it s continue:in the east, 7:00 a.m. in the west. today americans have been dreading the book end to one of the busiest travel seasons on record that has certainly seen its fair share of headaches for travelers. we re live from atlanta s airport as folks hope to start off the new year the right way. and overseas, russia unleashing a swarm of drone strikes on ukraine, showing no signs of backing down from the strategy of targeting key infrastructure amid the bitter winter cold. we re live in the region with the latest as we approach the one-year mark of russia s invasion. also ahead, the family of the suspect arrested in connection to the killing of those four university of idaho students is addressing that arrest. what the suspect s lawyer and the police chief there are telling nbc news. plus, new chaos on capitol hill with republicans set to take control of the house. how kevin mccarthy s bid for the speaker s gavel just got even more complicated thanks to his very own
suspect from members of the community there? reporter: we are. good morning. we spoke to a washington state university student who says bryan cole brerg was one of his cole burger was one his teaching assistants. we spoke to one who lived on the same campuses as him and said he would make noises that sounded like he was cleaning or using a lot of water. we spoke with a brewery owner in pennsylvania that kohberger frequented when he was living there and attending de sales university. he said that he would make very off putting comments to some of the female staff members and customers. they even had to put notes in their system so that when kohberger s i.d. was scanned it alerted the staff to keep an eye on him because he s, quote, creepy. so what happens next is