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and healthy new years eve. we are continuing to follow the breaking news out of the vatican. pope benedict the 16th has died at the age of 95. the vatican says the retired pope passed away early this morning. his funeral will be held on january 5th in st. peters square. presided over by pope francis. that is the man who became leader of the catholic church after benedict resigned from the role in 2013. msnbc looks back on his life and legacy. >> it was a resignation that shocked the ca...

on the republican party. "new york times" puts it like this, republicans are putting trump out to pasture. that dynamic was on display the final hour for the battle of speaker, with republican members of congress playing not it, not me, as margorie taylor greene tried to get them to take donald trumps call. then theres the global condemnation for the insurrection in brazil, tragically similar to the attack on our own u.s. capitol, but is straight out of trumps playbook. that is all a v...

hello and welcome to our viewer here is in the united states and all around the world. im michael holmes. appreciate your company. coming up this hour on the program, the home stretch. candidates making their final pitch to voters ahead of the u.s. midterms. were following all the key races that could tip the balance of power in washington. but the shadow of 2020 still hanging over the ballot box in some parts of the u.s. why there are growing fears some candidates might not accept the...

>> sole owner of 20th century fox. >> wasnt one of his children to succeed him, but he doesnt say when, who and how. its going to have to be fought out between them. >> two minutes to the official start of the race. there are the boats. >> the race in australia, its a big deal. its a kind of their super bowl. lachlan had done a lot of sailing and he eagerly signed up for the 98 race. >> 54th race. >> he sailed onboard the boat "sayonara." >> up on the high side there, getting out. >> i...

im katie phang. we start todays show with more new evidence from the january 6th committee. theyve released more transcripts today, including interviews with critical players like donald trumps son don junior and top adviser stephen miller. miller admitted being told of a march to the capitol, telling the committee, quote, i think there might be, like, a plan for there to be a, you know, a peaceful walk to the capitol. the transcripts also revealing don junior was perturbed by the capi...

intensefying to a category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 mile-per-hours. the mayor called it catastrophic. some seeing three feet of rain. look at this. most of the island remains without power and a electrical grid with a checkered past and a bad history. it could be a while before it is restored. two deaths have been reported so far in puerto rico which is still struggling to rebuild after hurricane maria hit five years ago today. crews have rescued more than a thou...

savagely attacked by an assailant who intended to hold and harm her, house speaker nancy pelosi has spoken on camera about the ordeal. >> paul came home yesterday, that enables me to be at home with all of you. thank you, thank you, thank you for your kind words, your prayers, and your good wishes for paul. its going to be a long haul, but he will be well, and its just so tragic how it happened, but nonetheless, we have to be optimist you can. hes surrounded by family, so thats a wonde...

optimistic. hes surrounded by family, so thats a wonderful thing. >> she sent out the video in a tweet which reads in part with a grateful heart i thank all who sent kind words and prayers for paul. its a long road but he will be well. our security, our democracy, our planet, our values are on the ballot. were in something of a unique moment in american history it seems. theres much that is familiar and normal in a midterm election, and at the same time there is so much that is not nor...

from january 6th. shes part of a bipartisan effort to overhaul a very old law that the former president tried to exploit to stay in power. meanwhile, donald trumps attorneys are making last minute objections ahead of todays hearing on the special master. well take you through the latest legal developments tied to the mar-a-lago documents. plus, an update on the truly catastrophic damage in puerto rico caused by hurricane fio in. fiona. it comes five years after the island was decimat...

torn off buildings. the treacherous situation has led to rescues all across florida. the fire chief of fort myers says his department conducted 200 rescues overnight over the course of just a few hours. this video shows a group of good samaritans who call themselves the call your county cowboys, they pulled a man stranded in his car to safety. in orlando, a reporter who happened to be on the scene rescued a woman trapped in flood waters. the situation has led biden administration to pl...