constant contact with russia to try to secure griner s release. and donald trump is firing back as author bob woodward is sharing his recorded phone calls with the former president. woodward joins us to break down the trump tapes and take us behind the scenes of their extraordinary conversations. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. this hour, we re counting down to the pivol u.s. senate debate in pennsylvania as well as the bigger midterm battle playing out across the country over the next 14 days. cnn correspondents are out in force in critical swing states. and here in washington covering the fight for control of congress. first, let s go to jeff zeleny in harrisburg, pennsylvania. the senate debate begins two hours or so from now. what do we expect? reporter: wolf, this is the marquee senate debate. when they go head-to-head for just an hour this evening. the first time they ve ev
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
so laura, what happens when a country s leader makes a really bad unpopular decision? well, apparently that depends on the country. because british prime minister liz truss resigning today after only six weeks in office. her economic plan plunged britain into turmoil, and her own conservative party turned against her. you know, in this country the voters decide, but the candidates are nominated by the two major parties of you all know, which of course limits the leadership choices. but tonight, our dueling panels are back, taking on this very topic of how do you solve a problem like, well, unpopular leaders? okay, we are going to set the clock for four minutes, we are huge going to get four minutes and we are going to see which panel can come up with the spice your answers about this. this is not going to be like that show where a horrible ending comes at the end, right? there is no death coming? there is a huge bucket of slime that will fall on one of our heads if
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between president biden and governors to discuss plans to protect access to abortion. this morning the trial of wnba star brittney griner began in moscow. we ll bring you the very latest. we start this friday morning with the holiday rush. if you hit the road or the skies this weekend you will not be alone. far from it. according to aaa nearly 48 million people are expected to travel 50 miles or more. that s almost at 2019 pre-pandemic levels. if you thought high gas prices would slow down traffic think again. ron allen is talking to drivers in new jersey. good morning. 42 million drivers exec expected to hit the road this weekend. that s a lot of problems potentially. reporter: there they are right over there. a bunch of problems starting over there. new jersey turnpike heading south to philadelphia and beyond. yes. the traffic is already piling up. it is only what? 10:00 in the morning. the worst time is afternoon and gets worse as the day wears on. this is the first su