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
do to you. jurors, if you could hear us, we are curious but we do not need to know who you are. also, probably a lot happier for the people who do not know about it. like, hats off to you. you new yorkers. all right buddy, see you, thanks as always. thank you at-home for joining us this hour. quote, no one is above the law, not even a former president of the united states. that is how roberta kaplan, the lawyer for writer e. jean carroll, how she began her statement in the case against former president trump. carol herself said quote, i filed this lawsuit against donald trump to clear my name and to get my life back. today, the world finally knows the truth. this afternoon, a jury of six men and three women, in manhattan, found former president donald trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation. the decision was quick, and it was unanimous. for years now, trump has been not only denying miss carroll s allegation that he shoved her against a wall and raped her in the dressi
little melancholy. and i were just big man, you know, you re not too macho and it s no big deal. the people are gonna hurt more than anyone else is your family. we re so glad the senator was able to get the help he needed. remember, if you need help, please ask for it. and if you can give help, please give. it we are all in this together. and on that note, i wish you all a good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks and nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow thank you at-home for joining us this hour. quote, no one is above the law, not even a former president of united states. that is how roberta kaplan, the lawyer for writer e. jean carroll, that is how she began her statement after the verdict was read in the case against former president trump. carol herself said, quote, i filed this lawsuit against donald trump clear my name in to get my life back. today the world finally knows the truth. this afternoon a ju
appear to be a group of former fbi agents who traffic and conspiracy theories, and have little evidence of actual wrongdoing. we re gonna take you through that report later on this hour. democratic committee matter colin allred slamming the committee s efforts right here on msnbc, take a listen. as somebody who served in the obama administration, and now in congress, i think this is the ten four house committee, there s nothing here. they said it s going to be the response to january six committee given that, apparently in a similar budget, and they have nothing, that s because there is no there there. it s also a waste of taxpayer dollars, and of our time. meanwhile brand new reporting on how president biden s 2024 strategy is taking shape. the washington post reports the president s team is moving quickly to endless potential rivals for a national advisory board. the group of democratic governors, senators, another party stars will travel and then speak on the president
you. i m jim sciutto. a busy day on this monday. the first day of the new year. new details about the 19-year-old suspect who is accused of attacking three nypd officers in times square on new year s eve. we re learning he was interviewed by the fbi and also on a terrorist watch list. officials say in his diary he detailed a desire to join the taliban and to die a martyr. and the man arrested in connection with those brutal stabbing deaths of four idaho college students set to make his first court appearance. now his family is speaking out for the first time. i ve been in touch with his family. as you can imagine, the holidays brutal for them. the january 6th committee releasing a trove of new documents overnight detailing calls by president trump ahead of the insurrection. what sort of payment rudy giuliani requested for his post-election legal services and what the committee wanted to ask former chief of staff mark meadows in a deposition. more on that in a moment.