convinced this kind of crisis can be avoided again down the road. senator kirsten gillibrand live on capitol hill. in just a minute. also this hour, new details in pennsylvania, one candidate pulling in big money since election day. while the count continues on the gop senate race. and new reporting from team nbc on the fallout on that. look at this, more on wall street, the dow pretty flat. the economy is headed towards the r word recession. here in the next hour, the head of the economic council live from the white house. i m hallie jackson in washington. we ll start in washington with the latest over the crisis on infant formula. let s bring in kristen welker and sala kapur. sala, let me start with you, about the recall that has led to the shortage talk about the response from lawmakers because some of them did not seem satisfied with the answers he gave. reporter: no, some certainly weren t, halle, the commissioner in the hot seat with the growing response abo
shelling on critical infrastructure. we ll bring you the very latest from kyiv. and ahead of a major hearing on title 42, we ll bring you a live report from the u.s. southern border in texas. right now, out west, over 20 homes are feared to be destroyed. evacuation orders are now in effect as a wind-driven wildfire rages in southern california. we begin with breaking news from the white house moments ago. president biden addressed the global summit on covid where he marked the 1 million lives lost here in the u.s. due to the pandemic. the president signed a proclamation order flags to be flown at half-staff to honor all the lives lost. biden called on congress to pass emergency funding to help protect more americans. that s why i continue to call on congress here at home to take the urgent action to provide emergency covid-19 funding that is vital to protect americans, to make sure that we maintain our supplies of covid-19 tests, treatments. right now, 45 states are
Sentence. How did Danielo Cavalcante manage to escape from prison. And welcome to a special second hour of jose diazbalart reports. We begin this hour with the big week ahead in georgia, the clock is ticking for the final seven defendants in the wide ranging election interference case to enter their pleas or get ready to appear for their arraignment on wednesday. Joining us now nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian, Danny Cevallos and veteran prosecutor paul henderson. Ken, where do things stand now as we await that wednesday deadline . Good morning, jose. Obviously the courts closed on this holiday, and we fully expect that all of these defendants will either waive appearance or come in and enter a plea in what is really a formality, this arraignment. The Big Questions looming over this case have to do with scheduling, have to do with whether mark meadows will be successful in his bid to get his particular portion of the case moved to Federal Court. And if he i
hostages as israel releases 39 palestinians brighteners. this second round of exchanges almost did not happen. we will go live to israel for the latest on the emotional reunions, how the fragile truce almost fell apart, and what it means for the next group of hostages expected to be released today. presidential power president biden s role in keeping the israel hamas truce on track and his reaction to the fact that so far no americans have been among the hostages released. could that change today? we will have a live report. later, a critical court date. donald trump could find out tomorrow if a gag order will be reinstated in this new york civil fraud trial as he continues to rail against the judge of a law clerk who is now facing a deluge of threats. all of that and more is coming up. they re good sunday morning to you all. i am katie phang. we begin today s show with the latest breaking news on the israel-hamas war as we enter day three of a negotiated four-day cease-fir
have the emotional reunions as 24 hostages, including 13 israelis, ten thai nationals, and one filipino, have been released as part of a temporary truce between hamas and israel. and more hostages could be set free at any moment. we re going to take a closer look at who s been released, and at the 49 palestinians that were also released as part of the steel. holding out hope. i ll talk to a man waiting to find out if his cousin and his cousins wife will be among the next group of hostages released by hamas. why he wants his loved ones to know this morning. and later, no holiday for donald trump s legal woes. the doj s thanksgiving day court filing spelling out just how dangerous trump s rhetoric can be, and why it s critical a gag order remain in place for the twice impeached, quadruple indicted, wonder of ex president. all of that and more is coming up. and a good saturday morning to you all, i m katie phang. we begin today s coverage with the shaky and temporary truce betwe