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tomorrow, the house ways and means committee could pave the way to release six years of donald trump's tax returns and wednesday is the final report from the january 6th committee, and we are covering it all. plus, the leaders of another far-right extremist group are set to stand trial connected to the capitol attack. first it was the oath keepers. now it's the proud boys. let's go for the very latest now on this monumental week. let's bring in nbc news capitol

correspondent ali vitali and nbc news justice correspondent ken dilanian. ali, the january 6th committee finalizes criminal referral plan for trump. what is it, ali? >> reporter: yesterday, my colleagues and i spent the day outside the hearing room where the january 6th committee was rehearsing for this final meeting today. we were able to overhear them going through some of the criminal referral trials that they are likely to make public against former president donald trump today. you know and mentioned at the top of the show, we can put them on the screen for viewers, they include conspiracy to defraud the government, obstructing a meeting of the congress, and inciting or assisting an insurrection. that last one was a real topic of conversation for members and staff on the committee, whether or not they would be able to include it and if they thought they had sufficient evidence.

it does appear they have the evidence to move forward with that charge. we also heard them talk about why, saying things like they believe these charges from congress are warranted. of course they would be historic. each b though they don't carry any legal weight, it doesn't mean that doj has to move forward and prosecute, they'll make that decision independently, but what it does is it marks a place in history for the first time that congress is going to push criminal referrals against a former president, and it makes sense given all of the hearings that we've seen so far from this body consistently in every hearing they've done, driving back to the former president, what he was being told about losing the election, and what he did anyway to try to overturn those results. there were also, though, mika, some lingering threats about who else could be among those referred. we heard them talking about, for example, lawyer john eastman as someone who was a topic of conversation in that room yesterday, whether or not they move forward with any kind of referral to him, whether it's

criminal or potentially to bar associations for unethical or illegal behavior. that's also in the mix. but then they're also going to be be ethics referrals to the house ethics committee for four of the congressmen who defied their subpoenas, republicans kevin mccarthy, scott perry, jim jordan, mo brooks and andy biggs were the five subpoenaed republican lawmakers who did not supply with the subpoena request. that was a topic of conversation we overheard the committee talking about yesterday and they're going to refer four of them. what's difficult about that is we know there's only so many days left in this congress. the ethics committee is evenly divided between republicans and democrats. they would have to vote to keep this on the docket for next congress so it doesn't seem those are going to go anywhere. nevertheless, that's how this committee will be publishing those five subpoenas. we learned a lot yesterday and they'll make a lot of that official today ahead of the final report on wednesday, mika. >> certainly those republican

congressmen you mentioned, we'll see how once that goes. but once the gop takes control, that probably comes and goes. but you underlined the historic nature of this. a former president of the united states, a referral of criminal charges. what has been the reaction to trump world as to what we are likely going to hear today? >> reporter: you won't be surprised but they are attacking the comply v committee, saying they're partisan, calling them a kangaroo court. these are many of the things we've heard from them through the course of the entire investigation. nevertheless, this kind of marks another moment, and there have been several of them in the last few months, especially since trump officially renounced his presidential intentions, where this means republicans are once again going to be asked about trump, going to be asked to respond to these new charges that are going to be likely referred against him, but then also when those trump tax returns inevitably are talked about potentially tuesday,

they're again going to have to respond to them. and really what has happened at each point that we have asked republican lawmakers on the hill to respond to something trump related, they would prefer not to talk about it. their focus is clearly on taking the majority, taking the gavel, pushing ahead on the investigation. many of those investigations notely are things trump popularized, hunter biden's laptop, going after dr. anthony fauci, on the origins of covid. all of those are central focal points for key committee chairmen next year as republicans take the gavel, but many don't want to talk about donald trump. you and i were on a show recently together where you said they want the trumpism without the trump. they do not want to talk about him which will be hard with the january 6th committee, the house ways and means committee, and the fact he is the only republican running for president right now. >> ken, jury selection is supposed to start today in the

proud boys trial, five members under trial. how long do you expect the jury selection process will take? and tell us a little, if you can, if you know anything, about the proud boys' legal defense team. >> reporter: mike, the jury selection is probably going to take a couple of days, pretty standard situation there. and, look, the proud boys case is really interesting and important, another seditious conspiracy case, and the justice department won two of those cases against the oath keepers. if anything, the proud boys are more violent and more racist than the oath keepers. while the government wasn't accusing oath keepers of personally carrying out violence, much different in this trial. the leader was present in the capitol and are accused of leading the assault into the capitol and committing a lot of violence that day. and there's a lot of evidence that they were saying things that led people to believe they were planning to attack the

capitol. one text message in evidence is "time to stack those bodies in front of capitol." they were talking about revolution. and one of the proud boys alleged co-conspirators has pleaded guilty already to seditious conspiracy and may testify. it's a big deal, a big trial. worth mentioning none of these defendants have been charged with the crime of insurrection, which is the referral that the committee is expected to present against donald trump. and there's an interesting reason behind that, but there are some legal scholars who argue that actually t would be easier to prove crime of incitement to insurrection against the former president than the crime of seditious conspiracy. >> nbc's ken dilanian and ali vitali, thank you both very much for being on this morning. in addition to what the january 6th house select committee recommends today, tomorrow the house ways and

means committee will meet to discuss trump's tax returns that it finally obtained after nearly four years of trying. ba committee could release six years of trump's returns publicly. and then on wednesday, the january 6th committee is expected to release its report. as "the new york times" sums it up, "taken together, this week will point a spotlight on both mr. trump's refusal to cede power and the issue he has most acutely guarded for decades, the actual size of his personal wealth and sources of income." let's bring in former spokesman for the house oversight committee kurt bardella, now adviser to the dnc and dccc. first of all, what do you think is most of interest to democrats in all of these legal issues that are coming to fore this week? i would think his tax returns could be incredibly interesting and revealing. >> well, it's one of the

original lies from donald trump, right? i think on "meet the press" he promised as then candidate trump to the release his tax returns and all these years it's raised the question what do you have to hide. one thing, too, one thing democrats are watching is how republicans respond to this avalanche of disclosure that's coming out, how they respond to the criminal referrals the january 6th committee will make. remember, these same republicans next year are going to take the reins of power and expect their subpoenas to be complied with, expect their oversight mandates to be recognized and legitimate. yet here they are, jim jordan, kevin mccarthy, perhaps going to be referred to the ethics committee about their refusal to comply with congressional subpoenas. you cannot issue subpoenas on one hand and say it eesit's oka ignore them. they'll point that out every

time republicans issue a subpoena. >> exactly. these people that have refused to comply with any of the subpoenas are some of the leaders, will be leading the republican party in the house. so, again, the big question is, if they don't comply with any subpoenas, why should any democrat -- once again out-thought themselves, once again undermined their own position. kurt, you are great at telling us how the republicans did things because you were there when they were investigating benghazi, when they were really aggressive on their oversight. what's your advice to democrats on the oversight committee for the remaining three weeks or so that they have? what's at the top of the list of what they need to get done? >> i think that they need to be as aggressive and active as possible because here we have on the other side of the capitol hill the senate is democratic. we actually have a majority and we're going to have for the first time in this administration more democrats on the panel than republicans,

subpoena authority, the ability to commence and launch investigations. the house needs to use every single day they have left to put out there any possible threat that they'll want the senate democrat majority to pick up on and run with. you have the power right now. there are so many things -- it's a target-rich environment, whether it's trump's tax returns, whether it's the deals jared kushner was involved in, other deals, for all the talk we'll hear about hunter biden, there's plenty to be heard about the people who actually worked in the west wing, in the white house, under the donald trump administration. >> so, kurt, we keep hearing about this deadline that's coming up when the republicans take control of the house. it's almost as if when you hear this talk that democrats are going to be helpless to issue subpoenas, democrats are going to be helpless to be able to do things they need to do to continue these investigations of january 6th and donald trump. it's almost like the people that are saying that, that are riding that, that are opining about it,

forget the democrats' run -- are going to be running the united states senate. i'm curious, why wouldn't some of this january 6th work be transferred over to the democrats running the senate? >> well, that's why i think it's so important that they're having these meetings this week, that they'll release a ton of information, a thousand-plus pages, into the public record, which allows anyone, including the united states senate, to pick up on those threads of investigation, things that we don't know about yet, more information that we haven't seen in a public light, and take it further if it needs to. that's why it's important to have a public record. people ask why are they waiting until the last minute, why at the end of the year are they doing this, because you need to enter this evidence into the public record that will allow everyone else around to utilize that going forward. if there needs to be another step in the investigation, the senate will have the information to do that now. >> kurt, the white house has suggested they'll cooperate with republican investigations, even allowing some of the matters are

legitimate, that we could have a healthy political debate about, say, the withdrawal from afghanistan, perhaps less legitimate things about hunter biden's laptop. but talk to us about the traffic they could run into not just because the senate also has subpoena power but that risk of overreach because it's not just the republicans in charge. some of the extremists are in charge. marjorie taylor greene has a lot to say, one of their ilk, things could backfire. >> one of the things that the obama white house misfired on during my time back at the oversight committee was they would stretch out our investigations or negotiations rather than just do something that would kind of put us in a bind where we had to act or go away. the biden white house posture, you want to talk about afghanistan, we're not going to play the game of we're going to withhold, we're going to negotiate, wait and see, drag

this out over a period of months. they'll put up a witness. they'll have to have that hearing and move on. the big enemy here for democrats is extending these investigations longer than they need to be. the trap for republicans is going to be overpromising and underdelivering. and they're already losing the game. making all these proclamations about the corruption they're going to find without actually having any of the goods, without actually having any of the evidence. it's complete political malfeasance and incompetence. when you're running an oversight investigation, if you don't go out there and lead, you do these things without a shred of evidence, it's complete idiocy. >> they keep doing that, too, mika. they did it with the durham investigation as well. they got out front, said a lot of really stupid things that ended up being wrong, a lot of newspapers published a lot of stupid editorials that ended up being wrong about durham. they are overpromising and

underdelivering time and time again. >> kurt bardella, thank you very much for being on this morning. all right. argentina is world cup champion for the third time, beating france yesterday in what was arguably the most thrilling final in the tournament's 92-year history. for more, let's bring in nbc news foreign correspondent megan fitzgerald, who joins us live from doha, qatar. megan? >> reporter: good morning, guys. look, this has got to be the best game we have ever seen. lionel messi, argentina, getting what they came to doha for, a world cup title, and the missing piece to messi's storied career. it's already being called the greatest world cup final in history. argentina clinching the cup for the first time in 36 years after the team dominated the first half with two goals, the first a

penalty kick by superstar lionel messi. >> yes, he scores! >> reporter: france seemingly out of the match until the second half. their star player mbappe keeping the to dream alive with back-to-back goals. argentina answering back, the third goal in extra time. >> messi! >> reporter: but mbappe single-handedly carrying the french on his shoulders with a hat trick. >> yes! >> reporter: it was enough to send the game to penalty kicks. >> rolls it in. >> yes! >> reporter: in the end, argentina pulling it off. an emotional victory called by iconic announcer. >> goal!

>> reporter: argentinian fans erupting with joy and filling the streets in buenos aires. to the u.s. to here in doha. how are you feeling about this win? >> yeah! hour dream has come true! >> we can't believe it! >> i try v cried happy tears, sad tears, and then happy tears again. >> this is absolutely a win for messi because he's the g.o.a.t. >> reporter: messi, one of the greatest to ever play the game, says it's his last cup, his hosts saying they'll save a spot for him in 2026 just in case. but whatever happens, this was a win for the ages and a fairy-tale ending to the great lionel messi. and there was a victory parade when the team left the stadium last night ahead of their flight back to argentina. mika, you could only imagine the excitement that awaits when they

touch down in argentina. >> 100%. nbc's meagan fitzpatrick, thank you. live from doha, qatar. we appreciate it. coming up on "morning joe," the candidate behind the scenes chronicled the life of speaker of the house nancy pelosi filmed over the course of three deck aismds by none other than acclaimed documentarian and her daughter, alexandra pelosi. plus, jonathan lemire, you have some new reporting in politico playbook on a "morning joe" family member. what's up with adrienne? >> there you see her. she is joining the biden administration in a report this morning. she is heading to the commerce department to be the director of external affairs for the new chips program. of course, that's the major win for the biden administration last year, trying to improve the semiconductor industry here in the united states to compete with china and over places. adrienne is heading into the administration. certainly a familiar face to

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>> the speaker was very masterful about rounding up members who had difficulties with the affordable care act for whatever reason. she had to persuade those members kind of one by one that they had to go on for the bill. you do not take it to the floor for debate until you have the votes locked up.

>> oh, my gosh. it's nancy pelosi like you've never seen her before. that was a clip from the new hbo documentary "pelosi in the house." from acclaimed documentarian alexandra pelosi, who is also the daughter of nancy pelosi. it follows the house speaker's extraordinary career over the past three decades, giving viewers an up-close look at some of the biggest trials and triumphs of her time in congress, including the turbulent fight over obamacare and the destruction unleashed on the capitol during the january 6th insurrection. alexandra pelosi joins us now. it's great to have you. i actually -- joe and i have been around your mom and all of a sudden there will be you with your camera or, you know, just sort of anywhere, you just kind of come out of the woodwork and there you are. so i wonder if you could share

with us what this has been like for you and especially being -- this being your mom. did it give you kind of an edge maybe perhaps another documentarian might not have just because you know her so well? >> well, growing up two feet behind nancy pelosi really my entire life for 35 years, i've been able to see how everyone treats her to her face, but then i also get to hear everything they say behind her back because i'm two feet behind. that was intriguing to me, the disconnect between how they treated her to her face and what they say the minute she walks away. also interesting how things played out in the room when it happened compared to how it looked on the news that night. that was another sort of disconnect i was intrigued by. that's what inspired me in the end. of course, you know, that film clip you just showed, that was 2009. it never ended up in public, so not on social media, never any of this footage was ever out

there before, so i guess she kind of got so used to me always being around and filming that it was never a question -- no one ever knew i was making a movie. it was sort of accidental. i never put a microphone on her. it wasn't authorized. i was just always filming. i figured now that she's stepping down it was appropriate to share some of this stuff with the world. >> amazing. wonderful. >> it's been such an amazing journey. you look at the fight for the affordable care act and what your mom did in shepherding that through, just beyond masterful. in any other documentary, that would probably be the highlight, but both of your parents have been impacts do much obviously. i remember standing in the back of the house leaning on the rails with your father when your mom was being sworn in as the

first woman speaker of the house. i said, this is a great swan song, pretty awesome. then she did it again. then she guided -- then she guided everybody in congress through the hell of january 6th. and then of course the tragedy of your father. i'm sure there's no way you could have imagined half, like me, half of what was going to go, but also how directly and how personally it would impact you and your family. >> right. you know, i told my mother when we were many the icu on the day my dad was attacked, i told her, i would never have given her permission to go 35 years ago if i knew that was where it was going to end. i was the youngest of five. she came to me at home and said

mommy has a chance to run for congress. i said, mom, get a life. what teenager didn't want their mom out of the house? you think what would happen in the next 35 years. my father defends her entire career and says even after everything that's happened to him, he said you can't say you would erase her entire career because you don't like the fact i ended up looking like frankenstein in the icu. you have to say in this social media environment today i would not give you permission to run. but you can't say -- >> yeah. >> the viciousness of it all and the viciousness -- your mom's been targeted for decades by republicans, been vicious about it. i knew her when i first got to congress, loved her from the beginning even though we disagreed on so many issues. we got together every year on china. and there was always this huge

disconnect, but you've got to feel so vindicated that year after year after year republicans think that running against your mother is a winning strategy and year after year after year they lose time and time again. the demonization of nancy pelosi has never worked in american politics. >> but it trickles down to the unwell, and then you end up -- you know, i didn't want to end up in the icu. it's sad for me to think about all those years that she's been demonized and put a big target on her back and spent hundreds of millions of dollars in ads to attack her and where does that land? we now know where it lands. for me it's heartbreaking that my father in the end had to be the one that paid the price for her political career. >> alexandra, i have three simple little questions for you.

one, did your mother watch this film with you? two, what was her reaction if she did, indeed, watch the film with you? and, three, filming all the time. this is decades of filming that went into this documentary. you as an editor, how many times did you have to stop looking a tt past and say i have to remember this is my mom? >> well, we did have a screening at the national archives this week and she did show up, even though i scheduled the screening in the middle of votes. she did manage to make it. she was on the edge of her seat because she was nervous about what was going to come next. after, we had a conversation. she said i made curious decisions. she didn't understand why i had to show her in her pajamas all the time, doing her laundry or film or use private conversations she was having like when talking to joe biden trying to give him advice about how to run for president.

she didn't think that was appropriate to share with the world. maybe she thought those kinds of things were private. she also said i just never knew you were filming so much. a lot of times, take covid, fi v my family moved to the west coast and i was filming all time. she said why are you always filming all this? it was just my iphone. it's an ad for iphones. the full film. she was sort of just more confused about why i would take her entire life and just put her in her pajamas and, you know -- >> certainly she would have some notes on the film. another clip is nancy pelosi talking about her sixth sense. >> i have a sixth sense about the scent of elections and i smell success wherever i go.

>> you are impossible to crack. you're always on message. how do you do it? how do you always stay on all the time? you're impossible to crack. you know that. >> yeah. well, i have sensitivities. >> what does that mean? >> it means i have to be sensitive to the impact of my words on certain other campaigns. you know, if i'm saying i can smell success it means i can smell lack of success as well. >> you're a tough nut to crack, you know that? there's no cracking you, huh? >> if that's what you want to do, crack your mom. >> yes, i do. i want to crack you. >> tell us a little bit about that moment, when it happened, does she ever crack when your iphone is not around, and just tell us what that means, how we can glean from that the success she's had. >> the point of why i included

that, people expect when she comes home she just, like, unplugs and lets it all out and starts trash talking or -- it's in her dna. that whole democratic party talking point is who she is as a human being. she was born in the democratic party. her father was in congress. she thinks that the capitol is the temple of democracy, so she uls always on message. so even when you just get her on the couch and unwind and say tell me how you really feel, that's who she is. she'll start talking to you like she's on the podium. it's not an act. that's who she is 24/7. and that's why i thought it was important to make that point, that it is who she is. she didn't choose this life. it chose her. >> you know, something else that we found through the years that's also just part of her foundation as a person is her faith. i remember talking to her before

she got sworn in the second time, and she showed me a picture of her father, and she was talking about him and talking about him fondly, and i said, oh, my gosh, you would be so proud to be here today. and without looking at the picture without thinking twice, she goes, "he is here today. he's looking down at me. and i'm so grateful for that." i can also tell she's grateful for that faith that she doesn't wear on her sleeve but anytime you're behind closed doors, the topic of faith always comes up. >> yep. she took the whole family to the vatican this summer. in the film, we go to the vatican. that was a few years ago. but this summer, not in the film, she took us there. i mention that because we were very amused because, you know, the way it swirls out what the haters say about nancy pelosi and her pro-choice stance, but

in the end, she was hucking it out with the pope. you know, mic drop. >> the documentary "pelosi in the house" is available now on hbo and hbo max. alexandra pelosi, i know you don't want to crack your mom. she seemed a little bit, you know, like, what are you doing here? she loves you. wow, looks amazing. thanks very much for being on this morning. >> thank you for having me. coming up on "morning joe," the latest on the press for answers about the murders of four college students in moscow, idaho. the victims' families left why v wondering why they have so few clues. ♪ breeze driftin' on... ♪ [coughing] ♪ ...by, you know how i feel. ♪ if you're tired of staring down your copd,... ♪ it's a new dawn, ♪ ♪ it's a new day... ♪ ...stop settling.

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now to the latest on the quest for answers about the murpds of four college students in moscow, idaho, last month. as time passes by, their families are left wondering why they have so few clues and how much hope they should hold on to. nbc news correspondent steve patterson has the latest. >> reporter: as the hunt for a killer stretches into its fifth

week, frustration is mounting for at least one of the victim's families. >> i'm not sure they're capable of hand allege quadruple murder. >> reporter: a lawyer for the family of kaylee goncalves questioning how police have managed the investigation. >> if they are in over their heads, then acknowledge that and turn the investigation over to someone who's more versed in handling these types of matters. >> reporter: and saying that while the family supports law enforcement, the moscow police have done a poor job of communicating with the grieving goncalves family. a spokesperson for the police department says they are dedicated to supporting and communicating with the families of the victims, with the holidays approaching, police insisting they won't stop searching for the clues in the murders of the four students. >> we will continue to keep up this pace. >> reporter: kaylee goncalves' mother, christy, speaking to "today" last week, urging investigators not to give up. >> don't let these kids be an

unsolved murder. you can't hardly breathe knowing that this person is out there. >> reporter: one lead investigators are pursuing a white hyundai elantra like this one that they say was in the immediate area of the home around the time of the murders. the campus is largely empty for winter break, but some who remain are haunt pd by the murders. corinne lived across the street from the victims and remembers the day everything changed. >> it kind of became a ghost town. everybody's also, like, really frustrated and mad there's no leads. >> reporter: the family's lawyer with a message for the stricken city. >> we would just say keep at it, you know. the community i believe will be the ones that solve this case. still ahead, a behind-the-scenes look at the renovations for an iconic american landmark. plus, the can't-miss broadway shows of this holiday season. there's a lot more straight ahead on "morning joe."

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♪♪ >> and that is a clip from the new york city ballet's annual production of "the nutcracker" at lincoln center. every year shows on broadway and beyond help make spending the holiday season in new york city an experience like none other. and joining us now to give us some of his theater picks and the award-winning host of "on stage," on spectrum news new york 1, frank villa. thanks so enough for coming back on the show. what are you looking out this season? what is standing out to you? >> first and foremost in our household, the radio city music

hall christmas spectacular is a staple, mika. >> of course. >> i'm going back this week to take my family. there you have the rockettes right there. they have a new scene this year so if people think it's the same show every single year, it's a little different this year. they have a scene with fairies and drones which is pretty cool. i've seen some footage of that. >> a new twist to the christmas story. beyond the rockettes and radio city, what are some other shows if you're planning a trip to new york city? >> honestly, if you want something a little smaller, there's a menu here in new york city called the jazz club. every year for the last 13 years they've been doing a performance. liza minnelli back in the day. it feels like you're watching your friends around a piano and having the best time hearing holiday classics like "sleigh ride." it's a blast. >> frank, there's been a lot of talk for the past couple years

about what the pandemic did to various cities, new york included, just mentioning to you off air, taking some grandchildren yesterday to 30 rockefeller center. >> yeah. >> to look at the tree, "the nut tracker." you would never get the impression that new york was suffering. >> walking around, doing last-minute shopping -- >> it's mocked. >> -- and it's on fire. that's what we want to see right now. it feels like it was prepandemic. >> right before you came on, we also talked about the theater industry right now and you said the blockbusters are doing well. we had a playwright on last week and there was a suggestion that a show was struggling. he was making a public appeal. great reviews but people weren't coming. you have news, an update on that production. what are the challenges that shows like that face right now? >> first and foremost, "turning

cooper" was extended thanks to the public push. a lot of celebrities came out, tyler perry, whoopi goldberg, queen latifah at a show this past week because of word of mouth and social media. it has extended. people ask why aren't these shows surviving if they're really good? this show got rave reviews across the board. i think it goes back to name recognition and goes back to familiar titles. these tickets are expensive. bring a family of four to a broadway show, that's deals ou for you to find. and i always suggest checking in with the box office if you can because they will guide you in the right way. on paper, on the surface, these tickets are very expensive. so i think that's the reason why we're not getting a lot of people there. >> sam jackson played the piano. >> fantastic. >> that's an indication the show got rave reviews. i don't think there was any

public pressure. it was just renewed and extended. >> it was extended. you know what, it's august wilson, one of our greatest playwrights. you have samuel l. jackson. you have john washington who is denzel washington's son. danielle brooks. it is a fantastic revival. >> you have given tips on how to get good deals. if you could only go to one broadway show this christmas season, what would it be? >> if you can get a ticket, it's called merrily we roll around. it's where "rent" originated before moving to broadway. we see it right there. hot off the press. it is moving to broadway.

this show was problematic when it opened in the '80s. only ran for a couple of seasons. a steven sondheim production. she finally brought it here. it got rave reviews across the board. it's a tough ticket. if you can wait, go in september. >> all right. emmy award-winning host of "on stage," frank, we appreciate it. >> thank you. staying in new york city, a behind the scenes look at the new grand central terminal. it is famous for its early 1900s design and is a must-see for ourists. and this morning new york authorities are announcing a massive underground station will open in just a few weeks. nbc news correspondent tom costello got an exclusive first look. >> it is among the world's most

visited tourist sites. 750,000 visitors a day. open in 1913, the four-faced clock makes grand central instantly recognizable. now this iconic 20th century american landmark is jumping into the 21st century. >> certainly the temple of mass transit in the united states. we built the whole new railroad terminal right underneath. >> reporter: for 15 years, crews have been dynamiting and boring under the existing grand central. with a staggering price tag of $11 billion, it's the biggest expansion since 1910. >> in new york, transit is like air and water. >> chairman and ceo jan gave us a behind the scenes look. marble walls. murals. and quotes from jerry "seinfeld", jay-z and alicia keys >> we are going deeper and

deeper underground. >> this is all getting into the bedrock. we did eight miles. >> reporter: to understand why this is a big deal for new yorkers, look at the map. until now, commuters on the railroad from long island have had to travel all the way to penn station on the west side of manhattan. then backtrack to work on the east side. now they will be getting off at grand central/madison cutting travel times up to 40 minutes and doubling capacity on the long island railroad. what a difference 100 years makes. eight blocks long. 13 miles of new tunnels, 40 miles of new track and the biggest mass transit project in america. we went below ground to see the dynamite fractures from the bedrock in the early 1900s. that's what grand central and manhattan were built on. >> we are constantly building on

our fore barriers. here you are 110 hraeurts. >> later. >> and we're going to use it all. >> a new control center monitors every train in the system. >> it's worked 24/7. the dispatchers here are monitoring the train routes. >> reporter: construction workers worked around the clock even as covid devastated the city. mayor kathy hochul. >> we are hit hard during the pandemic. to be able to have this new terminal open, the first in 67 years. this says that new york is exceptional. >> not just a face lift, a new grand central for the next 100 years and beyond. >> that was nbc's tom costello reporting. jonathan lemire, let's talk about the day ahead. preview today's hearing today on capitol hill. >> a big day, mika.

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