plus, clock ticking. the economic impact we are already seeing as the president and house speaker try to avoid a historic default with just days to go. and former president trump set to appear via video today in the manhattan hush money probe. but is he already facing more trouble in another case? this is a fake story and you don t want to give it credibility. one thing you i have no idea who the hell she s a whack job. e. jean carroll seeking more damages after those comments made during a town hall. ahead, the legal peril piling up for trump. we re going to begin with the breaking news in washington. a driver is under arrest and a nazi flag seized after a u-haul truck crashed into the white house security barriers. a law enforcement official tells nbc news that the suspect made threatening statements about the white house. joining us now, nbc s ryan nobles and jim cavanaugh, retired atf special agent in charge. ryan, what exactly happened, what are you learn
and shot it off the coast of south carolina. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: i m bill hemmer. i think j.j. should have a shot. take your shot. he needs a party first. have all the kids over. dana: more to come on that as well. bill: once the snow melts. incident ramping up tension between china and the u.s. antony blinken postponing his trip to beijing scheduled for this past weekend. dana: president biden said he ordered the military on wednesday to shoot it down as soon as possible. the pentagon waited until it was safely over the atlanta after a week of entering u.s. airspace. some lawmakers say officials should have acted sooner. michael waltz last hour. from a propaganda standpoint a tremendous win for china. they can now message to taiwan, our allies and others that on top of afghanistan, america is a declining power and they can t even stop one of our most basic surveillance tools, a balloon. that they are either in
and drawing comparisons to how the justice department handled a similar situation with former president donald trump. more coming up. [gunfire] john: begin america reports with chaos setting the scene in mexico as the arrest of a drug lord touches off violence in that country with president biden visiting for a high stakes summit. hello, john roberts in washington. sandra: sandra smith in new york. president biden is set to hold a tri lateral working lunch with mexican president obrador and canadian prime minister trudeau in mexico city where they are meeting right now. we are told the three leaders will discuss ways to deepen and expand economic partnerships and border security cooperation between them. john: those talks come amid a crisis spiralling out of control at the southern border, illegal immigration and drug smuggling continue at unprecedented levels. president biden bringing up both topics with his mexican counterpart and asking for help to stem the flow of
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we ve seen. the bags have not gone away, and southwest tells us it s still working on reuniting passengers with their unclaimed bags. it s not just here at reagan national airport, but also other places. we hope those bags get ato their owners soon. thank you so much. it is the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. happy new year, everyone. i m bianna golodryga. well, the father of one of the murdered college students in idaho is responding to the arrest of his daughter s accused killer. you will be hearing from steve goncalves in just a few moments, but the suspect, bryan kohberger is expected to waive extradition in pennsylvania, his home state. he was arrested there friday. kohberger, a graduate student in criminology attends washington state university in pullman which is a 15-minute drive from moscow, idaho. that s where on november 13th, police found the bloodied bodies of 20-year-old ethan chapin, xana kernodle, madison mogen, and kaylee goncalves. many students have