fraction of what it is in the united states so even if he were to donate what in the united states would be pocket change, a few million dollars, it could have a big impact here in the uk especially as reform is trying to overtake the conservatives as the maine political force here. >> thank you, ralph. >> your very brief thoughts on the rising international influence? >> in america, we have a real money in politics problem which the door was open to by citizens united ruling. and i would be curious to see what they can do their. -- there. that does it for us. we pick up the coverage right now. coverage right now. right now on ana cabrera reports the final standoff between donald trump and jack

smith. will it ever make it to the court of public opinion? a final trip to washington. we are in georgia as a funeral proceedings for jimmy carter moved to our nation's capital next hour. more than 100 people now believed dead after a massive earthquake strikes tibet hitting a holy city near mount everest. about-face by meda. mark zuckerberg announcing an and the fact checking. what it means for the war against misinformation. good morning, it is 10 eastern. i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. this morning donald trump is waging a last stand against special counsel jack smith. the president elect legal team filing a motion to block what

they call the imminent release of smith's final report of the classified documents case. the federal case against trump has already been dismissed but this report is a final chance for smith to make his case in the court of public opinion. that spring and nbc news justice kendall linney and. lisa rubin and former federal prosecutor. what can you tell us about the trump team's efforts to try to keep this report from coming public? >> good morning. his lawyers mounted a two- pronged effort here. they've written a letter to attorney general merrick garland urging him not to release the report arguing jack smith is actually not a special counsel, he's in unconstitutionally operating private citizen, that's their argument because they believe he was improperly appointed. they've asked judge eileen cannon and the appeals court but above her, they've asked those courts to block the release of this report and jack smith

responded this morning with a filing that says he won't release anything before 10:00 a.m. friday to give the process a chance to play out. it's very unlikely they will be successful in limiting any release on the january 6 portion of the case because that's not even an issue in any court in florida, that's in washington, d.c. whether they are successful in blocking portions of the report that relate to donald trump's co- defendants are still being charged in this case as this is appealed, that remains to be seen. >> my understanding is donald trump's team has had a chance to look at these draft of the final report we know has already been compiled and it is two-volume stick. we have covered this case for years, should we expect to learn anything new in this report? >> i'm told there won't be if any new facts in this report. the bulk of the evidence and

the most persuasive evidence in these cases has already been put into the public domain through indictments. the purpose of these reports is for special counsel to explain his charging decisions and they are often most juicy in the case of the russia investigation there weren't criminal charges so the public hasn't seen the evidence. the public has seen most evidence, so what we expect is the last forceful argument i jack smith about why he thought he should've brought these cases and why he thought he could prove them in court and maybe a defense against the charges donald trump is been making without any evidence that this prosecution was somehow politicized and that the biden administration was pulling the strings. there's no evidence. >> your take on if there's no new facts why his legal team is picking this fight? >> it's not quite donald trump's team picking the legal fight at least in the courts. those are bring bought by lawyers representing his co- defendants, and to get your

point about why are they picking this fight, they've seen this report, we haven't. i share ken's understanding there's not much new information that supposed to be in these, but what there might be that we haven't seen his documentation and evidence for the facts as we understand them. if that's what's in these reports and possibly what they are fighting against is substantiation of things they've always claimed never happened. extra details. >> when they moved to dismiss or when they moved to preserve their case after the presidential immunity decision in d.c. they supplemented that motion with an over 1800 page appendix. that doesn't mean the special counsel's report here has anything like that, but they have tons of evidence we've never seen. grand jury transcripts, witness interviews, documentary evidence . it's not clear to me that would necessarily be to a report but it might appear in footnotes and give the public

rater confidence that the way jack smith says something's happened did in fact happen that way. >> how strong is the legal argument against releasing this report? >> i don't know that they have such a strong argument. the posture of this request is interesting because as lisa alluded to the president-elect doesn't have a pending case in florida anymore. that was dismissed. with respect to him this was a letter going to the attorney general saying please don't release this publicly. it's the co-defendants that have made this request to the court. one potential remedy is if the courts are inclined to think there is this pending case this could be sanitized to somehow block out or redact any reference to the co-defendants. that may be difficult to do in a larger port like this that could be one remedy. there is very little legal

argument to be made about why the report should not be released. most of this information is out there because there have been these speaking indictments, there was all of this information released for this case so the information is really there. this is not a court document that this would be a report the special counsel is producing. it's within the attorney general's discretion right now as to whether he wants to make it public. >> we just learned the lead prosecutor in this classified documents case left the justice department this past week and we expect the rest of smith's team will design before the inauguration. they have protection from potential retaliation when trump becomes president? >> what kind are we talking about? their jobs are not at risk. if we are talking about becoming the subject of congressional investigations or becoming the suspect of

criminal investigations there is no guarantee they will be protected. a number have left the justice department. they don't want to be transferred out of their jobs or, for example, recommended for investigation to the office of professional misconduct at the department of justice. that's not to say i believe they've done anything wrong, but many of these people probably correctly fear that they would be objects of retaliation if they tried to hold onto their career jobs. who you just mentioned before he was assigned to the special counsel's office worked as a career employee for decades. there's others who are similarly situated. the fact that so many are contemplating leaving or have already left should tell you something about the environment they are expecting and a trump led department of justice. >> tunnel trump is expected to speak at mar-a-lago at the top of the hour, we will see if he comments on this.

trump said yesterday he'll replace the head of the national archives, that's the agency that alerted the doj about his handling of the documents, what have you learned? >> another example, donald trump was elected president and he's intending to use his power to go after individuals and institutions he feels have wronged him and in this case the archivist in question is not the archivist that made the referral that caused the storm about the classified documents, it's a person appointed after this all played out. that person may be a casualty of donald trump's ire over this issue. >> does this set off any red flags for you? >> only that we don't think of the archivist as some sort of a politically vulnerable position. it's not someone usually in the crosshairs of people fighting about this position, who will come in. the extent this has now even been politicized and that trump is saying -- correct.

>> when they initially notified they hadn't returned all the documents. >> correct. it shows how he's taking this. anything that touch any criminal proceedings is really just ripe for him to go on the attack for. >> let's talk about the case in new york. judge quan mershon rejected the desire and move to delay sentencing further so does that mean it's going to happen on friday? >> that is the first. we should expect a flurry of filings this week in new york state courts. yesterday afternoon donald trump filed the first of his promised two appeals in the new york state system. one is a direct appeal basically refusing to get rid of both the indictment and the verdict, but the second is was called article 78. that's when a litigant sues somebody who is a government actor, a judge, a town mayor for example saying that person

interfered with my constitutional rights and therefore they should be stopped from continuing doing what they're doing. and that appeal trump asked for an immediate halt to further trial proceedings. the only thing left to do is sentence them. count on something happening today. we don't know what time that might happen if at all, but between now and friday at 9:30 we expect a lot of action. >> we've had a flurry of developments and we will watch for more. thank you all. coming up, the new trump era and the move that mehta is planning for its fact checking system. white might look similar to a different platform. +2 people found dead in the landing gear compartment of a jet blue plane. how did this happen? the final goodbye for president jimmy carter as proceedings move from georgia to our nation's capital next hour. wild winter weather knocking out power and

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the company plans to end its fact checking program and replace it with a landscape akin to community notes citing an intention to embrace the speech. it will affect facebook, instagram and threads. let's get details from nbc news correspondent savanna sellers. walk us through the changes and why meta is making this. >> is a pretty big deal for mark zuckerberg. he posted a video this morning explaining what he's doing as well as a statement. i'll let you listen to some of what he had to say, but the headline is ending the fact checking program and what he's really pinning that on his saying it essentially led to censorship. listen to what he said. >> we will get back to our roots and focus on reducing the stakes, simplifying our policies and restoring free expression on our platforms. more specifically, here's what we will do. first we are going to get rid

of fact checkers and replace them with community notes similar to x starting in the u.s. >> he went on to say there were too many mistakes and explicitly said too much censorship. he said the platform was taking down content they shouldn't and said some changes are going to mean there's going to be no more restrictions on things he called part of the mainstream discourse. he gave examples like immigration, gender identity, essentially these fact checkers who are based out of california had been politically biased in the way they were taking things down off the platform. he says he doesn't want things like that happening in said resources will look at legal activity and things like child trafficking and that type of thing on the apps rather than focus on political content. he explicitly said they will be working with then president trump to push back against countries around the world with censorship. just this morning the global affairs officer, he was on fox and friends and said the last four years have shown the title

and political pressure to censor and if you have a u.s. presidential administration that pushes for that you see other countries around the world follow. very much pinning this right now on a change in administration come even explicitly it's not something you have to infer. >> is also referencing x that they will be following the lead of ex. we have seen how x has transformed as a platform, what does this mean for facebook and instagram? >> that's a great point. name checking x and elon musk who owns x and is working for the president-elect and sue to be president. what it could mean is you are going to see that this was asked this morning, somebody could post something related to political news. it could be false and that is not going to be taken down in the way it was prior. people can comment, but the way we imagine it might look like

on facebook or instagram is it essentially means the discourse is happening to say whether something is true or false. among people who may completely agree or disagree is not going to be taken down at the level of the app and platform itself deciding this shouldn't be on our platform even if incorrect information. >> thank you for bringing us that reporting. some 31 million people are dealing with bitter cold this morning from houston to new york. it's an arctic blast that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes. ice over roads, canceling or delaying thousands of flights this week. at least four people have been killed as police respond to hundreds of calls from drivers in distress. these temperatures could still be 20 degrees below average for the rest of the week. there's another winter storm also on the way. meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking the new winter storm. let's start with sam brock in snowy washington, d.c.. how is everybody faring this morning

rusty mark >> reporter: good morning. federal offices reopened at 10:00 this morning, there was a joyous atmosphere yesterday when all the snow came down. the biggest snowfall d.c. has seen in years. as you mentioned arctic air has entered the chat. that's the price we pay here. some good news, on 14th street behind me you see all that activity. it means the ice has melted with the weather's not far from over. this morning, and arctic blast after an early winter storm now millions of americans waking up to freezing temperatures and chilling wind. including in d.c. after almost a foot of snow blanketed the area. snowplows here are still working overtime and multiple states are preparing for freezing roads. >> stay safe to let us do as much work possible to let us clear as many roads.

>> after snow piled in the midwest amid dangerous conditions for drivers. this police dash cam video in ohio capturing the moment a speeding car smacked into a tow truck responding to a call. luckily avoiding two people standing in the truck. as conditions partly to blame for at least four weather- related debts and whiteout conditions snarling travel. lake effect snow forcing an hours on ground stop at chicago's o'hare airport monday as the nation absorbed more than 4000 cancellations in two days. some travelers finally leaving kansas city's airport after wading through this security line. >> this is my third chance to try to get out. >> this is the most at one time i've ever seen since living here. >> residents and visitors in the capital try to make their way through the snow, some applying a traditional snowball fight, others cross-country skiing to the national mall. >> was it supposed to be a day

off? >> the city representing the world's power capital, powerless against these harsh winter conditions but some new residence, the giant pandas at the national zoo, reveling in their first american winter wonderland. >> reporter: you're not going to get to see those new residence anytime soon as the national zoo also closed today. over my shoulder that's pennsylvania avenue and the capital and you see a heavy police presence because of the return of former president carter's body later today to lie in repose. all the streets will be clear. >> it looks so cold there. thank you very much. go get warm. what does the rest of the week have in store for us? >> we will see the cold air sticking around. you need all the layers as you head out today and it's not just in places where you expect cold this time of year. we look at it extend to the south. we will see the cold air staying in place for quite a while. that is the connection that keeps the cold air in place and the weather systems moving

slowly. take a look at some temperatures, two degrees in bismarck, it feels like 12 below zero once you factor the wind. houston just 38 degrees but it feels like below freezing. 37 in wilmington. 24 in new york city but it feels like just 13 so you want to dress for the wind chill because that's what the body perceives as the air temperature. as we go you'll see the temperatures not climb very far. 31 in new york city just below freezing but notice in the south where in the 40s, 50s. just 57 in tampa well below normal for this time of year. even 25 degrees below what is typical. that cold air stays in place tomorrow. this is wednesday, 20s and 30s in the northeast. portions of the great lakes area, the cold once again, houston just 46 tomorrow that is 17 degrees below normal and 57 in gainesville.

keep them in place as we head towards the weekend as well. we are looking at 32 million people in the southwest looking at wind alert. the national weather service said this is a life-threatening district evolving situation. we will see the wind really picking up to 50, 60, 70 miles per hour. in the highest mountains even of 200 miles an hour. we will see quick spreading wildfires. this is something to watch closely this evening into tomorrow. >> important information, thank you for bringing it to us. up next, from rural georgia to the seat of american democracy, former president jimmy carter's final journey before he's laid to rest. november's election now officially certified. this morning, new attention on trumps plans and potential pardons once he returns to the white house. someone will hear the words,

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welcome back. president jimmy carter will begin his final journey from georgia to washington, d.c. on day seven of his state funeral services and honoring's in his home state, the carter family saw an outpouring of support, roughly 23,000 people paid respects according to the carter center. later the 39th president and his family will depart georgia on special air mission 39 to joint base andrews or the procession to the u.s. capital will begin. nbc news correspondent is in atlanta outside the carter center. also with us msnbc contributor, the author of his very best jimmy carter, a life. because of that snowfall in d.c. where sam was everything was pushed back a little bit so what will we see? >> that's right. in about 30 minutes we will see the final departure ceremony

for here at the carter center. so much of the former president's legacy has to do with what he accomplished from this building, the humanitarian work he did around the world and we will see those military body berries taking his casket from here at the carter center where he had been line in repose for the past several days and bringing it to the air reserve base where it will make its way to andrews air force base in maryland. at that point it will be transferred to a motorcade processional and brought over to the navy memorial for a brief moment of silence and then transferred over to a horse-drawn carriage where it'll eventually make its way to the capitol rotunda. at that point at around 4:30 this afternoon there will be a ceremony with the vice president and lawmakers and at around 7:00 p.m. this evening there will be public visitation in the capitol rotunda until midnight tonight. it'll reopen again to the public tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. and he will lie in state and

the capitol rotunda until the national funeral services is scheduled to take place at 10:00 a.m. on thursday and washington's national cathedral. >> you sat down with president carter's family. what have they told you about this sad but surely proud moment for them? >> it's really been an incredible couple days in georgia. thousands as you mentioned coming out to pay their respects to the late president. he was the only president from the state of georgia so there's a sense of pride here. i got a chance to speak with his grandson and he said he was so touched to see all the people that headlined that route as the motorcade processional was making its way from plains to atlanta. i asked him, how do you think the former president would want to be remembered and what would he want his legacy to be? take a listen. >> i think you would want to be remembered as someone who believed in human rights because he loved people, because his

faith calls on him to understand each and every person as someone created in the image of god and therefore how do we celebrate that person? how do we ensure they have close, housing, appropriate healthcare? how do we assure those people have access to basic human rights, the ability to make their own decisions and lives? he did what he could in this world with the platform he had to expand those human rights as far as he could take them. >> obviously the former president had been in hospice care for quite a while so i spoke with jason about how they were kind of preparing for all of this. he said when he had spoken to the former president he had said that in lieu of flowers, it really what he wanted people to do this sort of honor his legacy and remember him was to perform acts of service to humanity. we really sort of felt that over the past several days. so many people i got a chance to go in there today and

strangers were holding hands and comforting one another. it was a beautiful thing to see. >> thank you so much for bringing that to all of us. jonathan, your reaction to the farewell we are seeing there in georgia and the thousands of people who have come out to pay their respects? >> this is overwhelming. i think part of it has to do with the timing of it. there is a longing in our society for doing better and helping other people. carter's life is a master class in doing all you can for as long as you can for as many people as you can. that's the methodist faith. jimmy carter as well lived that. this idea that we need to do whatever we can. in his case he was leveraging

the presidency and his stature as a global humanitarian and getting up every day trying to figure out how he can help people, so for the rest of us we are not going to do it every day. maybe jimmy carter can inspire us by his example as a true world templar to do more than what we are doing now. >> he is clearly somebody who had a calling and he poured his heart and soul into fulfilling it. in this case, so many different ways making the world a better place. as we move to washington with this next phase of the funeral services, this large estate funeral that will happen over the course of the next couple days, the final national memorial service will be at the cathedral on thursday. you mention you may not see as big of a crowd turning out in washington because he wasn't a washington kind of guy. >> he was only there for four years as president. very much of an outsider, didn't like the whole georgetown dinner party thing.

it actually caused him some problems. by not being part of that washington establishment, he had great regard for the city of washington and trying to lift up that city. he made a point of sending his daughter to the thaddeus stevens school, a public school in washington when most others sent their children to private schools and he also at one point called up share who at that time was married to his good friend greg allman and he always had them call her mrs. allman. this was when she was at the peak of her fame in the 1970s and he called her up and said share, say something nice about the city of washington. he thought she could use her stature to help poor people in that city. i don't know how many will turn out. i don't think bill get 23,000 the way they did in atlanta,

but i do think there is still a lot of good feeling about jimmy carter in the washington area and a lot of younger people, be thou art remember. they're inspired by his example. they know this was an epic american life. it'll be interesting to see who turns out for this viewing. i think it may continue to surprise us because he has turned into such an inspirational figure. >> it's hard not to be touched by his body of work and what he tried to accomplish and did accomplish. his presidency and beyond, clearly. thank you for being here. we will see more of you this week. be sure to watch msnbc special coverage of the funeral service on thursday starting at 6:00 a.m. eastern. next on ana cabrera reports, donald trump jr. in greenland after his father's many posts

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at the top of the next hour we are expecting to hear from president-elect trump at mar-a- lago. he said up there where his team says he will speak on

quote investing in the u.s. it comes as trump is once again on social media calling for the u.s. to acquire greenland and now his son has traveled to the danish territory for a little bit of fun. the ministry of foreign affairs says it's aware of the trip but noted it is not an official american visit, although an incoming white house deputy chief of staff is also along for it. joining us now, republican strategist and msnbc political analyst and democratic strategist and former adviser to bill and hillary clinton. good to see you, happy new year. don jr. in greenland as his father keeps talking about this idea of acquiring the territory. it seems like it might be trolling, should we take it seriously? >> we shouldn't. i think donald trump jr. put it perfectly, having a little fun. i think they're having a little fun at our expense and it's a way of not talking about things like cash patel and other

nominees to his cabinet. getting a lot of bad press and now we had this little break and we are talking about greenland and canals in canada becoming a state, none of which is going to happen. but it is a good deflection. >> i want to get your take because it's not just greenland as susan pointed out. he's also been talking about canada becoming a new american state, trolling justin trudeau, calling him governor. two weeks from the inauguration what do you make of it? >> trump loves bullying and picking fights. let's not forget respecting sovereignty is a cornerstone of the u.s. foreign policy. it's why we are back in ukraine, it's why we have nato. trump plays foot seas with all these tyrants in china, russia and north korea and makes a mockery of our allies. i think people will be reminded certainly foreign leaders of

the time they've laughed about trump behind his back at a nato meeting while trump was president after he had left because he made such a fool out of himself. i think that's what he's reminding these leaders of and the american public of how foolish he can be because he thinks in his own adult way that somehow this brings glory to him. i think that's shortsighted. >> just to add onto that because i was being flippant, it'll be interesting how someone like marco rubio will now handle these relationships and things that,. >> you may be asked about it, you never know. trump is also claiming that biden is doing everything possible to make the transition as difficult as possible. his words. he alleges what he call new executive orders, meanwhile trumps incoming white house chief of staff paints a picture of things going smoothly. she tells biden chief of staff has been helpful, great

suggestions, help make sure we stay on time with the required functions, helped us navigate the labyrinth that is the executive office of the president and has been very professional and says he invited her for dinner at his house. what is your read on clumps trained that trying to make it as difficult as possible? >> there some executive actions that he does not approve of, but he will be able to change those when he gets back in office. what i think is interesting in that interview is she said she never tried to manage the president, just the campaign. i think that's what she's saying when it comes to trump. what he does on truth social is his thing and she's not going to try to manage that, but it doesn't mean the incoming white house chief of staff can't manage the office and see to the particulars and see things are getting done. we've heard from the biden side that the trump folks have been responsive especially on foreign policy.

>> on this idea is interesting because we have no reporting this morning that susie wiles is trying to limit the number of people who have access to donald trump in the white house in terms of the number of assistance to the president to make fewer people, how could that make a difference in terms of the new trump administration? >> they all have his cell number. that's when he's at his most self-referential is when he's calling members of congress and having these chats and trying to influence policy. we know one day it's a big beautiful bill and the next day it's two bills. the fact of the matter is trump is putting this on biden so when he gets off to a slow start let's not forget it wasn't long ago they said the inauguration wanted to have one of these big bills done and now they are talking april and we know it's going to be a be september before they actually get it done. this is a way for him to pass

the buck and say i would've done great except for biden. >> i want to ask about pardons. trump repeatedly promised to pardon january 6 the writers and now a former proud boys founder, leader is asking for a pardon specifically. he was sentenced to 22 years in prison for his seditious conspiracy conviction. the lengthiest of any january 6 defendants. do you think that is a bridge too far for trump? >> it could be because of the issues with law enforcement. donald trump needs to pardon some people to have matched that campaign promise. he did say he would have to look at it case by case, so that may be a case that doesn't get it. i don't know. it doesn't have to happen day one. it could be on the last day of your four.

this is trump definitely saying i will make good on a campaign promise but we have to see who he actually pardons. >> what's your take? >> he can pardon any but i don't see how you would back the blue when you're parting people who have killed the blue. the capitol police chief said what is the statement it makes if you pardon people beating up cops? we've had republican appointed judges who called this preposterous and we see from the poles that 60% or more of americans are dead set against the notion of pardoning these people. if he talks his way out of this one, go for it, i don't see it. >> thank you both for joining. good to see you. up next, a tragic and shocking story. two people dead in the landing gear of a jetblue plane. what the company is saying this morning. choose 2 or 3 flavors starting at just $16.99. like garlic shrimp scampi.

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so many questions on the circumstances surrounding these two individuals who are found deceased. the big question is was this another incident of a stowaway or were these people found deceased in a different capacity? those are things we're hoping to learn from this conference. no confirmation as to that, but this comes following a series of reports questioning airline security overall. weeks ago a body was found in landing gear of a flight from chicago to maui. we know since november we have covered a series of high- profile stowaway incidents. a lot of questions when it comes to airplane security and on ticketed passengers but i want to take you to part of the statement we had received of course not just with the details on what they were able to provide, but also their condolences. they said this is a heartbreaking situation and we are committed to working closely with authorities to support their efforts to understand how this occurred. this is an active investigation, a death

investigation happening within broward county and depending on where that plane was before this and exactly how they can trace how these two, when these two people got on board here in that landing gear compartment other agencies undoubtedly involved as well, but that press conference hopefully with more details starting any moment now. back with an update when we have it. >> we just got new information. a senior governor official telling nbc news the routing for this jetblue aircraft went from jamaica to new york to jfk specifically and then to salt lake city back to jfk before going to fort lauderdale. it's unclear when the stowaways may have entered the plane, that is the very latest information as you point out, a lot more questions to ask at that upcoming press conference. marissa parra, thank you for that. turning for this investigation in new orleans and the terror attack that left

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we have more breaking news this morning. this time out of tibet where rescue teams are racing to reach villages in the himalayan mountains hours after a powerful earthquake. the death toll is climbing, at least 126 people now confirmed dead. at least 188 others injured according to chinese state media. shocking images like these show rescuers searching for survivors in homes reduced to rubble. the 7.1 earthquake was so strong, it woke up people 250 miles away in nepal. janis mackey frayer joins us from beijing with the latest on rescue efforts. >> reporter: this was the most powerful recorded quake in years in that area of the himalayas. and a rescue operation is now underway with teams using hands and shovels in freezing cold conditions.

china's government upgraded its emergency response to level one. this is the highest level priority. the epicenter of the quake that the usgs measured was located in tinro county about 50 miles from mt. everest and near one of tibet's holiest cities. 126 people have been killed, nearly 200 are injured. numbers that are changing as rescuers push further into the area. videos on social media and state television here show homes with walls that have been torn apart and are in ruins. in one rescue, a girl was shown being carried alive out of the rubble on the back of a policeman. earthquakes are not uncommon in the area. it lies on a major fault line, but the power of this quake rippled into other countries, shaking buildings in nepal and parts of india. more than 1,000 houses have been damaged and some have collapsed. china's military has launched a rescue operation using drones

to assess where help is needed most as winter temperatures are set to drop and strong aftershocks are complicating the efforts to reach survivors. >> all right, janis mackey frayer, thank you for bringing us the very latest. that does it for us today. thank you for joining me. i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. i'll see you back here tomorrow, same time, same place. soon we'll see the casket of former president jimmy carter leaving his presidential library in georgia, and then a solemn procession to our nation's capitol. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. 11:00