between president biden and governors to discuss plans to protect access to abortion. this morning the trial of wnba star brittney griner began in moscow. we ll bring you the very latest. we start this friday morning with the holiday rush. if you hit the road or the skies this weekend you will not be alone. far from it. according to aaa nearly 48 million people are expected to travel 50 miles or more. that s almost at 2019 pre-pandemic levels. if you thought high gas prices would slow down traffic think again. ron allen is talking to drivers in new jersey. good morning. 42 million drivers exec expected to hit the road this weekend. that s a lot of problems potentially. reporter: there they are right over there. a bunch of problems starting over there. new jersey turnpike heading south to philadelphia and beyond. yes. the traffic is already piling up. it is only what? 10:00 in the morning. the worst time is afternoon and gets worse as the day wears on. this is the first su
we should point out nbc news has not yet verified that reporting half what we do have this afternoon is new reaction from a spokesperson for mark meadows. joining me now, luke broad january broadwater, matt miller, and joyce vance. luke, who exactly could be picking up these legal fees for at least it seems a dozen witnesses testifying before the january 6th committee? well, there are two funds that are funding witnesses lawyers. one is the save america pac which is run directly connected to donald trump. the other is the cpac first amendment fund which its director says consults with donald trump and donald trump s allies directly to decide which witnesses it will cover. so these are they offer both free legal advice to the witnesses and then also will pay for their attorneys fees if needed. this came to a head this week when cassidy hutchinson said she had to switch attorneys because she felt only with a new attorney could she be more forthright and testify publicly a
for hallie jackson. we ll start with the affidavit news. joining me justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian and former fbi general counsel senior member of the mueller team and an msnbc legal analyst andrew wisen. thanks for being with us. ken, let s start with what judge is doing. the judge has that redacted version from the doj of the affidavit. what are some scenarios of what could play out next? good afternoon, lindsey. well one scenario is that the justice department convinces the judge that so much of this affidavit needs to be redacted, that there s no point in releasing it. if a judge agrees with that, and he raised that possibility in his written ruling that we could end up here with is meaningless gibberish, if he concludes that he may decide there s no point in releasing it. the second possibility, a judge disagrees with some of the proposed redactions from the justice department and in that case he said he would allow them to appeal but it would be u
justice clarence thomas where he writes, quote, in future cases, we should reconsider all of this court s substantive due process precedents, including griswold, lawrence, and obergefell. he is talking about reconsidering decisions on gay rights and the right to contraception. joining me now inside the growing protests, nbc s julia ainsley. josh letterman is at the white house where the president just spoke and barbara mcquaid former u.s. attorney and msnbc analyst. julia, i ve watched the crowd grow bigger by the minute. what is it like there and what is the mood? what are people telling you? reporter: well, here, chris, if you saw that, what we got from the leak just a few weeks ago would take any steam or pressure off this situation when the final decision came you would be wrong. i was there that day. it is even more fraught today. we re seeing a lot of intense emotions. some women are crying. people who had an abortion and some people who feel directly, personally viol
we re also fixing what s called this has been the bane of driving me crazy when i was out of office the public service loan forgiveness program. this program forgives student loans to encourage those students who had those loans if they go into public service. think of the millions who are. public school teachers, local police officers, workers at local charities, members of the military and the national guard, and so many more. think of the folks who work for federal, state, local, governments keeping essential services going, responding to natural disasters, firefighters and cops, the program is designed so that if you serve in one of these jobs, you will be able to list those, accurately assess whether you do, and make your loan payments for ten years, even if it s not consecutive years your remaining balance will be forgiven. it s a great idea but the program is a mess. so inefficient and complicated too many people give up. think of a service member that defers their