plus a look ahead at what is expected to be one of the key political storylines of 2023. trump versus desantis. more on that ahead. we are going to start with some breaking news. kevin mccarthy set to hold a call with a gop conference in about an hour s time. he s facing some tough numbers in his fight for the house speaker. abc s ali roth joins me now from capitol hill. ali, what more can you tell us about your scoop. just about an hour from now, this big gop meeting. yeah, lindsay, my colleague haley talbot and i getting the scoop about an hour ago that really explains what kevin mccarthy is doing in these last two days before that make-or-break moment, the speaker s election on tuesday. sources are telling us that in less than an hour at 4 pm he s going to hold this call with members of the house gop caucus, really trying to solidify every last gop vote, every ounce of support he can be for that critical vote on tuesday. the last thing he wants to happen is for, is to no
i m lindsay reiser in for yasmin of a soup in. a terrifying attack in new york city. a suspect going after police with a machete. questions about why he did it. and the writing suddenly be tied to him. suspect in the midst of murders for college is not a whole mason be on the move. breaking news from capitol s this as republicans grapple with questions about incoming congressman and alleged serial liar george santos. surprising is from the white house involving a joint appearance for president biden and cinnamon art and leader mitch mcconnell. and donald trump brings in a new year. it starts with the doj investigation of the former president heating up a new revelations about his finances. all of that plus how things are looking for our wallets in the new year. i ll talk to an expert about where the economy is heading in 2023. that discussion ahead. we have some breaking news you want to get to. jess confirmed by nbc news. kevin mccarthy will hold a call today at 4 pm as
republicans in the house who say that even if he is sworn in there should be an ethics and best occasion into the claims that he made on his resume that he has now admitted to embellishing. santos after all helped republicans flip that district and earn back their majority in the house. so, mccarthy, there s no incentive or advantage for mccarthy and house gop leadership to come out and condemn santos. possibly losing support that santos has already pledged to for mccarthy and that speakership about. possibly other house republicans who mccarthy could lose if he stands up against santos. so, this is all teeing up for what s likely to be a very, very interesting vote on tuesday. we know before santos can even be sworn in or before this house majority can even begin to function, they have to elect a speaker. so, even raising the stakes even more for mccarthy before tuesday, lindsey. ali roth, thank you. joining me right now is robert s interim, the democrat who came up short on george
welcome back, i m lindsey reiser and for yasmin vossoughian. we continue to follow the latest developments and a machete attack on a group of new york city police officers. plus the breaking news we brought you first just last hour, kevin mccarthy holding a sunday call with a gop members. just one hour. as he scrambles for the votes he needs to become speaker of the house on a vote on tuesday. it s not the only issue facing the gop as they take control of the house. they also have to figure out what to do about congressman -elect and alleged serial liar george santos. i think this is troubling and so many ways. certainly he has lied repeatedly. again, this is a decision whether he resigns or stays that needs to be made between he and the voters who elected him. he certainly going to have to consider resigning. the democrat who lost two santos certainly has some ideas about what should be done. robert cimarron joins me in a few minutes.
research. it was down with the congressional campaign committee. raise a lot of important red flags. if we want to make sure this doesn t happen again, i would encourage every viewer to invest in your local media. pay, get subscriptions to newspapers, support local media. the other front lines and defending democracy. i support that. robert, i want to ask you, if you could do anything differently, if you wish maybe the national parties could ve done something differently would you? ,,. , obviously, i wish i knew the information that s out. now we try to get it. let me be very clear, lindsey. we got the nomination. i got the nomination on this 24th. we had ten weeks to the general election. we had to raise money, we had to build a campaign, plan our field operations, raise money for our media and for our direct mail. so, we had to do a lot in ten weeks. i m very proud of the effort we made. frankly, while it s frustrating,