country of china which is number one in the highest percentage. >> congressman henry cuellar, thank you very much for being with us. let's continue our conversation going forward. thank you. >> thank you, jose. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. you can reach me on twitter and instagram at jdbalart. follow the show online. thank you for the privilege of your time. lindsey reiser picks up with more news right now. good morning. i'm lindsey reiser at msnbc headquarters in new york. and we're following a busy morning of breaking news that's making life tough for a lot of people right now. starting with the travel nightmare at our nation's airports. the faa says air traffic is resuming slowly after a morning outage forced the agency to halt flights. thousands of flights were

delayed for hours and airlines are scrambling to get things back on track but that could take awhile. >> i have school tomorrow, so i have to change my flight to tomorrow morning and i have classes in the morning. >> we've had a lot of airport issues this season. >> we have, yeah. >> over new year's we had issues as well. it hasn't been fun. just delays and a lot of canceled flights. >> it's just the latest disruption to travel after the difficult holiday season that affected millions of travelers. we're going to get an update from one of the nation's busiest airports. plus, what we're learning about how the biden administration is responding. also this morning, the new dangerous scenes unfolding out west as dangerous storms are walloping california. at least 17 people have died. millions of people remain under flood watches. hillsides and roads are giving away as folks across the state brace for more storms and rain. >> two feet of mud and water

coming down the street and into the houses. it's scary. >> typically it takes six inches of water to knock someone off of their feet and 12 inches of water to float a car. >> one 5-year-old boy was swept away and has still not been found. in moments, i'll talk with the top emergency official in the county where a search is still under way. we're going to begin with the massive disruption to the nation's air travel. antonia hylton is at newar airport in new jersey and also with me, tom costello, and capture john cox. the fbi is seeing no evidence that a cyberattack caused this outage as other officials have also said. what do we know at this point? >> reporter: that's what we know at this point. we don't know exactly what happened to the notam computer system.

the bottom line is, this is how pilots receive updated information about airline -- or rather airport conditions, runway conditions, whether there might be an obstacle they might need to be aware of. this is how they get that data for every flight that they're about to take and that computer system went down sometime we think in the 5:00 a.m. hour. the faa immediately at 7:00 a.m. put in a halt, halting all domestic commercial airline departures and as a result that created a pretty significant backup. it started on the east coast, of course, this was sunrise on the east coast, and flights are picking up heavily on the east coast, and then it started rippling through the country. at this hour, we've got 6,000 delays, 6100 delays, actually, nationwide. 1,000 canceled flights. and this will likely continue to evolve through the day. now the system is back up and running right now. but what we don't know is why this happened. again, the fbi right now says no evidence of a cyberattack.

we don't know. were they putting in a software update that went bad overnight. why did this seem to affect the entire system? if they had a backup system, why was that also apparently affected. so more questions right now than answers. members of congress are already asking questions. the u.s. travel association demanding answers as well. but if you are traveling today, number one, yeah, expect there's a good chance your flight could be delayed or canceled. many airlines are offering waivers, so they will wave and allow you to change your ticket without a fee. but do not expect the airlines will reimburse you for a hotel room or meals because this is not their fault. this was the government's fault. an faa computer system. it probably falls under the category of an act of god. you're on your own and you have to check with your airlines' app on your phone to see when your flight can be rescheduled and what the status is of your flight. >> important to keep in mind.

thanks. what are travelers telling you and what are the screens looking like there at newark? >> reporter: a lot of them are taking tom's advice, they've been sitting in chairs, checking their phones, waiting in lines trying to talk to a real person. what i'm hearing, is that if you call some of the airline numbers right now, it's hard to get through and get that kind of assistance. people are doing what they can on the ground here. of course, there's some frustration, some exhaustion, but really the underlying motion here is this powerfullessness that as a travelers, coming out of -- the chaos from the holiday season, that there's just not much control that they have. i spoke to one young guy who was supposed to take up to columbia at 9:30 a.m. this morning. he's not going to be able to fly out until 5:00. even as these systems are restored, they're back up and running, that doesn't mean the airlines are ready and customers are done feeling the effects of all of this. take a listen to some of the conversations we've had. >> we got a text on the way to

the airport that it's an hour delay. it's pushed back to 12:30. the only thing we got was the text. once we got the text, we thought there was some optimism. we'll see what happens. >> i'm just praying that my flight is still good to go because we've been planning this trip for two months, three months. >> reporter: that last passenger you just heard from there has some financial concerns about the kind of cascading costs and effects that this could have on travelers as they lose out on reservations, show up late to airbnbs and tom mentioned this. because this may be chalked up to an act of god, this isn't the fault of the airlines themselves. customers may be left on their own to scramble and figure out what it might cost them. the other big issue here is going to be a trust issue and, you know, lindsey, we've talked about this a lot, travelers here are confused about what's

happening to our transportation systems across the country and they're going to be eagerly waiting to see what comes out of this investigation, do we identify a root cause? is that something that officials address? people want to make sure that in the future our air travel systems are functioning properly. >> a lot of confusion. confusion is fair. how has the faa handled this outage. are they mitigating the mess as much as they can? >> i think so. they were appropriately conservative once they realized that they had this problem. they took steps. and they reloaded the system, they got it up and running as quickly as they could. now the questions of why come up. first, the most pressing concern was to get the system up and to start letting airplanes be metered into the air space system. that's what's causing the delays now. you can't just release hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of airports instantly. this metering process to -- so

the air space system can accept all of these flights, they're in -- that's the delay right now. and that's going to continue through the day and probably into tomorrow. but after that, i think the system is resilient enough that it will probably by the end of day tomorrow should be back to normal. now the questions about what happened and how to prevent it from happening again, that's going to be something that is going to be a lot of focus on within the faa, within d.o.t., and i'm sure within congress as well. >> and, again, we should point out, based on our reporting, what tom is telling us, we don't exactly know the cause here. it doesn't appear that it was a cyberattack. but the president of the u.s. travel association saying that this is a clear sign that america's transportation network needs significant upgrades. do you agree, john? >> i think that the u.s. transportation system overall, it's very reliable. it's extremely safe. so i don't know that i would

characterize it quite that way. i would say that it is improvement necessary and improvement planned? absolutely. it's a constantly evolving process. i think the faa will look at this. the notam system is quite old, but the delivery system has been updated and i'm sure that they will look at updating it going forward. >> tom costello, antonia hylton, john cox, thanks to all of you. the relentless barrage of storms out west is not letting up. at least 17 people have died throughout the state. a state official says two causes of death have been most predominant, trees falling on people and cars getting inundated with water. take a look at this from the national weather service. this is a time lapse from friday to monday. by the way, another system is forecast to bring heavy rain and

potentially more flooding to northern california today. marissa parra is in forestville, california, north of san francisco, and bill karins is with me tracking the storms. marissa parra, san francisco here, an hour south from where you are, likely to be in the bull's-eye again. what are the concerns right now? >> reporter: the storm has moved and so have we, from central to northern california. now a big concern is around here with the russian river which is right over here, i can show you, just for some perspective, this is more than ten times what it was over the summer. and people who live around here now that they're no strangers to seeing and hearing about the russian river flooding. but with all of the precipitation that we've gotten in the last couple of weeks, the real concern is just how fast it will flood and to what extent. and that is more or less the same as what we've seen across

the state. pick a point on the map of california and chances are you're going to see some sort of devastation. you look at the sierra, nevada, you see all kinds of snow. you look in los angeles, they were seeing a sinkhole. but then you see collapsed roads, collapsed highways because of landslides. and a lot of that was because of wildfires that made the soil more vulnerable. this soil cannot handle all of this rain happening this fast. it's too much. so what happens is it just runs off and, especially, if you have mountains, there's a lot of mountains around here, that's where you get those landslides and mudslides. even though people around here are used to natural disasters of some sort, even they're feeling like california really can't catch a break which is what we herd from one man who lives in the santa cruz area. >> it's tragic.

it's unfortunate. i lost everything in the 2017 fire. i know how these things go. what happens when you live in the nice neighborhoods in the mountains by the ocean. these homes over here, i can't imagine what they went through because they're like right next to the beach. >> reporter: and, lindsey, remember, this place has taken a beating. we're a few miles away from where a toddler died as a result of a water logged tree that fell on top of his home. at least 17 people have died since this whole winter storm system. we know that 5-year-old boy, they're still searching for him just south of here. >> how much more will california have to endure? >> we're going to see additional flooding, there's no doubt about that, but it's not going to be widespread like it was -- yesterday, especially as we went through monday. we're watching the rivers

beginning to recede. now the water is coming down. it is still raining but it's not the intense rainfall rates that we did see with the showers and thunderstorms yesterday and then the torrential rains on monday. the light rain, we can do with. a lot of the rain that's going to come today and tomorrow is going to be beneficial. it will help with the snow and the mountains and the reservoirs. the soaking rain will head into the soil. a lot of it is saturated. that's why we're seeing some isolated flooding. but we have 5 million people right now under flood watches. all of central california and southern california is out of the flood watches. we don't think we're going to get a lot of additional rain. probably until saturday. that gives you a good break to do some cleanup out there and it gives mother nature some time to let some of the water soak and absorb. you can see the storm that we're monitoring. a lot of the heavy rains are going to be north of the bay area. it's lightly raining back up into the sacramento. but it's not the torrential rains that we had.

so additional rainfall through thursday night, the highest totals, 1 to 3 inches, san francisco, north wards, in the mountains, up to 5 inches. we'll have reports of landslides, but not widespread is the bottom line. what's after this one? that's that first storm today. on saturday we're going to have a potent storm moving through and it looks like one last one will be a minor event. after that, lindsey, it looks like we get a break. our parade of storms looks to end the middle of next week. so we're almost there and i think the worst of it is behind us. >> okay, marissa parra, thanks to you and your crew. stay say. bill karins, thank you as well. joining me now by phone is manager of the office of emergency services north of santa barbara and los angeles. president biden declared a state of emergency for the county on monday evening. we just want to ask how you and your community are doing this morning. >> thank you, lindsay, for having me on this morning. we are doing okay. we've had a reprieve with the

weather last day or so which has been very helpful. our rivers and tributaries are starting to recede a little bit. we have numerous slides, people who are still stranded, infrastructure issues, and, of course, still on the search for the 5-year-old. >> let's talk about that, scottie. there's obviously been some real tragedy coming out of these storms here. we know that a driver was overtaken by floodwaters, that search under way for the 5-year-old boy you see on your screen now. he was last seen with his mother on monday. bystanders were able to rescue her, he was swept away. what's the latest on the search? >> search teams are continuing to work their way down the river bed. the conditions have improved slightly and the weather is helping. we have about just under 100 searchers from santa barbara

counties and ventura county along with our fire department. they are continuously to work their way downstream, they start at the point of where the accident occurred and they're working their way down. we have drones, aircraft, we're doing everything possible to find this little boy. >> and we are certainly praying for his safe return and hoping that crews are able to find him and return him to his family. as we just heard, more rain is coming. after everything you guys have endured there, how are you preparing for this next round? >> so we know that our soil conditions aren't going to be very favorable for this upcoming rain event. we're expecting another 2 to 4 inches of rain. as stated on the weather report just before us, we know it's not going to be a -- as strong as we've seen. but it will definitely impact us. we expect additional issues and additional slides and so we have resources ready to go.

california national guard is assisting us here today with the removal of about 100 to 200 people and so we're just making plans for the next event. >> a few seconds left. anything else you think we should know? >> no, it's just, you know, we're going to get through this. you know, unfortunately this is the biggest storm that we've seen in many years, and i just hope everyone is safe. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you. coming up, new details about the investigation into the classified documents found in president biden's former office. what we know about what was found and the response from the white house. new headaches for kevin mccarthy. why one of his own members is criticizing the bills he's bringing to the floor today. and growing pressure on washington, d.c., police to arrest the man who shot and killed a middle schooler last weekend. the community's outrage ahead. e.

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we're learning more about the investigation surrounding classified documents found in an office associated with president biden. overnight, two lawmaker officials told nbc news that the u.s. attorney assigned to review the case has been looking over details gathered by fbi agents for several weeks. the "new york times" citing two people familiar with the situation reports the documents include briefing materials on foreign countries from his time as vice president.

as for the volume, two sources tell nbc news that fewer than a dozen documents were found. meanwhile, president biden addressed the issue directly with reporters last night. >> i was briefed about this discovery and surprised to learn that there were any government records that were taken to that office. but i don't know what's in the documents. my lawyers have not suggested i ask what documents they were. and we're cooperating fully. cooperating fully with the review. >> ultimately the decision on a criminal investigation will be up to attorney general merrick garland. but in the meantime, republican lawmakers are demanding answers and hinting at their own investigation. ken dilanian joins me and ryan nobles is joining me now from capitol hill. ken, what more do we know here about how attorney general merrick garland is proceeding? >> meticulously as he always does, lindsey. he was very careful to make sure

that this review was conducted by a u.s. attorney in chicago who is one of two trump holdovers. he was appointed by donald trump, and carried over in his job, and he did this to show it was completely independent. they've already briefed him on the preliminary findings. it appears they know the answer to some of the fundamental questions here, what's in the documents and how they got to that place. and then now garland has to decide whether a criminal investigation is warranted and from everything we've heard so far, unless there's a surprise, something we don't know, it doesn't seem likely that this is a criminal matter. mistakes are not crimes. and as soon as the biden lawyers discover these documents, by the way, house account, they turn them over to the archives. how -- why were those documents in the wrong place, in a place they -- that was not designed to hold classified documents and why did the white house sit on this information for so long?

they discovered it six days before the november midterms. it's a pretty big ask to expect this they would announce them before the election, but how about in the weeks afterwards. why didn't they come clean with the american public since their administration is investigating their political opponent over a very different but paralleled classified documents case. >> that spring boards now to ryan here, talking about the politics of all of this. republicans have had a lot to say about this in the last 24 hours. how likely is it that we're going to see a congressional investigation, ryan? >> reporter: very likely. james comer has already sent letters to both the white house counsel and the head of the national archives informing them of his plans to investigate this matter. earlier today, the house speaker, kevin mccarthy, said that this new committee on the weaponization of government tould take a look at this issue. listen to what mccarthy had to say. >> this is the exact reason why

we have to have a church committee. this is why we moved it yesterday. this is why we'll get to the bottom of it. because they treat people differently based upon their philosophical political party. that's wrong. >> reporter: he's referring to this new subcommittee of the judiciary committee called the weaponization of government committee which is expected to be chaired by jim jordan. and it is styled after this senate committee from the 1970s called the church committee which did look into the ways that the federal government was impeding on the rights of everyday citizens. republicans are using it in a bit different format, but it could encompass something like this particular situation. as mccarthy put it, to try to point out areas where they believe republicans are treated unfairly by prosecutorle forces within the federal government. >> ken dilanian and ryan nobles, thank you. new pushback this morning on

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we're back with breaking news on embattled new york congressman george santos. republicans in santos's home district are set to make a major announcement about the new york republican. the freshman congressman has admitted to embellishing numerous details about his background. just yesterday, new york democrats hand delivered an ethics complaint to santos's office on capitol hill. ali vitali is following this breaking news for us. santos is accused of a lot of things, including breaking finance campaign laws. >> reporter: you read the announcement from the county gop, they say this is going to be a major one and they even reference at one point the disgraced congressman from new york. this is his home team right now likely coming out to disavow him.

there's reporting that they said he should resign. we've heard that from other members of the new york delegation. as we've been congress congressional leadership, specifically i asked steve scalise this yesterday, he echoed what he told me. there is not a rush from gop leaders to condemn him, at least not yet. listen to scalise this morning. >> excuse me. excuse me. >> at the end of the day, he was seated, nobody objected to him being seated and we've got to make sure we're all focused on fighting for the families who elected us. >> reporter: so, look, there you also saw not just scalise dodging the question again, which is what he did to me yesterday too, saying at that point, they would talk to santos, but you heard mccarthy who is in the midst of seating people on committees today, he was asked will he get a seat on any of these a-committees, which is top-notch committees that everybody wants to be on because they have a lot of power and influence.

there you saw him immediately saying no. the thing is, santos as a freshman likely wasn't going to be on any of those a-committees anyway so it's sort of a moot point. we'll listen to what the nassau county gop has to say. once it starts bubbling at home, then it's going to be harder for congressional leaders here to ignore. >> we are monitoring that shot in nassau county where we'll bring it to you when it begins. house republicans are set to fire off another volley in their first days in the majority. this time aimed at abortion rights. lawmakers are expected to take up two bills today that curtail abortion with new bans on federal funding for the procedures and new regulations about health care workers tend to babies born alive after abortions. the house just voted squarely along party lines to create that controversial new select committee we talked about in the show led by jim jordan aimed at the weaponization of the federal

government. we're tracking all of the activity in the house. also joined by max rose, democratic former congressman from new york here on set with me. first, let's start with today's agenda. talk to me about these abortion-related bills and what lawmakers are saying. >> right, lindsey, there are two bills in particular, the one expected to come up for a vote later in the house today is this bill involving late-term abortion circumstances and this is opened up a rift within the republican party, drawn pushback from republicans who are not eager to legislate on this issue after what happened in the 2022 midterm elections, and republicans paid a political price. i'm referring to nancy mace, a republican of south carolina who had some strong pushback to her party's leadership for wanting to go down this road, wanting to restrict abortion. let's play what she had to say. >> tone deaf at this point because it's never going to pass

the senate. we're only paying lip service to the pro-life movement. if you want to make a difference and reduce the number of abortions with a democrat-controlled senate, the number one issue we should be working on is access to birth control. >> reporter: she went on to say that republicans in her view have buried their heads in the sand and lack compassion on the issue of abortion and you can see why. our exit polls at nbc news found that republicans lost on the issue of abortion by 53 points to democratic candidates when it comes to which side voters preferred on that issue. it was a big defeat as well among independent voters who swung towards democrats. it's not clear that republicans have enough defections to sink it. they need five republican no votes to vote with democrats and vote down this bill. the democrats i've talked to welcomed this battle with open arms. they know this is a winning issue and they're eager to continue pressing their advantage against republicans on this issue. i would keep my eyes

specifically on 18 republican house members in districts that president biden carried in the 2020 presidential election. those are the ones who are going to have the toughest votes here, lindsey. >> congressman, he talked about the disconnect between voters were looking for, what they did in the midterms and some of these first actions here. what do you make of these being the priority right now of the majority? >> if we take a step back and think about what happened last week, this is a continuation of those same dynamics. the republican caucus will be a tension between the extremist wing, the freedom caucus, and those who represent swing districts, particularly those biden districts. last week, those who represent the biden districts, those who represent the swing districts, they lost. they were irrelevant. all of the rules changes that occurred was completely dominated by the extremist wing of the republican party. that wasn't an aberration. this week, the extremist wing of

the republican party is winning once again and nancy mace hits the nail right on the head. these bills have zero chance of ever being signed by the president of the united states, ever being entertained in a democratic-controlled senate. this is merely political theater. and they are going to suffer the consequences of this in these swing districts. if this becomes a trend, largely what we'll see out of this republican caucus is continued extremism. you see it as well with the weaponization of the federal government -- >> let's talk about that committee. because democrats, they have said they want a seat at the table here, unlike the january 6th committee where republicans were offered seats at the table they refused. we can ask sawhill if kevin mccarthy will have veto power. do you think democrats should cooperate, put their own members on this weaponization panel? >> kevin mccarthy will absolutely veto members.

speaker pelosi removed some members and i expect that, you know, speaker mccarthy is constantly doing here is an eye for an eye in that sense. i always think it is better for the democrats to make an attempt to be there. we do not want to give the republican party a particularly extremist wings of the republican party the opportunity to be the only voice at the table because then what you largely have is the benghazi hearings. and that's where you can inflict real political damage. this is about nothing else. everything that they're doing is about nothing else but 2024. nothing else but an effort to hurt the biden administration and to win in 2024. in order for democrats to counter that, they have to have a seat at the table. >> i want to talk about the debt ceiling. let's listen to what speaker mccarthy said about that on fox. >> if you had a child and you gave him a credit card and they kept hitting the limit, you increased the limit or do you

change their behavior? this is our moment to change the behavior to make sure that that hard-working taxpayer, that we're not wasting their money. >> this is something that resonates with a lot of americans. they have to balance their own checkbooks. is that apples and oranges? >> it is. let's peel back the layers of craziness here. first of all, if you want to institute fiscal discipline in congress, you do it when it comes to spending decisions. those spending decisions have already been made where we go into increasing levels of debt, sometimes for the right reason, sometimes for the wrong reason. we think about the endless wars. many of those decisions that were made in regards to spending were made by republicans and democrats together. after those decisions had been made, to say that we're only going to be responsible when it comes to raising the debt limit, that's tantamount to just ceiling -- >> i see your point. i have to interrupt you.

the nassau county republicans are meeting and calling for george santos's resignation. >> he lied to me personally when he sought my endorsement and while i'm offended and disgusted at his deceit, my true concern is for the residents of the third congressional district. he's betrayed the public's trust and given insincere, glib and insulting answers when asked legitimate questions about his finances and background. by all accounts, he seems incapable and unwilling to take full responsibility for his lies and fabrications. beyond all that, he's under local, state and federal investigations as serious questions have arisen by his campaign finances. there's absolutely no way mr. santos can be an effective member of congress and represent the people who elected him.

the longer he remains in office, the longer the residents of the third congressional district will suffer. mr. santos, haven't you done enough harm? i call on mr. santos to immediately resign. thank you. >> thank you, jen. congressman? [ inaudible ]. >> all right, everybody. we have been watching the republican party giving a press conference here. they called george santos' campaign that of deceit. they called on him to resign. i want to bring in ali vitali on capitol hill. we were talking about what this meeting could be, how shocking is this, but also, they're

weighing something very different from kevin mccarthy. how will this land on capitol hill? >> yeah, look, it makes it impossible for republican leadership to ignore and it's also possible, as i see another sitting member of the new york delegation who appears to be sitting from capitol hill doing this performance back home with the nassau county gop, what this does is it makes it harder for republican leadership in the house to further ignore and dodge on the questions of george santos being able to remain in congress. on the one hand, this could open the flood gates. it's the folks who elected him saying his campaign was deceitful him. they called him the disgraced congressman from new york, all of these things could make it hard for him to stay here as the allegations continue to mount. on the other hand, though, this is where politics can come into play. republicans have already a very tight majority -- majority here in the house.

they would be very reluctant to put another seat into play, essentially in a state like new york where we did see republicans make gains, but if you're in an off-cycle election where you do this as a special election cycle, it is not guaranteed that republicans will hold this seat. i imagine that's something that mccarthy newly minted after a very tough speaker's battle would like to avoid. nevertheless, it does seem like as the calls grow from home and we're seeing them continue on the side of the screen here, it's harder for them to think that santos can continue here in congress when, again, the very people who elected him are saying that he shouldn't be here anymore. >> former congressman max rose is still with me. you're familiar with new york politics. talk to me, is this about weighing short-term consequences and long-term consequences. because on one hand, yes, ali vitali talking about the razor-thin majority on capitol hill. but nassau county wants to save this seat in two years. >> politically speaking, santos

is a dead man walking. that's a -- i'm blown away by what i just saw. but there's still the question right now of the basic math. i think at the very least santos announces that he does not run again. but when you think about a special election in a district that biden won by double digits in such a small margin, i'm not certain that the republican leadership is going to want santos to formally resign which will trigger a special election within months that the democrats would likely win. if the democrats do not win that special election, now you're looking at what's potentially a seismic change in the politics of many of our swing districts, particularly in new york. so this is going to be really interesting times ahead. but i don't see santos getting placed on committees now and i certainly don't see him ever running for office in the near future ever again. >> all right. good to have both of you. thank you. students at the university

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we are back with more breaking news. buffalo bills player damar hamlin has been discharged from buffalo general medical center in new york. he was just admitted on monday and went through a comprehensive medical evaluation yesterday. according to the bills, he'll continue his rehabilitation at

home and with the bills. glad he's going home. students are returning to class at the university of idaho today nearly two months after the horrific murder of four students off campus. while the arrest of bryan kohberger brings some relief, it's not tamping down the heightened sense of anxiety and fear for so many on campus. kohberger is due back in court tomorrow. steve patterson joins me from moscow, idaho, where kohberger is being held. and you can see why people would still feel uneasy here. what's the sense in the community and what do we know about tomorrow's hearing? >> reporter: i was here a few weeks ago at the height of the search for the suspect, the fear, anxiety, was palpable. it was so much worse back then. you could see it in their posture, the way they described how they felt when the sun went down after dark. you have to imagine, a lot of that has been alleviated with the fact that police are announcing that a suspect is in

custody and the fact that police believe that they have their man. that this is the guy. this is the sole suspect. but despite all that, those same students describe how there's a sense of vigilance. a lot of them have bought mace, taking self-defense classes, a lot of them still walking in pairs on this campus. we spoke to some of those students. we want to play some of the sound for you. listen to what they had to say and we'll talk about the status hearing with kohberger after the jump. >> it's going to take time for me to feel, you know, safe, just because, like, it was so soon that, like, a huge murder happened and i'm just more like aware like in general with where, you know -- like when i'm walking on the street or, you know, in -- when i go to a restaurant, i'm looking at people differently now. >> reporter: and that stands for both students here at the university of idaho, classes resuming today, and washington

state university where kohberger was attending classes. kohberger meanwhile has a status hearing scheduled for tomorrow morning. we don't expect a whole lot of new information from it, maybe information about when a preliminary hearing could be and how fast this case moves along to what could be an eventual trial. that's it for now. >> thank you so much. new details about who is poised to lose a lot amid crypto exchange ftx's collapse. the big celebrity names we're hearing. y names we're hearing.

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delaware court this morning, i think, probably the biggest headline is that $5 million worth of liquid assets that has been recovered. that includes cash and cryptocurrency, sure to be good for customers. they want approval to keep customer names under wraps for at least the next six months. you mentioned some of the celebrities that have been embroiled in this financial scandal. per filings yesterday, the list with egg on their faces is wide ranging, high profile. in addition to tom brady, you have affiliates of an entertainment group, one firm tied to peter teal, wall street firms. the ontario teacher's pension plan. many of them do expect to be wiped out in terms of their investment into ftx in this

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right now on "andrea mitchell reports," travel nightmare. thousands of airline passengers stuck on tarmacs across the country this morning during a national ground stop caused by the outage of a key system. transportation secretary pete buttigieg joins me. house republicans are rolling out a new conservative agenda, including on abortion, while launching investigations into joe biden and his family. i will talk to a key republican lawmaker who calls her colleagues' opposed abortion restrictions tone deaf. brian fitzpatrick on how moderate republicans are reacting to the secret deals cut by speaker mccarthy with the freedom caucus. questions continuing to swirl around the biden classified documents controversy. the president says he does not know the contents of the files found in his