coming up this hour, an honor that is long overdue, president biden will award a vietnam veteran with the medal of honor for his incredible bravery almost 60 years ago. we begin with breaking news out of south carolina where just in the last hour disgraced ex-lawyer alex murdaugh was sentenced to spend the rest of his life behind bars. after he was convicted of murdering his wife maggie and youngest son paul in a high profile case that captivated the country. in the murder of your wife, maggie murdaugh, i sentence you for a term of the rest of your natural life. for the murder of paul murdaugh, whom you probably loved so much, i sentence you to prison for murdering him for the rest of your natural life. before he was sentenced, murdaugh addressed the court this morning. i m innocent. i would never under any circumstances hurt my wife maggie and i would never under any circumstances hurt my son paul paul. pretty much all he said. last night in just under three hours
surrounding former president donald trump. why a grand jury could soon hear from former vice president mike pence. also, our exclusive interview with the leaders of three powerful congressional caucuses, the first time the three have sat down for an interview together. we stand in unity together. i think that is the power of the tricaucus, the power of us is being able to stand together, to make change, and to be there to support each other. but first, the breaking news, a second military base used by the u.s. in syria coming under attack today. it is happening just one day after a drone strike killed one american worker and wounded several troops at a different coalition base. intelligence officials believe the drone came from iran. president biden authorized new air strikes in response. joining us now is nbc news chief white house correspondent peter alexander. good morning. tell us about the new attack and what more do we know about iran s role? reporter: yeah, jos
effect there, and although a driving ban has now been lifted, local officials are urging people to stay off the roads, unless they absolutely have to. i m asking people to still be cautious, and if you don t need to drive, please don t. and the winter travel nightmare continues for thousands of americans still stranded in airports across the country. almost every airline in the nation has bounced back from the storm, except southwest airlines. at this hour, southwest has canceled almost 60% of its flights for today. now, giving a new update this afternoon, on when they plan to be running normally again. we re live from l.a.x. with the latest. and the january 6th committee just dropped another batch of interview and deposition transcripts, among them some of the biggest names from trump world, including don jr., kimberly gulfoyle and steven miller. what we re learning from them, coming up. we begin with the chaos still unfolding in airports across the country. with tho
institution. plus, we are just weeks away from the mid-terms, and republicans are feeling the full force of the abortion backlash, and we will take a closer look at the senate race in ohio which republican j.d. vance was supposed to have all sewn up by now. instead, he s losing. we begin tonight across the pond as the world mourns the death of queen elizabeth. today for the first time we heard from the new king of england, king charles iii, pay tribute to his mother paying tribute to his mother and ushering in a new era. as the queen herself did with switch unswerving, devotion, i, too, now solemnly pledge myself, throughout the remaining time god grants me, to uphold the constitutional principles at the heart of our nation, and wherever you may live in the united kingdom or in the realms and territories across the world and whatever may be your background or beliefs, i shall endeavor to serve of you with loyalty, respect and love. earlier in the day the new monarch was
the longtime trump confidant predicting political violence. in washington, jury selection in the trial of the only keepers, facing seditious conspiracy charges. good day. i m andrea mitchell. there will be a brief on the government s plan to assist florida communities bracing for hurricane ian. evacuations are under way. a shift in the storm s direction is now heading towards sarasota and ft. myers, veering away from tampa. we have a new forecast. tell us about this more than change in direction. now that we are 30 to 36 hours from the hurricane force winds coming onshore, every wobble will have impact for one town. some will be better. some the forecast will be worse. first, this is cuba. you can see the eye coming off the coast. look how it cleared out. with the sun angle high in the sky, you can see into the ocean in the center of the storm. the eye clears out. we expect it to infence phi. the latest from the hurricane center. it s pouring in south florida. we are at