in just two days, 118 congress will be sworn in with republicans in the majority in the house and kevin mccarthy is vowing to fight to become house speaker until the very end. but the question remains. could a group of heart rate lawmakers keep them from reaching the magical number of 219 votes. also one of the most controversial members of the new congress, new york republican george santos said take his seat lying about everything for his family history to his finances. we ll talk to another new yorker, democratic congressman richie torres, with reprising which insulation to make in a crime for candidates to lie. in the new year brings new concerns about a new variant. new covid variant. according to the cdc. it now presents over 40% new cases. well astronauts prior to what we should do to protect our family and ourselves. we bring with you begin with you with some for some breaking news out of new york city. where three police officers were injured in a machete attack
minutes as you need. friday, tuesday i appreciate the generosity. thank you, alex. with donald trump s life, is a disaster zone now. illegal disaster zone. the toxic waste of his life and business and his life in the white house is drowning donald trump s hope for happier days in the final chapter of his life. every day gets worse for donald trump. every day is worse than the day before. what happened to donald trump in a courtroom in manhattan today would have been the worst thing that has happened in donald trump s life if donald trump had never been president. donald trump s accountant, alex weisselberg, the man who handled the money going in and going out of donald trump s counts pled guilty today for 15 felonies involving that money. 15 financial crimes. all of those crimes were committed to benefit donald trump in some way. some indirect ways. nothing as bad as that has happened in donald trump s business life, including donald trump s multiple business bankru
interview since having a stroke. an update on his health, and how his campaign against trump backed doctor oz is going. but we start this evening s broadcast with breaking news in the investigation at mar-a-lago. the next phase of the battle between the justice department and all trump will take place in a florida courtroom tomorrow. both soils will appear before a trump appointed judge, alien cannon. she will be the one to decide whether to grant the former president s plea for a special master to go through those documents that were seized in his florida home. just a few hours ago, his legal team filed its response to the department of justices objections to having a third party review those documents, citing the need for a quote, independent attorney client privilege assessments and executive privilege determinations. in a court filing, revealed at this very hour last night, the justice department said a special master was not needed and revealed a whole lot of damning new
reporter: the biden campaign responded to those comments saying that trump is deflecting that this is just his latest desperate attempt at distraction. trump strategy of course is of accusing people of what he stands for being accused of. but those comments as the republican front runner come as warnings as what a second term with trump are coming into clear view. and how the stakes of it will be much higher, according to a report on the new york times that by well funded, outside infrastructure. we will have more on that report with maggie haberman in a moment, including on what the staff of a second trump term could potentially look like. but this is coming out some of his own former cabinet members have warned he should not be president again, including, his vice president. president trump asked me to put him over the constitution. anyone who has someone else to but themselves over the constitution should never be president of the united states again. reporter: w
results for the american people. i can think of no better contrast. i think is the sort of in terms of the next congress is going to operate. you talk about the far-right part of the republican party. i want to put up for folks marjorie taylor greene. she tweeted about her support for kim mccarthy. she wrote in part or how she conference has suffered together so much in the past years. many republicans have moved. have changed move to the right. the base doesn t know it yet. with those razor thin majorities that are working. the republicans are working on. how do you possibly get anything done if merger taylor greene and some of the people who are maybe on the far right and of the republican party are the ones calling the shots essentially. i think that that crystalize is the challenge they will face the house republican caucus and ultimately one will render in very unlikely ultimately able to govern in my view. republicans spend a lot of time of the campaign trail talking about