blazer who smashed through the glass ceiling. what she said was her true legacy. the suspect in the murders of four idaho college students has now waived extradition, new details on his studies of criminology. he asked former prisoners how they chose their victims fellow students tell us how he behaved the weeks prior to the murders, and our correspondent one on one with the police chief and the suspect s lawyer. did he kill these four students and before you pop that bottle of champagne, watch our report in this blind tasting, do people prefer a $200 bottle, or one for just $18 you both prefer the cheaper one. [ laughter ] announcer: this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good evening i m kristen welker in for jose on this christmas eve. on this new year s eve we re remembering two giants who left their mark on history. pope emeritu benedict xvi, and broadcasting legend barbara walters and the world is marking new beginnings, celebrations, biggest we v
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
florida governor ron desantis is ranged to fly 50 people from texas to martha s vineyard off the coast of massachusetts. this is all part of the campaign to protest the biden administration s immigration policies. but the white house says she s governors are using the migrants as political pawns. those taken to martha s vineyard are receiving shelter and help at a u.s. military base. miguel marquez has more on their journey. referee: after less than 48 unexpected hours in martha s vineyard, nearly 50 venezuelal migrants were given a warm sendoff, embracing each person as they boarded buses. then ferries and onto the next part of their long journey. their unannounced rival wednesday all part of a campaign by texas governor greg abbott and florida governor ron desantis to send them to sanctuary cities by surprise. free to the alien but certainly not mandatory. and that way they re able to go and these sanctuary jurisdiction cans put their money where their mouth is. r
Intent of killing innocent civilians, women, children, babies, beheading babies. This is a barbaric, disgusting, vile Terrorist Regime that needs to be eliminated. And israel has every right to defend itself and its right to exist. And they should take any and all action necessary to do that. Congressman mike lawler, we appreciate the overtime with you in having a very broad conversation. Please keep us posted on whether you plan to support speaker scalise if you wind up speaking with him later today or not. Thanks so much. Thanks. Of course. Still plenty more news to come. Stay with announcer this is cnn Breaking News. Im Boris Sanchez live in washington, d. C. Alongside anderson cooper, who is in tel aviv, israel. And we are tracking major developments on capitol hill and in the middle east. Republican congressman Steve Scalise has just locked down the republican nomination for House Speaker. A full vote to determine if he will become the 56th Speaker Of The House is potentially comi
there were the wedding celebrations that had been put on hold, and at long last, those first dances. there were long delayed trips. what does it say? disney? rewards for the little ones, who had been so patient. first trip since covid, a little surprise. this is south carolina mom took her son to see the city of lights. we told the city that we were coming for christmas, i m surprised them for thanksgiving, i haven t seen them in two years. kate casey holiday made a grueling trip to california from australia for his mom carol, it meant the world.