slow start, putting it bluntly, quote, welcome to the seinfeld congress. it is a show about nothing. the vote on congresswoman omar is one of the political squabbles unfolding while the nation ticks a day closer to defaulting on its debts. house speaker kevin mccarthy met with president biden yesterday, but there doesn t appear to have been any progress on the debt limit. the president did strike this optimistic tone while speaking this morning. start treating each other with respect. that s what kevin and i are going to do. not a joke. but a good meeting yesterday. we ll get latest ahead. also this morning, day four of that deadly ice storm across the south. cars are spinning out of control on highways. thousands of flights delayed and canceled. and in texas, nearly half a million people are facing the bone chilling cold without power. it is scary. definitely scary. i can say that. it is very slippery out here. probably one of the worst. we ll get an update from
now. what are you doing? and good morning. thanks, joe. it s 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific i m jose diaz-balart. we begin this hour with breaking news from london where british prime minister liz truss announced a short time ago she is resigning after being in office for 44 days. i recognize, though, given the situation i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. i therefore spoken to his majesty, the king, to notify him that i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. her resignation comes after a series of high profile resignations and revolt by members of her conservative party over her economic plan. truss is by far the shortest serving prime minister in british history. with us now to talk about this from london, nbc news foreign correspondent kelly cobella. reporter: it was a string of issues i guess you could say. problems unforced errors for the prime minister over the past six weeks or so. she said today t
we ve got our correspondents and legal team here standing by with new reaction from some trump allies. also this hour, check out the big board. the markets, wall street reacting pretty well to thats into just out from the fed, and another interest rate hike on the way, to try to get a handle on in place. is this? or will there be more hikes to come? we will talk about all of it. plus an nbc news exclusive debuting here this hour, stacey abrams one-on-one with our blayne alexander, early voting now just days away, in georgia, what she is saying about the state of her race as polls show her falling further behind brian kemp. a lot to get to in the next 60 minutes. i m hallie jackson, along with tom winter, ron allen in new york, and business investigations reporter david enrich is with us, a new book out sefrtds of the damned and care line polici and former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst paul butler. let s get to some of the questions at 3:00 eastern, 12:00 pacifi
if you think being subpoenaed by the january 6th committee was the worst part of donald trump s week, think again. we will walk you through these growing legal troubles and the one that can hurt him the most. plus, we have the highlights and the low lights from last night s georgia senate debate between raphael warnock and herschel walker. including the moment walker tipped off one of the moderators for using a prop. we will tell you all about it. and, later, debunking a new, ridiculous gop math. schools supposedly living out what are boxes for kids who identify as captain dogs. and reese s when colin s been on the stories for months, he is here to turn it on its head. all of that and more is coming up. and a good saturday morning to you, i am katie fang. which is 24 days ago would until the midterms were just got what will likely be our only debate between the candidates in the united states senate race that could determine control of the u.s. senate. last night republ
guards will throw them out. i m the president. [ bleep ] you. i m challenging all of it and the judges we re going to are judges i appointed [ bleep ] you. you re not stealing the election. why was he so sure trump was going to lose? and here s roger stone after january 6th on plans for a pardon for himself and for others who were involved in plotting to overturn the election. talk b about how many i think 132 congressmen voted with trump. that s 132 right there. big or small as you want. it s a way of saying this is so you can t run your switch on two. i m going to deal with movie poster, witch hunt 2 with a big picture of merrick garland. has it been pitched to the president? yes, it has. i believe the president s for it. the obstacles are these lily livered, weak kneed bureaucrats in the white house counsel s office and now they must be crushed because they told the president something that s not true. lily livered, weak kneed. in a statement, stone says he t