jonathan lemire, what's on your mind? >> i'm going to stay with football for the weekend, and i'm going to be backing detroit and buffalo, two cities that have proud football cities who have never won a championship, either franchise, the lions, the bills have never won a title. i'd love to see them both win this weekend, head on to the title games, one step closer to a detroit, buffalo super bowl in las vegas. that would be a lot of fun. >> i'll be watching what happens over the weekend, mika, in new hampshire. i think that tuesday could make it where donald trump runs the table, and i think nikki haley has made enough mistakes that i think he will, so i'll be watching new hampshire while my friend jonathan is watching football. >> i'll get to new hampshire on monday. let's do football this weekend. >> i'll be watching your interview with joe tacopina, rev al. >> i appreciate it. >> that does it for us this morning, we'll see you all monday. ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now.

right now on "ana cabrera reports," the final countdown in new hampshire, donald trump and nikki haley turning up the heat in new england, why the live free or die state is now do or die for haley. we're also following a jarring warning from trump's legal team, what they're claiming could happen if he's left off the ballot in colorado. also ahead, a terrifying moment caught on camera, a flight on fire midair and forced to make an emergency landing. what went wrong. and later, say it ain't snow. more than 90 million americans under winter weather alerts with dangerously cold temperatures set to plummet even further. we made it to friday. it is 10:00 eastern. i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. thanks for joining us. we begin with the final four days left until the new hampshire primary.

donald trump returning to the state today where he'll campaign this weekend alongside elise stefanik, someone trump has teased as a potential running mate calling her a, quote, killer. meanwhile, we are entering do or die time for nikki haley. she's criss-crossing the state in this final stretch, stepping up her criticism of trump on the trail. let's go to new hampshire and nbc news correspondent ali vitali with more on the state of the race. also with us, shaq brewster? seabrook where he's been speaking with voters. trump and his surrogates on the ground today, but the pressure is really on nikki haley to win. how is she approaching these final days and the criticism that she's not been forceful enough against trump? >> reporter: well, look, there's criticism that she's not been forceful enough against trump and there's the criticism she hasn't been barn storming the state in the way that we typically see people in new hampshire ramp up their number of events. that's why we're seeing nikki haley take a new tack in just the last few days. she's been doing events

consistently here, but we're watching her really dig in on the retail politics front standing in diners, just like the one i'm in. she'll be here later today. and of course that's one of the things she's doing to try to reach voters in this final stretch. that's nothing to say of the more town hall style events that we've seen be her hallmark here in the granite state. look, all of this is happening against the backdrop of haley trying to make this a one-on-one with trump, and trump very aware of the fact he's got a new name in second place. we saw him go after ron desantis for the length of this primary, now we're watching him to do it to his former u.n. ambassador. haley and trump were sort of parrying attacks from each other in realtime even though they weren't on the same platform or network, watch. >> she's not going to make it. she has no chance. she's got no way. maga's not going to be with her. we're leading by 13 points. we're leading everywhere now, and she's not. >> but look, i mean, we want to do better than we did in iowa. that's my personal goal is to

make sure we do better than we did in iowa. >> and look, haley's strategy here -- and she has said this to voters on the campaign trail -- she doesn't want to get personal. and on policy when she disagrees with the former president, she will say so and has made those moments known, specifically on the foreign policy front where she's made sort of moral arguments against what the former president did during his time in office. but what we're watching haley do here onto campaign trail, instead of going against trump himself, she's been working hard to tie trump to joe biden, a familiar refrain is trump and biden, biden and trump, clearly trying to hammer that message home in the minds of voters. >> shaq, you're in an area that went heavily for trump in 2016, and it appears voters there are standing by their man, what are they telling you? >> yeah, that's right, ana, among his core supporters here, they are largely unmoved, especially in the face of those attacks that you're hearing from nikki haley, from ron desantis.

look, new hampshire gave donald trump his first win of 2016. one thing that you saw is that that was a win that was fueled in areas like seabrook, like the one we're in right now, so we came here, crash add conservative breakfast, talked to voters about why they're unmoved and got a sense of what's driving that continued support for donald trump. listen here. >> why president trump? >> well, when he was president, he fixed the economy. we did very well under president trump. >> who do you plan on supporting? >> i'm always supporting trump. he's the one who's going to change everything. >> why donald trump? >> donald trump because i want a closed border. i want to feel safe again, and i want to enforce law and order of the land. >> did you ever consider any of the other candidates in this primary? >> i haven't considered anyone until donald trump walked down that elevator in 2015. >> reporter: and to just get a sense of the kind of support that donald trump got along

these border communities, the border between new hampshire and massachusetts, donald trump won the state in 2016 with about 35% of the vote, but in these areas you saw him rack up continuously about 50% of the vote. it's these areas that he needs to maintain that support, and when you listen to some of those conversations that we had just yesterday and throughout the week, you get a sense that he's doing that at this point. >> all right, shaq brewster, ali vitali, it's eye opening to hear from those voters and to hear from the candidates in this final stretch. thank you so much. let's bring in former democratic congresswoman donna edwards, and maura gillaspie, former adviser to speaker john boehner. stefanik and trump are set to campaign tomorrow, her name mentioned as a potential running mate. this as more than half the republicans serving on capitol hill have now endorsed trump, even after january 6th, even

after republicans lost the senate, house, and white house. even after he has launched personal attacks at a number of these lawmakers. how do you make sense of his total control over the republican party? >> well, i think it's fairly easy to make sense of. this is donald trump's party. he rebuilt it. he rebuilt it in his image, and those republicans are all coming home. so it's not a surprise what's happened in terms of endorsements on capitol hill. donald trump is consolidating the republican vote and not just the republican base, and that's why i think there really is no pathway for nikki haley or ron desantis in this race, even with new hampshire going into south carolina, donald trump has republicans. i'm not really sure who nikki haley has going into those southern states. >> maura, why do you think gop lawmakers are endorsing trump so early in this contest? we've only had one gop primary,

the iowa caucuses. >> i think chris christie said it best, you know, when he dropped out. he said ambition, you can't let ambition govern your decision-making and these members of congress have let their principles throw them to the side, they let their self-respect, throw that to the side. in the case of ted cruz where donald trump has mocked him, his wife, his family, it's got to be a little embarrassing to go up there and say this person made fun of my very existence, but i'm going to support them for president. that's not a great message to your con stifrp wents that you don't have a moral compass to stand on. what does that say about your character if you're willing to do that? i think a lot of it has to do with their ambition, to endorse and be out there supporting him. there is a lot of conversation about nikki haley. you see trump is getting a little triggered by her. he's calling her nimba, on his latest truth social post and he is continuing to make fun of her calling her every name that he can possibly think of because

that's how donald trump reacts to things when he feels threatened. >> we are monitoring right now a nikki haley event in manchester, new hampshire, and everybody talking to other voters in other parts of new hampshire, our ali vitali spoke to one woman who is a nikki haley supporter who said this. >> i was, i voted for trump in 2016, and i thought i'd give him a chance, you know. businessman, you know, he's a very good businessman, and i wasn't impressed with him at all. so i moved on and voted for biden. >> what happens if the general election does come back to biden and trump? what do you do? >> hope for the best. i mean, that's really all we can do. i think either way, i think there's going to be a lot of violence in our country, and hopefully we're not looking at another january 6th situation. >> congresswoman, so she was a

trump voter. then she was a biden voter. she's unsatisfied with both of them. she's supporting nikki haley this time around. are there enough disaffected voters like this woman to open the path for someone like nikki haley? >> look, i don't think so in this primary election. i really think that this is donald trump's party and it's his race to run and win. you just don't see the kind of voters like the voter that ali was just talking to who are enough to get nikki haley over the top, even in a state like new hampshire. i think going into these next states, these are -- you heard from shaq in his interview with voters that trump voters are -- you know, they are lined up. they are committed. they are passionate, and they are not going to turn away. whereas nikki haley's voters

seem to be kind of all over the map, and i don't see that carrying forward in the other primaries. >> we talked about some of the criticism she's faced for not going after trump more directly. she's been ramping up her attacks on trump lately. let's listen to this. >> trump says things, americans aren't stupid to just believe what he says. the reality is who lost the house for us? who lost the senate? who lost the white house? donald trump, donald trump, donald trump. >> maura, how effective is that? is that the best way to attack trump? >> i think pointing out the truth is helpful. trying to reason with trump voters may not really get them to come over to her side, but i think it's important that she does it. i wish she had done it sooner. i think the whole entire maga movement, it was set on this premise of let's drain the swamp, entitled elitists who don't think they're beholden to we the people. what has donald trump told us and also with his actions and his words? one, he's an elitist. two, he didn't follow through on

his own promises when he was president. she's pointing that out. he did not save our economy as nikki haley is pointing out. he added to our debt. we've doubled our debt from 2011 to now. it's more than doubled, and so pointing out these things that donald trump has done and also showing us who he is. he is saying that he is not going to be held responsible for any of his actions, does that not say an entitled leader right there? i think pointing out these things is important. >> you can point them out, but donald trump himself points some of this stuff out and his voters don't care. in some ways it seems like it boosts him. they like that he's talking so matter of factually. he's talking like them, he sounds like them even though he's this businessman billionaire in their minds is what we're hearing. i do wonder when it comes to potential competition, haley has started to down play the expectation saying she just wants to do better than iowa, congresswoman, we've talked a lot about the importance of the

independent vote for haley, how that benefits her in new hampshire. if she can't win in new hampshire, can she win anywhere? >> well, i don't think so. i mean, i think it's pretty obvious that even if she does better than iowa, she came in third place in iowa, and ron desantis is effectively not campaigning in iowa, so she will do better. she'll come in second place. those new hampshire voters especially unaffiliated voters in new hampshire are not the same voters as south carolina, and even in her home state, it's hard to see how she would come out with a win there. so i don't really see the pathway for nikki haley, and i think that it actually opens an opportunity for joe biden in a general election because i think many of those voters are committed to democracy, to rule of law, to reproductive freedom, and to ending the chaos, and donald trump will provide an

appropriate contrast for joe biden, and nikki haley is starting late in the game to attack donald trump. she should have been doing this from the beginning, and she might find herself in a better position now going into these next set of primaries. >> tuesday is the next one, thank you so much. former congresswoman donna edwards and maura gillaspie. it's good to see both of you. ooh a new warning from donald trump's legal team, the stark picture they're painting about what could happen if he remains off colorado's ballot. plus, i'll talk to congressman jamie raskin, a constitutional scholar about trump's new argument for totally presidential immunity. also, more brutal winter weather on the way for millions of americans as bitter cold temperatures already turned deadly. we'll have your forecast. and later, this is just unbelievable video, flames shooting out of a boeing plane midair. what caused this air scare? you're watching "ana cabrera

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welcome back. new developments this morning in donald trump's election interference case in georgia. this afternoon the judge is set to hold a new hearing on several new motions and filings. it will largely focus on the efforts by georgia election officials to shut down the subpoenas coming from one of trump's co-defendants, harrison floyd. now it comes just one day after judge mcafee also set a hearing to address new accusations of misconduct against fulton county district attorney fani willis and her top prosecutor. let's bring in nbc news correspondent blayne alexander in atlanta. blayne, we'll get to today's hearing in just a moment, but first these misconduct allegations against d.a. fani willis and how it affects the overall case. talk to us about that. we now know the hearing to address this is set for february 15th. fill us in.

>> reporter: right. you know, ana, this really is the latest twist in what's become an unexpected side show here in this georgia fulton county case. we saw michael roman saying through his he was alleging that fani willis and her lead prosecutor nathan wade were having a romantic relationship. in that filing they did not provide any direct evidence or direct proof. they only cited people with knowledge of the situation, but certainly it's been enough to, one, garner a lot of attention, but, two, they are making the argument that and she her entire office should be disqualified from prosecuting this case and the charges should be thrown out. the latest that we have now is that the judge has set a hearing in this, february 15th. we also know that he's given fani willis a deadline of february 2nd to file a written response to this. now, i've been speaking with her office almost every day since these allegations came out.

we do know they have a deadline of february 2nd. what we expect to hear during that hearing is possibly some more information, possibly whatever claims and proof they have to back up these allegations, ana. >> can you also walk us through what we can expect this today's hearing? >> reporter: yeah, ana, when you have as many defendants, co-defendants as you have, you're certainly going to see a variety of different defenses. for harrison floyd, we know that his plan is basically to try and prove that donald trump won the election here in georgia. of course we know that's not the se. in so doing, what they're doing is asking for a number of voter records. they've subpoenaedhe secretary of state's office. they've subpoenaed fulton county board of elections here in this county asking for voter records, ballots, things like that. so what we expect to hear during today's hearing basically is the state pushing back on that, saying that it would take untold man-hours, untold resources to do that. it's not something that's feasible, judge scott mcafee is going to hear those argues today.

>> thank you so much. for more on this, i want to bring in criminal defense attorney danny cevallos. this is getting messy. do these allegations against d.a. fani willis have the potential to undermine her case? >> not the case. i think the request to have the entire case dismissed is an example of asking high and hoping you get somewhere in the middle. but it could result in the prosecutors being thrown off the case. one of the other allegations is that the special prosecutor wasn't even properly appointed to begin with. you add that to the allegations it's not so much the romance, but the appearance of impropriety and the possibility as alleged that funds from the d.a. may have gone to the special prosecutor, which came back to her in the form of romantic trips allegedly. but here's the thing, on the one hand, this seems like a reach in terms of a motion, but on the other hand if it successfully gets the prosecutors thrown off the case or even gets the entire d.a.'s office disqualified, what a massive disruption in this case, and when you're a criminal defense attorney, it's a war of

a thousand cuts, and each little cut may not by itself end the case, but in the aggregate, it could result in a win, so as much as being a criminal defense attorney is about filing motions that make you the least popular person in the room, if it results and it's within the bounds of ethics, and it results in a win for your client, you've zealously represented your client. >> let's turn to one of the other legal issues facing donald trump right now. he's appealing to the supreme court on this issue of whether he can stay on the ballo in certain states. right nowolorado has ruled he won't be on the ballot, but that's on ho until the supreme court takes this up. and in a new filing, hyer writes the court should put a swift and decisive end to these ballot disqualification efforts which threaten to disenfranchise tens of millions of americans. and which promise to unleash

chaos and bedlam. chaos and led lam. what's your reaction to this language, and do you think this is a preview of what we'll hear from trump's team when the supreme court hears their arguments on february 8th? >> the main thrust of the argument to the supreme court by trump is that it's twofold. well, it's more than twofold, the primary ones are number one, donald trump is not an insurrectionist and the colorado court got it wrong. number two, donald trump is not an officer, so he's not even covered by section three of the 14th amendment. what's interesting too is there are other arguments. i just want to highlight one just for example. one of the arguments is under colorado law -- and that's key -- under colorado law, the judiciary, the courts don't have the power to remove a president from the ballot. now, that's interesting because as these other states involve themselves in the ballot removal process, think about what happens if the supreme court does decide this based on colorado law. well, that says nothing about maine. it says nothing about michigan.

so to one degree, you could have a supreme court decision that decides globally issues like whether the president is covered by section 3 or whether he was an insurrectionist. but when it comes to independent state's own state law, then you might start getting some different results for the same cases as they make their way to the supreme court, if they make it at all. and, for example, if maine decided that trump's off the ballot based on maine law, that isn't affected by a colorado state court decision. as much as the supreme court may be able to decide some global issues, there will remain some state law issues that may have to be decided on a state by ste basis. >> quickly for this last one, the supreme court could have to take up the presidential immunity issue. trump's been digging into this saying just this week on social media, quote, even events that cross the line must fallimmunit. >> even trump's own attorneys are not arguing absolute immunity for anything and everything a president does

while he's in the white house. instead what they're arguing, trump's really not consistent with his own attorney's position. what they're arguing is presidents are immune for actions taken within the outer perimeter. a president gets a little leeway. it doesn't have to be squarely within his presidential duties. it's the outer perimeter, whatever that means, we don't really know. trump's social media posts aside, that's really what you can boil this entire argument down to and what the courts have to decide, whether what trump did is within the outer perimeter. >> danny cevallos, as always, thank you so much for that analysis. next on "ana cabrera reports," more than 100 million people across the u.s. under winter weather advisories or warnings overnight, where the next round of arctic air is heading right now. plus, an air scare, shortly after takeoff, flames shooting out of a plane in midair. we have the audio from this harrowing moment.

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ikeda, in a snow covered hamburg, new york, just south of buffalo, angie lassman also standing by with the forecast. some of the hardest hit buffalo suburbs seeing up to 5 feet of snow? >> yeah, that's right, ana, nearly as tall as i am. this is what you will see just around every corner of this western new york neighborhood. these towering snow piles as crews are running out of places to even put the snow. you can see it is still falling now making it even more difficult for residents to do simple tasks like just accessing their front doorstep. >> as residents nationwide dig out from the latest blast of winter, this morning millions are bracing for even more dangerous weather. roadways from coast to coast treacherous. this car in new york slamming into a snowplow while trying to pass a truck. and frightening moments in rochester when the american airlines plane skidded off a taxiway because of snowy conditions. >> the aircraft is off the e2.

>> reporter: emergency crews rushing to get 53 people safely off the aircraft. parts of western new york blanketed by more than 5 feet of lake effect snow, burying local businesses and shuttering schools all week in buffalo. >> there's so much snow here, u you can't even tell that's a car behind you. >> no, you can't really tell that's a car. >> reporter: nearly 50 people have died as a result of perilous weather, including three family members after a power line fell onto their car in icy, portland, oregon. the only survivor a 9-month-old baby. a witness rescuing the child. >> i just grabbed the baby, i walked him up the hill. >> reporter: 16 people have died in tennessee alone, which is now under a state of emergency. as subzero windchills and more snow sets in across the country. but some moments of hope and daring rescues including one by a four-legged friend. >>. >> in michigan after first responders were unable to reach

a man who fell through the ice on a lake, his dog ruby bringing over a rescue disk, the man eventually pulled to safety. 700, 800 flights canceled, and we are still in the morning hours. that is more than what we saw in the entirety of yesterday. you may recall last weekend's bills' game was actually postponed because of weather. officials are hoping that this sunday's playoff game will see a different fate. they are calling on locals here to go to the nearby highmark stadium to shovel. i'll send it back you. >> thanks for holding down the fort in cold, cold upper new york. angie, it just feels like we're in such a temperature rut right now. what's in store this weekend? >> well, listen, if you're looking for the good news, ana, by the time we get into early next week, we will see a bit of a break, kind of average temperatures across much of the country. in the meantime, we've still got some snow to deal with, and we've got those bitter cold temperatures. 74 million people under these winter alerts right now.

you can see the snow still falling. we're going to see that system exit pretty quickly, but not before we have to deal with a whole lot of snow across the region as we get through the day today. you can see by the time we get into the evening hours tonight, that's offshore. most of the snow is tapering off. i-95 is going to be slick. it's going to be difficult for travel, air wise as well. flights are requesting to be likely canceled. you heard emily talking about that. the one thing to note, east of the lakes, downwind of the lakes, we're still going to have really strong winds and bitter cold temperatures tomorrow. the snow doesn't stop. that lake effect snow machine continues into tomorrow, hence the reason we're looking at upwards of another foot for folks along the lake, erie and ontario. otherwise, 1 to 4 inches expected along i-95, still going to be slick, and there's those alerts when it comes to the cold. 59 million people from the plains down to the southeast. we still are dealing with single-digit high temperatures. and of course when you add in those winds and we know how bitter cold they are, we're talking subzero feels-like temperatures, omaha expected to

be 21 below for what it feels like. chicago 7 below. places like texas only topping out with temperatures in the teens as we get through the next couple of days. as promised, we're going to see some improvements. still it will feel like winter as we get into next week, but improvements nonetheless. >> that sounds good. it seems like we're all in it together. misery loves company, so we'll just have to wait. thank you so much, angie lassman. up next here on "ana cabrera reports," capitol police investigated nearly 8,000 threats against lawmakers last year. i'll talk to one of them, congressman jamie raskin, about political tensions in our country as donald trump's lawyers warn of, quotes bedlam if he's left off colorado's ballot. and we'll talk to him about the negotiations behind hunter biden's newly scheduled deposition on the hill. stay with us. led deposition on the hill stay with us they have business grade internet, nationwide. (vo) make the switch. it's your business. it's your verizon. ( ♪ ♪ )

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signature. congress passed this deal with just hours to spare before funding for several key agencies was set to run out. but we could be in the same position again in a little more than a month. this deal only fds the government until march. itlso doesn't include any of the funding for ukraine, israel, or the southern border that has split lawmakers in recent weeks. speaker mike johnson saying he's very hopeful those measures can get passed with more time. and we're following a big development in the republican-led impeachment inquiry into president biden. his son hunter biden has now agreed to a closed-door deposition on the hill on february 28th. that after hunter biden spent months defying republican demands for a private deposition making two unexpected trips to the capitol saying he'd only testify publicly, which led republicans threatening him with contempt of congress, and of course he was there in court when they were holding one of those committee hearings over contempt. nbc's ryan nobles is joining us

from capitol hill now. ryan, why is hunter now agreeing to this deposition after putting it off and aviding it and making a big deal about not doing it for months? >> reporter: yeah, ana, it's a great question, and this whole situation probably turned out to be a lot more dramatic than it needed to be. both sides had to kind of come to a conclusion where they both felt comfortable with hunter biden appearing in a closed door deposition. he felt that the subpoena was not legal because it happened before the impeachment inquiry was fully voted on by the entire house. from republicans' perspectives, they believe that they have the power of the subpoena and can call him to testify under any circumstances that they see fit. they've now issued a new subpoena. they've come to an agreement on this, and it really came to a head when republicans pushed for a contempt of congress charge against hunter biden. listen to what the chairman of the oversight committee james comer told me about that step yesterday. >> do you feel as though the

fact that you moved to a contempt resolution is the reason that you were able to get this deposition scheduled with hunter biden? >> absolutely. i mean, i think hunter biden's been entitled. he's been given special privileges throughout all of his legal woes, and the house oversight committee, we're doing things by the book. we've crossed every t and dotted every i. we're in a position to win in court. they knew that merrick garland would have to prosecute hunter for being held in contempt of congress, and i think that abbe lowell got the message and that's why he came back and said, all right, we'll do everything you asked. we'll come in for a deposition. >> reporter: i think obviously hunter biden's legal team would disagree with james comer's characterization of the way he's been treated by the justice department. the only reason he is facing criminal charges right now is because he is the president's son and the amount of scrutiny he is facing. regardless, there was a point here where hunter biden's legal team realized that they needed to answer the subpoena and do it

under the terms that republicans were looking for. that's why it's going to happen on february 28th. important to point out, though, ana, i specifically pressed the chairman, will he release the deposition transcript at some point after it takes place. he promised that he would do so. of course one of their concerns is that it would be selectively leaked, and then of course would he still give hunter biden the opportunity to testify publicly, and he says that offer still stands once the closed-door deposition takes place, ana. >> ryan nobles on capitol hill for us, thank you for that reporting. joining us now the top democrat on the house oversight committee. congressman jamie raskin of maryland. thanks for being here. so after all the drama with both sides really digging in, it sounds like republicans got what they wanted. are you surprised this is where it landed? >> no, really, i mean, hunter biden's team accepted three or four different articulated offers by chairman comer to come before the full committee and the tv cameras and the world,

and the original subpoena that was issued came before there was ever a vote and the republicans themselves had been adamant on the point that there's got to be a full house floor vote on an impeachment inquiry before the subpoenas are valid. so he said to issue us another subpoena, and if you want to change your mind and go to a closed-door deposition, fine, but i got to say, i see the logic in what hunter biden's team was saying because yesterday they brought in kevin morris, who was actually visible on your camera before, a friend of hunter biden's who's not an agent for the saudi government or the chinese or the russians. he doesn't work for any foreign government. he's a friend of his who's given him money, and they had a totally useless, fruitless, multi-hour deposition of him, which showed that they were buddies and he's a working class guy from mediate, pennsylvania,

who went to law school and struck it rich representing a lot of famous actors and entertainment lawyers like matthew mcconaughey, and ellen degeneres, and the south park guys. >> got you. >> so he had a bunch of money. he said he spent his money to support his friends and they totally distorted all of that and ripped it out of context and made it sound like something suspect was going on. his lawyer wrote a brilliant letter just completely saying what are you guys doing. >> what do you think they're doing? >> you know, look, i think that they are flailing about. they've been at this for more than a year. remember, this is about presidential high crimes and misdemeanors. you almost have to remind yourself how this thing started, and now they're off talking about the relationship between hunter biden and a friend of his who loaned him money to get through his legal woes when they share a common history of addiction, and so it's hard to figure out what it is they're doing. is it about ukraine? is it about the chinese?

is it about artwork? i mean, who knows what it's about. >> is the impeachment probe moving forward? yeah, is there any progress there? >> no. well, look, i've come to the conclusion that they're trying to eat up the time because they don't have the votes. there are more than a dozen house republicans who are in biden districts, districts that were won in many cases handily by joe biden. they do not want to be voting to impeach joe biden for no reason at all, and they don't have a reason, and so in order to delay the whole thing and keep this protracted, they went off on this hunter biden goose chase. now they've set it for february 28th for him to come in for a deposition. i think they're just trying to eat up time, and the problem is that they're increasingly enraging the freedom caucus ultra right, which really does want to have a vote on impeach, but i think more and more the public sees what's going on. they don't have the votes so all

of this is a side show spectacle. >> let's move on to developments around the trump legal world, the supreme court is soon going to hear arguments on whether trump can be on the ballot in colorado or whether he's disqualified under the 14th amendment argument. i want to get your thoughts on the brief trump's legal team filed yesterday saying, quote, the court should put a swift and decisive end to these ballot disqualification efforts, which threaten to disenfranchise tens of millions of american and which promise to unleash chaos and bedlam. congressman, what's your reaction to that? >> well, there are more than 100 million americans who are disqualified for running for president. most of them are disqualified because of age. i serve with a lot of people who can't run for president, like maxwell frost from florida or aoc. they're under age 35, and they can't run. and i think there are somewhere around 75 million americans who

are too young to run for president even if they'd be the best president in the world, and there's another 25 or 30 million who can't run because they're u.s. citizens but they weren't born in america. arnold schwarzenegger can't run, jennifer granholm can't run. there are maybe a dozen people in the country who have effectively disqualified themselves from the constitution because they've participated in insurrection or rebellion or given aid and comfort to insurrectionists and rebels against the constitution. donald trump is one of them. that's just a question of fact, and the colorado supreme court engaged in intensive meticulous fact finding to determine that he is within that tiny group of people who have essentially disqualified themselves. that's a group, i think, who in a moral sense are much more justified in being kept off of the ballot because they chose to be in that group. you don't have to go out and try to overthrow the government, but donald trump is somebody who talks about political violence all the time and setting aside the constitution. and so he essentially has made

his own bed at this point. >> and yet, that language, unleashing chaos and bedlam i feel like ties in with this next question related to what we're hearing from capitol police about the threats against lawmakers. we know how politically explosive things are right now within this country and how polarized it is. 8,000 threats against lawmakers in the last year. what goes through your mind knowing that? >> well, right, and those are the ones that are deemed to be real threats. i mean, there's a lot of abusive messages that we get every day that don't cross over the threshold into threats. so when they say threat, they mean a real threat. you know, look, america is a vibrant, vigorous, aggressive democratic society. people have always had different points of views, but we have got to draw the line at political violence. i mean, that's a characteristic of authoritarian politics and

authoritarian paries that they defuse to denounce or renounce political violence as an instrument for obtaining power against their enemies. donald trump's lawyers were in court last week or the week before arguing that the president has the power to assassinate people and not be prosecuted for it. so it's a dangerous time and all the politicians need to step back from this interaction with political violence and violent rhetoric. >> congressman jamie raskin, thank you so much for taking the time. we appreciate it. stay safe. stay warm there in d.c. up next here on "ana cabrera reports," israel's prime minister addressing disagreements with the u.s. over the future of gaza, the implications for the war and any hopes of easing regional tensions. plus, this dramatic video of flames bursting from an atlas air flight forcing it to land back in miami shortly after

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welcome back. new comments from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu ratcheting up tensions with the white house and raising new questions about israel's goals after the war. netanyahu said he made it clear to the u.s. that he is against the idea of a palestinian state after the war, even as the biden administration says a two-state solution is necessary. >> okay, so for those who are listening, and couldn't see that, essentially he says israel needs security control over all territory, west of jordan, and he says the idea of a two-state

solution conflicts with the ide of sovereignty. and so he says i say this to the u.s., a prime minister in israel should be ableer to say no eveno our best friends. that's how i drive. this is the latest in a series of disagreements between biden andem netanyahu, and could potentially complicate a future u.s. aid to israel and complicate the idea of any kind of solution to ending to this war. joining us now from amman, jordan, is nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel and with us former deputy assistant secretary of state joel rubin, a democratic candidate for congress in maryland. richard, cha happens the day after is a major part of any kind of negotiations in this war. how significant areio these new comments from netanyahu inside and tsoutside of israel? >> reporter: well, we will have to see. and i know that's not a satisfyingno answer, but from where i'm standing in amman,

jordan, people are surprised by this, but they're also surprised because it is not the first time that prime minister netanyahu or members of the government have said they don't want g a two-ste solution, and the united states has continued to support them, that president biden has continued to offer israel blanket support. here in jordan, people i'm talking to here, political analysts, contacts i've known for a long time and all across thea middle east don't understd why the united states continues to back israel, back this particular government, netanyahu, when netanyahu continues to effectively insult the tipresident, not take his opinions on board or not take themd seriously, and the conclusion many people here are drawing is that netanyahu has come to the conclusion he's looking beyond president biden, and that is not just sort of opinion on the street here, in the middle east. i wasee talking to a top houthi

leader the other day, and he was talking beyond biden. he said they have been watching what's happening in domestic politics in the united states and the caucuses, and he said why should we listen to biden? he's done. so there is this growing feeling and i think we're seeing it a little bit from prime minister netanyahu that he can do what he wants, and still get u.s. military and political support, that's the perception here anyway, and it is a perception that other groups that are carrying out attacks like the houthis in the red sea seem to share. >> richard engel, thank you very much, for providing all that mu context. i want to play what the state department spokesman matt millee said yesterday about the administration's position on a palestinian state.le >> there is no way to solve their long-term challenges, to provide lasting security, and is no way to -- to solve the short-term challenges of

rebuilding gaza c and establishg governance in gaza and providing security for gaza without the establishment of a palestinian state. >> so, what does it do, joel? what is the impact of netanyahu so publicly breaking with the u.s. position? >> yeah, ana, what matt miller is saying there is truth. and bibi netanyahu, he's been in thisya position for decades ande can have his position, but that doesn't change the reality that israel needs to, for its long-term security have peace with the palestinians. now, president biden has been standing by israel since october 7th and is still standing by israel by advocating for a two-state solution. that is the way to calm the situation over time.al and so i think what we're watching now is a real dynamic inside israel as well. prime minister netanyahu has 15% approval. there are street protests now against his policies, that are talking about the need toli get theg hostages home, which is t priority number one for the israeli public, and there also

have been protests against him for the past year on his judicialst moves. he's on thin ice at home domestically and this runs counter to the position he's taking. >> netanyahu appears to think he can say what he wants and what he thinks certai. nt members ofs government want to hear and certain constituents there in israel want to hear. and that it would have no consequences in terms of how the u.s. deals with israel. is that the truth?t >> well, you know, i don't think it is the truth. i thinktr that certainly israel has been receiving support from the united states for the military action against hamas, but there aremi limits to that. and we're seeing a lot of limits behind closed doors, but spilling out and the limits are essentially that the united believes and has believed on a bipartisan basis for decades that there needs to be a peace agreement between israel and thetw palestinians and thats backed up by treaties between

israel and the united states. this is an american national security priority and this thumbing of the nose right now as we're hearing, this is a real challenge. i agree with that.ng and i think we're seeing aid in the senate now that will have this debate come forward, about what does this mean for future aid, and it is going to make it a lot more complicated. >> joel rubin, thank you for the insights on this. up next, the latest in a stream oft, scary midflight incidents. stay right there. of scary midf incidents. stay right there choosing a treatment for your chronic migraine - 15 or more headache days a month, each lasting 4 hours or more - can be overwhelming. so, ask your doctor about botox®. botox® prevents headaches in adults with chronic migraine before they even start. it's the #1 prescribed branded chronic migraine treatment. so far, more than 5 million botox® treatments have been given to over eight hundred and fifty thousand chronic migraine patients. effects of botox® may spread hours to weeks after injection causing serious symptoms.

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now to a shocking scene out of miami. an atlas air flight igniting in flams shortly after taking off. stephanie gosk has this story. >> reporter: it was a scary scene, somehow the plane was able to land safely, now questions are mounting about what went wrong on this boeing plane, just weeks after that dangerous moment with a door plug blowing off on a different boeing aircraft. >> oh, my god. it's on fire! >> reporter: overnight, another scare in the skies. >> may day, may day. >> reporter: flames shooting out of a plane in midair, forcing the aircraft to make an emergency landing. >> engine fire, request access back to the airport. >> reporter: the atlas air cargo flight sparked after it took off from miami international airport. >> we'll go ahead and land, we have five on board. >> reporter: the plane able to return and land safely. no one on board was injured. in a statement, the airline which specializes in cargo and charter flights says the plane

experienced an engine malfunction soon after departure, and that they will conduct a thorough inspection to determine the cause. the plane was a boeing 747, according to flight aware data. the incident coming weeks after a different boeing aircraft, a 737 max 9, was forced to make an emergency landing after one of its door plugs fell off midair. >> our job is to understand literally everything that has happened and make sure it can never happen again. >> reporter: the faa is investigating, and temporarily grounded 171 boeing max 9 aircrafts for inspection in the process. the crew of the atlas air flight safely out of harm's way after leaving a fiery trail through the sky. we reached out to the faa and have not heard back yet. overnight, boeing declined to comment. back to you. >> stephanie gosk, thanks so much. that does it for us today v a wonderful weekend. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. . and good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i'm jose diaz-balart. we're just four day