the race for president. john: welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. good to be with you. aishah: good to be with you, too. karl rove joining us later this hour with his political advice for both parties heading into the new year, and vivek also coming up in a couple moments here. he s fired up on a new recommendation that marines drop the sir, the ma am. is our military taking wokeness too far? begin with a fox weather alert. john: desperate and disappointed, travelers are feeling as the once in a generation storm puts a damper on thousands of flights across america. the dangerous blizzard has intensified into a bomb cyclone as it takes aim at the great lakes and parts of the northeast. erie, pennsylvania and cleveland, ohio, taking the brunt of the heavy snow this hour. john: meanwhile, rain and gusty winds knocking out power to more than 80,000 people in connecticut. new england residents bracing for freezing temperatures this evening. temper
pass a $1.7 trillion spending bill. that s trillion with a t, folks. republicans calling it a terrible christmas gift for americans already feeling the pain from high inflation. listen. we re two days away from christmas. the christmas season is a season of giving. but in congress, it appears the season of giving will line the pockets of democrats special interests and stick the hard-working americans with the tab. in moments, new york republican congresswoman nicole malliotakis. but first to senior congressional correspondent chad pergram reporting live from capitol hill where all of the action is happening today. chad? anita, the house and senate are now aligned on the omnibus. the vote 225 to 201. one democratic nay. alexandria ocasio-cortez. nine gop yays. most gop members railed against the bill as republicans claims the majority on january 3. in 11 days, this all changes. we re going to reclaim this body s integrity and service the american people. after this in
scheduled for tuesday the earliest on this arrest and what comes next, just ahead, and in the meantime, there are two major passing to note on this finally in 2022, the pope benedict the 16th, the first pope coming to resign and nearly 600 years, has died at the age of 95 and tv journalism pioneer barbara walters has died to date 93 and a look back at both of their legacies, coming up the first time, the rest of the idaho murder suspect, moreno final standing by with her expert analysis met for an has more the suspect is background, but we begin with dan springer, live in washington, here were the suspect was attending grad school comedy on. yes john, i learned today from a pulley source, that the police investigators really just locked in on their suspect within the last few days in a dna, more specifically, genetic genealogy, whiskey played a key role in pointing them to their suspect in a s.w.a.t. team arrested and 28 -year-old ryan kohlberg, early on friday morning and
house democrats will always put american values over autocracy. benevolence over bigotry, the constitution over the cult. democracy over demagogs. working families over the well connected. yes, we can over, you can t do it, and zealous representation over zero sum confrontation. house democratic leader hakeem jeffries makes it sound as easy as abc. but after 15 tries it s kevin holding the gavel. we re watching the house floor as republicans try to get organized and what kevin s struggles mean for our democracy. also tonight, the nexus of insurrection. steve bannon and the others who cheered on the january 6th attack on the capitol are now exporting that brand of anti-democratic violence to brazil. and that is where we begin tonight. with the notion of contagion. for most of the 20th century and into the 21st, the u.s. considered itself a leading if not the leading exporter of democracy around the world. and while that sometimes involved nefarious acts like overthrowing
president trump responding to the panel s findings, specifically where they say he is to blame for the deadly riot. also this hour, if you re trying to travel for the holidays, pack your patience, as they say. we re tracking a massive winter storm blankets much of the midwest, and the east coast. bitter cold temperatures bringing snow and ice to millions of americans. thousands of flights canceled. and at least a million people are without power. plus, a growing humanitarian crisis at the border with mexico. migrants being turned away from shelters as temperatures plunge in texas. a report from el paso coming up. we start this hour with the latest revelations from the january 6th select committee s final report. joining me now are nbc news congressional correspondent judy tsirkin, danny cevallos, criminal defense attorney and msnbc legal analyst and mel harvin, former chief of homeland security, and intelligence for the district of columbia. thank you all for joining us.