a remarkable turnaround today for the republican leader. mccarthy promised progress, he promised it tuesday and promised it wednesday, promised it thursday. today we finally saw it. even as he failed on his 13th ballot. 15 rebel holdouts today switched their votes in favor of mccarthy, giving him for the first time this whole week more votes than the democratic leader hakeem jeffries, but despite this break in the republican resistance, six hardliners remain and congress people matt gaetz, bob good, andy harris, elle crane andy harris is not one of them. it s a different individual. in any case, the six are keeping mccarthy two votes short of the magic number needing needed to realize his dream of clinching the speaker s gavel. straight to chief congressional correspondent manu raju live on capitol hill. mccarthy won over much of the republican opposition today. he s still short of enough votes to win. how does he get the final two votes he nooesz? right now the top lea
just in, the major move from the supreme court on immigration. the high court keeping title 42 in effect for now. what that means for the surge at the border. shelters full. migrant families forced to sleep in the cold. thousands more in tents, waiting to cross, desperate for food and warmth. coming clean. incoming congressman george santos who lied on his resume. will he face consequences when he gets to washington? inside the fight against medical misinformation and children. what you need to know. and riding it out. the stories of strangers surviving a historic snowstorm and finding time to help while trying to stay warm. it s inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. and good evening. i m tom llamas in for lester tonight. after that holiday deep freeze and deadly historic snowstorm that s still affecting so many americans, it s an airline meltdown that leads our news this evening. southwest airlines again canceling thousands of f
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