with russian forces is continuing in the eastern town of soledar, with a senior defence official saying the situation there was difficult . and, the brit award nominations are out, with a notable absence of women, in the category of artist of the year. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in america where there are now two special counsels investigating whether two us presidents broke the law in their handling of classified records. after a second set of classified documents were found atjoe biden s home, the us attorney general has appointed robert hur to investigate whether any crimes have been committed. former president donald trump is also facing a criminal investigation for taking classified papers to his mar a lago estate. here s our north america editor, sarah smith. after admitting he was keeping classified documents at his delaware home, stored in the garage alongside his vintage sports car, president biden has a lot of explaining to do. classified material
to hit california, the human cost of the floods becomes apparent. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. lisa marie presley, the musician and only daughter of elvis presley, has died in california. the 54 year old singer songwriter is believed to have suffered a cardiac arrest. when she attended the golden globe awards. peter bowes is following events from los angeles. we heard some hours ago that she had been taken to hospital. she lived in the los angeles suburb of calabasas, just on the outskirts of the city, and she was, according to multiple reports, she was found unconscious at her home. paramedics were called and an attempt was made to save her life, to get her heart going again, and we know from priscilla presley, her mother, who put a message into social media a couple of hours ago that she had been taken to hospital and she was asking at that time for people s prayers. but, as i say, we now hear tragically that she has died. the only daughter
much. and that is, indeed, tonight s reidout. all in with chris hayes starts right now. reidout. all good evening from new york. i am ali velshi, in for chris hayes. happy new year to you. we re just hours away from republicans taking control of the house of representatives, and tonight, kevin mccarthy might just be the most nervous man in washington. is mccarthy, he really wants to be speaker of the house. it has been his singular focus in washington for years. and that drive is the reason behind his deal with the devil that he made with donald trump. mccarthy has spent years placating trump, and enabling his worst behavior in exchange for trump s support. and the support of his hard-line allies in congress for his eventual speakership. it s why mccarthy went from saying this, in the days after january 6th the president bears responsibility for wednesday s attack on congress by mob rioters. he should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfo
Doug emhoff is Making History of his own. What is your job . As he redefines an old role for a new generation. Theres this toxicity, this masculine idea of what a man is. A father. Its the kids initials. I just really wanted a reminder of whats important to me. Who with the Vice President is marking many firsts. This is very emotional to be able to do this. Reporter while still trying to make time for each other. Were not each others chief of staff. Were husband and wife. Its the opportunity of a lifetime for the former Entertainment Lawyer who gave up his job to support his wife. Men need to support women. We talk to people in politics and pop culture, and find out what its like to be them. Now being the second gentleman. Whats it like to be The First Second gentleman . Im only The First Second gentleman because the country elected the first woman Vice President , so i look at it really mostly in that lens. Im here because im her husband. Im here to support her. So help me god. Report