live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. breaking right now, an unprecedented move republicans trying to expel three democratic lawmakers in tennessee for protesting gun violence on the state house floor after the nashville shootings. hundreds packing the state house to protest one of the democrats being targeted calls today s vote, quote, morally insane. and court dates are on a collision course with campaign events in 2024 as attorneys for former president donald trump try to delay his trial until the primaries. the new reporting on what s happening with cases targeting trump in both georgia and d.c., and why atlanta officials are closely watching the manhattan case as it unfolds and the horrific reporting out of baltimore, a years in the making report that accuses the catholic archdiocese of turning a blind eye to hundreds of cases of child sex abuse by priests and others in the words of the attorney general, church leaders were more concerned with avoiding scandal
this is new video outside his apartment. it s located minutes from the scene of the crime. a lot of new information pouring in. we ll bring it to you live throughout the hour action we await that police news conference. first to to william la jeunesse. william? this is one of the biggest mysteries of the year. it paralyzed the university of idaho campus. half of the students department return after thanksgiving because this crime was not solved. that rest of 28-year-old bryan kohberger will not be closure but is a relief. pennsylvania state police and the fbi made the arrest around 3:00 a.m. this morning. 1 1/2 hours from philadelphia in the mountains of eastern pennsylvania. 2,500 miles from the moscow campus in idaho. kohberger is not a student at the university of idaho, but he sen rolled as a ph.d. student in criminalology at washington state about 15 miles from the murder scene. a press conference in an hour. we hope to have details of what connects this suspect to the
scene in pennsylvania. he s been charged with four counts of first-degree murder as well as felony burglary. the officials reeling kohberger is a graduate student at washington state and had an apartment a few miles from where four university idaho students were stabbed to death. officials say mostly tight-lipped throughout the process of the investigation but are now providing the public with answers. springer is in idaho with the details,, what are you learning? they only provided some of the answers. they said at the news conference which we attended 30 minutes ago, they can t say anything what led them to the suspect. kohberger and to speck in the physical state of idaho, they cannot unseal the probable cause affidavit. for they were very vague about what they know about him and what led them to him and what tips did but they did say they made that arrest at 3:00 this morning. this was eastern pennsylvania in monroe county 100 miles north of philadelphia at his parents
good morning to you, a day of vote counting here in washington. i m jim sciutto. vote counting part deuce, i m erica hill. good morning. we are keeping a close watch on washington for just that purpose. a few short hours from now the gop controlled house set to gavel in for a second day as they try to elect a speaker because of course remember without one not much is happening. new members can t even be sworn in. after three rounds of voting presumptive front runner kevin mccarthy not only failed to corral his caucus and secure the 218 votes needed to become speaker, he actually lost support as the day dragged on. we are live from capitol hill. and we will be talking to a member of congress who is central to these negotiations, plus buffalo bills damar hamlin remains sedated in critical condition on a ventilator. this after experiencing that shocking cardiac arrest during monday night football. his uncle tells cnn that he had to be resuscitated not just once on the field
since roe was struck down. but it s been a grueling battle just to get to today. political divisions creating a lot of contentiousness you typically don t see in a place that s known for being midwest nice. that s because the range of issues that have so clearly created dividing lines across the u.s. are playing out right here pitting neighbor against neighbor, friend against friend, and we know abortion is one of those issues. but in addition to dividing people, will it also motivate them to get to the polls? will it drive turnout among women? and does it help one candidate over the other? looking forward, will today s vote be be the first bat until a culture war to change the complaining the complex of the midterms. democrats may already be gaining an advantage. here s why i say that. take a look at this. on june 23rd, that s the day before roe was overturned. the generic congressional battle showed republicans up by almost 3 points. today their advantage has slunk to less