josé. >> kelly cobiella in jerusalem, thank you so much. that wraps up the hour for me. i am josé diaz-balart. you can reach me on twitter and instagram @jdbalart. lindsey reiser picks up here. >> good tuesday morning. i am lindsey reiser at msnbc headquarters in new york. we are following a number of fast-moving stories this morning, including new repercussions and more calls for transparency a after a wave of disciplinary action across the police and fire departments. three fire department personnel are out of a job. rereached out to all three and have not heard back. and the seventh memphis officer has also been relieved of duty.

the attorney of the officer said he was not present at the scene where the five officers were seen beating nichols. all this plays out in memphis. on capitol hill there's new movement around potential police reform. can it get bipartisan backing in a divided congress? meanwhile, breaking news on the house fire surrounding embattled congressman george santos. extreme cold and dangerous conditions across a dozen states. 37 million people are under some sort of winter weather alert. the bitter blast of ice, snow and cold temperatures bringing a host of woes in travel reports. >> the icing and sleet is much harder to deal with than the

snow. >> where the storm is heading, coming up. plus, on the run. an urgent manhunt is under way for a man accused of torturing a woman he held captive in oregon. police say it's not the first time he has done this. why they are urging women who use dating apps to be on alert. we will start out with the firings in the aftermath of tyre nichols' death. and with me, a "new york times" columnist. and a seventh officer has been relieved of duty and three fire department personnel have been fired. what do we know about what other disciplinary action could there be? >> reporter: let's start with the police officers. in terms of the police officers, the seventh officer that has been relieved of duty is currently unnamed, but we do

know the name now of the sixth officer who has been relieved of duty. he's been identified -- you see him on your screen there as preston hemphill. according to statements from his attorney and a spokesperson for the memphis police department, he was at the first scene where tyre nichols was initially stopped and encountered police. when he was at that scene he deployed his taser. police say seven officers involved in the detainment and death of tyre nichols were relieved of duty on january 8th, and that was the day after the attack. before now we only knew about the original five, and when we asked a spokesperson from the police department yesterday why we did not know the name of the sixth officer, preston hemphill, why the public was not aware of

him, they said hemphill was not fired and had been relieved of his duties but not fired. now they are saying they did not release the names of the sixth and seventh officers because investigators were focusing on the first -- on the second stop rather where there was the most egregious attack on tyre nichols. let me read you some of the statement from the spokesperson. quote, the five officers terminated were directly involved at the first and second scene where mr. tyre nichols was abused. they prioritized interviewing officers and witnesses related to the second scene first where the most egregious aspects of the incident occurred. there are numerous charges still developing that are impending. many want to see the sixth and seventh officer fired from their

jobs, and now three fire employees have been relieved of their jobs and fired because of what happened on january 7th. two of them emt's, and one of them a fire lieutenant that was driving the fire apparatus. they violated a number of department protocols. the emt's relied on the report that initially came in, did not do an assessment of their own on the ground, and because of that, you have tyre nichols handcuffed and badly beaten on the ground for 15 minutes before an ambulance arrived. >> how should we be looking at these phases of personnel decisions that are unfolding in waves, charles? >> i am depressed by the whole situation. what it does -- it kind of shows to america, particularly people

who are disproportionately targets of this kind of violence is if there were not the videos, particularly the camera that was above the scene, even the body cam footage was muddy. you could argue different perspectives because everything got jumbled. it was the camera above the scene that provided the most comprehensive detail about that scene. and they are not everywhere. what is happening on all the other cases where there's no overhead camera. and that camera is there to monitor citizens, not the police. it's in case a crime happens at that particular location, they can check the video and see what happened. the crime in this case is alleged to have happened by the police themselves. it does not breed confidence in the system. the only reason that, you know, people are even paying this close of attention is because he died.

death by police officers has continued to go up after george floyd was killed and not down. what if tyre held on to life by some miracle, would we be talking about it? that universe of people who are abused by police and don't die, we don't even have data for. >> sahil, with that in mind there's talk of police reform, and we are one year out from another election. does this moment feel any different on the hill and what would a bill look like? >> only time will tell. there's movement on capitol hill but there's good reason to be skeptical that congress will make a law. lindsey graham, and dick durbin, they have in the last 24 hours rekindled talks. i spoke yesterday to both of them and they say they are

hopeful about finding a solution so they can find a space for compromise. lindsay graham suggested a way to break the logjam specifically over the sticking of the immunity, and they should hold departments and not the individuals. the talks broke down and they could not get a deal with democrats. he spoke yesterday on the floor about the offering, a forward, and let's play what tim scott had to say. >> we should be able to build a coalition on the common ground on yes, we need more training on

de-escalation and more grants, and, yes, we need the best wearing the badge. we should have simple legislation that we can agree upon that has been agreed upon in the past. >> tim scott is an interesting figure here because he is expected to head to iowa over the next month or so and he's teasing a run for president in 2024, and that's one of the big obstacles, can anything that gets 60 votes in the senate pass the house of representatives. the house has changed hands to republican control and key republicans sound very skeptical of new legislation at all. i asked lindsay graham if there was a way to get a house and

senate coalition, and graham told me you never know until you try. >> charles, i have to be quick with you. is now the time? >> well, you know, you have to take every chance you get. the problem we had is that this violence is becoming ritualized, and it becomes a feature of society, and it's a backdrop on which american life plays out, and the true is with gun control after every mass shooting, we take a shot at it. because numbers happens, it becomes ritualized and begins to feel like a feature, and that's the most dangerous place you can be about this. >> my thanks to all of you. millions of americans are waking up to cold and potentially dangerous conditions as a major ice storm sweeps across the country. airlines have canceled nearly 1,000 flights today. from texas to west virginia are

facing alerts. the south getting hit with freezing rain and sleet. take a look at the video out of dallas. the freezing temperatures sending cards skidding across roads like they were on an ice rink. morgan, how are the conditions where you are? >> reporter: they are deteriorating, lindsey. sorry, my face is a little cold. we have been at sub freezing for 24 hours, and it's a brutal back of sleet, freezing rain, and maybe snow flurries, rinse and repeat. going to make dangerous conditions for anybody driving today. if there is any incline or elevation at all on the roads, it's tough going for vehicles. we heard reports of nearly 300 accidents in the dallas area just within the last 24 hours or so according to the fire

department. and, lindsey, i have to tell you, we have 24 hours of sub freezing temperatures, and that's going to make things more dangerous right now. we were fortunately given a break overnight in that there was not a lot of precipitation, but the sleet that has been falling down over the past 24 hours more than made up for that. there was lightning followed by thunder a few seconds later, so this is a very active storm. you can see, fortunately, a lot of people are not going out on the roads. if you can avoid it, please do so. this storm is far from over. lindsey. >> that video is terrifying. >> morgan, thank you and your crew. places on the east coast are surpassing records for no snow. >> yeah, for warmth. it has been an incredible winter. there is an incredible amount of

snow in the west. it's 26 degrees now in dallas. waco at 26. austin, 30. san antonio up to 33 degrees, so hopefully starting to melt that ice. they are barely colder than the freezing line, and that's where they have freezing rain. up in north texas and southern oklahoma, all of this is heading to little rock. you are at 28 degrees. you are back in the category where you will most likely get freezing rain out of this. and the areas from texarkana to dallas, these are where the winter storm warnings are. when you talk about ice, that's where we are talking about accumulating on trees, cars, houses. that's where you get power outages. sleet, the little balls of ice, they accumulate almost like snow does. slippery, but they will not knock your power out.

this is the area we are most concerned with over the next 48 hours with people losing power, and over towards little rock and memphis. this is how we judge it. we know from the past, about quarter inch of ice we get slick roads and bridges, but then quarter inch to half inch, we see tree limbs break and the power outage numbers beginning to increase. if you want to get in an extreme ice event, that's usually if you get a half inch to inch. we could see some areas getting up towards quarter of an inch. the timing on this, we had the batch now over dallas, and tonight it's over memphis, and tomorrow will be the last batch and the heaviest batch of heavy freezing rain and sleet. it's also cold out there, too. it's gotten better than this morning, but i was looking at fargo this morning, and we were down near negative 40, and now it's at negative 20.

all of the cold air, friday night and saturday morning, get ready in vermont, that's the temperature, negative 42. just be prepared. that's dangerous stuff where you worry about frostbite and stuff like that. >> you say it's cold when you say negative 20 is better than it was. thanks. coming up, embattled congressman george santos says he will not sit on any committees. could former president donald trump face charges over the alleged hush money scheme to pay off an adult star. and a manhunt is under way in oregon where police are searching for a man accused of torturing women after he met them on date apps.

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we have breaking news on capitol hill. embattled new york congressman george santos told republicans he wants to recuse himself from sitting on committees. he is under fire for lying about a lot. 71% of republicans want him to resign. ryan nobles has the latest twist for us. our team just caught up with santos, and he doubled down and said he is not going to resign. talk about the decision to recuse himself from committees? >> reporter: it was a decision santos made on his own but at the strong urging of the house speaker, kevin mccarthy. we know the two of them met behind closed doors yesterday to talk about his path forward as a member of congress. this seems to be the result of that meeting. santos told the republican

caucus this morning that he decided to recuse himself from actively participating in the committees while these investigations into his background, his financial situation, campaign contributions, until they are all resolved. this doesn't mean they are stepping down from the committees. his staff was making it clear to us this morning, he's still a member of the committees but will not vote or participate in any committee activity until these issues get resolved. lindsey, it comes against the backdrop of a new poll that showed 70% of his constituents thought he should resign from office, but our cameras caught him a few minutes ago, and he once again said he has no plans to resign. this is a middle ground for republicans. they need his vote in the house chamber, and he will get to vote on all the major pieces of legislation, which will help kevin mccarthy and the slim majority he has, but he will not

be doing the day-to-day work of a congressman by sitting on the committees and contributing to the big policy decisions in congress going forward. >> the budget battle between president biden and house republicans is heating up. here's what biden said last hour when asked if he would negotiate with kevin mccarthy. >> show me his budget. >> show me his budget, i believe he said. the meeting is supposed to happen tomorrow. what is mccarthy saying? >> he sent out a tweet laying down his expectations for the meeting tomorrow. the tweet reads mr. president, i received your staff's memo. i am not interested in political games, i am coming to negotiate for the american people. it's that word negotiate that is really important in the back and forth, because joe biden made it clear that he does not want to negotiate specifically as it relates to the debt ceiling. he wants congress to pass a

clean bill, and it's clear mccarthy and the republicans in the house and senate see the debt ceiling as a leverage point in the broader discussions about fiscal spending in washington. he seems prepared to come to the white house tomorrow and make that clear to joe biden. exactly what the two men say behind closed doors remains to be seen, but this could be one of the most important meetings as we get under way in congress. >> thank you. it has been more than five years since we learned of the allegation that donald trump paid stormy daniels hush money. nbc news confirmed an escalation in the case. manhattan prosecutors now convened a grand jury. this signals a new phase of the district attorney's probe into the $130,000 payment made during

trump's 2016 presidential campaign. nbc's homeland security correspondent is following this develop many, and i am also joined by a civil rights attorney and msnbc legal analysts. what do we know about the grand jury and where it goes from here? >> it's another legal woe from the president, and one you may have rightfully forgotten about because it's so long. right now, the manhattan da reconvened the grand jury, and they are trying to determine trump's role in that $130,000 payment that michael cohen said he paid at the behest of the former president just before the 2016 election to try and get her silent on the relationship that she had with trump. what is critical here is that it's whether or not the manhattan d.a. moves forward

with charges. this is a sign he might be moving to that step. a conviction could be a lot harder, because even though cohen plead guilty to his role in that, prosecutors have to convince a jury that the former president had a role in that, and not only he repaid michael cohen, but they falsified records to hide that information from voters go into the 2016 election. the former president not sitting down through this, and he put out a statement on truth social saying if the district attorney of manhattan would spend half of that time to solve the crime epidemic, at the behest of the department of injustice in d.c., new york would be a safer place to live and people might stop leaving in record numbers. there you have it, president trump announced he will be running again for president is

striking back at this news of the grand jury convening very harshly. >> charles, "the new york times" broke this story yesterday. they write this represents a dramatic enquiry. what could have changed to move the d.a. forward? >> it's unclear what changed to what caused the d.a.'s office to move forward. this is a legal theory where a lot of people have questions, and i know that a lot of what he's attempting to do depends on the testimony of michael cohen, and so it may have been a new witness or revelation that they believe could present to the grand jury that will give them a significant amount of credibility that they did not have before in terms of establishing what they need to for an indictment. it's important to note as previously stated, an indictment is different than a conviction. i do think with respect to the legal theory that bragg may be

attempting to move forward on it, he still has a tall order to move forward with getting a unanimous verdict from a jury to convict trump. >> "the times" also quoted one of the witnesses was seen with his lawyer, and it was the tabloid that helped broker the deal with the adult star, stormy daniels. >> it could give more information, and one of the witnesses they need is michael cohen, and we all know has done jail time and could be painted to the jury as a witness who has an axe to grind against donald trump, and of course the fact that he has been convicted of a crime doesn't necessarily have, in addition to that motive, to not be truthful. the greatest issue is credibility to begin with.

this new witness from "the enquirer" could be objective and potentially able to establish their case and move a jury closer to a reasonable doubt, and that's why they chose to move forward after all of this time. >> thank you both. coming up, the white house announces a major shift in the federal government's covid response three years into the pandemic. what the change means for states and hospitals. first, the involuntary manslaughter charges against alec baldwin and the "rust" movie armor, the steps in that legal fight ahead.

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holding a gun on set that went off killing halyna hutchins. they have been looking at body camera footage, text and phone calls. the d.a. has been look into the case for several months and now said to charge alec baldwin and gutierrez reed, the person in charge of the weapons on the set. law enforcement documents say he's the one that told baldwin the gun was safe to use. an attorney says they will feet the charges. a judge will determine if there's enough evidence to go to trial. >> thank you. this morning an arrest has been made in the fatal shooting of the 13-year-old blake in

washington. they are detailing the arrest of the government employee. authorities say he shot blake last month after he said he saw somebody appearing to tamper with a vehicle. lewis has turned himself in. >> on monday that arrest warrant was signed by the judge charging 41-year-old jason lewis of northeast d.c. with second-degree murder while armed. in this case, video evidence and hard work by our detectives was the key to piecing this events together. >> police say he performed cpr on blake after shooting him and blake later died at a local hospital. and then the biden administration announced it plans to end the national and public health emergencies tied to the coronavirus this may

after more than three years. the early notice is to give hospitals time to adjust to the changes. the numbers have dropped significantly over the past two years. last week about 3,700 people died from covid in the u.s. compare that to the same time last year when 17,000 people died, and the year before when more than 22,000 died. nbc news white house correspondent, monica alba, and an msnbc medical contributor. monica, president biden just talked about this to reporters. what did he say and what does the change mean? >> reporter: the president and the white house had been weighing this decision for sometime, lindsey. it was the president himself a couple months ago on "60 minutes" that declared the pandemic was essentially over even though the battle against covid is not, but it's a white house that has been pointing

repeatedly to the fact that hospitalizations and deaths are down. so the white house confirming that, and explaining the public health emergency will end on may 11th, and they have to give a 60-day heads up to the hospitals and health services to prepare for some of the changes here. this could affect many americans, some that enjoyed free vaccines and free tests, that could all begin to shift depending on what kind of insurance you have and what is covered under this. we may start to see depending on the coverage so far in the industry that that is something for your annual booster shot that would have to be paid for or covered by insurance. we will see how all that develops. the key here is the white house is saying because they have developed so many of the tools when it comes to treatments, tests and vaccines, they are able to do this. again, there are still lingering

threats of covid. of course, they want to be aware and be careful not to say that all of this is in the rear view mirror, but this is a practical change because it also freeze up -- this is really a white house that has said they don't have enough money, they requested more from congress to cover some of these things and that has not been able to happen, and that's another reason why they have to take this next step, lindsey. >> dr. black tkpl stock, what will this mean for doctors like you? >> thank you for having me. i am concerned it sent a message symbolically and policy wise. i am concerned it is sending a message to the public that the pandemic is over, but it's still with us with many people dying every day, and it also provided

medical coverage for so many patients, 30 million people without insurance, it provided precovid treatment vaccines, and other resources and treatments available to them. those 30 million people will no longer have access to that. that could lead us to see even more covid hospitalizations and deaths as a result. people who are on medicaid, they will still be covered in terms of vaccines, but they may have to pay for higher costs for testing. same with people that have private insurance, they will have to pay more for covid testing. so what is the solution? the other thing is, the federal supply of vaccines and therapeutics are running out. they will be depleted because congress did not grant additional funding for that, so i am concerned what we will see

in the next year in terms of the covid cases, hospitalizations and deaths. >> the world health organization' director acknowledged yesterday the view of the pandemic is probably at a transition point. those are their words. what does that mean to you and do you agree? >> i would say not necessarily. i would say covid is definitely -- it's still very much with us. you mentioned the numbers. we are still seeing the numbers. especially for the u.s., we have seen a decrease in life expectancy compared to the peer nations over the last several years. we have the tools and we have to make sure everybody has access worldwide to the tools. we still have vaccine inequity across the globe, especially in the global south. we are not at a transition yet, and we still need to make sure the tools are being given to people in an equity way across the world. >> thank you both so much. this morning testimony is back under way in the alex

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murdaugh's. they gave them access and allowed them to search his property and gun closets and look for shell casings on the groundout side. the thing the defense is hitting on this morning in cross-examination is the fact that none of those guns were tied to the murders, none of the ammunition or cartridges found on the ground were similar in type to the ones that killed his wife and son. the defense is taking that opportunity to say to investigators on the stand, hey, you just showed the jury this huge arsenal of weapons and ammunition, yet none of it is directly tied to the crime. that has been going on this morning, as well as a conversation over words that he said to investigators when he was being questioned. he said the words, and this is where there was a gray area, i did him so bad. i did him so bad. the jury heard that yesterday from the prosecution, and today the defense is questioning the

investigator that got that statement from him, saying i did him so bad in terms of the murder? >> tell the jury if you asked alex murdaugh what did you mean on june 10th when you said i did him so bad? >> we didn't make it to that point, sir. >> you would agree the jury gets to decide what he said on that tape. that's the best evidence -- >> i agree they get to hear the tape and make their own mind up as to what he said, yes, sir. >> reporter: the defense saying it could have been they did him so bad, or i did him so bad, meaning i failed him as a father. those are some of the back and forth we have been seeing this morning, and the defense taking opportunities on cross

examination. it was 1,700 acres dedicated to hunting hogs, turkeys, doves, and that was brought up on the stand as well. it's not unusual that you would have a huge collection of guns at this property because it was intended for hunting. >> catie beck, thank you. turning to a chilly case in oregon. an urgent manhunt is under way for a man accused of torturing a woman he held captive. police believe the 36-year-old foster is armed and extremely dangerous. he got away after a police raid last week, and he may be using dating apps to get help or find new victims. he was accused in nevada of keeping his then-girlfriend in captivity for weeks before she escaped. steve, do police have any leads? why was this guy walking free if he was convicted so recently of

that crime? >> well, authorities are humans, too. there are investigations that are serious in nature, and more procedural in nation, and can you tell when authorities are mad as hell and are visibly impacted and will scour and scorch the earth to find their suspect. that woman you talked about, she was found with two broken ribs and black eyes. he got off early because of a plea deal and time served. police do not want a repeat of that. the woman found this time, as you mentioned, tortured, was likely found beaten within an inch of her life. you don't need pictures and descriptions to know how bad it was. all you had to do is look at the chief's face. visibly impacted. admitted to being emotionally disturbed and said they are using all available resources. we know they are working with the fbi and there's a massive

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>> be quick on this, but this morning the employment cost index showed compensation for workers increased by 1%. what more can you tell us about that? >> this is the fed's favorite measure of wage inflation. latest reading is coming as the fed does meet for this two-day policy meeting ahead of another hike in interest rates tomorrow. 1% gain in the fourth quarter, that means growth in u.s. labor costs last quarter were the smallest in a year. similar for wages and salaries, which increased 1% last quarter versus the quarter before it. still not enough to offset inflation. this is key for that hot labor market that the fed is focused on cooling right now to ensure that inflation doesn't stay sticky and elevated from here. >> morgan brennan, thank you. that does it for me this hour. "andrea mitchell reports" starts next. is hour "andrea mitchell reports" starts next

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