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reform on donald trump. their votes could be historic. we will get into what we can expect, and when all of this could mean for trump's 2024 run. plus, rupert murdoch's wall street journal slamming the incoming gop majority, say they are too dim-witted to wield their own power. could that party's own textbooks tributes don't fall? later, a community terrified after texas officials are accused of trying to attract trans people in their state. while asked congresswoman-elect, jasmine crockett, what democrats can do to stop the gop's growing anti-trans harassment. all of that and more is coming up. and a good sunday morning to you all. i'm katie fang. we begin with major developments on capitol hill. members of the january six

committee are meeting this weekend to debate criminal referrals for donald trump and his allies ahead of monday's final hearing. the charges could include insurrection, obstruct day in an official proceeding of congress, and conspiracy. nbc news senior congressional reporter, scott, long is joining us with more. scott, good morning. this is been more than a year and a half in the make gain. what are the expectations right now for tomorrow? >> good morning, katie. as you know, this is more than 18 months of investigative work by this bipartisan committee. this is essentially the culmination of that unprecedented investigation into the top of the united states capitol. they have interviewed more than 1000 witnesses, they have acquired more than 140,000 pieces of evidence. this is been a sweeping

investigation. what they are going to do with this monday meeting is adopt the final report to kind of sign off on it. then, secondly, they're going to vote on what many of us are voted on, criminal referrals. they will then send this to the justice department. you mentioned a few of them, but they are considering for donald trump. these are recommendations forum jamie raskin subcommittee that took a specific look at these criminal referrals. we don't know what the final answer is yet. we will soon know tomorrow, but they have been working through the weekend to try to come to consensus on what should go forward in terms of these criminal referrals. the most significant, as you've taken a look at -- this the idea of insurrection. the criminal law specifically talks about those who are found

guilty of insurrection, or rebellion, could not hold future public office. that would pertain to donald trump. should they go that route, or should doj pursue those types of criminal charges. >> yeah, scott, the committee is also suggesting that there could be other or false issue tomorrow. as you, know we are looking at donald trump, focusing on him. how about some of the chatter about who could possibly also be referred to the doj? >> yeah, katie, there are is obviously a very close inner circle that was working in with president trump at that time in the weeks ahead of january 6th, and on january six itself, there were multiple medians in the white house, in the oval offices. text messages exchanged between high-ranking white house officials. lawmakers on capitol hill. what betty thompson, the chairman of the january six

committee has said, is they are looking at all of them. they have taken a look at all of that evidence, all of those individuals. chairman thompson was specifically asked about members of congress who took part in this effort to overturn the election. who were in oval office, corresponding to some of the folks who dreamed up this idea of trying to overturn the election on january six. he said there possibly could be ethics referrals, meaning the house ethics committee would be asked to take a look at some of those individual republican lawmakers who took part in that broader effort. we are waiting on pins and needles, like everyone else, to see who they move forward with. >> nbc news, congressional reporter, scott. wang thank you so much for joining us this morning. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> we are minutes from, frankly,

i'm going to talk to someone who knows what it's like to make bold historic decisions. who led the way for trump's first impeachment inquiry, talks with us about what he thinks members of the 16 panel showed you tomorrow. now to peru where a deadly protest across the south american country have stranded hundreds of tourists, including americans. the protests are in response to the impeachments, and they are recessive pedro castillo. the -- department is that they're working hard to get americans out of that country as the holidays approach. nbc news correspondent has more. >> yeah, katie, good morning. we don't have an exact number of the american tourists that are actually trapped in machu picchu. we had a chance to speak to some of them overnight. they said they believe there are several hundred tourist a lot, they're buffet to percent, they believe, are americans. i want to back you up and give our audience a sense of what has given the situation. over the last week and a half

or so, since the former peruvian president, pedro castillo, was impeached, he was arrested and detained. his supporters have taken to the street. we have seen protests, violent protests, across peru, specifically in his strongholds. his successor, who was his former vice president, she is defiant. she is now posting curfews. she's also declared a state of emergency. what it has meant, katie, is that law enforcement, military, has much more freedom to crack down. we have seen these protests escalate, at least 20 people have been killed. what is happened because of these protests is that transportation across the country has been paralyzed. it's not the protester at the base of machu picchu, it's that -- is really nonexistent. the roads going down the mountains have been, block trains, which is how a lot of people get around in that area have been completely stopped installed. the flights going out across, go it is the nearest airport to lima, which is the international airport, which is where americans catch flights home, those flights have been

stalled as well. we spoke with americans who say there are no helicopters coming. and they were expecting helicopters yesterday, no helicopters actually came in. they counted a number of roadblocks between where they are in aguascalientes, and the next ten. as they mentioned, they are absolutely no possibility for trains. the u.s. embassy says in a statement that peruvian authorities assure them that they are trying to get these tourists out. they haven't said exactly how, and the people we spoke, with katie, say they're really not getting much inspiration from either the u.s. authorities or the peruvian government. what we are hearing from peruvian authorities is that they're trying to get the thousands of people that are already includes go to lima, and that they are expected to send more humanitarian flights to rescue, and to get out those tourists today. katie. >> okay, thanks to molly hunter. air moving on, founder and former ceo of failed crypto exchange, ftx, is expected to waive his extradition rights in the court and the bahamas

tomorrow. paving the way for his return to the united states. sam -- was indicted by a federal grand jury in new york this past week, and charged with eight separate offenses including securities fraud and money laundering. ftx collapsed last month after filing for bankruptcy, and losing investors hundreds of millions of dollars. bankman-fried ran the exchange from the bahamas, he's been in jail there are awaiting the hearing that was originally scheduled for february. in a sentence, he could face life in prison. iranian authorities have arrested one of the country's most famous actresses on charges of spreading falsehoods about nationwide protests that had gripped the country since september. that is according to state media. tara nail do say is the star of the oscar winning movie, the salesman. she was reportedly detained a week after an instagram post expressing solidarity with the first man recently executed for crimes committed during the

protest. she wrote, quote, every international organization who's watching this bloodshed and not taking action is a disgrace to humanity. two other famous actress doesn't iran have been arrested following posts about the protests, but they have been released. now to qatar where anticipation is building. and just a few hours, argentina will face off against france who are the reigning champions. all eyes are on argentina star lionel messi as he competes and what is expected to be his final world cup. nbc news correspondent, megan fitzgerald, has the latest from doha. >> katie, we are gearing up for what is expected to be a really solid game in just a couple hours. you've got two quality soccer teams face enough. france, the defending world cup champions that are back to defend their title. of course they wanted 2018,

they are led by kylian mbappé, their star. the coach did say some of their players were isolated. they set off that team on wednesday against morocco for some cold like symptoms, but when you look at how friends played, it didn't seem like they were impacted by that at all. we are expecting a strong soaring from the french side. then you've got argentina, led by liana messi. this is a soccer superstar, arguably one of the best players to play the game, who's got every title, practically, and major soccer, except for one, the world cup. you know he's coming for later today. his team has got a rally behind him. yesterday, we saw croatia scoring off against morocco for -- croatia came up with a win. if you take a look at what morocco has done throughout this entire tournament, you've got to have respect for the steam. they have had incredible upsets, incredible run. they've made this region there -- that african region proud. take a listen. >> they played yesterday, you

know? >> i feel it's sad, however, i still feel proud because we are the first african team in history to make it to the semifinals. >> i to be honest, i was expecting to be on the group phase only, so -- but then we were posted, and motivated, seen them going bigger, and getting our dreams more for, we are really proud. >> france, facing off against argentina. 10 am eastern. all eyes will be watching. katie. >> all, right megan fitzgerald, thank you. today marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of president joe biden's first wife, amelia, and the one year old daughter, naomi. the two were killed just weeks after joe biden was first elected to the united states senate in 1972, after their car was hit by a tractor trailer. they had just gone shopping for christmas tree. also in the car the time, biden's young sons, beau and

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honor to have you join our show. thank you for taking the time this morning. i'd like to get your predictions for tomorrow's hearing, and what charges you believe will be referred to the doj, specifically for donald trump? >> there have been rumors about three particular charges. the -- four inciting the insurrection, interfere with government proceedings, i think they will -- think they've got everything that they wants, the january six committee is done an excellent job security witnesses. most have been republicans who work in the white house. they've told the american public through these hearings how president trump did inside the corral, plan the corral, want to go up and be among the crowd. he didn't call the national guard to stop. and when he finally saw that it wasn't going to be successful, they had to stop the carnage and destruction, and mayhem, that was occurring at the capitol, he finally came out and said, your fine people, we love them, go home.

that sounds like a defeated commander in chief. that's what he was. >> congressman, i'd like to say that everyone works hard and does everything they can do, but let's monday morning quarterback a little. 2017, you introduce the first articles of impeachment that didn't go anywhere. you definitely saw the lay of the land. fast forward three years later, we get the 16 insurrection on january 6th 2020. do you have a concern that more should have been done to be able to prevents us reaching that point on january six, especially considering the fact he saw obstruction of justice happen as far back as 2017? >> yes, i do. i had gone to different individuals in leadership, including speaker pelosi, and talking about the possibility of trying to do something -- interfering with the -- having certain states vote to

change, under their theories that's the senate and house, throwback to the house where it's determined, not by the electoral, vote by a vote of the membership of delegations in the house, all the way to majority of members. republicans have a majority of delegations that are predominantly republican. that would give trump the presidency. i was concerned about that pretty early. i don't think that we have quick enough. all these things the trump cable up with, they were outlandish ideas. bill speaker pelosi, who's the greatest because countries ever had, has that often that trump was crazy, that he was insane, that she wanted to punch him in the face. i don't think she, in the most expensive calculus says, that trump and his team would go to the levels that he did.

they went to the full scale insurrection at the united states in an attempt to shut down the united states senate, the house, and the deliberations -- proceeding of that, of the house and senate, to determine who the president was. i don't think she thought they would do that. >> let's switch gears a bag, congressman. i want to get your reaction to an op-ed by the wall street journal's editorial board slamming the incoming republican majority, excluding its inability to agree on a house speaker. they're saying, quote, too many house republicans are too dim-witted to understand the uses of power and how to wield at. they would rather rage against the machine to no useful effect. the republicans are the gang that couldn't shoot straight, except at one another. what do you make of the dysfunction within the gop? do you think you'll be able to work with a house gop majority, coming very soon? >> -- had a right. they couldn't shoot straight.

they had difficulty operating. they had a majority to start, with and some of the majority is more into chaos than trying to bring the government down, then it is carrying our government. to carry out government, you have to have the rule of law, you've gotta have finances, you have to understand that there are certain troops that you stand up for, they don't. even if it was ten or 20, and maybe more, they would have trump putting together a majority of votes. they'll have proxy voting, i suspect, which means everyone has to be there. we're going to have more absences. it's going to be a more dangerous time for people to travel to washing ten, and congregate with large groups of people, many of whom don't believe in vaccinations, masks. we're going to have difficulty getting the majority of votes. i don't think they know how to work across the, aisle they'd rather be troublemakers. they understand what john lewis meant by good trouble.

getting people rights that they've been denied for set reasons. they didn't believe. edge their theories, they believe in all kinds of ideas that are don't make sense. they're not grounded. some people say, it's going to be nice to watch them fumble. it's never nice to watch -- standstill, or fall behind in shut down because of a group that can't operate and leave. the american people need help. certainly during the pandemic and other ways -- >> congressman steve cohen, listen, i'm looking forward to what you are going to be able to do to protect the interest of the americans coming up. i know you'll be able to go toe to toe with those gopers. i want to wish you a very happy holidays, thank you, always, for being a friend of the show. for joining us. thank you congressman steve cohen. coming, up with criminal

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constitution. pull in from the wall street journal last week shows trump losing by dejoy digits in a hypothetical matchup against -- soundbite a criminal referral, or multiple referrals, impact trump's reelection campaign? my sunday morning power panel is on site. former republican congressman and nbc political analyst -- and shipper jones is a democrat it's senator. both are very good friends. i'm honored that you're here on that. happy holidays, gentlemen. nice to see. you colorless, all start with. your republican,. i'll be at an old school. our which idea, you don't want to be a part of the new republican party, i don't. thank do you think a criminal referral of donald trump, it's been celebrated a, but it hasn't happened yet, do you think there could be a rally around the effect this could happen republicans if they see donald trump facing criminal charges on what happened on 16? >> katie, this is a contrarian opinion, but i actually think the committee shouldn't a criminal referral. i think the justice department

has taken all of this very seriously. merrick garland is a pro, he is a lot of credibility. i think that a congressional criminal referral could politicize this process a little bit. look, donald trump is in deep trouble. i don't think anything can rescue him. i do think that he can use these criminal referrals as a way to rally his base. in the end, that's near or for donald trump. his next bankruptcy as women, you can see it coming on the horizon. i don't think that this will save him. the committee should nominate criminal referrals. >> and regain. i do want to shift gears and ask you about the democrats in the fact that -- they're actually celebrating this. i see a criminal referral coming, despite what you might be sane. i see it coming in, i see it coming for several of his allies. it stinks to high have, and it was bad. i also see people like people to judge say, bring it on. bring on these investigations, will expose you, the

republicans, we're not having a platform, and for not actually having a plan. we are going to school you as to why you're wrong. is this a good political strategy? >> listen, i don't know if it's a democratic or republican thing. i think it's showing that given an example, no one, no matter what your party is, no matter how high your opposition is, one thing is clear. no one can take over democracy. the president of the united states, donald trump, he has to be made an example of. i love my friend carlos, but i disagree and one area. donald trump was a start of all. does he incited this. that january six commission is a bipartisan commission, with democrats and republicans on there who have all come to get their, no one can issue of the democratic process. >> carlos, i would say this, i know a lot of people think that's not a real bipartisan commission. their opinions on kidder and --

this wasn't brought to be able to bring referrals. this commission was created to fact find bring information to the american public. do you think that has been done in this case? we're on the eve of being down with this 16 commission, do you think that's been done? >> no question. this committee's work is so important for history. not just for today, before ten, 20, 100 years from now, for people to understand but the senator just said, that no one is above the law in this country. that our constitution is in fact sacred, and that no one can disrupt the constitutional process. that is what i think the committee should focus on and it's, and i think they will. i think you'll see a very colorful, dynamic, easy to follow summary of everything that happened on the 6th of january leading up to the 6th of january and how donald trump was intimately involved. that's what's important. the justice department,

whatever this committee says tomorrow, they're going to do their jobs. i trust merrick garland. he is shown greats, he's even indoor democratic criticism in the past for not acting quickly enough. he is handling this with the care and professionalism that it requires, and i don't think congress should get in the way of that. >> looking in the sidelines over here is ron desantis. ron desantis, who's very quiet these days, hasn't said very much about his presidential campaign, but has got a war chest that he keeps hoarding. he does it under the auspices of been the governor of the great state of florida. do you think ron desantis, and i've asked carlos this before, do you think what desantis is going to put his hat in the ring now that a criminal referral comes? i mean we are going to kick it at the county seal? >> i think before we get, there we need to see that trump has a hold in the republican party. this hold also has a great deal of that bass. that base, we have to figure out whether or not they're

going to go along with somebody like iran desantis, and along with, that run desantis get some logistical things in a state that we have to deal with because they repealed the -- to prevent rodriguez from going into congress. now they repeal, that the governor can run for president, that opens up another can. then, even if the governor decides that today, or next week, where next, year that he is going to run for president, he's going to have to putts every policy that he has gone through, that he's put forth in the state of florida, i'm not sure national display. what's that going to be? whether or not republicans nationally are going to stand up to iran desantis and say, we do not want donald trump jr. in the white house. >> carlos, i have less than a minute left, to have to turn to you and asked, do you agree with that? i feel like desantis can say, i'm here. i'm ready to go. >> katie, i have no doubt that ron desantis is running for

presidents. every time donald trump has a slip and fall, rhonda santa celebrates quietly. you'll never hear ham. as the senator, said they don't want to get sideways with that base. this is what the republican party has been for the last few years. people quietly wishing that donald trump would go away. people quietly understanding that donald trump is a threat to this country, and a big problem. you know, i really do think that ron desantis is going to try to capitalize off of this trump weakness, and i have no doubt that he will run for office. i have no doubt that republican legislature will appeal whatever law to make sure he can run for president. >> i've seen ron desantis doing the -- for donald trump. we have some nice facilities. my sunday morning -- merry christmas, happy new year to you. so good to have you here. up, next as the attorney generals office in texas seeks to compile a list of people who

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often perpetuated by republican politicians. could the gop's hyper fixation on transgender people is now reaching disturbing levels in texas. the washington post reports that the office of the states attorney general, ken paxton, asked the department of public safety for a list of all people who switched genders on their drivers licenses going back two years. that's based on public records that the post has obtained. dps officials in texas told the washington post that they'd identified more than 16,000 up those instances, but in the, and said they didn't provide data of any kind. the post says that public records do not indicate why the a.g.'s office one of the recommendation, but advocates for tents gender checks and safe vaccine could use the data differ they're restrict their right to transition. this apparent escalation comes just a few months after governor greg abbott beds, and child welfare officials to -- gender affirming care as child abuse. last, year he banned a bill

allowing trans youth to participate in sports that aligned with their gender identity at kindergarten to 12th grade public schools. joining me now is congresswoman-elect, jasmine crockett of tech. sets congresswoman-elect, alexei never, you by the way. good morning, thanks for being here. a friend of the show. let's start with why of this driver's license story. the post couldn't get an answer to that question from public, records and they certainly did get a response from ken paxton's office. why make this request for this type of data in the first place? what are you hearing from the community about up? >> you are looking for every zen and a very unreasonable place. you know, the fact that we have elected officials -- they refused to focus on his purview and make sure that he is protecting texans. instead, we see that he, along with greg abbott, ed and our lieutenant governor,

continually want to attack the most vulnerable amongst us. you talk about the fact that there are approximately 16,000 folks who are identified, and we don't know the reasons for why their gender was changed. for all we, know it was a mistake in the first place. so it had to be changed. 16,000 out of 30 million, and that is what we're going to do. it doesn't make sense. that is who can paxton's. he doesn't want to face the music on what we really should be talking about, which of these indictments that have been looming for the last seven years over -- >> as i mentioned in the intro, we know that these actions, and the attendant rhetoric, are resulting in real world violence. extremes like the proud boys, for example, showing up a drag queen story hours across the country, threatening the attendees. we also know that polling shows that most americans favor -- from discrimination. why do republicans, especially texas republicans, why did they

insist on being so out of step with the masses? >> they don't care. they're pandering to the far rights of their political party, simply because most of these elections are determined in the primaries. the only way to win the primary is to go further and further right. they also don't want to answer the hard questions, katie. they don't want to talk about things like why we still have a feeling -- that's killing people. we know that the existence of a trans person is killing no one, and, fact we know that there is consistently a spike, when it comes to mental health needs, of those in the lgbt q i asked plus community because there are these crazy attacks. we also know that they end up stoking fear, stoking inside, e as well as stoking hate amongst so many people. we have seen the attacks on the lgbtq i a+ community. we just had one in colorado. we are constantly seen a group of people who are being

targeted, and then one group of people who should not be targeting them, is their elected officials. that's not what they want to do. to have a constituent to has a child, who has to go and retain attorney simply because their child is trying to be who their child's, because our governor wanted to go after them, that should not be what it is to live in any society, especially a society here in america, at the end of the free. >> you were going to be sworn in on the capitol in january, that's why i was congratulating you at the beginning of the segment. congresswoman-elect. what are your plans? now you're going to be operating on a national level. what are your priorities going into 2023's use of the united states from your district in texas? >> absolutely. thank you for the question. it's still surreal. that i a of earned the honor to serve congressional district three and the u.s. house. as most of you know me as a civil rights lawyer, i am the

woman who has fought for equity across the board, it's only fitting that we're talking about an equity issue right now. i am going to be seeking equity as it relates to financial opportunities. we know the right now the wealth gap has only grown wider in the midst of post covid, if we say that we are in a post covid world, because we're technically not, even though some people want to clarify and say that it is, i am going to be fighting for economic opportunities for all. i'm going to make sure i'm fighting for things like this. i'm coming from a crazy state that wants to attack people simply because of who they are. i want to make sure that i am protecting the same people. i also, obviously, met you and so many others fighting for voting rights. that is still the reality that needs to be fought for. we are not getting anywhere in the state of texas if, they come up with new propositions that are going to be worse,

even though we know that there was no voter fraud before, and there's no voter fraud that we had occur in this last election cycle. i still have to push forward. basically, i am going toblans, . house, and us. you know that we're going into a minority. this is going to be an opportunity for americans to see that democrats are fighting for everyone, whether you are in rural texas, whether your and urban texas or -- >> i think we lost, yes we just lost her. texas congresswoman-elect, jasmine crockett. i know you can hear us. we thank you for being here this morning. coming, up get inspired this holiday season by a young boy and kentucky's lobbying has state lawmakers all in the name of cats and dogs and needed forever homes. did i mention he's only nine. you are watching the katie phang show. ang show

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i would like to have you meet ethan branscomb, he has a nine-year-old from kentucky that has been on a mission that began back in 2020, when he and his mom wrote to the state representative to help introduce house bill 27. if, past it can make the official pet -- state pets domestic cousin docked would have been adopted from kentucky animal shelters already organizations. it makes all the way to the, senate but it stalled when the pandemic hit. this, here even the push to get the bills reintroduced and both day the state house and the senate. and he says that he won't stop until kentucky joins tennessee, ohio, colorado, california, georgia and illinois. in recognizing rescue animals as the official state path. now, ethan is making it his mission to bring attention to rescue pats, not only on a

state level but on a national level. according to the spca, nearly 6.3 million cats and dogs enter animal shelters across the nation every year. but only about 4 million of them ever find a new forever home. i am excited and honored to welcome to my show the amazing nine-year-old who is behind ethan's rescue pet project. ethan branscomb and his mother, mush a branscomb. good morning to both of. you ethan i am so proud of you and i am amazed that you want to make your rescue animals the official path of not only kentucky but the whole country. what inspired you to take up this project? >> i had seen the ohio had made their state pet the rescue pets, and i also saw the animal laws in kentucky were not so good. but i thought that this would help bring awareness to animals and children's across the state.

>> michigan has been the reaction from your community's insulin ethan have started this project? >> it has been amazing, honestly. he has got a lot of animal rescues that have rallied around him, and even the lawmakers. honestly, when it started i just thought it was nice way to learn about the legislative process. i didn't really expect a whole lot to come from it. but, they have really taken him seriously. they have treated him like an adult. they value his opinion. it has been overwhelming, and we really appreciate it. >> ethan, i also wanted to ask you about your junior advocacy program. can you explain to our viewers what it is, and why it is so important to you? >> the advocacy program will be there to help his learn about the legislative process. and it will help them learn to

advocate. >> ethan, i understand that you started this campaign by writing handwritten letters and having your mom help you make phone calls to get people on board. do you think that is part with the of the process to effect change and get people to listen that you have to sit there and get their attention, to make sure that they understand what you are doing what you're doing? >> yeah. i do. >>, even you are only nine years. old you already made such a big impact. i love your answers, by the. way not all of our guests are so direct and see the point. so i appreciate that from you. you have made a huge impact that. nine what can we expect from you in the future? >> i would like a drop in the legislative process, where i can effectively change things for animals. >> ethan and mush a branscomb.

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