i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. at a start of a historic week for our country. later this morning donald trump is expected to travel from new jersey to florida where he ll be arraigned tomorrow, set to become the first former president ever to enter a plea in a federal case. but there could be a wrinkle in the proceedings. we ll explain that. this as some of trump s closest former allies are warning the facts are against him. if even half of it is true, then he s toast. it s a pretty it s a very detailed indictment. it s very, very damning. security in miami ramping up ahead of the former president s arrival. we ll have the latest on the massive effort to keep everyone safe. plus a travel nightmare. a fire causing a section of the very crucial interstate 95 to collapse. this is near philadelphia. we ll have a live update on the repairs and the investigation repairs that could take months. later, a miracle in absolutely every sense of the word. four missin
welcome back. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i m ana cabrera in for jose diaz-balart. moments from now, president biden set to leave the white house on his way to pennsylvania where he ll give his first campaign speech of the year. meanwhile, the republican candidates are going all in, in iowa, with just ten days left until the iowa caucuses. overseas, israel outlines its plans for the next stage of the war against hamas as secretary of state antony blinken heads to the region for the fourth time in three months. back at home, a monster winter storm barreling toward the east coast, impacting tens of millions of people. we ll tell you which areas could see up to ten inches of snow. great to have you with us. it s just 11:01 now. we begin this hour with the 2024 race for the white house, and ahead of the third anniversary of the january 6th insurrection at the u.s. capitol, two presidents, past and present, are offering two very different versions for the fu
the combat symptoms and boosts immunity. biovanta really works. it is good to be back with you on this second hour of chris jansing reports. ahead for us, the breaking news in iran. more than 100 killed, after explosions. israel was not behind the attack. growing concerns about american hostages in gaza as israel prepares for many months of war. battle at the border, a whole lot of republicans at the u.s.-mexico line taking aim the president for a growing number of migrant crossings which are slowing down. in the count down to iowa, the ad wars are heating up and it is getting nasty early. the new lines of attack from ron desantis and nikki haley. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with those deadly blasts in iran with nbc s teheran bureau chief ally ali arouzi. reporter: wounded 210 others near a cemetery in iran where a ceremony was being held to mark the 2020 death of country s top commander, in a u.s. drone attack. one bl
here is what we know at this moment. the former president has been federally indicted on seven charges, it s all in connection with trump s handling of classified documents discovered at his mar-a-lago resort in florida last year. sources tell nbc news that those charges include false statements, conspiracy to obstruct and even one charge relating to the espionage act. we also know that trump has been summoned to appear in a miami court this tuesday at 3:00 p.m. along with the special counsel s team. secret service agents are meeting today with trump s team to begin logistics planning. we don t know the specifics of those charges as those are still under seal, but speaking on the today show this morning one of trump s lawyers made clear how the former president plans to respond. he was upset for the country, but in terms of him, he is a fighter and he is going to come out swinging and he will be fine. he will appear in court on tuesday, no doubt. he is not afraid of thi
here are the top stories we re covering this hour. israel says its war effort to eliminate hamas is entering a new phase with the new year. but is it going to reduce civilian casualties as the question has been questioning. this as prime minister netanyahu suffers a major political setback from his country s supreme court. i ll teak to ambassador mark regev and the democratic senator. and in tokyo, a five-man crew of air national guard claimed dead but all 400 on board a wide-body passenger plane escaping safely in just minutes after their plane exploded on the runway. and we ll look at the surge of respiratory illnesses over the holiday season. as flu, covid and rsv give families a rough start to 2024. and good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. israel is starting the new year by launching intense attacks against central and southern gaza, even as the idf begins the process, it says, of bringing the first several thousand of its troops home. that includ