Mitchell reports, House Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy 24 hours from the biggest moment of his political career and still no closer to securing the votes he needs to become the next speaker of the house. Also this hour, i will speak to dr. Zeke emanuel about a tough holiday flu season along with new concerns about a new strain of covid19 in the u. S. And we will have a live report from rome as catholics travel to the vatican to Pope Emeritus Benedict during the three days he will lie in state ahead of thursdays funeral mass. Good day, im andrea in mitchell. Happy new year, everyone. Well, the pressure is on republican leader in this in you year, Kevin Mccarthy has to win over the hard line House Conservatives that he needs to become the next speaker of the house. Tomorrow the new Congress Returns to washington with the speaker vote as the top item on the agenda. But at this hour no one knows how long its going to take for republicans to secure the Majority Vote needed to appoint a le
up in blue and yellow, of course the colors of the ukrainian flag, so was the empire state building in new york city. and we ve got a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, turbulence on wall street. why stocks are tumbling right now, and what it means for your wallet. plus, the u.s. moving to seize $75 million worth of luxury real estate in miami beach, the hamptons, and new york city. the owner, a russian oligarch. we ve got the new details on that. also what happened in the first court hearing connected to the deadly shooting on the rust movie set. and court action set to resume shortly. our nbc news reporters are here with all the latest developments, and we begin in south carolina where alec murdaugh is due back on the stand any minute now. nbc s catie beck is outside the courthouse. we were watching together that withering cross-examination from the prosecution today, accusing murdaugh of manufacturing
mitchell reports, house republican leader kevin mccarthy 24 hours from the biggest moment of his political career and still no closer to securing the votes he needs to become the next speaker of the house. also this hour, i will speak to dr. zeke emanuel about a tough holiday flu season along with new concerns about a new strain of covid-19 in the u.s. and we will have a live report from rome as catholics travel to the vatican to pope emeritus benedict during the three days he will lie in state ahead of thursday s funeral mass. good day, i m andrea in mitchell. happy new year, everyone. well, the pressure is on republican leader in this in you year, kevin mccarthy has to win over the hard line house conservatives that he needs to become the next speaker of the house. tomorrow the new congress returns to washington with the speaker vote as the top item on the agenda. but at this hour no one knows how long it s going to take for republicans to secure the majority vote
Good morning. It is 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart. Right now, the jury is in recess and former President Trumps new york Hush Money Trial. It comes after testimony resumed earlier this morning when jurors did leave for recess, they were hearing from georgia longstreet, a paralegal who works on the manhattan district attorneys office. Her testimony coming after jurors heard more from a forensics data expert, with the manhattan district attorneys office, who inspected Text Messages, recordings, secret recordings and other data from phones owned by former trump attorney Michael Cohen. With us to talk about all of this, msnbc National Correspondent yasmin vossoughian, outside the courthouse in manhattan, danny cevallos, Criminal Defense Attorney and msnbc legal analyst, phyllis cote, senior judge and Clinical Professor of law and director of the externship and pro bono program. What has been happening inside the courtroom . This break is probably for a short p
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