world, i m laila harrak. at the vatican the first holy mass of the new year will commemorate the late pope emeritus benedict. we re live from st. peter s square. and the year begins with flooding and evacuations in california as over 25 million could be affected by extreme weather. details and the forecast ahead. and defiance as ukraine enters the new year untd a barrage of russian missiles. we will hear from the ukrainian and russian leaders on two very different visions of what lies ahead. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. from new zealand to the u.s. most of the world has now ushered in 2023 with a mix of hope, excitement and flare. hours ago new york held its traditional ball drop in front of a jam packed times square. it was a spectacular show complete with fireworks, music and a ton, literally a ton, of confetti raining down on the crowd. celebrations were also held across europe, africa and asia and in the next hour hawa
good day. i m chris jansing live at msnbc head quarters in new york city. if you re watching this from an airplane gate, you already know the headline. more than 8500 flights delayed or cancelled after a key system went down. your flight was supposed to leave at 9:30 this morning? yeah. what time are you going to get to leave? 5:00 p.m. wow. so what are you going to do? just wait. how much more do passengers have to take before something is done to fix the airline system? plus house republicans are staing the first battles of what looks to be an all out political war over the next two years. votes on abortion rights, immigration and the irs are expect anded soon. is it just for show? and somehow the catastrophic situation in continueses to get even worse. relentless rainstorms have led to the deaths of 17 people. hundreds of homes have been damaged. some ripped right off their foundations. i ll speak live to the local sheriff about how they are coping, even
that wraps up the hour for me. i m jose diaz-balart. thank you for the privilege of your time. lindsey reiser picks up with more news right now. good morning. i m lindsey reiser at msnbc headquarters in new york. and right now we re watching for a major decision set to come any moment now about the deadly shooting on the set of the movie rust. it s been 15 months since cinematographer halyna hutchins was struck and killed by a live round fired from a prop gun by actor alec baldwin. now a new mexico district attorney is about to announce whether any charges in the case will be filed. i want to get right to nbc s vaughn hillyard in new mexico. what do we know so far? reporter: yeah, lindsey, we re talking about a tragic case here in which there was a certain level of intelligence, several layers of negligence on the part of alec baldwin and individuals who were a part of the crew on this western set here of rust which was being shot just outside of santa fe. but the ext
king s life and legacy in my view show us the way forward. president biden delivering a message of unity on this mlk day as he faces cameras again after a third batch of classified documents were found. republicans demanding more information. let s get you caught up to speed now on what we know. so over the weekend, five additional pages of classified material were discovered at his wilmington, delaware, home. that, of course, comes just two days after we first learned that documents had been found there, period, and of course after a special counsel was announced. this is also two months after documents were internationally found in a private initially found in a private office in washington, d.c. arlette saenz and evan perez leading us off. evan, first, this does feel like it s heating up, and we know republicans want more answers. what are they demanding at this point? reporter: what they want is for the white house and the justice department to provide more informat
discovery of a second batch of documents. in the last 30 minutes, the white house counsel revealed all but one of the classified documents were found in a storage space in the president s garage at his home in wilmington. his lawyers found them while conducting a search after that first batch was found in an office he used in washington. we re going to start with those new details here from the white house on those. i want to bring in two reporters who broke that story. ken dilanian and carol lee. also with me, ali vitali and joyce vance. let s go ahead and listen, carol, before i ask you the first question. the president addressed this. let s listen. as i said earlier this week, people know i take classified documents, classified materials seriously. i also said we re cooperating fully and completely with the justice department s review. the department of justice was immediately notified and the lawyers arranged for the department of justice to take possession of the docum