Former President Donald Trump tries to get the criminal case against him in florida thrown out. We have an answer from the judge. What if you could work 32 hours a week and still be paid for 40 . Well, Congress Takes a look at that and we talk about the troubled present and uncertain future of College Football with seventime National Championship Coach Nick Saban. Bret but, first, breaking tonight, haiti is spiraling into chaos. Political turmoil and street violence and there are still, at least, hundreds of Americans Still on the Island Nation as of tonight. So far, it appears the Biden Administrations message to those Americans In Haiti is youre on your own. The president s team says it is not preparing to assist in the evacuation at this point. Correspondent Gillian Turner is at the State Department tonight with the latest. Good evening, gillian. Hi, bret there are potentially as you mentioned Hundreds Of Americans trapped on the ground in haiti tonight as the Country Tea Teeters on
right now, though, a live look at a very snowy harrisburg, pennsylvania. you can kind of barely see it. the northeast is bracing for a major winter storm. what s expected to be the areas first big snowfall in two years. more than 40 million people are under winter alerts, from the mid-atlantic from new england, from 8 to 12 inches of snow expected through sunday. that storm already bringing heavy rain and sleet to the southeast, causing icy and hazardous driving conditions. in moments, the new video that shows the point of view of rioters on capitol hill, where three years ago, today. a very good day to all of you from nbc news here in los angeles, welcome to alex witt reports. we have this breaking news to share, several big developments impacting the boeing 737 max nine aircraft. this, after a mid air emergency for forced an alaskan airline flight to plant just minutes after taking off. let s go to nbc s priscilla thompson, joining us now from houston. priscilla, tell
mike: good evening, welcome to washington. i m mike emanuel in for bret baier border crossing set another record. highly total ever recorded for december. with the new year combings new laws. we will tell you where minimum wage is up and which states are implementing new gun restrictions and bret baier takes a look at the rise of internet use and data centers have increasing number of those facilities are impacting the electric grid. but, first, breaking tonight, president joe biden says his favorite memory of the year is bringing jobs back to the u.s. he also says the country is in a better position to lead the world than any other nation. the president s new year s message comes amid low approval numbers u.s. handling of the war in israel and the crisis at our southern border. the first family scheduled to return tomorrow to washington after a week long caribbean vacation. lucas tomlinson is travel with the president and reports from st. croix. good evening, lucas. mike
good evening welcome to washington, i m mike emanuel in for bret baier. border crossings set another record. officials report the highest monthly total ever recorded for december. with the new year comes new laws. we ll tell you where minimum wage is up and which states are implementing new gun restrictions and bret baier looks at the reece of internet use and how they re impacting the electric grid. but, first, breaking tonight, president joe biden says his favorite memory of the year is bringing jobs back to the u.s. he also says the country s in a better position to lead the world than any other nation. the president s new year s message comes amid a year of low approval numbers criticism of the us handling of the war in israel and the crisis at our southern border. the first family s scheduled to return to, wa ton tomorrow after a week-long caribbean vacation. lucas tomlinson is traveling with the president and reports from st. croix. good evening, lucas. mike, the wh
he ll join us with his thoughts on the arrests and the nation s growing crime crisis coming up. so you are saying the option to authorize war powers is on the table? if communist china invaded taiwan, it would certainly be on the table and something that would be discussed by congress. john: house foreign affairs committee michael mccaul making it clear the united states will uphold the pledge to protect taiwan, saying it could empower the president to use military force if the island is invaded. this is america reports and anita vogel, welcome to friday. beijing strongly opposed taiwan s president visiting the u.s. and meeting with house speaker mccarthy. john: and lawmakers will meet with tsai ing-wen in her country, a move to certainly embolden the chinese government. and how the u.s. might respond if china invades taiwan. aishah hasnie is on the ground with more on this. hello, aishah. hi there, anita and john. chairman mccaul, in order to avoid conflict b