welcome back. we re following new developments on capitol hill. democrats are headed for a showdown over voting rights, and a new lawsuit just filed seeks to block records from the house select committee investigating the january 6th capital riot. nbc s julie tsirkin joins us now from the hill. yet another lawsuit, this one from donald trump s current spokesman. reporter: yeah, lindsey, we examined this lawsuit filed overnight by taylor budavich, he s suing from obtaining his financial records, from the panel obtaining those records from his bank. he states he already turned over 1,700 pages of documents. he testified for four hours before the committee this week, and he said that the committee doesn t have a right to see those financial records, that they re not needed. they re not necessary for the
a first lady. the president told reporters americans should keep the faith this holiday. before we go, we have a story about a georgia family that has turned christmas into a full time job. in the process, they turned their home into a holiday light display all for a great cause. on this christmas eve, we leave you with a report. i m lindsey riser. have a great christmas, everyone. for residents of georgia, a visit to the north pole is a car ride away in feyetteville. every december fairy tale characters and even ninja turtles come to life curtesy of mike and gwen, the unofficial santa and mrs. claus at the heart of the winter wonderland. it all began 33 years ago when the couple, parents of three, decided to add a little magic to their front yard.
the news that the heart and lungs were here. brittany s surgery, the first heart and double lung transplant at northwestern, a success. she did very, very well. i would say probably did better than we could have anticipated. so what does brittany want for christmas? honestly, just to be home. a gift delivered a few days early. brittany s doctors clearing her to go home with her sister. and i look forward to cooking again, because i love cooking. just really the little things. and that s going to wrap up this hour with our thanks to gabe and to brittany. i m chris jansing. merry christmas to you and your loved ones. lindsey riser picks up the coverage right now. thanks, chris. good morning everybody. happy christmas eve to those who celebrate. i m lindsey riser. for the second year in a row the world is gearing up for a christmas with coronavirus
the question of the biden administration s vaccine mandates for large employers and health care workers. so the court can act fast if it wants to. the question is number one, will it agree to hear the president s appeal? that s the first question. and secondly, if it does, how quickly will it decide it? we don t know the answers yet. jackie, you report the committee is particularly interested in, quote, why it took so long for him to call his supporters to stand down. an area of inquiry that includes obtaining several versions of a video trump reportedly recorded before finally releasing a message 187 minutes after he told his supporters to march on the capitol during the rally that preceded the attack. what is the committee chairman saying about this? yeah. lindsey, my colleague and i had a long and wide ranging conversation with the chairman earlier this week about where what the committee has done so far and where they are going. and in that conversation, the most interesting
and i m being distanced, and i m boosted. i have taken every possible measure. it is possible to travel safely, craig, but people just need to take the measures and make sure they get tested on the day of. if they re going to be indoors, test yourself before you re in close settings with other people. okay. doctor roy, thanks as always. and lindsey riser, bundled up there outside the testing site in new york city. a big thanks to both of you. we re following breaking news on this monday involving former president donald trump. the former president has just filed a lawsuit against new york s attorney general. who has been investigating the former president and his company. our justice correspondent pete williams went through the lawsuit for us. pete, what can you tell us? well, the lawsuit basically says that the attorney general in new york has acted inappropriately from the beginning.