a lot more congressman, pat ryan about, it just ahead. and it won't be long until the russian invasion of ukraine reaches the one year mark. we'll ukraine be able to keep forcing russia back? what do the off-ramps for peace look like now? plus, from abortion rights to protests in iran, some of the biggest and most impactful social movements this year have is often the case been led by women. that's all coming up in the special year end addition of the program, so let's start the show. welcome to the show, what a year it has been. fighting in ukraine, the overturning of roe v. wade, the continuing covid crisis. but of course, the biggest story on the show, was the battle to save american democracy. ahead of the midterms, the issue was front and center, thanks to a series of blockbuster hearings by the january 6th committee. yes, that was this year. and august it embassies are news survey found that registers -- threats to democracy the number one issue facing the country, and of so-called kitchen table issues. still, things looked bleak wh

>> pat ryan and i didn't get commissioned to accomplish mission or take care of our soldiers.re going to do both, walk and chew gum at the same time. we must keep our promises to our allies across the world and make sure that we keep communism at bay. but we also must make sure that we're holding the pentagon accountable to the taxpayers here right now. >> bret: this is the third russian base that has been attacked. we are assuming it's the ukrainian action. and what about that? is there a thought about u.s. weapons going to ukraine being used to attack bases in russia? you guys both okay with that? >> i will certainly say we have had a reputation. no greater friend no more fear some rival or foe. and when our allies are in trouble, we have to come to their defense. that's what we have been doing in ukraine. to great effect. we need to continue to support them. of course, we need to have proper oversight like everything that we do. john and i both served in the longest wars in our country's history. so we are here to both have a strong national security but also to make sure i

and then there was the special election in new york's 19t congressional district democrat pat ryan campaigned o abortion rights, he even released his first ad that highlighted reproductive right minutes after the supreme cour overturned roe pat ryan labelled his campaign as a referendum on abortio rights that strategy worked coupled with that, democrats headed into november wit significant legislativ momentum in congress there was the american rescu plan, and the infrastructure bill there was the sweeping gun reform legislation, the firs in decades the president biden signed thi after roe fell in early august, biden signe the landmark bill protecting veterans who were exposed to toxic burn pits. democrats fought a long battle to get that one past they did it. the same week that president - he also signed the chips and science act, a investment into chip manufacturing that is already started attracting business to u.s. soil. and then there was the inflation reduction act. president biden's massive an signature bill that invested hundreds of billions in climat change and health care fighting in

his first ad that highlighted reproductive rights minutes after the supreme court overturned roe pat ryan labeled his campaign his election victory as a referendum on abortion rights. and that strategy worked coupled with that, democrats headed into november with significant legislative momentum in congress. there was the american rescue plan and the infrastructure bill there was the sweeping gun reform legislation, the first in decades that president biden signed the day after roe fell. in early august biden signed the landmark bill protecting veterans who are exposed to toxic burn pits. democrats fought a long battle to get that one passed and they did it the same week the president also signed the chips and science act, a $52 billion investment in domestic chip manufacturing that's already started attracting international business to u.s. soil. and then there was the inflation reduction act. president biden's massive and signature bill that invested hundreds of billions in climate change and health care, fighting inflation, and setting a corporate minimum tax rate that bill that democr

and pat ryan's rate in new york and he won talking about upstate new york and reproductive rights and goes to your freedom, period, you know. it is almost bigger but we are going to keep talking about and talking about the contrast and hopefully we can do something where we hope the safe havens like illinois is a safe haven state and not a lot of those around us and i know talking to planned parenthood and others, we are overwhelmed of people coming to the state of illinois and welcome them to keep coming, but there might be health-needed resources so that we can make sure that we deal with everyone in a safe way. tina: g.o.p. has put a national ban. do you believe you can stop with the national 15-week ban -- [indiscernible] ms. kelly: i don't think they are going to be successful. you know, thank god for georgia. [laughter] ms. kelly: even if it passessed in the house and i think more moderate republicans have a sense of freedom right now. i don't want to speak for them. but i just don't think that it's going to go anywhere. we have now a majority in the senate and president biden a

let's bring in ceo of co-pilot pat ryan. >> good morning, christine. >> let's talk about used cars.ng at used cars last spring. it was unbelievable how this market was completely upside down. used car prices have been falling. is now the time to be tipping back in there into the used car market? >> it's better than it was, but '23 is shaping up as a much better year for consumers than '22. we're just starting to see the market soften. that bubble popped in the april time frame and in newer cars, nearly new, one to three-year-old cars in the august time frame is when it started to -- air started to come out of that bubble, but it's just starting. it should accelerate in '23. this is a better time than it's been. interest rates with a back door price increase because of payments being higher, it's still early but things are shaping up to be a very big -- much better i should say '23 for consumers when they look at buying cars. >> so if it's an optional car purchase you're talking about here, wait? >> absolutely. you know, we're seeing -- we saw prices for nearly new cars peak in augus

ryan, these 46 new transcripts, people like pat cipollone, bill barr, ivanka trump, how important areink they're very important in the sense that they give us visibility into the white house, and decisions that are being made by trump, his insight, his mindset with respect to winning or losing the election and trying to overturn it. and i also think they show kind of the road map for the justice department. it gives us an dedian indicatio things like ivanka trump turning over text messages. it's good for us as the american public to know that the justice department will have that. and then to see the kinds of questions that the committee asked even if they weren't answered. because they're a powerful committee made up of former federal prosecutors and the like. triangulating time and again. those kinds of questions that they didn't get answers to are the questions that the justice department very well could because people are not able to claim executive privilege when they go in front of the fbi or the grand jury. >> hope hicks presented testimony to the committee. her transcript rele

pat cipollone and the president's own daughter ivanka trump. joining me now with more information is nbc's capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. you are the cop till hill correspondent. talk about how the committee, you know, how you are reading their selection of which transcripts to release and in what order. >> yeah, i don't think there is a real rhyme or reason to it other than that they are trying to get them out as fast as they can and that we have2;g known f the beginning that there was a security protocol that they needed to go through before they released them. they are going through and redacting the names of people that they are concerned may be of some level of a security risk. they are, you know, eliminating any kind of personal identifying information that could lead to identity theft, something along those lines. so that's a process. it appears that once they've scrubbed the transcript with all that material, that they feel comfortable with, they release it. now, there did seem to be a bit of a theme with the first tranche of transcripts they released because that seemed to be everybody that just pled the fifth