u.s. troops have come under attack 78 times by iranian backed groups. good morning. alexandria: good morning, according to defense department u.s. contractor was killed after a group crashed unmanned ariel vehicle into a building in northeast syria 1:30 local time. once determined it was iranian origin, the war posing group says eight iranian fighters were killed in that action. lloyd austin said the airstrikes were conducted in response to attacks by the group irgc. we will defend our people. no group will strike our troops with impunity. republican congressman matt gates offered this, it is deeply sad to see americans killed and troops killed in syria. this is price of guarding oilfields in other countries. iran continue to stain desert sand with the blood of america s best. since 2021, air kurilla says u.s. troops have come under attacks by iranian backed groups and we will defend our people and respond at time and place of our choosing. we are postured in the face of an
i m lindsay reiser in for yasmin of a soup in. a terrifying attack in new york city. a suspect going after police with a machete. questions about why he did it. and the writing suddenly be tied to him. suspect in the midst of murders for college is not a whole mason be on the move. breaking news from capitol s this as republicans grapple with questions about incoming congressman and alleged serial liar george santos. surprising is from the white house involving a joint appearance for president biden and cinnamon art and leader mitch mcconnell. and donald trump brings in a new year. it starts with the doj investigation of the former president heating up a new revelations about his finances. all of that plus how things are looking for our wallets in the new year. i ll talk to an expert about where the economy is heading in 2023. that discussion ahead. we have some breaking news you want to get to. jess confirmed by nbc news. kevin mccarthy will hold a call today at 4 pm as
hi everyone, it s 4:00 in new york as we come on the air, we are following breaking news. at this hour, one of the disgraced twice impeached ex-president s closest advisers, allen weisselberg is on route to the notorious rikers island. if he hasn t arrived already. he s been sentenced to five months behind bars for executing a tax scheme. he had been facing up to 15 years in prison but struck a deal with prosecutors pleading guilty to 15 felony counts including tax fraud, conspiracy and grand larceny, and agreeing to testify against the trump org, though notably not against the big boss, donald hymn or any of his family. weisselberg who is 75 years old has been with the trump org for 50 years. technically he was the chief financial officer, but cfo doesn t capture how central he is to the trump org and the shady transactions or how complicit he was in the dirty dealings of the ex-president. nobody knows that better than michael cohen who had and has and has shared the receipt
know. we do, indeed. pennsylvania candidate john fetterman suing in court to try to keep thousands of mail-in ballots from not being counted. he wants them counted. we ll explain why. the issue, they were not properly dated. an exclusive cnn interview. house speaker nancy pelosi sitting down for the first time after that attack on her husband paul pelosi in her san francisco home. weighing in whether or not it s going to affect her on political future. we ll get to to that. let s see. 6:00 a.m. polls other in connecticut, kentucky if you re there, living on sirius, have your phone out. new york here good to see you. opening in 30 minutes in ohio and north carolina. ohio, though, democrat tim ryan and trump-backed j.d. vance locked in a senate race. the president said it well. we got to get out there and run up the score on these guys, because we need to win and win big and take our country back. that s why these elections are so important. especially taking on such
mobilization plan. more than 1300 detained. and, how global markets are reacting to get another big interest rate hike by the u.s. federal reserve. lives, from cnn center, this is a cnn newsroom, with rosemary church. thanks for being with us. legal troubles are mounting for former u.s. president donald trump as he faces a new lawsuit and an unprecedented number of investigations. a federal appeals court dealt trump the latest blow, ruling the justice department can resume its criminal investigation, and review of classified documents, seized from his mar-a-lago home during an fbi search. that, coming hours after the new york attorney general announced a sweeping civil lawsuit against trump, three of his children and the trump organization. they are accused of staggering fraud, deceiving lenders by inflating the value of assets. trump reacted swiftly, saying a disclaimer was included on load applications. is basically so subduing institution, you want to loan money, y