rewarded him with one of the most prestigious committee assignments in this congress. don t tell me this is about consistency. republicans remove congresswoman ilhan omar from the foreign affairs committee. another example of house republicans putting the show ahead of any policy agenda. also tonight, president biden talks policing reform with the congressional black caucus. but there s still almost zero chance of getting enough republican support for anything meaningful. plus, the next presidential campaign is upon us, and nikki haley wants in and other republicans are clearly interested in challenging trump, but don t necessarily want to subject themselves to his school yard bullying just yet. and jordan klepper joins me. he spoke to trump s maga supporters at his recent campaign stop in south carolina. and i m just shaking my head. good evening, everyone. i m michael steele, in tonight for joy reid, and we begin with a very dysfunctional congress and its slow and
americans on tiktok tiktok ceo grilled on capitol hill lawmakers look to ban the platform. tiktok is a weapon by the chinese communist party to spy on you. first of all disagree with the characterization that is spying and warned of possible mental health impacts for kids. kids your technology is literally leading to death. tonight we ll talk to popular tiktokers about why they log on. i m asking politicians don t take away the community that we have all built and answer your questions. what data elements are being collected. teens are finding ways around all these parental controls. cnn prime time is time up for tiktok. good evening. i m abby phillip. it s one of the most popular social media apps on the planet , and it is also one of the most controversial a billion monthly active users over 150 million right here in the united states. they shoot and they share videos on tiktok for fun or they watch them and others earn entire incomes through it. so many of the nations were
america s second largest city slammed by flash floods and bracing for more. the justice department documents found into a private office once used by joe biden. and a huge celebration in the streets of georgia as the bulldogs go back to back in the college football championship. here we go. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. good morning, everyone. right now, 90% of the population of california under flood watch. america s second largest city is slammed by a relentless storm. flash flooding, mudslides, wind damage all across central and southern california. this is video just in from santa clarita. firefighters pulling a person out of that car as water rushes around them. there are scenes like these all over the los angeles area. roads now closed. firefighters rescuing people caught in these flash floods. santa barbara county alone responding to some 200 calls like this. in some cases it s better to leave the car home
Phase of this war on ukraine. Just today, President Putin has made overt Nuclear Threats against europe. I talk with the president of finland, who knows putin well. I also sat down with the president of south korea to ask about the threat from his neighbor to the north, who just declared itself a nuclear state. Also, hijabs burned, protests rage and chants of death to the dictator ring out in iran after a woman dies in Police Custody there. What will come of the demonstrations . I will ask an expert. But first, heres my take. Lets not play down what has happened this week. The leader of the Worlds Largest Nuclear Power publicly threatened to use Nuclear Weapons. In an address in moscow on wednesday, vladamir putin declared that russia would use all Weapons Systems available to us to defend the country. He emphasized it. This is not a bluff. It might be. Putins threat is an addon of traditional soviet doctrine. Now they contemplate scenarios which it could use Nuclear Weapons. But putin
president trump responding to the panel s findings, specifically where they say he is to blame for the deadly riot. also this hour, if you re trying to travel for the holidays, pack your patience, as they say. we re tracking a massive winter storm blankets much of the midwest, and the east coast. bitter cold temperatures bringing snow and ice to millions of americans. thousands of flights canceled. and at least a million people are without power. plus, a growing humanitarian crisis at the border with mexico. migrants being turned away from shelters as temperatures plunge in texas. a report from el paso coming up. we start this hour with the latest revelations from the january 6th select committee s final report. joining me now are nbc news congressional correspondent judy tsirkin, danny cevallos, criminal defense attorney and msnbc legal analyst and mel harvin, former chief of homeland security, and intelligence for the district of columbia. thank you all for joining us.