clearly went awry and led to pena's arrest, when you listen to the details laid out by the lawmakers of the bullets that struck their homes, one of them detailed that her 10-year-old daughter believed she had sand in her bed. that sand was dust from the sheet rock from where the bullet holes wentet through in her daughter's bedroom. the details are very difficult and lucky that nobody was tail lightly harmed during these four different incidents. >> vaughn hillyard, thank you. now to capitol hill where some controversial lawmakers are getting committee assignments that will put them at the center of investigations and policy debates. house republicans haveit assign marjorie taylor greene to the homeland security and oversight and accountability committees. she was removed from those committees in february 2021 after her social media posts revealed she was spreading

racist conspiracy theories. arizona congressman paul gosar will serve on the natural resources and oversight committees he was removed from his assignments november 2021 after he posted an animated video depicting the killing of another member of congress. and republican congressman santos, who admitted to em bell issuishing his resume, is refusing calls tod resign h been assigned to the small business and science committees. with us to talk about all of this is senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake. and anna novas, an msnbc contributor. what do we know about the committee assignments given to members who held out against mccarthy duringer the speaker vote? >> reporter: none of those members were punished for doing so. many of them ended up with plum committee assignments, better than where they sat in the last

congress. look at byron donalds, who was put up for speaker several times. he's on the financial services committee. you have michael cloud and andrew clyde, both folks voted against mccarthy repeatedly on the appropriations committee. moving these lawmakers up, not returning them, but adding them to better committees. many of these other folks allied against mccarthy were on the judiciary committee. they are all coming back whether it's matt gaetz or andy biggs, another person who was put up time and time again. then you mentioned paul gosar andau marjorie taylor greene. different story here's. he returns to the same committee assignments he had the in the last congress. marjorie taylor greene getting an upgrade to both of her committees. going to be key in oversight of both the federal government broadly on the oversight committee and on the border, especially, which has been a key area of interest for her added to the homeland security committee. she wastoedes a mccar ally.

you see allies and opponents movingli up. nobody being punished for withholding their vote during thatin process. >> what do these assignments tell us about what mccarthy negotiated to become speaker? >> reporter: this is going to be one of those things we're going to be following more months. i asked him whether he felt it was necessary to give more clarity to the american people about t what he did negotiate t get the votes. he said he had given all that clarity, that there was no side deal, nowa handshake deals. it's gobble to pin down whether these are vote where is he made a specific agreement with a specific lawmaker. if i get your vote, you get this committee or if these are the things that were worked out behind closed doors in the committee beprocess. that's not exactly a small deed in its own right. that's a group of leaders, many of whom are pointed by the speaker whoth have been getting together over the last week or so entirely behind closed doors

to vote on committee chair people and who is going to pop late these a committees. it'see political process handle by poiticians. behind closed doors, it's left to us to fair it out exactly what was promised and what was your more traditional back room dealing. >> right. thank you so much. what are your thoughts? this is a new congress, but it's also a new reality. >> it is. absolutely. i think we need to remember the comments that congresswoman marjorie taylor greene was removed from thoserj committeesa his riff of racist remarks, claiming deadly school shootings were faked and pushing those theories we know are have fuelled them in the real world.s and in particular, be on the homeland security committee, i do want want to point out, it gets a lot of attention for its immigration policies. homeland security is also responsible for fighting domestic extremism that we have growing here in america.

specifically white national extremism, political violence that we have seen that's been fuelled from conspiracy theories. many of these theories that the congresswoman was pushing and i think there's a real concern there about how seriously someone who has contributed to that can oversee that kind of committee. >> when you think about the possibility that some kind of immigration reform, some kind of tying in the humanitarian crisis at the border with some immigration reform, it just seemsit as though that's not gog to be on the top of line. >> i just think it's so difficult given the political reality. what we have seen from it these handful of what were previouly a far right fringe faction of the gop, but in the house now it seems that far right fringe has moved much closer to the center. we're beginning to see the

result of what those negotiations were. and moving forward, they have now been empowered we'll see that next when we get to the debt ceiling debate and whether or not congress is going to be able to raise it. these are some of the same members saying they will not vote to raise that debt ceiling without significant spending cuts. >> before i let you go, i want to applaud you for leading the way for many of us in so many ways. and now as co-anchor of pbs news hour, i'm wondering how you see your responsibilities and your role. you are leading the way for many of us. >> that is so kind of you to say. i hope you know i have always said that about you in this industry. that's a shared respect we have. jeff and i see our responsibility as maintaining our mission-focused journalism. we have a fidelity to the facts. we coanchor a show that's one of the most trusted and credible brands in news. we love to come here and share our reporting with you. but this is our job as

journalists, to continue to put facts and information into the vouds and make sure people feel empowered. that's our role. that's our service. >>'s thank you very much. it's good seeing you. it's great to see you in person. thank you. other news, microsoft just announced its laying off 10,000 employees we're going to get the late nest a live report on that. plus the white house is talking, but isn't saying enough about president biden's handling of classified documents. we'll skr a former prosecutor what he thinks. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." yoreu' wat diaz-balart reports.

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we have breaking news. 17 past the hour. microsoft says it's laying off at least 10,000 employees. saying it is predicting slower revenue growth. the ceo says employees will receive 60 days notice before their work ends as well as severance, health care and stock vesting for six is months. joining us is steve ko vascular good morning, what's going on there? >> jose, in short, microsoft just grew too kwukly during the pandemic and now they have to reset everything. if you think back to a couple years ago, the pandemic hit, companies and businesses, microsoft's core customers were buying cloud services from microsoft in order to keep up with the digitization as we work

from home. microsoft overhired during the pandemic predicting this growth would go on forever and it did not. now they have to reset expectations here and let go 10,000 people. that's just shy of 5% of their total workforce. >> steve, thank you very much. 5% of the total workforce, boy. house republicans are ramping up their investigation into pooud's handling of classified information as the white house fights back against criticism over lack of transparency. punch bowl news reports the house oversight committee requested information from the penn biden center, including a visitor log of people who met with biden when he was there. this comes after a white house official said the white house was limited this what it could say. "the wall street journal" reports the justice department

considered having fbi agents monitor a search by the president's lawyers for classified documents at his delaware home, but the department decided against it to avoid complicating the investigation and because lawyers are cooperating. nbc news has not confirmed this report. both are msnbc contributors. the biden administration is just packed with people who have been through crises before. former white house press secretary jan psaki tweeted saying, having lived in moments like these in a white house more than once, the call today was reflection of their recognition they need to be on a more aggressive footing after last week. best defense is a strong offense. how much more aggressive does the white house plan to get on this issue? >> i think they do want the to be aggressive and try to hand

down republicans as hypocrites saying they are coming after biden for doing whatever it is he did and couldn't have cared less when trump was accused of a slr version. it's their way of making sure they are not simply a punching bag for republicans. having said that, taking questions that they did yesterday and not saying they were answered, they are not providing a lot of important details. and whether or not this was equivalent to trump, there are still important questions to be asked here. why did they put out only part of the story a week ago monday when they were first asked about this by cbs news to admit there was a second batch they found, even though that was done before the first statement. things have yet to be fully answered. i think they are trying to get their hands around that. there's a conflict between lawyers who want to limit the amount of information that's put out there in public. communicators in the white house and around the political circle

of president biden who want to put out more information and be more aggressive in defending the president and we'll see how that plays out. >> so paul, is it common for the justice department to consider having the fbi monitor a search being carried out by private attorneys as the "wall street journal" reports? >> thot in cases like this in which the attorneys have been acting in good faith. as soon as they uncovered these documents on november 27bd, they alerted the national archives. regarding the reluctance to talk, there's no law that says that people who are being investigated by a special counsel can't talk about the case. it's their decision. but often politicians get conflicting advice from their defense attorneys who worn them against saying anything. and politicaled a providers who want the them to be more transparent. but it's important to note when you're under investigation, not talking doesn't mean you're guilty. new lawyer would prefer that

their client make fewer statements. but when the client is the president of the united states, there's also a duty to the people. there's a right to know whether the leader of the nation has broken the law. that tension, jose, is what the white house has been negotiating for the past week. >> peter, have we learned about that classiication of the material found at the penn biden center and the president's garage? is. >> that's a really key question. it sounds important. but there are degrees of classified. just as an example, we understand that some of the information found at mar-a-lago involved the nuclear arsenal. that has a greater degree of seriousness than say a schedule for the president from eight years ago when obama was in office that's no longer need to be all that secret. if he had the schedule that was classified at the time, all these years later, it didn't seem to matter whether he had a

speech at 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon that day. so there are degrees. the government overclassified everything. everybody may be agreeing with that. so this can be serious documents that shouldn't be out in the open or be things that are relatively marginal importance when it comes to the classification and we haven't gotten the answers to that. >> just wondering on the issue of the level of classification of those documents. i think most people would agree that the government wants to classify and overclassify anything and everything. but does the level of classification make a difference or matter? >> it doesn't matter a huge deal. especially for what the evidence we know now, which there's no evidence of criminal intent. that's what prosecutors look for in these kinds of cases.

so the espionage act makes it a crime to handle sense tiff documents with gross negligence. that's what james comey investigated hillary clinton for regarding her e-mail server. there was no prosecution of her. when someone learned they have sensitive materials, they have to promptly report this. and indications are that's with what biden's team did. they promptly reported to the national archives. sto based on what we know now, this is not a criminal case. >> and so some of the other questions, i guess, that could or should be answered are who had access to those materials, depending on the classification levels, but on where they were and who had access to those materials. >> right, exactly. we don't know that. they have not told us who did the packing of the boxes or don't know for sure when they were transferred to where they were found. we don't know what other

materials were in the boxes that they found. and we don't know who had access to the physical space around them. this is not like mar-a-lago where they have hundreds of members coming and going all the day for dinner and other activities. this is a private home. but that's what the republicans are focusing on with this request for visitor logs. they don't seem to exist. less likely that somebody is wondering around his house in wilmington finding classified documents than say at mar-a-lago. these are questions that will explored by the fbi as thaw try to determine whether or not something happened here of concern. >> peter baker and paul butler, thank you for being with us this morning. appreciate it. parents outraged and demanding answers at a school board meeting in virginia after a 6-year-old shot his teacher in class.

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30 past the hour. emotions running high at a school board meeting in virginia following the shooting of a teacher by a 6-year-old student. the community demanding answers after it was vet revealed a school employee acting on a tip had searched the boy's bag the morning of the shooting. parents and students are calling for more action to keep their district safe. >> there have been three shootings in the past 18 months. that is not okay. don't want to hear about changes that are going to be made. you want to see them implemented this my school. >> she's 6. she's terrified because a person that was advocating for her got hurt. she got hurt. >> katie beck was there and joins us from newport news. what else did people have to say?

this was an emotionally packed night. >> reporter: absolutely. it was clear this community had been waiting to have their chance to address the board and demand some accountability. what they are saying here is this is a culture problem that near in the school district there isn't enough discipline for students. there isn't enough accountability for bad behavior. it gives the students an idea that they are not going to be consequences for this behavior, which includes department dis respecting teachers and being disruptive to other student who is are trying to learn. so teachers and parents really demanding of the district to be steadfast in their resolve and to hold students accountable when they misbehave in class. they said that culture is what has caused this situation, she wouldn't be in the hospital if she were being respected. there was a the lot of emotion wrapped up in this four-hour meeting. standing room only in the board room and an overflow room that had lots of folks packed inside to try to share their comments. teachers feeling very frustrated

and unheard and unprotected. and telling the school district metal detectors are aen band-aid. when you need to change is the culture. here's what one teacher told us. >> we as teachers don't feel like we're being heard. we feel discipline issues are being brushed under the carpet. we're being told discipline puts kids at home and absence counts against our accreditation. >> did the district do what they should have to protect her? >> no, a lot of teachers aren't willing to speak on that. i don't feel like we did what we needed to do to protect her. what we're hearing a backpack was searched but a person was not. >> reporter: abigail is in stable condition and still recovering. no one has been charged yet. the police chief says that's not off the table. the investigation is ongoing. he's going to have a facebook meeting today to discuss sort of the current state of things and we expect to address that

investigation then. >> katie beck, thank you so much. now to an update on the massacre of 23 people at a texas walmart in 2019. federal restaurants will not seek the death penalty against the suspected shooter. the department of justice notified a federal court in el paso of its decision and did not explain why. the 24-year-old suspect targeted latinos in the deadly shooting rampage. a majority of the 23 victims and dozens of wounded were of mexican decent. the suspect still faces the death penalty in the state capital murder case against him. he has pleaded not guilty to all charges. up next, we are following that deadly chopper crash in had ukraine. we're also taking a look at how the u.s. is reportedly ramping up its military support for ukraine. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" from washington, d.c. t reports" from washington, d.c.

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38 past the hour. we continue to follow breaking news. an investigation is underway into the deadly helicopter crash near a kindergarten outside kyiv. 14 people were killed including the interior minister and one child. in about 20 minutes, we'll hear from president zelenskyy when he addresses the world economic forum. there's new reporting from "the new york times" that the u.s. is u.s.ing a stockpile of ammunition in israel intended for middle east conflicts to keep ukraine's fire power going. nato defense ministers are now gathered now in brussels where they plan to discuss the latest on the war. joining us now is david ignatius, editor at the "washington post." also with us is ambassador taylor, a former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. so david, i want to get your reaction to this reporting from "the times" about the u.s. sending arsenal from israel to

ukraine. >> so it's important that ukraine get the artillery that it needs. the ammunition to power that artillery. srael has been a stockpile that they have been drawing on political issues for israel. it doesn't want to defend russia. the larger issue is not the artillery ammunition question, but efforts to really change the dynamic of this battle and give ukraine more mobile capability to provide tanks, armored vehicles that can move. this has been an artillery conflict back and forth. it's static battle lines. there's more ammunition needed for that fight, but what i'm hearing is movement towards something different toward maneuver warfare that the pentagon calls combined arms operations. >> what would that look like? what do you think that looks

like? >> think about this battlefield. it resembles world world 1 trench setup in eastern ukraine. very little ground is taken in the towns of sol dart. there's horrific shelling back and forth but the lines don't move. the idea that's grown over the last few months with u.s., british and other nato commanders is what the ukrainians need is modern ma noouf ere warfare capability. not these fixed positions, but the ability to take ground, take background that the russians initially seized. there's been enormous focus on that. what's the equivalent they need and people are beginning to provide that. and how do we train officers and soldiers quickly to be able to break out of their old-fashioned doctrine, fix positioned, mass forces and get into this new era, which our commanders think is needed. >> interesting.

so before we continue this conversation, your thoughts to this helicopter crash outside kyiv that killed the minister of the interior and a child. >> a terrible tragedy. the minister is charge of all the interior troops all the police and other border guards. it's an important position in ukraine. he was doing a very good job and his deputy was on that helicopter. so this is a setback for the ukrainian government. >> back to the conversation that we were having with david. during his trip to washington, the foreign secretary said that the west needs to ramp up military assistance to ukraine to avoid a world war style stalemate. is there a magic system that could provide that change or is it just increasing the amount of what we have already provided? >> as david has said, it's the

mobility that's going to be important now. the united states has recently provided 50 fighting vehicles. these are vehicles that have some fire power associated with them. they are not quite tanks, but they do provide the ukrainian military the ability to maneuver and what that's going to enable is the ukrainian military to breakthrough the lines. to cut off the russian from their supplies and to shorten this war. this is the way to shorten this war to provide the tanks from the uk, from germany, from poland, this is the way to shorten the war to give the ukrainians the ability to cut off the russians in their country. and to push them out of their country. >> i'm just wondering, does vladimir putin have all the time in the world? does he have unlimited time to

carry out this -- we're coming up on the first anniversary. does putin have unlimited time? >> he acts as if he does, but if you watch him on russian television, the other day he was furious at one of his subordinates who said we'll try to get this done soobs we can, sir. putin shouted at the guy. you could see he locked like he was ready to pop. so to me that's a sign he understands he doesn't have unlimited time. he has to deliver results. he just shook up his command get yet again by putting the chief of staff back in moscow. and i described it this morning as a hail mary pass. he's looking for somebody who can change the situation on the battlefield. he's not found that. he's been reacting to ukrainian moves. if what the ambassador and i have been discussing shs the

ability to maneuver, attack, if if that goes forward, putin's problems get worse. >> thank you both so much for being with us. i really appreciate your time. up next, tiktok on the chopping block. we'll explain, next. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." a mystery! jessie loves playing detective. but the real mystery was her irritated skin. so, we switched to tide pods free & gentle. it cleans better, and doesn't leave behind irritating residues. and it's gentle on her skin. case, closed! it's gotta be tide. (cecily) what's up, einstein? (einstein) my network has gone kaput! case, closed! (cecily) oh, you tried to save a buck on it? (einstein) i got what i paid for. not so smart. (cecily) nah, you're still a genius. but, there is a smarter way to save. (einstein) oh?! (cecily) switch to verizon! for a limited time, get welcome unlimited for just $25/line. (einstein) $25?! (cecily) and it's guaranteed for 3 years! (einstein) brilliant! (cecily) well, you would know. (einstein) i'm switching! (cecily) i think the bike's probably faster. (vo) now is the best time to switch to verizon. for just $25 a line.

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type of communication to interact with other students. now some feel that the clock could be ticking on tuck tok. tiktok. it's become the go-to social media app for the latest viral dance or recipe trends. but amid growing fears user data could find its way into the hands of the chinese government. >> not allowed to post tiktoks anymore. >> reporter: joining a growing list of schools blocking tiktok on campus wifi networks siing the chinese company owner. explaining the measure is intended to eliminate risks to information contained in the university's network. and to our critical infrastructure. >> as a creator, i'm a little bit annoyed. i'm a little bit annoyed. >> my hair determine what my

makeup is going to look like. >> a lot of the influencers i grew up watching, they didn't look like me. >> now she fears her push could be cut short. >> reporter: how concerned are you about a foreign entity essentially spying. >> what are they doing with this data if they do have it? >> reporter: it's not just colleges, at least 31 states, including texas, have enacted some sort of tiktok ban. mainly on government-owned phones and computers the u.s. house of representatives even banning the app on any house-issued devices. last month, the head of the fbi citing safety concerns for tiktok users, including the potential manipulation of recommendation algorithms. >> a lot more worrisome in the hands of the chinese communist party than whether or not you're steering somebody as an influencer to one product or >> reporter: but tiktok says it doesn't store u.s. user data in

china or share information with the chinese government writing, we're disappointed that so many states are jumping on the political bandwagon to enact policies that will do nothing to advanceno cybersecurity in thei states and are based on unfounded falsehoods about tiktok. now, as for whether or not this banet could expand, we know there's been bipartisan discussion of legislation talking about not just banning tiktok because of its alleged connections to china's government, but also any social media app that could have connectionsp to russia or any foreign entity that the government deems t potentially dangerous. as for right now, though, this ban remains in place and it will likely not be the last. jose? >> morgan chesky in austin, thank you so much. h. now to breaking news on t economy. we got another sign that inflation is beginning to ease. the governmentng says that producer price index which measures prices for wholesale goods and services fell by half

a percent in december. economists were expecting it to fall bye just 0.1%. president biden said, quote, today we have received more evidence that we're making real progress tackling inflation and lowering costs, successfully transitioninges from a historic recovery to steady and stable growth. up next, the a lawyers for e former cop who killed george floyd are back in court today. why they are saying derek chauvin's murder conviction should be thrown out. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." out you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports. of protein for muscle health versus 16 grams in ensure® high protein. boost® high protein. now available in cinnabon® bakery-inspired flavor. learn more at boost.com/tv ♪ i gotta good feeling about this, yeah ♪ now available in cinnabon® bakery-inspired flavor. ♪ i'm with it ♪ ♪ i gotta good feeling about this ♪ ♪ yeah, ♪ ♪ so let's get it ♪

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56 past the hour. right now in minnesota, lawyers are presenting oral argument on the appeal of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin's murder conviction. he was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison in 2021 after he was found guilty of second-degree murder, third degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. what are the lawyers arguing this morning? >> good morning. and that hearing is under way right now as we speak. the main request from his legal team is for a new trial in a new venue, specifically not in hennepin county, which is the county that houses minneapolis. they're asking for a lighter sentence nor derek chauvin saying that they're not sure that he was able to get a fair trial. they argue that this case

received more pretrial publicity than any case in the history of minnesota and they're saying that because of the barbed wire, the security measures around the trial, that had an impact on jurors and they allege that one of the jurors was not forthcoming in the pretrial questioning that he went through. the judges on the panel, they did sound skeptical of many of the arguments and the state is now responding to this request right now saying that the lawyers didn't ask the right questions ahead of the trial. it's important to note that because of the federal plea deal, chauvin is in prison because he pled guilty to violating george floyd's civil rights. because of that federal plea deal, even if the appeal is successful, he will not be released from prison because he will be serving the same amount of time because of that federal sentence, jose. >> thank you so much. before we go, an uplifting story. a chance encounter turned into a friendship that helped one man

fulfill a lifelong dream. justin was a ramp agent for delta air lines when he met a pilot on a shuttle bus ride from a parking lot. he told the pilot he had dreamed of flying but wasn't sure how to make it happen. the pilot wanted to pay it forward. so he helped justin outline a career plan and prepared him for exams. >> for me, it was just a pleasure seeing him go from, you know, 19-year-old kid to airline pilot. and it brings me joy. >> justin passed all the requirements, flying for regional airlines before rejoining delta last spring. ivan was by his side when he got his wings. >> what's the bigger message? >> i think the biggest thing is be kind to one another and help each other out. and i think if we are better to each other and our neighbors, we can all progress as people.

>> showing us if you can see it, you can be it, and the power of paying it forward. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm "jose diaz-balart reports," you can reach me on twitter and instagram at jdbalart. follow the show online. and 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. coming to you on a busy morning, including breaking news overseas. a major tragedy overnight rattling ukraine's government. the country's interior minister is one of at least 14 people, including a child killed in a helicopter crash just outside kyiv. it's not immediately clear what caused the crash. we could learn more soon. president volodymyr zelenskyy is set to address the world economic forum in davos, switzerland, as he