First, new year, new congress and new problems for Kevin Mccarthy as he struggles to secure the speakers gavel. The pushback hes getting from his caucus with time right nowing out to secure the votes he needs before republicans take control of the house. Its one of the busiest travel days for what has been one of the craziest travel seasons in recent memory. Ahead, were on the ground at one of americas busiest airports. And youll want to turn up the volume for this one. Who stands to benefit from new big changes for Retirement Plans and Student Loan Payments this year . How it could affect your bottom line. Plus, the new restrictions for women in afghanistan that groups say will cost lives. About 25 hours from now, the 118th Congress will convene with republicans in charge of the house of representatives. But its still far from certain who their next speaker will be. Nbc news has obtained a letter Written On Sunday by a group of nine current and incoming House Republicans expressing sk
bill: also the debate that has everybody taking sides, while some restaurants let kids eat free, one restaurant is letting kids eat free from kids. no children allowed, people who want to dine in peace. some parents say it s a slap in the face. we ll take you there coming up this hour. jacqui: welcome back as america reports rolls into the second hour, jacqui heinrich in washington. bill, good to be with you. bill: nice to see you, jacqui. sandra and john have the day off. first, a fox news alert from overseas, check it out. jacqui: begin this hour with a duelling display on the world stage. president biden making a surprise visit to war torn ukraine all while china prepares to send its top diplomat to russia. bill: so that s happening as president putin gears up for a major address, marking one year since the invasion began. tomorrow morning early our time. he s hoping for some support from the communist nation, he might just get it, jacqui. jacqui: the u.s. is
right now we re watching the manhattan d.a. s office where we believe a grand jury will hear today from robert costello, a former legal adviser to michael cohen, and heightening the interest today, he s potentially the final act before a decision is made about whether to issue an indictment against donald trump. costello was called in at the request of trump s attorneys, leading many to believe his testimony will be aimed at undermining cohen s credibility. cohen himself is also there, he says, as a rebuttal witness. i want to bring in nbc s garrett haake outside the d.a. s office. legal analyst glenn kirschner joins us as well. garrett, what have you seen or heard today, if anything, of the comings and goings? what s the very latest? reporter: chris, we re all operating on the same scraps of information. no signs of costello or cohen yet. that shouldn t be a surprise. the grand jury typically meets in the afternoon. we would expect to potentially see them sometime here in
latest. marianne. marianne: all three of the kansas city police officers who were shot are expected to make a full recovery. the officers were executing a search warrant and were met with gunfire. the independence police department in missouri is taking over the standoff, since kansas city police officers were affected. the police chief gave update on the condition of the officers saying three officers were struck and did return fire. they self-transported to a hospital and all three are in nonlife-threatening condition. chief graves said she was able to speak to all three officers, where a large police presence was posted outside. kansas city mayor lucas says we ve been reminded too much in kansas city how dangerous police work can be. i m praying for the officers and everyone on duty gets home to their families safely. missouri highway patrol will help handle the shooting investigation, again, it was kansas city officers involved. back to you. ashley: thank you. shockin
rescuing again. i ll ask one of the people who was at the center of the storm the last time around, the former ceo of goldman sachs lloyd blankfein about whether the system is stable, and is your bank account safe? also, how did it come to this? did we learn the wrong lessons the last time? i ll talk to julian tet of the financial times. then don t mess with the french people s retirement plans. that s the lesson from weeks of strikes and protests and then chaos in parliament as the government pushed through their policy anyway. [ speaking non-english ] which brought the outrage right back to the streets. we ll tell you what you need to know. but first, here s my take. on his trip to saudi arabia last year president biden made an emphatic declaration about u.s. policy in the middle east. he said we will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled by china, russia or iran. last week s reproachment between saudi arabia and iran brokered by china suggests that th