welcome back. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i m ana cabrera in for jose diaz-balart. moments from now, president biden set to leave the white house on his way to pennsylvania where he ll give his first campaign speech of the year. meanwhile, the republican candidates are going all in, in iowa, with just ten days left until the iowa caucuses. overseas, israel outlines its plans for the next stage of the war against hamas as secretary of state antony blinken heads to the region for the fourth time in three months. back at home, a monster winter storm barreling toward the east coast, impacting tens of millions of people. we ll tell you which areas could see up to ten inches of snow. great to have you with us. it s just 11:01 now. we begin this hour with the 2024 race for the white house, and ahead of the third anniversary of the january 6th insurrection at the u.s. capitol, two presidents, past and present, are offering two very different versions for the fu
weekend of campaign rallies to try and fire up his base ahead of the caucus there. president biden travels to the valley forge area, home to george washington s war encampment, to deliver a speech on america s democracy, marking three years since the capitol insurrection on january 6. secretary blinken overseas for high-stakes diplomacy, with tensions flaring throughout the middle east. a new u.s. drone strike in iraq calls for revenge from hezbollah. all as the idf is pressed by nbc on civilian casualties in gaza. good to be with you. andrea mitchell is on assignment traveling with secretary of state antony blinken in the middle east. it s january 5, 2024. president biden is beginning his campaign season, heading to valley forge where soldiers trained to fight for the new promise of america. using the historical site to warn voters that donald trump is dangerous, a threat he says to that idea of america, to our democracy. just remember what happened three years ago
arabia, as i do with mexico, as i do with everybody. you know, they all buy apartments from me. they pay millions and millions of dollars. am i supposed to dislike them? i love them. china. i sell apartments for $50 million, $30 million, $25 million, the cheap ones like $10 million. i don t bother to sign those contracts because those are the cheap ones. but i get it from saudi arabia. i get it from japan. i get it from everybody. i love these people. willie, what do i always say? when he s talking, there s laugh tracks going in the audience, but you can believe him, right? you can always believe trump when he makes a claim like that. yeah, that was almost a decade ago, too. wow. there s some new information we re getting this morning. we ll get into specifics about how much he enjoys those relationships he was bragging about. yeah, there is a new report that finds those payments continued during his years in the white house. we ll talk about that. good morning. w
oversight committee of the house of representatives has discovered corruption of foreign influence pedaling by a president of the united states. a startling i should scare every american and quite frankly shows the illegal grift that donald trump and his family have put on this country. you ll see that we used very conservative accounting methods here and the republicans have not been able to find one thing wrong with this report. they ve basically accepted the facts. house democrats saying that donald trump received millions of dollars from foreign governments during his presidency. the dozens of countries he accepted payments from and what else was uncovered in that report. plus, israel s defense minister has outlined a new phase-in the country s war against hamas. the targeted approach that s now on the table as the nation still tries to free hostages. and also ahead, republican presidential candidate nikki haley is addressing the backlash over her comments about t
feat that defies all preconceived limits of this legendary game. willis says it took a lot of practice. the win dedicated to his dad, who tragically died in december. i m dedicating it to my dad. he was always very supportive, and i think he d be proud. reporter: tearing down an icon brick by brick. yes! reporter: a game breaking victory just falling into place. oh my god! reporter: steve patterson, nbc news. kind of makes you want to try it, doesn t it? that s nightly news for this thursday. thanks for watching. i m lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night, everyone. and e c