alex wagner tonight starts right now with jonathan capehart, in for alex. good evening, jonathan. >>> good evening jason, thank you very much. thank you at-home for joining us tonight. i am jonathan capehart in for alex wagner. we are less than a week of nate from entering a presidential election year. and if i had to choose just one thing the republican front runner said this year, i think we should carry over to the next year, just one thing from 2023 that tells us everything we need to know about the upcoming election, well, it would probably be this. >> under normal circumstances you are promising america tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody. >> except on day one. he's going crazy. except on day one. >> meaning? >> i want to close the border and drill, drill, drill. >> that's not retribution. >> i am going to be -- he says, you are not going to be a dictator, are you? i said, no, no, no, other than day one. >> donald trump telling the world he plans to be a, quote, dictator on day one of his presidency. defenders at the fo

alex wagner spoke with city officials on how to accomplish the impossible.porter: when it opened in 1924, the roosevelt hotel was a luxury destination. as new york city socialites flock to the art deco building, an artist, guy lombardo, made the hotel famous phrase annual rendition of--. >> happy new year everybody, a very happy new year. >> reporter: the roosevelts soon earned the nickname, the grand dam of roosevelt avenue. today, a top new york city health official is calling it the new ellis island. >> welcome to new york city, asylum seekers, arrival center. >> reporter: he led the response to the covid-19 pandemic. now, alongside new york city immigration official, castro, he's dealing with a crisis of a different kind. finding shelter for more than 140,000 migrants who have arrived in new york city in the past year and a half. what exactly is happening here? what is this area? >> some people come into the arrival center, we want to give your place to sit, offer you a meal, make sure your kids are intended to. then you come up here, this is where you r

alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex. now. good evening, alex. for a great show >>> and thanks tuesday you at home for joining me this hour. i want to start off tonight with something out of playboy it's just an article, so do not worry, this is still a family program. in 1990 donald trump did a sit down interview with playbo

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that is all in on this thursday night, alex wagner tonight starts right now with jonathan capehart, and alex, good evening, jonathan. >> good evening jason, thank you very much, thank you for joining us at home tonight. i am jonathan capehart in for alex wagner. we are following big breaking news this evening. the secretary of state, sheena billows, has decided that former president

"alex wagner tonight" starts right now. good evening, alex. good evening, alex. good evening, alex.ex. good evening, alex. good evening, alex. good evening, alex. good evening, alex. good evening, alex. good evening, alex. good evening, alex. good evening, alex. good evening, alex. good evening, alex. good evening, alex. good evening, alex. good evening, alex. says of course it's a functional principle of our democracy nobody is above the law and that applies to presidents, too. this is the ultimate test to you, brett kavanaugh, and how committed you are to that principle. >> that is all in for this wednesday night. alex wagner begins right now. >> i'm waiting for the next kate shaw op-ed.

that is all in on this thursday night, alex wagner tonight starts right now with jonathan capehart, and for alex, good evening, jonathan. >> good evening jason, thank you very much, thank you for joining us at home tonight. i am jonathan capehart in for alex wagner. we are following big breaking news this evening. the secretary of state, sheena billows, has decided that former president trump is ineligible to appear on that state's 2024 republican primary ballot, because he incited an insurrection at the u.s. capitol on january 6th. almost three years ago. with her ruling, they've now become the second state to say that trump is ineligible to appear on the 2024 republican primary ballot. the bell's decision comes a week after the colorado supreme court issued a similar ruling. that ruling is now being appealed by both sides, the nation's highest court. the nine justices of the supreme court are being petition to settle the issue of whether trump is barred from serving as president under section three of the 14th amendment, which bars any candidate from holding the office who engaged in

alex wagner tonight starts right now with jonathan capehart, in for alex.d evening jason, thank you very much. thank you at-home for joining us tonight. i am jonathan capehart in for alex wagner. we are less than a week of nate from entering a presidential election year. and if i had to choose just one thing the republican front runner said this year, i think we should carry over to the next year, just one thing from 2023 that tells us everything we need to know about the upcoming election, well, it would probably be this. >> under normal circumstances you are promising america tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody. >> except on day one. he's going crazy. except on day one. >> meaning? >> i want to e

alex wagner picks up the coverage. >> it's a good point. i'm chris hayes if you don't know. >> that's right. >> it's an important public service announcement. i encourage everybody to watch at 8:00 and 9:00. >>> this is usually ari's hour. who can do it like ari? i wish you a happy holiday. you made it through two hours of a holiday rock block. >> did it. >> i'm sorry we're not in the same studio. have a great, restful, well-deserved holiday. >> enjoy your rock block. >>> i will. thank you all at home for joining me this hour. i'm not ari. i'm alex wagner. this is the beginning of a two-hour rock block thick with news. we begin here. it's a moment that you are forgiven if you don't remember it or if you missed it at the time. a lot happened on this day. at his speech before the insurrection on january 6, president trump had a lot to say about bias on the supreme court. >> you know, look, i'm not happy with the supreme court. they love to rule against me. the supreme court, they rule against me so much. you know why? because the story is, i

that is all in on this thursday, alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex. good evening, alex. once again saying immigrants are poisoning the blood of thi he's well aware of the comparisons to hitler and is doubling down on them, all to the point of your last discussion. >> yes. >> thank you, my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. >>> in 1952 in the middle of the korean war the united steel workers of america threatened to strike. but before they could

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alex wagner tonight starts right now good evening. alex >>> >>> >>> >>> but to be incredibly funny and decent is an entirely different order. really, truly lost someone special today. thank you, my friend. and thanks to you at home this evening. california congressman kevin mccarthy, the shortest, serving speaker of the house in over 140 years is ending his extraordinary 2023 by throwing in the towel. >> now it is time to pursue my passion in a new arena. while i'll be departing the house at the end of this year, i will never, ever give up fighting for this country that i love so much. >> if you blinked, you might have missed mr. mccarthy's 10-month term as the country's highest public elected official, and that's not because it was so short, it was entirely unproductive. mccarthy bargained away basically everything to win the speaker's gavel, and he got nothing in return for it. that is the lesson for people who court the far right, who do the bidding of donald trump, who look the other way. and right now republicans all across the co

that is all in on this thursday, alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex. good evening, alex. once again saying immigrants are poisoning the blood of thi he's well aware of the comparisons to hitler and is doubling down on them, all to the point of your last discussion. >> yes. >> thank you, my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. >>> in 1952 in the middle of the korean war the united steel workers of america threatened to strike. but before they could president truman shocked theco nation wita televised address announcing he was seizing control of the steel plants so as not to interrupt the war effort. within half an hour of that address lawyers for the steel companies had driven to a district court ivjudge's home i washington, d.c. and gotten the judge to set a hearing for the next morning, a hearing as to whether or not a president could actually do that. now, the merits of that case are really interesting. but the reason the steel seizure case matters today is the speed at which it was heard by the supreme court. the issue was so

alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex. now. good evening, alex. for a great show >>> and thanks tuesday you at home for joining me this hour. i want to start off tonight with something out of playboy it's just an article, so do not worry, this is still a family program. in 1990 donald trump did a sit down interview with playboy in which he teased a future in american politics, and there is something he said back then that he all probably should have taken a bit more seriously. it was just a year after the chinese government used a massive amount of military force to violently crack down on pro-democracy student protesters who had been occupying tiananmen square in beijing. the chinese government declared martial law and it massacred hundreds of civilians. and here was donald trump's take on that incident one year later in thet pages of "playboy." when the students poured into tiananmen square,ed the chinese government almost blew it. then they were vicious, they were horrible,y but they put i down with strengthen. that shows you the power of stren

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i'm jonathan, in for alex wagner. we're following big breaking news this evening. maine's secretary of state, sheena, billows has decided that former president trump is ineligible to appear on that state 2024 republican primary ballot. because it was an insurrection at the january six. almost three years ago and with a ruling maine has now become the second state, to say that trump is ineligible to appear on the 2024 republican primary ballot. the decision comes after a week of the colorado supreme court issued a similar ruling. and that ruling is now being appealed by both sides the nation's highest court. the nine justices of the supreme court are being position to settle the issue of whether trump's serving as president, under section three of the 14th amendment which bars and the candidate from holding the office who engaged in insurrection. in a, ruling tonight, secretary of state road, and i quote, i have little trouble concluding that the events of january six, 2021 or an insurrection within the meaning of section three of the 14th amendment. the record esta

alex wagner tonight with the huge news from colorado we started the show with right now begins right now. >> indeed we have that news. we start tonight with the news out of colorado. the state supreme court has ruled that former president donald trump should be removed from the 2024 republican primary ballot. since january 6th there has been plenty of discussion in legal circles and even some excitement about section 3 of the 14th amendment of the constitution which bans insurrectionists and people who have aided insurrectionists from holding office. and there has been a whole lot of interest in whether this section of the amendment might bar donald trump from running for office because of his role in the january 6th insurrection. now, the minnesota state supreme court dismissed the idea. over in michigan the judge ruled that trump could not be taken off that state's ballot. in total 14th amendment suits to disqualify trump have been dismissed in four states. they are pending appeal in two states, and they are pending being heard for the first time in 13 states. and just until two ho

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alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex. >> thank you, my friend. to you at home for joining me this hour. i want to start off tonight with something out of playboy ma

alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex. >>> t starts >> that story is phenol and deeply distressing. we all know how it ends, of course, which is the overturning of roe v. wade in the dobbs decision. nonetheless we will walk through this in this in the same details that seem deeply the -- >> the word feels like they're deceiving the public so that it cannot look like yet, we're waiting around for her to die, now we've got a person, let's go do it. that feels -- >> one of sam elite owes former law clerk's argues case in front of him? a lot of red flags. we're gonna have more on the hour with the other reporter on that story. have a great weekend. today rudy giuliani finally got a taste of accountability. jurors in the defamation case against giuliani awarded former fulton county election workers ruby freeman and shaye moss a staggering $148 million in damages for the lies mr. giuliani spread about them. giuliani has already said he will appeal the ruling. and we will get some expert help on what that means

alex wagner starts goodnight. good evening. alex >>> alex it is tells me that these e legitimate conversations were having with a man who wants to be president. thanks to you at home for joining me this evening. the former president of the united states is a free man. he can go anywhere he chooses and today he chose to attend his civil fraud trial in new york city. >> this is weaponization of justice. this is something nobody can see to this extent, it's called election interference. it's a sad day for our country that a thing like this could take place. i'm sitting in a courthouse instead of being in iowa where i should be. >> again, no one compelled mr. trump to be in that courthouse today. he could've gone to iowa. he has a private plane, he could've gone to both iowa and new york to be wanted to. but donald trump came to new york because he's likes to use his trials as soapbox as for his presidential campaign. and the biggest one of all, the biggest soapbox of all is the federal trial over alleged 2020 election subversion wh

alex wagner tonight starts right now with my dear friend melissa murray, in for alex. good to see you melissa. >> thanks, chris. and thanks to all of you at home at this 9:00 hour. >>> than >> i'm melissa murray in fr alex tonight. and then uses capitol police officer this police officer didn't he would make home he. was slammed against stone column injuring his headed back any watched as rioters wearing make america great again hats listened as he shouted racist slurs at him the actions of the mob on that a traumatized officer blasting gate so much that he still has flask flashbacks. but he still doesn't blame the rioters for what happened that january six he thinks of donald trump himself should be held accountable. >> seeing the timing of events and how things unfolded and to whip up, i mean to feed people incorrect narratives and then to have them come to the city at the time that they're gonna how to certify votes, and then to whip people up and say we're gonna go down pennsylvania avenue and as a president, to use the bully pulpit. >> the election villa jury -- s

alex wagner tonight's starting now. good evening alex. >> yeah. definitely -- the fact that we were talking about who is alone. 150,000 florida republicans i believe have signed on to that ballot. it is just an epically appalling move to try to do this to people across the u.s.. it is a disastrous political decision. they will pay, and pay, and pay as long as they can keep trying to do this. thank you chris. thank you jessica as always. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. anks to you at home the criminat donald trump, the one that was most likely to be completed before the 2024 election, the special counsel jack smith's federal election interference case today, it effectively came to a standstill. it was frozen, or in legal terminology, its deadlines were stayed. two weeks ago the judge in that case, judge tanya chutkan, denied the claim that the entire case would be null and void because of quote, presidential immunity. trump's lawyers immediately appealed that decision and asked judge chutkan to stay the case until the appeals co

i'm jonathan, in for alex wagner. we're following big breaking news this evening. of state, sheena, billows has decided that former president trump is ineligible to appear on that state 2024 republican primary ballot.

alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex. >> thank, you my friend, we have a lot to get to this evening. thank you tom for joining with me tonight. this time of year, four years ago, democrats were preparing to impeach donald trump for withholding aid to ukraine in an attempt to get political dirt on joe biden. the republicans were not surprisingly outraged. but there was one republican congressman in particular who had a very specific reason for opposing trump's impeachment, a reason that he repeated over and over and over. but >> the founding fathers, the founders of this country, warned against single party impeachment. they said it would be bitterly divisive, protect perhaps irreparably divisive for the country. the founders of this country warned us against the single party impeachment, because they feared it would bitterly amber helps irreparably divide our nation. >> the founders of this nation warned against a single party impeachment. you know why? you guys guys know why. they feared it would bitte

alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening,. alex alex >> thank you my friend for essential conversation with a very important voice. thank to you at home for joining us this hour. it is a three bedroom, three bathroom apartment with a living room, dining room, a dining room that allegedly secrets 40 people, i don't know about that, but a library, a gallery, a dining out cove, butlers pantry, a staff room, a kitchen and laundry and unit. it is on the upper east side of manhattan on the corner of madison and 66 street. it is one block from central park. it is currently on the market with an asking price of six point $1 million. this luxury slice of real estate is owned currently by former new york city mayor, rudy giuliani. that property, or the money from that property to be more specific may soon be in the hands of former fulton county election workers -- and sheamus. you likely remember ruby freeman and shaye moss for their incredibly emotional testimony before the house january 6th committee, that is when they described how a

alex wagner tonight begins right now. >> it still astounds me these are legitimate conversations we're having with our livelihoods. >>> thanks to you at home for joining me this evening. the former president of the united states is a free man. he can go anywhere he chooses. today he chose to attend his civil fraud trial in new york city. >> this is weaponization of justice. this is something that nobody's ever seen to this extent. it's called election interference. it's a sad day for our country when things like this can take place. i'm sitting in a courthouse instead of being in iowa where i should be. >> again, no one compelled mr. trump to be in that courthouse today. he could have gone to iowa. he has a private plane. he could have gone to both iowa and new york if he wanted to. but donald trump came to new york because he likes to use his trials as soapboxes for his presidential campaign. and the biggest one of all, the biggest soapbox of them all is the federal trial over alleged 2020 election subversion, which is set to take place in march of next year right as campaign season i

alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex. >> i'm just waiting for the next kate shaw op-ed in the new york times. next kate shaw op-ed in >> she'. >> she is probably better than -- >> beyond. >> thank you. >>> thanks to you at home joining me this hour. >>> in the year 2000, george w. bush became the first president in more than 100 years to win the presidency and lose the popular vote. in 2016, donald trump became the second. now, what made both the two responsible at the expense of the popular vote was the electoral college. but in 2000, it wasn't just that electoral college, it was also the supreme court. the 2000 election came down to the state of florida, the margin between al gore and george bush was 537 votes, a number that remain staggering to this day. and even though al gore has won the popular vote by half 1 million votes, whether those 500 and 3700 votes in florida did or did not get counted would decide the race. and after a flurry of legal challenges and appealed, that decision ended up in the

alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening alex. >>> >> real son oftentimes, someone not andonovski is the part we have to clear. >> i would love to get off without power. >> a sign of the times. thank, you as always. thanks to you at home for joining me this hour. we begin tonight with some breaking news. the new york times has just published a major new report about israeli intelligence failures in that lead up to hamas photos have been attack. according to this new reporting, not yet verified by nbc news, israeli intelligence officials obtained hamas's detailed battle plan for the october 7th attack more than a year ago before the attack took place. cogent from the new york times. israeli officials obtained hamas battle plan for the terrorist attack more than a year before it happened, documents, emails, and interviews show. but israeli military and intelligence about dismissed the plant as aspirational, consider it too difficult for hamas to carry out. the approximately 40-page document, which the israeli autho

that is all in on this thursday, alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex.he air, traumas posted new videos to truth social once again calling immigrants saying that immigrants are poisoning the blood of this country. he is well aware of the comparisons to hitler and is doubling down on them. all to the point of your last discussion. >>

chuck rosenberg, anthony coley, thank you very much for coming to alex wagner tonight. we have a whole lot more ahead tonight, including nikki haley 's trump strategy, the one where she barely acknowledges his existence. can hit elp or win over the republican electorate? but first, israel's be beaten in yahoo faces growing criticism from the families of hostages still being held by hamas. it's one of the many challenges finding a democratic resolution to the conflict ever more elusive. that is next, stay with us. to cholesterol success with leqvio. with a statin, leqvio is proven to lower bad cholesterol by 50% and keep it low with 2 doses a year. common side effects were injection site reaction, joint pain, and chest cold. ask your doctor about twice-yearly leqvio. lower. longer. leqvio® i got this $1,000 camera for only $41 on dealdash. dealdash.com, online auctions since 2009. this playstation 5 sold for only 50 cents. this ipad pro sold for less than $34. and this nintendo switch, sold for less than $20. i got this kitchenaid stand mixer for only $56. i got this bbq

alex wagner tonight starts right now with my dear friend melissa murray, in for alex.elissa. >> thanks, chris. and thanks to all of you at home at this 9:00 hour. >>> than >> i'm melissa murray in fr alex tonight. and then uses capitol police of

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this is alex wagner. >>> >> happy second night of hanukkah you, you are celebrating a mine at home who are celebrating. thanks for joining me this hour. when you think of russian president vladimir putin, you probably think of him riding horseback shirtless or presiding over a large military parade. putin's public appearances are typically loud, highly choreographed displays of masculinity and strength. which is part of what made his announcement today so notable. today putin announced that he will be running for president again. there is no pomp and circumstance, just this video of a clearly staged impromptu moment where soldiers asked putin to run again and he agreed. that quietly puts putin in under contract to lead russia until past 2030. putin is effectively removed russia since 2000, and there's no doubt he will win the upcoming election if you remember the last russian election in 2018, putin had his main predator opposition leader alexei navalny buyer from running. and he won that election with a truly unbelievable 76% of the vote. putin has since put navalny in prison, where h

alex wagner tonight starts right now. >> the fact we're talking about who's alone. 150,000 florida republicans, i believe, have signed onto that ballot. i mean it's just an epically appalling move to try and do this to pregnant people across the u.s. >> repugnant to the vast majority of voters. >> they will pay and pay and pay as long as they keep trying to do thiske to the american publi. thank you, chris, and thank you jessica vulenty as always. today the criminal case against donald trump, the one that was mostru likely to be completed before the 2024 election, special counsel jack smith's federal election interference case, todayec it effectively ca to a standstill. it was frozen or in legal terminology its deadlines were stayed. two weeks ago the judge in that case, judge tanya chutkan denied trump's claim that the entire case be null and void because of, quote, presidential immunity. trump'sty lawyers immediately appealed that decision and asked judge chutkan to stay the case until the appeals court can rule on a question of immunity. well, today judge chutkan granted that request, and s

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account of right-wing conspiracy theorists alex jones on x after users voted for his reinstatement and five years after his initial band. bloomberg's kurt wagnere that was put onto the platform and an audio recording with elon musk plus alex jones, plus others. discusses return. what did you make of it all? kurt: this is what elon musk has been doing since he took over the company. he has been rescinding a lot of these rules and punishments that twitter 1.0 had put out, but welcoming these people back with open arms, giving them a platform by him showing up on that chat with alex jones, kind of bringing his audience along to alex jones rhetoric and message. it is part of elon musk's plan to drastically change what he views as x versus twitter and to reimagine what this company is supposed to look like. ed: as caroline outlined, elon musk today -- elon musk did a poll that asked the user based a bit on this. it is important to remind our audience why alex jones was banned in the first place. kurt: he was banned in 2019 and had been a repeat rules violator under the prior management. he had come out and been attacking members of the media, i thi