the strategy for trump supporters on capitol hill is simple. declare war on the department of justice. in a moment, i m going to speak to congressman jim himes, a member of the intelligence committee about what democrats can do to protect doj. we are also following some dangerous weather across this country right now. from a system that spawned deadly tornadoes in texas, to triple digit temperatures, millions are at risk this saturday. all of that, plus disturbing new video involving allegations of sexual assault against mma superstar, conor mcgregor. regan have that story for you later on this hour as well. we want to start with the president. wrapping up the first major rally of the 24 campaign season, with union workers in philadelphia. want to go right to nbc s standing by for us. in delaware where, the president is headed next to spend the rest of the weekend. what did we hear, gary, from the president as he s kicking off his campaign season, at a place he is most comf
welcome back. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i m ana cabrera in for jose diaz-balart. moments from now, president biden set to leave the white house on his way to pennsylvania where he ll give his first campaign speech of the year. meanwhile, the republican candidates are going all in, in iowa, with just ten days left until the iowa caucuses. overseas, israel outlines its plans for the next stage of the war against hamas as secretary of state antony blinken heads to the region for the fourth time in three months. back at home, a monster winter storm barreling toward the east coast, impacting tens of millions of people. we ll tell you which areas could see up to ten inches of snow. great to have you with us. it s just 11:01 now. we begin this hour with the 2024 race for the white house, and ahead of the third anniversary of the january 6th insurrection at the u.s. capitol, two presidents, past and present, are offering two very different versions for the fu
him settling scores. he s shown himself, most particular he doesn t give a damn about the american people. former new jersey governor chris christie is the loudest voice against donald trump so far in the 2024 republican race. it comes as the former president is set to be arraigned what are we? the falcon here? chewbacca. i don t think our viewers can see what was going on and i was covering perfectly. you were covering perfectly. everything was going fine. if i m not telling people one minute before did you see the lights go out on lemire? were you supposed to pay the electric bill? we rotate who does the bills. i wanted to have sort of the 1950s murrow vibe. it started up and it sounded like when hans was hammering the millennial falcon. that s how i fix everything. as you can see, joe and willie are back together al with katty and me. former president trump is set to be arraigned this afternoon on multiple federal charges for his handling of c
it is good to be back with you for this second hour of chris jansing reports. ahead this hour, the welcome surprise from the december jobs report showing the u.s. labor market closed out 2023 with a bang. plus, former blade runner, oscar pistorius out on parole after serving almost a decade in prison for murdering his girlfriend. how her family is responding. the latest from iowa where that horrific school shooting has rocked the community of perry. new reporting on how the school s principal acted to save his students. and house democrats and their push to get supreme court justice clarence thomas off the key 2024 ballot. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with that new jobs report. nbc senior business report christine roman is with us. give us the big adnes. look, it was a sol i woul - solid end to the year, 216 new jobs in december. they eected the job market to keep slowing because of the fed rate increases, and the job
philadelphia leaders are asking everyone for patients as they work through the traffic nightmare there crediting divine intervention that the situation is not a mass casualty event. right now both lanes of i-95 are closed in northeast philadelphia as crews work at the side of the bridge collapsed, it s the truck carrying gasoline that caught fire under thedg happening before 630 this morning causing the northbound overpass to collapse. now about 10 miles of i-95 north and southbound lane are closed. officials warning other streets near the bridge could also be closed as cleanup continues. i-95 is one of the country s oldest and most travel routes firefighters arriving to the scenes this morning by portions of northbound lanes reduced to rubble, pennsylvania governor josh schapiro saying one vehicle is trapped as of this evening and crews are trying to identify if anyone was caught in that vehicle and in the fire in the collapse, the city public transit leaders are asking em