damage near detroit on the heels of a dangerous tornado outbreak. our team on the ground. sources telling nbc news the justice department is negotiating a massive settlement with gymnasts who survived larry nassar s abuse said to be near $100 million. the nba issuing a lifetime ban to toronto raptors player jontay porter for gambling. suspicious bets that tipped the league off. my report on the major shortage on the streets of police officers. i asked the lapd chief, is it keeping officers from responding to crime in time? and let the countdown begin. the 2024 paris olympics just 100 days away. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome. the house republican-led impeachment of homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas over his handling of the border crisis had barely left the station before being stopped in its tracks today by the senate s democratic majority, who quickly dismissed the charges that mayorkas had willfully
first trial of the sitting cabinet member in u.s. history, but it didn t last long. the democrats in the majority voting to dismiss the articles against mayorkas calling them, unconstitutional. republicans outraged a full trial wasn t held. our team at the capitol. also tonight, speaker mike johnson setting up a showdown with fellow republicans over foreign aid for ukraine and israel. will he have to work with democrats to pass it? and could it cost him his job? more severe weather in the midwest on the heels of a dangerous tornado outbreak. al roker is tracking it for us. sources telling nbc news the justice department is negotiating a massive settlement with gymnasts who survived larry nassar s abuse said to be near $100 million. the nba issuing jontay porter for gambling. the suspicious bets that tipped the league off. my report on the major shortage on the streets of police officers. i asked the lapd chief is it keeping officers from responding to crime in time?
phil mattingly. good morning. we are glad you are with us. in just hours from now the house is set to vote to formalize an impeachment inquiry into president biden after a resolution passed yesterday. republicans have alleged that the president biden benefitted from his family s foreign business dealings. they have not provided evidence of wrongdoing. hakeem jeffries with us in moments. rudy giuliani is back in court today. jurors heard voicemails that an election worker said they heard lies about the election. rebuking trump s former attorney as he repeated the lies about the election and the election workers outside the courthouse this week. in half an hour, the labor department will release a key report giving us a critical look at the state of inflation in the country. we will have the numbers for you as soon as they come in. this hour of cnn this morning starts now. trump says jump, the maga extremists say how high? donald trump asks them to impeach joe biden a
debate within his team about whether to show up. and making it official. the house is set to vote today on formalizing the impeachment inquiry into president biden. the republican house speaker saying he has the votes, but will this change the fact they so far haven t uncovered any conclusive evidence against joe biden? and in just the next few hours president biden will meet at the white house with families of the eight americans still being held hostage by hamas terrorists. i m sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman. this is cnn news central. so a great deal is about to happen, or not happen, on capitol hill that will set off dominoes with far reaching consequences. a house committee issued a subpoena for the president s son, hunter, to testify before closed doors that is supposed to happen just minutes from now. we are standing by for any sign that he will show up. cnn has learned that he is in washington, but his lawyers have demanded the testimony be pub
sweden s greetings. enjoy your first payment on us when you lease a new volvo. now through january 2nd. tonight, the deadly storms as we come on the air. the tornadoes touching down. one tornado reportedly on the ground for 63 miles. children put in ambulances and tonight, winter alerts across 20 states. oklahoma, up through the northeast, cars and trucks off the highways. and tomorrow morning s commute, the storm system slamming cities in the east. ginger zee timing it out. also breaking news at this hour involving boeing and their 737 max jets. after those two deadly crashes, just in tonight, boeing now halting production of its max jets. what does this mean for thousands of american workers? two midair scares tonight. the san diego to chicago flight making an emergency landing when flames are seen shooting from the engine.
and tonight, news of another passenger jet flying from paris to chicago, also forced to land. the historic vote on impeachment, 48 hours away. and