impacted spending habits then we will speak to judy chu about the overall state of our economy. and then today the supreme court could hand down a critical condition that could impact the southern border, and we will take you live to el paso we begin marking one of the busiest travel days of the year, both on the roads and in the air after people are scrambling to get home after the christmas holidays, and a blizzard is contributing to problems today alone more than 1,300 u.s. flights have been delayed, and near nearly 2,900 have been cancelled, and a bulk of that coming from southwest airlines, and it s not just airline travelers facing a daunting journey home according to aaa, today and tomorrow are expected to be the most congested days on the road as travelers mix with commuters back to work after the holiday joining us now, blayne alexander, and then blayne, i was caught up in the middle of it a couple days trying to get back to new york describe the scene you are se
not been the charm for kevin mccarthy. you see the tally on the screen. we are waiting any minute for this vote to officially be closed, and then the question is what happens next? do they try for time number six? where unless something has dramatically changed and we don t think it has, mccarthy will probably lose again. do they try to take a break? what are the concessions that are happening behind the scenes? we have the best team in the biz, here to answer the questions to the best of their abilities including capitol hill correspondent ali vitali and political director and moderator of meet the press, chuck todd, nbc news colleague, and steve kornacki is posted at the big board and former chief communications adviser to former speaker paul ryan and msnbc political analyst brendan buck is with us, too. if you re looking at this saying, okay, i ve been watching this coverage for six hours. what has changed? what is different? what is going to change the moment? here is w
footsie with his far right colleagues. now because mccarthy is quarreling with that same group today does not mean he is resembling a moderate. it does not change the fact that right now in humiliating public fashion, kevin mccarthy is clawing and scraping his way he hopes to the speakership, trying desperately to halt what looks like at this hour, at lee, a runaway train. it s where we begin today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. nbc news senior correspondent, garrett hague, covering the action. and former stpho claire mccaskill is here, and claire and david are both msnbc contributors. ferret, what is happening now? right now we are seeing the third vote get ready to take place here, and this one will have kevin mccarthy introduced by steve scalise and placed in nomination by steve scalise, and for the second time in a row, you have people that could be foes to mccarthy, placing his name in nomination. the last round we saw with jim jordan, and far mor
not alone. at least 50 officers shot and killed in the line of duty so far this year. ashley strohmier has more on it, ashley. please have the suspect in custody with a shooting in north carolina yesterday. five people lost their lives including an off-duty police officer. a k-9 officer was hurt but luckily he was released from the hospital. authority said another victim is still fighting for their life. the police officer is a brother or a sister so when you lose one of our own comic things are tragic, heartbreaking day for all of us. the mayor of raleigh said a man started shooting on greenway, which is a walking trail around 5:00 p.m. and shortly after, officers blocked off streets and surrounded the entire neighborhood in an hour long manhood telling them to shelter. they took him into custody 10:00 p.m. but gave no other details on his age. here is the mayor speaking on that tragedy. we pray that something like this will never happen here. it did. we have to end
for the january 6th select committee, the ticking clock has prompted a last-minute print to share with the american public everything that they ve collected. this morning, the committee released yet another enlightening batch of transcripts from interviews with some of trump s closest allies. testimonies from people like ronna mcdaniel, kellyanne conway, and katrina pearson add new context to trump s state of mind in the lead-up to january 6th attack. however, the information we learned today was very important, this morning s release was follow-up to a veritable mother load from the committee shared overnight. a now public database of investigators underlying evidence, as well as some of their sources and methods. thousands of pages of phone records, text messages and emails. think of the committee s work like this. a master architect constructing a new home. a tom firm ground, they set a solid foundation. it raised a frame and with meticulous craftsmanship, it built a stru