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
This is a film about storytelling, about how we tell the story of our countrys past. Why do we want to believe one version and not another . Maybe because it makes us feel safe at night. There is one episode of americas history that is told very differently, depending on who you are and where you live. It is the story of our civil war and what came after. The Hot Winds Of War blew across the land. Made of it, a country divided. Friend turned into foe. Brother fought against brother. It was such a long and drawn out struggle. And the feeling on both sides was so intense. Were all just romantics, lost in contemporary times you might say. Every one of us feels like we were born 125 years too late. To introduce myself, my name is rachel boynton. This is nelson walker. We are independent documentary filmmakers. Were making a film about how we tell the story of the civil war. Were filming in different schools all over virginia and were going to place this with a deep connection to this histo
and if it is , what should wewe do about it?to those questions are significant enough that we wanted to find someone who could provide a definitive answer. elon mus k seemed like the right about person. musk has been thinking about a a.i. and worrying about it for most of his life. nearly a decade ago, hel he hele found a nonprofit research project called open a i. and the point was in the name,,n if we re going to have artificial intelligence and apparently we are, it ought to be open, open to the s use world that would help ensurer go that it s used for good and not evil. odotvil.that was the idea. but as the years passedd musk and musk found himselfng a preoccupied building a couple of enormous companieoupls, spacx and tesla, open, i got awayn aig from him as of tonight.pen ai open i i is no longer open. it s not a nonprofit researchprc project dedicated to using artificial intelligencel to serve humanity. it is instead a commercialtell enterpriseigentin, backed by mio a
international distinct let s start with former green buret in florida congressman mike as well as general anthony tata congressman i want to start with you first, obviously, i want to know what took so long to do this apparently military was given the green light to do something about this. they advise president not to do that i want to know why but a quick response to china saying that we escalated things even though they just have a drone just floating in our air space. yeah well look apparently, lawrence, this has been happening for years. that this is happened over florida, over texas, over hawaii i ve been talking to a number of senior administration officials from the last administration when the trump administration say they weren t informed and had they been they would are advised president to shoot it down so for the dhiengz say this was our escalation is ridiculous about as ridiculous as saying this is a weather maroon but lawrence, thes other piece here is tha
kev kev quite a date here in the nation s capitol. good evening, trace. breaking tonight, investors in silicon valley bank have already taken legal action to recoup their losses after, of course, the bank collapsed on friday despite the class-action lawsuit and a volatile day on wall street. as you pointed out, the president wants americans to believe our financial institutions are, in fact, secure, while also being careful to not use the banking b word. bail out. no losses will be born by the taxpayers. instead, the money will come from the fees that banks pay into the deposit insurance fund. reporter: while the fdic insures bank deposits to a quarter of a million dollars, nine of 10 depositors of xeb had more than that amount in the bank. still, the administration says they ll be covered. nothing to worry about. that also includes customers of new york-based signature bank which also collapsed over the weekend. the third largest bank failure in american history. signatu