International analyst for msnbc news, and the host of way too early, White House Bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, happy new year to you all. Happy new year to you. Happy new year. We have so much to talk about. New year yesterday morning, mika and i went to a new Years Day Service, and the priest gave a homily on the need to be architects of peace in our daily lives and political discourse, and Foreign Policy and everything. The harsh path we have taken in our not so new century is elevated, revenge over reconciliation. And reminded us for all of us in attendance, and i love this. Its a good one. He said start by digging two graves. One of them for yourselves. Yeah. Wow, that really does strike you when you look whats happening in washington over the past 20 years because i really do believe, mika, we live in two americas. One that has seen Childhood Poverty has dropped to 60 year lows, and teenage pregnancy drop to 70year lows. Its in the u. S. World dollar and anytime over
middle of his third season with the bills. he is considered one of the game s star safeties. as i told you, guys, we are praying for him. we want to bring in our friend trey clevis here, found there. i ve been waiting to talk to you all night. what is your reaction to this breaking news that is coming o out? lawrence, thanks for having me on. let me had a couple of things right off the top. the bills are one of the biggest families in the entire nfl. for people who know what it s like to live in buffalo, i know several of their players. it s an incredibly tight knit team. i thought that will cain was just saying and i was sending out this tweet. lawrence meant to me is what has were presented what s so great about sports. this damar hamlin charity has raised right now $1.2 million. the initial goal was $2500 to provide toys for children in the pittsburgh area where hamlin grew up. here s something crazy, lawrence. over 47,000 people have donated to the charity. almost all o
college murders ahead of his first court appearance. the father of one victim speaking out. how he feels about potentially coming face to face with the alleged killer. new images of the crowd fleeing after the new year s eve machete attack on nypd officers. the suspect now charged. was it a terrorist act? new troubles as holiday travelers make their way home. why thousands of flights are canceled or delayed again. actor jeremy renner airlifted to the hospital after he was critically injured in a snow plowing accident. what we re learning. and our tribute to a tv trailblazer. the legendary barbara walters. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. it is good to be back with you and happy new year. this holiday season that has seemingly been bookended with severe weather is spawning some new and dangerous threats tonight. as we come on the air, tornado watches are in effect, stretching from east texas to arkansas and louisiana. already we
dream. that a few hours ago was getting ready to play the biggest game of his nfl career. and probably nowhere else in the world he wanted to be. and now he fights for his life. we forget that part of living this dream is putting your life at risk. and tonight we got to see a side of football that is extremely ugly. shock and sadness during monday night football. buffalo bills safety hamlin is in critical condition in a cincinnati hospital. he suffered cardiac arrest during last night s game. also on capitol hill this morning, kevin mccarthy already moved into the speaker s office despite an influential group of republicans who vowed to vote against him today. plus, moscow says dozens of russian soldiers have been killed during a massive missile strike in an occupied part of ukraine. we ll take a look at what that means for the on going war. zbloom, we begin with that scary moment last night in the nfl. buffalo bills safety damar hamlin suffered cardiac arrest on the field
when da mar hamlin collapsed on the field. we ll have an update on his condition this morning. and happening right now, house republicans are holding a meeting ahead of a nail biter vote for kevin mccarthy s bid for speakership. steve kornacki will break down how historic it would be if he doesn t clear a first round. and in just a few hours, the suspect accused in the murder of four idaho students will peer in a courtroom. we ll have a live report from outside the courthouse. and in brazil, crowds are gathered to bid farewell to the late soccer legend pele. the only player to ever win three world cups. we begin with the latest on the condition of damar hamlin. the 24-year-old collapsed on the field last night after making a hit in the first quarter of the highly anticipated game against the cincinnati bengals. the bills say he suffered cardiac arrest and said, his heartbeat was restored on the field and he was transferred to the uc medical center for further test ask