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year they are history making, unprecedented, consequential from criminal investigations into the former president of the united states to midterm elections that preserved our democracy, from the makeup o the supreme court and th decisions that threatened ou rights to the very rapid ris of hate speech on public discourse, we have plenty to dig into you are watching simone and yo know i have a lot to say >> when i reflect on the wil ride that was 2022, i keep coming back to these words historic and unprecedented democrats bumped historica trends by expanding thei senate majority and preventing a red wave in the house of representatives. and voters, they changed the representation in more way than one electing the first gen z membe

of congress with maxwell frost in florida the first woman elected to congress from vermont, wit becca blunt, the first out lesbian governor's, lamar heal in massachusetts, and tina kotek in oregon. the first black governor o maryland with wes moore. the list just goes on. with such dramatic shifts came another historical changing of the guard, when speaker, nancy pelosi, the first woman speake of the house, pass the torch t congressman, hakeem jeffries who will be the first blac leader of any major politica party in congress. and it's not just in the house that we are seeing these changes. justice ketanji brown jackso now sits on the nation's highest court, the first black woman ever to sit on the supreme court. her appointment as a crown jewel of the judiciary i changing right before our very eyes the president biden's 97 confirmed nominees, 60% were women and 67% were people of color. this is the most diverse cro of nominees the nation has eve seen and with democrats expanding

the senate majority, those numbers are expected to grow even more next year. these confirmations, they ar just one part of president biden's victories in 2022. the president signed legislation protecting federal recognition of same se marriages, preparing for the industries of the future investing in historic amount in combatting the climat crisis, and limiting access to weapons in the first significant gun safety bill in nearly 30 years. while we celebrate successes and historic firsts, we ar also navigating very uncharted territory. the first ever crimina referrals from congress of a former president, donald trump for his role in the january 6t attack on the capitol, the unprecedented fbi search of hi mar-a-lago estate. donald trump faces multipl ongoing criminal investigations and yet, he remains the face o a party that has relied on delusional and extremism rhetoric to stoke fear and pursue power i have said it on this sho time and time again, these

culture or, they are not a distraction. oh no, they are in fact th playbook this hateful rhetoric, sometimes used by electe leaders and they spread on social media it has not just normalized, bu it has amplified, it has intensified attacks on peopl of color, on lgbtq+ people jewish people, and others. and let's also not forget th supreme court reversed 50 year of precedent by overturning ro v. wade, instantly throngs women's bodily autonomy to the mercy of state governments the high court also decide police cannot be sued if the don't read people their mirand rights during arrests. so, police can be held accountable for failing to war people that they have the righ to remain silent or request an attorney and if justice clarence thomas has his way, more rights wil be on the chopping block ver soon then there is the response t the humanitarian crises beyond our borders and to those seeking safety here. a number of lawmakers oppose

more u.s. aid to ukraine, to help them fight putin' aggression, while some republican governors use migrants at our southern borde as political pawns, busing the to blue cities with a little t no notice. so, what does this past year mean for the next? joining me now to discuss is eugene scott, he's a nationa political reporter for the washington post. daniel moody is also here, she's the host of the woke a podcaster, and tara setmayer i back, she's a senior adviser for the lincoln project. welcome, welcome to you all. unprecedented and historic y'all. i want to start with january six committee because th conclusion of their work was indeed, historic we've got the first ever criminal referrals for forme president and it include charges of obstruction conspiracy to defraud and make false statements, an insurrection so, i will give this monty tara talk to me about how impactful you think that the january six committee really was, and what is the larger effort to hold donald trump accountable

>> i think this is one of th most historic inflection point in our country, concerning the corruption, the unethica behavior, and that we se illegal behavior from th president of the united states that we've seen in a generatio and a half this is something that the american people clearly paid attention to and the fact that we had hearings in the january si committee did such a impeccable job of presenting the overwhelming evidence of this conspiracy to incite an insurrection, to defraud the american people, and at th heart of it was donald trump part of what made this also so remarkable is that you had s many of trump's own people, we heard it in their own words, i the way in which this committe presented their evidence wit the video depositions of trump's own senior people from the attorney general, bill barr, on down to his own daughter, admitting that they knew tha the election had not bee stolen in 2020, trump knew it,

and they warned him ahead of time, we heard now from beau hicks and others, they want hi to please tell his people to b peaceful on january six and he ignore that. so, the culmination of all o those things, the variou aspects of what january 6t uncovered, i think, is prett extraordinary. it will go down in the history books and i applaud the januar 6th bipartisan effort to hol president trump accountable. it's now in the hands of the department of justice. >> danielle, i mean, tara think laid it out. what about you what are your thoughts here on the efficacy of the committee, really, and also what it means for the efforts to hold th president accountable. >> i mean, i agree with tara i think what we saw from the bipartisan january six house committee is, in fact, a thorough investigation and using trump's own people i their own words to lay out exactly the fact that, guess what this was not just an act o

happenstance, of people gettin caught up in the moment. that this was a plan, strategi attack on our capitol building and our ordinary moxie directe by the president of the united states the job on the january 6th committee was to bring this to the public record, was to brin it to the forefront and sa that this was not an accident, this was not, like, a lone wol incident and people got caught up in emotion. the corrected and weaponized and we knew that donald trum knew that those crowds o people had weapons what did he say? if they are not here to harm me so, i think that right now, th ball is in merrick garland and jack smith's hands to decide whether or not this is something america is going t shrug off and turn us into a banana republic, or somethin that they are going to tak action on and ensure tha democracy will still hold. >> people are waiting with a baited breaths to see what happens. eugene, i think a large part o the effectiveness, as we are

discussing, of the january 6th committee was the fact that no only did the committee take it seriously, but the media apparatus took it seriously, the reporters took it quit seriously, not just th reporters who are on capitol hill that day, the entirety of the media apparatus. what say you to that assertion >> well, i think it was th medias role and responsibility to hold this hearing and the government officials, i'm sorry, the political leaders involved with it accountable. responsible for what actuall happened on january 6th, and t reveal, make it very clear t those who would want to know the inner workings of that ver disastrous day who was involved and to what degree there was real concern fro voters about whether or no there was interference from th highest -- in the land. in this incident that left, yo know, more than 100 officers dead sorry, injured and i think it's very possible that it had an influence on th

2022 midterms, in terms of how people went to the polls and responded to who was running and who is running in suppor of the president, who wa running hoping to provid something different. >> 2022 saw a lot of things, right? not only january six committee but we also saw democrats defy history by expanding their senate majority and minimizing their losses in the house of representatives. they also defeated electio denying candidates acros several battleground states. daniel, what did we learn abou the issues that matter most to voters and a very interested i your thoughts on what lesson you think both parties shoul take away from the midterms. >> i think what we learned simone, is that the american people care about democracy, i that the american people showe up to vote, to stand up for th rights, and for the voice. and i think what both partie need to realize is that we hav an educated citizenry that i not going to roll over and

allow their democracy to b taken away >> they are present, they ar accounted for, and people ar going to make their voices heard. legislative victories, w talked about those we talk about those al throughout the year, president biden, i will put them on up o the screen and go through couple signing landmark legislation talking about their strength o marriage act, the first gu safety legislation in thre decades, the inflation reduction act. tara, what do you think wa biden's biggest legislativ victory in 2022? >> well, you know, there are s many, simone, that is hard t just pick one. i think that people really didn't appreciate how many legislative wins president biden was able to accomplish whether it was the infrastructure bill, the bipartisan, the illustriou infrastructure bill that w waited for years before th trump administration to pass biden accomplished that. i think the inflation reductio act was incredibly important a a time people needed t understand in this country tha the president and hi

administration was payin attention to the economy and what was going on. those gave the democrats legislative things to run on but to danielle's point, democracy was on the ballot. what happened with dobbs, that woke people up, january 6t will people up to realize they had a binary choice and they chose democracy. that was the most important an biden embrace that as well much to the chagrin of som other people, who wanted t focus more on policy >> i mean, he gave that speech right before the midterm elections and it was widel criticized by some democrats and some republicans turns out, - had his finger up. exactly, had his finger on the pulse, but republicans, like tara, they knew what we're up. i want to move beyond ou borders because i don't thin we can talk about this yea without talking about ukrain and president volodymy zelenskyy. really, his rise to global prominence eugene, what has the war i ukraine and presiden zelenskyy's leadership reall meant for democracy around the world? not just in europe

>> you may remember followin the presidency of donald trump america's reputation reall began to decline globally. there was real concern that th u.s. was not engaged wit foreign policy issues to the degree that it previously ha been and one of the reasons why i ran is because he wanted t restore the reputation of th u.s. on the internationa stage. and so, the approach that he's been taking with ukraine has really improved the reputation of the white house wit countries that previously were beginning to think less abou this country >> eugene, danielle, and tara, thank you so much for kickin us off y'all, stick around because we have more to talk about late this hour. thanks so much, okay, coming u y'all, 2022 has really been year of unprecedente investigations of a former president, including the historic decision by members o congress to recommend that donald trump would b criminally charged donald trump is my least favorite subject, we are going to get into all of that next >> we've never had a president

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-- never done or seen before. i think we can all agree that former president takin hundreds of -- -- documents from the white house stashing them in his mar-a-lag resort, it falls into that category and then add to that the fbi executing a search warrant a his home to recover th documents, and the only reason we know about it is because th former president, himself, announced it to the world. the public unraveling of donal trump, it may win the year most unprecedented legal event but we are seeing something new, something that has not bee done or seen in the past few years, and that's possible

legal accountability for donal trump, for the documents january 6th, and even election lies for more on the legal issues that have dominated 2022, we have glenn kershaw, a former federal prosecutor, and msnb legal analyst. and kimberly atkins store, a columnist for the boston globe and coast of the sisters in la podcast. and greetings to you both. okay, i want to start firs reminding everyone of the four biggest criminal investigation into donald trump, as we close out the year we mentioned the mar-a-lag case, right? there's also the justice department's january 6th investigation, that is looking into whether donald trump no only incited insurrection, but also possibly committe election fraud, or fraudulentl raised fronts in the run up to january six. then you have that georgia election investigation int whether trump wrote a la trying to overturn his 202 election loss in that state. remember, that - you remember that was called also can't forget about ne york's vegetation into the trump organization new york attorney general,

letitia james, has spent the better part of three years looking into whether trump o his organization committed financial crimes kimberly, that is a lot. what do you make of thes unprecedented investigations >> yeah, it is a lot and i'm with you unprecedented is a word you do not want to under-use, but i this case, it's absolutely fitting when you have a former president facing all kinds o legal peril. it just shows the way he operated from before he was in office through, during, an after in a way that he seeme to be operating as if he wer above the law. a lot of presidents in his path, including nixon, has said that they believe that they were. but what we see from these levers is that he's not. now of course, we don't know how all of these investigation save that one verdict in the trump organization case is going to come out. they're still ongoing. but certainly, just from the january 6th referrals alone, these are serious matters that require serious looks and thes prosecutors are looking at i

that way >> i think that's absolutely right. i mean, glenn, along those lines, we are finally, thi year, we've got to see accountability for january 6th rioters and seditiou conspirators the charges -- they are starting to b sentenced. you said sat in on some of the most high-profile of these cases, but what's next >> i think what's next is fo special counsel jack smith t court through everything tha january six committee ha provided in him, i thousand-plus transcripts, and continue to build on the criminal investigation of trum and company. i think what's next is the should be moving towar returning indictments. whether those indictments star low in the kind of command structure of the insurrection, you know, the rudy giuliani's, the bannon's, stones, flints work their way up to the meadows ultimately, the trump's, or whether jack smith decide to drop a big old conspiracy indictment on everybody all at once, simone, i thin

indictments are the next step. >> so glenn, then what are you thoughts than about this investigation in fulton county georgia? because a lot of legal folks out there have told me tha they think fani willis's investigation is the one tha could get the former president >> yeah, district attorney fan willis has been quietly, but aggressively, saw in the justice wood in front of her and let's face it, she has taken on some battles. she took on the battle to ge lindsey graham's testimony, he desperately did not want to go into the georgia state grand prairie. and fani willis one. she took on mike flynn and she won. she took on rudy giuliani an she won. and i have a feeling before to long, we may start to see some indictments dropping i georgia. >> all right, we will be watching what is happening i the peach state. you know, we talk a lot abou january 6th. obviously because of the magnitude of that day and th committee investigation, and what the department of justice is doing but the committee has conclude

its work meanwhile, the threat to our democracy, it doesn't and with whatever comes out of this january 6th investigation. kimberly, 2023's coming up right around the corner. what are some of the biggest legal issues that you ar watching for next year >> i mean, we can start at the top and we know that the electoral count act is something that we've spoken lot about. the effort to reform laws, t make sure january 6th does not happen again there's also this idea t whether someone like trump should be able to hold offic again. there's a provision in the 14t amendment that was watered dow after reconstruction, that makes that an open legal question that's something that this committee should propose closely, i think that should b at the top of the list and then on top of that, i think all of these things, whether it's tax returns classified documents, each o them come with criminality for a reason there is a reason why it i unlawful to engage in that way and i think it's important for each and every one of them t come to a conclusion for justice to be done

and to recognize why each of those is important >> unprecedented and histori 2022 was, especially on th legal front. glenn kirschner, kimberl atkins store, thank you al both very, very much for hanging around with us all yea long appreciate y'all all right, folks, still ahead, we are going to get into how hate has intensified over this last year in some very tragically visible ways. so many communities were shattered by racist, antisemitic, anti lgbtq, and other hate fueled attacks. i mean, i'm thinking o colorado springs, i'm thinking of buffalo, new york, an others we are going to get into wha is behind it that's next. >> the chaos from late saturday, that leaves a tight-knit lgbtq community in mourning. their safe space turned into a tragic crime scene >> buffalo, new york, really reeling after police say the gunman went on a racist grocer rampage. authorities say all but tw victims were african american.

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sadly not new. but 2022 saw a surge in bigotr from violence in the streets the legislation on state house floors this year, we saw blac community members murdered getting groceries in buffalo we saw patrons of an lgbtq nightclub in colorado spring gunned down at a place designe to be their safe space and the anti defamation league reports there have been more than 1500 antisemitic incident this year alone. y'all, the hate is not

happening in a vacuum. it is being normalized and amplified by some legislators, some media personalities, even celebrities. and it's all a part of a culture wars playbook. there were more than 300 ant lgbtq+ bills introduce insulate legislators across th country. according to the associate press, one in three americans, they actually believe in the great replacement theory thank god to former presiden of the united states of america, who welcomed a white supremacist dinner along wit kanye west, one of the mos prominent celebrities in the world who spent 2022 promoting wildly antisemitic conspiracies. so, we got a lot to talk about joining me now to discuss is glad president, sarah cade ellis and naacp president, derek johnson. i'm glad we have two experts here to just break this both down i want to start by both of you speaking to how the differen types of hatred that we have seen over this amplified mid last year, antisemitism, ant

lgbtq hate, you know, anti black racism, racism i general. how are they all connected they're, first to you. >> well, other-ism has alway been a strong political tool i this country we've seen, since the last administration took current, a escalation of othering because of the fear that individuals who are at one point seen as people not fully human -- that's a case in african americans, in these cases, i the lgbtq community, are not consistent with the same white wasp ideological belief system as people who could be under attack what's really taking place i our numbers are growing. we are actually succeeding i the political space and as a result, the fear of how they treat other people is no catching up and we are seein the fear play out in a way i which we have not seen since the 40s or the 50s >> >> you know, sarah kate,

think derek makes such a important point. particularly when we look at the anti-lgbtq+ attacks this year, they were extremel venomous, especially towards transgender, nonconforming people and your organization actually found that 72% of transgende people, they actually don' feel safe in the current political environment. talk to me about the respons to this hatred do you think it has been adequate you've got the white house now starting these, you know councils to address all th hate fbi put out a hate crime report that was less tha accurate talk to me a little bit abou the response here. >> yeah, i think, you know, it is a mixed bag right now on th response i think that the white house and the executive office hav taken this very seriously. i think where we are seeing lot of room for improvement is at the state level i think that, you know, what w are seeing happen is that, especially with the tran

community specifically here, it's based on fear and because most americans don't know somebody who's trans, based on our statistics and ou studies, nine out of ten americans know someone who's gay or lesbian it's more like three or 4% o americans know somebody who' trends the politicians are playing to that fear and creating thi narrative, this really negativ narrative, around the tran community. so, i think representation i really, really important her for all our marginalized communities. >> absolutely and substantiv representation, less remembe herschel walker, okay? i want to dig a little bit deeper into buffalo, because the shooter who killed those ten black americans at a grocery store in the city, the shooter believed in what's called the great replacement theory, and that's a belief in this coordinated effort to replace white people in th country, with non white people it's not true, not happening but a number of americans do

believe in this. and the reality is that there' only one political party who's actively trafficking in th rhetoric like this derek, this is something tha i've heard you talk about time and time again can you just speak to ho prominent legislators and medi personalities who contribute t this rhetoric, how they should be being held accountable, but also the damage that they're doing? >> you talk about one politica party who plays into the siri, it's a political party that is depleted of ideals, as opposed to and large in the platform t attract new voters they've decided to shrink thei intellect to attract the lowes common denominator o individuals in this country. in addition to that, we've see social media platforms becom super spreaders of misinformation, that reall capture the attentions o misguided individuals. what we've seen in buffalo was a replication of what we saw i west constant, which was a replication of what we hav seen in el paso, which was replication of what we had see in louisville, kentucky, which

was a replication of what we'v seen in pittsburgh, which was replication, you get the story here, right? social media platforms tha have no guardrails that ar allowed to spread information, misinformation about individuals only embolde misguided individuals like wha we've seen in buffalo, to go out and carry out the harmfu -- against individuals. >> this is some heavy stuff. it's been a heavy year before we go, give me a little hope for the future. what's your hope for 2023? sent them off positive, sara kate >> i would say that last week, the president signed into la the respect for marriage act i think that was really hopeful. you know, on the backdrop of just a few weeks ago, the mass shooting at the colorado springs club q and then i would say representation of the lgbt community is up and there's an increase in lgbtq people o color on tv, so we are seein bright spots

>> bright spots. derek, quickly, your hope fo 2023 >> well, the election in georgia, the repeal of the - between -- student loan debt, cancellation, the power of the black folk, the power of the coalition t ensure that -- all our communities ar represented, the january 6th commission, all of those thing give me hope because we ar winning in this moment >> we are winning in thi moment we are going to leave it right there. sarah kay ellis, derek johnson two amazing presidents tha have been doing the work thi year, especially thank you both very much >> happy new year, take care >> happy new year. after the break, y'all, we are not done because we are goin to talk about the impact tha the supreme court has had on americas rights. and the faith in our institutions over this las year we are going to be right bac with more of our special yea in review addition of symone >> - [inaudible >> legal abortions on demand

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history books, there's going t be at least one chapter that will be devoted to the harvard law review caused the ne imperial supreme court this year, we have seen th court chip away at our rights, while the miranda decision allows police to use evidenc against people without advisin them of their fifth amendmen right to remain silent overturning roe v. wade, i

think, is by far the mos unprecedented decision by th court. the courts move to take away a woman's right to make decision about her own body, it is no going as many planned, though. it woke up plenty of people an got them to fight, which led dictionary.com to choose woman as the word of the ear those who attempt to poach our rights are being taught lesson that most of us, frankly, have done our whole lives. don't you mess with women. now, the, we face a series o upcoming court decisions tha could actually chisel away a our rights even further. affirmative action is on the line as our lgbtq+ rights and democracy itself so, let's bring in some folk to write this down mark joseph stern is a senio writer for slate and alexi mcgill johnson is the presiden and ceo of planned parenthood. mark, every single time this year, something has gone dow with the supreme court, we hav chatted. so, i'm going to start with yo because these decisions, as we have discussed, are just s wildly out of step with th

majority of what americans believe. but that fact has now not stop these right-wing activists fro waging these legal battles a the state level, all in hope of just getting these cases to the supreme court. is that just really where we are right now? >> absolutely. the supreme court justices and the majority have an agenda, they have items on a list that they want to take off as quickly as they can. and they know that there are a lot of public a -- private litigation groups that are eager to provide them with a case that they need to enshrines certain republican policies into law. so, even after they apocalypti finale of last term in june, i don't see the supreme cour really letting up the pace as you just noted, this term i already stacked with major blockbusters that could lead t overturning a bunch more precedence and as long as those six conservatives remain in th driver's seat, this court is just going to be racing to tea down as many civil rights an liberties as possible.

>> i mean, hard but very, very clear truth. alexis, i have quoted you al year long ever since i heard you tell people to or, askin if they were going to step u or drive it like they stole it about democracy. and when i look at the dobbs decision, it left 34 million women and trans men living i some states with some kind o abortion ban in some places, though democracy is doing what it was designed to do because voters, they went to the polls and the changed the way they governed. every single state that ha abortion access on the ballo in november, they voted to keep, i think that is monumental but it's also important for us to realize that as we speak, reproductive rights are stil being fought for in courts all across our country so, what is next in this battl for women, for people wh believe that, you know politicians don't belong in ou doctors offices? >> well, you set a whole wor there, right, symone i think what we've seen this

year's, in fact, not just supreme court, but to mark's point, like, an entire judiciary that is now poised in many ways, to reinforce s many of these bad extreme, you know, opinions and decisions o the supreme court. like, they're literally drivin it like they stole it and in some cases, one might argue number of justices that have been rushed through over the last few years that may be the case so, what is it that we have to do, right? what we demonstrated in 22, bu we demonstrated in kentucky, i montana, in kansas, as well as california and vermont and, yo know, michigan, was the fact that the voters are willing to also make sure that they are standing in their power. and that's what i think is really exciting right now, tha the court was able to overturn 50 years of precedent and an at the same time, it activated so many people so many people to be engaged i the fight. >> is there one place you migh see movement, you think, i

2023 >> i think we are going to see it in a lot of places. you know, i think what we saw, like, immediately after kansas right? was nebraska held off. i think they are going t assess their position, the will figure out where they wil move forward we are seeing people move to further codify writes in new jersey, so i think the map i quite expensive, which i think is actually an opportunity again, for us to make th connection not just around protecting reproductive freedom, but also protecting democracy. the fact that the fight is i the states in this way means that voters have to understand up and down the ballot who their a.g.'s, who th governor's, who their stat lawmakers are, because those are people who - that's what's up preach, preach i think that is so important i can't help but think about justice could andriy brown jackson in this moment because of, her the court ma look more like america, but as we all talked about, it's very far from representing american believe across the board mark, there's been a lot o

talk about reform from lawmakers, maybe a code of ethics realistically, what are your thoughts here? what we see this >> no, i don't think so. not this year, probably not fo the next two no democrats had their chanc to pass meaningful court reform there were proposals to expand the number of seats on the supreme court, on the lowe courts, to have ethical term limits, but none of thos measures came to the floor the democrats decided this would not be a priority. that is, i, think the bad news for those of us who care about this issue the good news is that biden at said the democrats have use th one tool at their disposal t push back against thes alarming trends. that is a a diverse, gun people, to the federal judiciary a every level. that will change the courts, change the outcomes and so man different states >> for generation, joe biden has put more women on the cour this year than any president i history. mark - alexis mcgill johnson, thank you both very much

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i look back in 2022. what is a year interview with little lightning around? i'm going to ask our political panel a few questions. they will have 15 seconds to answer each one. if they go over, they're going to hear this bizarre okay, that's the bizarre eugene scott, daniel moody, an -- they are back now. we're going to start with, you biggest winners of 2022.

go >> biggest winners would be th democratic party, followin the. midterm election >> the idea? >> generation z in their tur out of the election. >> tara. >> president biden for getting things done, the january six committee for getting things done, and democracy overall fo surviving. >> democracy give me your biggest losers of 2022 danielle, who lost >> the republican part continues to lose its minds, others that. >> eugene, what say you? >> herschel walker >> facts >> terrorist my, our biggest losers >> all of his life, herschel walker biggest losers donald trump he is a loser. elon musk, 44 billion dollar to do what you're doing to twitter, come on >> we have not talked enough about the dereliction of dut on that money front. our 2023 predictions, what are your 2023 predictions? tara, you first. 15 seconds >> absolute chaos in the

republican conference in the house. kevin mccarthy will not be speaker. it will go multiple rounds and, the giants will make th super bowl in 2023 >> big giants fan, terrace o myre daniel moody >> 2023, okay, the republica party will go down in flames i predict that indictment fo donald trump i don't know what the other on is, they feel so much pressure i predict democracy will survive. >> eugene scott, eugene scott, take us home >> well i think generation z i going to make their mark o capitol hill, and stat capitals across the country. engage in politics that we haven't seen young people do before >> i love it, all i agree. my biggest winner 2023 democracy. a close runner-up's, meeting o strictly eugene scott, daniel moody tara setmayer, thank you all s much for your time, insights and happy holidays to you all. >> thank you >> look folks, i'm not going t

lie, 2022 has been a year. it's been unprecedented. especially for me personally i married the love of my life. this girl right here, from nebraska, took a seat at thi very table in our nation's capital, on this show, bearing my name. i have been blessed to com into your homes to make sens of one of the craziest new cycles in very well forever. i also got to talk to some amazing people who bought us moments of inspiration information, and plain joy i'm going to leave you all wit my simone spotlight segments i've got a quick look at som of the spotlight moments that treasure hopefully, they'll bring a smile to your face to. >> it it seems to me that when y'all first stepped seems to m that when golf on step to do that first stepped onset to do first episode, to that first episode, film that, pilo to film that pilot, yo probably had no idea that mark was going to be a cultural figure, a milestone. so, how is that transformation like, what was it like to come back together and just sit bac and say, look at what we'v

done >> we are so grateful. >> - divulge some secrets to me about renaissance at one, don't think you will i don't think it will, but i you would like to. >> girl, we will die >> that's fine >> we don't want to die. >> when you shot the origina best man 20 years ago, did you all anticipate that 20 years later, the characters woul still have so much life an vibrancy, you would be filling yet another series >> not at all. listen, we had fun when we sho the first one, it was my first time, you know, filming a movi in new york. >> it was? >> yeah, we had no idea we would still be here in these characters would still b relevant and the project would be relevant to the state >> a lot of us agree with yo that the show should not hav been canceled. why do you think helmand reached the end of the road, i think, too soon? and do you think we can expect a reboot >> well, you know, we all kind of said that we went off the air so unceremoniously but we showed that triple th

enrollment of historically black colleges and increase th enrollment of all people not just black kids. >> get out and vote. get out and vote >> that's right, yes >> i want to say, before we go -- >> i love you, thank you >> thank you, but i want to sa before we go, how proud we are of you, young lady congratulations to you and carry on >> don't you ever, ever give u on you you are so wonderful and s wonderful, so that if you ar not around, oh my god, something would change for mor than just a few people so, get up in the morning, loo in the mirror, love what you see. empower what you see, embrac what you see, and move forward

don't you ever give up on you. because you are so worth everything >> thank you, thank you -- and light in my life, i love you so much. >> don't ever give up on you thank you so much for watching this special 2022 year i review edition of symone i am simone sanders townsend and you can catch me on msnb weekends at four p.m. easter and anytime over on th peacock. for more of simone, find us on instagram, twitter, and tiktok thank you so much for watching this year has been a blessing. i'm so happy to be here with you all. happy holidays and i promise t see you soon hi! need new glasses?

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