other covid era programs are gone, like rental assistance or child care tax credits and support, so people have fewer resources yet prices continue to go up, and organizations say that's leading to more and more demand. >> shannon pettypiece, thank you, important reporting. >> that's going to do it this hour. make sure to join us for "chris jansing reports" every weekday, 3:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. alex witt hosts katy tur reports right now. >> good to be with you all, i'm alex witt in for katy tur, a new twist in the defamation case against rudy giuliani. just hours ago, the former trump attorney filed for bankruptcy. this is a move that comes one day after he was ordered to immediately pay damages totaling $148 million. so in a typical case, those ordered to pay damages have 30 days before it's enforced, but

this is no typical case. according to district judge beryl howell, she says giuliani is likely to hide his assets from the plaintiffs, ruby freeman and shaye moss, adding, quote, giuliani has never denied that he has taken steps to hide his assets from judgment creditors and has offered no affirmative pledge that he will take no steps to do so. joining us right now, nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian, and former u.s. attorney and msnbc legal analyst, joyce vance. welcome to you both. ken, starting with you here. realistically, what does this mean, both the order and giuliani's filing for bankruptcy. what happens first? >> well, alex, the bankruptcy puts the judgment on pause, while a bankruptcy judge decides how to parcel out what's left of mr. giuliani's money. he's listing between $1,000,010,000,000 in assets and at least $152 million in liabilities, maybe more. bankruptcy won't save him from

the $148 million debt. some debt can be wiped away, but a defamation judgment, stemming from willful and malicious acts is not one of them, it can't be. this judgment is likely to follow mr. giuliani for the rest of his life, despite the abrupt ly. and what remains of mr. giuliani's assets, including $6 million from an apartment in new york city up for sale. they may also be able to put a lien on future wages if he ever earns money again, alex. >> it is absolutely extraordinary, the fact that he keeps leaning into these falsehoods, even with the judgment against him. we heard him doing it outside the court. here's something else we heard, joyce because you said it last night. you asked how long it was going to take him to declare bankruptcy. so why do this? what can giuliani avoid through bankruptcy, and what is he still on the hook for? >> well, bankruptcy lets giuliani discharge a lot of his debts as his financial posture, you know, is just really

untenable, alex. and what he'll also achieve here, i think he hopes, is a little bit of delay. what a surprise to see someone trying to use delay to avoid justice. but it will take some time for the bankruptcy court proceedings to take place, for the judge to decide which debts are dischargeable in bankruptcy, as ken says, which can be wiped out and which can't be, and to achieve some sort of lineup of creditors. there's also something else lurking over giuliani's head here, though. beryl howell, the federal district judge in the defamation case took this unusual step of speeding up ruby freeman and shaye moss's ability to go after giuliani to collect on the judgment because he's had a pattern of not playing fair with the courts on paying up these sorts of debts, and so at this point, he's unnoticed, if he engages in an effort to shield his assets, he could subject

himself to criminal prosecution for bankruptcy fraud, so while he gets a little bit of benefit out of the delay here, ultimately he's on notice if he plays fast and loose with his assets, there could be criminal consequences. >> here's the thing, we have heard about creditors coming after him for unpaid bills, legal and otherwise. so to what extent can the plaintiffs, joyce, in this defamation case engage in deep financial forensics. despite claiming he doesn't have this kind of money, the judge casts doubt in the actual ruling say such claims of giuliani's financial difficulties no matter how many times repeated in the media, publicly in the media, they have disseminated and dually reported, they are difficult to square with the fact that giuliani has a spokesperson who accompanied him daily to trial. who knows how much can that cost. how far can they legally delve into his financial realm? >> so giuliani will have to

provide certifications to the bankruptcy court about his assets, and those certifications will be made under oath. this entire process is fraught for someone who lies about their assets. you know, you always have a question with someone who has wealth and access as to whether or not there might be offshore assets. certainly there are experts and investigators who are very good at taking some sort of initial steps to take a look, to see if there's any assets that aren't included in a bankruptcy filing. and so as this process unfolds, we may learn about just what giuliani has by way of assets. >> okay. so we have the delay, ken. but he has already vowed to appeal in a post on x, formerly known as twitter. what does that process look like. what does he have to prove to get a do over in this case? >> he has vowed to appeal. he has a problem. in order to appeal a judgment like this, you normally have to post a bond in the amount of the

judgment. unless the judge decides you can post less. and judge beryl howell made clear in her ruling last night that she plans to require the full amount. she also suggested that the verdict was unlikely to be adjusted on appeal because it was fairly conservative. so an appeal is looking pretty remote at this point. >> okay. so joyce, trump yesterday, the legal team filed their brief, urging the supreme court to deny a request for the special counsel jack smith to consider trump's claims of presidential immunity, i'm curious what their argument is to do that. >> right. so this is legally complicated. this isn't actually the substantiative consideration of trump's most to have the case dismissed by immunity that's happening right now. what jack smith has asked for is something called a writ of certiorari in advance of judgment. he wants the supreme court to take this appeal and hear it now, without waiting for the court of appeals to hear the

case. trump, of course, filed what lawyers called dispositive motions, saying that the indictment against him should be dismissed because he has presidential immunity, and on the basis of some other reasons involving double jeopardy, and it's a very odd situation because trump having filed this motion that says, hey, these charges against me are unwarranted, and they should all be dismissed is now telling the supreme court, but you know, i'm not in any hurry to have that motion decided. trump is playing the issue here for maximum delay saying that he would like to see the district court or rather the court of appeals go ahead and handle its appeal before this case makes its way to the supreme court. jack smith's argument is, in a very narrow category of cases where there's enormous public interest in seeing them decided quickly, they need to go straight to the supreme court, and smith argues that this is one of those cases. >> in that back and forth, follow the bouncing ball, today,

jack smith filed a brief in response to the trump legal team's filing in response to his. what did he add? >> he essentially reiterated his position, which as joyce said, this case is of enormous public interest that the supreme court should immediately take it up without delay and not wait for the appeals court, which could take months because after all, jack smith is trying to get this case to trial. he has a trial date of march. he would like to see it come to trial before the election. we all know that is the case. >> thank you for ironing things out for us. the decision to kick donald trump off colorado's republican primary ballot is going all the way to the top. a source with knowledge of the former president's plans tells nbc news his team is aiming to file an appeal with the supreme court sometime after the christmas holiday. keep in mind, the deadline to do so is january 4th. since tuesday's ruling, threats against four of those colorado

judges involved have flooded social media. nbc news has obtained a new report from the advanced democracy organization tracking a wave of what it calls significant violent rhetoric, mostly in direct response to trump's truth social posts on the decision. joining us now, nbc news justice reporter, ryan reilly with more of his exclusive reporting on the threats of these colorado justices. ryan, we're going to put on the screen some of the threats gleaned from this report. walk us through the correlation with tmp post on truth social, and how much dangerous -- dangers these jud and others could be in. >> reporter: this is something we have seen time and again. it's almost expected at this point. when donald trump targets individuals, they end up receiving a flood of threats. it's impossible not to know that. this is something that was discussed in the special counsel jack smith's case when there was litigation over the limited gag order that was ultimately

imposed in and the federal appeals court held up. they laid out this is a pattern that's happened over and over again, and happened when trump faced legal setbacks before. august of 2022, when the fbi searches the mar-a-lago compound, we saw a physical attack on an fbi field office in the after math of that from a trump supporter who had been at the capitol on january 6th, 2021, we had seen a flood of constant threats, against judge chutkan, previously in the georgia case. we had seen addresses of the grand jurors that had been posted online, and those individuals were targeted. when you have individuals you can focus on who are setting back trump in some ways, you can expect them to have this flood of threats, and in fact, their own order in this case sort of almost tipped its hat to that, this idea they felt a duty to uphold the law as they laid out. but also were aware of the outside consequences, but they had to set that all aside. it does create the circumstance where you have a lot of public

officials, law enforcement officials, people in the judiciary, having that in the back of their head. what are the consequences of this, if i'm trying to do my job here and trying to uphold the law, what is that going to mean for my practical safety. what's that going to mean for my family. it's this ongoing thing that everyone has to keep in mind. it's impossible to keep out of your head if you're in one of those key positions. >> it's taking a lot of courage to do what they feel they need to do. there's the precedent set with the reaction to donald trump. what about his reaction. as he sees members of his base posting personal details, like judge's office addresses, phone numbers and listing out ways to murder them, i mean, if steve our director can pt back up, talking about hollow point bullets and things likeha it's stunning. >> it really is stunning, and i think, you know, trump has posted, i believe, 22 times about this over a period of time, s sort of just really getting everyone really worked up about it.

you know, it's impossible at this point for him not to know the impact that he has on his own supporters. you can go back all the way to 2015, 2016 for that. you know, there was a case involving three of his supporters who plotted to blow up a community of muslim refugees in kansas, actually, and they were getting very worked up. they thought that donald trump was the man. we saw, you know, a strip club bouncer in florida send out bombs to all of donald trump's enemies during his presidency. this has happened time and again, almost like the frog in boiling water to a certain extent. of course there's going to be a flood of threats. when donald trump posts the names, there's a flood of threats, and january 6th case, donald trump posted obama's address, and something on his truth social account. and lo and behold, one of the january 6th defendants who had not been arrested showed up to obama's house with a gun and bullets in his car. it's just over and over again, we have seen this time and time again.

>> it's terrifying in many ways, ryan reilly, many thanks. what's keeping president biden from capitalizing on donald trump's mounting legal troubles to win over voters. what we're hearing from israel and hamas about why hostage negotiations are once again at a standstill. >> and a disturbing eyewitness account of an israeli air strike in rafah near egypt's border. what the scene is like on the ground. we're back in 60 seconds. ♪ he hits his mark —center stage—and is crushed by a baby grand piano. you're replacing me? customize and save with liberty bibberty. he doesn't even have a mustache. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

it is looking almost certain that a trump legal issue will land before the supreme court before the year is out and as the justices grapple with the decisions, aides to president biden tell nbc news they're still wrestling with how to criticize the former president without turning off key voters. joining us now nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard and "washington post" senior national correspondent and nbc news political analyst, ashley parker.

vaughn, you first because we're looking at a whole bunch of cases that could really shape, reshape, in fact, what's going on with the court calendar, also what's happening with the election. why isn't joe biden focusing on this. >> he's doing a good job of filling the airspace. he was the one who decided to go to the courtroom to go and listen to the testimony himself, come out to the microphones and speak on his behalf. so often donald trump does his own talking. and that is where joe biden and the white house, they are striking that balance right now between calling attention to the words that the potential republican rival is saying from the stage or on his social media accounts versus also saying t w potentially by repeating everything that donald trump says, calling attention to it, the voters, whether it be democrats or independents, especially, will drown out and tune out the concerns that are so consistently highlighted

about donald trump and what his presidency could mean. >> so look, nbc news spoke with a dozen or so white house and biden campaign officials on the president's strategy when it comes to trying to tackle donald trump if you will. i'm curious what the general consensus is. we know biden recently yesterday was slamming trump saying of course, there's zero question whether he was involved in the insurrection. he was quite definitive in the insurrection. he's slamming the rhetoric saying he's parroting hitler. is that enough though? >> it's notable because a lot of comments, the most striking comments joe biden has made have been behind closed doors at fundraisers. the pool reporters have been able to transcribe and send out. we haven't heard joe biden as much on camera go on the attack against donald trump and warn voters what a 2025 administration would look like and said leaving that largely to the white house for his campaign operation here. but at the same time, you heard

him yesterday when asked whether donald trump was an insurrectionist, he flat out said that it is self-evident. >> no room for questions. >> our great colleague, my colleague who has covered now joe biden for years had conversations with these aides here, where there is that serious conversation taking place, because if you go back to 2022, it was joe biden who focused so heavily on the threat to democracy, and donald trump's role and impact on the republican party at large, those trump-endorsed candidates from michigan to georgia to wisconsin, to arizona, and it was him, joe biden, that focused largely on the democracy question, and the impact that these candidates could have, how did voters ultimately go? they sided with joe biden and the democratic party, and that is where now over the next year, they're trying to figure out and strike the right balance of not coming in too rl with the attacks on donald trump and not ignoring himutright. >> ashley, to you now, i want to go further into the reporting on how biden is approaching the

topic of trump. the dilemma is evident. most of the public events and paid advertising barely mention trump, and yet when the cameras aren't rolling and when he's speaking to democrats and donors he's withering in his criticism of the former president. why is biden weary when going after trump publicly. isn't that exactly what his base and independents may want to hear? >> it's incredibly challenging to go after former president trump in a way that is effective. you can just ask donald trump's current republican rivals. there's a lot of things to attack him for but things that actually move voters, which is the goal here is far more challenging. biden is trying to strike the delicate balance. the most effective appeals are when voters are paying attention. a lot of voters, specifically the voters that president biden

and democrats will need to be on their side for election day are not paying a ton of attention. that's the first. secondly, there's a suspension of disbelief in the country at large that donald trump is actually going to be the republican nominee despite the fact that he leads in every single pole of the republican side, and until -- >> where is that disbelief? is it within the republican party or just a general assumption or what? >> for what it's worth, there's kind of disbelief on both sides. you hear republicans and democrats who not just feel that way about trump, but also can't believe that president biden is going to be the democratic nominee even though all signs point to him being the democratic nominee. so some of that is a wish casting from a nation who for whatever reason does not want to see a biden trump match up again. there is that disbelief. biden has a tough period.

until it becomes a binary choice between the two of them, which the biden campaign and democrats believe will benefit biden, it's hard to make the buy narrow until it actually becomes a reality. >> trump's former attorney general bill barr touched on how the uproar around the colorado ballot case usually end up working in trump's favor. let's play a little bit of that. >> i think that this case is legally wrong, and untenable. and i think this kind of action of stretching the law, taking these hyper aggressive positions to try to knock trump out of the race are counter productive. they backfire. as you know, he feez on grievance, as a f feeds on oxygen. this is going to end up being a grievance that helps him. >> is he right? joe biden doesn't have a strategy to combat this directly. >> he's right that trump feeds on grievances, he's always

persecuted. he's best at saying, it's not that people are persecuting him, they're persecuting us. so anytime trump is attacked, his supporters are attacked, maga nation is attacked. trump has been very effective on getting his supporters and his base to internalize that. and bill barr's comments are very similar to comments made by ron desantis when he said he sort of regrets that these indictments, charges facing trump have kind of muddled the primary. chris christie, again, whose stated purpose of running is basically to prevent trump from being president. nikki haley speaking about the colorado case said something, this shouldn't be decided by the courts. this needs to be decided by the polls. and republicans who don't like trump, and practical democrats who of course don't like trump, when they're being honest, the way this maga fever breaks, if it does break is when trump loses fair and square, when the voters go to the polls in the

popular vote, and more importantly the electoral college vote, they choose someone who is not donald trump. i will caveat that that happened of course in 2020, and trump refused to accept those results, but that is what needs to happen. not, especially in the minds of voters, not it being taken away, which just makes trump, again, be this perfect perpetual victim. >> both of you guys perfect, by the way, ashley, vaughn, thank you very much. coming up, we're in erie county, pennsylvania, a bellwether for the 2024 election. why voters feel the economy is in good shape, despite the good news on the economic front. first, on the ground in gaza after another israeli air strike, the desperate search for bodies and the unanswered cries for help.

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after a promising few days, negotiations between hamas and israel have reached an impasse. here's where the lines have been drawn. hamas says israel will need to commit to a full cease fire before it will agree to free or even negotiate over anymore hostages. israel's response, not a chance and a senior official tells nbc news they're focused on the immediate release of 17 women and children hostages being held somewhere inside gaza before anything else. joining us from jerusalem, nbc news correspondent jay gray. what more can you tell us about this? it's got to be incredibly

disappointing there. >> reporter: yeah, and after what looked like some pretty promising talks over the last couple of days. things seem to have collapsed. what that means is the fighting continues in gaza, intense fighting on the ground. most of that entered around gaza city and to the north, we are being told by the idf tonight that they have taken over some of the demand and control centers in gaza city, and that they have also destroyed what is an extensive array of tunnels in gaza city. something they had been focused on for quite some time there. of course no pause in the fighting means no additional aid to the region. aid that's desperately needed right now. the world health organization saying that starvation and dehydration has led to death now in that area, and that people are receiving less than a meal a day right now. that it can't be sustained, that this has become almost as big a tragedy as the bullets and bombs in gaza. so, alex, that's something that is desperately needed as well.

and without any pause in the fighting, it's not clear how they'll be able to get more food, more water, more of the supplies that are so desperately needed in that region. >> this last exchange, you know it allowed 105 hostages to be released and hundreds of palestinians, mostly women and children from the israeli prisons, how is another deal reaching out in israel and the west bank. >> reporter: a lot of frustration from both sides here. everyone wants to see something happen, especially on humanitarian issues, and there's a lot of frustration within israel with the government, that they haven't put more of a focus, frankly, on some of the hostages being released. in the west bank, it's escalated violence. we had the chance to talk with a young boy, a 13-year-old american citizen who was shot through the arm in the west bank. he says by israeli soldiers a month after being shot. they showed up to his house in full riot gear.

took him in and took him to prison for six days. he was released overnight last night, and is back home. but he, his family say they live in constant fear, worried about what's going to happen next, and again, it's an escalated situation that without any type of pause is not seeming to slow down a bit, alex. >> no end in sight at this point, thank you very much, jay. the palestinian health ministry in gaza says at least 20,000 people have been killed since the start of the war with many of those attacks from the air. a sky news team witnessed one of those drone strikes firsthand in rafah, right near the egyptian border, a place they told millions of displaced gazans to go to. there's a warning, this report contains distressing images. >> reporter: our team is filming inside a hospital in rafah near

the egyptian border when a series of israeli air strikes hit nearby. a father puts his arms around his terrified children. huddles for cover behind a car. [ crying ]

>> reporter: the injured have been carried away. as our team rushed towards the site of the air strikes. there are screams of desperation, and the sounds of sirens, as the israeli drone circles overhead with the threat of more incoming missiles. this lady says she is searching for her son.

there are women underneath here, one man shouts. the body of a dead child is found and taken away on a stretcher. another body lay in front of a mangled car. his face covered with a sweat shift. we don't know why israeli hit this target, but people in gaza had been told that rafah was safe. a wounded man is told to stay calm. his eyes wince in pain as he

clings to a rock for a pillow. he can not move his legs. later, too, he is carried away above the heads of the crowd. they keep digging frantically in the earth to find anyone they can. dead or alive. there is little by way of official help here anymore. they're alone. this is gaza. and this is happening every single day. sky news. >> we'll be right back.

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as the 2024 election comes into focus, nbc news will be looking at swing counties and how president biden and the future republican nominee are winning over voters. today we go to erie county, pennsylvania, a county trump won by just two points in 2016. biden carried it by a single point in 2020. we traveled to the critical county to ask voters how they're

feeling about the economy and if they're willing to give biden a second term. joining us now from erie, pennsylvania, nbc news correspondent, dasha burns. i'm curious what you're hearing from voters. are they happy with bidenomics and the economy as a whole? >> reporter: look, alex, what we're seeing on the ground here is largely reflective of the numbers that we have been seeing nationally, which indicates a pretty disappointed electorate when it comes to the biden white house and how they have handled the economy. cnbc's has the approval rating on the economy at just 33%, and that's really what we have been hearing across the board, and what we have been trying to dig into here is kind of the disconnect between what the biden white house has been touting and some of the data that does show that the economy is improving, that wages are rising. that inflation is easing. that market is doing well. but the people that we're talking to here just don't seem to be feeling that, and whether it's a messaging problem on the

part of the white house, whether it's just that the people who are reaping the benefits aren't people like the ones in the communities here, regardless of that, that is a problem for the biden campaign because it is in places like eerie where biden narrowly won, as you mentioned in 2020. that was because of democratic turnout here, and some of the democratic voters, and certainly the republican voters that we have been talking to are not feeling any sort of enthusiasm for this president right now based on this issue of the economy. take a listen. >> let me just ask this, who feels good about the economy right now? who feels bad about the economy right now? all right. shelley, let me ask you first, what do you think is going on economically? what are the challenges you're facing economically? >> i would think it would be groceries, gas, everything you have to buy every day is way

more expensive than previous years. >> yes. >> reporter: let me ask you this, right now when you look on paper, right, you've got low unemployment rates, wages are up, inflation is easing, stock market's doing well, but are you feeling any of that? how do you feel about the economy day-to-day? >> i'm not sure i agree with what you just said. >> reporter: it just isn't resonating, and the democrats that i talked here, in fact, one running statewide, he's worried about running down ballot from biden. he wants the white house to work on their messaging and get people to understand the economic successes that this white house has had. clearly that's going to be a challenge here, but it's really going to be critical as we head into this election year, alex.

>> 100%. at least consumer sentiment is pointing up as of today, hasn't gotten to where you are yet. thank you so much, dasha. despite how some voters feel, the metrics say the u.s. economy is strong. for a look at how we got over here the course of this year, we're going to nbc news business and data correspondent, brian cheung to walk us through the biggest moments of this last year. >> it was the year of picket lines, bank blow ups and barbie, the economy steered clear of a recession, but the biggest theme of all, worker power. across the country, over half a million teachers, pharmacists, fast food workers and more went on strike, hollywood and the motor city. the writers guild first walked out in may with actors and performers joining two months later. in the fall, members o. united auto workers forced stoppages at the big three auto makers, further empowered by president biden's unprecedented visit to the picket line. >> an attack on a worker anywhere is an attack on workers everywhere.

>> after months of shutdown, the question is who came out better on the other side. the hollywood standstill cost $6 billion in lost wages and business impacts. ford, gm and stellantis lost over 3 1/2 billion dollars in profits together. pay bumps were significant with actors wages rising more than 7%. writers, up 12 1/2%. and auto workers, a whopping 25%. >> inflation is easing. >> we're still talking about inflation. >> annual inflation is slowly coming down. >> still, high inflation showed signs of improving, dropping from over 6% to about 3% to year's end. some things got cheaper compared to a year ago. gas, down $0.34 a gallon. prices cracked on eggs, too, over a buck cheaper per dozen. the cost of living, though, keeps inflation readings high. with median rents down 2%, hope that affordability will improve next year. a light at the end of the tunnel for main street. in 2023, it was high drama on wall street. when silicon valley bank collapsed in march.

becoming the biggest collapse sings the 2008 financial crisis overshadowed just weeks later when first republic failed as well, exposing bad bets made by poor managers. sam bankman-fried, the founder of ftx was found guilty on charges of fraud and money laundering, now facing up to 110 years in prison. but it wasn't all bad blood this year. it was the ladies who may have kept the economy up beat. >> welcome to the eras tour. >> taylor swift's eras tour became the first ever to gross a billion dollars with spending at tour stops estimated to have injected $5 billion in local economies. queen bee grossed over half a million dollars on her tour, with her own estimated 4 1/2 billion dollars possibly boosting those economies, and of course the iconic doll, barbie raked in $1.4 billion, the highest grossing film of the year.

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>> reporter: this is an incredibly rare attack in the czech republic that happened in prague at charles university, one of the oldest, largest universities in the country right in the middle of the capital in the old town. 46,000 student goes to this university normally. unclear how many would have been on campus four days before christmas. what is sure, is that the area around is populated as tourists would have packed at this hour. in a press conference police are telling mours about the attacker. it was a sole attacker, several hours ago. a 24-year-old male, charles university student. no direct motive has been given. now the police do say they believe it was a, quote, premeditated, violent attack. the operation, though, is still ongoing and as police and emergency services publish numbers, they stress that these numbers will likely change. this evacuation is still going on. police are still going door to door, going around the university with flashlights trying to make sure that anyone who was hunkering down or hiding

because of the active shooter knows that it is safe to come out. that shooter is confirmed dead. the operation is ongoing and we don't have names of the shooter or victims. police are being careful and say the bodies of the victims have not been identified. now the prime minister, the foreign minister, president, everyone reacting. a major emergency meeting for the czech cabinet. this is rare, as i mentioned. the prime minister has canceled plans due to what he says is tragic events at the faculty of arts at charles university. the foreign minister sends his condolences to the families of the victims. i think of the injured he writes, their loved one, the students and everyone affected by this afalling act. now again, this is an incredibly rare developing situation for prague. gun crime is very, very low in this city. we will get more details from the police, possibly about a motive or how exactly this started, but right now, the u.s. embassy, british embassy has blasted alerts to their citizens in the city to say, look, listen

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it is the busiest travel date of the holiday season. aaa predicts 115 million

americans will travel through new year's day a 2% increase from last year. airlines are hoping to avoid a repeat of last year, in fact, when southwest airlines alone canceled 17,000 flights. joining us now with an update from miami international airport, nbc correspondent ma -- marissa parra. expecting to screen 2.7 million passengers a day, which means today, what are you they out there doing to make sure it goes well? >> reporter: we've seen records be broken. on sunday the most amount of passengers passing through miami international where i am right now. that broke a record here. if that's any indication of what's to come, then i don't know what is. one piece of news i can give you, we're seeing no indication that we're going to see anything like what we did this time last year. there's still time, but right now, things are looking really smooth. when we look at the so-called misery map, cancellation are at

a bare minimum and delays looking more so on the west coast. in terms of the changes that have been made, staffing changes with airlines and airports to accommodate for the holiday season and with southwest in particular, we know they did a bunch of technological upgrades because they had systemic issues with that in behalf. maybe those are paying off and we're seeing the impacts of that. so far so good. nothing even close to what we saw around the holidays last time. >> people can do something to help themselves to ensure a smooth trip, so what's the suggestions on that? >> reporter: well, there's a couple of ings. actually a couple things i learned myself. i want to show you a nice full screen that we have. you're going to see it on your screen right now. the stuff that all of us know. get to the airport earl be careful about what you put in sothing i never thought about q. myse was, be careful about wrapping your presents. as tempting as that might be,

when it comes to wrapping prests if there is something tsa has a quest on, they are going to unwrap it and you don't want to be the grinch here, but the other thing i learned myself there's an app, the tsa app, shows you the most busy wait times and where precheck is open and when. those are some things that i find to be particularly helpful. when it comes to those delays, the weather on the west coast, santa is not impacted by that. >> nice. aw for all of that. that does it for me today. "deadline: white house" starts right now. hey, everyone. it is 4:00 in new york. i'm in for nicolle wallace. rise in violence in this country is a sobering reality, but when s written it will be front and center. according to a