Their roles. The decision could change the direction of the party as we know it. Lets begin with jessica dean who joins us on the hill with more on this Power Sharing Agreement. Reporter the big thing here is democrats will now take control of the senate committees. When youre in control, youre setting the agenda. That means thing in joe bidens agenda that they wanted to get ahead, President Bidens agenda they wanted to push ahead like Merrick Garlands nomination for Attorney General can now move forward. Youll remember there has been a holdup on some of these nominees including Merrick Garland who is the nominee to be Attorney General because republicans maintained control of these committees, because they had to operate off the last congress because they didnt have this agreement in place. Now that democrats will take over these committees, that means democrats are going to have a much easier time getting things on the table. Theyre going to hold control. We expect now that someone l
the combat symptoms and boosts immunity. biovanta really works. it is good to be back with you on this second hour of chris jansing reports. ahead for us, the breaking news in iran. more than 100 killed, after explosions. israel was not behind the attack. growing concerns about american hostages in gaza as israel prepares for many months of war. battle at the border, a whole lot of republicans at the u.s.-mexico line taking aim the president for a growing number of migrant crossings which are slowing down. in the count down to iowa, the ad wars are heating up and it is getting nasty early. the new lines of attack from ron desantis and nikki haley. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with those deadly blasts in iran with nbc s teheran bureau chief ally ali arouzi. reporter: wounded 210 others near a cemetery in iran where a ceremony was being held to mark the 2020 death of country s top commander, in a u.s. drone attack. one bl
up, hundreds of thousands of votes ahead, and all of a sudden you saw that drop, what is it, 3:02 in the morning, the chart coming down, down, down. the votes are running out. bing, bing. and all of a sudden, we lose pennsylvania. the right continues to push fringe positions, personal grievances, and conspiracy theories, team normal lid by president biden is displaying stable leadership at home and abroad. also tonight, the right is turning the defense of the violent january 6th criminals into a movement. and as usual, kevin mccarthy is complicit. you might not know the name markwayne mullin. this week, the cage fighter turned republican senator said, quote, i don t want reality. and i have the thoughts about his reality-free rant about teaching children about race. but we begin tonight with the rise of team normal. thanks to president joe biden, well, bidening, after his theory of the case in politics that bipartisanship is best actually won out last night, when the
in four months, four months, five months, i m indicted. i will be a chairman of a committee in a couple of years if you look at the standards of congress. the george santos show enters another phase. he is facing up to 20 years in prison. meanwhile, kevin mccarthy refuses to call for santos resignation because he needs his tainted vote. and republicans rush to the defense of donald trump after a jury determines he is indeed a sexual predator. plus, how should the media deal with the republican front runner who remains such a big danger to this country? we begin tonight with consequences. it s not something that you often see in politics. but in the past two days, some men in powerful positions have learned the hard lesson. that believe it or not, you can t just do anything you want and get away with it. exhibit a being serial fabricator and alleged part- time brazilian drag queen george santos. the republican congressman who was arraigned in a long island courtroom
hostages on the wrong side of the border. on a desolate road outside of matamoras, mexico a convoy of vehicles carries victim s friday s attack. police found the two alive in a small house, their friends brown and woodward dead in a field nearby. [siren] at the border an ambulance took the two survivors to a brownsville, texas hospital. the deceased for now remain in mexico. attacks on u.s. citizens are unacceptable, no matter where or under what circumstances they happen. some on capitol hill want the u.s. military to go after the cartels with or without mexico s permission. i recommend we take the fight to the cartel and use extreme prejudice, extreme prejudice because they are killing americans. attorney general merrick garland spoke today without addressing that issue. the cartels are responsible for the deaths of americans and we are fighting as hard as possible. mexican president lopez observe door says one man is in custody while they look for others. mex