i m ann marie walker. i m alex march quart in for boris sanchez. the house of representatives finally elects a speaker. how kevin mccarthy gets the votes. remarkable progress for damar hamlin and the moment he face timed his teammates from his hospital bed. and new details on the horrific murder of four idaho college students. what we re learning from a recently released affidavit and the father of one of the victims tells cnn why he believes the group was targeted. plus, the fda grants approval for a new alzheimer s drug. the reported benefits and the concern coming up on cnn this morning. it is saturday, january 7th. thank you so much for waking up with us. thank you so much for having me back. alex, it s great to be with you. we re matching. we re in lock step together. good to be with you, alex. happy new year. and to you. thank you so much. who needs reality tv when you have cspan. cnn after days of deadlock, 15 ballots and a lot of deal making, republi
concessions he made to them in order to get their votes? reporter: jake, that is really starting to come into focus. the number of concessions and promises that kevin mccarthy has made over the course of the negotiations has been quite outstanding, and i should caution that this stuff has not been put on paper. there has not been anything put out that we have seen. this is based on the reporting from me and my fantastic hill team. but i just want to walk you through just to give the viewers a sense of what has been agreed to and what a kevin mccarthy speakership could look like. the big one is he agreed for any single member to be able to call for a vote on ousting the sitting speaker. that s something he used to say he would never budge on. now any member could call for that vote. he s agreed that his leadership pack is not going to play in primaries to try to beat conservatives, at least in safe districts. that s something conservatives have complained about in the past.
and remembering olivia newton-john the iconic pop star beloved by generations of grease fans you re the one that i want announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt and good evening i m tom llamas in for lester tonight we begin with that breaking news involving donald trump. the former president saying in a statement just a short time ago that the fbi carried out an unannounced raid at his mar-a-lago resort in palm beach, calling it not necessary or appropriate. he also said the fbi broke into his safe. but moments ago he declined to comment to nbc news while leaving trump tower in new york city. a person familiar with the matter tells nbc news the fbi is not disputing that it carried out the search, and the new york times reporting tonight that the raid appears to be focused on materials mr. trump may have taken with him after he left the white house. let s get right to vaughn hillyard with the breaking details reporter: in an unprecedented move the f
Unleashing a barrage of bullets. A search for answers. The Kansas City Chiefs Kicker Under Fire for his commencement speech, urging women to be homemakers, and blasting the lgbtq community. What the nfl is now saying. And after thieves made off with a beloved Jackie Robinson statue, the Community Coming together to help a legend rise again. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening and welcome. A grueling day for donald trump accuser Michael Cohen, as the former president s lawyer worked to shake off some of the sparkle from the prosecutions star witness. Cohen has now spent a total of 14 hours on the witness stand this week, facing crossexamination by defense attorney todd blanche. Diving once more into cohens history of lies, painting him as driven by revenge and confronting him with his eagerness to see his former boss rot inside. And in a key moment, leading cohen to contradict his own testimony about a phone call he says he had with mr. Trump regarding the
How cohen responded as he faced another day on the stand. Also tonight, President Biden asserting Executive Privilege over recordings of his interview with the Special Counsel who ended up criticizing his memory. A rare high risk alert for life threatening flash floods in the south. The dangerous storms being called a nightmare scenario. Just in, the man convicted of murdering a black lives matter protester. Why the Texas Governor just pardoned him. A florida neighborhood terrorized. Gunmen with highpowered firearms unleashing a barrage of bullets. A search for answers. The Kansas City Chiefs Kicker Under Fire for his commencement speech, urging women to be homemakers, and blasting the lgbtq community. What the nfl is now saying. And after thieves made off with a beloved Jackie Robinson statue, the Community Coming together to help a legend rise again. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening and welcome. A grueling day for donald trump accuser Michael Cohen as