. right know, on msnbc, the massive winter storm bringing holiday travel to a virtual standstill, a dangerous weather system marching across the midwest, toward the east coast, as we come on the air. high winds and bitter cold keeping planes on the ground and many cars off the roads. threats now of a so-called flash freeze, in parts of new england, as heavy rain turns to ice. we've got the latest forecast, with our reporters standing by. also this hour, new fallout from the final report of the january 6th committee, what committee members are telling us about how it all came together, and what former president trump is saying after the panel said squarely that he is the one to blame. plus, the clock ticking down to a government shutdown. the house voting now on a bill to keep everything open before the midnight deadline. our nbc news reporting on the last-minute vote wrangling on capitol hill. good to be with you.

we start this hour with the latest on this monster storm that's gripping most of the country. i'm joined by nbc's marissa para on i-95 near baltimore and meteorologist bill karins and katie beck is at reagan national airport, just outside washington, d.c. we have a lot to cover, we're going to start with marissa. more than 90% of people who plan to travel for the holidays said they would be driving, and probably with the situation it is right now, according to aaa, what are you seeing on the roads? and how is that storm starting to hit the east coast? >> right, so when we say 90%, that is 102 million americans who prefer to take to the roads when it comes to holiday travel. and just for a little bit of perspective, double that number, the amount of americans that are under a winter weather advisory. so it's been quite the past couple of days, especially when it comes to holiday travel and the impact on holiday travel, so we will take you to what we can

see, our cameras here, what they're showing, we're not the only ones on the roads. you can see, especially going the opposite direction, clearly, the winter weather is not stopping people from taking to the roads, but a couple of things to keep in mind, so we have been making our way from dc, through maryland, and now we're approaching the philadelphia area, for the better part of 24 hours now. and yesterday, it was rain, rain, rain. there were a lot of people on the roads, well, what we saw today was interesting, and i would say that there was a lull in the number of people we were seeing. probably because that arctic front was moving through the area, where we are currently, we saw there was a lot of precipitation, and it did turn a little icy around here, and we know that in some parts, they were seeing snow, and now the worst part of the storm is farther north. we're of course seeing sunny skies, and clearer pastures on the road, but the thing to keep in mind where we are, is the wind. the wind has just been so severe, that it is causing power outages up and down, not just

here on the east coast, but around the country, we're seeing 1.5 million power outages. north carolina, 120,000 power outages alone. and that is really just because of the winds. in other parts of the east coast, we're seeing power outages because of either the rain causing water-logged branches to fall on power lines, or in some cases snow causing power outages. and so we know that in places further north, like in buffalo, new york, i was just there weeks ago, they had a winter storm, here they go again, pummelled by the snow and another instance of what they're calling snowstorms and really it depends on where you are, in terms of how severe it is, and what you're seeing, but for us here on the roads, and in the pennsylvania area, we're approaching the philadelphia area, we've been moisturing i-95, if you're from the east coast, you know this is a main artery through here, a lot of people take through these roads making their way for holiday travel and maybe going to grandma and grandpa's house,

and the roads are good, but keep in mind with the temperatures, and the arctic fronts, they can cause icy conditions. we have seen several dangerous situations in other parts of the country including in missouri, where we know that cars slipped off and found themselves in lethal situations some of the please be careful, because you never know if you're actually driving on black ice or not. so especially on those bridges, take it easy, take your time, and again, as of where we are right now, roads are looking good. back to you. >> marissa, that's great to here. stay safe out there. and bill, as the sun sets, it gets even more difficult to tell what is what. i feel very fortunate that we're here in the studio, with the reporters out in the cold, what can we expect over the next few days? >> it's going to get better. we're at the peak of our storm today, this is where the worst winds are and the highest number of people without power and christmas even tomorrow, and things gradually improve for

people but not everyone. the winds, the problem with the wind is that it is picking up snow and tossing it around and re-tossing it again and you can't measure the snow. 60 mile per hour wind gusts, and right now, they're telling you zero visibility, don't even bother heading outside on the roads, because you'll get trapped or stranded and risking your life, and it is very difficult to find you, and b, they don't want to send the emergency crews out if they don't have to. the winds in most areas are in the 40 to 50 mile an hour range and boston is gusting to 53 and the main coast and that's where we're seeing some of the damage from the high tide cycle that just passed. so the radar, you notice about south of new york city, you're clear, you don't have to worry about any snow or any rain or anything. but the rain earlier today, the roads are still wet around new york, the temperatures are dropping rapidly, and so in the next hour or two, we will probably get a lot of sidewalks and black ice. and that will be the concern through southern portions of new england, if you go throughout the next few days. the wind chill advisories dropping, in texas.

almost all the way to south florida. very rare that the wind chill advisories, just about to west palm beach and fort lauderdale. it does not include the miami area. but still, by florida standards, tomorrow morning is going to be brutally cold. and that cold air is headed through tallahassee and it will go through jacksonville tonight. look at atlanta. wind chill is 5. how about pittsburgh, negative 30. and that's the cold air that's heading toward the mid atlantic and new england later on tonight. and as far as the snow forecast goes, not that we're able to measure it, it may be drifts up to eight feet on one person's house and someone else will have a bare yard with the wind gusts in buffalo. they're saying one to two feet. and isolated up to three or four feet of snow. that's crazy. so how cold will it remain? this is the current temperature. let's give you the forecast so you can prepare for your christmas eve morning. tallahassee, 21. and houston, 19. the wind won'ting quite as high. ant wind chill values, we think the freeze line will be through central florida. most of the orange groves have

moved south of the i-4 corridor, because of freezes that we had in the late 80s and 90s. so that freeze line really shouldn't be damaging to many of the crops, hopefully, i'm sure it will be a close call, and out there with the heaters in the field, that they do sometimes, and then as we head through early next week, pretty frigid in chicago, even after the holiday weekend. >> bill, thank you. it is only december. >> what's january going to have in store? >> i don't want to think about it. let's get through this holiday season first. i want to bring back nbc's reporter at reagan national airport. and we've seen more than 4,000 flights canceled, and another 5,000 dlad, that is not good news for people making it home for the holidays and it continues to rise. >> that's right, the board yesterday, the departure board was looking significantly better than today. and that is because that arctic blast is taking hold, and a lot of the major cities across the country have had ground stops

today. we've seen ground stops in denver, right here in washington, d.c., and in seattle and memphis, so across the country, airlines and crews are battling the ice and the snow and the wind, and trying to de-ice the planes and get people where they need to go before the holidays, and it is a bit of a chaotic mess out there, no matter where you are going, you are probably connecting through a hub somewhere, and if you are, you're likely going to face a delay. the airlines have warned folks, well in advance of this, waiving those change fees yesterday to try to get them ahead of the storm and a lot of people took advantage of that. and people today have spoken to us about an ease about the whole situation, saying, you know, we came to the airport, knowing this possibility was out here, that we could actually wait eight hours in this terminal, and we're okay with that, as long as we get where we are going. here's what some passengers told us. >> we're only actually here because our flight that was supposed to be yesterday got canceled yesterday, and they re-booked us for today. so it's -- >> now you're delayed again.

>> it has been a few. but all in all, about three days of travel. to spend five days with family. and it's family. so that in itself means something. >> reporter: kind of mysterious to guess whether or not she's happy to get to her family or not in that sound bite, but either way, she is not too unhappy to be stuck in the airport, and that is the sentiment shared by a lot of passengers here today. they expect this, they knew it was coming and tomorrow is christmas eve, a little bit of lag time, still to get where they're going before all of those holiday celebrations start. >> i suppose weather can always be used as a legitimate excuse. marissa, thank you. and thanks to katie beck and bill karins as well. coming up, senate majority, minority leader, rather, mitch mcconnell is taking aim at former president trump, what he is saying that could have implications for 2024. that nbc exclusive reporting straight ahead. plus, we're live in kyiv, as

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overnight, the january 6th committee released its final report, following an extensive 18-month investigation into former president trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. the committee alleges that trump, or those close to him, engaged in at least 200 public or private acts of outreach, pressure, or condemnation, targeting either state legislators or local election

administrators, in an effort to overturn the election results. and the committee lays the blame for the january 6th attack largely on trump himself. the release comes just days after the committee voted to recommend that the department of justice, to pursue criminal charges against trump, for his role in the january 6th attack, and election interference. now, following the report's release, trump posted on his social media site, criticizing the committee's work, while repeating false claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election. joining me now is nbc news congressional correspondent judy tsirkin and joyce vance, a professor at the university of alabama school of law and an msnbc legal analyst, who has been very busy. we are going to start with you, we are approaching the second anniversary of the attack, which is hard to believe and we finally now have this report, we were supposed to get it midweek, it got delayed, and now that we have it, what are the main

take-aways? >> yes, not just the anniversary, the second anniversary of the attack, but also we're nearing the second anniversary of the house impeaching former president trump for his role on january 6th, and the senate, failing to then charge him for that in the senate trial. but look, when you look at this 800-plus page report, nothing is necessarily new here, in terms of new bombshells from the committee, but what they're able to do so effectively, i thought, is illustrate why and how they came to their conclusions that we heard on monday, and in which they said that in their opinion, they are recommending criminal charges i against the former president, which we know they spent months mulling over, and a big move to make and ultimately they felt and as they described in the report, one man and one man only was responsible for january 4th. without former president trump, that one man they described, that day would have never happened. the way they outlined the report is eight chapters and closely near to the names and themes of the public hearings that we've seen, but they have new facts

sprinkled here. they interviewed over 1,000 witnesses. they have over one million pages of documents that they pored over. and this committee putting all of this in one historical record for the public and presenting this, it is their way in making sure that the former president and his allies are accountable for what happened on the 6th even as their committee is going to be disbanded once the republicans take control of the house in the new year. and they're going to continue by the way releasing those transcripts that we've been seeing to make sure that everything they did, all the work they've done is out in the record for the public to see, and for eternity, in the history books. >> a lot of people have been asking for the release of those transcripts, in their entirety, and joyce, congressman jamie raskin, a member of the january 6th committee, was on msnbc earlier today, and addressed the committee's decision not to focus on the intelligence failures surrounding january 6th. here's part of what he had to say. take a listen. >> we blow the whistle about the fact that there were lots of reports coming in of an

impending violent attack on the capitol. numerous law enforcement intelligence agencies had all of that information. the information they didn't have was that donald trump was planning to essentially unleash the fury of the mob on the capitol and then continue to incite and exhort them to action, as he did with his 2:24 p.m. tweet on january 6th. >> so joyce, what do you make of the committee's decision to focus on trump, and those directly around him, because in the report, it did say that there seemed to be some sort of miscommunication, or, you know, a lapse of believing that this would actually happen on january 6th. >> the committee had limited resources, and they made a decision about where to focus them. but in my judgment, the problem,

and prosecutors know, this when they're looking at a complicated case, is if you get too involved in other inquiries, you can lose your focus on the people who are most culpable for a criminal act. and here, the committee has no trouble in saying that it is the former president. they say that without trump, there would not have been a january 6th. and their evidence lines up there very neatly. that doesn't mean though that they excuse any of the law enforcement failures that may have contributed to january 6th. the inspector general, for all of those agencies, are now on notice that there are issues that they may need to take on, but the way that they look into this, i think it is very important, they say the missing piece of intelligence, which no one expected, that the president would play the role that he did, and that the law enforcement entities, they may have some work to do on how they handle and how they respond to this kind of intelligence. ultimately, though, responsibility should be placed where it belongs, with the

former president. >> and to your point, the committee included 11 recommendations, so that had to do with congress and federal agencies trying to prevent something like this from ever happening again. what is the likelihood that those will be enacted? joyce? >> well, today, the congress took an important step forward. passing the omnibus act just moments ago. which contained electoral college reform measures. that new provision will make clear that the vice president's role is purely ceremonial, so that no future president can try to do what president trump did. there are a lot of moving parts that need to come together to protect our democracy. we need to restore some guardrails. we need to put some measures that have always been normed into law. but ultimately, the best way to prevent future shorts of i'll just say misconduct, for lack of a more salacious word, the best

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some news just in from capitol hill, the house just passed that $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill, narrowly averting a government shutdown. the bill now goes to president biden who says he will sign it. this means the government will stay open through the end of september, and it includes an overhaul to election laws, and in an attempt to prevent another

january 6th as well as military funding, and emergency aid to ukraine. let's bring in nbc's ryan nobles, on capitol hill. and ryan, give us the latest from the house. how did this vote finally all come together. >> well, it was a lot of negotiation between both the house and the senate, really over the past couple of months, this was a spending bill that was set to eclipse in september of 2022, and both members of congress, on both sides of the aisle, basically just pushing this decision off, until the very last minute. we are looking at a government shutdown midnight tonight, if they're not able to get this over the finish line, and in fact, the margins are so tight, that in addition to passing this massive omnibus spending bill, they also passed a short-term continuing resolution, just to give enough time for the $1.7 trillion bill to process, just to get through all of the traps that it needs to before it can be enacted into law. but president biden is expected

to sign it, so that will avert any problems. this was something that was negotiated by two outgoing members of the united states senate, patrick leahy of vermont and richard shelby of alabama. a bipartisan bill and enjoyed a number of votes in the senate and the house for republicans, but the vote in the house, largely along partisan lines as of course republicans set to take control of the house next year, and they have vowed to not allow this level of spending in the new year. that of course could lead to some conflict as we get closer to september. but as of right now, the congress avoided any type of government shutdown ahead of the holidays, and i have to tell you, this place was buzzing, about five minutes ago, and it is now completely vacant, as these members are going to get out of town to celebrate the holiday. >> yes, i'm sure there were sprints out the door. ryan nobles, thank you, and happy holidays to you. joining me now is democratic congresswoman pramila jayapal. the chair of the house

progressive caucus. congresswoman, thank you so much for taking some time out to be with us today. i'm sure you're exhausted. what is your reaction to the house passing this historic bill. >> well, i am so proud of what we have accomplished in this bill. i think sometimes people forget about how the federal government touches everybody part of people's lives, and that's what you see in this omnibus bill today. democrats delivered again, for working families. if you look at what's in here, and you know, we have incredible storms, terrible weather across the country, there's a billion for low income housing energy costs, for families to be able to deal with all of the increased costs in energy, and the cold weather that's coming out, there's child care money, there's pre-k, head start, there's permanent foods assistance money in there, there's permanent assistance for

medicaid states to extend post-partum coverage. with every front, on the omnibus bill alone, not to mention the other bills that are attached, the electoral counteract of course, but also the pregnancy workers fairness act, to say nobody should have to choose between being pregnant and accommodations at the workplace. so i'm very proud of us today, and we got this done for the american people, and the effects are going to be felt across the country by families everywhere. >> and to the points you just mentioned, how is what this means for women in the workplace, and really civil right, what are your overall thoughts on what this bill does specifically, the issues that you just mentioned. >> well, strangely enough, it is a huge step forward, and i say strangely, only because i think, you know, i don't know why we have to legislate this, but unfortunately, we do, because employers have not been giving

pregnant workers the ability to have rest breaks, to be able to have chairs, to be able to do the things that they need to do, to accommodate for the tremendous changes that go through a body as they, i say this as a woman who has had babies, that there aren't accommodations made and they are certainly capable of doing the job but we have to take into account those accommodation, and this says that every worker will have those basic protections. that it is required by law, by federal law, for employers to give those protections to their workers. so it's going to mean night and day for so many workers who until now have sometimes had to choose or be fired from a job because they simply can't get those simple accommodations that they need to be able to keep doing their work. >> it is just a shame that it takes a bill, and it has taken so long for this to happen, but i want to talk, switch gears for a minute, and talk about something else going on in congress, the release of former

president trump's taxes, a report this week, from the bipartisan joint committee, on taxation, said the irs recommended a limited examination into trump's taxes, because they were complex. the case was sentence tive. and it used professional accountants. what did you make of this report? and what can congress do going forward to make sure something like this doesn't happen again? because really what trump did isn't necessarily unique to how some i guess you would call it tax cheaters sort of escape the system rules. >> well, first of all, it is unique to the president of the united states. not since richard nixon has a president withheld his taxes, and what we are finding out in this report is that the irs did not do the kind of auditing that it needed to do on donald trump. and so i think that this is unique. we've not had a president do this, and we need to require

that presidents release their tax returns, we have a bill, obviously, in the house, but it will require the senate, and it will require people who step up to run for president, to understand what their responsibility is, and to not shirk it. secondly, i think it does, you know, i think the fact that these returns have been finally made public, after years of legal shenanigans by donald trump, it's shameful that we have those shenanigans in the first place, but i'm glad that we have now seen that donald trump did not pay taxes. he made a lot of claims about his income and now the public is able to see all of the ways in which he lied about that. so i think that this is very important, that the committee has released these, and i think it's incumbent on us to make sure that it is legislated and that the irs continues to do its audits regardless of who is

president, that they are not a political arm, they need to make sure they do the audits that are required. >> and there is a system in place. in just about 10 days and i don't want to distract or take away from what you all just accomplished but republicans will assume the house majority. what are you expecting from gop control, and what strategy will democrats employ as the minority party? biden said he can work with everyone. are you going to be able to get more done as 2023 approaches? >> well, we will always look for opportunities to do things that work for the american people. but you saw the, you know, the drama that unfolded on the house floor today, and even as we're trying to get this bill passed, for the shutdown, you have republicans calling for motions to adjourn, and this is a deal that was agreed to by three corners, but not the republicans in the house. and unfortunately if that is the republican party in the house that we're going to be dealing with, the party of marjorie

taylor greene and lauren boebert and kevin mccarthy, just caving to that, instead of doing the work for the american people, then democrats will have to be the last line of defense to make sure that we don't take steps backward, and that we do as much as we can, through executive authority, at a minimum, through the white house authority, to really improve working conditions, benefits, pay, for the american people. so i think we will have, we will be an opposition party in the house, unfortunately, just for two years, is my hope, and we will also be a proposition party trying to call people into what we wan to do when we have full control, and then showing people how much we have accomplished for people across the country, despite the incredibly thin margins that we have, so i think it is a proud day for democrats to continue to show what we can get done. >> okay, congresswoman, congratulations. thank you so much for taking some time to be with us, and happy holidays.

>> happy holidays to you, too. >> thank you so much. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell was instrumental in getting the government funding bill passed earlier this week after winning significant concessions from president biden and senate democrats. before encouraging his caucus to support the bill. and in an exclusive interview with nbc news, the senate republican leader discusses his strategy, and lays into donald trump, saying his political clout has been, quote, diminished. he also blames the former president for hurting the party, in the midterms, by making swing voters see republicans as quote nasty and attracted to chaos. harsh words there. let's discuss this with the man who conducted the interview, political reporter sahil kapur. congratulations on the interview. can you talk a little bit what he said with trump's diminished

standing, those are big words. >> they certainly are, mitch mcconnell is a man of few words, he chooses them cautiously, and he doesn't do a whole lot of these sit-downs but when he does, he has a way of maine making an impact here. now fundamentally, what mcconnell seemed to be suggesting is he holds trump responsible for the republicans poor performance in the 2022 election, where they didn't pick up the majority and lost a seat and saw democrats expand their majority against all historical odds for the party in power. mcconnell said trump had picked flawed candidates in crucial swing states in winnable races that ended up losing to democrats in the general election. he specifically cited arizona, georgia, and new hampshire, as three states where trump candidates won the primary and ended up losing the general election. he talked about in his view, you know, trump has tarnished the republican party's image in the eyes of swing voters, and independents, and even some moderate republicans, by making

them appear, as you know, you just showed there, the quote that he sent to me, making republicans appear nasty, making them appear as the party that is trending toward chaos, and his message to donald trump here is essentially back off, we tried it your way in 2022, we're going to do it my way in 2024, and by that, he means mcconnell is going to, in his words, actively look for quality candidates from the outset in the 2024 races. it raises the tension between the two men the most powerful in the republican party and bitterly at odds in the last two years and it looks like it will continue as donald trump seeks kbz for president in 2024. >> thank you very much. and next from soaring consumer to gas prices to massive tech layoffs. 2022's been a rough year for the economy. our team has a closer look after the break. omy. our team has a closer look after the break. this holiday master your kitchen with wayfair. ♪ ♪ keep it fresh with colorful cookware.

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a first for russian president vladimir putin, who publicly used the word war referring to his invasion of ukraine for the first time on thursday, as kyiv officials are bringing the christmas spirit to the city, to the city center, unveiling a 39-foot tree, with white peace doves in what they say is an act of defiance against russia. joining me now is nbc's matt bradley, live from kyiv, and matt, you know, it's christmas eve tomorrow, a lot of us get caught up in the hustle and bustle of trying to get everything done, all of the gifts wrapped, we forget sometimes that a lot of ukrainians do not have power, and it is cold out, and they are in the midst of a war. can you tell us what you are hearing on the street?

>> yes, i mean i can tell you right now, that ukrainians are determined to celebrate christmas. and as president zelenskyy said in his address to congress that ukrainians will be celebrating christmas by candlelight because of the rolling blackouts because russia continues to bombard the electricity infrastructure and not because it is romantic but because they have to, and i spoke with ukrainian, i went to a christmas market here today here in kyiv, where folks were with kids, they were ice skating and walking around and eating snacks and there was music playing. it really felt like any other city in europe where you see christmas markets like that all the time, and i stopped some folks there, and i asked them, how they felt about christmas this year. >> your country is at war. are you still feeling the christmas spirit? >> yes, because it is one day per year, and we must like enjoy

this christmas. >> president zelenskyy told our congress two days ago, he said that ukrainians are going to have to celebrate christmas by candlelight. is that true for you? >> yes, we will do it even without candlelight. we will do it just because we have fire in our souls. we have fire in our souls. and we want to overcome all of this stuff. >> reporter: and i got to tell you, that second gentleman, when he found out that we were an american news crew, he was filled with gratitude, so much thanks, for america, the same message that president zelenskyy delivered when he was in washington, just a couple of days ago. the ukrainians got a lot of their christmas list this year from the united states, and from u.s. taxpayers. >> matt bradley, fire in their souls and unbreakable spirit, thank you so much, live from kyiv. well, you might want to indulge in all of those christmas cocktails, the doctors are suggesting maybe you should have a few less.

especially if you're a woman. the pandemic had a disproportionate effect on women's drinking, increasing at a higher rate than men. during that time. and if you're looking to make a change after the holiday celebrations are over, you'll be in good company. nearly one-third of all u.s. adults join in what is called dry january. right now, i want to bring in clinical social worker, kelly pitley, i hate to talk to us, make a cocktail and have a holiday dinner, but tell us what dry january can really look like for people. >> sure. so i love that we're having this conversation, because it brings a certain type of awareness. and so certainly, with dry january, we can set ourselves up for trying to meet certain goals and keep an eye on how much we're drinking, maybe some people call it damp january, where they may just observe and try to drink less, and dry january, is really a time to

re-set your body and a lot of times when people participate and abstain, they report sleeping better, they report a better mood, and increased clarity, and more energy, and so oftentimes, if people aren't having a real problem with alcohol dependence, such as having withdrawal symptoms, or having a hard time quitting on their own, because that's not something medically recommended, but certainly if people are up for the challenge and a whole health perspective, this is the way to go. >> i would think that getting a group of friends to join in is an easier way of doing it, i think a lot of people are hesitant to jump in to dry january, because of fear of failure. but if there's accountability among a group of you, all of a sudden, maybe it becomes a little easier? >> thank you. absolutely. we write about community and if you have people cheering you on from the sidelines and they're participating with you, your

success rate goes up. and it can be something that you are vocal about, because people want to be in your corner and support you. and it's a higher likelihood that you will continue to stay on the wagon so to speak if you have other people who are in it with you. >> and you know, a lot of people start dry january, and then maybe slip a couple of weeks or a couple of days into it, and then you know, kind of throw their hands up and say well, i tried, it didn't work, i mean should they do that or re-set in mid january? >> i tell people to take it one day at a time. no matter what you're practicing, so don't have this idea of all or nothing. if you slip up, that's okay. try again the next day. and so the failure piece, we have to restructure and reframe the way we think about things. we're trying to do the best that we can. to live a healthy lifestyle. and people tend to set themselves up for failure if they have these lofty goals and

feel like they have to perfect them. >> okay, and are there any apps out there, i mean the old saying if there is an app for that, but i think, i there would be some sort of help in technology that can get you through what may be the longest month for many people. >> yes, there are so many supportive components for people to track their alcohol use. reframe is a great app a lot of people try moderation management. there are a lot of online platforms now that people are really coming together to connect, to support one another. so there are so many resources out there. don't go at it alone. >> all right. kelly kitley, thank you so much, and happy holidays to you. >> same to you, great to see you. >> thanks. well, we've got a lot to get to in our next hour, including a new report from the border, as officials grow more concerned about the migrant surge overwhelming facilities on the ground. but first, new details we're learning this hour, from the january 6th committee's final report and where the

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