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welcome to alex witt reports.begin with the breaking news from the white house as in just moments president den will honor 19 people with the presidential medal of freedom. we expect to see politicians like hillary clinton, athletes magic johnson and lionel messi, actors denzel washington animi kal j. fox, ralph lauren and many more leaders honored for their work. we'll bring you that ceremony as soon as it begins in the white house east room. it should begin shortly as you see how packed it. >>> meantime, we're also monitoring the georgia state funeral for america's 39th president, jimmy carter. that began this morning in america's georgia, former secret service special agents from the carter protective division carried that casket from the medical center to the hearse. the motorcade is taking president carter on his final trip to atlanta. full coverage of an arrival ceremony at the jimmy carter presidential library and service there starting at the 3:00 p.m. hour eastern. >>> but first, former president trump la

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welcome, everyone, to "alex witt reports".is official. 10 days before being inaugurated as president, donald trump will be sentenced in new york for his 34 felony conditions -- convictions in the hush money tropical will include no jail time and no real penalty at all. judge juan merchan dismissed trump's efforts to get the case tossed out altogether saying it would undermine the world of -- rule law. today trump slamming the rolling and merchan himself. give us trump's reaction to this ruling. is there a chance the sentencing date won't go forward? >> reporter: there is a potential chance. there is an appeal that could take place here before the sentencing, of course, trump's legal team has continuously suggested it intends to appeal the verdict that was handed down by that jury unanimously back in may, those 34 felony counts for falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments to stormy daniels to influence the 2016 election. for donald trump here, of course, this january 10th sentencing day, it will happen 10 day

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to alex witt reports.e begin this hour with breaking news on those devastating wildfires in los angeles. right now, crews are making some modest progress in taming those two largest fires, ahead of some strong winds expected to intensify this weekend. the wildfires have killed at least 11 people, with more reported missing. officials say that the palisades fire, the most destructive in the city's history, is now 11% contained. but it is expanding and forcing new evacuations today. a short time ago, los angeles mayor karen bass said she is confident the biden administration will provide any assistance the city needs and warned residents they need to evacuate when ordered to do so. we know that those people who stay behind might not be able to get out, and i think that it's important that people pay attention to that. the good news is, is that the fires have been slowly being contained. we i know that the palisades area is one of the ones that is the most vulnerable for the winds to continue to spike up, and

welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with the breaking news. two american presidents on the brink of history is a major global crisis plays out in the middle east. new video shows a dramatic return in israel as three women there taken hostage by hamas 15 months ago, were freed as part of the new ceasefire deal. this video has been blurred, though to an extent by the idf. joe biden, in the final hours of his presidency, honors the state that catapulted him to the oval office and pays tribute to the life and legacy of doctor martin luther king jr and donald trump in one of his first official acts. paying tribute at arlington national cemetery as the clock ticks down to his presidential inauguration at noon eastern tomorrow. we have reporters in place with the latest on all of these historical developments, both at home and abroad. we're going to begin with nbc's vaughn hillyard, who's joining us from inside the capital one arena, where donald trump will be speaking in just a few hours. so, vaughn, we are already getting a preview of what trump is

welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news, a new dustup between president donald trump and the president of colombia over immigrant repatriation flights. trump just a short time ago announcing tariffs, a travel ban and other retaliatory measures against that country. we'll have more on that in just a moment for you. also breaking today, nbc news reports trump's acting deputy attorney general, emil bove, was in chicago with border czar tom homan to observe dhs enforcement operations. and while new numbers from ice show a reduction in the number of arrests yesterday, the border czar says those are likely to go up. pro-immigration protesters took to the streets of chicago yesterday, and the governor of illinois is promising to uphold sanctuary city laws. >> we know that if. >> they show up with warrants to take people away, that we're going to hand them over. but we also have a law on the. >> books in illinois that. >> says that our local law enforcement will. >> stand up. >> for those. >> law abiding

welcome to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with breaking news on day six of the trump administration. kristi noem is confirmed as the new homeland security secretary with 59 votes for, 34 votes against. and pete hegseth is now sworn in as secretary of defense after a 50 over 50 vote friday night. the tie, broken by vice president jd vance and new reaction to his appointment today from a member of the house armed services committee. >> it's a. >> sad day. >> for our military, for our department of defense. we've never had a less qualified secretary of defense than been pete hegseth. and he's not just unqualified because he has no experience running a large organization, because the last time he ran a nonprofit, he ran it into financial ruin. he's unqualified because he's morally unqualified. >> more breaking news. the mass firing of government agency watchdogs, including inspectors general at the justice department, senator dick durbin, a short time ago said the firings are unlawful and the continuation of pr

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welcome to alex witt reports. >>> have breaking news, 63 million americans under winter alerts including 3 million under a blizzard warning including parts of kansas and nebraska. the kansas city area is seeing multiple reports of thunder snow. icy christians leading to accidents on the road. officials in kansas city are bracing for a potentially record breaking noefl. >> this has the potential to be one of the biggest in kansas city's history but we are prepared. we will be out 24 hours a day until every street is cleared. we ask that people stay off the roads as much as you can. >> maggie vespa is going to join us from kansas city, missouri shortly and give us a bird's eye view of what's happening. >>> meanwhile, let's go to the day's political headlines with tomorrow marking a fraught anniversary on capitol hill. the congress will certify donald trump's victory in the 2024 election. it also marks four years since the january insurection on capitol hill. to date, 1500 defendants have been charged, more than 600 sentenced to prison. >> four out of five people in the last election felt t

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i'm alex witt. we have been watching high drama, bracing for round two after three republican holdouts, appear to have sunk his bid to be speaker of the house, this in just the first round of voting. the defectors being thomas massie, johnson could only lose one vote. massie was a lock at a no. the would be speaker said prior to the vote he is in this for the long haul. let's be clear on this, until a new speaker is elected, the house stands still, essentially. it cannot conduct any other business, including swearing in any of the new members, though interestingly, they are allowed to vote in the vote for speaker of the house. if this is not resolved quickly, though, this could delay monday's certification of donald trump's election victory on the newly voteable date of january 6th. joining us now we have nbc news correspondent sahil kapur on capitol hill, we have senior congressional reporter for "punchbowl news" and an msnbc political contributor, melanie zanona there. republican strategist, forme

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welcome, everyone, to "alex witt reports." we begin this hour with live pictures of the georgia state funeral procession for jimmy carter. of course the 39th president of the united states who died last sunday. he was 100 years old. when the funeral motorcade arrives in atlanta, which should be fairly soon, give it about maybe 15 minutes or so, it will be stopping at the georgia state capitol for a moment of silence. it will then proceed to the carter presidential center for a private service a bit later on this hour. today through monday, or actually early tuesday morning, the former president will lie in repose at the carter presidential center and the public is invited to pay their respects. that will extend until 6:00 a.m. tuesday morning. then on tuesday he will lie in state at the u.s. capitol after of course being transferred to washington, d.c. members of congress will pay their respects. from tuesday night to thursday members of the public can pay their respects in washington. the national funeral service will take pl

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just text witt. >> to 321321. >> now laura coates live weeknights at 11 eastern on cnn. >> closed captioning brought to you by book.com. >> if you or a loved one have mesothelioma, we'll send you a free book to answer questions you may have. call now and we'll come to you. >> 808 two one 4000. >> one of the first things president trump did after returning to the white house was sign a number of executive orders, including one that intends to remove the u.s. from the world health organization. public health experts warn doing so could put american lives at risk. now, a few days later, the president says he may reconsider allowing the u.s. to rejoin the w.h.o. and earlier, i spoke with the former secretary of health and human services, kathleen sebelius. and here's some of our conversation. >> the process of withdrawing from the world health organization takes a year. so we are not out of the world health organization. if i understand it, the executive order puts w.h.o. on notice that the united states intends to withdraw. that's step one. i am delighted to know that he may, within two days of

just text witt to 321321. now. >> the thing about emergency medicine, where you never know what you're going to get. >> you don't see that every day. >> a tier one trauma. now. >> even though you do everything right, you don't always get what you hope for. >> i need help here if you need me, i'll be saving lives. >> the pit. streaming exclusively on max. >> it will be a very busy 24 hours for donald trump. he arrived in washington on saturday to kick off days of inauguration events. he held a special celebration at his golf club, including a fireworks show. there he is with the future first lady. you can see also that there was a cabinet reception and also vice presidential dinner. trump, promising that his inauguration will be, as he put it, beautiful. despite the freezing temperatures forecast for monday. plans are still changing after the ceremony was moved indoors, so crews are having to scramble to make that work. we're now learning that people will be allowed to watch part of trump's motorcade travel to

. >> to alex witt reports on a day of sweeping news both here and overseas. >> we begin in a location that honors those brave americans who made the ultimate sacrifice. >> arlington national cemetery right now, on the eve of his inauguration, president elect trump and vice president elect jd vance will be taking part in a wreath laying ceremony less than 24 hours before he takes the second oath of office, this one as the 47th president of the united states and commander in chief of its armed forces. >> nbc's courtney kube is there for us in arlington. courtney, welcome. what can you tell us about this ceremony? >> yeah, alex, we're waiting for president elect donald trump to arrive here at arlington cemetery. >> he's expected to motorcade over to the tomb of the unknown soldier, where he will lay a wreath. >> of course, alex, this is common for the president elect to make this visit to one of the most solemn places here in washington, dc. >> the tomb of the unknown soldier, where originally from world war one, a soldier whose remains could not be identified was in turn, it's become on

that's going to do it for me on this edition of alex witt reports. we'll be back next saturday and sunday, 1 p.m. eastern time. weekend is next. >> it is official. history will show that today donald j. >> trump, the former and future president of these great united states, became the first american president to hold the title of convicted felon, the first american president, as the new york times reports, to, quote, carry that distinction into the white house. end quote. we are, of course, talking about the long delayed sentencing in donald trump's election interference case last spring. a jury of his peers unanimously found donald trump guilty of 34 felony counts. >> and this morning, in a brief but remarkable hearing, judge juan merchan imposed a sentence of so-called unconditional discharge. >> that means no jail time, no fine, but a sentence that formalizes a place in history for donald trump that no american president has ever gone before, that no american president has ever wanted before a convicted felon. >> for six weeks, while donald trump'

just text witt to 321321. now.obe. >> the making of a legend premieres january 25th on cnn. >> many of president biden's environmental achievements are on the chopping block tonight, as donald trump plans a major rollback of biden's green agenda. listen to trump. >> we're going to be ending the electric car mandate quickly. he wants to get he wants everybody to have an electric heater instead of a gas heater. gas heater is much less expensive. the heat is much better. it's a much better heat. as the expression goes, you don't itch. you know, you can talk about windmills. it's many, many times more expensive than clean natural gas. so we're going to try and have a policy where no windmills are being built. >> let's get some reaction from democratic congresswoman sarah mcbride of delaware. this is her first interview with cnn since officially becoming a member of the house. congratulations. you were just sworn in, congresswoman, tackling climate change was a big part of your campaign platform. so why what do you make

29th, we'll be hosting a lunch at the library where author and comic book editor and colorist rene witte stator. i hope i said that correctly. witter stater. witter stater. renÉ witter. souder. we'll discuss book cloaked crusader george washington comics and pop culture. it's a little different from some of our other topics, but like to add a little bit of spice and variety to hopefully keep you all coming back. so now for tonight's event, i would like to introduce our guest speaker, nathan perl-rosenthal is a historian of the 18th and 19th century atlantic world. he focuses on the political and cultural history of europe and the americas in the age of revolution, with particular attention to the transnational influences that shaped modern national politics. he received his ph.d. in history, columbia university, in 2011 with a dissertation done on. i'm not going to be able to pronounce that word correctly. we're going to say revolutionary organizing with a ph.d. on revolutionary organizing excellence. he is the author of citizen sailors becoming an american in the age of revolution and h

to alex witt reports.eles today, a critical day for fire crews who have made some progress against the area's two biggest

to alex witt reports. we begin with the breaking news on the catastrophic wildfires raging in los angeles today, a critical day for fire crews who have made some progress against the area's two biggest fires and are racing against the arrival of more powerful winds. >> at least 16 people are dead. >> over 100,000 residents under evacuation orders. >> authorities warn the death toll is likely to rise. california governor gavin newsom giving updates on meet the press earlier today, saying he has suspended environmental laws for victims to rebuild their homes and businesses and that it could take nine months to a year before rebuilding can begin. >> yeah, we got 14,000 people working the line right now. >> we doubled the national guard. we have 1680 out there helping on the logistics side. i was just with folks from mexico. >> 73 folks will be leaving some of our hand crews. we've got nine states that are now providing under this emac system support. >> so we've got the resources. >> but we have more importan

just text witt to 321321 now. >> i'm nick watt in pacific palisades, california and this is cnn. >> we're following major breaking news in the middle east. a cease fire and hostage deal between israel and hamas. joining us now, cnn's chief international anchor, christiane amanpour. christiane is with me here in the situation room. you had a chance to speak exclusively to the secretary of state, antony blinken, earlier today about the deal. what was the upshot? >> well, the upshot was we were talking just as the final confirmation was, was about to come through. and the first thing i asked him was, what exactly would it mean on day one? here's what he said. >> first, the firing stops hamas israel stop firing. >> israel pulls back its forces. hostages begin to be released. prisoners come out of israeli jails and go back. and we surge humanitarian assistance to people who so desperately need it. all of that happens during a six week period, but also during that six weeks. we have to negotiate the understandings to get to a permanent cease fire so that israel pulls all of its forces out of ga

next week, so i'll let you know how it looks that's going to do it for me on this edition of alex witt reports. i'll see you again tomorrow at 1 p.m. eastern. up next, the beat weekend. >> immigration has been. >> a challenge for. decades in this country. donald trump's first term faced high. >> migration. >> as did biden's recently completed term, which is why president. biden deported over 270,000. migrants in one year. that was one of the highest. >> which surpassed. >> recent records by not only trump but other presidents. so that's a lawful deportation power, which the most recent president. >> used, in which donald trump. >> used and is. >> using. >> deporting people even at pretty high numbers, is not to say the obvious, not specific to this week of this new administration and doing that alone, to be clear factually, is not a, quote, power grab. i'm saying that. >> as a fact. >> if people who agree with or like the new president. >> find that to be a positive. >> thing, that's fine. >> in politics, we're well aware. >> of all the. >> different reactions people have, but that's.

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to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with the breaking news, of course, and the latest on the devastating wildfires in los angeles today, a critical day for fire crews who have made some progress against the area's two biggest fires and are racing against the arrival of more powerful winds that are expected to last through midweek. at least 16 people are dead, 16 reported still missing, with the death toll likely to rise. over 100,000 residents are under evacuation orders. california governor gavin newsom gave updates on meet the press earlier today, announcing he signed an executive order suspending the state's costly environmental review process for homeowners and businesses seeking to rebuild their properties. the governor also said that he invited president elect trump to visit the state, but has yet to receive any response. newsom added that he took trump's threat to withhold disaster assistance seriously. >> i call for him to come out, take a look for himself. we had support from the president of

welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with the breaking news and the very latest developments on the devastating wildfires in southern california. officials today warning that critical fire weather conditions, including another round of powerful desert winds, are expected to continue through wednesday. at least 16 people are dead as we give you a live look there at malibu, the beachfront. there, 16 more reported missing. authorities are warning the death toll is likely to rise. more than 100,000 residents are under evacuation orders. thousands of firefighters are battling now at least three major blazes. the largest, the palisades fire, remains only 11% contained. and earlier today, california governor gavin newsom signed an executive order removing permit requirements, including the state's costly environmental review process for homeowners and businesses, rebuilding properties damaged by the fires. los angeles officials today said it could take up to a year just to clear the debris to begin the rebuil

he will, speaking of the news conference in florida along side, steve witt costs, he's normally a full release. and boy, now from us spokesman said that trump should make more disciplined and diplomatic statements. and the groups conditions remain the same. an end to israel's will on the strip. those us is our back. i don't want to virginia go, she ation. and then i'd back by the time i get into office, all hell will break out in the middle east and it will not be good for a mouse and it will not be good frankly, for anyone all hell will break up. i don't have to say anymore, but that's what it is. and they should have given them back along that they should have never taken. okay, well for more on this or how some it allied and he directed a sense of assign on global affairs symbols. i'm university and also joins us from as done. a boy donald trump says he weren't restate again, but i am, he says all hell will break counts in the middle east. seems to be a strong statement. but what is the actually mean by that? at the time when is role is a reggie still carrying out her wrist because

and we have jenae henry witt and author herself of her recent book on how communities can design thrivingearning environments that will have net a senior fellow at the american institute excuse me and american enterprise institute just down street. he's been doing work in collecting data on absences. we are going to see some of that dating in it that in a few minutes. couple of housekeeping notes, first after we have the panelist i think a good 15 -- 20 minutes of audience q and a. if you are here we will have microphones around for if you are not here but watching us live please feel free to either e-mail your questions to events at brookings.edu will beat checking that e-mail account. or on x using # disengagement. if you are here you can tweet us if we have internetworking in the room. for second for those you view it here in person but after the panel will have a reception copy of jenny and her back is a book available i think you have a couple authors happy to sign for you but thank you all for coming and going hand off to jenny. [applause] >> why don't you all join me. >> we weren't

to alex witt reports. we begin with feverish preparations for donald trump's inauguration on capitol hill. >> crews are tearing down outdoor fences and dismantling infrastructure that had been put in place for monday's events. >> the transition moved proceedings indoors ahead of bitter cold temperatures expected in the nation's capital. we're going to have details on that for you in just a moment. >> trump will arrive in the d.c. area tonight. >> he is hosting a reception and fireworks at his golf club in virginia. >> also happening now in d.c, the people's march. >> progressive groups expect crowds of up to 50,000 protesting trump's agenda ahead of his inauguration. >> as we're going into the martin luther king jr holiday, i am reminded how every time in american history we have made progress on civil rights, on women's rights, there's been a backlash. >> and the only way we continue that progress going forward is to double down and stay committed. >> a new wall street journal report today says trump will