By the special counsel from commenting him to comment publicly for parts in the case it may have a Chilling Effect on witnesses citing a social media post where he warns, if you go after me im coming after you. His defense attorney john lauro made the rounds on the tv saying theyre going to oppose the request. Hes also refuting the claim that his client ordered Vice President pence to overturn the 2020 Election Results on january 6. Pence contradicting that take. What President Trump did not do is direct Vice President pence to do anything he asked him in an aspirational way, asking is covered by the first amendment. In the days before the president was talking about us rejecting votes, then late in the process his lawyers suggested that we return votes to the states, but, frankly, the day before january 6, if memory serves, they came back, his lawyers did, and said, we want you to reject joets outright they were asking me to overturn the election i had no right to overturn the electio
Biggest hubs, the travel troubles to watch out for today if you are hitting the road, plus who could see a White Christmas today. And a silent night in the holy land during wartime. Richard engel gets rare access in bethlehem where christmas is effectively canceled this year. And its another tripledemic around the corner . The cdc warning of a sharp spike in covid, flu and rsv just as families get together for the holidays. And it was the year of the strike. How the fight for workers rights defined 2023. And it might just still feel like a christmas miracle for detroit fans. The lions end their 30year Division Title drought with an exclamation point. Were wishing is a very Merry Christmas to all of those who celebrate. Early today starts right now. Good morning, im brie jackson. Extreme weather making it harder for many of those traveling home for christmas. A dense fog caused a ground stop at chicagos midway airport. More than 300 flights were either canceled or delayed, which caused
plun > money. how much snow will some areas get deady journey. at least eight people killed, more missing when their boat capsized off san diego. why authorities suspect human smugglers. former vice president mike pence takes a big swing at former president trump. one state urging people to avoid travel to all of mexico as spring break ramps up. should americans cancel their trips plus a young girl s song writing goes global. how musicians from around the world brought it to life this is nbc nightly news with kate snow good evening we start with a lot of breaking news. after a weekend of working in overdrive, the treasury secretary along with the fed and fdic just announce add nannounced a new plan, the goal to prevent more panic and failure of more banks. but at nearly the same time that statement came out there is yet another bank that has been forced to close, signature bank in new york city. the race against the clock this weekend was to find some sort of so
life in its tracks and left dozens of people dead. in eastern europe, millions of ukrainians are grappling with freezing temperatures in the dark with no power after russia unleashed another brutal series of missile strikes across the country today. we re going to take you live to kyiv. also this hour, the new year could bring some relief at the pump. we re going to take a look into why some experts say gas prices could continue to tumble in 2023. and in 25 hours from now, house lawmakers will release former president trump s tax returns to the public. what we can expect all coming up. but we begin with the latest on the recovery hours after a blizzard left 76 people dead nationwide. in buffalo, new york, we have national guard troops helping to dig that community out. then in rochester, state officials broke out a handy new vehicle with a tool that acts as a claw to pick up and drag cars and vans to clear the roadways. there you see it. but the travel chaos triggered by
speaker. we do know house republicans joined a conference call to talk about a possible new deal on the table. but multiple people on the call tell nbc news, kevin mccarthy acknowledges he still does not have enough votes to become speaker after 11 rounds. we spoke with kevin mccarthy ahead of that call and this is what he this is all leaving one-third of our government functionally paralyzed just as the nation marks the second anniversary of the january 6th attack on the capitol. politico making the note that, quote, a handful of republicans who remained in the january 6th sights throughout its investigations are now leading the effort to deny mccarthy the speakership. one officer who defended lawmakers on january 6th pointed out the irony of what s happening on the hill right now. no matter what anybody s thoughts about which way it s going, the right that think the fact that they have the right to be able to do that in a safe environment is kind of what we provided