a deal done. talks are at a sensitive points. we have live team coverage from jacqui heinrich and chad pergram. i m sandra smith in for neil cavuto. this is your world. we begin with jacqui at the white house. things look like they re going to start happening here? well, sandra, there s a growing expectation we ll hear something from the president and from speaker mccarthy following this meeting set to happen here in 1 1/2 hours. after each side exchanged barbs over the weekend, biden and kevin mccarthy spoke by phone while biden was coming back to the u.s. white house negotiates met this morning on the hill. after the meeting, there was no exchange of fiery rhetoric. meaning it s likely the two sides are closer together rather than further apart. sources familiar with the negotiations tell me this is about where things stand. there s points of agreement on clawing back the unused covid funds and permitting reform. there s way to move forward and pharmacy benefits manager
Mitchell reports, House Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy 24 hours from the biggest moment of his political career and still no closer to securing the votes he needs to become the next speaker of the house. Also this hour, i will speak to dr. Zeke emanuel about a tough holiday flu season along with new concerns about a new strain of covid19 in the u. S. And we will have a live report from rome as catholics travel to the vatican to Pope Emeritus Benedict during the three days he will lie in state ahead of thursdays funeral mass. Good day, im andrea in mitchell. Happy new year, everyone. Well, the pressure is on republican leader in this in you year, Kevin Mccarthy has to win over the hard line House Conservatives that he needs to become the next speaker of the house. Tomorrow the new Congress Returns to washington with the speaker vote as the top item on the agenda. But at this hour no one knows how long its going to take for republicans to secure the Majority Vote needed to appoint a le
Meeting with japans prime minister. But theres an issue loming over the white house. The Mounting Fallout over bidens handling of classified documents during his post obama years. Thbz has learned one of the classified documents found at the d. C. Office was marked with the highest classification in the u. S. Government. Thats according to a senior u. S. Official and another person familiar. We got that development after attorney general Merrick Garland announced hes appointed a Veteran Prosecutor to serve as Special Counsel to review the documents. Ahead, what were learning about hur and how hes proceeding. Plus the tight rope both the white house and Justice Department are walking considering theres another Special Counsel investigating President Trump. Also this morning, devastation across the southeast. Search and rescue operations are underway after tornadoes in multiple states. By the grace of god, we all survived. We jumped out the car and we all got in the freezer. A lot of pra
welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. joe biden maiks his argument. he enters the 2024 campaign. his video makes clear he expects to stair down trump in a rematch. the president s election now mirrors his message back then. when i ran for president four years ago, i said we re in a battle for the soul of america. and we still are. plus nikki haley tries to change the conversation about abortion her message calls for more compassion. where she delivered that speech highlights the states that decides the electoral map. and today donald trump on trial. jury selection conducts off on whether the former president defamed a writer who awe accuses had him of rape. the president s four more years bet. this morning joe biden making formal another run at the oval office. the method, 6:00 a.m. video release. flashes of violence from one of the darkest days. that announcement video calls back to his 2020 campaign launched
stuff and trying to prevent it? the republican grievance machine wraps up over ohio. for the last couple of, years i have been warning about this crusade against white people. tonight, why you should not be surprised that america cannot solve nasa structure problems, but one of his major parties will not offer solutions and then, mike pence claims up to protect his imaginary presidential hopes, as another trump cabinet member makes it official. jamelle and five years after the nightmare in parkland, the mass murder generation suffers another senseless massacre in michigan. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. when a party wins a new majority in congress, generally, what they want to do is hit the ground running. so far, republicans have not done that. after an interminable series of votes, is lurking back, they did finally elect kevin mccarthy speaker of the house, and earlier this month, credit where it is the, they did manage to kick