thank you for joining us. we ll begin in washington where congress returns to capitol hill this week after a holiday break with several pressing issues to address. lawmakers are facing a series of deadlines to avoid a government shutdown. funding for several agencies is due to expire on january 19th, and then in february. there s also that second funding deadline they ll have to contend with. the issue of military aid for israel, ukraine and taiwan, and broader concerns about security at the u.s. southern border. leadership in both parties have been in talks about overall funding. some republicans have shown they re willing to force a shutdown soefr border security messages. joining us, anchor of inside politics sunday , manu raju. manu, the latest on these negotiations, what do you know about them? this is going to be a huge test for the u new speaker, mike johnson. he essentially set up the situation that we re headed into at the moment, which is a government shutdo
Headquarters in washington, d.c. john lovell takes over as chief investigator. he has experience, victor and amara, representing the united states, helping out ethiopian authorities to investigate the max 8 crash in 2019. he said these cases are utterly different, but every scene he works on adds to his perspective as all of us across the united states and around the world are wondering what happened to cause this blowout, amara and victor. exactly. mike valerio, thank you very much. let s bring in former nbc investigator alan deal. he s also the author of air sasafe investigators. good to see you this morning. obviously people who fly, this is very unsettling. while the faa has grounded many of these max 9 planes with these replacement plug doors or deactivated doors, what will
But i do think continued scrutiny needs to be maintained. we can talk about the relationship of the faa. i worked for the faa as a scientist, as you may have mentioned, as well as an ntsb investigator. boeing needs to be watched, and the faa needs the resources to do that. alan diehl, we ll leave it there. thank you very much. a major winter storm is hitting the east coast. millions of people will be hit with snow and freezing rain. cnn s polo sandoval is in hartford, connecticut. it looks like it s coming down out there. i can see your shot in the preview. there it is. what s happening now? what are you seeing? reporter: trying to get into position for you, victor and amara, to show you the situation in new england. for much of the winter so far, it s been a snowflake winter. folks, believe it or not, were actually looking forward to a
Alan and Jan Deal, of rural Fort Dodge, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Friday. Cards may be sent to their rural Fort Dodge address. Their