his firsthand account of what happened that dark day. plus, we ll take you through the latest testimony released by the january 6 committee. including what the wife of clarence thomas had to say about her texts with the former chief of staff. and we ll take a look at what is ahead for president biden in the new year and his looming decision on whether to run again in 2024. 2024. good morning. welcome to way too early on this monday, january 2nd. happy new year. thank you for starting your day and 2023 with us. the u.s. capitol police chief during the january 6 insurrection is sharing new details about the alleged government failures he says allowed the attack to happen. in a new book that is out tomorrow which has already been reviewed by the washington post, stephen son give his firsthand account. in the book, he writes that top leaders from the fbi, dhs and even the capitol police s own intelligence division were tipped off about the attack weeks before it happened.
international analyst for msnbc news, and the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, happy new year to you all. happy new year to you. happy new year. we have so much to talk about. new year yesterday morning, mika and i went to a new year s day service, and the priest gave a homily on the need to be architects of peace in our daily lives and political discourse, and foreign policy and everything. the harsh path we have taken in our not so new century is elevated, revenge over reconciliation. and reminded us for all of us in attendance, and i love this. it s a good one. he said start by digging two graves. one of them for yourselves. yeah. wow, that really does strike you when you look what s happening in washington over the past 20 years because i really do believe, mika, we live in two americas. one that has seen childhood poverty has dropped to 60 year lows, and teenage pregnancy drop to 70-year lows. it s in the u.s. wo
mitchell reports, house republican leader kevin mccarthy 24 hours from the biggest moment of his political career and still no closer to securing the votes he needs to become the next speaker of the house. also this hour, i will speak to dr. zeke emanuel about a tough holiday flu season along with new concerns about a new strain of covid-19 in the u.s. and we will have a live report from rome as catholics travel to the vatican to pope emeritus benedict during the three days he will lie in state ahead of thursday s funeral mass. good day, i m andrea in mitchell. happy new year, everyone. well, the pressure is on republican leader in this in you year, kevin mccarthy has to win over the hard line house conservatives that he needs to become the next speaker of the house. tomorrow the new congress returns to washington with the speaker vote as the top item on the agenda. but at this hour no one knows how long it s going to take for republicans to secure the majority vote
along with a powerful and heartwarming stadium tradition. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt and good evening i m tom llamas, in for lester tonight we begin with that breaking news on this labor day. the surprise holiday ruling a judge handing former president trump a legal victory, appointing what s called a special master to oversee the documents seized from his home that ruling essentially removing the files from the justice department s possession the move could slow down any further investigation into the former president s handling of classified documents. the doj now has to decide whether it wants to fight that decision and it comes as mr. trump blasts the fbi in his first rally since the search for his part president biden was on the campaign trail today as both ramp up their roles in the final sprint to the midterm elections. kelly o donnell starts us off tonight reporter: tonight the criminal investigation into those classified documents fo
and as you could imagine, a mix of emotions here in this community today. with robb elementary being torn down, the students who went there are now splitting up against several area schools. that will look far different than they did just a few months ago. everyone here tells me that they re on their own timeline when it comes to grief. but they are hopeful that this first day back to class will bring about some real healing. for many in uvalde, summer break was a blur. now this tight knit town is asking how to go back to school. priority number one, helping their 10-year-old daughter who was at the school that day. i want to shelter her but i don t want her to live in fear. so they enrolled her in a private school in uvalde, which they say made immediate safety upgrades for everyone s peace of mind. when you walk into your new school, do you feel safer? yeah. reporter: uvalde public schools promising extra law enforcement will be on hand. along with counselors and