Sandra house conservatives also taking aim at Conference Chair liz cheney, calling for her removal from that post after she voted to impeach former President Trump. We have affecting coverage to kick things off on this wednesday afternoon, Kristin Fisher with more of the Biden Administrations next steps but we begin with Jacqui Heinrich live on capitol hill for us this afternoon, hey. Hey there sandra Marjorie Taylor greene did not make things easy on House Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy during our long meeting last night expressing no remorse, im told over past comments she made when elective promoting conspiracy theories. Mccarthy was forced to call in the Stearate Committee and lawmakers with their assignment. Whatever mccarthy decide to become it was not enough for House Democrats who Just Announced they are moving forward with a vote tomorrow on the floor to strip green of her committees. Democrats in the meantime seizing this moment watching half a Million Dollar ad campaign and
we re live with the latest. plus, taste the expletive out of the blue, a january 6th rioter who bragged about using a stun gun on police learns his fate from a judge. and the race against time in the atlantic, with less than a day s worth of oxygen inside a missing submersible, more ships are rushing to a search area two times the size of connecticut, hoping to find five people alive. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. i want to begin right there with the latest on the search and rescue with nbc s kristen dahlgren, we don t know for sure how long they may have breathable oxygen. we know yesterday it was 40 hours, now we re probably down to 15 if that was right. but clearly from the press conference we just heard, this is 100% search and rescue still? reporter: yeah, absolutely, chris, and as for that question about how much breathable air is on board, they wouldn t field that today, they said there were a lot of factors that play into i
these were homes, neighborhoods , communities and here and elsewhere. the staggering loss of property is secondary. at least 25 people are now confirmed dead in mississippi. another person was killed in alabama for perspective. these past 24 hours have seen more tornado deaths than all of last year. many are just thankful to have survived. mcafee unity. and . thank god we re alive, but also were so devastated by the loss. the whole trailer park behind the building is gone and we don t know where everybody is . we don t know who s alive and who s gone. cnn s nick valencia is enrolling fork, mississippi nick just heartbreaking to hear these accounts. what are you hearing from people? it is and it s just awful to see this and we apologize for having to go live from our satellite phone. but it s a testament how much damage is here. in sharkey county and rolling fork, mississippi felt hours have been heavily damaged here, which is why we re not being able to go live on air. but wh
chaos and dysfunction within the white house during trump s time in office. plus, transportation secretary pete buttigieg is threatening major penalties for southwest airlines amid a massive number of cancellations and delays. we ll have the latest on the seemingly never-ending travel troubles. and president biden signs a massive $1.7 trillion government spending bill into law. capping off a year of big wins for the white house. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this friday, december 30th. the penultimate day of 2022. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day us with. we ll begin with a newly-released batch of deposition transcripts from the january 6th house committee from some key witnesses, including members of former president donald trump s inner circle. and that includes former white house communications director alyssa farah griffin, she spoke to the january 6th house panel back on april 15th, describing her tenure at the white house as quo
and john fetterman easily won the democratic senate primary in pennsylvania, though he might be the first candidate to do so from a hospital bed. he is out of surgery this morning after suffering a stroke and receiving a pacemaker just hours before the polls closed. we ll hear from his wife in a bit. meanwhile in north carolina, the first term congressman madison cawthorn has conceded after losing his primary to state senator chuck edwards. it is a major lrebuke of someon who was once seen as a rising star in the gop but whose political career saw scandal after scandal that put him on the outs with his own party. donald trump had pleaded with voterses to give cawthorn a second chance, but they chose a different path. meanwhile in idaho, republican governor brad little beat back a challenge from his own lieutenant governor whose tirades against covid restrictions had won her the endorsement of donald trump. and in pennsylvania, senate race is so close on the republican sid