blanketing the eastern two thirds of the country. at least 20 people have died and winter storms -- you can see on this map from the national weather service you see it right there how the blast of arctic air are causin so - power outages are adding insul to injury. more than 1 million households are without electricity. many are unable to heat thei homes. blizzard conditions in the great lakes region have shut down the peace bridge, a major crossing between the u.s. an canada it has left hundreds of driver stranded in their cars the buffalo area bore the brun of it at this hour >> this was a very, very bad night in our community this might turn out to be th worst storm in our communities history, surpassing the fame

blizzard of 77 ex veracity there are likely hundreds of people still stuck in vehicles including individuals who trie to drive out in the late night hours last night the problem is in the hardes hit areas up to two thirds o emergency response vehicles ar stuck -- fire, ambulance, police. in the worst affected areas, there is no emergency servic available. please don't call either the 9-1-1 or the 858 snow number unless it is a life-threatenin situation. >> that is horrible righ there. also, the airports in buffal and milwaukee are closed airports in salt lake city akron, erie county, an burlington, vermont ar deicing. 5700 flights were canceled friday in efforts to get ahead of the storm more than 1000 were canceled today. there's a lot to talk about. we have several report covering the storm as it sweep across the states and linger

in some areas. let's start with shaquille brewster joining us in bento harbor, michigan i can't believe the backdrop there. let's talk about the condition where you are and what folks can expect for the next 24 hours or so. >> hi there. i think the answer to what the can expect for the next 24 hours is what you see righ there. there's a lot more snow to come we're expecting snow here in this area into christmas day it's the lake effect snow, s it's going to continue to come down as i have been talking to folks, one thing they are saying is hey, we expect the snow, w know how to deal with the snow this is something they dea with every year. what makes it unusual, wha makes it dangerous in this are are those wind gusts the winds we have been seein over the past two days at this point -- yesterday, we saw wind gusts reaching 60 miles per hour what that does is it whips around the snow which is falling and which is on th ground that is the differenc between seeing the car in fron of you and not seeing anything

at all and getting those whiteout conditions. while they are experiencin that here, this is a massive storm. you heard what folks are going through out in the buffalo area they are in a historic blizzar which they are dealing with. there is a travel ban in effec there. new york is dealing with historic or dramatic flooding. you are dealing with these temperatures which have dropped. east of the rockies, they ar dealing with frigi temperatures the temperature i am experiencing here is a storm that is knocking out power a it makes its way through the country. we know that in tennessee, for example, they're dealing wit rolling blackouts. the nashville mayor asked th tennessee titans not to play they postponed their nfl gam which is slated for a noon local time because of th rolling blackouts that are happening there. we know that games are takin place despite the temperatures despite the conditions just across the lake from here

in chicago, we know that the bears are taking on the buffal bills. i kick off time, it's abou nine degrees below zero. at last check, they are abou ten bucks. if you change your mind an what to leave l.a., there is a game you can attend in chicago >> you know what, shaq i think i'm doing okay right here where it is 65. >> you sure? >> i say that guiltily they can play in this weather. can you imagine if the l.a rams were pulling in tha weather? no way anyway, let me ask you quickly travel - i mean, our planes even gettin off the ground >> you kind of listed it there in terms of the problems we ar seeing across the country in terms of travel. it's not just in the impacte areas. there are residual impacts tha are -- at latest check, there are

about 3000 delays in the unite states, about 1800 cancellations so far just in the united states. it's going to be tough conditions for a lot of folks. if you're in these areas specifically the benton harbor michigan area, if you're i northeast new york o specifically in buffalo, officials are saying to not -- don't take to the roads. roads are not safe again, the big problem there i the visibility even if you're expecting regular amounts of snow, onc it whips up with the wind, tha is when it becomes s dangerous. when you look at the fatalitie we have been seeing across the country, the majority of the are from traffic related instances. be very careful if you decid to hit the roads >> you know what i want our director steve to put back the picture we just had. it was perfectly demonstrating what you were telling us we are looking at the peac

bridge, the bridge, the condui between buffalo and canada let's go back to that one. look at that, everyone you don't even know if there i black ice underneath that. it's very well - there is certainly going to be a level of ice we can barely see those toll booths or inspection booths of sorts. it is scary out there. good advice to stay off th roads if you can let me tell you, it's, christmas eve people want to see their families do so safely stay warm. i will see you again soon. let's bring in meteorologist angie last man let's talk about the status of the storm. when is this thing going away? >> yeah, it's been a long haul event, alex. we've seen this continue t move across the country, eventually making it to th east coast it really left cold air in its wake, not to mention the sno that you see shaq talkin about. let's talk about those locations. those were the hardest hit whe

it comes to the blizzard conditions you're getting out and about their. it's going to be really rough. shaq a.v. some good tips there to just stay off the roads look at those persistent sno bands which will set up shop and really be around for the rest of the day. we have already received ove two feet of snow in buffalo. there could be two more feet b the time this is all said an done as we head into tomorro morning. it really is the wind creating a difficult situation for folk there. it will likely make this one o their most historic storms eve in buffalo 51 mile per hour wind gusts ar expected today the blowing snow, th snowdrifts could be for five o six feet high. it's going to get treacherous. we're going to see these again through the day. power outages are likely for much of the great lakes region and the northeast. we have already seen those power outages. 158 million people are still dealing with wind chill alerts

that arctic air was no joke. really cold temperatures are still settling into places a far south as tallahassee look up into places like st. louis. it's just four degrees for the feels like minus five in omaha. this spreads all the way out t philadelphia it's just feeling like two degrees through the day today. you can see those temperatures tomorrow, not much of an improvement, but we are at least above zero in a plac like st. louis it's going to be 12 degrees fo the wind chill it's really bitter cold. we talked about the powe outages and the concerns comin with that with these dangerously cold temperatures. we are hoping people are doing okay there is some gradua improvement. i think this is what a lot o folks want to hang out to. we will see those start to get back to a more normal value in the 30s and 40s. that will feel much better tha it does right now. there is still 49 millio people impacted by these winte storm warnings and the blizzar warnings just be careful with that as w hit the roads.

that will be something we will watch throughout the day >> very good advice. we're going to keep you busy thank you so much. this storm is obviousl impacting holiday travelers. we're going to show you ho passengers are coping at philadelphia airport we will bring you a live repor from there in a few minutes. in the meantime, within th last 24 hours, the january 6th committee released a trove o new transcripts, including one from donald trump's former communications director hope hicks and former press secretary kayleigh mcenany the release comes on the heels of the committee's 800-pag final report ryan nobles has the latest >> the january 6th selec committee dropped their fina report, making it clear they believe former president trump should never hold office again >> had it not been for the encouragement of donald trump, it would have never occurred >> the committee believes trum was responsible for the januar 6th attack it outlines 11 recommendations among them, reform of th

insurrection act which would prevent the former president from serving again in public office the report gave examples of mr trump and his top ways engagin in at least 200 apparent act of public or private outreach, pressure, or condemnation. evidence democratic committe member jamie raskin says shows january 6th was no accident. >> what do you hope the bigges takeaways? >> the first thing everyon should know is that there wa nothing remotely spontaneous about this this was not a big rally which got out of hand. >> mr. trump has blasted the committee which is composed of seven democrats and tw republicans, all fierce critic of the former president, as, quote, highly partisan and a with china he blamed house speaker nanc pelosi for not properl protecting the capitol ahead o january 6th. the report cites security an intelligence failures but fail to unpack them in any degree o specificity. democratic committee membe adam schiff said reforms i

that area are necessary. >> the failure to assimilate that intelligence, the failure to act - >> the criminal referrals carr no legal way to the decision to process t the former president will be u to the special counsel jac smith. >> ryan nobles, thank you fo that joining me is charles coleman, former brooklyn prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst dresse festively, for which we than you. we have hugo lowell, political investigations reporter for th guardian gentlemen, hugo, i will star with you here. we have taken this journey wit you nearly every week, right we are tracking the work of th committee. what stood out most to you i the release of this 800 page report and the transcripts those that dropped last night? >> i think what the committe achieved with its limite resources were prett significant. if you look at what th

committee's greatest contribution was, i think it was them establishing trum knew the election had been los and that he knew going int january 6th that all of thes efforts to overturn th election were illegal. that is really significant the committee had a lot of wor that the justice departmen would have other had to do t prove his corrupt intent that legal expertise that we have put forward, it's the mos likely charge the justic department will try to perceiv against the former resident in the event of indictment. i think that is a stand ou moment for the committee for which they deserve great credit >> you know, charles, th committee concluded that the central cause of the capitol attack was, quote, one man former president donald trump. they accused him of a mult part conspiracy to overturn th 2020 election results. did you find annie major evidence of criminal liability in that report

>> well, i don't think i found anything new with respect to criminal liability what i did find was that the committee really answer th question and made it clear about intent that was something we sa emerge during the course of th hearings we saw a very clear an purposeful proceeding in terms of how the committee brought out donald trump's inten regarding many of the differen recommendations that the provided to the doj. i think the actual report whic came from the committee made i very clear that donald trump intended for everything here t happen when benny thompson talked about the fact that, if yo remove donald trump from all o this, none of this happens january 6th doesn't happen - even if you think about januar 6th happening, how donald trum not had the intent that he did he could have and would have stopped it, but he did not for a reason everything that the committe lays out in this report, particularly the timeline as t how this took place, reall makes it clear in a way that bolsters any notion around

prosecuting donald trump for a crime which would require hi strong showing of intent and knowledge of the fact that h lost and he intended to -- >> yeah. >> he changed the outcome of the election >> let me ask you abou specific's while the report puts donald trump front and center, it als names mark meadows, his last chief of staff, lawyers john eastman, rudy giuliani, jeffre clark, and kenneth kyi sparrow as the coconspirators. how much criminal risk are these men in right now after this report? do you think they could take the blame instead of donal trump? >> i don't know if they coul take the blame, but i thin they could take the blame with him. each and every one of them should be concerned about ho the doj and the fbi procee with their investigations on top of everything turned ove by the committee, particularly the two lawyers, both eastma and chesebro they are the ones who basicall

were the architects of wha happened around the lega theory in terms of how the wanted to proceed, knowing, in fact, that this was trying t overturn a free and fair election i think that mark meadow definitely was exposed t criminal liability at high-level as well as rudy giuliani what i am looking at are the two attorneys and what could happen with them >> yeah, among the 1 recommendations which were lai out in this report, number fou includes implementing the 14th amendment, which effectively bans trump from running fo president in 2024. hugo, is that viable option? i made, which of the recommendations do you think has the most teeth now that th committee has essentiall dissolved? you mentioned conspiracy what about this one? >> you know, this has always been the central premise of th committee, that trump should not run for office again liz cheney had the final session of the committee she said that trump is

unequivocally unfit for an office again i think the recommendations ar going to be tricky you know, the committee no longer exists in the nex congress republicans are obviously no going to be interested i pursuing anything related to january 6th in terms o legislative fixes. it reopens the narrative about january 6th and how they wer complicit in the objections. the reform is really interesting. this has been going around the senate raising the threshold for thes objections would really be key i think it would really go a long way to stop another january 6th happening. if you cast your mind back t december 2020 when trump met with members of the house, the entire premise of january 6t was built upon the idea that members of congress coul launch objections, commandeering the electora count and rejecting binds slat of electors. if you strengthen th underlying process here abou

who could raise objections, th fact that -- members of the house and senat sustaining objections. i think that caught away at lot of the loopholes trump was trying to finagle on january 6th. i think that's the mos interesting recommendation >> here's another thing th report highlights, though, which is the extent of trump and his allies, all thei efforts to pressure state an local officials to overtur election results it was not only asking, as w all recall, georgia secretar of state brad raffensperger to find 11,000 votes. the report says that they made 200 attempts to contact loca and state lawmakers to overtur this election. it included dozens of meetings phone, false text messages, as well as 18 public remarks, 125 social media posts targeting those officials. charles, how useful could this information be to the doj an the georgia grand jury, by the

way, since they are both separately investigating election interference? >> i think it has more utility for the doj than it does i georgia. i don't know if they would b able to use much of that acros the board, looking at what h did to other state electors an officials in other place outside of georgia i don't know if the judge is going to allow that. i think in terms of th narrative overall, the bigge picture with respect to federa charges, the doj is going to b using that and looking at that in terms of how they build tha case if they choose to pursu that line of prosecution i do think that is a viabl line i think there are stronger one than others with respect to th recommendations, but that la out, that crystallizes exactly how targeted and how widesprea this effort was. it was not just about januar 6th. this was a coordinated effor which was started well befor january 6th and continued unti

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president volodymyr zelensky described what happened in the beleaguered city of kherso just a few hours ago as, quote killing for the sake o intimidation and pleasure. he posted these images o twitter after a russian attack killed seven people and injure 58 it came just hours after zelenskyy warned that russia ships carrying cruise missiles had been spotted in the blac sea. more than 60 missiles, rockets and mortars hit civilian infrastructures and cities close to the front lines jus as zelenskyy returns from th

u.s. also new today, exactly te month since russia began its war on ukraine, vladimir putin is calling on his defens industry to increase arm production to support the war. meanwhile, volodymyr zelenskyy fresh off as u.s. and european trips, says he will intensif diplomatic efforts after discussing a peace plan with president biden. >> there is the internationa legal order -- we need peace, yes ukraine has already offere proposals which i just discussed with president biden ten points which must be implemented for our join security, guaranteed to forg ahead. the summit, which can be held. >> joining me now is retired admiral -- now msnbc chief internationa security and diplomacy analyst and contributor and a good friend to us thank you for joining us on th holiday weekend.

i want to dive right into your experience in diplomacy. do you see a realistic path to ending the war what is zelenskyy proposing in his piece formula? >> he has a ten point peac plan, as you mentioned, in wha i thought was a smashing least excess full visit here i washington without walking through all te points, i will simply say it i a very strong, initial negotiating position it includes all russian troops out of every inch of ukrainian territory. it includes guarantees for the security of the nation relationships with nato. it is a very comprehensive package. it also includes, alex payments to reconstruct. president zelenskyy is doing what any smart negotiator woul do, which is to stake out maximalist position. he has done that on the other side, unfortunately, vladimir puti

seems to be doubling down with analogy. he seems to be pushing for mor combat, more troops, mor equipment. at the moment, it is hard to see this headed in any quick way toward negotiation i will conclude with this, ale -- -- war is almost always end with negotiation. look for it next year as bot sides really hit the point o exhaustion in many ways. look for both sides to b willing to at least begin conversation >> the war rages on. let me play what is a lynske said right after his meeting with biden about negotiating a just peace >> for me, as the president, justice is not compromising as to this sovereignty freedom -- all of my country. the payback for all the damage

is done by russian aggression. do you know how many parents lost their sons and daughter on the frontlines? what is peace for them >> yeah, what do you read into this in terms of what he may o may not be willing to accept i any negotiations >> i think he is making strong point out the further this goes along, the mor hardened the people of ukraine will be on that maximalist position that he staked out in this ten point plan. he mentioned the parents o those who died on the fron lines. additionally, alex, it is th civilians, the children bein killed in these war criminal attacks back in the cities it is the rape in the tortur and the murder carried out b russian troops during th occupation of some of th biggest cities in ukraine.

these are very hard into positions. i think he's going to walk int that negotiation six month from now, i hear from now, wit a hard-line position it is difficult to see this go in full bloom into a settlement what we can do, what - let's work for a cease-fire. the war rages on could we get to a cease-fire i place and then start t consider both positions? hopefully, that is something that will unfold in the ne year >> look at the lessons o history. if henry kissinger who wrote the op-ed joined - >> the missed opportunit during world war i he is advocating for a peace deal which includes pr

february 24th territoria alliance and an official lin between ukraine and nato do you see russia or ukraine agreed to either of these or those parallels toward world war i? >> i think dr. kissinger i pointing us in the right direction, whether he ha sketched out the ultimat solution remains to be seen. certainly, coming out of this, ukraine is going to need security guarantees from nato, ideally in their minds would b nato membership. that's a good place to begin the idea of a cease-fire and then negotiations for territor is a reasonable idea to stop the killing. >> all right, retired admira james. thank you for joining us on th holiday's. it's good to see you the dangerous cold is no loosening its grip on th country. the national weather service i

calling it once in a generatio storm. that is the case in buffalo. the impact is being felt acros much of the country.

breaking news at this hour with a winter storm paralyzing large parts of this country, leaving millions of american facing their coldest christmas eve in decades, high winds snow, and freezing rain ar hitting the east coast and the great lakes regions. thousands of holiday travelers are dealing with mayhem on the roads and in the skies wit more than 7000 flights cancele since friday many more are added today. >> your flight was canceled. you're hoping to get all the way to idaho how are you feeling? >> not very good we have to wake up 3:30 to get here hectic packing, gettin everything together. just a bit annoyed >> well, let's bring in nbc'

and molly kara at philadelphia international airport. i'm guessing there are annoyed people where you are as well give me the latest on th ground and our air travel is being affected >> a large range of emotions getting home for the holiday is proving to be a difficult and treacherous task especially at the triple medal of flight. looking at thursday and friday according to one flight tracker, there were more than 800 flight cancellations already canceled so far this morning we're seeing another 360 delays on top of that. those numbers continue to rise throughout the day, not to mention the buffalo airpor remains completely closed. a handful of a other airport are having to de-ice plane before takeoff here on the ground i philadelphia, we are seeing huge range of emotions we see families, travelers o the cusp of their holida christmas celebrations

there are -- some folks are learning that their flight has been canceled after they arrive at the airport. i want you to take a listen. >> how is your trave experience going >> very tired, very cold, no so great >> why is that >> my flight was canceled, i was going to go to vancouver i don't know what to do now. >> are you disappointed he wil make it have a christmas >> yeah, but, it is what it is i guess. i'm too tired to think right now. >> the travel nightmare extend beyond the runways, about nine in ten americans are getting behind the wheel to travel thi holiday week you won't find a ton of relief there especially if you are in the upper midwest or great lakes region you could see another day of zero visibility and other part of the - black ice is a lingering threat if you're heading out the door today, getting behind the wheel, you want to exercise extra

precautions. go before 11 am or go after 70 am, according to aaa, if you want to avoid some of the wors traffic throughout the day keep in mind, alex, the severe weather is not just impactin travelers but shipping carriers one industry analyst estimates up to 15% of these last-minute deliveries we are open to ge in time for christmas toda will be delayed, so you migh want to come up with a backu plan alex >> it's just a scrooge of christmas. thank you so much, w appreciate that, emilie. admit it, everyone you suspected it all along when you finally got a glimpse of the taxes this week, were you surprised? how the former president managed to do it is next managed to do it is next ♪ my name is austin james. as a musician living with diabetes, fingersticks can be a real challenge. that's why i use the freestyle libre 2 system. with a painless, one-second scan, i know my glucose numbers without fingersticks. now, i'm managing my diabetes better, and i've lowered my a1c from 8.2 to 6.7.

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conditions passing this omnibus only supe charges that disaster. >> wall street journal reporte michelle hackman has bee covering the battle over title 42 extensively she joins me right now welcome. thank you for joining us michelle these new numbers from customs and border protection show tha the highest ever number of border crossings in november with - look at that, it's almost quarter million migrants apprehended along the southern border what are you hearing from th biden administration on this >> so, the administration, i think, is a little lost righ now. they had this whole plan tha they were ready to roll ou this week when title 42 was se to expire on wednesday the supreme court stepped in a the very last minute, extendin the policy we don't exactly know what's going to happen next i think they are waiting wit bated breath on the one hand they are relieved. i think the common assumptio is that title 42 in the shor term is keeping border numbers

down a little bit. i think that it is unclear i this is the most effective way to - they are anxious to see if tha will bring numbers down more >> to that effect, you kno that president is still asking the supreme court to deny th gop's request to keep title 42 what do you think the future i for the trump era policy >> it's really interesting the biden administration i making two arguments at once it is not arguing that the policy was always illegal. it basically invalidates refugee laws by denying people a chance to ask for asylum the biden administration i saying, no, it was justified a the beginning of the pandemic. it is just not justified anymore on public health grounds. that is -- we will see if the supreme court buys it. >> that's biden. what about congress?

what are you hearing on hi push to the supreme court on ending this? >> i think that congress, mean, is really eager to see this policy in place because o the uncertainty of what will happen next if it is lifted. it's too great for a lot o members. i think for republicans, it's really big issue to hit bide over the head with for some democrats, they fee like it makes them vulnerabl if the border is chaotic it creates this sort of strang situation. >> yeah. congress was able to pass th omnibus bill despite the title 42 battle which includes - [inaudible 44 billion dollars - [inaudible >> i can't speak to ever

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trump's tax returns. the report released by the house ways and means committee found that the irs recommended a limited examination into trump's taxes because they wer complex and he used, quote professional accountants the report also shows that hug financial losses by trum shielded him from paying federal tax while in office, including paying nothing i 2020

joining me now is david ca johnston, tax expert and founder of d.c. report dot org he is a good friend asked. good to see you again, david particularly on this topic which we have been waiting t discuss for quite some time. here is the thing. while he was president, trum paid a grand total of one poin $1 million in federal income taxes. looking at 2016 in 2017, h paid a combined 1500 dollars 2020, he paid zero taxes i mean, this is while the self anointed businessman suffered norm is financial losses and was in the red for most of his presidency how is she able to pull of paying so little in taxes? >> well, it's partially frau and partially tax law. of the amount of money that yo showed, alex, a good portion o it, about $450, 000, is what i called alternative minimum tax trump will get that back in th

future if you are a real estate perso and you have - all you are really doing i advancing money to the government trump once said he prepaid his taxes. the government gave it back to you later based on you business circumstances you really only pay abou $750,000 or one half of 1% o his income people watching today probably paid 28 times that amount, around 14% >> that is kind of sobering. go ahead >> sorry, part of this i fraud. trump created, claimed busines losses against various businesses which have no income he has been doing this for 4 years. i got his records of his two tax fraud trials from 1984

he did the same thing with these tax returns. he said he had a business with no income. he took $100,000 each year a losses against this apparently fictitious business. >> okay, hang on how is it that you know this and it has been going along fo 40 years and he has not been held accountable for that? has he been held accountable >> the way the irs works, they are looking at taxes that they are owed they tend to shut it dow because the report is going to show - it did not produce any revenue trump understood somehow probably through his former ta lawyer - the way the iris does this alex, the other things that we

make no effort to go after hig and tax cheating they had our taxes taken out before we were paid. congress has eliminated almost every avenue where they coul she. if you're in trump's position, there is no independen verification of nearly all o your - it's expensive to conduct an audit. you understand what is for all practical purposes a second ta system we have another tax system for people who own businesses. congress has audited fewer tha 500 of the 25,000 people who make over $10 million per year in 2019, the most recent yea we have data for >> you are talking about 4 years. did anything get revealed that was new in the revealing of hi

taxes? >> i was surprised that he continued to have businesses with zero income, taking losse given that two judges held tha it was fraud and he was clearl on notice to not do this anymore. the other thing is that he had -- i don't have the engagemen letter with the majors from th accounting firm, but we just accept accurate whicheve numbers you give us. we need to pass a law whic says that you cannot do that accounting firms to do tha should going forward be forced to go out of business. they should lose their licenses we have accountants an auditors for a reason. it is to ensure the financia records. if you just accept at face value whatever you tell us, it

is inherently dishonest. >> so, beyond just majors, let's talk about the iris. the agency failed to audit trump during his first two years in office as required by law. they only started auditing him on the day that the ways and means committee sent a letter. they just assigned one examine to this matter despite the complexity of trump's finances what does this say about the agency and the resources it ha available? >> remember, the fight to ge trump's tax returns, there is 1924 law that the irs sheltere overtaxed returns at the - just as the president ca receive tax returns. steve mnuchin, the treasur secretary and charles the ta lawyer trump appointed, thum their nose at the law.

he went along with the law this is not surprising i am being properly treated by the irs. he was, just not in the way he thought was improper >> we're going to end this thing on all of. that's what we will do it's very good to see you. thank you so much for joinin me in the meantime, it is a tal of two shacks. shaquille brewster - we're going to talk about shaq wearing goggles. both pitchers are stuck in dangerous weather. why is it a bit of a groundhog day? there is new alarm after a big bridge closure in neyow rk (vo) after fifteen years of the share the love event, subaru and our retailers have donated over two hundred and fifty million dollars to charity. in fact, subaru is the largest corporate donor to the aspca...

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