very good day to all of you. i m alex witt in new york. here are the top stories in the final days of 2022. we have breaking news from law enforcement officials. a person in pennsylvania has been taken into custody in connection to the gruesome murders of four idaho college students back in november. this is huge news. we will get to that. former president trump s federal tax returns made public with redactions by house democrats days before losing their majority. we will have the latest on this huge news with analysis as well. also this hour, southwest airlines trying to end a disastrous week on a high note by helping frustrated customers reach their destinations and locate their luggage. we have major developments. the new developments in the murder case involving four university of idaho students. a suspect has been arrested in monroe county, pennsylvania. taken into custody now in connection with the homicides. four law enforcement officials are telling this to nbc
we ll have the latest reporting and analysis in moments for you. also this hour, new covid concerns on multiple fronts with another spike in china and a new sub variant here at home. we continue to cover that major development. the arrest in connection to the murder case involving four university of idaho students. nbc news can confirm the person in custody is that man right there. 28-year-old bryan kohberger. this is according to court records and four law enforcement officials confirming that to nbc news. he s being held in pennsylvania. he s at the prison there. police in moscow, idaho v announced a 4:00 p.m. eastern press conference to provide apt update on this case, but the moscow police department is not yet confirming the arrest. let s bring in correspondent steve patterson for the latest. it s been an hour since we have been getting this. anything new in the last hour? reporter: just the timeline. we ll have that press conference from moscow police later on today.
we ll have the latest reporting and analysis in moments for you. also this hour, new covid concerns on multiple fronts with another spike in china and a new sub variant here at home. we continue to cover that major development. the arrest in connection to the murder case involving four university of idaho students. nbc news can confirm the person in custody is that man right there. 28-year-old bryan kohberger. this is according to court records and four law enforcement officials confirming that to nbc news. he s being held in pennsylvania. he s at the prison there. police in moscow, idaho v announced a 4:00 p.m. eastern press conference to provide apt update on this case, but the moscow police department is not yet confirming the arrest. let s bring in correspondent steve patterson for the latest. it s been an hour since we have been getting this. anything new in the last hour? reporter: just the timeline. we ll have that press conference
monroe county, pennsylvania. taken into custody now in connection with the homicides. four law enforcement officials are telling this to nbc news. police in moscow, idaho, have announced a 4:00 p.m. eastern press conference to provide an update on this case. however, the moscow police department is not yet confirming the arrest. let s bring in steve patterson. welcome. it has been weeks with few if any developments. this is huge. what can you tell us about word of the arrest? reporter: it s huge and shocking. as you mentioned, police now confirming or at least saying alongside the fbi in pennsylvania that a person of interest has been taken into custody. this person is described as a man in their 20s. that s all we really know at this point. that would be about 2,500 miles from the crime scene, give or take, from moscow, idaho. this has been something that has been going on for seven
on these big tech platforms and it s continuing to assist in terrorist activities in the deaths of americans and our allies and i wish that they would stop it and call them out for their terrible actions here. harris: i will ask everybody to sit by, we are waiting for the white house press briefing to begin, we have been waiting for some time, and we know we have also been told to expect the normal 10:30 eastern press conference as well, but what we are anticipating is at the white house press briefing will take place first whether or not the president on the united states would join that, we don t know. we have seen that with past administrations, we will have to see what happens with this, let s get more detail from jacqui heinrich who is live at the white house. what do we know to expect coming up from the white house? why do we hear directly from the president of the united states with at least three marines that we know of. who have been seriously injured in the explosion that h