what we know about this attack so far. nbc has learned that the man who broke into the home of speaker nancy pelosi and paul pelosi attacked paul with a hammer and was looking for the speaker, confronting him by shouting where s nancy? paul pelosi had to be hospitalized after the attack, but he s expected to make a full recovery. ben rhodes served as deputy national security adviser under president obama and is an nbc political contributor. harry lipman is a former deputy assistant attorney general. frank was former assistant director for counterintelligence at the fbi and an msnbc national security analyst. and basel joins us. frank, i wonder what you re looking for out of this press conference. yeah. we re going to want to see confirmation that as nbc news that reported that the assailant was seeking nancy pelosi. why is that significant? it s significant with regard to who will lead the investigation and prosecute it. at the point that law enforcement understands that
another day of travel chaos with thousands more flight delays and cancellations. southwest struggles to recover from holiday storms and system-wide operational problems. the u.s. department of transportation says it is launching an investigation. as a wash dog we ll hold them accountable and have to take a deeper look what s going on with their scheduling systems. we all understand you can t control the weather but this is clearly crossing the line from what s on uncontrollable weather situation to something that s the airline s responsibility. julie: president biden dodging the travel chaos and winter weather as he jets off to a tropical vacation. peter doocy is live at the white house. we have a heater right here. it s pretty warm. not that bad. it s not that bad. as we look at some of these images from airports, julie, people who are stranded and looking to the federal government to maybe help them out, help them get home faster are out of luck. and there is really n
neil gorsuch sided with liberal colleagues. he writes the current border crisis is not a covid crisis and courts should not be in the business of perpetuating administrative ed ictus for one emergency. we re a court of law, not policymakers of last resort. some democrats want the president to act on the crisis and show his administration has a real plan in place once title 42 is gone. congresswoman elect in a border district length it rip. they refuse to come down to the border to see what s happening. they haven t put any policy nor any plan in place for this surge of migrants that is going to come across our border once title 42 is lifted. molly: former border patrol chief set to weigh in on this. we begin with aishah hosni in washington keeping us updated on these changes. good morning. lawmakers on both sides are urging this administration to use this time, this extension, to come up with a better border strategy. texas representative henry cuellar this morning. h
pleading not guilty. we re learning new details about a possible defense strategy. plus, the key to putin s power and more russians are breaking with putin. i m going to speak to a student who was trapped in the de deadly seoul disaster. her amazing story tonight. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. in court t, the man accusedf attacking paul pelosi making an appearance in front of the charge. david depape pleading not guilty to a long list of charges. he s facing two federal charges and could face life behind bars if found guilty. some republicans tried to cast doubt on certain aspects of the attack, raising questions that maybe something is suspicious. today the former president joined a growing chorus of conspiracy theorists. well, it s weird things going on in that household in the last couple weeks. you know, probably we re better not talking about it. it seems the glass was broken from the inside to the out. you know, that was it wasn t a brea