it's their emails. >> peter said, i wish i hadn't used some of that language. he has to hear it every time. >> "left on tenth" is playing now at broadway's st. james earle jones -- james earl jones theater for a limited engagement through february 2nd. james earl jones theater. not st. james theater. >> he was a saint. >> deserves it. >> you were asking about how long. i mean, we have been doing this 18 years. this is the end of four hours. you're allowed to call him a saint. >> hour and 40 minutes, no intermission, which people really love. >> i love that. >> oh! >> you're in and out. >> that's the catch. >> co-stars. >> i know. >> i will stay. >> we know joe. >> it's over before you know it. >> peter gallagher and julianna margulies, thank you very much. good morning. welcome to msnbc's live coverage

on this tuesday, december 31st. new year's eve. i'm jonathan lemire. thank you for being with us. people around the world are preparing to ring in the new year. in some cases, celebrations have already begun. a live look at sydney harbor in australia, where it just turned midnight a moment ago. welcome to 2025, ustralia. let us know how it is. beautiful celebrations there. fireworks went off in sydney. meanwhile, in new york city, an estimated 1 million people are expected to pack the streets ahead of tonight's iconic times square ball drop. you can see the live shot there. they're getting ready. authorities say there are no specific threats, but law enforcement agencies do remain concerned about the potential targeting of such a high-profile

event. nbc news correspondent emilie ikeda has the latest. >> five, four, three. >> reporter: in the final countdown to 2025, police are bracing for a tial e dal wave o tourists, from boston to atlanta, to the center of it all, new york city. >> probably a once in a lifetime thing, right? >> everyone around the world also watches this. >> reporter: more than a million people will flood times square to watch the ball drop, already tested and in place. tonight will cap off the city's second busiest year ever for tourism, according to officials. to secure the area, the nypd deploying concrete blockades, officers in and out of uniform, k 9 teams, their aviation unit, and drones. >> we have been operating in a heightened threat environment since october 7th. we remain vigilant. >> reporter: reinforcing concern over tonight's celebrations is the driver who plowed into a christmas market in jeremy ger

earlier this month. rebecca weiner is the commissioner of counterterrorism. >> we calibrate our counterterrorism overlay based on lessons we learn from incidents, which they happen here in our city or elsewhere around the world. >> reporter: event organizers also taking precautions in the sky. from new york to texas to south carolina, some planned drone shows for tonight have been scrapped. >> oh no. i don't think they're supposed to be falling. >> reporter: after several drones collided and fell at a holiday event in orlando earlier this month. injuring a 7-year-old boy. this morning, police encouraging the public to stay alert, to help ring in the new year safely. >> we really mean it when we say the public is our strongest force multiplier. people notice things. if they notice thing and tell an officer or call 911, we're all the stronger for it. >> that was nbc's emilie ikeda with that report. we will go live to times square in our next hour. meanwhile, we're learning

new details about how the nation will honor the late president jimmy carter following his death this past sunday at the age of 100. it will all begin this saturday, january 4th, with the 39th president's remains making brief stops at his family farm in plains, georgia, and at the georgia state capital for a moment of silence. he'll lie in repose at the carter center in atlanta. on monday, president biden ordered all federal offices to close as a mark of respect for the late president on january 9 9. . carters remains will be carried to the u.s. navy memorial. he served in the navy. then brought by horse-drawn ceremonial wagon to the u.s. capitol, where he'll lie in state until his funeral. many presidents, starting with president lincoln, have done so. on thursday, january 9th, the state funeral will take place at

the national cathedral. additionally, president biden has declared that same day, the 9th, to be a national day of mourning. that includes the federal government and the supreme court will be closed. following that, the cathedral, and then the late president will be brought home to plains, georgia, for a service at the baptist church where carter was a member and taught sunday school for many, many years. carter will be then buried on the grounds of his home in plains, georgia, beside his wife of 77 years, rosalynn carter. we'll have more on president carter's legacy later in our show this morning. meanwhile, donald trump is now backing mike johnson's bid for another term as house speaker. there was some debate about this. the president-elect made the endorsement yesterday at the end of a long and rambling post on social media. johnson faces a re-election vote for speaker this friday. he can only afford to lose one,

just one republican vote, given the gop's razor thin majority in the house. republican congressman thomas massie of kentucky said last week he would not vote for johnson. yesterday, even after trump's post, he doubled down, writing this on social media. "i respect and support president trump, but his endorsement of mike johnson is going to work out about as well as his endorsement of speaker paul ryan." shots fired. two other house republicans, andy biggs of arizona and victoria of indiana have not committed to supporting johnson despite trump's endorsement. joining us now, congressional reporter at "politico," nicholas wu. good to see you. let's talk about trump's thinking here. he and johnson have had an up and and down relationship. it seemed to strengthen during

the campaign but took a hit the last couple weeks during the negotiations about the continuing resolution. trump, his aides made no secret, rather angry at how johnson handled the process. why did the president-elect go back to giving johnson his so-called complete and total endorsement? >> we have to remember what's coming up in the days after the speaker vote. chiefly among them is the counting of the electoral votes on january 6th. a different set of circumstances than four years ago when trump and his allies tries to thwart the election. this time around, trump is looking forward to a smoother transition of power. in the event there is a delayed speaker's race or prolonged speaker's race, that could disrupt the counting of the electoral votes. trump laid out a very ambitious agenda for the first 100 days of his presidency, a large degree of which has to happen in congress. if there's not a speaker or there is this internal gop turmoil, it could make it very hard for them to implement that.

>> johnson, his team put out a statement, celebrating trump's endorsement minutes after it occurred. they're very relieved they got the backing of the president-elect. but it's not quite clear, though, he has the votes. we talked about thomas massie. already made clear he is not with johnson. others are signaling they're not sure. how do you suspect friday will play out? >> well, what we're seeing right now is mike johnson and his allies really trying to head off any further defections and to figure out, you know, who they need to talk to, how they can quell more dissent within the gop conference. look at victoria sparts, for example. she laid out a list of demands she'd need from johnson to earn her vote. it is likely they'll talk in the coming days. on top of that, she's been kind of a chaos agent in the past in the conference. you know, saying she'd retire and then not. next year saying she won't go to party meetings and not serve on committees. right now, what we're seeing

from republican leadership is an effort to really lock down the votes and figure out, you know, what they can do to get people to yes, or at least, you know, move them off this ledge on friday. >> nicholas, what does this tell us about what's to come? we had the fight over spending a week and a half ago. now, we have these real, you know, doubts about johnson's ability to maintain the gavel, as his aides point out, if not him, who could possibly get the number of votes? but let's say johnson, even if he squeaks by and maintains his control on friday, what does this foreshadow about how difficult it might be for republicans to get things done in the months ahead? >> it portends a very difficult congress ahead for republicans. they'll have an even thinner margin than they did in past congress, where, you know, we often saw them struggle to unit on a lot of issues. if the past couple weeks, with the government funding fight,

with elon musk and trump kind of pulling out the rug from republicans at the last minute, is any indication of what's to come, it could be very hard for them to do some of the basic functions of government. funding the government, dealing with the debt ceiling. let alone moving this ambitious agenda to cut taxes, deal with the border, and implement all other sorts of conservative policy. >> all right. congressional reporter at "politico," nicholas, thank you for joining us this morning. you have busy days ahead. happy new year to you. coming up, it was a big year for the stock market, but 2025 could ring in uncertainty amid possible trump tax cuts and the aforementioned slim gop majority in the house. we'll talk about what to expect on wall street. plus, the u.s. treasury says its computers were hacked by china. what we're learning this morning about that major incident. we'll be right back.

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welcome back. the stock market climbed to record highs this year, but looking ahead to 2025, some investors are worried wall street could lose some momentum. president trump administration coming in next month, tariffs, taxes, and immigration could all have an impact on the nation's economy. for more, let's bring in nbc news senior business correspondent christine romans.

wall street certainly had a good year. >> my gosh. >> stumbling at the end but a good year, no doubt. start there. what should we expect in 2025? >> the last couple years, the best two-year performance of the s&p in a quarter cencentury. 23% this year. 20% last year. for the boring buy and hold investors, congratulations, america. you've had a great couple years. but you wouldn't know that if you looked at consumer sentiment for much of the last year. people were obsessed by inflation and the pain of the grocery bill, not necessarily the boom of stocks and record high home prices. it's been a really sting moment for how people feel. you head into 2025 with seize concerns about a big agenda. tax reform, immigration, tariffs. there are really big things this new administration is going to do with a very slim majority in the house. >> let's dive in on that. we know there's been some business leaders who have already really issued warnings about the tariffs that trump wants, potentially the mass deportation, saying that'll

negatively impact the economy. >> yup. >> even its ability to get this tax deal done, the tax cut that trump wants to extend. that might be hard. we just talked, like the republican majority in the house is precarious. it might be challenging. >> we can talk about the deportations and the tariffs. that's seen by most people as inflationary. you have the feds cutting interest rates and expected to stop as it makes sure inflation doesn't rear its ugly head. you have on one hand the potential that trump policies could be tionary and could set them up with a conflict with the fed, stopping that. and then tax reform. the middle class tax code expires one year from right now. they have a year to get that figured out. business tax cuts were permanent. middle class tax cuts were not. they have to get there with a fractured, i would say, house, house republicans, and figure out how to get this tax code done and quickly. some of the former president and president-elect's advisors told me he wants to do tax reform

very, very quickly and get that out there in the first 100 days or so. but that margin is slim in the house. >> there's debate from thune in the senate and johnson in the house, what goes first, deportation or taxes? there's a lot they have to sort out. talk about what we heard from the treasury secretary the last couple days, really warning about the debt ceiling and how it needs to be addressed soon. >> here is that old crisis, that old, manufactured, self-manufactured crisis that keeps coming back. the treasury secretary has to move money from the accounts, like you'd do in your house if you couldn't pay your credit card bill, and try to figure out how to keep things going until the debt ceiling is raised. there is also the possibility you've got another showdown over the debt ceiling this year. it's interesting. what is the debt ceiling? the debt ceiling is every time congress passes these laws, spending money, you know, we have to borrow money to fulfill those obligations. there is a congressionally set limit on how much they can do. big debate about whether you should have a debt ceiling if you're not paying attention to

it at all. when you have fiscally conservative voices renewed in the house with a slim majority, could be interesting this year for how this president and congress are going to spend money and what kind of fights we have ahead. >> lastly s we close out 2025 -- 2024, give us a big picture fact-check about the biden economy. we know it was derided so often by trump. the white house kept selling it, like, no, things are good, even if americans don't feel it. where do things stand? >> the recession people called for for two years never happened. the economy growing more than 3%. surprising on all fronts. the strongest economy in the developed world, among the big economies. the envy, as the fed chair has said many times. he travels the world talking to other central bankers. they look to the u.s. as a model for how to get out of the inflation crisis, out of the covid crisis. the u.s. somehow did it right. that did not help joe biden at

the ballot box. >> many at the white house believe it may take the distance of history, but eventually the judgment will be rendered that president biden did oversee a strong economy and remarkable bounceback from covid. christine romans, thank you. >> happy new year. >> good to see you this morning. coming up, from presidential politics to the paris olympics, we're going to take a look back at some of the biggest stories of 2024. msnbc's live coverage on this new year's eve continues in just a moment.

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welcome back to this show on new year's eve morning. to call 2024 historic doesn't even really begin to cover it. an assassination attempt on a presidential candidate. the sitting president's 11th hour decision to drop out of the race. record-breaking weather events. giant leaps in space exploration. and an olympic games that had the whole world cheering. nbc's joe fryer has a look back at the year that was. >> three, two, one! >> reporter: when 2024 began, america was bracing for an election encore. a 2020 rematch, pitting the 46th president against the 45th. but this was a year that defied predictability. one that began with a gaping hole in a plane and ended with empty seats in the next administration, as embattled cabinet picks lobbied for votes.

in between, a music mogul was jailed. russian prisoners were freed. war continued to rage in the middle east, while the royal family fought a very different battle, cancer, twice. in short, it was a year when the olympic spirit united us as politics divided us. the road to the white house taking sharp detours, following an uncharted path. it started with the race for the republican nomination. donald trump skipped every debate, yet vaulted over the competition. >> we don't have a clear path to victory. >> reporter: quickly swatting away his challengers. >> the time has now come to suspend my campaign. >> reporter: trump won on the ballot but not in the courtroom. >> count one, guilty. count two, guilty. >> reporter: he was convicted in may on all 34 counts in his new york hush money trial but it did not slow him down. >> this was a rigged, disgraceful trial. >> reporter: in june, then former president trump and

president biden went face-to-face, their first debate of the campaign and what turned out to be the last. >> dealing with everything we have to do with, ah -- look, we finally beat medicare. >> reporter: the president's halting performance led to calls for him to step aside, calls he initially resisted. >> he's not going anywhere. >> reporter: all of it leading to july, a month rocked by political earthquakes. the first, a campaign rally. >> there has been an incident at donald trump's pennsylvania rally. [ gunshots ] >> get down, get down! >> reporter: a bullet braised trump's ear. he narrowly escaped the assassination attempt. a spectator was killed. >> usa, usa! >> reporter: five days later, a bandaged trump took the stage at the republican national convention, officially accepting his party's nomination. >> i felt very safe because i had god on my side. >> reporter: the political

tremors had barely bsided when three days later, the election's landscape completely changed. >> i revere this office, but i love my country more. >> reporter: biden dropped out, endorsing his vice president, kamala harris, who instantly ascended to the top of the ticket. >> but america, we are not going back. we are not going back. >> reporter: the race now recharged, harris rode a wave of momentum into her first debate with trump. >> donald trump was fired by 81 million people. so let's be clear about that. >> reporter: all of it comedic fodder for "saturday night live." >> they're eating the pets. they're eating! >> keep kamala and carry on-ala. >> reporter: a nation exhausted by inflation, something it's nod done in more than 125 years, sent a former president back to the white house. >> this was, i believe, the greatest political movement of

all time. >> reporter: a decisive win followed by a contentious transition. several controversial cabinet picks set to fight for confirmation in the new year. overseas, another transition is under way after rebels toppled the assad regime in syria. just the latest stake-hakeup th year in the middle east, as israel exchanged air strikes with iran, battled hezbollah in lebanon, and continued to bombard gaza. >> my country is at war. fighting for its life. >> reporter: we learned a number of hostages were killed, including hersh goldberg-polin, and others are still being held captive by hamas. the conflict sparked pro-palestinian protests at college campuses across america. with ses and even commencement ceremonies canceled. the war between ukraine and russia continued to grind on, entering its third year, with no

signs of a cease-fire in sight. russia did agree to a major prisoner swap with the u.s. and other western nations. "the wall street journal" and the newsroom celebrated evan gershkovich's release. >> how are you feeling? >> all right. it was a good flight. >> reporter: also freed, veteran paul whelan. >> recuperating from five years, seven months, and five days of just absolute nonsense by the russian government. a turbulent year for boeing started in january when a door panel blew off a plane mid-flight. >> declaring an emergency. we need to descend. >> reporter: in response, boeing promised design changes. >> i saw the picture. everybody saw the opening. what i really saw was the empty seat. i had spent a week with my kids and grandkids. enough said. >> reporter: higher p er up, t astronauts were supposed to send a week at the international space station. because of tech problems,

they've been there more than six months. they hope to return in march. >> it wasn't what we expected. however, e were prepared. >> reporter: millions look to space. >> diamond ring! >> reporter: a total solar eclipse cast a hypnotic shadow across a long strip of the country. >> we are in a sea of strangers right now who are united by this moment. to look up at the heavens. >> reporter: on the water, a cargo ship slammed into baltimore's francis scott key bridge. it collapsed, killing six men working. >> we can still hear the screaming and shooting outside. >> reporter: gun violence devastated a high school in georgia where a gunman killed two students and two teachers. authorities say a 14-year-old boy confessed to the murders. he pleaded not guilty. so did his father, who was also charged. according to two law enforcement sources, he gifted an assault rifle to his son. those charges came after a historic case in michigan.

>> we find the defendant guilty of involuntary manslaughter. >> they are james and jennifer crumbley became the first parents criminally held responsible for a mass shooting committed by their child. the attack happened in 2021. the crumbleys are appealing. in december, the ceo of united health care was gunned down on a manhattan sidewalk, but police called it a targeted attack. days later, police arrested a 26-year-old ivy league grad at a mcdonald's in pennsylvania. he has pleaded not guilty. an active hurricane season was headlined by helene. the category 4 storm roared ashore along florida's gulf coast, then moved north where historic floodwaters washed away mountain towns in north carolina and tennessee. >> a lot of people lost their lives. everything they own, their homes. everything. >> reporter: less than two weeks later -- >> at first, we had -- oh, we have to go. we have to go. >> reporter: another hit.

hurricane milton. resilient communities are now promising to rebuild. much like paris' notre dame cathedral. the landmark emerged from the ashes five years after a voracious fire charred it. king charles announced he was diagnosed with cancer. a month later, princess kate sherrod her own diagnosis. >> this, of course, came as a huge shock. >> reporter: she slowly resumed her duties after preventive chemotherapy. it was a year of high-profile criminal indictments. sean diddy combs was charged with sex trafficking, racketeering, and more. he needed not guilty. so did eric adams, facing corruption charges. as for the cases against president-elect trump, the federal election interference case and the florida classified documents case were dismissed. the current president's son, hunter biden, got a pardon from his dad after he was convicted on federal gun charges and

pleaded guilty to tax crimes. that pardon rew bipartisan criticism. a ban on tick ktok garnered support. >> save tiktok! ♪ are you ready for it ♪ >> reporter: for taylor swift, it was the end of this era. she wrapped up her record-breaking tour. ♪ espresso ♪ >> reporter: as a new generation of female artists emerged. like sabrina carpenter and chappell roan. charlie xcx gave us "brad summer" bathed in a shade of green, paving the way for a wicked witch. ♪ you and i defying gravity ♪ >> reporter: simone biles defied gravity, capping off her comeback, becoming the most decorated u.s. gymnast in olympic history. a new hero rode in on a horse, a pommel horse.

stephen nedoroscik got a medal for the team. we were talking about basketball, caitlin clark specifically. >> how will she go for history? there it is! >> reporter: who became the ncaa's all-time leading scorer. she was the number one draft pick in the wnba draft, leading a surge in popularity for women's sports. a hard court hero blazing an inspiring trail that's leading us right into 2025. joe fryer, new york. >> safe to say that none of us will forget the year 2024 anytime soon. we shall see what 2025 has in store. coming up next here, we'll go through the security breach at the treasury department done by chinese hackers. how they were able to gain access to sensitive information. a little later, we'll look at president joe biden's legacy as he is now just a few weeks away from leaving office. we'll be right back.

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welcome back. turning overseas. a south korean court has issued warrants to detain the country's impeached plt ed president ove attempt to impose martial law in the country earlier this month. the warrant comes after the president ignored three summons to appear for questioning over the past two weeks. he's being investigated for ing his power and inciting

an insurrection. the biden administration confirmed a major cyber security breach by a chinese intelligence agency targeting the u.s. treasury department. in a letter sent to congress that was seen by nbc news, the treasury department said the hackers were able to access employee workstations and unclassified documents. the breach involved a security key obtained through a third party software service that allowed the hackers to gain remote access. through an on the record statement sent to nbc news, a spokesperson for treasury said the compromised third party software has been taken offline and that there is no evidence to suggest the hackers still have access to the department's data. joining us now, marc polymeropoulos, nbc news security and intelligence analyst. marc, let's start there. pretty brazen attempt by the

chinese intelligence services to breach the security at the treasury department. talk to us about, you know, what do you glean from that? what does it say about these two nations' relationship? and what sort of consequences could there be? >> jonathan, this is going to be one of the most challenging of topics for the incoming trump administration, what to do about chinese espionage activity, which as fbi director wray has noted and numerous congressional appearances, it's on almost an epic scale. in this case, this has to do with chinese cyber. for years, the chinese have been doing this. they attempted to hack into our personnel system. decade plus ago. most recently, maybe a week or two weeks ago, they got into what's called the lawful intercept system, or perhaps they did. in essence, itcould see where the u.s. government was focusing on espionage activities of chinese entities in the u.s. now, this hack into the treasury

department. obviously, treasury would be a source of great interest to the chinese in terms of upcoming u.s. policy. so this issue of chinese cyber, of chinese espionage is going to be front and center, and i think is going to dominate in the trump administration's relationship with china. >> i completely agree. one of the many threads we have to follow when the new administration comes to power. marc, we've also been tracking the situation in syria after the fall of the assad regime. you've written about the opportunities this opens up for the united states. this is a region you used to be stationed, which you know well. they're showing the headline to your piece there. what more can you tell us? >> i argue the u.s. has to engage. there's been a lot of rhetoric, concern for this new leader. he was al qaeda curious. he was certainly tied to islamic groups and was a member in the past. but things are changing in

syria, and the only way we're going to protect u.s. interest is if we talk to the syrians. barbara leaf from the state department is engaging, but we have to do more. we have real interest there.oun. there are thousands of isis members. u.s. has to be on the ground there. there is the chemical weapons. the ongoing hunt for austin tice, the u.s. journalist who has been missing for quite some time. my argument is we have to engage. there are going to be things such as a new constitution written. we want syria to respect minorities and christians. yesterday, they announced the new central bank governor in syria will be a female. that's a good sign. there is an upcoming conference, also, that's going to be held in early january, in which the different syrian political groups are going to get together. what i hope, with the new trump administration, they decide on this policy of engagement. >> marc, we wanted to talk about a moment that happened 15 years ago yesterday. a moment i know you feel deeply. a suicide bomber carried out an

attack on a cia base in eastern afghanistan that killed seven agency officers. at the time, it was the single deadliest attack against u.s. intelligence personnel in the afghan war. as we mark the end of the year, this has been on your mind. share your thoughts with us as you remember those colleagues and the sacrifices that so many in uniform, clandestine services, are still carrying out for this country around the world. >> jonathan, thanks so much for raising that. you know, december 30th each year is a tough moment. 15 years ago, a suicide bomber killed seven of my brothers and sisters. you know, people who selflessly spent decades in the hunt for al qaeda senior leadership, protecting america overseas, standing on the ramparts. they do so in the shadows with no fanfare. each december 30th is a hard moment, a hard day, but it's also one i think to celebrate, just the incredible work, the

sacrifices of our intelligence community, special operations personnel. this is a time i look back in my life, when i did these things, when i spent several years in places like iraq and afghanistan, it was a great privilege, taking the fight to the enemy. cia personnel, intelligence, military personnel are up and close against our adversaries. i hope we do this in the trump administration going forward. this is what we signed up for. it's what we do. december 30th is a day to celebrate heros, certainly heros of mine who made the ultimate sacrifice. >> we really appreciate you keeping them in mind and sharing that with our viewers this morning. retired cia officer marc polymeropoulos, thank you. happy new year. we'll talk again soon. coming up here, the new year is also set to kick off with high-stakes football in both college and the nfl. we'll preview some of the matchups. and take a look back at the past year of champions, including the

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third down and 12. goff, here's a little lateral to williams. and he's down the sideline! and gone for a touchdown. >> no one has a more fun playbook in the sport. the detroit lions tuning up for next week's high-stakes division showdown, pulling off that hook and ladder play for a 42 yard score in the second quarter.

with 49th eliminated from playoff contention, they still gave the lions a game. but detroit wins, 40-34, and finished undefeated on the road, and now look ahead to their regular season finale this sunday night against their nfc north rival, minnesota vikings. the winner of the game not only takes the division crown but becomes the top seed in the nfc playoffs and gets that all-important first round bye. college game now. the second round of the playoffs kick off tonight with boise state hoisting penn state in the fiesta bowl. the rest of the quarterfinal field will play tomorrow. to hoops. the nba's oldest active player turned 40 yesterday. happy birthday to lebron james. now in his record-tying 22nd nba season. he spent part of his birthday talking to reporters about how long he'll keep playing.

>> what will it be that propels you to retirement? >> it won't be because i can't play this game at a high level. it won't be because of that. because, to be honest, if i really wanted to, i'd probably play this game at a high level for another -- weird i might say it -- but five to seven years if i wanted to, but i'm not going to do that. >> tonight, james will become just the 32nd player to appear in an nba game in his 40s. the los angeles lakers host his old team, the cleveland cavaliers. most around the sport think he'll play another year or two at most. meanwhile, it has certainly been a fun year to be a sports fan. here's maria taylor, host of "football night in america" and the "big ten college countdown" with a look back at the biggest sports stories of 2024. >> reporter: blowout victories and nail-biters. still have the power to bring us all together. 2024 was a year to remember no

matter who you root for. kicking off the year, the kansas city chiefs and san francisco 49ers going head-to-head in an intense super bowl rematch. and the chiefs' most famous fan taking to the field to celebrate the big win. making it the most watched super bowl in history. it was a banner year in women's sports. star rookies caitlin is my favo >> reporter: caitlin clark the top scorer in ncaa history. >> her threes inspire me to make threes. >> reporter: new fans tuning in, making this ncaa women's championship the most watched since 1992. >> this is a dream, something i wrote down on a piece of paper when i was in second grade. >> reporter: clark moving on to the wnba as the number one overall pick. fellow rookie, angel reese, joining forces with clark for the all-star game. but the top team in the wnba, the new york liberty, winning their first championship. >> look at new york city! >> reporter: celebrating along

the canyon of heros, the liberty becoming the third women's sports team to ever travel that historic route. and the city of light. a historic 2024 summer olympic games. with both men and women taking home the gold on the court. team usa earning its fifth straight gold medal in men's basketball. the eighth consecutive gold for the women. simone biles making her long-awaited comeback. helping her team go home with the gold. >> did you guys hear how much louder they were cheering for you? >> yeah, did we? we were nervous we weren't going to be able to hear our floor music. we embraced the moment and had fun with it. >> reporter: individual competition, a scoring dispute forces jordan chiles to return her bronze medal on the floor exercise. that decision is now under appeal. >> it's definitely been a really hard year. and to know that this was the

ending of something that i thought was going to be perfect. >> reporter: the other big talker, the social media phenom known as pommel horse guy. stephen nedoroscik, now known worldwide for his clark kent coolness, cementing a bronze medal for team usa. >> was there a moment when you realized the internet was losing its mind over you? >> yeah, it was when i finally got to see my family after team finals. my girlfriend gave me a hug and said, have you looked at your phone yet? i was like what? she's like, you're number five trending on twitter. i was like, you're kidding me. >> reporter: bobby finke wins back-to-back golds and a world record in the pool. katie ledecky laps the competition, taking home her ninth gold medal. and becoming the most decorated female olympian in u.s. history. >> the media had to tell me what i was accomplishing. i don't think a lot of it has sunk in. >> reporter: in track and field, an epic photo finish.

noah lyles wins his first gold by 0.005 of a second. >> gosh, it feels good. i knew that i was the person to get it, but you still have to get it. it has to be on your neck. it has to be in your hands. here it is right here. >> reporter: he won bronze in his second race, after competing while sick with covid. as team usa racks up medals on the track, the women's rugby team made their sport and its stars a new american obsession. >> what's it feel like when you just get to say the sentence, "i'm an olympian"? >> i love it. i try to use it to get myself free things. >> let's go, yankees! >> reporter: on the field, a high-stakes, coast-to-coast showdown between the new york yankees -- >> let's go yankees. >> reporter: -- and los angeles dodgers. >> let's go, dodgers. >> reporter: the championship all coming down to game five. l.a. dodgers winning their eighth world series, bringing the title home to the city of angels. a year of highs and lows that

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that was the scene last hour in sydney, australia, as that country rang in 2025. welcome back to live coverage of this tuesday, december 31st, it is of course, new year's eve. thank you for joining us, an estimated 1 million people are expected to pack new york city streets tonight and head of the iconic time square ball drop. it's a live look at where the party will take place this evening. now there's plenty of security in place, authority say there are no specific threats to anyone safety. emily, great to see you. happy new year. let's start with the public safety aspect, what is the latest that you are hearing from law enforcement? >> reporter: you can see the police presence just about

everywhere you turn as they wait for my million or so friends to show up in time square, if the count down to the final countdown before the 11,000 pound crystal ball is set to descend just behind me. it's part of the tradition more than 100 years old in time square, it's watched around the world and more than 1 million people will get to watch it here in person, capping off the second easiest year for tourism of all time here in new york city according to officials. the nypd is rolling out a sweeping security effort with concrete blockades, thousands of officers in and out of uniform, canine teams, aviation unit and drones. they remain concerned about the

potential targeting of such a high profile event, given geopolitical tensions and also recent events including we saw, a driver plowed into crowds at a german christmas market earlier this month. this morning, police are urging the public and people, to stay alert. they say the public is the greatest force multiplier, you know the saying, if you see something, say something, and the other thing i will mention, it's set to rain thousands of pounds of confetti at midnight and it's supposed to rain at midnight, but there are a number of rules, no umbrellas along with backpacks, coolers, alcohol, all of those hundreds of thousands of people said to celebrate the new year here, they have to go through counterterrorism checkpoints in order to access this area. stay safe, have fun and stay warm. how are things shaping up?

>> i like how emily said it's going to rain confetti but it's also going to rain. the good news is, if you live basically in the entire west half of the country or southeast, it'll be fairly nice, even going into tomorrow, mainly quiet conditions, it's this area of rain that we will be tracking, working its way east as the day goes on. here's what's happening, the rain and snow centered across the ohio valley, and if you plan to travel we could have a couple of trouble spots specifically chicago, cincinnati, pittsburgh the system will be on the move, so here comes the rain for parts of the northeast for the second half of the day. unfortunately, this arrives

late into the evening hours and it'll stick around even as we get closer to midnight. notice the snow showers that are left behind tomorrow, for the first day of the year. but most of the rain has exits we will see the lake effect snow happening. here's the ball drop forecast. we've got good news and bad news, yes, there's rain but the good news is most of the heavy rain will be out of the picture so lighter showers, maybe moderate rain working through but at least it's not the downpours that you can see ahead of that. it'll still be rainy, though, and we will also see temperatures, 51. we've seen much colder forecast for time square and 51 degrees, not bad, so temperatures will stay miles. the rest of the country looks really good. it'll be cold across the northern plains and parts of the midwest and even cool by standards for the southeast and the south, we will see another storm system out west that gears up for the first day of 2025 of plenty of sunshine along the gulf coast.

that's where i would go. >> fire up the private jet, is that what we are doing? >> i'm a commercial kind of gal. let's switch back to politics, donald trump is backing mike johnson's bid for another term as house speaker. he made the endorsement yesterday at the end of a long and rather rambling post on social media, johnson faces a reelection vote for speaker this coming friday. he can only afford to lose one republican vote given the gop's razor thin majority in the house. thomas massey said that he would not vote for johnson. yesterday he double down on the stance on social media writing this, i respected support president trump, but his endorsement of mike johnson is going to work out about as well as his endorsement of speaker paul ryan. two other house republicans andy biggs of arizona and victoria sparks of, have not committed to supporting johnson

despite trump's endorsement. elon musk has appeared to not leave president-elect trump side since the election and it may be because they are basically neighbors, the new york times reports that must has in fact rented a cottage on the property of mar-a-lago according to two people with knowledge of the ranger. musk reportedly movement of the college around election day. which has allowed him to maintain easy access to the president-elect. he has dropped in on high profile dinners at mar-a-lago and attended meetings with world leaders with trump, also, there are more reports surfacing that musk may be wearing out his welcome with trump. according to the media, sources close to the transition team spoke on the condition of anonymity saying trump has showed signs of frustration with musk adding that he's becoming weary of musk and his

omnipresence. musk of course recently sparked a war online with maga loyalists over h1b visas for foreign workers. trump publicly sided with musk telling the new york post that he does support the abuses. and now trump's chief of staff susie wiles, has ordered all administration pics and transition staff to stop posting on social media without prior approval from the incoming white house counsel. that's according to a memo obtained by the post. reports of trump world growing frustration with musk surfaced after the election when the billionaire became a constant fixture at mar-a-lago reportedly sitting in on meetings and calls with world leaders. the ban on social media post, does that apply to musk? and secondly, trump posted a strange post over the weekend

that many interpreted as a private message intended for musk that he inadvertently sent out wide asking him to come to mar-a-lago for new year's eve. the trump transition team declined to comment as to what exactly trump meant. that is a relationship we will be watching in the weeks ahead. services to honor the late president jimmy carter are now set and they will begin this saturday. ceremonies are scheduled in his home state of georgia as well as in washington dc where a state funeral will take place on january ninth mac. kelly, good to see you. what more are you learning about these events as the nation prepares to say it's final farewell to its 39th president? >> good morning, jonathan, happy new year to you. this is a time when a series of events are meant to highlight the life of jimmy carter and to do it in ways big and small, for dignitaries, and for citizens, and this is part of

the tradition and the ritual and after you hear about the contemporary politics of the moment that you were just discussing, it gives us a chance to look at the bigger sweep of history, when it comes to our former president and recounting what they meant to the country and that is certainly true with jimmy carter, most notably because living 100 years, his time in office is a part of history. it's not as contemporary for many americans who didn't remember it, have only come to learn about him as a post- president. it begins in the area of his hometown, his beloved plains, georgia, and he will leave his hometown traveling to atlanta. he was governor of georgia, so there will be a stop at the georgia capital, and then what has been his political and humanitarian space, the carter

center, he will lie in repose there for a few days. that will be very important for the people of georgia, who want to show their respects. the carter family has said please come in line the motorcade route and for the lying in repose, there will be an opportunity for the public to pass by the casket to acknowledge the former president and to be a part of this public morning, then of course, coming to washington, that will take place on january seven >>, and their building in time for a couple of things here. obviously we have the holiday, we have the certification that's required for the next president on january 6th, so the formal events in washington began on the 7th and the former president will lie in state at the capitol rotunda, that was approved by both chambers of congress, and there will be a former -- formal state funeral on the 9th, that's actual the

national day of mourning, so all federal offices will be closed and it's an opportunity to reflect on his life and as a national family, come together and honor this man. he will then go from washington, the family will travel on what will look like air force one but for these purposes, they will call it special air mission 39, 39 denoting his rank in the order of presidents, the 39th president. they will return to georgia, there will be a private family service at his home church and then in internment on what has been the family home. president carter and the late mrs. carter, they have deeded their home to the national parks service, and there will be a burial there next to rosalyn, his wife of 77 years who died last year, and at a point in the near future, it'll be possible for the public to pay their respects in public

there. at the grounds of what has been the carter family home since the 1960s. so we have days of different kinds of ceremonies and rituals, and all that meant to cap the life of a man who served the country as a young naval officer, graduate of the academy, the annapolis academy, and serving in the navy and then of course public life and as we talked so much in the last couple of days about all of the humanitarian service and influence that he also generated in the years since he left this place here at the white house. >> a remarkable life dedicated to service. we will have coverage of all of those events right here on msnbc. kelly o'donnell, thank you and happy new year to you. coming up, president biden , you can see this live shot as he's getting set to leave st. croix in the virgin islands and head back to washington.

we will have a look at what the outgoing president hopes to accomplish in his final days in the oval office. bringing you the latest on the deadly south korean plane crash that killed 179 people. we will tell you how u.s. investigators are helping to determine the possible cause. we will be right back. right ba.

we continue to see live shots here, president biden taking his time departing st. croix, wrapping up his holiday

vacation. he had been in the u.s. virgin islands the last few days. now he heads back to washington with a busy final three weeks on the horizon. one of his goals will be to highlight his administration's accomplishments as he transitions to life as a private citizen. >> president biden will soon return to washington where he will help leave tributes to former president jimmy carter, all of this coming at a time when president biden has stepped up efforts to try to shape his own legacy in office. >> when biden ended his candidacy this summer, democrats were quick to cast his presidency in historic terms. >> a legacy among the most important impactful effective presidents in our entire nation's history. >> we owe him a great debt of gratitude. >> in one term as president, he has already surpassed the legacy of most presidents, who

served two terms in office. >> since kamala harris's defeat in november, the work of shaping biden's legacy is largely falling to biden himself. the president, making a major address touting his economic record. >> and sidestepping traditional media to defend his record but also acknowledging the steps. >> i think the one thing i should have spent more time talking about his these things are going to take time to be put in place. >> biden putting a spotlight on foreign-policy with new aid for ukraine and continued efforts to reach a cease-fire and hostage deal in gaza. >> i think with the grace of god and the goodwill.

>> biden will make one final overseas trip meeting with italian government leaders in rome and with pope francis, at the vatican. his closing weeks as president are a faint echo of how he ended his eight years as vice president with an emotional tribute in the u.s. senate. >> he's a good and decent man, god-fearing and kind. a devoted father and husband and a genuine patriot who puts our country before himself. >> and president obama presenting the nations highest civilian honor. >> all of this makes him i believe, the fight is vice president we have ever seen and i also think he has been a line of american history. >> now, some democrats appear to be eager to move on from the one term president. >> we have to turn our party around, we have to do it quickly. >> despite achievements like the bipartisan infrastructure law along with new gun safety measures and support for ukraine, the verdict of history may be shaped by the verdict from voters in november. >> joe biden from the very beginning, made the measuring stick for this administration,

for whatever reason, donald trump is coming back. future generations are going to have to start with that. >> biden's first election was 54 years ago, now, after two years as a county councilman, 36 years as a u.s. senate or, eight years as vice president and four years as president, biden prepares to begin his next chapter as private citizen. >> our work continues. we get up, we keep going, we keep the faith. i know i will and i know you will. >> perhaps biden's best chance to shape his legacy will be with the traditional presidential farewell address, a senior official tells me biden will use that address not to talk about his four years in office but the progress he seen in this country during the course of this half-century in elected office. coming up, u.s. teams are getting involved in the

investigation into south korea's deadly plane crash that killed 179 people on sunday. we will bring you the latest from south korea when we come right back. right back

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included, for only $15 a month. in south korea this morning, officials are still working to identify the 179 people killed after an airliner crashed into a wall and burst into flames while he tried to

land. u.s. investigators are helping teams determine possible causes. steve patterson has the latest from south korea. >> today, u.s. investigators at the scene of one of south korea's worst air disasters. the country in morning, grieving families refusing to leave muan international airport, desperate for answers on why their loved ones are gone. days ago, this jeju air flight skidded down a runway and erupted into flames as it collided with a wall, killing 179 passengers and crew. to flight attendants at the back of the plane. there are reports of another flight turning back after takeoff on monday due to reports of an issue with its landing gear.

authorities promising an investigation into the aircraft model with more than 100 operating in the country. the airport filled with emergency tents, families waiting for the return of their loved ones remains. >> people do not want to leave their family members, this is part of the agonizing identification process that could take days, weeks, even months. >> we spoke to, lost his aunt and uncle in the crash. he thinks the government should be working faster to identify bodies and provide families with more information. officials say only five victims are yet to be officially identified. experts are looking to deploy that black boxes for answers. until then, for many families, the agonizing weight will continue. >> truly heartbreaking.

meanwhile, cases of the norovirus a highly contagious stomach bug are on the rise across parts of the united states. recent data from the cdc shows there were nearly 100 cases reported earlier this month, up from 69 recorded in november. >> this morning a holiday health warning has cases of the norovirus search. >> narrowed a virus decided to be our last christmas gift. >> new data shows an increase in outbreaks with 91 reported in the first week of december across 14 states, more than double the number for the same week over the past three years. >> any reason why we are seeing this rise? >> all of the traveling we are doing, that's causing the increases the highly contagious virus can cause days of vomiting, gastrointestinal problems and fever. i promise you, you do not want this. >> the recent rise comes as multiple states reported new

infections in december. in minnesota, the number of outbreaks are twice what they usually see. california officials also investigating an outbreak involving 80 people who became ill after eating raw oysters at a los angeles food festival. and on three different cruise ships, operated by holland america and rinses cruises, more than 300 passengers contracted the virus. norovirus can be spread through direct contact with an infected person, touching contaminated surfaces are eating contaminated foods. now, with millions expected to gather for new year's eve celebrations, health experts say it's important to take precautions, wash produce thoroughly, don't share utensils, and don't rely on hand sanitizer . >> we all have this around the house, hand sanitizer, this does not work well for norovirus. you need to wash your hands, that 22nd that we all talk about. we will take a closer look at the life and legacy of

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the bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices. god gives us the capacity for

choice. we can choose to alleviate suffering, we can choose to work together for peace. we can make these changes, and we must. >> that was former president jimmy carter accepting the nobel peace prize in norway into ashman 2002. at the time he was the third usp president to win the award as he was recognized for his decades of work advancing human rights around the globe. let's bring in douglas brinkley, he's the author of the book, the unfinished presidency, jimmy carter's journey to the nobel peace prize and he also penned a piece in the new york times with this headline, and his reading life, jimmy carter favored anything but politics. and also with us for this conversation, pulitzer prize-

winning author doris kearns goodwin. thank you so much, both of you, for being with us. doug, i'll start with you. you obviously have written extensively about president carter. what have you found yourself dwelling on these last couple of days since his passing? >> well president trump is looking to dismantle a lot of what jimmy carter did . carter came in very worried about the hopscotch nature of our schools and he really wanted a department of education to kind of streamline national education. we are looking at cuts, deep ones in the trump administration, fema was jimmy carter's, department of energy, but jimmy carter saved over 100 million acres of wilderness, he tripled our wilderness system and doubled our national park system and under drill baby drill, they are looking to cut

into the public lands for oil and gas. so you are seeing some and then the panama canal, which is front and center now, what donald trump is talking about, you are going to see carter's legacy on trial in a real way, come january. >> dolores, let's get you to spend a moment talking about how faith impacted the former president's life, and one that played such a central role in his post-presidency up until well into his 90s, still teaching sunday school. >> you know the one thing he said that i think was so important, he said his faith compelled him to do whatever he could whenever he could, for as long as he could, to make a difference in people's lives. he said he had one life to live and one chance to do something,

to count for something and i think that is what kept him going through all the difficulties. it was so hard for him when he lost the second election in fact he was honest about it and said i cannot tell a lie, i promise you, this really hurts but somehow he was able, weeks later in his farewell address to say, i'm laying down the burdens of the presidency but, i'm taking up the even more superior title of citizen and boy, as citizen, as doug knows from all the great work you son, he accomplished in 43 years, an impossible amount of goals, being able to eradicate diseases around the world, the nobel peace prize for what he had done before and carrying on the work of human rights and foreign policy, monitoring elections, writing 32 books, i don't know how he did it when he woke up every day, how he had the discipline to do all that and somehow i think faith was a big part of that. boy those 43 years are spectacular second term to the presidency that he wished that he had won. >> let's go to that id -- idea. the shorthand on carter is perhaps the most successful ex- president but an underwhelming

time in office but there seems to be a little bit of a revisiting of his term. what do you think, how will those four years eventually be remembered by future historians? >> without the presidency, there is no post-presidency meeting when he left office as dolores said, he was known around the world in 1981, she called brother and more, and wsdot, that was carter started saying, i've got to now continue to fight for middle east peace, he tried very hard, he actually went with him to gaza to see arafat, two different nights in a row and then meet with simone perez and he was trying to do a new kind of palestine that never worked, it eluded him as it did bill clinton, but anything he did or accomplished as x presidency,

it rooted in his presidency. much of ee and fair elections all around the world because the world trusted jimmy carter. you are going to see a lot of world leaders coming to pay their respects to carter along with old-time friends like andy young, who still with us and ted turner. >> dolores, talk about his 77 year partnership with rosalyn carter, his wife, his closest friend, most trusted advisor and how that, the two of them together, meant so much to the nation. >> you know, i think we often talk about what first ladies do in terms of, she worked on mental health and she had a lot of impact as first lady but most importantly, it is the bond they had together, he

talks about the fact that from the first date he had with her, he knew he wanted to marry her and people have been talking about this incredible letter he wrote to her when he was away saying every minute i think of you and how wonderful you are and then i come home and you're even more wonderful when i see you and i will miss you until i get there, goodbye and i'll talk to you tomorrow. i mean, that kind of love is sustaining and confidence building for president carter. captain through his entire life. i remember when i went down to interview him in 1976 and the two of them were at the house and the house was so simple, so plain, they were so at ease in this little place of planes, they wanted to go back to the place as lyndon johnson said, you want to go back to the place where they know when you are sick and they care when you die and the idea that the two of them were there being able to share their last years with those people of planes, the

other funny thing he said to me speaking about his importance of faith, he said when he was embracing god, when he was born again, he really felt a sense of difference when he was on the elevator, he would race to the top of the elevator and feel upset with the people who would press other numbers when he was going to attend but once god became a part of his life in a deeper way he wanted to embrace them with brotherly love and he felt a sense of what can i do to help them. that is a man for whom his faith was central. how lucky he was to live so long and to learn. i would love to hear from doug, my good friend doug about how he understood in those last couple years of his life that people really did respect and love what he did for his country, not all presidents get that chance. >> dolores, previously mentioned many books that he wrote over the years but your recent piece for the times you delve into his reading habit of the eclectic literary taste that he displayed. he wrote, one day in 1996 while i was in carter's living room and planes, georgia, waiting

for him to emerge for another interview, i perused his shelves with the notable exceptions of books like, there were very few political science volumes. who wants to read about politics, he laughs, i would rather turn to sculpture, poetry or tolstoy or national geographic, anything but politics. talk about that worldview but also, this year where how he was loved around the world? >>'s favorite quote was from, the famous theologian who said the sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world which combines what doris was talking about, faith, but it's a simple world and it's a sad duty, politics. he never liked to be thought of as a politician. it may have been his undoing as president, because by 1977, after the panama kamal treaty divided the party, you have the

ted kennedy liberal wing against carter, you had jackson against carter, john anderson in 1980 ran a third party of the liberal elites against carter, there was no such thing as a carter democrat because carter didn't like the politics but he was good at getting things done because of his micromanaging style and for the writers of that, the south, he loved william faulkner, james dickey, flannery o'connor, his favorite book was let us now praise men with photographs of walker evans which showed traditions in the south during rural poverty and connected to that was a little bit of fdr who lived in the house just down the road from planes. >> presidential historian douglas frankly, thank you, doris is author of the best- selling book and unfinished

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the fbi is now warning professional sports leagues about criminal organizations targeting their athletes. this comes after a wave of recent break-ins to the homes of some high profile players. >> this morning, pro athletes, on alert after a string of high profile burglaries. the fbi now writing in a memo, the crimes are likely driven by south american organized theft groups who conduct surveillance and review security measures of pro players. the homes of multiple nba, and nfl stars including patrick mahomes and travis kelce have been hit over the past few months. dallas mavericks superstar luka

doncic's appears to be the latest victim. according to dallas police, thieves broke into his home while his team played in phoenix last friday. the home has several boarded-up windows and security cameras in place. the dallas pb saying officers responded to a burglary call friday on a walk where he lives. and determined unknown suspects entered the property and took items. according to an internal police report, thieves snatched $30,000 worth of jewelry. the fbi believes the south american groups go after athletes they think have high valued electronics, personal effects and cash. it comes on the heels of a break in at the cincinnati area home of bengals cornerback joe burrow. burrow was on the road for a game in dallas when it happened. thieves also hit the home of milwaukee bucks forward, bobby

porter last month. >> i had a home invasion aides took most of my prized possessions. >> in october, the homes were broken into and then hours of each other. >> it's frustrating, disappointing. >> meanwhile a federal appeals court has upheld a $5 million ruling yesterday in favor of e. jean carroll and her civil case against donald trump. in may, a new york jury found trump liable for sexually abusing carol in the 1990s and then defaming her after she went public with her allegations. trump appealed the verdict, arguing that the judge who oversaw the trial erred in allowing the testimony of two women who claimed they had been sexually accosted by trump and for allowing the infamous access hollywood tape to be play for the jury. let's bring in lisa rubin, happy new year to you. trump of course, much has been

made of his ability to get out of trouble, he's made so many of his legal woes disappear but the e. jean carroll case is one of the ones that has stuck. >> part of the reason it's stuck in particular this verdict, is it concerned statements that trump made about e. jean carroll when he was no longer president. he made the statements about her in october of 2022 on the eve of the deposition in a separate but related case concerning the first time he allegedly defamed her when he was in the white house. if those tweets in october of 2022 that were at issue in this particular jury verdict but the other reason they are sticking is because the evidence here was overwhelming and as the court noted in its ruling yesterday, the stuff that trump

was trying to exclude from the case, he really didn't have a basis to exclude from it. the reason is because where we are talking about sexual assault, a defendant prior conduct can be admitted to show a pattern and hear the court of appeal said the tape as well as the testimony of the two other witnesses, basically established a pattern of what trump would do to women almost identical to if not highly similar to what he did to e. jean carroll, he would take a woman that he had never met before, placed an unwanted kiss or grope on them and attempt to have his way with them, and in all of those cases they said, this was corroborative of what e. jean carroll testified to and perfectly allowable under the federal rules act. >> lisa, president-elect trump also was of course convicted in new york city of the hush money trial, there's been a lot of

delays about sentencing, questioning about what happens next, what is your best theory, if you will, as to where that case will go in the new year? >> that is the big, it's not the 500 million-dollar question because that of course is another lawsuit involving donald trump, that's the case brought by letitia james but it's the question that stumps a lot of people. i think judge merchan is trying to figure out a way to hold trump accountable without vacating the verdict that he believes the verdict was secured in a way that was proper and the jury reached its verdict almost 34 felony counts, properly, but, he's also struggling with, how do i sentence a person who in fewer than 21 days is going to be president again and that is one of the reasons why i still think we are waiting on that opinion from him. >> we will be watching for that. lisa, thank you again. that does it for us on this new year's eve. happy new year's, everyone, let's have a great 2025.

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right now on anna cabera reports, tight security in new york ahead of the celebrations. we take you live to times sque