welcome to the programme. iraq s president has said an early election could resolve the political unrest gripping the country. to those who have taken their eye off iraq, the violence that broke out in baghdad yesterday, might have looked like a sudden eruption of rage. in fact, the sectarian anger has been simmering for years. the country is riddled with corruption, it has not had a functioning government since the october elections and the spiralling cost of living is pushing iraq towards an existential crisis. the spark that ignited these protests yesterday was the sudden announcement by the shia cleric, muqtadr al sadr, that he was withdrawing from political life. sadr has been a major player in iraq since 2003, when his supporters known then as the mehdi army, began attacks on coalition troops. in october, the sadrists won the most seats in parliament but refused to form a coalition with the mostly shi ite iran backed parties. injune, sadr asked all of his mps to resign
of staff mark meadows. she has been in some of the most dramatic motels of videotaped testimony. she identified the names of several republican lawmakers she said were asking about pardons. she talked about conversations around the legality of the fake elector scheme. she reportedly confirmed accounts that trump reacted approvingly to the chants of hang mike pence. we re also learning that the cell phone video of john eastman last week. you re looking at it as it s unfolding, eastman was there in order to overturn the election. we ll have more on that in a moment. let s bring in jessica schneider on the latest. brianna, cassidy hutchinson has long been considered a crucial witness since up close and personal to those at the white house. and she does have crucial details on what happened on january 6. we know she s been interviewed behind closed doors privately by the committee three times. and now, she will appear at this last-minute hearing in public. privately, we kno
crowds of protesters to send on that neighborhood chanting outside his home. and several demonstrations around the country turned violent this weekend following this up in court s decision to overturn roe v wade. a story of a tiny baby in tennessee born with serious heart trouble being denied a transplant allegedly based solely on his vaccination status . here to talk about the struggle of the little boy. we begin with that amtrak derailment in missouri. the very latest tonight. amtrak says going from los angeles to chicago derailed monday afternoon. it hit a dump truck blocking a public crossing. the missouri state highway patrol estimates 207 passengers on board as well as 14 crewmembers. estimates up to 50 people were hurt. video and pictures show that chaos after the crash, some of the train cars flipped on their side, passengers crawling out o them. listen to some people describe the terrifying experience. you heard a loud noise, and thought no, we hit something.
convinced this kind of crisis can be avoided again down the road. senator kirsten gillibrand live on capitol hill. in just a minute. also this hour, new details in pennsylvania, one candidate pulling in big money since election day. while the count continues on the gop senate race. and new reporting from team nbc on the fallout on that. look at this, more on wall street, the dow pretty flat. the economy is headed towards the r word recession. here in the next hour, the head of the economic council live from the white house. i m hallie jackson in washington. we ll start in washington with the latest over the crisis on infant formula. let s bring in kristen welker and sala kapur. sala, let me start with you, about the recall that has led to the shortage talk about the response from lawmakers because some of them did not seem satisfied with the answers he gave. reporter: no, some certainly weren t, halle, the commissioner in the hot seat with the growing response abo
dana: dr. mehmet oz and dave mccormick are separated by a few thousand votes. if the margin doesn t get bigger it heads for a recount. bill: pennsylvania s recount threshold, half a percentage point, .5% still tallying the votes and both candidates sounding very confident late last night. when all the votes are tallied i m confident we will win. we can see the path ahead. we can see victory ahead. dana: bryan llenas is reporting live from new hope, pennsylvania. you had a late night. catch us up this morning, bryan. good morning. we re in bucks county, the philadelphia suburban county that put oz over the top. the margins here were better than people expected. oz is currently leading dave mccormick by less than 3,000 votes statewide. the doctor is winning bucks county by some 5,000 votes. the mccormick camp says they re confident that thousands of absentee and mail-in ballots will break their way. perhaps voters chose mccormick before trump s endorsement of dr. oz