as millions gather for new year s eve celebrations. preparations are underway in some of the nation s biggest cities, with the fbi warning of increased risks of attacks. tonight, we speak with the nypd about keeping the ball drop safe. and a new year means new laws. for half the country, that means minimum wage is going up. we ll take a look at how the increase impacts workers and businesses. but we begin with the weather, and millions of americans bracing for rain, wind, and possible flooding. there s also a risk of more massive waves like the ones that slammed the california coast, some as high as 25 feet, damaging homes and prompting evacuations. cbs s reed cowan will start us off tonight from northern california. reed, good evening. reporter: good evening, major. well, communities all up and down the california coast hit hard by this powerful storm, arguably some of the worst damage here in the coastal community of aptos. they really got hit hard. a lot of people who li
deals with that caucus after the small but effective group of republicans showed impact. yanked away mid tirade against congressman gaetz. now, that process was used to take new powers away from leadership and em power mccarthy foes. in a new piece reporting that whatever everyone think of gaetz his critics across the spectrum acknowledge he must be dealt with after the speaker clash, and mccarthy allies don t like it, saying it s not the outcome they preferred but gaetz s stature has been elevated. true on house rules and visibility as well. mccarthy setbacks in this early period, they often played as gaetz s gains. there are a handful of far right holdouts and they warn they will not support him. the more conservative freedom caucus members pledged not to vote for kevin mccarthy. kevin mccarthy celebrating a victory that almost didn t happen. this looks like a bit of a heated conversation. this is incredible. this is an incredible moment. mccarthy is directly enga
strikes on ukraine. power facilities in key cities taking a direct hit and leaving residents in the dark and cold. also tonight, we re digging through a new batch of just released january 6th transcripts including testimony by donald trump jr. and we re getting new insight into melania trump s mistrust of her husband s inner circle. and the southwest airlines meltdown drags on now for an eighth day. with thousands more flights canceled. will southwest get back to a full schedule tomorrow as the company claims? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour in ukraine after one of the biggest russian missile assaults since the start of the russian invasion. let s go straight to the capital, kyiv. our senior international correspondent ben wedeman is on the ground for us. ben, so what are you seeing and hearing over there? reporter: well, what we heard at about 9:00 this morning l
kate bolduan in for erin bu burnett. going, quote, medieval, that s steve bannon. bannon is defiant on his podcast. pray for our enemies, okay? because we re going medieval on these people. we re going to savage our enemies, so pray for them. who needs prayers? not maga, not war room, and certainly not steven k. bannon. after leaving court today, bannon spoke briefly to reporters. listen. look, it was a very good first day. it was a long day for jury selection. and so it goes. now bannon faces two criminal charges for his failure to comply with a house january 6th investigation. it s been ten months since he received a subpoena from the committee. the case is a major test of how much power congress really has when a witness defies a subpoena. bannon, one of the biggest purveyors of trump s election lies was a key figure in the lead-up to january 6th. days before he was outlining trump s plan win or lose. in his words then, trump is just going to declare victory and ba
republican congressman. we will wear that any members of congress had [inaudible] mr. gates and mr. brooks mr. gates was the first to ask for a pardon. [inaudible] i m sorry. the only reason i know to ask for a pardon is because you think you have committed a crime. the president is getting very agitated and he said, people tell me i should just get rid of both of you and change the leadership, put jeff clarke in, maybe something will finally get done. i thought that it was [inaudible] how does the president even know mr. clark? i said, so suppose i do the, suppose i replace him, replace with [inaudible] jeff clark. what would you do? i said, mr. president, i would rather resign immediately. stephanie ruhle, all here for our special primetime recap of the fifth day of the january 6th hearings. good evening from msnbc headquarters, i m rachel. i am joined here by my beloved colleagues lawrence o donnell, nicole wallace, joy reid, ari melber. and if that s