NBC NEWS NOW COVERAGE CONTINUES WITH TOM COSTELLO IN FOR HALLIE JACKSON RIGHT NOW. >>> TOP OF THE HOUR. IT IS A NEW WEEK. IT IS A MONDAY. IT IS A NEW YEAR. WE ARE KICKING OFF 2023 WITH THE DEADLY STORM OUT IN CALIFORNIA. WE HAVE A LOT HAPPENING TODAY. THAT STORM KILLED AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE AND KNOCKED OUT POWER TO 4000 SO FAR. THE STORM IS GOING AHEAD. >>> THERE IS A NEW SNAFU IMPACTING HOLIDAY TRAVEL. WHY THE FAA IS JUST NOW WORKING TO GET FLIGHTS MOVING AGAIN IN AND OUT OF FLORIDA. >>> PLUS, THE MAN WHO ATTACKED THREE NEW YORK CITY POLICE OFFICERS ON NEW YEAR'S EVE FACING NEW CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MURDER. WHAT WE ARE LEARNING TODAY ABOUT HIS PRO-JIHADIST VIEWS. >>> AND THE ACTOR JEREMY RENNER IS IN THE HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
WHAT WE KNOW TONIGHT ABOUT AN APPARENT SNOWPLOW INCIDENT. >>> PLUS, NFL FANS WHO WANT TO TAKE PART IN JANUARY MAKE IT THEIR OWN SLIDER FOR THE PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR. >>> WHY DOCTORS SAY THE ONE MONTH AWAY FROM ALCOHOL COULD HAVE LASTING HEALTH BENEFITS. >>> Y 2023 COULD BE A MAKE OR BREAK YEAR FOR THE THEATERS. AND WHY STREAMING SERVICES ARE GAMBLING ON THE BIG SCREEN. WE WILL HAVE THAT LATER ON THE SHOW. GOOD EVENING. I AM TOM COSTELLO IN FOR HALLIE. RIGHT NOW, 22 MILLION PEOPLE ARE IN THE RISK ZONE FOR MAKING A HUGE STORM EVEN WORSE. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TORNADOES, DAMAGING WIND GUSTS, FLOODING AND EVEN HAIL. AT THE SAME TIME, OUT WEST, CALIFORNIA IS SCRAMBLING TO RECOVER FROM A DEADLY STORM THAT PELTED THE STATE WITH RAIN, WITH WIND, WITH SNOW. AND OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, THE WEST COAST COULD SEE ENOUGH RAINFALL TO CAUSE MUDSLIDES AND FLOODING IN CREEKS, STREAMS AND RIVERS. THESE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS MAY HAVE LED TO THE DEATHS OF AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE.
THAT IS ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES IN CALIFORNIA. THE STORM KNOCKING OUT POWER FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OVER THE WEEKEND, NOW SOME 37,000 STILL DON'T HAVE IT BACK. CALIFORNIA'S CAPITAL SACRAMENTO GOT THE BLUNT OF IT OVER THE WEEKEND. REALLY STUNNING IMAGES HERE. DOWNED TREES, CRUSHED HOMES, CARS AND ALSO BLOCKING ROADS. PEOPLE THERE WORKING TO CLEAN IT ALL UP TODAY. >> MAYHEM. CHAOS. TERROR. IT WAS LIKE MOTHER NATURE CAME ALIVE AND DECLARED WAR ON SACRAMENTO.
>> THERE IS A STRONG SOUND BITE. OUT IN THE BAY AREA PEOPLE HAD TO DITCH THEIR CARS FOR KAYAKS JUST TO GET THROUGH THE FLOODED STREETS. ABOUT 100 MILES OUT IN OAKLAND, THE CITY ZOO WAS TEMPORARILY CLOSE BECAUSE OF THE MASSIVE SINKHOLE CAUSED BY THE UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT OF RAIN THERE. ONE SILVER LINING IN ALL OF THIS IS THAT THE RAIN IS COMING AT A TIME WHEN CALIFORNIA REALLY NEEDS IT, CONSIDERING THE LONG-STANDING SEVERE DROUGHT ISSUES OUT THERE. SO WE ARE COVERING ALL OF THIS FOR YOU. CHARLES IS TRACKING THE IMPACT OF THE STORM. BILL KARINS HAS OUR FORECAST ON WHERE IT IS HEADING NEXT. AND THEN WE HAVE THE TRAVEL TROUBLE AND HOW THIS WEATHER COULD AFFECT ALL OF THAT. ALL RIGHT. TALK US THROUGH WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WITH THIS STORM. >> TOM, WITHIN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS, FIRE CREWS SAVED TWO PEOPLE FROM A HOME. SO IT IS NOT JUST DRIVERS THAT HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN FLOODWATERS. HOMEOWNERS ARE STILL DEALING WITH IT, TOO. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO OUT OF SACRAMENTO. CREWS HAD TO RESCUE DRIVERS FROM FLOODING ON HIGHWAY 99. OUR NBC AFFILIATE OUT OF SACRAMENTO IS REPORTING THAT FIRST RESPONDERS ARE DIRECTING DOZENS OF PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOMES.
HIGHWAY 99 IS NOW REOPENED SINCE THE WATER HAS COME DOWN. TOM? >> A LOT OF PEOPLE IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY ALSO UNDER EVACUATION ORDERS WHEN THE RAIN BREACHED LEVEES. I UNDERSTAND OFFICIALS SAY THIS COULD GET DANGEROUS. WHERE DO THINGS STAND FOR THOSE FOLKS? >> I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE HOW BAD THINGS COULD GET. LISTEN TO THIS WORD OF ADVICE FROM SOMEONE WHO WAS RESCUED THIS MORNING, SPEAKING TO OUR SACRAMENTO AFFILIATE. >> IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN, EVER. >> SAN FRANCISCO NEARLY BROKE A SINGLE DAY RAINFALL RECORD, LEAVING PEOPLE TO USE KAYAKS AND EVEN SURFBOARDS TO GET AROUND. TOM? >> AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO LATER THIS WEEK, I GUESS SOME FOLKS AND OFFICIALS HOPE THAT THE NEXT STORM WON'T BE QUITE AS BAD, BUT YET THEY HAVE TO PREPARE FOR IT, RIGHT? >> RIGHT. ALREADY, THE DAMAGES IN THE MILLIONS. THE ATMOSPHERIC RIVER IS WHAT CAUSED THIS DAMAGE. THERE ARE TWO MORE IN THE FORECAST LATER THIS WEEK. THE FEAR IS THAT AUTHORITIES AND RESIDENTS COULD BE OVERWHELMED AGAIN.
TOM? >> WE APPRECIATE THE UPDATE. LET'S BRING IN BILL KARINS RIGHT NOW. BILL, HOW DANGEROUS COULD THINGS GET WITH THIS NEXT STORM INHE WEST, AND IS THERE ANY UPSIDE AT ALL? WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY NEED THE RAIN OUT THERE, RIGHT? >> WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY IS WHEN THE NEXT ATMOSPHERIC RIVER AND THE PLUME OF MOISTURE WILL COME INTO THE WEST. AGAIN, WE HAVE A COUPLE DAYS TO PINPOINT WHO WILL SEE THE WORST OF THAT AND WHAT LOCATIONS WILL GET HIT. THEY HAD 54 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE LAST 48 HOURS. SO IT IS GOOD THAT WE ARE GETTING ALL THIS MOISTURE AND BRINGING UP THE RESERVES FOR WHEN WE GET THE SPRING MELT TO FILL UP THE RESERVOIRS. WE JUST DON'T NEED IT ALL AT ONE TIME.
THE STORM THAT WAS IN CALIFORNIA HAS MOVED ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IT IS A DANGEROUS THING. THIS IS OUR FIRST TORNADO WATCH AND POTENTIAL TORNADO OUTBREAK OF THE NEW YEAR. WE'RE WATCHING AREAS FROM ARKANSAS, NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOUISIANA, EASTERN OKLAHOMA, NORTHEAST TEXAS. WE HAVE TWO TORNADO WATCHES THAT GO UNTIL 9:00 AND 10:00 CENTRAL TIME. THE AREA OF GREATEST CONCERN IS IN THE SHADING THAT GOES FROM LITTLE ROCK ALL THE WAY TO MEMPHIS AND BACK DOWN THE STREET TOWARDS LUFKIN.
KANSAS CITY AND ST. LOUIS, YOU ARE ON THE NORTHERN EDGES. BUT EVEN LIKE CHARLES COULD SEE ISOLATED AND SEVERE STORMS. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A POTENTIAL TWO DAYS WHEN WE COULD SEE ISOLATED STORMS AND TORNADOES. TOMORROW IT GOES TOWARDS NEW ORLEANS AND MERIDIAN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF ALABAMA. ATLANTA COULD SEE ISOLATED STRONG STORMS. IF THAT WASN'T BAD ENOUGH, WE HAVE A RISK OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS STORMS IN THIS AREA INCLUDING LITTLE ROCK.
REMEMBER THAT MORE PEOPLE DIE FROM FLASH FLOODS IN THIS COUNTRY THAN TORNADOES AND HURRICANES COMBINED ARID SEVERE WEATHER, TOM, WE HAVE AN ICE STORM IN AREAS OF NEBRASKA AND NORTHERN IOWA. SOME PEOPLE COULD GET ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW FROM THE STORM IN NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA. AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE WEST. ALREADY, WINTER STORM WATCHES HER UP, TOM, FOR THE NEXT STORM COMING INTO CALIFORNIA.
THIS WEATHER PATTERN HAS STUCK. IT IS SO WARM ON THE EAST COAST THAT WE WILL BE IN THE 60s UP IN BOSTON ON WEDNESDAY, BUT THIS PATTERN JUST HASN'T CHANGED. >> HOW UNUSUAL IS IT TO HAVE TORNADOES IN THE SOUTH IN JANUARY? >> TOM, EVERY WINTER I SAY THAT MAYBE WE GET ONE OR TWO SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAKS IN THE SOUTH, ESPECIALLY IN THAT AREA OF LOUISIANA, EAST TEXAS, OFF THE GULF OF MEXICO. BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE THE THIRD POSSIBLE TIME, THE THIRD TORNADO OUTBREAK WE HAVE SEEN ALREADY THIS WINTER SEASON. SO WE ARE STARTING TO GET INTO THE THIS IS A LITTLE UNUSUAL CATEGORY.
>> BILL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF YOU WERE HOPING FOR A BREAK IN THE TRAVEL TROUBLE THAT WE HAVE FACED IN THE LAST WEEK OR TWO, GUESS WHAT. IT IS NOT THERE YET. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ISSUES CAUSING DELAYS AT AIRPORTS IN FLORIDA. THE FAA SAY THAT THEY HAVE RESOLVED AN AIR-TRAFFIC COMPUTER ISSUE THAT WAS DELAYING FLIGHTS IN FLORIDA FOR MULTIPLE HOURS IN SOME CASES. AROUND THE THIRD OF FLIGHTS DELAYED AT MULTIPLE MAJOR AIRPORTS IN THE STATE. IT IS HAPPENING IS TRAVELERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE RUSHING TO GET HOME AFTER THE NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATIONS.
TONIGHT WE ARE LOOKING AT OVER 600 FLIGHTS CANCELED NATIONWIDE. COMPARE THAT TO LAST WEEK WHEN WE WERE SEEING UPWARDS OF TWO OR 3000 FLIGHTS GETTING CANCELED. EVEN FOR SOUTHWEST, THINGS ARE LOOKING BETTER, BUT THE AIRLINE URGENTLY NEEDS TO UPDATE COMPUTER SYSTEMS. LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH THE SOUTHWEST AIRLINES PILOTS UNION PRESIDENT CASEY MURRAY. IN YOUR VIEW, WHAT IS THE BIGGEST LESSON SOUTHWEST NEEDS TO LEARN, AND WHAT DO THEY NEED TO FIX NOW? >> WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY BEEN THE WHISTLEBLOWERS FOR A LOT OF WHAT HAS GONE ON.
WE HAVE COMPLAINED NUMEROUS TIMES, BOTH TO THE MEDIA AS WELL AS TO OUR LEADERSHIP ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, ABOUT PROCESSES THAT THEY USE TO CONNECT PILOTS AND AIRPLANES. IT IS JUST REALLY, IT IS REALLY UNFORTUNATE THAT OUR CUSTOMERS HAD TO GO THROUGH IT. BUT IT HAS BEEN A FOCUS OF $12 BILLION IN STOCK BUYBACKS AND NOT IN INVESTMENT IN THE AIRLINE OR THE FRONT-LINE EMPLOYEES, OR PROCESSES THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CUSTOMERS GET SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY FROM CAPITAL A TO B. >> SOUTHWEST SAYS THAT IT IS WORKING ON INVESTING IN ALL OF THOSE THINGS, COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, TOOLS AND PROCESSES. THE COMPANY CEO SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT IT WILL ALSO BE IMMEDIATELY WORKING ON UNDERSTANDING HOW ALL OF THIS HAPPENED. TONY HILTON IS AT LaGUARDIA AIRPORT THIS MORNING. HI, ANTONIA. WE HAVE THIS INFORMATION THAT WILL CAUSE A RIPPLE EFFECT. WHAT IS LaGUARDIA LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW? IT IS A BIG HUB FOR AMERICAN, DELTA AND SOUTHWEST. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
PEOPLE ARE GOING ALL OVER THE PLACE FROM HERE. WHILE THINGS ARE NOT PERFECT, THEY ARE MUCH, MUCH BETTER. MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO I TALKED TO TODAY, THEY WERE JUST RELIEVED THAT MOST OF THE HOLIDAY CRUSH IS OVER. I TALKED WITH ONE YOUNG GUY WHO ALMOST MISSED HIS FAMILY CHRISTMAS. HE GOT HIS LAST FLIGHT OUT AND SPENT 12 HOURS HANGING OUT IN AN AIRPORT AND WISHING THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME IN TIME.
SO HE WAS HERE, VERY RELAXED, AND THAT IS A SURPRISE FOR MOST PEOPLE HERE. MANY OF THEM FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE LEARNED THEIR LESSON. WHEN IT COMES TO SOUTHWEST, SOME OF THEM SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP, NO MATTER WHAT IS MADE. OTHERS SAY THAT THEY WILL GET TO THE AIRPORT EARLIER AND BY THINGS LIKE AIR TAGS AND CASE ISSUES HAPPEN. TAKE A LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATION THAT I HAD TODAY. >> EVERY FLIGHT WAS CANCELED. >> I HAVE ALWAYS HAD REALLY SPECIAL EXPERIENCES WITH SOUTHWEST. >> SO THERE IS ON ONE HAND THE ISSUE OF SCHEDULING AND SYSTEMS. THE CEO AND OTHERS HAD PLEDGED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WERE CORRECTIONS.
BUT THE RELATIONAL PIECE OF ALL THIS, THE TRUST, THAT IS WHAT THEY COULD TAKE. >> WE ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER AND WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN FLORIDA. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE RED, THE IMPACT LINE STRETCHES ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. CHICAGO, NEW YORK CITY, ATLANTA. BIG IMPACTS THERE. WE ALSO HAVE STORMS COMING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE MOST AFFECTED AIRPORT RIGHT NOW IS DENVER, WHICH IS A BIG SOUTHWEST HUB. WHAT OTHER HUBS ARE YOU KEEPING AN EYE ON AS WELL? >> THAT'S RIGHT.
SOUTHWEST DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO CATCH A BREAK RIGHT NOW. DENVER IS LEADING THE WAY. THAT IS MOSTLY BECAUSE OF FOG AND VISIBILITY ISSUES. YOU MENTIONED SOUTH FLORIDA. THAT IS WHERE A LOT OF TOURISTS GO AT THIS TIME OF YEAR. THEY WANT TO BE SOMEWHERE WARMER THAN NEW YORK. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DEALING WITH THOSE DELAYS OUT OF AIRPORTS LIKE MIAMI THIS AFTERNOON. LOOK. IF YOU ARE IN ONE OF THESE AREAS RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE DELAYS IN NEW YORK, ATLANTA, CHICAGO, D.C. YOU NEED TO COME TO THE AIRPORT EARLY AND BE PREPARED. IF YOU ARE CHECKING A BAG, YOU SHOULD DO THINGS LIKE TAKE PHOTOS OF THE BELONGINGS YOU HAVE INSIDE THAT BAG. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, GET AN AIR TAG. SOME KIND OF GPS TRACKER. ANOTHER PIECE OF ADVICE I WOULD HAVE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU READ THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE AIRLINE PROVIDES.
THE MORE YOU KNOW, THE MORE ACTION YOU CAN TAKE WHEN YOU HAVE CONCERNS AFTER THE FACT. IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE IN ONE OF THESE AREAS, COME TO THE AIRPORT READY. >> GOOD ADVICE! ANTONIA, THANK YOU. I WILL HAVE MUCH MORE ABOUT THIS TONIGHT ON NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT ON YOUR NBC AFFILIATE. >>> THE 19-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER AND ATTEMPTED ASSAULT IN NEW YORK. HE WAS APPARENTLY HOLDING A MACHETE. YOU CAN SEE VIDEO FROM THE APP AT THE SCENE. THE OFFICERS ARE NOW OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. THE SUSPECT IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL. LAW ENFORCEMENT FORCES SAY THAT THE MAN IS FROM MAINE. OUR SOURCES ALSO SAY THAT THE SUSPECT EXPRESSED A MILITANT SUPPORT FOR ISLAM. KATHY PARK IS IN TIMES SQUARE. KATHY, THE SUSPECT DID NOT HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD THAT WE KNOW OF, BUT HE WAS KNOWN TO FEDERAL AGENTS, RIGHT? >> TOM, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THEY SAY THAT HE WAS ON LAW ENFORCEMENT RADAR FOR A COUPLE WEEKS. OFFICIALS ARE SAYING THAT A RELATIVE OF HIS ALERTED AUTHORITIES A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, IN MID DECEMBER, AND THAT IS WHEN HIS NAME WAS ADDED TO THE FEDERAL DATABASE.
IN FACT, OFFICIALS SAID THAT HE EXPRESSED PRO-JIHADIST VIEWS WHILE HE WAS RECOVERING IN THE HOSPITAL. AS OF THIS HOUR, WE KNOW THAT HE IS AT THE HOSPITAL AND IT IS UNCLEAR WHEN HE WILL BE RELEASED FROM HIS INJURIES. >> WHEN HE WAS APPREHENDED AND THE POLICE FOUND THE BACKPACK FULL OF STUFF THAT HE WROTE. DO WE KNOW WHAT WAS SAID IN ALL OF THAT? >> YEAH. SO AS THIS INVESTIGATION INTENSIFIES, TOM, OFFICIALS WERE ABLE TO GET A HOLD OF THE BACKPACK. INSIDE THE BACKPACK THEY FOUND CASH, POCKET KNIFE, AND TERRORIST PROPAGANDA. BUT THEY ALSO, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, FOUND A DIARY. IN THAT DIARY HE APPARENTLY SAID THAT HE WAS PREPARED TO DIE IN THIS ATTACK, TALKING ABOUT WHERE HE WANTED TO BE BURIED AND WHERE HE WANTED HIS BELONGINGS TO GO TO.
>> NOW, AS WE ALL KNOW, TIMES SQUARE, NEW YORK, NEW YEAR'S EVE, IT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST PARTIES IN THE WORLD. I HAVE BEEN THERE. DOES THIS ATTACK IMPACT THE CELEBRATIONS IN ANY WAY? >> YEAH. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE HERE BEHIND ME, WE ARE IN THE HEART OF TIMES SQUARE RIGHT NOW. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, THE STREETS WERE PACKED. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME IN A COUPLE YEARS WITHOUT COVID RESTRICTIONS. SO WE HAD TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HERE IN TIMES SQUARE. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY NEAR A SECURITY CHECKPOINT. OFFICIALS ARE SAYING THAT THE SUSPECT IS PART OF A GROUP OF OFFICERS, AND THIS IS A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY FROM WHERE WE ARE. IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, THERE WERE NO MAJOR DISRUPTIONS.
WE DID SEE SOCIAL MEDIA FOOTAGE OF PEOPLE, SOME REVELERS WHO WERE NEARBY, THEY WERE PUSHED AS THE CROWDS WERE MOVING. YOU SAW POLICE MOVING IN TO SECURE THE AREA. BUT ONCE AGAIN, NO MAJOR DISRUPTION. IT WAS PRETTY ISOLATED WHERE THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED. LIKE I SAID, OFFICIALS WERE ABLE TO CONTAIN THAT INCIDENT QUICKLY. TOM? >> THAT IS ANOTHER REASON WHY 20 YEARS AFTER 9/11, YOU CAN'T LET YOUR GUARD DOWN ABOUT TERRORISM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>> HOUSE MINORITY LEADER KEVIN McCARTHY APPEARS CONFIDENT THAT HE WILL HAVE THE VOTES TOMORROW TO BECOME THE NEXT SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. OKAY. HERE IS THE THING. McCARTHY NEEDS 218 VOTES TO SECURE THE TITLE. WITH A RAZOR-THIN HOUSE MAJORITY, THAT COULD BE TOUGH. NINE HOUSE REPUBLICANS SAY THAT HIS ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS DIFFERENCES AND DEFICIENCIES AHEAD OF THE NEW CONGRESS ARE TOO LATE.
SEPARATELY, ANOTHER GROUP OF REPUBLICANS KNOWN AS THE NEVER CABIN CAUCUS SAY THAT THEY WOULD NEVER SUPPORT HIM. GARRETT HAIG IS ON CAPITOL HILL. GARRETT, McCARTHY SEEMS CONFIDENT AT LEAST OUTWARDLY, BUT THERE ARE REPORTS THAT HE HAS HAD TO MAKE SOME CONCESSIONS TO WIN THE VOTES. THERE IS EVEN A NEW LETTER ABOUT THE "NEVER KEVIN" CAUCUS. TELL US ABOUT THIS BATTLE THAT HE IS FACING. >> Reporter: YEAH, WITH THE MAJORITY AS NARROW AS IT IS, KEVIN McCARTHY CAN AFFORD TO LOSE FOUR REPUBLICAN VOTES.
RIGHT NOW HE HAS 14 THAT WE KNOW OF WHO ARE AT LEAST SOFT ON HIM IF NOT OUTRIGHT OPPOSE. AS I SPEAK TO YOU NOW, THERE HAVE BEEN AN INFLUX OF REPUBLICAN MEMBERS COMING DOWN THIS HALLWAY BEHIND ME TO MEET WITH KEVIN McCARTHY. SOME OF THEM ARE HIS ALLIES, LIKE JIM JORDAN, THE PROMINENT CONSERVATIVE WHO HAS BACKED HIM IN HIS QUEST. SOME OF THE OTHERS ARE THE NEVER KEVIN MEMBERS, INCLUDING MATT GATES.
SO TOM, EVEN AT THIS LATE HOUR, THE UPHILL BATTLE CONTINUES AS McCARTHY TRIES TO FIND ANYTHING HE CAN USE TO GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE TOMORROW. >> WHAT HAPPENS IF HE DOESN'T GET TO 18? >> Reporter: IF HE DOESN'T GET 218, THEN THE WHEEL KEEPS GOING AND GOING. THEY CAN'T GET ANY OTHER WORK DONE UNTIL THEY ELECT A SPEAKER. GOING BACK IN TIME, IT HAS OCCASIONALLY TAKEN WEEKS OR MONTHS TO SELECT A SPEAKER.
WE ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE EACH VOTE WILL INCREASE THE PRESSURE BOTH ON McCARTHY TO MAKE A DEAL AND/OR ON HIS OPPONENTS TO POTENTIALLY HAVE TO BACK DOWN IN THE FACE OF A VAST MAJORITY OF THEIR OWN COLLEAGUES BACKING HIM. IT COULD BE AN INTERESTING SCENARIO PLAYING OUT FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE ON THE HOUSE FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON. >> YOU KNOW, GARRETT, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU COULD ROLL A BOWLING BALL DOWN THE HALLWAY BEHIND YOU AND YOU COULDN'T HIT ANYBODY, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE VIDEO OF TEAM McCARTHY MOVING INTO THE SPEAKER'S OFFICE LATE LAST WEEK EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NOT A SIGN OVER THE DOOR RIGHT NOW! CAN YOU TALK US THROUGH THE THINKING? IT SEEMS THEY ARE VERY CONFIDENT IF THEY CAN MOVE INTO THE SPEAKER'S OFFICE.
>> Reporter: THIS IS THE VERY COURSE OF BUSINESS HERE ON CAPITOL HILL. HE IS THE NOMINEE TO BE SPEAKER AND HIS PARTY IS IN THE MAJORITY. IT IS WORTH POINTING OUT THAT SHE HAD THE VOTES SEWN UP FOR SPEAKERSHIP FURTHER IN ADVANCE THAN KEVIN McCARTHY RIGHT NOW. I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING MORE BRUTAL. >> SO THEY ARE MEASURING THE DRAPES BUT THEY SHOULDN'T BUY THE DRAPES JUST YET, IS THE BOTTOM LINE. ALL RIGHT, GARRETT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GARRETT HAIG. >>> NOW TO A SHOCKING STORY OUT OF THE WEST. TWO-TIME ACADEMY AWARD WINNER JEREMY RENNER IS IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER AN ACCIDENT THAT HE SUFFERED WHILE PLOWING SNOW. A REPRESENTATIVE TOLD NBC NEWS THAT HE IS IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION, HIS FAMILY IS WITH HIM, AND HE IS GETTING EXCELLENT CARE. POLICE IN WASHOE COUNTY, NEVADA SAY THAT HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON HURT IN THIS INCIDENT. HE IS 51 YEARS OLD. HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR ROLES IN THE HURT LOCKER, THE TOWN, AND AS MARVEL SUPERHERO HAWKEYE.
KRISTA DAHLGREN IS FOLLOWING THE STORY. KRISTA, WE UNDERSTAND THAT HE HAS POSTED A LOT ON LINE AND TALKED ABOUT USING SOME PRETTY HEAVY SNOW EQUIPMENT, RIGHT? >> Reporter: RIGHT, TOM. YOU KNOW JEREMY RENNER FROM THE MOVIES, BUT IF YOU FOLLOW HIM ON INSTAGRAM YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN VIDEOS OF HIM SNOWPLOWING. WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT YOUR AVERAGE SNOWPLOW ATTACHED TO A TRUCK. THESE ARE THOSE GIANT SNOW CAT TYPE SNOWPLOWS THAT ARE USED AT A SKI RESORT AND WHEN THE SNOW IS VERY HIGH. SO HE HAS BEEN POSTING OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS REALLY DELIGHTING IN HEAVY SNOW AT HIS HOME IN LAKE TAHOE, AND SHOWING HOW HE WAS USING THE SNOW CATS.
ACCORDING TO THE REPRESENTATIVE, IT WAS A SNOWPLOWING INCIDENT. ACCORDING TO TMZ THE SNOW CAT ACTUALLY RAN OVER HIS LEG AND A NEIGHBOR HAD TO APPLY A TOURNIQUET BEFORE HE WAS AIRLIFTED. SO AT THIS POINT IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY ARE QUITE SEVERE INJURIES, TOM. >> OH BOY. WE ARE ALSO HEARING ABOUT THE WEATHER IMPACTING THE ATTEMPT TO RESCUE HIM, RIGHT? >> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY. THESE ARE THE STORMS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN CALIFORNIA. IN TAHOE THAT WAS MEASURED IN FEET. I HAD SOMEBODY REACH OUT TO ME IN SOCIAL MEDIA WHO SAID THAT THEY WERE DRIVING IN THE AREA OF RENO OVER THE WEEKEND, AND IT WAS THE WORST CONDITIONS THEY HAD SEEN.
