and you congressional class will be sworn in republicans will officially take back control of the health of representatives. let us pause and reflect on that for a moment. less than two years after i violent stormed the capitol in attempt to stop biden from becoming president. we ll be back in control of the lower chamber of commerce. many of the republicans returning to congress or joining it for the first time this week supported the big lie that led to that armed insurrection. granted, republicans only have a slim majority in the house. the roadways that some folks initially warned about never actually happened. but it is remarkable that it barely took one election cycle for the gop to regain power at the seat of our government. in the lead up to this year s election, republicans fixing high gas prices and inflation in the influx of microsoft. they grabbed but all of that for months. and offered real solutions for those, an obvious effort to rile up the base and put de
in just two days, 118 congress will be sworn in with republicans in the majority in the house and kevin mccarthy is vowing to fight to become house speaker until the very end. but the question remains. could a group of heart rate lawmakers keep them from reaching the magical number of 219 votes. also one of the most controversial members of the new congress, new york republican george santos said take his seat lying about everything for his family history to his finances. we ll talk to another new yorker, democratic congressman richie torres, with reprising which insulation to make in a crime for candidates to lie. in the new year brings new concerns about a new variant. new covid variant. according to the cdc. it now presents over 40% new cases. well astronauts prior to what we should do to protect our family and ourselves. we bring with you begin with you with some for some breaking news out of new york city. where three police officers were injured in a machete attack
good afternoon. i m yamiche alcindor. back for another hour. and it s not been a good day for donald trump. after fighting it for years, his tax returns are out, and there s a lot to unpack. from the former president s federal tax payments, to the foreign bank accounts held, while he, that he held while in office, the lack of mandatory irs audits, our expert panel is here to comb through it all. and the january 6th committee just dropped another batch of witness transcripts, like yesterday, they contain a lot of familiar trump world names, we ve got the biggest take-aways. and following major breaking news in idaho and the murder case there, a person has been arrested in connection to the killings of four college students. law enforcement officials tell nbc news the 28-year-old was apprehended in pennsylvania. we ve got the details and new year, new covid variants. medical experts are warning of a new infectious strain going through the north east right now. what you ca
parole at the time. originally he was set free without bail. but now is back behind bars. alexis mcadams live in a new newsroom with more on this case, alexis for. it s hard to look at that video for the family right now is hoping that man is going to pull through. he is in critical condition. he s expected to face a judge today here in new york with the victim is still in critical condition while the suspect is back behind bars. according to the board of corrections after outrage the near governor stepped in sync this convicted offender had clearly violated his parole. that person is now in custody. that is at my direction for people of new york need to know that as their governor will stand up to protect them. but he was out of custody police confinement they had to rearrest him. 55-year-old was caught on camera punching cortes in the back of his head last week that he can see the suspect walked up behind the man who is not even paying attention to this guy, puts on g
here, like rebuked this call to redirect money to defund this bill system. incarceration and policingi don it is a real political goal. they are not differing positions, i never said we would take funds from police. directing to the consent decree to hire and promote and train more detectivives and impelements laws on the books, never said i was going to cut the police budget. ashley: here is more on the budget. good morning, later this morning, new chicago mayor brandon johnson will be sworn in with no small task, figure out how to stop crime in the city. brandon johnson will need to learn to support police.