it s continue:in the east, 7:00 a.m. in the west. today americans have been dreading the book end to one of the busiest travel seasons on record that has certainly seen its fair share of headaches for travelers. we re live from atlanta s airport as folks hope to start off the new year the right way. and overseas, russia unleashing a swarm of drone strikes on ukraine, showing no signs of backing down from the strategy of targeting key infrastructure amid the bitter winter cold. we re live in the region with the latest as we approach the one-year mark of russia s invasion. also ahead, the family of the suspect arrested in connection to the killing of those four university of idaho students is addressing that arrest. what the suspect s lawyer and the police chief there are telling nbc news. plus, new chaos on capitol hill with republicans set to take control of the house. how kevin mccarthy s bid for the speaker s gavel just got even more complicated thanks to his very own
Voting for speaker. This time louisiana congressman mike johnson is the fourth nominee for republicans. Hello, and welcome. Im sandra smith in new york, a big welcome back to you, john. John good to be back, john roberts in washington, and this is america reports. Remains unclear whether mike johnson will have the support to win the job. Chad pergram, of course, has been watching this for what feels like weeks now, because it has been weeks. Chad, whats the latest . They are getting very close to taking yet another ballot here for Speaker Of The House. What they have been doing the past couple of minutes here is putting into nomination the candidate for this particular round, of course mike johnson, the new one here and pete aguilar, the chair of the Democratic Caucus is again nominating Hakeem Jeffries, the democratic leader. This feels different than some of the other chapters we have been through over the past couple of weeks. I talked to a couple members a few minutes ago, members
Fathers administration. Jeff zeleny is outfront in new york. We learned ivanka trump, Jared Kushner are going to move To Washington. Now, thats a pretty stunning thing, right, if you think about the fact ivanka trump said she will have no role in her fathers administration. This is a clear signal shes going to be right by her fathers side. Maybe she doesnt have a technical title. Shes staying in her job at the Trump Organization. What can you tell us . Reporter something they have to work out and sort through. Theyve already had missteps here in the first month of this Transition Meeting with the world leader, the first meeting that her father had with the Prime Minister of japan, and, but erin, its clear that they are still trying to sort through this. The american presidency is not simply set up for a family like this so theyre going to be making the rules as they go along, but we are told they are planning to move To Washington. Theyre looking for houses there at the very least. She
that does it for me today, but we ve got a big show planned for tomorrow night. my guests will include pennsylvania governor josh shapiro and new york congressman dan goldman. i m very excited to talk to both of them. in the meantime be sure to follow the show on twitter, tick tock, and instagram, and a reminder you can listen to every episode of the podcast for free. we ll see you back here tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. eastern, but stay right where you are because there s much more news coming up on msnbc. . jill > . jill jill and i wanted to pay our respects. it means a hot. everybody was worried about you and they nerve mentioned me. i m up here sweating like a dog. there s no quit in america. none. there s no quit in america. secret service says we have to keep everyone safe. i said what about me. they said we never thought about that. the best way is to stay strong with our allies. to not break, do not break. do you feel the breeze because i don t want a