MAJOR GARRETT: In New Jersey, Senator Bob Menendez was hit with new federal charges today, alleging that he used his influence to promote the Middle Eastern nation of Qatar in exchange for gifts, including luxury watches. Menendez is already facing charges for allegedly taking bribes of gold bars among other things, to help Egypt's government. Menéndez has denied the charges and resisted calls…
JOY REID: I do just want to pivot to another thing. Because there's another thing happening, Jelani. There- there is this sort of open war on Black progress, Black history. Um- Claudine Gay, the president of Harvard University, at least up until she resigned, is now the latest casualty of that. Christopher Rufo, who is out there touting and, you know, high fiving and claiming the scalp of…
IONE MOLINARES: Even so, the governor of Ohio did indicate that he will listen to the concerns of those who supported the bill he vetoed and will create some administrative rules with the idea of addressing issues such as the minimum age for surgeries, agency reports about those who are receiving these treatments, etc. But for now, that law is not happening in Ohio.
DANA BASH: Three of the sitting justices were appointed by Donald Trump and in addition to that, justice Clarence Thomas' wife, Ginny, texted with Mark Meadows about the 2020 election in the lead-up to January 6th, as you well know. Should any of the justices recuse themselves if they take this up?
U.S. REP. JAIME RASKIN (D-MD): Well, finally, the Supreme Court has developed what they're…
MARGARET BRENNAN: Absolutely. And, we know in the immediate term, the Biden Administration has been concerned about what this will mean for our politics on the campaign trail. The use of deepfakes or misleading voters. What are the (social media) companies doing to prevent that?
JO-LING KENT: You know, the social media companies are telling me that they're throwing every resource that they have…
DANA BASH: It- it is New Year's Eve. Thank you for getting up early on New Year's Eve. Let's have a little fun and look ahead. We know the obvious things to look for in 2024. One thing, Kate, that we thought was noteworthy was the president, your former boss, was on his way back from vacation this morning and was asked what his new year's resolution was, and he said, “to be back next year”. …
CHARLES COLEMAN, JR.: Are you looking forward, in a way, to the Supreme Court getting involved?
JENA GRISWOLD: I’m looking forward to certainty. My job as Secretary of State is to make sure that Coloradans have great elections. Republicans, Democrats, unaffiliateds alike. And I have to certify who will be on the ballot next week Friday for the presidential primary. So we are really urging the…
JOSH LEDERMAN: NBC News can't verify what this tunnel was used for or when. But Israel is under increasing pressure to prove its allegations about Hamas, especially after its deadly onslaught at Gaza's largest hospital last month. Several independent analyses later raised questions about Israel's claim that Hamas had command and control facilities deep underground.
Showing these tunnels to the…
JERICKA DUNCAN: Tonight, we're learning disturbing new details about the mysterious deaths of a pregnant teenager and her boyfriend. The bodies of 18 year old Savannah Soto and the father of her child were found in a car yesterday afternoon with gunshot wounds. CBS's Christian Benavidez spoke to her mother about the horrifying scene.
GLORIA CORDOVA: I don't want to believe it. She's gone. It…
BRIANNA KEILAR: Are you worried- and this may be a separate issue- that that kind of thing could actually have a chilling effect on judges, on people involved in the legal process, or do you think they just tune it out?
JUDGE LADORIS HAZZARD CORDELL (RET.): Brianna, you have really hit the major issue. I believe -- let me put it this way. Imagine what the U.S. Supreme Court justices would think…