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good to be back with you on the second hour of chris jansing reports. israel's full cabinet meeting on their plans for a post war gaza. what the future could look like for more than 2 million people caught in the conflict. we're going to have a live report from tel aviv. plus, from japan, a commercial jet bursting into flames after a collision on the runway. what passengers are sharing about those frantic few seconds they had to escape. plus, breaking news. the president of harvard will resign less than one month after she was on congress. first, we head to the middle east where israel's full cabinet is expected to be meeting now to discuss the future of gaza after the war with hamas. this is according to an official who tells us the current plan would involve local palestinian plans not the palestinian authority administering areas of

gaza. matt bradley is reporting on this from tel aviv. welcome. what more can you tell us about this critical meeting? >> reporter: it sounds like this meeting may or may not be going ahead. this was from my excellent colleague who gathered this information. it sounds as though we don't know if it will be going as planned because it's been eclipsed by events in lebanon. this assassination while we don't know who is responsible, we have good reason to believe it was the israelis. this man was sort after diplomat for hamas. he was born in west bank. spent a lot of time in the gaza strip. one of the founding members of hamas' militant wing and now that he's been assassinated along with several other senior hamas officials, it really looks as though hamas is in a tough spot when it comes to their position in lebanon and elsewhere in the world. this was a man who ran interference between hamas and

hezbollah. again, he made his career as kind of the diplomat for this militant group. outside groups and governments like the turkish government, but also helping to form factions within hamas and bring them closer together. so what we can see now from here or out is a very dramatic set of events that could be about to happen. protests possibly in the west bank. additional missiles fired from the gaza strip by hamas and critically, crucially, is going to be whether or not hezbollah decides to use this as a pretext or as force to enter the fight with israel in a full fledged way. now up until now over the past three months, we've seen hezbollah harassing the israels, possibly at the direction of iran. but so far, we haven't seen them entering a full scale war. that may or may not be about to change because remember, what we

saw was the assassination. get rid of a hamas senior leader in lebanon putting them in a very uncomfortable position while still allowing hezbollah to save face. >> this is a very delicate -- that cabinet meeting ends up happening or not. we understand some thanks to your reporting. now to japan after a plane collided on the runway. watch this moment. the passenger plane is the one that's in flames and the 379 people on board given seconds to escape. they all survived by the crew aboard the coast guard plane wasn't so fortunate.

had the cause of this crash been established yet? how that passenger plane, i believe it was japan airlines, didn't see the plane? >> not yet. this was an incredible scene we saw earlier in the day. nearly 400 people who were on that japan airlines flight including eight small children. it was a nightmare flight. japan airlines said it was their understanding that they had the clear to land at the airport and things were operating normal but they didn't give us detail beyond that, saying this was an ongoing investigation. at some point when it landed on the tarmac, it hit a smaller plane which belonged to the coast guard that was about to take off with relief supplies to

help the people who had been hurt by the earthquake disaster here in japan on monday. you saw that ball of fire of the japan airlines flight skid through the tarmac. at one point, you couldn't make out the shape of the airplane. it took firefighters about six hours to control the plane. it is now out. we understand there are four runways at haneda airport. the runway where the collision took place is closed but some of the other lines are open, but incredible that 379 people survived. five of the six on the other flight has been reported as dead. >> it is extraordinary. thank you so much for the story. also in japan today, rescue teams are searching for survivors of a devastating new year's day earthquake. at least 50 were killed in the

quake which registered as a magnitude 7.6. around 200 tremors have been detected and exports warn more could be on the way. megan, to you. >> it is a race against time to work quickly to find survivors trapped underneath the rubble of collapsed homes and buildings. right now, the death toll has risen to more than 50. as we get our first look at the extend of the devastation as the sun came up this morning in japan. homes and buildings have been flattened. private roads and streets buckled. some neighbors returned to their homes to get a first look at what's look. they warn more intense tremors could come over the next week. tens of thousands of people remain in shelters as supplies are being rushed in to those in

need but officials say the big mission here is to try and save lives. back to you. >> thank you for that report. we have some disturbing new footage and it shows the moment a south korean opposition leader was stabbed in the neck in a shocking attack. the leader of the democratic party of korea was speaking with reporters when a 66-year-old man jumped right out of the crowd and stabbed him in the neck. police say the man intended to kill lee. back to the breaking news. harvard university president gay is stepping down. it comes as she faces allegations of plagiarism and scrutiny over her congressional testimony of antisemitism on campus. >> antisemitic rhetoric, when it crosses into conduct, it amounts to bullying, harassment, intimidation, that is actionable conduct and we do take action.

>> so the answer is yes that calling for the genocide of jews violates harvard code of conduct, correct. >> again, it depends on the context. >> it does not depend on the context. the answer is yes and this is why you should resign. these are unacceptable answers across the board. >> sahill is reporting for us on capitol hill. how are lawmakers reacting? >> that's right. we're seeing the reaction pour in among republicans in particular starting with the congresswoman you just showed who is the fourth ranking member of the house of representatives. that's her tweet on the screen. she says two down. she says harvard knows this long overdue forced resignation of what she calls antisemitic plagiarist president is the beginning of what will be the greatest scandal of any college

in history. this comes after the president of penn also resigned for comments made at the hearing. in addition, there's kevin hearn. the chair of the republican study committee tweets quote, breaking, known plajist and antisemite resigned her post as president of harvard. you can see a trend here in the way they're taking. then mike lawlor of new york. dead pan. quote, that's a shame. two down, one to go. referring to the of course the m.i.t. president who has not resigned since the hearing. this comes after the dual controversy of these comments after the hearing as well and allegations of plagiarism seems to have done in harvard's president. another quote, it has become clear it is in the best interest of harvard for me to resign so our community can navigate this moment of extraordinary challenge with a focus on the

institution rather than any individual. that's me quoting gay in her resignation letter that nbc news has obtained. broadly speaking, republicans see these ivy league institutions, elite colleges, as an ideal foil for them to try to press their message politically speaking. >> so in such charming rhetoric there dancing on somebody's grave. she's not leaving the campus. she's remaining as professor of government as well as african-american studies. thank you for that. right now, we are waiting to see when former president trump will carry through on his promise to appeal the decision to keep him off the ballot in maine. one of those people joins me in 60 seconds. one of those people 60 seconds

we're waiting to see if donald trump will make good on his decision for maine to block him from the ballot. last week, the secretary of state deemed him ineligible

under the state's so-called insurrection clause. when appealed, maine courts would have less than a month to affirm or overturn the decision. trump is also expected to appeal a similar ban in colorado. joining us now is someone who filed one of the challenges to trump's eligibility in maine. ethan, the former mayor of portland, maine, and a former democratic state senate and we are so glad to have you here, ethan, because as we await for trump to appeal this decision, how do you feel, big picture, about these chances of it being upheld? is it widely expected this will end up before the u.s. supreme court and if so, have you prepared yourself for that? >> thanks, alex, for keeping on this subject and for inviting me on. we feel pretty good in terms of whether it will stand up in superior court, which will be the next stage here in maine then to our law court. to appeal the secretary of

state's ability to make this decision and make no mistake, maine is relatively meek compared to other states but it's clear our statute gives her the permission. that's probably where they're going to try to see if they can gain ground here. anybody who steps back and looks at this knows donald trump is an insurrectionist. knows an insurrection occurred that day and he incited it and 14th amendment must apply to the president of the united states. if we were to take donald trump out of it and look at this subjectively, i think anybody would say the chances are very likely that he should not be allowed to run. whether our supreme court will get to that place or not, that remains to be seen. >> right, but these are very political times. let's tal aut what maine republicans have done, and tt is blasted the secretary of state's decision and aleast one republican lawmaker is prepare aung effort to impeach her and the chair said she has kicked a hornet's nest and woken

up a sleeping giant in maine. give me a response to that. >> it's interesting the chair of the republican party didn't send out a press release like that the week before when chris christie was disqualified from the ballot because he didn't get the signatures. clearly this has more to do with their wanting to protect donald trump as their front-runner than it does anything about choice. look, our constitution is clear. you can't run for president if you're 18 years old. that choice is taken away. you can't run for president if you've served two terms, if you're in the a naturally born citizen of the united states. there's lots of reasons somebody should be taken off the ballot and quote unquote choices taken away. one of those is if you committed insurrection against the united states of america, which our president did, and therefore, he's the reason he's been disqualified. not because of anything that secretary bellows did.

she did her job. she looked at the evidence. she had the hearing. donald trump's team had just as much time as our team to make their case. she put forth an opinion that is very, very well thought out. i expect they're just very scared of the fact they know the law is not on their side so they're going to try this make this partisan. >> while many, many people will agree with you that donald trump engaged in insurrection, the fact is he has not officially been charged with that nor has he been found guilty. there are those that agree he engaged with insurrection but they have concerns that what you're doing is going to backfire and make trump a martyr. what do you say to them? >> no matter what happens, anytime trump loses, he still declares himself the winner. so let's stop trying to pretend there's some way to placate trump to make him go away just through being nice. that's clearly not going to

happen. but on the issue of him being found guilty, there's two things to understand. one is when this amendment was passed in 1868, it was very clear that there was no requirement for people to be prosecuted and to be criminally charged and to be found guilty. that would mean that every confederate general who was mostly in the u.s. military or was a u.s. officer before would have had to have been prosecuted criminally before you could bar them. that was not the case. nor was it even considered to be necessary. but the second part is that they keep wanting to forget is that donald trump has actually been brought before a court. the colorado courts. and two courts there said yes, he is an insurrectionist. the district court judge held a hearing for a week. both sides presented evidence. donald trump had his day in court and she declared yes. he's an insurrectionist. the colorado supreme court followed suit. looked at the finding of fact and declared yep, he is an

insurrectionist. so donald trump's had his day in court now in front of three different judicial bodies. one of ours, one constitutional officer here and all three have said he is an insurrectionist so it's a little far fetch to say he has not been found liable of this. >> so glad to talk with you. thank you so much for staying on this and we'll speak with you again no doubt as this developing. a 10-year-old boy charged with the murder of another 10-year-old after stealing his father's gun. will charges hold up against someone that young? that's next. charges hold up agt someone that young that's next. (jen) so we partner with verizon. their solution for us? a private 5g network. (ella) we now get more control of production, efficiencies, and greater agility. (marquis) with a custom private 5g network. our customers get what they want, when they want it. (jen) now we're even smarter and ready for what's next. (vo) achieve enterprise intelligence. it's your vision, it's your verizon.

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today, another tragic shooting in this country that has left a 10-year-old boy dead and another 10-year-old boy facing charges along with his father. steve patterson has more. >> flowers for kj. >> 10 years old! only 10 years old! >> the sacramento sheriff's office says 10-year-old kj friarson was shot and killed by another 10-year-old boy. his family's grief, heart wrenching. >> he didn't deserve this. he still had a whole life to live. >> saturday afternoon, authorities say the alleged shoopter was ordered by his father to grab cigarettes from the car. instead, he grabbed the gun, bragging he had it before taking aim at kj and pulling the

trigger. >> someone is saying there's a little boy shot. >> deputies say kj was rushed to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead. the 10-year-old suspect ran to a apartment complex. officials say the gun was reported stolen in 2017 and after the shooting, the boy's father algdsly tried to get rid of the firearm. the father was arrested on firearm possession and child endangerment. according to the cdc, firearm injuries are the leading cause of death for children in the u.s. more than 1600 were killed in 2023. >> justice for my nephew. >> my nephew's blood is on y'all's hands. >> the father of the alleged shooter, 53-year-old arquiett davis, is being held on bail. his 10-year-old son arrested on

suspension of murder was detained at a youth detention facility. >> let's bring in our former federal prosecutor. before we discuss the father, this murder charge against a 10-year-old is very rare. do you expect it to stick? >> i expect this to be handled as a juvenile matter. in the state of california and i'll say this as somebody licensed there, one thing about california, unless someone is 16 or 17, typically, these cases are handled in juvenile court, this means there can be a ceiling of the court records. typically you don't have access to juvenile court records this allows a kid. look, he's ten years old. he was put in this situation by his father. ultimately we'll have an opportunity to have a life and not have his entire life defined by what he did at the age of 10. >> let's get to the dad. taken into custody.

multiple felony firearms charges. child endangerment being one of them. he is scheduled to appear in court tomorrow. we know this was a gun reported stolen six, seven years ago. and he tried to cover it up. and he left it clearly in the car unlocked and yet loaded. >> very challenging defense, which is why they chose these charges. in other words, prosecutors deliberately charged felon and possession here because it's hard for him to argue possession. i prosecute these many times when i was prosecutor. typically, the argument is hey, that wasn't really my gun. somebody else's gun. had no idea it was in the car. but it's really hard when it was in your car, when you've asked your son to retrieve it and given these facts, it will be difficult for him to mount a successful defense and of course, he could potentially face other charges as well. but i think they chose the

particular charges they chose for a reason. >> another high profile case is that of the parents of michigan school shooter, ethan crumbley. they're going to be standing trial. it is going to be historic because it represents the first time parents have been criminally liablely held for the actions of a child who committed a school shooting. what do you expect to happen there in michigan? what do you think the bigger implications are? >> we're starting to see this in other areas as well. since then, there's been for example charges in the highland park shooting. a father was charged for allowing his son to purchase the weapon used in a mass shooting. we're seeing more of these charges. i can understand why. prosecutors are trying to find ways to hold shooters and those around them accountable, but i think that really we need a broader legislative solution to these problems by congress and not trying to have prosecutions

that i think are more legally tenuous. it will be challenging for the parents to be held responsible. >> we'll see what happens. many thanks. republicans banking big on iowa. spending a whopping $100 million on ads with much more to come in the weeks ahead. plus, why 2024 is being called the largest expression of democracy in human history. that's next on msnbc. history that's next on msnbc yup, that's how you business differently. [ tense music ] one aleve works all day so i can keep working my magic. just one aleve. 12 hours of uninterrupted pain relief. aleve. who do you take it for? and for fast topical pain relief, try alevex. 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.

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amount of money that has already been spent in the 2024 esidential nominating contest is truly staggering. in iowa alone, nbc news reports republanandidates and the outside groups that support them have spent more than $100 million on ads and that amount will grow by nearly 8 million before the caucuses on january 15th. but to the latest spending the being driven by nikki haley who is pushing hard for a strong iowa finish. the superpac that supports her campaign has become the state's top advertiser as it hammers ron desantis. all combined, the campaign and superpac will spend nearly $5 million in the two weeks before caucus day. vaughn hillyard is joining us from des moines and rick tyler is an msnbc analyst. vaughn, we have seen glimpsed of some of these ads by the haley

superpac but what is it like on the ground there? with so much money being spent, are political ads the only commercials being seen on tv? >> it's a bombardment along with some iowa football. you see pretty much campaign ads from nikki haley, ron desantis, donald trump. when you're looking at these campaigns and the amount of money that's going to be spend, it's notable that nikki haley's forces intend to spend four and a half times the amount of money on tv compared to donald trump and frankly, they have a lot of catching up to do to make up for the lack of ground presence of nikki haley. when you look over the last seven months, ron desantis has visited 99 of iowa's counties. compare that to nikki haley's. she's visited less than a third of them. if you look at the sheer number of events between nikki haley and ron desantis here, nikki haley has held about one-third

of the events of desantis. when you look at the polling, it will be tough come january 15th if desantis is able to eke this out to say that going around the state from border to border had something to do with it. and frankly, when you look at the amount that's been spent on the air waves, nikki haley has spent about 50 million compared to ron desantis and donald trump, 15 million. nikki haley has relied largely on those tv ads and now come 14 days from now, we'll see how far that will take her. >> rick, i know you know a thing or two about making a strong finish in iowa since you're part of the ted cruz campaign which beat donald trump and won the iowa caucus, but how important is this final two week stretch? can her advertising blitz have a real impact? i'm curious how much minds are made up by this point.

>> great to be with you. one thing i think is very interesting about this is iowa of course says that you know you've got to come, got to meet a lot of people. got to visit all 99 counties but in fact, in this cycle, the candidate who has visited iowa the least is donald trump with 27 visits and the candidate who finished second for the least amount of visits is nikki haley and donald trump is leading by over 50% and nikki haley is second. but not even a close second. the person who's been there the most is ramaswami. he's had 62 events in iowa and the more people get to know him, the less they like him. ron desantis i think has done 125 events. maybe these ads will have an effect. obviously, nikki haley and her allies are going to spend this kind of money, they know something that they believe they could have a strong second place finish. not a first place finish in iowa. that is meaningful i think because there is no other ticket

out of iowa i think for the other candidates because we don't have that many in the race left. i don't think they're going to give the nomination to chris christie. i don't think ron desantis has a path forward if he does not place second in iowa. so nikki haley is making it very hard to deny him that. >> do you have a sense at this point a couple of weeks to go, how many iowans are thinking i'm not sure who i'm going to vote for yet or caucus for yet? >> no, but these caucuses do work in a way, and i'm not sure about how the dynamics work here, but when you actually get in the caucus room, there is some horse trading that goes on and you can see whole delegations shift from one candidate to the other. i don't know that that will have a big statewide effect. i think donald trump will clearly come out of iowa the winner unless something absoluramatic happens, but the dramatic has happened with

donald trump before and nothing seems to change. >> of course he wants to avoid the repeat of his 2016 second place ni, but "the new york times" is writing this. while his republican rivals are more focused on knocking doors and swaying minds, mr. trump and his campaign have directed their efforts toward teaching supporters how to caucus and recruiting a grass roots network to help guarantee they show up. how much does donald trump need a massive win in iowa and without one, would it undermine his position in other states? >> no, in the other states donald trump is not being undermined and i think they're very smart to do what you're saying. is to teach people how to caucus and recruit people who are not normally in the caucus problem. the republican caucuses are a small minority of people who vote for iowa. so they get a very disproportionate influence on the outcome of the iowa caucuses and with donald trump's team there is doing is trying get a

lot more involved. that is a huge contrast from 2016 when they wouldn't even let the press inside their headquarters because they knew there was nobody inside. they literally did not have a campaign in iowa. nothing to speak of. all the donald trump road show, which worked very well for him. but now they're having both. doing the road show and they actually have a campaign on the ground. i have to give it to them. they're pretty smart about that. >> eight years later, how confident is the trump team and their ground game? >> i would spend every day with rick eight years ago covering the cruz campaign and they had their captains lined up and we knew they were going to be able to activate those folks to come out and caucus across the state. that's how ted cruz won. compare that to as rick was saying donald trump threw big rallies and his campaign garnered a lot of these commit to caucus cards where folks signed their name saying they were going to come out, but when

it came time to reach out via text message, phone, e-mail, door knocking to get those folks and ensure they came out, not enough did. that's where this time is different. they have a brass that's been part of the trump team here. alex latchen, overseeing the organization. he's in charge of their iowa effort here this go around. and they have a plan in place where they have 1800 precinct cab captains and each one is in charge of turning out ten new caucusgoers. if in fact those 1800 captains are able to turn out ten folks each, it will be very difficult for any other candidate to come even close to him come caucus night. >> okay. vaughn and rick, glad we could reunite you guys. thank you so much to both of you.

2024 is expected to be the biggest election year in history. nearly 4 billion people in more than 60 countries totaling about half of the world's population will head to the polls. matt bradley has more. >> i will prevent world war 3. >> 2024 will be a bumper year for elections. not just in the u.s. more than half the world's population live in countries that will hold nationwide voting this year. it could be the largest expression of democracy in human history. but if democracy is on the march, autocracy appears to be striding right beside it. >> we're seeing all these elections in 2024. is democracy also on the ballot? >> democracy is on the ballot. in fact, you have this paradox that defines global democracy, which is that you have more elections than ever before in human history and yet the world is becoming less draktd. >> russia, bangladesh, mexico

and pakistan will be held in countries where international monitors say the elections could be compromised or they simply won't carry much political weight. africa will be the continent with the most elections but countries there suffered nine coups in just three years and some of the biggest votes in the u.s., india and indonesia, they'll be asked to choose between democracy or a creeping authoritarianism. >> you have a decline of democracy as people go through the charade of voting. that is becoming the norm for countries around the world. the u.s., the global bastian of democracy, has effectively with donald trump going up a mainstream candidate in joe biden. >> poorly run elections can damage more than just the results. they can defame democracy. diminishing its appeal to the very voters it's supposed to represent. the problem with that is when people go into fake democracies and people that's what it is,

they start to lose faith in it. >> that may already be happening. a 2020 study which drew on surveys of 4.8 million people worldwide over 50 years said young people have become dissatisfied with democracy. britain is going to be having elections. they all face one issue that's going to challenge elections throughout the world. just last month, a u.k. accused russian intelligence of trying to interfere in the elections using tactics like spear fishing to target top officials and leak secret documents. a charge moscow denied. >> this is a dangerous time. >> artificial intelligence is already mimicking prominent politics. just last summer, hackers created a fake speech showing putin calling for a mass troop mobilization. and a report last month from research firm graphica revealed hundreds of fake social media accounts promoting china this year.

>> the possibility undermining elections might call into question otherwise well run elections through the use of false narratives is certainly a challenge. >> just like with other unfree or fraudulent elections, rampant misinformation and manipulation doesn't just skew elections. it sews a general sense of uncertainty, which also dents democracy's reputation. that could turn what should be an abundant year for voting into the start of its slump. >> our thanks to matt bradley for that report. up next, a major health alert. the u.s. now experiencing a massive surge in respiratory illnesses as millions are heading back to work after the holidays. we'll speak to a physician on the front lines right after this. k to a physician on the front lines right after this most common side effects were nausea, indigestion, and stomach pain. ask about nurtec odt. ah, these bills are crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she owns a life insurance policy of $100,000

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health experts reporting a surge in cases of flu and rsv fueled by a busy travel season. right now, at least 30 states have very high or high numbers of respiratory illnesses according to the cdc. with hospitalizations also on the rise. joining us now, blaine alexander and dr. patel, obama white house policy director and msnbc medical contributor. at the same time, we are also seeing vaccination numbers hitting new lows. what should we know? >> well, the numbers are so low that the cdc actually put out a message to doctors earlier in

the december basically saying they wanted them to urge their high risk patients to get vaccinated. that shows you where the cdc is. when you look at the latest covid report for example, only 18% of adults have gotten that shot. the flu shot is well below 50% of adults. lower than it was last year. so experts of course say when you look at those numbers plus the fact of where we are right now. typically, we saw of course flu, rsv, the common cold, but this really is the first season that is officially beyond the pandemic. so now covid has wrapped into this kind of list of normal illnesses we see around this time and that's why experts expect this number to continue rising for january. >> how can we best protect ourselves and loved ones? are vaccines and boosters as important as they were before? you heard that the cdc has put on a notice from doctors saying get your patients vaccinated. >> it is important to think

about vaccines and boosters. i know we have covid fatigue, virus fatigue. vaccine boosters are incredible tools in our tool belt. don't feel defeated if you get a diagnosis of covid because we have treatments. paxlovid has been shown to treat problematic issues with long covid. it's not just the elderly. not just people who are younger. anybody of any age, especially if you have any sort of chronic condition and what the chronic condition, all of us probably have one. anything from high blood pressure, obesity, mental illness, all of us are more susceptible. not too late to get all the vaccines you need. >> the respiratory illnesses have gotten so bad. we're seeing hospitals reintroduce mask mandates.

what more can you tell us? >> it's happening in about four states and district of columbia. new york, illinois, california, massachusetts. some hospital systems there are saying doctors and employees there have to mask up when they're around patients or in common areas. some are even going a step further saying patients and visitors also have to mask up. so this reflects how they're trying to stop the spread of these respiratory illnesses within the hospitals. in fact, if you go to california for an example, uc san diego has restricted children under the age of 12 from entering hospitals for the time being for that same reason. >> and speaking of kids, dr. patel, rsv is particularly hard on children but we have a vaccine. so what should parents know about that? >> it's generally more available in a pediatricians office because for the age, really emphasizes 8 months and under, you can get it an older age if

you have different skns, but in the first eight months of life, it's a monoclonal antibody so it gives you path of immunity. a scientific way of saying that immunity can kick in pretty kwekly. we're in the thick of it. my own daughter had it. very close to being hospitalized. it can make an incredible difference in this season. and don't forget the flu. all ages can get a vaccine for the flu. we're seeing flu rates that are really higher than we would like to see and that is putting people in the hospital as well. so it's all out there. stay healthy. wash your hands. put a mask on. the basics still apply here. >> yeah, appreciate the advice. hope your daughter is feeling much, much better. thank you both so much. still ahead, one very lucky person is kicking off the new year as a mega millionaire. what we know about the winning power ball ticket from one of the largest jackpots in history. first, a quick programming note.

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anyway, that does it for us this hour. tune in to chris jansing reports every day from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. here on msnbc. you can catch me on alex whit reports saturdays at noon, sundays at 1:00 p.m. and the latest episode of the how to win 2024 podcast is now available. democratic whip catherine clark joins claire mccaskill for a year end round up of house republicans 2023 votes to antiabortions to restricting care for transgendered troops. just do that right now. our coverage continues with katy tur reports right now. >> good to be with you. primary season begins in less than two weeks. yes. when we will finally