been $10 trillion. nobody is putting up that money. bytedance for accessing private data through users tiktok account. tiktok is scrambling to regain trust. trojan horse for the chinese communist party. really add costumes. williams christmas soul against the jaguar. i wish it could be christmas everyday. i wish it could be christmas every day. brian: we haven t done much to signify the coming of christmas besides santa, besides the tree. besides the myriad of trees downstairs and virtual celebration that is happening in our studio electronically. christmas just a couple days away according to reports. and santa is getting a little cocky going that circle as if to say i have plenty of time to get it all done. don t worry about me. will: i agree. i find it cocky, especially some of the americans might have trouble flying today. santa cruzsasanta cruzing arouns slay. carley: santa won t have travel issues because he has rudolph to guide him. brian: elf when
4:00 in new york. happy friday. it is a very busy day of news here with the disgraced twice impeached ex-president subpoenaed today, and donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election that he lost. also in the news today, trump ally steve bannon has been sentenced to four months in prison behind bars for his refusal to comply with the subpoena from the january 6th select committee. a member of the committee, democratic congresswoman zoe lofgren will join us in a few moments. we begin with an incredible brand new piece of reporting from the washington post that makes it crystal clear that donald trump keeping government records including classified document at his private residence and members club was nothing short of a serious national security crisis for the united states. the post is reporting this quote some of the classified documents recovered by the fbi from trump s mar-a-lago home and private club included highly sensitive intelligence regarding iran and chi
languages. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening it is a restless night in kyiv after the ukrainian capital came under a barrage of russian missiles that struck across the country earlier today, killing nearly a dozen. officials say at least 84 cruise missiles and 24 drones were used in today s attacks that russia calls an act of revenge after accusing ukraine of being behind the weekend explosion that destroyed parts of a major bridge and critical supply route connecting russia to annexed crimea the russian strikes hitting ukraine s energy infrastructure, plunging many cities into an unsettling darkness president biden condemning russia, saying it destroyed targets with no military purpose the attack comes as vladimir putin faces growing pressure at home to take a harder stand against ukraine, which has made major gains on the battlefield recently tonight we have teams on the ground both inside ukraine and in moscow let s start with cal perr
situation. we re going to have a live report from ukraine. and we ll speak with former ukrainian president on how his country can defend itself. 28 days until the midterm elections and georgia senate candidate herschel walker is getting help from two key republican senators. we ll have a report from georgia. pressure is growing on several city council members to resign after the release of a recording revealing of making racist remarks. we ll talk with with one of the reporters who broke the story. and an attorney at the center of the investigation into former president trump s handling of classified information speaks to federal investigators. and we ll speak with an iranian journalist about the situation in her homeland. why she s calling it iran s berlin wall moment. we begin this hour in ukraine where overnight air raids rang across the country including in kyiv as russia launched another wave of missiles striking multiple cities for a second day in a row. the mayor s
he said he doesn t read the reviews anymore. you know he ll give a good speech. thanks for joining us this morning. cnn newsroom starts right now. good morning everyone. i m john berman. i m be anna golodryga. happening today, debt ceiling deadline. the country is set to hit its borrowing limit as soon as today. the treasury department says extraordinary measures need to be taken for the next few months at least to stave off disaster that could be coming in june. as republicans refuse to budge on demands and democrats refuse to budge on negotiations, the white house is warning of the dire consequences of a default that could have serious, almost unimaginable implications for the u.s. economy and consumers. our reporters are covering every angle of this developing story. chief business correspondent christine romans is here with us right now. what does this mean? what does today mean? today is the day we hit that number, just above $31 trillion number. there are th