residents. officials fearful people living alone without power may not have survived. buffalo police cracking down on looters. mona kosar abdi in buffalo, rob marciano standing by timing out a major rainmaker for new year s eve. news just coming in from the cdc. the u.s. imposing new covid restrictions on all travelers from china, as the country faces a surge of new covid infections, pushing hospitals to the brink. urgent concerns tonight for the health of retired pope benedict. the vatican revealing today the 95-year-old former pontiff is, quote, very sick. marcus moore at the vatican, where pope francis is asking for prayers tonight. growing frustration at the southern border. after the supreme court extended the trump-era immigration policy known as title 42. will carr reporting on the urgent need for more facilities to cope with the crush of people. new details tonight on congressman-elect george santos, already facing accusations he lied about much of his biograp
headquarters in new york city and the political drama captivating washington and paralyzing the house of representatives now in a third day with no end in sight. we re well into the seventh vote. still no speaker ask it does not appear the concessions kevin mccarthy agreed to last night made any difference in the vote count today. the biggest backlash against those conservative rebels coming from other members of their party. slamming them as egotistical opportunists. one of those members, chris stewart, will join us in a minute. and donald trump s big endorsement of kevin mccarthy landing with a thud. his own maga members rejeking his advice and holding the line against the would-be speaker. so has the former president last his touch? joining me now is senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake, political correspondent steve kornacki, former congresswoman donna edwards, an msnbc political analyst, john theory is a long-time republican house staffer, matthew dowd is foun
the employee who hasn t taken off his name tag since that awful day. tonight, children and covid in this country, and the cdc panel now recommending tonight pfizer booster shots for children 5 to 11. pfizer now says it increases antibodies against the original omicron variant 22-fold. just as new child covid infections hit their highest point since february. the abortion battle in this country, and tonight, the oklahoma legislature passing the most restrictive abortion ban in america. banning abortion beginning at conception, with few exceptions ad sending it to the governor tonight. president biden meeting with leaders of finland and sweden at the white house today, supporting their bid to join nato, defying threats from vladimir putin. the abc news exclusive tonight. martha raddatz on board the uss maine. one obvious 14 ballistic missile submarines protecting the u.s. from potential nuclear threats. and what they kept secret there martha even while she was onboard
online. including the hate-filled plot to target black victims. that document appearing to show the suspect also wrote about abusing animals. and the cache of weapons hidden in his bedroom. tonight, new insight. what did his parents know, and who else had access to his posts? stephanie ramos in buffalo. chilling new details tonight about a deadly plane crash. authorities now say one of the pilots intentionally crashed the plane. sources confirming the flight data suggests one of the pilots intentionally put the passenger jet into a fatal nose dive, slamming io a tauninn china, killing all 132 people onboard. the alarming new headline tonight amid this nationwide baby formula shortage, now two children hospitalized in tennessee. doctors now saying their bodies did not tolerate the switch to a different formula. the pandemic tonight and the fda now authorizing pfizer booster shots for children ages 5 to 11. the cdc likely to follow, could boosters for younger children now
yeah, it could be very well awful. you know, listen, right now, they have a suspect in custody. that s a good news, but right now it s important they reach out to family, individuals that may have been injured during the course of that incident unfolding. that s what they re doing now. of course you have a crime scene they have to protect. they ve got to try to find out as much information from this individual as possible. probably trying to secure search wa warrants. so there are a lot of things going on right now, but one of the main things is actually notifying family members. and here s an eyewitness who just spoke to hour affiliate there, wkbw. from what i saw, just left the store and i stopped here and i started to drink my juice and i heard a gun shot that i knew was a gun shot and not a fire cracker. i looked up and i seen smoke. i seen a guy in a full army shoot just shooting shots at people. i seen a security guard run in the store and then i seen the guy go i