meeting of his national security team today. why the video feed of that quickly was stopped just after it began. alec murdaugh continues to maintain his innocence after a judge sends him to prison for life. what his defense team just told our craig melvin about an appeal. that brand new interview later this hour. and a renewed push to make daylight savings time permanent with support coming for both democrats and republicans. could we be springing ahead for good. around the globe with the latest developments, first let s start with the critical meeting between president biden and german chancellor olaf scholz. allie raffa is at the white house where we re expecting to see the two leaders any moment. what more can you tell us? reporter: you mentioned that this would be the third visit by chancellor scholz since he took office in 2021, but the first since the war in ukraine began over a year ago. it s also going to be the first time these two have met since we know they both
hashtag long form. hashtag, good to see you. have a good show. okay. hashtag, thank you. always good talking, nicole. i m ari melber and we re reporting live from somewhere, as the saying goes, specifically washington. congress under new management after the bruising fight to elect speaker mccarthy and for all the talk, among gop hard liners about how that clash, remember, they said that would really change things. it would upend the d.c. games, that s what they said. well, tonight for top republicans, i can tell you, it s business as usual. the same playbook the republican party used during the last time that the republicans were in the white house and they had the congress. it s the brinksmanship that can rattle the economy and some conservatives argue actually hurts them too. it drags down the gop in the long run miami talking about another threat to exploit the financial rules and govern by ransom. this story involves some beltway jargon that you ve probably heard b
i am on social media @profmmurray and check out my podcast, strict scrutiny, where we discuss all the things about the supreme court and the legal culture that surrounds it. you can find it wherever you get your podcast. and that does it for me. have a great weekend. the reidout with joy reid is up next. tonight on the reidout while the march began as a response to roe, we don t end as a response to roe being overturned. why? because we re not yet done. they are not yet done. on the 50th anniversary of roe, anti-abortion forces are actively working to further crush the reproductive rights of women, regardless of how unpopular it is with the american people. also tonight, why kevin mccarthy might be mumbling, i ve made a huge mistake, after striking down proxy voting in the house. and while there s nothing at all wrong performing in drag, it s actually quite fabulous, the hypocrisy of alleged drag queen george santos helping to push the right s anti-lgbtq agenda
watch. what they are facing and we re live in vents ura county. and classified documents from the time joe biden was vice president discovered in his office. and bloody knife, $450 worth of cleaning supplies, and a husband now accused of misleading the police. ahead the new evidence that is now coming to light in the case of that missing massachusetts mom. and we begin though in california where rivers are overflowing, streets are flooding, boulders and trees are crashing down, at least 24 pe 14 people have died in the storms that have hit the state over and over again. and according to governor newsom, there is no end in sight. 90% of the state s residents are under a flood watch this morning, sand that is where dramatic rescue happened. and take a look, a firefighter on the roof of an suv as water covers the hood splashing up to the top of the windshield. that firefighter eventually gets the 70-year-old out through the window and up the ladder to safety. and this is
challenging. you cannot and should not do it unless you have a full tank. we give all that we can for as long as we can, and then it s time. and so, for me it s time. good morning, everyone. poppy is off wi, kaitlan and i here. when it s time to go, it s time to go. it shocked a lot of people. that was a resignation that people were not expected. that was new zealand s prime minister resigning. we ll discuss her surprise announcement in a moment with christiane amanpour. plus president biden has been planning to announce his re-election bid after february 7th but then came the document scandal does that delay his decision. there is a new george santos lie. the new york lawmaker claims repeatedly and consistently that his mother was in the world trade center on 9/11 now we know she wasn t even in the country. a bold prediction by volodymyr zelenskyy in a speech in davos, vowing his country will reclaim crimea from the russians. but we begin with this president