The United States is sending more troops to the Middle East as israel continues to pound targets across lebanon, including the capital, beirut. President biden says his team is working to de escalate the crisis, not a strategy that to this point that has been very effective. How concerned should we be of a wider, regional conflagration . Also tonight, labours plans to bolster Uk Investment we will explore whether the chancellor really can find the space for extra government spending. And Coming To America President Zelensky begins a week long tour of the states that will end with his plan to defeat russia. We will see if We Can fix the gremlins with our sound along the way. Welcome to the programme. For 11 months now, Israel And Hezbollah have been locked in an escalating War Of Attrition that many had warned could one Day Lead to all out conflict. Maybe this was the day. The israelis have been pounding targets. The idf says it has hit around 1100 hezbollah positions in Southern Lebano
Jake tapper and we start today with Breaking News and a cnn exclusive for the first time the man and only previously known as Employee Number five. In the Trump Federal classified documents case, is publicly going on the record about what he saw Behind The Scenes at maralago and how he ended up handling boxes of classified documents without even knowing it or having the clearance to do so trump Employee Number five is a man named brian butler he has worked at maralago for 20 years. He wasnt just any regular employee. We should note he handled the car service at trumps florida resort. Often directly making sure that donald trump and all of his belongings were moved from place to place, meaning he saw moments and movements and heard conversations that are now part of special counsel jack smiths indictment of Donald Trumps cnns Kaitlan Collins, Katelyn Polantz, our breaking the story for us and joining us now, Kaitlan Collins, it start with you, so you sat down with butler earlier today.
said we will appeal vigorously. he said they will be going to the supreme court and he believes the government is likely to win its case there but he was asked what would you do if that fails, and if rwanda is allowed to go ahead it could only take a small proportion of those who have arrived already, and he said at that point, well, the policy is open ended, suggesting it could send many more thanjust open ended, suggesting it could send many more than just a few hundred people to rwanda. then there was a very, the most difficult exchange for him, with chris bryant, who was questioning him about various things, various votes and debates that the prime minister had not turned up for, so he asked him about the fact he s not turning up for prime minister s questions this week and next week, and this week he has and next week, and this week he has an engagement with the 75th anniversary of the nhs and next week he will be at a nato summit. chris bryant asking him about this. he
outfront next. where ron desantis and nikki haley are about to take the stage. plus new documents that trump made millions from the chinese government. did it influence trump? and derone asher held with her two toddlers. let s go outfront live from iowa. good evening. and where the stage is set for the back-to-back town halls. in just a few moments, the auditorium will be filled with i wants who plan to vote in the caucuses. many have not made up their mind. just after kaitlan collins conversation with ron desantis at 9:00. it s an important tonight, and tonight is one of the last chances for hallie and desantis to stake their case. about 35 miles northwest of where we are, there s news of another mass shooting at another american school. four students and an administrator injured, a six grader killed after going back to school after the holiday. nikki haley posting, my heart aches for the victims of perry, iowa, and the entire community. ron desantis says the united s
it is good to be back with you for this second hour of chris jansing reports. ahead this hour, the welcome surprise from the december jobs report showing the u.s. labor market closed out 2023 with a bang. plus, former blade runner, oscar pistorius out on parole after serving almost a decade in prison for murdering his girlfriend. how her family is responding. the latest from iowa where that horrific school shooting has rocked the community of perry. new reporting on how the school s principal acted to save his students. and house democrats and their push to get supreme court justice clarence thomas off the key 2024 ballot. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with that new jobs report. nbc senior business report christine roman is with us. give us the big adnes. look, it was a sol i woul - solid end to the year, 216 new jobs in december. they eected the job market to keep slowing because of the fed rate increases, and the job