hello and thank you for joining us. it is 10 a.m. eastern. i m ana cabrera with jose diaz vallart. special breaking news coverage today. for a man with a lengthy and varied history of high stakes court battles, this will be a legal saga unlike anything donald trump has encountered before. the former president has now been federally indicted on seven criminal charges related to his handling of classified documents. nbc news has confirmed one of the charges is related to the espionage act. all eyes now turn to tuesday at 3 p.m. eastern, the day before the former president s 77th birthday when we expect trump to appear in court in miami and unless information is released beforehand, that s also when we expect to get the full detailed list of charges from the special counsel s team. for his part, trump has denied any wrongdoing. they can t stop because it s election interference at the highest level. there s never been anything like what s happened. i m an innocent man. i m a
by hamas. the lead starts right now. three hostages shot and killed today. tragic news, plus, verdict watch at a dc courthouse that any moment we expect the jury will return a verdict, one that could cost and cnn exclusive. the case of the missing classified binder. once in the hands of donald trump, how did this notebook with top secret material on russia just vanish? poof. in the final hours of the trump presidency, and could the information now be in the wrong hands? welcome to the lead. we start this hour with an exclusive from a team of cnn journalists that report a binder containing highly classified intelligence on russia s attempts to in the election, disappeared in the final days of donald trump s presidency. there s many theories of where it might be. and who may have taken it. one theory is from cassidy hutchison. who wrote about mark meadows taking the file in her book. i watched him climb into the limo, noticing the binder tucked under his arm. it s a
[applause] hello, america. hi, girl. i m jimmy the king of late night is off so instead you get the rodney king. good start. too soon, it was 1992, you guys. thank you. i get beat up a lot on the show for always mentioning that i m a former new york city cab driver but i ve had some pretty cool experiences behind the wheel. i once got al pacino, because he got in, and i was like, alpena, and he goes, my god, a white cab driver. what are the odds? i have had a tons of celebs in my taxi although i never drove gutfeld. i never picked up prince harry or meghan markle. although it s worth noting that my high-speed chase happened when i was on foot but the point is the point. growing up i felt bad for being a guy with a c-cup boopies but i wish i had them now i could get a bud light into them. [applause] jimmy. you know, we make fun of mulvaney but the truth is i would rather watch 10 hours of him pretending to be a woman than sit through another second of harry and megan s
and you congressional class will be sworn in republicans will officially take back control of the health of representatives. let us pause and reflect on that for a moment. less than two years after i violent stormed the capitol in attempt to stop biden from becoming president. we ll be back in control of the lower chamber of commerce. many of the republicans returning to congress or joining it for the first time this week supported the big lie that led to that armed insurrection. granted, republicans only have a slim majority in the house. the roadways that some folks initially warned about never actually happened. but it is remarkable that it barely took one election cycle for the gop to regain power at the seat of our government. in the lead up to this year s election, republicans fixing high gas prices and inflation in the influx of microsoft. they grabbed but all of that for months. and offered real solutions for those, an obvious effort to rile up the base and put de
in just two days, 118 congress will be sworn in with republicans in the majority in the house and kevin mccarthy is vowing to fight to become house speaker until the very end. but the question remains. could a group of heart rate lawmakers keep them from reaching the magical number of 219 votes. also one of the most controversial members of the new congress, new york republican george santos said take his seat lying about everything for his family history to his finances. we ll talk to another new yorker, democratic congressman richie torres, with reprising which insulation to make in a crime for candidates to lie. in the new year brings new concerns about a new variant. new covid variant. according to the cdc. it now presents over 40% new cases. well astronauts prior to what we should do to protect our family and ourselves. we bring with you begin with you with some for some breaking news out of new york city. where three police officers were injured in a machete attack