflict, pending --

will be very difficult to. dude israel will be operating at some level. hopefully not at this level, in gaza for much to come. >> speaking of the hostages still being held, i know we have spoken about it before, hamas now reportedly agreed in principle to resume negotiations for the hostage release and, at least in principle, they are saying to these releases. how does this go from in principle to actual release or exchanges, which is more likely? e or >> the thing that prompted exchanges before was a sense of urgency. hamas had the time to trade for hostage. is that urgency, to some degree, i think, because monopolies that israel cannot destroy it as a military organization or find the key architects in the october 7th terror surge, hamas is in no hurry right now to trade hostages. if in fact they are, it'll be from a much broader level.

thousands of palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. some hostages that hamas has repeatedly said for association of hostilities. that will be extremely difficult. the longer this goes on, the greater the danger that exists to the 129 hostages. by the way, the israeli prime minister's office put out a statement indicating that 20 of those 129 are no longer alive. they have been murdered by hamas, or killed on october 7th, their bodies taken in trade, again, for palestinian prisoners. it is a tragic horrible, aspect and dimension of this conflict. >> these hostages and their families caught in a middle of all of this, just waiting for progress. aaron david miller, thank you for your insights today. >> thank you for having made. >> of course. >> coming up, in just 60 seconds, it has been, let's call it, a complicated year for former president trump. it does not look like 2024 will

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one pill a day, 24 hours, zero heartburn. welcome back. 2024 is shaping up to be quite the busy year for former president and gop front runner, donald trump. busy on the campaign trail and busy in the courtroom. trump faces up to five separate trials and verdicts into civil cases, as well, during the upcoming campaign year. this as a pair of states, colorado and maine, deciding trump is not qualified anymore to be on their respective states primary ballots. joining me now is ornado mary adi, former political affairs contributor and -- for politico. if we can, let's start with colorado main trying to keep trump from their primary ballots what california in michigan have decided to let his name appear on the ballots.

how did these decisions affect similar efforts from other states and, ultimately the, that potential ruling from the u.s. supreme court? >> each state will be making a decision on their own. in some cases these decisions turn on questions of state law. i expect states to be making these decisions on a state by state basis. the big question that's looming is whether or when the united states supreme court is going to get involved. for some of these states the issues to turn on state law. the supreme court could essentially sidestep getting involved in those particular states. as to others i think the real question is, will the supreme court weighing in now or, will they wait until the general election ballot? so many of these decisions are about the primary ballot, not the general election. the supreme court could decide it states are uniquely in a position where they can make

the decisions regarding the primary elections. i think that the supreme court is going to get involved soon. particularly given the decision based on the color of supreme court. >> some ballots will be printed in just a few days now. times, certainly, taking down on that. meanwhile, trump has legal meggers pending in multiple courts including the question of disqualifying ballots. his team released a statement saying in part that both the constitution and american people are on our side in this fight. we would likely file a legal objection in state court to prevent this atrocious decision in maine from taking effect. what is your take? what if you heard about potential appeals here? >> there will certainly be a core process in maine. the process is through in colorado. unless they end up going to the united states supreme court, at least for now. obviously the general election is a different story. litigation will be in suing.

donald trump is famous for not paying his lawyers. boy, he has retainers, i suspect, on many different legal teams right now. what i am advising clients who have all sorts of different legal problems, criminal investigations and prosecutions, arrow is at the top of the pyramid. he has some gnificant issues he is facing in 2024. >> one of those issues, a very big one, special counsel jack smith. he has filed a motion i wanted to ask you about, stop trump from making political arguments. saying, in part, quote, this trial should be about the facts and the law, not politics. what is the latest you are hearing by that motion fine by smith? >> that wasn't motion i would've anticipated the jack smith was going to file. you can expect donald trump and his attorneys are going to be raising all sorts of irrelevant issues. trying to get the jury to focus on everything but the facts.

all timidly the defense counsel like to put prosecutors on trial. they like to distract the juries from the evidence. that is what they do. as somebody who has been a federal prosecutor and a defense attorney of course defense attorneys are gonna want to go off to the prosecutor. they're gonna want to suggest the prosecution is motivated by improper motives. that is common. what is also common is a fight between the judge and the defense council where the judge is trying to rein them in. i expect check-in to be exerting a lot of pressure on the defense council to make sure this trial is focused on the facts. >> we have seen the calendar of all theses where the cases going now. there are so many places. i just wry do the different judges involved here? all the different venues have to coordinate together to try ton the south? it just seems like an impossible task.

>> incredibly challenging and particularly criminal cases, the defendant has the right to be personally present. in fact, sometimes his presence is required for certain, what are called, criminal stages of the criminal proceeding. yes, the judge do have to coordinate to some extent. these are separate tracks. the judges are making these separate decisions. for example, the judge in manhattan, the judge in d.c., they have to coordinate to make sure that their cases are not stepping on top of one another. >> i believe, that this is secret service hasse involved. it is just such a complicated situation. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> still ahead, it is set to be the most unproductive congress in decades what could that mean for democrats vying to gain control the house in 2024? i will ask congressman seth magaziner on his first impressions of the house as he

marks his first year on the hill. that is coming. up, first an update on the shooting death of a black woman on -- earlier this. month latest development there when we come back. when we come back.

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well, whether we were ready for it or not 2023 was a breakout year for artificial intelligence. setting off countless debates of the risk in the role it should have in our lives. 2024 already shaping up to be year when those debates could

be troubling point. that is from everything from politics, to education, and more. nbc's jake ward has more. >> reporter: artificial intelligence consume transform hollywood, the harm the software could cause -- >> reporter: 2023 went from nerdy jargon, to a daily part of politics, entertainment, and even school work. >> how many use a.i., like chatgpt, in this discussion? >> reporter: it has come out is very fast. chatgpt from industry leader openai has 100 million users weekly just from his launch last year. 92% of fortune 500 companies using the technology, according to the campaigning. according to chatgpt, the stuff it did this year was amazing. a caught a glimpse of our thoughts. >> along as i have seen it, and you know the parts of my brain, the air will read out on my brain? >> yes, exactly. >> spotted mental health risks in children. >> an output will say this is a

patient at high risk, this is a patient at low risk. >> reporter: created tons and tons of weird. are >> the god like power to commission any artist in history. >> that is the fun part. >> reporter: as 2024 approaches, a.i. is ability to trick anyone's eyes could be the end of trust. >> deepfake, face law, unbelievable. >> reporter: in just the time it took us to set up our cameras, uc berkeley hunt overeat made me look like i had starred in dr. strange. >> this is on your laptop in half an hour, or an hour, ten minutes. >> wow. >> reporter: that same check in our politics could be dangerous. the national republican committee already aired one a.i. generated at full of fake imagery. >> go to slovakia right now, with what the russians are trying to handle elections. or sudan where we are seeing fake audio turnstile civil unrest. >> david holmes, founder of and i are -- said earlier this year the use of misuse is not worth giving up. here >> it is better to trust people, that they will use

things in good ways. you aren't gonna get an edge case. that is what having an effect on the world's. like >> a.i. investors like former google ceo eric schmidt says companies should more less regulate themselves. >> there is no one in the government who can get it right. the industry can, roughly, get it right. that government can put a regulatory structure around it. >> that argument has, mostly, one now. europe and china has moved forward on broad and regulations this year. as 2023 winds down, the u.s. remains the wild west for a.i.. the world changing technology moving so fast. with little sign of slowing down. jake ward, nbc news. f slowin down i think dr. strange would've been better with jake ward in. meanwhile, coming up, this afternoon just two weeks until the iowa caucuses, republican presidential hopefuls are vying for attention from voters. plus, remember when can mccarthy said this back in january? >> this is the great par. because it took this long, now

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earlier this month. she was killed in front of her nine-year-old daughter. the sheriff's department said the woman answered the door holding a kitchen knife, had called police after a domestic dispute with her boyfriend. we are choosing not to show that video because it is just too disturbing. the department released a statement saying, quote, every deputy involved shooting is traumatic for all involved. each incident has its unique set of circumstances and complexities with all deputy and low shootings. there is a thorough and multi level review process that involves multiple outside and see. they go on to say, quote, the deputy involved in the shooting has been removed from the field pending the outcome of the departments critical interview. the department will examine and evaluate every aspect of the shooting including the response, tactics, and background of the employee. benny fidelis joins me now with more details on this. danny, obviously there is a lot of sensitivity around this case. how will prosecutors approach who's going forward to trying to get a better understanding of what happened?

>> this is just a use of force analysis case. with the advent a body camera and audio, people are gonna be able to review this and determine whether the use of force was justified. the l.a. county sheriff's department is authorizes the use of deadly fourth into circumstances. one is when it is necessary to protect either the officer or someone else. the other is if there is a felony suspect to poses a danger who was fleeing. this would come within the first category. the same deadly force that is warranted to protect itself is already warranted to protect someone else. what people are going to be looking at, what the investigators are gonna look at, that body cam video to see whether or not there was a real threat to a third party that justified using deadly force. deadly force can be a knife, it can be met with a firearm. once you get to the level of deadly, all deadly force is

considered deadly. there is no need to observe a firearm news before the deputies pull their own sirens and use them in a deadly force situation. >> we were showing some still images from that video, again, it is so disturbing. i know each department can have its own legal policy but what protocols to police officers, deputies, have to go through to decide whether or not they're going to use a taser or a gun? >> ordinarily there is an escalation of force continuum. it starts with things like verbal commands. from there it is supposed to escalate up to using, obviously, non-lethal but pain causing. grabbing the arm and it's way to force them to comply. you move up the continuum, non deadly fourth to deadly fourth. that same training teaches that if an incident can escalate from non deadly to deadly in an instant, just like that, that is what you see often in cases

like that. that if you officers are trained. whether it is the la esty or other officers nationwide. they are taught that in any ordinary car stop or domestic violence, by the way officers will tell you are the most dangerous calls to respond to. domestic violence calls. sure enough, they are on high alert when they enter. it looks like when they entered that apartment they were on high alert. no surprise. that will be consistent with their training in a situation like this. especially where if you see in that silhouette, on air right now, you can see allegedly, reportedly, and eight inch knife. that, right away, gives officers concern for their own safety and for the safety of others. >> a lot of questions left to go on this one. danny cevallos, we appreciate. it stay right there, we have another question for you. we will need your expertise on this next story from washington. will need your expe we justl counsel urging a appeals court to reject former president on

trump's efforts to dismiss his federal action interference case on presidential immunity grounds. a more than 80 page filing with the u.s. court of appeals from the district of columbia circuit smith argued against trump's insistence that presidential immunity will protect him from prosecution on federal charges. that he conspired to overturn the 2020 presidential election. smith filed his opposition in response to a brief from the d.c. circuit from trump's lawyers on december 23rd that said the constitution and other immunity documents protected against the criminal prosecution of a current or former president for official acts unless he is first impeached and convicted by the senate. danny, only bringing back in here on this one. what is your reaction to this? >> this immunity issue is the key issue in all of these cases against the former president. jack smith's team would've liked the court to have decided it sooner. that is why they asked the supreme court to grant certiorari before judgment. the supreme court declined to

do that. now it is going through the normal process. through the courts of appeals and then, probably, the supreme court. the problem for jack smith's team is that will take time. the argument, essentially, is trump is not entitled to immunity. what he did was not within the outer perimeter of his official duties. interestingly, i mean, you could say the trump team is not arguing for absolute immunity for anything anyone does ever. i don't think they would argue that if donald trump committed a crime of violence, something like, that they would not be within his presidential duties. they are arguing that what he did was a form of investigating election gone wrong. that fell within the outer perimeter, those are the magic words, of his duties. jack smith's argument is essentially, no it wasn't. this is campaigning. the actor someone only servicing himself in his campaign. therefore it should not fall within the gambit of presidential immunity. the challenge is that, for several decades now since the

nixon era, we have known two things. presidential mandy exists in some form. the second thing is, we do not know what the contours of the extent of that immunity is. donald trump, for many years, now has given the constitutional work out. allowing the courts to flush out these questions that had never before been tested. now they will be tested. jack smith is asking the court of appeals to conclude that what donald trump did does not fall under presidential immunity. >> developments coming the saturday before the end of 2024. it will be a busy year. danny cevallos, thank you so much. we will be right back. no it's just a bunny! calm down taco. sit duchess. stop! sesame no no. archie! walter don't, no, ahhhh. ahhhhh! you're lucky you're so cute. only pay for what you need. ♪liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty.♪ marlo thomas: my father founded saint jude children's research

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republican presidential hopefuls are flocking to iowa with just 16 days left to make an impression before the first in the nations caucuses gets underway. florida governor, ron desantis, the caucuses will be a key test of his ground game. the super pac that support him says they have knocked on 812,000 doors in iowa. that is more than half of the households in that state. nikki haley, fresh off an endorsement from the americans for prosperity group, now had some very deep pockets and an army of canvassers to help her boost her bid for the white house. did she have enough time left to change minds? nbc's julia franco is reporting from my away with one. this how to the candidates not named trump approach this final

stretch? >> reporter: stephen, we are just a few weeks away from the iowa caucuses. although former president donald trump is ahead in the polls so far, these other candidates are on the ground here trying to bridge that gap. entrepreneur vivek razoni has been barnstorming across the state. sometimes holding eight or nine events in a single day. his team is hoping to compete the full grassley, visiting all of iowa's 99 counties not once, but twice, by early january. former u.n. ambassador nikki haley and florida governor ron desantis are both here in the hawkeye state making their pitches directly to voters in these last two weeks ahead of january 15th. and so many of my conversations with iowans across the state, they say that as we approach the caucuses, they are starting to make up their minds. that is especially true for trump's base of support. many of them have been locked in for months now.

some of these folks are still shopping around. stephen? >> just 16 days left to go. julian frankel, thank you. when members of congress return to work in january, there to do list is already packed. international aid, budget deals, immigration, not to mention an impeachment probe and a presidential election. if this year has been any indication, lawmakers may be hard-pressed to get anything done in 2024. i want to bring in democratic representative, seth magaziner of rhode island. congratulations on your first year in congress. it has been one of the most unproductive in modern history. just 20 bills have been passed and signed into law this year with another for waiting on the presidents signature. many of these bills were either small, uncontroversial measures, or those must pass bills to keep the government open and raising the debt ceiling, that kind of thing. do you see this getting better or potentially worse in 2024? >> i think 2023 will be

remembered as the year that house republicans broke congress. you are right, 2023, with republicans in the majority of the house, was one of the least productive years that congress has had in the last century. they wasted a month with 19 votes for speaker of the house. they wasted time trying to enact donald trump's revenge against his political opponents with censures an impeachment investigation, although they cannot seem to figure out what they think president biden has even done wrong which is an impeachable offense. they wasted a lot of time. as a result, as you, say we have a lot of work now that we need to do for the american people that has been pushed off until 2024. in 2024, speaker johnson in particular is going to have a decision to make. is he going to be a speaker who rises above the fray and does the right thing for the american people? is he going to continue to cater to the extreme fringe in

the republican caucus? the extreme fringe that cares more about doing donald trump's bidding then actually getting things done for the american people. as you know, there are big things at stake here. we have to keep the government open. we have to support our allies in ukraine and in israel. we have to address the humanitarian crisis in gaza. these are big issues that need our tension. i hope that in 2024 house republicans will work across the aisle with democrats instead of allowing a small number of their most radical members to hold of the entire agenda. >> certainly is a lot to do. when you head back in january there will be a slight change for the republican party. the majority at least. to see slimmer with george santos leaving and kevin mccarthy, as well. will that give democrats more leverage to do more? >> at a certain point. the republicans in charge of the house are going to have to realize that they need to work with democrats to get things

done. the reality is democrats control the white house and the senate. they are within three seats now of a majority in the house. the idea that the most extreme far-right members of the house of representatives get to set the agenda does not work. the sooner that speaker johnson and the republicans win the house realize that, the better it is going to be for everyone. by the way, there are things that have overwhelming bipartisan support that would really make a difference for people if the speaker were just allow them to have a vote. expanding the child tax credit is a proven way to reduce childhood poverty. it has bipartisan support. supporting ukraine in their war against better gruden has huge bipartisan support. so far the speaker has been letting a small number of the most extreme members of the republican caucus set the agenda. that cannot continue, for the good of our country. >> only get your take on israel right now. back in november you join some of your colleagues in signing a

letter to secretary blinken calling for image syrian aid into gaza. asking blinken to make clear that israel has to conduct military operations within the scope of international law. have you seen that happen? also, do you approve of president biden by passing congress again to approve these weapon sales? >> last night i'm giving my two-year-old son a bat. i was thinking to myself, there are two-year-old children in gaza right now who are dying of dehydration and now nutrition and disease. there are two-year-old children in israel who are wondering if their parents ever gonna make it home because they have been taken captive by hamas. what we need to do is make clear that, number one, hamas has to release the hostages. long term peace is not possible as long as hamas maintains control gaza. at the same time how israel conducts this war matters. no, israel has not done enough

in the conduct of this war to limit civilian casualties. it is not just creating a humanitarian crisis but is also making a more dangerous situation for israeli civilians, as well. when you have mass civilian casualties you create more terrorists than you kill. what needs to happen is the israeli government needs to tighten their rules of engagement shift strategy to more targeted approach. yes they have a right to take out hamas. they have a necessity take out hamas. hamas is a terrorist organization that attacked civilians and is claiming innocent lives. the way israel conducts is more matters. i think president biden and his administration have been clear that they agree that the israelis need to be more targeted in the way that they go after hamas. and the same time, they have the absolute right to do so. they have the necessity to do so. >> congressman, we will have to leave it there. thank you for your time today.

>> thank you. >> still ahead, friends star matthew perry was just one of the many people lost in 2023 we will take a look back at some of the legends who passed away this year from actors, musicians, activists, and trailblazers when we come back.

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>> quite the legacies they'll leave behind. and we have one more name to add to that list today. we got were just a short time ago that british actor tom wilkinson has died. he was best known for his roles in the full monty, mission: impossible, ghost protocol, and batman begins. he was 75 years old. and that wraps it up for this hour. i'm stephen romo, i'll be back tomorrow at two pm eastern. symone starts right now. ght now. greetings everyone you are watching symone. secretary of state is now facing swatting, security threats, and calls for her impeachment, after she ruled donald trump is disqualified from the primary ballot in her state of maine. so i'll be speaking with secretary shanna bellows about this latest challenge to trump's eligibility for reelection, the threats, everything. plus, a republican president