youtube. the great andrea mitchell is here with more news right now. and right now on andrea mitchell reports the republican fight ramps up in new hampshire. i do want to talk about nikki, that she s not great, she s not tough enough to deal with these people. i ll tell you that, she s not tough enough. we can t have a country in disarray and a world on fire and go through four more years of chaos. we won t survive. while president biden focuses on the border and meeting with top lawmakers. this hour, mark warner joins me with a preview. plus, new intrigue surrounding defense secretary lloyd austin s hospitalization as his 911 call is made public. can i ask the ambulance not show up with lights and sirens? we re trying to remain a little subtle. plus, as deadly strikes stretch from gaza and lebanon, iraq and yemen, i ll speak to an israeli woman about the joy of being reunited with a family member and the pain of having another one coverage from a hostage. b
sandra: a short time from now the white house is set to hold its first on camera briefing since former president trump s victory in iowa, the landslide victory in iowa on monday night. that historic win brings him one step closer to a rematch against president biden. and vice president kamala harris has this thought about all of it. i am scared as heck which is why i m travelling our country. we have done a lot of good work, we need to let people know who brung it to em. and so we have to do that. sandra: ok. hello and welcome, everyone, sandra smith in new york. john, great to be with you. john: good to be with you as well, what is she scared of heck of. i m john roberts in washington. this is america reports . as president biden works to improve his campaign message, his son s legal message only adding to his re-election headaches. prosecutors found traces of cocaine on a pouch hunter biden used to store his gun. sandra: he s trying to dismiss the charges filed
tonight, the uk appears to be on the brink of taking military action with the us against houthi rebels who ve been attacking ships in the red sea. could parliament be recalled to discuss any uk military response? tonight we ll guide you step by step through this latest international crisis with our defence editor mark urban and our political editor nick watt. also tonight. breathtaking testimony from a fraud investigator employed by the post office to examine shortfalls at branches across the country his evidence helped wrongly convict multiple subpostmasters he investigated this ex branch manager who was suspended by the post office after shortfalls and fraud accusations. you have been told there was a growing body of cases and that in itself was not sufficient for you the question the reliability of the horizon system. because i am not technically minded. i would expect that to come from people above. shazia saddiq was with us last night and is back tonight. she was at th
what comes next for israel? we re going to discuss with a former member of the knesset. the true story behind the ousting apartments first black president. spoiler alert, it wasn t about plagiarism. we will discuss the conservative effort to get claudine gay removed. another hour of velshi begins right now. good morning it is sunday, january the 7th. it is orthodox christmas. i m ali velshi. if you paid any attention at all to the u.s. jobs report at any point over the next three years, there s a good chance you heard the phrase, better than expected. you probably heard it again over the past few days, following the latest report for december. 216,000 net new jobs were created. much better than expected, per cnbc. in the old days, we d say than 150,000 or more jobs created in one month was good. there are now one point 42 open positions for every job seeker in america. while every available job is not matched to every available job seeker, mathematically, america has more j
draining their bank accounts. for some victims it s fatal. one mother who fought to convince police her son s death was no accidental overdose. those images of unruly passengers on planes. today, the flight attendants on the steps of the capitol. what they re demanding congress do about it. the growing scam involving ai. how criminals can impersonate you or a loved one and cash in. and on this vietnam veterans day, , haarry smiith on a a journey home more than 50 years in the making. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome, everyone. we begin with developing news out of the vatican tonight surrounding the health of pope francis. just days before the start of holy week observances, the 86-year-old leader of the roman catholic church is in a hospital in rome tonight after suffering breathing difficulties in recent days. tonight the vatican reports pope francis is being treated for a respiratory infection and will remain hospit