good day from msnbc reports. welcome to alex reports. i m christine romans in for alex today. we begin at a live look at the beautiful snow scene in pittsburgh new hampshire. the big story today, of course, as the countdown to tuesdays first-in-the-nation primary. it is a busy day for republicans as well as democrats making closing arguments for voters. they re nikki haley and donald trump are holding in-person events this weekend and new hampshire while rhonda santas is putting more of his chips on south carolina. from the democratic side, president joe biden is not on the ballot. his supporters are staging a write in campaign. his challengers, congressman dean phillips and author mary and williams are stumping for votes ahead of the states unsanctioned democratic primary. nikki haley s camp just got some good news today. a new polls shows her as a republican favor in new hampshire a head to head general election match with president biden. trump is expected to win the repub
Live starts right now. Laura . Youve got a lot to fix with whats going on in washington. You think i can fix it . Hold on, im the want to fix this . You will not put that on me today. Laura alone can fix it. Well, then you have some very high hopes. Thank you so much, nice to see you as always. And we do have, to her point, there is Breaking News out there as republicans are just now choosing another speaker. The big question is, how long will this one last . Tonight, i am laura coates live. All right everyone, mike johnson, come on down. Youre the next contestant on the next speaker, right . Well, for the fourth time in three weeks, republicans have chosen another speaker designate. Congressman mike johnson was elected with 128 votes. Do the math, thats less than the total, you do realize. And get this, Kevin Mccarthy, who was kicked out of the job three weeks ago, received 43 votes. The next highest tally. Which means its Groundhog Day all over again. Just go ahead and cue up bill mu
as the nation hurdles towards yet another government shutdown. i want to know if new republican house speaker, mike johnson and his lack of experience have what it takes to get a deal done. we are live on capitol hill where today we could learn part of the plan to keep the government open. overnight, strikes israel war on hamas intensifies after another wave of bombings. benjamin netanyahu makes a trip to the gaza border. live in israel with the latest on the 35-day war and the humanitarian crisis growing worse by the minute. later, trump tower of lies. the former first family taking turns testifying in a civil fraud suit. how ivanka trump s repeated claims of, i don t recall, could come back to bite the most indicted one term ex president in u.s. history. all of that and more is coming up. good saturday morning to you all. i m katie phang. we start today with another case of déjà vu on catol hill. this time next week, the government could be shut down. with only six days