NPR's Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including President Trump garnering rare backlash from members of his party for a social media post about the death of director Rob Reiner and Congress running out of time to reach a deal on the Affordable Care Act.

Police in Providence, Rhode Island, released new video of a person of interest as the hunt continues for the gunman behind a shooting in a lecture hall at Brown University. Two students were killed and nine others were injured. Amna Nawaz discussed how the community is coping with Maya Nelson, who's an editor at the student newspaper, The Brown Daily Herald.

The massacre at a Hanukkah gathering at Sydney's iconic Bondi Beach killed 15 people this weekend. Two gunmen opened fire on celebrations for the first night of the Jewish Festival of Lights. Australian officials quickly labeled the assault an antisemitic act of terrorism. As Geoff Bennett reports, shock and grief were matched by anger and urgent questions.

In our news wrap Monday, federal officials say they foiled a bomb plot that was set to take place at several locations in Southern California on New Year's Eve, Washington officials ordered evacuations for three Seattle suburbs after a levee broke and the U.S. says it's offering "Article 5-like" security guarantees to Ukraine as part of talks aimed at ending Russia's war.

Hong Kong's High Court found media mogul and pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai guilty of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and sedition. The case has become a symbol of Beijing's crackdown on dissent. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Claire Lai, Jimmy Lai's daughter.