infrastructure to move people forward in huge numbers. for that reason we've started reaching out to faith communities in the interior of the country. we've sent one bus to denver, two buses to kansas city, one to omaha, nebraska. >> just to wrap it up, it's important for people to know that this is not just a localized -- it's not. >> it's a national responsibility to receive the refugee. >> thank you. appreciate the time. that wraps up the hour for me from el paso. i'm jose diaz-balart. i just want to wrap it up by thinking of the little girls and the little boys who spent the night right here last night by these garbage cans under a box and they made that journey to here with a dream and a hope of a better life. when it all boils down to everything, it's about that.

thank you for the privilege of your time. yasmin vossoughian picks up the coverage right now. ♪♪ hey, everybody. good morning. i'm yasmin vossoughian here at msnbc studios in miami and, wow, is it a very big and busy day starting with a surprise visit. at this hour, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is in the air on his way to washington. the first time he's left his country since russia's invasion. this is video of him arriving at a train station en route in poland. once he lands, he's going to go to the white house to meet with president biden before addressing a joint session of congress just as lawmakers are poised to pass a bill with billions more in aid for ukraine, much more on this circumstance visit coming up. this morning, finally, some answers about donald trump's taxes. a house committee just voted to make six years of the former president's returns public. the details they've already

released and how they debunked trump's claims for why he never released them. plus, the final report, we are anxiously awaiting the culmination of the january 6th committee's months' long information based on interviews and documents. we're standing by for that release as well. while all of this is playing out, about 90 million americans, many of you, are facing what could be the worse winter storm ahead of the christmas holiday in decades. 20-foot waves on lake michigan, 70-mile-per-hour wind gusts. 72 hours of below freezing temps as far as south as texas. it could leave thousands in the dark. the storm is creating major travel disruptions as well across the country. >> were you running to get here in time? >> yeah. my heart rate is still going. >> it's been a hectic day. flies are delayed. a few cancellations. >> we're live at one of america's busiest airports and

have everything you need to know made of your holiday travel. we begin with that news out of washington with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy's historic trip there. he's expected to arrive at the white house in just about three hours time. mike memoli is standing by for us at the white house. matt bradley is in kyiv. also with us is evelyn farkas. she's now executive director of the mccain institute as well. take us through the expectations of this visit, right, and the planning that went into it. >> reporter: yasmin, as you would expect, a heightened level of sensitivity, secrecy, and security around this surprise visit by the ukrainian president. the area around the white house complex right now, you can see the security preparations ramping up hour by hour as we expect to see the president arrive in three hours from now. the timeline is interesting

about how this came together. the last time that president biden spoke with president zelenskyy by phone was on december 11th, about ten days ago and we understand from white house officials that it was in that conversation that the idea of a visit by president zelenskyy was first discussed. a formal invitation followed just three days later, and it was only this weekend, just on sunday, where president zelenskyy officially accepted that invitation and the plans, the wheels were turning to make this happen. we expect to see the president arrive in just a few hours. his first stop will be at the white house and an important moment as the biden administration is preparing to announce another $2 billion security assistance package. he'll travel to capitol hill where lawmakers are voting today in the senate and soon after in the house on $44 billion in new funding for ukraine. so the president will have an opportunity to thank the united states for their loyal support here throughout this conflict. white house officials saying that as we're now at 300 days, if you believe it, yasmin, since

russia's invasion of ukraine begin, this is an incredible opportunity for the united states to once again demonstrate and president biden to demonstrate that we're with ukraine for as long as it takes. >> matt bradley, talk about the timing of all of this. the first time president zelenskyy has left ukraine since this conflict, since this war began. and it is at a critical moment in this conflict. >> that's right. here in kyiv, amongst the political class capitol, they're facing two dueling anxieties. and the one is that ukrainians are expecting that the russians are about to launch a major fresh offensive. that would break the stasis on the front lines that go all across this country. they're expecting that any day now, probably within the next several months, probably late winter to spring, that russia will use its newly mobilized

soldiers to launch this fresh offensive, including on the capital of kyiv. they had kyiv in the cross hairs in the early days of this fight and they with drew back in march. this is something that is causing a lot of worry even though there is the expectation that if there is an offensive, that it will fail miserably. there's still a lot to worry about, bringing that number of men and commitment to bear on another fresh round of fighting. the other issue that president zelenskyy is going to be confronting is one that's happening in washington. and that is the worries here in kyiv that support for kyiv, support for the ukrainian war effort is no longer necessarily a bipartisan cause. they are worried that the new house -- the new republican-led house of representatives has kevin mccarthy said, the leader of the republican party in the house, that ukraine will no longer get a blank check if the republicans are in control. when i've spoken to people here,

they said that they don't worry about that, that they've spoken with republican leaders in washington and that they believe on the many different trips that a lot of leaders have taken to washington from here in ukraine, they believe that it's still a bipartisan cause. but they have reason to worry. remember, just a couple of months ago, some progressive leaders in the democratic party sent a letter saying that president biden should pressure president zelenskyy to negotiate with the kremlin with vladimir putin. they withdrew that letter. but it goes to show that the unconditional support isn't necessarily going to endure. >> evelyn, if you will, pull on that thread for us a little bit. before we get into the nitty-gritty of the major bill that is sending before congress right about now, kind of the diplomatic significance of ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy appearing before u.s. congress, right, meeting with the president of the united

states in person, leaving his country for the very first time, and the timing of all of it. just a couple of weeks out from when republicans will take over control of the house. >> it's really interesting, yasmin, because on the one hand, you know, he's communicating great strength by leaving ukraine at this moment in time. he's demonstrating that he can go in and out of this country as many other people have, that it's physically possible and that politically he feels strong. he just came back from a visit, an area where the ukrainians are fighting very hard against the russians, mainly the mercenaries in that area. he really solidified his political base support with the ukrainian military before he left. he is, though, in a difficult situation. despite his political strength militarily, not just what matt

outlined, but also i would add to that the fact that the russians are trying to essentially dismantle the entire electric grid to bring the ukrainian people to their knees. it's a really important juncture right now for him to come and make this request. the other thing you'll ask about is what's in the package and that's also significant. >> yeah, evelyn, you juxtaposed this funding bill before congress. it's going to provide more military assistance to ukraine, to what we heard from russian president vladimir putin as well, calling for the development of nuclear forces to establishing and retaining sovereignty. we're looking at right now $44 billion in emergency funding attached to this funding bill, along with this likely announcement from the white house, a $2 billion security package including a patriot defense system. how well does this position

ukraine right now? >> i mean the patriot defense system is what is driving them berserk. that's why you hear this nuclear saber rattling because the russians now that if the ukrainians can protect themselves from the artillery barrages, protect their civilians, then the russians lose a huge advantage that they're enjoying, at least in terms of trying to impact the will of the ukrainians and frankly the will of the europeans. putin would love it if the people left ukraine and flooded europe with refugees. but it's really, really significant. >> thank you, guys. let's talk about what everybody is worried about in the next couple of days. we're talking about weather. the race is on for millions to make it home before one of the worst holiday storms in decades

as they're telling us. coastal flooding in new england, below freezing temps across texas, florida as well. blizzard conditions in chicago. thousands could be left without power for the holidays. it's not the christmas gift any traveler wanted. tomorrow and friday are expected to be the busiest days just as the storm is rolling in through the midwest, around 7 million people expected to fly, another 100 million hitting the roads as well. we have maggie vespa standing by for us, kathy park in tennessee, along with bill karins for us tracking it all. bill, let me start with you on this one and give us an overview look after this. this weather system is pretty astounding. the headlines that are going to emerge from this thing, what can people expect? >> it's not often we get two events at the same time. we're getting this blizzard with the really high winds and then we're also getting the cold arctic blast behind it. it's like two pieces that are merged into one. it's already beginning.

here's the storm. it's over wyoming right now. it is snowing in minneapolis at negative 5 degrees. talk about a light powdery snow. you can get your leaf blower out and blow it all over the place. right through the weekend, we're at negative 39 in wisconsin, negative 35 in rapid city. look at these windchill values in montana. we're close to negative 60 on the canadian border. this is the source of all the cold air that is heading into the central u.s. and all the way down to the gulf coast in the next few days. that's why we have windchill watches, atlanta, that cold air is now in montana and heading south over the next couple of days. we're going to be watching friday morning probably is the peak of the cold. negative 2. windchills in dallas. houston at 1, new orleans at 13. on saturday morning, it reaches the east coast, even orlando could have a windchill of 22 and we should be in the single digits up the eastern seaboard. but the high winds is what i'm

concerned with, knocking power out. i think we're going to have power crews trying to restore power right through christmas day. we're going to have max wind gusts in the 50 to 60-mile-per-hour wind range. i know there's no leaves on the trees, that would make it even worse. even some of those older trees, if the soil is a little worse, we could see power outages maybe in the hundreds of thousands if this gets bad enough. on top of that, we're going to have snow with this system. it will be light, it will be blowing all over the place. but we still have to drive in it and travel in it and clean it up off the sidewalks. the highest totals in michigan, maybe areas like chicago and green bay, milwaukee, 3 to 6 inches. it's not the storm. it's the high winds and also those windchill values. and then friday, that heavy rain and wind moves through the northeast. that coastal flooding early friday morning. out to cape cod. could be significant. maybe major coastal flooding. the high -- the tides are higher

than normal. as you said, there are many aspects and problems pretty much from the rockies to the east coast. >> bill, if you would, stand by. maggie, you heard it, right? it's going to be negative 27 windchill there by friday where you are. tomorrow it seems it's going to be the busiest travel day heading into the christmas holiday. that is when the storm is actually going to be rolling in, tomorrow and friday as well. i'm imagining a lot of folks are trying to get out today. what are you hearing and seeing there? >> i mean, you nailed it. the timing of this could not be worse when it comes to holiday travel. 7 million americans expected to fly over this holiday stretch and the vast majority of them trying to get out thursday and friday. experts warning people, try to get out earlier if you can. get out today if possible. if you have that bandwidth. the airlines have waived rebooking fees and we've heard from a lot of people here at o'hare that they have moved

their flights up. i talked to a woman earlier, she's from wisconsin. her parents were actually supposed to fly in from cincinnati to chicago tomorrow night. at last minute, she looked at the forecast and she went, no, absolutely not, they're due in here any minute now because she moved the flight up. take a listen. >> we don't want to be traveling on the roads and there will be delays. with airlines you have to pay attention to where the plane is coming from. i don't know if it would be more delayed by everything that was out west. >> reporter: and she makes a great point, you don't want to be caught in the ripple effect. i want to show this quick graphic here, a master list that our team has put together of the airports that are supposed to have the most delays and cancellations kind of going day by day. we're talking airports starting this afternoon across the country from omaha this afternoon into tomorrow morning, to green bay, raleigh, look at st. louis, chicago, tomorrow

afternoon, we had detroit, cleveland, buffalo, pittsburgh, new york. there's no corner of the country and no region, no airport quite frankly, especially big hubs, that this thing isn't touching. experts are saying get out ahead of the storm. if you don't, quite possibly be prepared to hunker down for the holiday. >> gosh, that is tough. there's planes and then there's roadways as well as i mentioned. you got a hundred million people hitting the roads over the next few days within this storm. not necessarily the safest thing to do, lots of traffic, lots of unknowns. what are you hearing? >> yeah, good morning, yasmin. you're right. if you're not one of the 7 million flying to your holiday destination, as you mentioned, chances are, you will be getting behind the wheel and driving. according to aaa, the number is close to 102 million americans who are going to be hitting the roads in the next couple of days and that is something that we

haven't seen since 2018. we've been talking about this high-impact storm and that could throw a wrench in your travels, especially the roadways, that's why a lot of the travelers we spoke with this morning say they're getting out now, take a listen. >> we saw them brining in nashville last night. that made us feel better having the camper behind us. >> i do snow removal in st. louis, missouri, and we had to cut our weeklong vacation a little early so i can go back to work. >> is that a good thing or a bad thing? >> it's a bad thing. i would rather vacation than work. >> reporter: so the folks that we spoke with who got out early said that the traffic wasn't too bad which is a good thing and also on their side, yasmin, are the lower gas prices. nationwide, gas prices are trending downward. it's $3.40, which is 12 cents lower than last week. maybe a little extra money for

those last-minute holiday gifts. here at the bucky's, a very popular gas station. the gas here is $2.59. not too bad. >> you got to like that guy's honesty. i think we can all agree with that, we love our jobs, but vacation is -- let's hope everybody gets safely to where they're going and we're not talking about this on the other side saying how are we all going to get home. thank you all. coming up, everybody, he was never under audit. former president trump's excuse for not releasing his taxes debunked by the house committee that obtained years of his returns. what else they revealed and when we could see them for ourselves. the january 6th committee could release its final report at any moment. what we know about so far and why local officials and shelter operators who are already

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talk to me about what we learned in this 29-page report and some of the concerns that you're hearing on capitol hill about the fact that the former president was not audited while in the white house. >> reporter: when it comes to donald trump's taxes, we learned that most of the time he didn't pay a lot of them, at least to the federal government. the returns are all over the place. in some years his federal tax bill could be in the high six figures, in some years, it was less than a thousand dollars. in 2020, he has claimed losses were such that he had a $0 federal tax bill. the committee is going to make the returns public sometime in the next week or two before committee control hands over to republicans. they've got to go through and redact and remove sensitive private information. their reports on the returns are available now and as you pointed out, there is significant concern, particularly among democrats, that these audits that are mandatory under irs rules were not being conducted of the former president's taxes. that's a rule that goes back to

the richard nixon era. the chairman of the committee, they're going to try to fast track legislation to fix that and require these audits be done every year and perhaps even some degree reported on. speaker pelosi's indicated she's in favor of that. there's just not a lot of time to get much else through this congress. i will say the republican reaction to this, yasmin, has been interesting. they described this action by democrats yet, this vote to make this information public as a new type of political weapon. here it's used against the president but could be used against any american citizen. they don't committee to not using it themselves in the next congress. >> garrett haake for us. thank you. i want to bring in judy chu. congresswoman, it is great to talk to you. so i guess my first question is, when are these tax returns actually going to be released. >> we're going through the process of redacting certain

critical information such as social security numbers, pin numbers, bank numbers, and once that is done, it will be released. i believe that it will be within a few days. >> i got to tell you, as i was going through the report, i'm not an accountant, it's hard to understand what's going on there, right? what is -- what is the takeaway you want folks to glean from these returns, or does the committee want folks to glean from these reports when in fact they are released. >> well, i was shocked that the irs didn't comply with its own mandate to conduct its annual audit of the president and vice president's tax returns and this is a process that's been in place since 1977. now, it was certainly important to audit president trump's tax returns because he has financial

interests in hundreds of businesses. but actually it's important for every president to have this audit in order to gain the confidence of the american public. and yet in trump's four years in office, only one mandatory presidential audit was started and that was only after chairman neil wrote a letter requesting the president's tax returns. none of the audits were actually completed. in fact, the majority of the audits were started only after he left office. so the american public has the right to know about this alarming state of affairs about the lack of compliance by the irs. but they should not take our word for it. they also need to see it for themselves as to why this is important and why these tax returns must be released. that's why -- >> so, congresswoman, addressing the issue as to why the former

president was not audited. you bring up chairman neil as well. i want to drill down on that. the irs up until last month was run by a trump appointee. the "new york times" reporting this, richard neil said that when the committee had inquired about why they weren't auditing trump, reddick said at different points that they were outgunned and that the irs said it lacked specialists capable of assessing mr. trump's filings. how can that be possible that they don't have experts on board at the irs to assess the former president's taxes. he's not the only one with complicated taxes. >> it is an upside down state of affairs. the irs has been starved of funds over the past few years and they are definitely underresourced to go after what they call the big guns, the people who have the very -- who are able to escape paying their fair share of taxes.

that's what we want to remedy. that's why we did vote for the $80 billion for the irs to be able to conduct proper audits, not just low-income taxpayers which is what's going on right now. but indeed those big guns who actually have the resources and the expertise to be able to escape paying their fair share. but, of course, there was also the lack of will. they only assigned one agent to actually do the presidential audits and as a result they were unable to complete them. congresswoman, thank you. good to talk to you. all right, everybody. coming up, washington's biggest investigate report in years could drop at any time today. what are experts looking for in the january 6th report, plus the latest in the legal fight over a key piece of our border policy. what it means for the thousands of people trying to enter this country. we'll be right back. country. we'll be right back.

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welcome back, everybody. nearly two years after the insurrection and after an almost 18-month investigation, the final report is set to drop at any moment. we have learned ahead of the release that the committee started handing over documents and transcripts to the justice department during the last month. according to a source familiar, the committee received a letter from the special counsel's office requesting materials. joining us now is ali vitali who broke a lot of the news, ryan reilly as well who has exclusive reporting, and washington report investigations reporter. ali, let me start with you on this one. we're all constantly checking our emails, our phones to see if this thing has dropped as of yet. it really could be at this point any moment now. what are you hearing there? what are the questions that are outstanding, especially as we

anticipate the release of this final report. >> as if we could get more attached to these devices, we are obviously checking repeatedly to see when this report comes. but, look, some of the questions that we're probably going to have answered are, yes, going to come in the eight chapters of the report. but also in the things that are attached to it. the transcripts are interesting, for example, that if you read the executive summary, the committee urges people to read, especially in the instances where there might be discrepancies between the things that certain witnesses said that's in contrast with the things that other people said. for example, the idea that kayleigh mcenany wasn't able to recall as many details as people who were lower in stature in her press office. the same goes for ivanka trump who the committee says at various points might have been contradicted by her chief of staff. all of these will be important points when you consider who was honest with the committee and where that honesty came from. there are also the breadcrumbs that they laid out on monday

about people who may have been pressured by others in the former president's orbit, that trump himself may have tried to contact witnesses. all of those fit the mold of witness tampering that the committee has teased out that they have evidence for, and then, of course, also the idea that there could have been campaign finance violations and others, all of that likely to come out in the final report. we will probably have to read for it, this is going to be hundreds and hundreds of pages of reading for us. but really the culmination of 18 months as we get the most insight ever and they are transparently laying it out there. >> ryan, one of the things that was done in that executive report was kind of the breakdown of security. i know that you have some new exclusive reporting but there was this informant that warrant the fbi weeks before january 6th that the far right saw a trump tweet as, quote, a call to arms. the fbi had a warning that

something could be incoming. tell us more. >> the fbi had a lot of warnings in lead up to january 6th. that's trickled out through some of the trials that we've seen thus far by different outlets including by "the washington post" about just a lot of the intel that was coming in. in some ways, this is kind of like breaking news. the fbi had someone who is reading the internet in the weeks leading up to january 6th. this was kind of obvious to a lot of people who were looking at these circles. there was reporting from nbc news before january 6th itself about some of these -- some of the violent rhetoric. i think what made this different, this is someone who was cleared by the fbi, who was, you know -- went through the process and was a confidential informant to the fbi, sending it directly to them. it removes the excuse that they've had in previous instances where we don't look at general things on the internet because this was something directly said to the fbi. on the very day that donald trump sent that tweet calling for people to come to the

capitol on january 6th for a wild protest, that the far right was taking that as a call to arms as that email said. this fbi informant who i spoke with was concerned that the committee is letting the fbi off the hook for this. and that's an essential part of what the committee was supposed to be about in the first place, looking at the security failures. >> jackie, do you expect -- considering the new reporting that we're getting from ryan reilly -- that this final report is going to include the security failures, the intelligence warnings as well and with that could there be further investigations into why and what could be done? >> yeah, yasmin, that's a good question and something that we're definitely going to be looking at for today once we receive this 900-page behemoth of a report. what we've been told at the end of the day all of the lawmakers agreed to release all of the source material, that includes transcripts of formal

depositions with, you know, trump allies, white house staffers, intelligence officials, people at the pentagon, people within the secret service. some of that information has been redacted in order to protect national security interests. but what the report won't prioritize is the chapters on these issues. so i think what we're not going to be seeing is, you know, an entire chapter dedicated to the breakdown that happened with the u.s. capitol police and the pentagon in terms of being prepared for the january 6th attack and the response time. but i do still think that these transcripts that we're going to see and along with the appendices are going to be very instrumental in telling the full story here. >> ali, i guess the big question is what is the doj going to do with these criminal referrals. we're getting this reporting, of course, now the j. 6th committee is working with lockstep with special counsel jack smith, handing over documents requested

by jack smith himself. what do we know about this? what order and what timing? >> reporter: this is where it was always going, right? chairman thompson said over the summer and into the fall as we would ask him about cooperation with the doj, they would finish their investigation and then turn things over to the department of justice. i think what's striking here is the fact that you've heard some prosecutors on our air talk about the fact that some within doj are less than thrilled with the idea that we're going to see the transcripts, the underlying evidence, all of the things that the january 6th committee has gathered because it gives them a little bit of a lesser upper hand. but at the same time, the fact that they're cooperating right now doesn't change the fact that in a matter of hours, we're all going to have this stuff. >> yeah, a matter of hours, or minutes, who knows? thank you. all right. thousands of people are remaining in limbo along the

border as the biden administration asks the supreme court to reject an effort to halt the lifting of title 42. the administration argued in an appeal to the course yesterday that the border policy is no longer needed to protect public health, but also asked that the court delay ending it for at least a week citing with the holidays and with crowds of people waiting at the border. and the humanitarian crisis, it is growing. thousands have already arrived and are facing dwindling resources with some people forced to sleep on the streets in frigid temperatures. guad venegas is live for us. good to talk to you. i understand there's some activity where you are and some people are being allowed to cross. talk us through it. >> reporter: yasmin, that's right. minutes ago, a group of individuals were allowed to walk in through one of the gates here at the border wall. border patrol was there. they spoke to them and walked

in. i counted 15 to 16. i'm going to step aside so you can see. this is what's happening. the images that you're watching are less than a mile away in the area where we saw the hundreds or more than 1,000 at some point lining up at the border wall to be allowed in by border patrol. that area has sense been shut down especially by texas state troopers and national guard. they came in, they put in the wire and they asked migrants to leave the area. initially yesterday when we arrived, they were telling migrants that was an illegal entry point to the united states. they were asking them to go to a point of port of entry. the migrants waited there until some point late at night when we are told they were asked to move to a different place at the border wall and so less than a mile away, we're here, no national guard, no state troopers, only border patrol and they are allowing small groups to go through this fence.

you can see that the migrants are now organizing themselves, making sure that no one cuts in the line. earlier i counted between 300 to 400 migrants are here seeking asylum. this is what's happening right now. yesterday, we were reporting that there were no longer being allowed. today, we're seeing that some are being allowed in to seek asylum. on the other side of the river, on the mexican side, we are more migrant, a lot of them venezuelan, telling us they're waiting to see if something changes with title 42 to attempt crossing the river, yasmin. >> wow. so many children, so few resources. it's an indication of what is to come it seems as so many people are in influx there. thank you. up next, everybody, elon musk says he's going to step down as the ceo of twitter, but there's a catch. when could it happen and how has the chaos at twitter hurt his other businesses like tesla? sam bankman-fried will head

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what is largely seen as a way hiked up price for this social media company. and then what happened is, tesla shares just tanked. it's been a brutal year for that stock. it's closed down another 8% yesterday. i'm looking at the shares. they're up three quarters of a president. but nothing compared to what they've lost this year. tesla is open today at a market cap that's below that of exxon mobil, below 150 bucks a share for the first time in two years. and now the electric car manufacturer on track for its worst month, worst quarter in history and then you have elon musk saying, yeah, yeah, but it's not because of my focus on twitter. he says it's because of big macroeconomic factors. he says, look, investors are getting out of stocks all together, they want to be in cash. if you look at tesla shares, they've dropped more than other big automakers and a lot of critics say musk has taken his eyes off the road, his hands off

the wheel. the company is now having to offer discounts and incentives to improve their sales in china, they're fighting to improve efficiency at their factories, there's big supply chain issues, of course. the soaring energy prices in europe. and publicly, at least, elon musk is all about twitter. i mean, and even the fact that he posted this poll asking if he should step away from the job leading this company raises questions about his fitness to lead the company. >> yeah. certainly does. contessa brewer for us, we're going to have to wait and see what happens this with. it seems like the story is changing by the minute. ftx founder sam bankman-fried expected to be extradited to the u.s. today. he arrived in a courtroom in bahamas this hour. nbc news is told that he's signed his extradition papers.

nbc's jake ward joins me now with more on this. what do we know about his extradition, jake? >> well, speaking of stories that change minute by minute, right, we knew that as of monday, he was suddenly looking like he was going to fight extradition. he was shaking in a courtroom. and then he seems to have changed his mind and today he really could be on a plane by this afternoon if the accounts inside this court are credible. now, we are also understanding at this hour that new reporting from the "new york times" suggests that prosecutors are actually meeting with sam bankman-fried's council to sort out whether he might be allowed to go free on bail. not free, but under certainly a very close kind of detention. the reporting suggests there are all sorts of enforcement measures that might be in place. he might be confined to his home in the way that bernie madoff

was when he reached a bail deal once upon a time, and that will raise this question of how much money does this guy have? at one point he could fly anywhere in the world he wanted to on a moments notice. today he claims to have less than $100,000 in one bank account somewhere. so we really don't know exactly what kind of flight risk he might be. but certainly that must be what prosecutors and his counselors are talking about at this hour. it looks like ever more clear that he is going to be back on u.s. soil facing the music and it could happen as soon as this weekend, yasmin. >> $100,000 could get you to a lot of places in this world, that is for sure. thank you. we appreciate you. the january 6th report, trump's taxes, a visit from president zelenskyy, as if there was not already enough going on in congress today. senators are also racing to pass a massive government funding bill. will they be able to get it done before the deadline and the looming winter storm?

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holiday deadline and the massive snowstorm that's expected tomorrow and friday here. when it comes to what's left in and out, this comes down to the wire. people are jamming things through like eca reform, electoral count act. this is the piece of legislation that with have provided a path to permanent legal residence for 70,000 afghan refugees who left afghanistan after the u.s. withdrawal in august of 2021. these people are in a humanitarian parole, it's temporary. it's supposed to end two years from when they came here in august of 2021. this was a big deal. these refugees are now concerned that this is not going to get past next congress either when republicans are said to take control of the lower chamber. this piece of legislation did not get the ten republican votes needed to be included in the am any bus package.

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