good day to you. i'm peter alexander. in the last hour, the white house announced that a lynch pin in the u.s. military arsenal will be headed to the ukrainian battlefield. how the decision to sind abrams tanks could change the dynamic on the ground in the war with russia. plus lawmakers trying to get to the be the of how classified documents keep ending up in the

homes of top current and former leaders. some blame the official, some blame the entire system. we'll dig into what is broken and how it might be fixed. and our exclusive reporting this hour on congresswoman marjorie taylor greene. could the conservative fire brand find her way on to the presidential ticket? she certainly thinks so. more on that in a moment. but we do start this hour with the major escalation in the support for ukraine and what it could mean for the war with russia. in just the last hour, president biden said the united states will send 31 abrams tanks to the battlefield along with providing supplies and training needed to operate them it's a complex piece of machinery ask it comes a after weeks of debate over whether the tanks would be effective and it's happening this the face of repeated warnings from moscow that the move would be seen as a dangerous provocation. >> putin expected europe and the

united states to weaken our resolve. he want anded our support to crumble in time. he was wrong. he was wrong. and he was wrong from the beginning and he continues to be wrong. >> the u.s. coordinated the announcement with germany. they said they would also send tanks to ukraine, about a dozen of the leopard 2. they also authorize partner countries including poland, finland and denmark to send their own as well. my colleague rhode island engel has been covering the war overseas. kelly o'donnell is senior white house correspondent. they are both joining us right now. kelly, this it announcement today comes after weeks of the administration suggesting that these tanks might not be effective. they are too complex and take too long to get ukrainians up to speed on them. to say nothing of the back and torte with germany. what changed? >> reporter: certainly officials are saying this is going to be a

long-term commitment to ukraine. because these tanks will be procured, which means they are not ready on the shelf to be shipped in the next weeks. it will take months. part of this package of providing 31 of these tanks, which officials told us is the equivalent of what is needed for a ukrainian battalion, will include training that will come outside of ukraine. so u.s. intel and security experts who provide this kind of training for ukrainian troops will ultimately be using the technology will kind of get them up to speed for how to use the equipment, how to supply it, how to fuel it, all of the complex things that are art of the abrams tanks, which you were right, officials have been saying for days, if not weeks, are very hard to use on the battlefield. very hard to keep supply. that was one of the setbacks in the negotiations. what we have seen is this is part of what the president

stressed is the partnership with friends and allies in europe. some of their equipment will go in more quickly. so if germany is now committed ask has said so publicly to sending the leopard tanks and there will be other armored vehicles from other partner nations, that goes in more quickly. and the u.s. is contributing with the abrams tanks and everything that's been going on. but the shift appears to be part of the on going going negotiations and changes on the battlefield and the ongoing demands and requests from the ukrainian president for what he needs to fight this kind of ongoing war to try to reclaim territory that has been taken by russia and this sophisticated american equipment they now say with the longer lead time they feel more confident they can do proper training so the ukrainians will be able to manage it effectively with all the complex nature of using this this a real theater of war.

>> of course, the hope is that these abrams tanks will be able to puncture the russian defenses on the front lines. you want to play for you part of what the chair of the foreign relations committee said earlier. take a listen. >> the bottom line is we need ukraine to win. not just for ukraine, but for the global proposition you can't take the territory. that's what's stake here. these tanks will give the ability to fire them. >> senator menendez a short time ago. it's going to take months for these tanks to ship. they are not in the stockpiles. it takes months to train the ukrainianss to use them as well. all of this ahead of an anticipated offensive expected from russia soon is this going to koom soon enough to change the situation on the

battlefield? >> 31 tanks are not going to change the dynamic of the war. 31 tanks that are coming months from now are not going to suddenenly allow ukraine to win this war. but there are many different complexities here that are at work. first, ukraine does need more mobility. and u.s. officials, nato officials, ukraiian officials have been stressing this not just for days and weeks, but for months. for the last several months, ukrainians and the russians have been locked in a war of attrition. the two sides firing artillery back and forth at each other. artillery are basically canons. they are some of the most ancient forms of warfare. you have a canon on wheels, you move it slowly, you fire at the other side and then the other side fires at you. highly destructive causes many, many casualties. what the ukrainians need now is the ability to move because if

they stay in this slug fest with the russians in a standup fight and they have been performing far better than anyone expected in this fight and they have gotten some advanced artillery which is giving them more range and effective fire power, but if they stay in this slug fest over time they are going to lose. because russia is much bigger and has more man power. it has the ability to recruit more soldiers. so what the ukrainians want and what the americans are trying to give them is the ability to move, to maneuver tanks, we'll do that. as will strikers, which are also on their way. the strikers, one of the most ma nooufable vehicles to fight in iraq. this is a long-term strategy enhancement. ien wouldn't say it's a strategy shift, but it's a strategy development that ukrainians welcome and the russianss are vehemently condemning. but the most immediate impact is

the fact that germany says other countries can give away, whatever they want to do the tanks that they have in their possession right now. so if you have poland, which says it thes to send german tanks across the border, and other baltic states willing to do the same, you can see western tanks flowing into ukraine quite soon to be used on the battlefield and giving them more mobility. so on the long-term, yes, it's a significant development. on the short-term, it might come quickly enough to have an impact on the war as it intensifies later in the winter and into the spring. >> all of it with the potential to further escalate the awful war between the two countries. the patriot muscles hundred armored vehicles. saying red lines are a thing of the past. richard engel, kelly o'donnell,

i appreciate both of you. there's other news today. the fallout from the classified documents found at the home of former vice president mike pence. a political mess to be sure, but also one with potentially national security implications. nbc news learned that pence's team found the materials after we asked them to conduct a search and it was turned over to the fbi last thursday. just a few days after they were discovered. the issue is expected to come up when the director of national intelligence meets with members of the senate intelligence committee. that's going to happen behind closed doors in the next couple hours. washington lawmakers from both parties insist something needs to change. >> here you've got everybody under the sun can't seem to keep their fingers off the classified documents. you have the president, the vp, others who have these classified documents. i think there are legitimate on

how they got these documents. >> as careful as we are in dealing with these documents that are classified as members of congress, it appears the executive branch is not as careful. they should be. >> that was senators hawley and dick durbin. i want to bring in garrett haake. elise jordan worked in the white house, the state department and the national security council under president bush. and chuck roseberg, former u.s. attorney and fbi official. both are msnbc contributors. fortunate for us. garrett, wrote about the bigger picture that the entire system of labeling and tracking these classified materials appears to be broken. so how do we explain what has gone wrong and how you get it under control? >> reporter: with the caveat that we don't know much, if anything, about the level of classification or the content of the specific documents in question, what i can tell you is

the people entrusted with keeping our nation's secrets largely agree there's simply too many of them. we're up to a situation where 50 million classified documents at some level or another are produced every single year by the u.s. government. you have differentlevels of class 32 indication, different chain of custody rules across the government. it makes the keeping of secrets even more complicated year by year. what we have seen in these episodes is had it comes to lawmakers in the legislature, access to classified documents is tightly controlled. you need to be in a secure room in this building or one of the buildings attacked to it to review these documents. lawmakers are reminded before they leave to make nothing gets taken with them. it's tightly controlled. what we're learning increasingly is the care of this kind of information this the executive branch, at least in the last two administrations and possibly further back than that, has gotten sloppy. it's gotten sloppy this terms of

how documents are preserved and moved at the end of administrations. we'll find out much more about this over time. they are talking about other issues this is going to be part of the issue that congress tries to solve here. how do we get this massive production of secrets and the strat few indication of secrets under control in a way that makes them easier to protect. >> we're hearing from one law headacher who says this is an epidemic at this point. lindsey graham said this is no longer a political issue. this is a national security issue for this country. so chuck, to you on that topic, what are the potential consequences as it relates to national security here? it's almost impossible. there's no system for classified documents. >> per some context, i think

calling it an em dependentic or saying that the skbier system is broken is hyperboll you can. there are clearly problems. the best thing you can say about pence, biden, they were remarkably sloppy. but millions of people have had clearances. and overwhelmingly they abide by the rules. the system turns on trust and diligence and care and abiding by rules. it needs tosh a fix. in the way we classify it, the way we exchange it, the way we store it, the way we preserve it. all those things are worth looking at. i don't want people to walk away from this conversation believing that there's an epic and

everyone under the sun is mishandling classified information. that's not true. >> important context in this conversation. let me ask you about the politics. first, to the politics on this, he got republicans like jim comer, the new head of the oversight committee, this is a real credibility test. when it was just former president trump and president biden's handling of classified documents, comer said this. >> something needs to be done with how classified documents leave the white house ask go to the post president. don't feel like we need to spend a lot of time investigating president trump because the democrats have done that for the past six years so no one has been investigated more than donald trump, who hasn't been investigated is joe biden.

>> this is sort of a unique moment for republicans on the hill. this has happened on both sides of the aisle. it was a much worse situation as it comes to dealing with these documents. >> i think you made an important point if distinguishing between the severity of the volume taken at the pretexts under which it was taken. the obstruction of an investigation of wrong doing by president trump. but i do think that this is a really tough political battle for either side to fight right now. in the eyes of the american public, they hear a cls if ied document. theyen aren't thinking about the difference between a top secret program that very few people have access to versus a

schedule, a white house schedule of the president's movement that the day after those movements have been completed, perhaps it no longer deserved to be classified. i have heard other officials speculate that perhaps this was something -- these high ranking former president, the best case scenario is that this was fairly innocent when we're trying to take past schedules to help them when they write their books. that's a very generous explanation. it's still mind boggling with so many people with clearances, that this ever happened because if chuck and i have had such information stowed away in our garage, we would be sitting in prison. >> just a reminder about the differences of what happened with pence and biden, both say they were unaware these documents existed.

they were discovered. president trump claimed not only did he know they were there, he claims he declassified them with no evidence that occurred. let me ask you about the situation legally. merrick garland faces his own dilemma now. does he appoint a third special counsel? he could be a 2024 presidential candidate. >> the attorney general built a box for himself when he appointed the first special counsel. i always continued to believe that it wasn't necessary to appoint a special counsel in any of thaz these cases. the department of justice is fully capable of handling complex investigations. that's what they always do. but that said, maybe you need a third. maybe it becomes easier to be a special counsel than to get

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this hour vice president harris is heading to california after a string of mass shootings in her home state that left 11 dead in monterey park and seven

dead in half. moon bay. that is the will be arraigned in a few hours from thousand. they are calling that shooting an act of workplace violence that victimized members of the mite granlt community. they are going to meet with families in monterey park. the man responsible for that awful shooting is being described by people who thu him as an angry loaner who appeared to have a grudge against the world. steve patterson is in monterey park. just a matter of days ago. as they anticipate the vice president's visit, how is that community coping? >> reporter: i'll be honest with you. it's very difficult. i think in many ways this community is shattered. you have to take everything together. the victims, 57 to 76 years old, in many ways elders and pillars of their community we have spoke ton people who knew the victims.

they are heartbroken. the place this happened as of just a few years ago raided by many magazine is one of the best places to raise them. they are not used to violence. the time this happened on one of most cultural significant times to the aapi community on the low senator new year to a community that is 65% asian-american. an asian man himself who is 72 years old does thot fit the profile of a mass shooter. and while we have heard rumors about a motive and while police are closer this their investigation to figuring out a motive, people here still don't know why. that's all very hard to square together. we spoke to people at a vigil about how they are feeling about their community. >> i was born in monterey park. this is a community that means a lot to me and my family.

and i think it's really difficult to make sense of something that feels so tragic and yet so preventable. >> i'm finding it really difficult to be hopeful about the future. it doesn't feel like things are getting better. >> reporter: that is what the vice president will be landing to she will had hug the victims and lay a wreath at this memorial. but until people here know why, it's going to be very difficult to move on from this. >> steve patterson on the ground for us in monterey park, thank you so much. on this topic the secret service is out with a new report that details trends in mass attacks in public spaces. the agency says it could help community leaders prevent another similar tragedy. the report looks at 173 attacks that hurt three hr more people in churches or schools between

2016 and 2020. and the details here, they are disturbing. the agency found that the single most common motive for attackers was a personal grievance and that a quarter of attackers were motivated by conspiracy theories or hateful ideologies. i'm going to bring in the former assistant for counterintelligence you have expertise on this issue. it's a heartbreaking topic because it almost feels like we are waiting for the next headline. we know there are efforts right now, there are red flags that everyone should be looking for. some communities even have new red flag laws that they actively enforce. but how do you make sure that things don't escalate if you see something that you think is concerning? >> we're right to be discussing this in this term because we have had more multiple shootings

this year than we have had days in this year. so it behooves us to seize a teachable moment. if there's anything we can glean and the timing on there is helpful in this regard. so they found and they are telling us that personal grievances grudges are at the top of the motivations for hult presidential shootings. why is that important for the rest of us? because we can all be the eyes and ears that become aware of the warning signs and indicators that someone we know is on their way toward violence. and we've got to intervene before the flash point occurs. what are some of the signs and indicators? let's focus on the secret service report. these people carry baggage around, grievances, grudges, they obsess and cannot get away from whatever it is they are bothering them. they start leaking to others

their sense of hopelessness and use the language of despair. i can't handle it anymore. i have done everything i can do. and then they start taking action by training with a weapon, acquiring a weapon. the problem in these two cases most recently is when you're dealing with these outliers of the elderly, which is really aberrational, we're hearing that at least with regard to the monterey park shooter, he was extremely isolated, lonely, and the problem is the fewer people who have this your life, the fewer people who can see the warning signs and indicators and contact professionals and contact authorities. but we've got to do better at noticing the indicators. you don't want to be the one that says after a tragedy, i could have done something. >> what strikes me from this report is a quarter of attackers were motivated by conspiracy theories or hateful ideologies.

how do you police, how do you protect against an ideology or a belief system? >> we all know people either extended family, neighbors, coworkers who we think are on that edge of extremism where maybe even they would take up arms because of their belief system. and that's where we have to stay tuned in. i'm a big believer in red flag laws. not enough states have them and even the states that have them don't use them enough. i'm talking about the law enforcement ability to act on the potential threat, temporarily seize weapons until they figure out the threat and through due process give back the weapons if that threat is abated with need to do that more often. but again, that takes someonic picking up the phone and contacting law enforcement. we need more people to do that. >> frank, we appreciate your time and exer tees. thank you so much. we do have some breaking news to report. a jury has officially been

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new tallout on capitol hill after kevin mccarthy blocked democrats from key committees. the speaker's decision to deny seats on the intelligence committee from adam schiff and swalwell was met with swift opposition from leadership this morning. >> i thus television ridiculous that the speaker would kick to good members that know a lot about the intelligence world. off the committee while at the same time seating george santos and giving him two committee assignments. >> that was pete aguilar of

california. the move comes as kevin mccarthy makes key appointment to the panel investigating what he calls the weaponization of the federal government. ali vitali is on capitol hill. ali, mccarthy cannot just boot schiff and swalwell. omar is expected to be blocked from the torn affairs compete. the democrats call that an act of political vengeance. what are you hearing on the hill? >> you're right. this was not sprooizing as soon as republicans got the majority. democrats expected to see these three members targeted for their committee assignments. the leader ultimately put schiff and swalwell on these expected committees did tee up this battle. but for schiff and swalwell, their process is different. they are on the intel committee, which is a select committee.

kevin mccarthy can say, to, i'm not going to have them serve on that committee. with omar it's a different process because it requires a full floor vote in the house. unclear they will actually have the votes to do that. especially as some republican members are calling it out as unfair and not going through a due process. nevertheless, in the case of schiff and swalwell, mccarthy has a lot of support from republicans including people like steve scalise. listen to what he said this morning. >> i don't even think swalwell could get a security clearance in the private sector. so why should he be on the intelligence committee? these committees are very unique in that they deal with our national secrets. thaw deal with classified information. >> reporter: you see them drawing the distinction that mccarthy is trying to draw when people brought up last night the fact that george santos is also serving on committees and has several confusing statements and possible ethics exposures.

mccarthy, scalise, trying to draw the distinction that this is the intelligence community that is classified information and they are willing to hold. >> these moves, as we said, not unexpected. one house republican is object ing to doipg what democrats did in the last congress. here's what she told my colleague andrea mitchell within the last hour. >> that was very upset what we have done last congress with that proper due process. we can't turn around and do the same thing. it's a hypocrisy. >> is this a problem at any point for kevin mccarthy? steve scalise the leaders are with them. is there any potential think they this is the wrong path? >> i think there are. you have seen and heard from other republicans throughout. when marjorie taylor greene was put off her committees with that floor vote, them saying we shouldn't do this to them later

on. you're going to hear from folks. it's a problem for mccarthy. as we all know, this one seems to be scalise on down a lot more republicans. etc. especially when it come swalwell and schiff. whether or not he can get omar off with the full vote, that's a different question. especially because i think republicans are looking to move forward and not look like a party of the chaos of that first choosing the speaker. the pressure that's going to come from mccarthy is to move on and get started on doing the work in the house of representatives. >> speaker healthcare car thi named jim jordan to lead the panel investigating the quo of weapon sags of the federal government. your paper describes the panel as the product of the weeks long negotiations between mccarthy and his right flank as he locked down the votes to win an

historic 15-ballot fight for the speaker's gavel. was this a move that mccarthy was forced in the making? >> i think this is one of the one that he wasn't forced. he was happy to do it, but it was part of that conversation with those folks on getting the deal. this is something that mccarthy and other republicans talked about during the first two years of the administration talking about wanting to look into their eyes the weaponization of the federal government. so this is something across the political spectrum of the republican a party they have been in on for a long time. i will say if someone covering the white house, their view of this and these kinds of investigations that they know are coming is they are going to pick and choose how to engage with these investigations. . they continue to tell me and i'm sure they are going to age on

the up and up. the ones they feel are done in good faith is what you hear a lot from white house aids. so whether or not they are able to get to the bottom of the stuff from this white house is going to be something we have to watch. >> the white house will participate with the legitimate efforts by those in the house. thank you both. the trump vp short list is marjorie taylor greene eyeing a shot at being a top contender in 2024. nbc news has exclusive new reporting, that's next. exclusiw reporting, that's next i'm bill lockwood, current caretaker and owner. when covid hit, we had some challenges like a lot of businesses did. i heard about the payroll tax refund, it allowed us to keep the amount of people that we needed and the people that have been here taking care of us. see if your business may qualify.

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vice president marjorie taylor greene, according to nbc news exclusive reportsing, the controversial congresswoman is setting her sights on a presidential ticket hoping to team up with former president trump as his vp in 2024.

former trump aid steve bannon, who spoke toer hr about the job, she quote, sees herself as the short list. i want to bring in reporter jonathan allen, who wrote the, collusive. elise jordan joins us again. this is something that could be a trump/greene ticket. what more are sources telling you about the viability, the reality that something like this could happen? >> nobody i talked to is certain that donald trump is going to do this. we're a long way away from him making a short list and vetting candidates. he really likes marjorie taylor greene. she's somebody who has immense ambition as steve bannon said to me. he paraphrased saying every time she looks in the mirror, sees a president staring back at her. a lot of obstacles. trump picking her being the normal thee. and winning the presidency all

of which remain in doubt. >> who knew that steve bannon was a fan. when this individual looked in the mirror, they saw a president there. let me ask elise about this. give us your gut check on the potential for donald trump/marjorie taylor greene ticket. >> i think it's highly unlikely, but i do think that the fact that something that we're talking about and being quoted by steve bannon and people are curious and responding to it does show how she has captured the imagination of the far right of the republican party and the mainstream media, frankly. she has been such an incredible first term fundraiser and that's given her a lot of power within the republican caucus. so you look at how she had a strategic alliance with kevin mccarthy in his repeated speak er

bid recently, and he persevered. she played a pretty pivotal role in that as someone from the far right who didn't defend many of the freedom caucus. we do see how, but there's something there. >> you're dead on when you talk about her fundraising prow wes in spite of of the things she says. she's on the coronavirus subcommittee and this new congress has selected by speaker kevin mccarthy. it does raise questions or maybe perhaps give us some answers to what we saw happen over the last couple weeks. where it was kevin mccarthy getting back backup from marjorie taylor greene, who alienated members of the freedom caucus during the whole speakership fight. a lot of people were saying what ab unlikely alliance, but maybe this helps us understand it better. >> absolutely. she's shown she can raise money. she raised over $12 million in the last sickle putting her on

the top ten of house candidates in her second term. she can throw rocks at the establishment and light fires on the outside. what she hasn't shown is the ability to work inside the system and get things done. whether she want wants to be donald trump's nominee or raise in the house, that's something she has to show. not just that she can be the one trick outsider, but somebody that has more political capability than that. i know in talking to her staff that what they are saying is she's really just focused on this committee assignments and working inside the congress right now. >> what specifically does donald trump need to try to do with the vt selection. it doesn't sound like mike pence will share a ticket. anything he can do to reenergize a shrinking base? >> it doesn't really have to do anything to reenergize. i think they are going to be with him no matter what. it would be helpful for him to pull back some of the republicans who like him but are

tired of the chaos and the drama and profanity. so if he could have someone who evangelicals and to the business community, that would be more helpful for him. >> i can't tell you how many republicans i talked to on the ground as i was on the road who said we want someone like trump but less crazy. they often have been citing with ron desantis. it does raise questions about where this conversation goes from here. both of you, thank you. millions under winter weather warpgs. hundreds of flight cancellations. look at that system. a massive storm system moving from the great plains all the way up to the northeast. maine going to get hit. how cities are preparing and who is going to get hit the hardest. that's next. is going to get hit the hardest. that's next.

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than was anticipated? >> the reported tornadoes is climbing as the day progresses this. morning, we heard of 14. in the past 24 hours, that has now risen to 17 tornadoes reported. again, in the past 24 hours, largely in the south. as you said, in texas in particular, the damage is devastating. video from on the ground absolutely breath taking. homes ripped apart. cars tossed on their side. and some homes parts of large sections of the second story wall is gone, and you can see straight into the bathrooms and kitchens inside those homes and once again, the stories that we're hearing from the people who cured inside their homes as the storm moved through are just draw-dropping. take a listen. >> we've huddled in the hallway until it passed. the black windows blew out of the house. we just started seeing stuff flying past the house. >> reporter: three reports of injuries at this point. we also have been tracking that number, hopefully, hoping that doesn't rise, but again, in

texas, especially in pasadena, those communities especially hard hit, louisiana, hard hit, and now we have the system moving east. frankly the speed was really striking a lot of this has already moved through the indianapolis area, we had icy roads in this area, we had travel impacted, hundreds of flights canceled and delayed, especially in chicago, and detroit. schools were canceled here for the day. and now, as you said, peter, cities and states, especially out east, and in northern new england, bracing for measurable snow, perhaps their first of the entire season. as this latest bands of severe weather barrels east. peter? >> a dangerous commute for a lot of americans over the course of the next 24-48 hours. maggie, we appreciate you. thanks for joining us. that will do it for us at this hour. we appreciate you joining us "katy tur reports" is next. u jos "katy tur reports" is next ralph, that's the chewy pharmacy box with our flea and tick meds. it's not peanut butter. i know, i know. but every time the box comes, we get the peanut butter. yes, because mom takes the meds out of the box and puts them in the peanut butter.

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good to be with you. i'm katy tur. back here, to give you and our nation's politicians an important reminder. know thyself. >> if you live in a glass house, do not throe stones and i think president biden was caught throwing stones. >> republican congressman from nebraska bacon, calling president biden a hypocrite and equal treatment by the justice department, no tier system said congressman james comey, why wasn't this brought to light

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