Hello from Washington. I'm Chuck Todd,

so I'm Chuck Todd cast.

So I've got a terrific sort of big one of those big previews, post views, however you want to call them and I'll tell

you what I've, why, why I have this going so long. I remember as a kid I loved the old New Year's Eve

nightlines and what they Ted Koppel used to do is bring on three or four smart

people and they literally would go through the year what could happen what's how are we

watching the year it's sort of a what happened in in in the year versus what could

happen the following year and you know I'd say seven times out of ten, they didn't get any of it right, right?

But it was always an interesting conversation and it gave you an idea of how to at least watch the year.

Well, I've got the terrific political unit, Mark Murray, Richard Bowman, Sasha Marquez,

and we basically, we're going to go back

and remind people of 2023.

And I think you yourself will be blown away at everything that happened this year.

What did, what dogs barked and what dogs didn't type of mindset if you will.

But I think it's a it was a more remarkable period than we fully

appreciate because we all are sort of consumed by the new cycle with every day. And then we split up and gave you

and went through 2024 almost sort of, instead of month by month, quarter by quarter. But the reason for that exercise is just to just to sort of frame this conversation a bit of just sort of

you know while we think we have an idea of what's going to happen, well, we're setting up for the big Biden Trump rematch,

there are so many other events and instability moments that may be taking place that are sitting out there as sort of,

boy that could happen and it's not a 0% chance that could happen and it's not a 0% chance whether it's the Taiwan election which I believe

is the most important election in January is not in Iowa it's in Taiwan.

What happens and how Beijing responds and could have an impact and how America responds and you know is this country ready for a third

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