Theres no difference of gonzalez to mexico. We want to start a transition. Thats why the armed forces need to step up and behave institutionally, obey the constitution and respect the vast majority of venezuelans. Thank you for being with us today. Appreciate your time. I appreciate you. Thank you so much. That wraps up the hour for me. Im Jose diazbalart. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. Right now on andrea mitchell reports, freedom. American prisoners safely back in the U. S. Today and recuperating in san antonio after their celebratory Midnight Meeting with President Biden, Vice President harris and their families at joint base andrews outside washington. Great satisfaction and a feeling of relief for the families. Did you think this moment would come . Yes. This is just an extraordinary testament to the importance of having a president who understands the power of diplomacy. Former President Trump Railing against the excha
With the taliban leader baradar in kabul as first reported by the washington post. Mr. Biden has been meeting with his national security council along with g7 on a secure video line this morning and we are following breaking news from capitol hill. The house is back in session and now moving towards a procedural vote this afternoon to begin debate on a massive budget bill, the first step towards the democratic leadership s goal of trying to pass the budget before getting to the smaller bipartisan infrastructure bill and on the coronavirus, dr. Anthony fauci saying today that the fda s full approval of the pfizer vaccine will bring new national enthusiasm for vaccine mandates and already today lsu announcing that the school will require fans 12 and older to provide proof of vaccination or a negative covid test before attending lsu football games, but let s begin with nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel in kabul, nbc news correspondent courtney kube and kelly o donnell. Back in
ukraine. we just hope they can come to yes. we will have the second vote if the first vote fails. former house speaker nancy pelosi will join me here. plus, hamas responds with its demands to free the hostages as secretary blinken is in israel trying to push for a compromise. netanyahu s response coming up live this hour. none of the above. nikki haley loses the nevada primary to the swing state s unique ballot option of rejecting all the candidates. donors keep her challenge going to donald trump. good day, i m andrea mitchell in washington. nancy pelosi joins me in a few moments. first, we start with one of her successors, mike johnson, and his shocking losses in the house last night. republicans thought they had two sure wins with two votes late tuesday. the majority failed to impeach homeland secretary mayorkas and they failed to pass a bill for aid to israel. speaker johnson speaking about the failures moments ago. last night was a setback. democracy is messy.
here are the top stories we re covering this hour. israel says its war effort to eliminate hamas is entering a new phase with the new year. but is it going to reduce civilian casualties as the question has been questioning. this as prime minister netanyahu suffers a major political setback from his country s supreme court. i ll teak to ambassador mark regev and the democratic senator. and in tokyo, a five-man crew of air national guard claimed dead but all 400 on board a wide-body passenger plane escaping safely in just minutes after their plane exploded on the runway. and we ll look at the surge of respiratory illnesses over the holiday season. as flu, covid and rsv give families a rough start to 2024. and good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. israel is starting the new year by launching intense attacks against central and southern gaza, even as the idf begins the process, it says, of bringing the first several thousand of its troops home. that includ
votes, which is one more than we have. and despite all the revelations so far, the former the president revived his attack against mike pence on friday insisting the rioters were patriots and dangling pardons for them if he runs again and is reelected. trump s lies about the election are reinvestigator rating in texas where they adopted a platform calling president biden s win illegitimate. and there are growing fears about a recession next year as americans are paying higher prices while cutting back on travel and leisure and paying more for loans. the biden administration still arking it s not certain after being wrong on inflation. the president said that today himself. we ll talk about whether that interest rate hike will have an impact. also this hour, the raging bat until ukraine where russia has a firm grip on the eastern part of the country and the families of three americans allege captured in combat are desperately trying to get them home. but first, to the atta