The president has expressed full faith and confidence in me. Fit for duty, the White House Doctor releases his assessment of President Biden calling him a healthy, active and robust 81yearold. The one test he didnt have done. And why. More money, more problems, a judge refuses to halt Donald Trumps nearly half billion dollar fraud penalty. Leaving him less than a month to pay the money or secure what he calls an impossible bond. Plus, the largest wildfire in Texas History grossed more than 1 million acres and counting. How people in one town covered in ash are talking about rebuilding. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. We begin on capitol hill where they push Defense Secretary lloyd austin for answers on his failure to disclose his secret hospital stay last month. Nbcs Courtney Kube joins us now. How did the secretary defend himself . Reporter well, he did make the point over and over, that despite his hospitalization, despite his staff nor he notifyi
Good to be with you. Im katy tur. Mitch mcconnell is stepping down as leader of the Republican Party in the senate, a position he has held now for 17 years. What is going to change . Mcconnell has been hugely effective as leader. He single handedly blocked President Obama from filling a Supreme Court seat, refuse to go hold a vote on merrick garland. Coming up with a novel and hugely controversial policy that Supreme Court vacancies cant be filled in election years. A policy he immediately said did not apply when President Trump had the chance to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburgs seat just before november 2020. From the Supreme Court to the federal courts across this country, no Single Person has arguably had a bigger impact, confirming 228 judges in the trump years alone. Almost all young, White Conservative men who will be able to serve for the rest of their lives. In spite of that success with trump, mcconnell has also been seen as one of the last guardrails against maga. Holding firm on uk
hello and welcome to inside politics, i m john king. new information about a january 6th mystery. cnn identifies the man on the receiving end of a nine-second call from the white house switchboard in the middle of the insurrection. plus, john fetterman and the finance question. republican mehmet oz says his senate rival needs to release his medical records. democrat fetterman shows voters his recovery is on track. president biden for closing bethlehem steel. 27 years ago. and i m the one that had a stroke. we begin, though, with florida bracing for hurricane ian. it s already rapidly intensifying. wind speeds have jumped 35 miles per hour in just the last day. it may turn into a category 3 or higher storm in the next 24 hours. people in the tampa area throwing sandbags as the storm churns in the caribbean. lines long to stock up on supplies, and florida governor ron desantis declaring an emergency for the entire state including activating the national guard. carlos suar
But today a powerful moment of unity and silence. [ no audio ] Dianne Feinstein, the longest serving woman in the senate and a champion nor gun control and gender rights dies at the age of 90. The emotional tributes bridge a divided washington. The tension and the impact as any hope of averting a Government Shutdown is looking bleaker by the hour amid republican infighting. A key vote failing in the house today. And breaking in new york the State Of Emergency as torrential rains trigger flash floods, roadways and subways inundated. It is a nightmare for commuters. And the Breaking News for michigan the uaw president called for an additional 7,000 autoworkers to go on strike. Or nbc News Reporters are following all the latest developments and we begin in washington with Rare Displace of raw emotion after the death of legendary senator Dianne Feinstein. Ryan nobles is following this for us. What are you hearing today, ryan . Reporter well, chris, you were right, you described it perfectl
an attempt at a nuanced debate on foreign policy between republican presidential candidates last night in miami, that ultimately may not matter at all, there s a lot to cover from the showdown in miami last night, which was less chaotic with fewer candidates on stage but just like the previous debates, the front-runner was not there and for the most part the other candidates didn t attack the former president who was leading by wide margin miss the polls, they didn t touch him, they didn t talk about the problem of truth versus lies and donald trump. meanwhile, trump s daughter took the stand in new york yesterday in the civil fraud trial against the family s business. we ll go through ivanka trump s testimony. also, the latest on a significant development in the middle east, negotiations are under way to release more hostages being held by hamas. plus, it appears hollywood is ready to get back to work. we ll have an update on the historic actors strike that s been goin