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new details on the horrific plane crash in south korea. 179 people were killed when the flight crash landed at an airport over night. the accident was captured on camera. we want to warn you that this video is graphic. what you can see is the plane skidding down the runway apparently without landing gear before crashing into a wall and then interrupting into violent flames. incredibly, two crewmembers survived. they were rescued from the rear of the wreckage. officials say the pilot sent out a made a call following a bird strike. the investigation is in the early stages. there is no official word on the cause of the crash at this point. a seoul, south korea-based journalist is joining us. what is the latest on the investigation into this tragic crash? where are they starting and where is it heading? >> good afternoon. right now it is basically a

recovery and identification process going on. officials said they have recovered all 179 victims from the crash and as of a couple of hours ago, they said they had identified 88 remains basically using fingerprints. the rest i think they may have to go with dna. they are taking dna from the family members. there is a staging area at the site. they are recovering belongings from the victims. they also need to leave a lot of the debris and tacked on the site as they try to discern what caused this incredible tragedy. it is the third worst aviation accident in korean history. as you mentioned, it is going to take a good deal of time. there is not much information yet. we are talking months or years. they have recovered both of the black boxes. one is the flight data reporter

. it is damaged. the caulk pit and voice recorder is intact. officials said they will have to send the flight data recorder to the ntsb and the u.s. national transportation safety board row for analysis. that could take six months. the ntsb is also getting involved in the investigation. placerville boeing is involved. there is speculation that the timeline is more or less known that there was a warning of a bird strike as the plane was approached in bangkok into muan airport. a couple moments later, the pilots issued a mayday warning and attempted a landing which, it appears the landing gear was not down and the flaps did not appear to be open for landing. a lot of speculation. many aviation experts are wondering, how could a bird

strike have done that much damage, perhaps damaging the hydraulics where you can release the landing gear. there are a lot of questions. as you know, these airplane crash investigations always take a long time. they often end of being little things that lead to the next thing and then the next. it has been a series of tiny incidents that cause a tragedy. >> i'm going to speak with an aviation analyst on the technicality of this in a second. the reaction there has to be a ripple effect of heartbreak with 179 people killed in this crash. what has it been like? >> absolutely. people i talked to, it has been total shock. it is coming on the heels of a very volatile period in south korea. there has just been a time with all of this uncertainty with the political situation.

people are stunned. i think tomorrow we will see memorials issued. the acting president announced a one-week mourning period. i think we will see people's reactions coming out as the day breaks. families obviously are devastated and want answers. >> some, still waiting to identify their loved ones as well. thank you so much. i know you will try to gather more information. we will see you in the next hour. thank you. >> we have john cox, president and ceo of safety operating systems and msnbc aviation analyst, someone with whom i have spoken to many years about incidents like this. so heartbreaking, john. when you look at what we know so far about the investigation, i'm curious about your thoughts on what ultimately led to the crash. thomas made an interesting point that the hydraulics, would a bird strike affect hydraulics?

>> normally, no. what we have seen so far, and it is very early, so you always want to be very careful about even making an educated guess, but we have seen that there might have been, and the right engine, damage from a bird. there is a report and video out there. that is not a major deal. the airplane was fine on one engine and it would normally come back around for a safe landing. the question is, did the birds affect the other engine? if that occurred, now the hydraulics will be in operative. and that will require an alternate extension of landing gear and realistically, the slats won't be available which would result in a much higher landing feed which we see when the airline touches down. it is possible. it is something the

investigators will look at. the pilots knew they had problems. they advised air-traffic control of that. one of the main things is that this airplane on the runway is under control and slowing down. had that concrete wall not been there, i don't think we would have the magnitude of tragedy that we do. the international civil aviation organization recommends very strongly that there be clearer ways for airplanes to overrun the runways. in this case, that did not happen. >> you are saying that the wall, we saw it hit. that is what erupted into flames and fire and broke out the fuselage. so pilots called the mayday strike. what kind of training are pilots given in that type of the situation? is there anything that can be done without having the wheels fully lowered? >> the airplane can land safely without the landing gear. the engines are strong enough to support it.

even if you couldn't get the gear down and there is an rnate means to do that. but even then, it has happened before where the 737 landed safely on an engine pod without much damage. there is more to this than just landing gear not being down. >> anything having to do with it being a 15-year-old plane? or is that not considered old in aviation terms? >> it is not old. this particular airplane, the 737 is a veteran airplane type. it has a good safety record. the airline has been in business for several years and has a good safety record. the investigators are going to look closely at everything that might have contributed to it. nothing is off the table. right now, they are going to focus on if there was a bird strike and what damage it did. and the recorder will tell us a lot. what did the crew know and what were they reacting to. if the

engine is giving them a problem, they need to go toward the airport right now to be able to land on an open area and not have to put the airplane into a city. that might have been something they have to consider. that will be on the voice recorder. there is a lot for the investigators to deal. the ntsb is there fortunately and they will assist as is boeing and the engine manufacturer, general electric. >> i'm curious. final thoughts for these pilots as they are approaching a landing, knowing something has gone wrong? what kind of scramble was going on in that cockpit? >> it is not a scramble, alex. the first thing you do is maintain control of the airplane. you fly at the proper speed. you adjust the rate of the runway. they did that and it is evident as the airplane is sliding

along. the pilots have gone the airplane to an airport, to a runway and they are slowing down . you don't train very much for all engine landings. but you do know what the performance of the airplane as. you are able to project that and put the airplane where it needs to be and this crew did that. >> john cox, thank you very much. always a sobering time, particularly under these circumstances. we will stay on top of this and bring you the latest throughout the show. we have the latest on political headlines. new reaction to elon musk and vivek ramaswamy taking on maga in a civil war over immigrant worker visas. even after the strongest supporters today continue to demand more protections for american workers.

. american workers have been left behind by this economy. many factory jobs have been sent overseas. i think the abuses of the program have been evident. you have the sons and daughters of those factory workers in a loss of jobs. they have gotten white-collar jobs as accountants and they are training replacements. >> one visa immigrant said the attack on the characterization of this is breeding laziness is wrong. >> there is a reason america leads in physics, medicine and chemistry. if there was some problem with the culture, we would not be the world's greatest economy of 30 trillion. one of the points i think elon musk and others are making is that what makes america exceptional is that we are a magnet for the world's talent. >> new reaction to trump's christmas day foreign policy wish list to seize the panama canal, annex greenland or annex

canada rather entrant of greenland. >> the panama canal was ratified by congress in the u.s. senate. i don't know what the president elect saying in regards to how sincere he is in it really feeds into russia and china and the appeal to other countries as to whether they need to make an alliance with russia and china and whether america will be for them they are globally. we saw the same statements made during the previous administration when he threatened to pull out of nato. >> with five days remaining until house republicans make their choice for speaker, new warning for those who seek to oust mike johnson. >> when matt gaetz and several of my colleagues teamed up with 208 democrats to remove kevin mccarthy, it will go down as the single stupidest thing in

politics. with that said, removing my johnson would equally be as stupid. the fact is that these folks are playing with fire and if they think they are somehow going to get a more conservative speaker, they are kidding themselves. >> we have a number of reporters in place to go over these new developments. we will get right to the president in st. croix. mike, with the clock ticking to the end of his term, we are expecting some key moves in the coming administration. tell us about that and a report on the biden presidency. what say you, my friend? >> reporter: we are only seeing a brief glimpse of president biden so far during his stay in st. croix as he was attending church services last night. he commented briefly on russian president vladimir putin's seeming acknowledgment of that responsibility of the jet. if you look at his weeks before he leaves office, it is foreign policy that is among the highest priority of his to do

list. you will see the president take new actions to provide more assistance to ukraine and fortify them in their war against russian aggression to try to support them ahead of a major policy shift likely to come with the incoming trump administration. and you will see the president closely managing the situation in syria with the fall of the assad regime. the national security advisor saying his biggest fear is about isis reconstituting itself in this vacuum. another priority is trying to find austin tice, who has been missing in that country for the better part of the last decade. we will see the president trump to fortify some of his domestic accomplishments including executive action like student loan forgiveness. as it relates to the ways in which president biden is looking at the final three weeks in office, he is also looking backwards at some members of his team with the regret. we have seen that in reporting with the washington post. it looks at some of the fundamental judgments the team made from the very beginning of their time in office. one of them was a view that good policy would be good politics. the president simply

governing responsibly would be enough to help fortify him in a bid for a second term. one he largely abandoned and even the president's allies acknowledging they need to be more aggressive in this media environment and talking about his accomplishments. and we saw the president putting the threat of trump is him so much front and center in his bid for a second term that it was really the economy that proved to be the winning issue for president elect trump. concerns about american economic anxiety taking priority over concerns of the future of democracy. that is what some of the president's team has been digesting toward the finish line. >> we will hear more from you on that later. we will bring an our white house correspondent from west palm beach, florida near mar-a-lago. welcome to the immigration debate. it has renewed a conversation about elon musk's influence on trump and the greater party actually. what are you hearing from republicans? >> reporter: it is interesting

because we have spoken about the growing influence by elon musk on president-elect trump in recent weeks with the perfect recent example being the near government shutdown last week. now we are seeing the growing influence by not just elon musk but vivek ramaswamy, trump's picks to lead the effort to cut government spending, on what the future of the u.s. workforce could possibly look like. both of them urging the president-elect to bring more h- 1b visa recipients into the country to work for technology companies. this debate has grown over the past few days with many trump supporters who are in favor of a hard-line approach to all forms of immigration, igniting backlash, especially given how central president-elect trump's campaign promise of the mass deportations was to his victory in november. we are also seeing some republicans open to this idea and they are pouring cold water on any thinking that vivek ramaswamy and elon musk could potentially have a conflict of

interest in their reasoning on calling for this. listen to the outgoing republican governor talking about this. >> people say that elon is a billionaire. i don't mind that they are billionaire. i like people that are successful. i would rather have someone successful. and i like that it is an outsider. >> everyone has a conflict of interest. >> that is a big one. >> the guy is worth $450 billion. i don't think he is doing it for the ney. he is doing it for the bigger project and the bigger vision of america. he doesn't need the dollars. >> the president-elect finally talked about this yesterday telling the new york post in a phone interview that he thought this was a great program and he always has but breaking from past criticism he has had over the program. we are monitoring those republicans and seeing if and how they change their tune in the wake of the president-elect

taking a completely different position on this. >> we will check back with you. thank you. we learn new information about donald trump's plans for the january 6 committee. we are back in 90 seconds. r-o-l-a-i-d-s spells relief. whoa! how'd you get your teeth so white? you gotta use the right toothpaste! dr. c?! ♪♪ not all toothpastes whiten the same. crest 3d white removes 100% more stains for a noticeably whiter smile. new personal best. crest. when we started feeding bogie the farmer's dog, he lost so much weight. pre-portioned packs makes it really easy to keep him lean and healthy. in the morning, he flies up the stairs

and hops up on my bed. in the past, he would not have been able to do any of those things. democrats are gearing up for donald trump's returned to the white house in 22 days. and the debate over what the resistance look like and what the party's next steps are. >> it is a challenge. i was

in congress for two years when trump was president before. i have seen it with my own eyes. i have understood and seeing the challenges that will come and that i'm worried about. i feel is important to be engaged no more than ever. i have often been saying i think the opposite of democracy is apathy. >> with me now, the senior political correspondent for the guardian jolly. msnbc political analyst. good to see you. they were washington post profiles out there on biden's presidency. it reports biden and some of his aides believe he should have stayed in the race and have recently said he could have beaten trump. where is that certainty coming from? is it because he is the only one that did beat trump and a presidential race? or is their something else to it ? >> i think that is mainly at.

on both sides of the aisle during the campaign and the week of biden dropping out. even people like kellyanne conway telling trump that basically there is a clear field. trump had previously beaten a woman. so kellyanne conway told the former president he had a clear lane and he was in the best position ultimately that he could imagine. i think joe biden's team for a long time also felt this way. they have long said biden was seen as a unifier and was also someone who previously had beaten trump at his own game when he perhaps was the incumbent president. i think there was a lot of mixed feelings about biden dropping out out. >> flip side, susan. many democrats hold the office

at view. they say he stayed in the office too long. how does the democratic party move forward if there is such a fundamental disagreement about what went wrong? >> they have to deal with what is in front of them. that is trying to get better policy out of what the republicans propose an in line with their political beliefs. 2024 is just about over and the only thing democrats have to focus on now is working on their messaging when they should know by now talking about the past isn't going to get them there. by the way, for the record, i talked about the past too. i was definitely off on that messaging. you have to go forward. without a strong party leader nationally, it is going to come down to probably jeffries showing democrats where they should put their energy

energy. >> david, biden's national security adviser jake sullivan, said the president has been operating on a time horizon measure in decades and the political cycle is measured in four years. he repeated something biden said that many of his accomplishments will take time to really be felt. how big is the concern out there that trump will get the trip credit, at least in the short term, for what biden accomplishes and can democrats keep it from happening? >> i think the contrast in leadership might provide that. what i mean is joe biden is a sober steady leader who was okay with policies that have second and third order effects. we are not going to end the war in ukraine by surrendering to vladimir putin. he will restore economic growth with a slow and steady pace. returning people to work and bringing inflation down. investments in infrastructure. he will restore democracy which is a long-term game coming out of the first four trump years.

donald trump is not concerned about second an order effects. he is concerned about right now. his fiscal policy is one where he drives up debt and deficit without question. he will try to lower interest rates and create bubbles. and donald trump will declare victory. and so will it be a combination of the foundation joe biden leaves for donald trump or quick fixes by donald trump? probably both. the difference between the two is joe biden was looking over decades. donald trump will be looking at four years. getting credit now, i don't care who comes after me. >> trump and congressional republicans seem to be pretty much laying the groundwork to charge members of the january 6 committee and its witnesses. i know you spoke to the incoming house ranking member jamie raskin. here is what he said about claims that star witness kassidy hutchinson was pressured and committed perjury. take a listen. >> they haven't contradicted a single thing that kassidy

hutchinson said, or any of the factual statements that we made in the report. so it's very hard to see how you build a legal case around any of that. >> what is your impression of how seriously democrats are taking the threat of charges against these numbers? >> it is a difficult question because republicans and trump allies have long said, even if we don't end up pursuing these criminal cases to it would otherwise be charges in a grand jury, if we can make the life difficult for democrats who serve on the generous six committee or even republicans like liz cheney, if we can make the life difficult for witnesses, that is kind of the retribution because we will put them through hell because they put us through hell. that is the since. i think when congressman jamie raskin was talking about the charges and the evidence, clearly there is nothing there. especially members of congress.

it basically means they cannot be questioned in any place other than congress. the idea that they will subpoena liz cheney's communications, basically it is a nonstarter. it is not enforceable by the justice department. and that was the same tactic republicans used for the generous six committee when the shoe was on the other foot. there is concern for people like cassidy hutchinson, the witnesses that testified and effectively being accused of perjuring themselves or mistaking or distorting the truth. that is also a high bar for a criminal investigation. you have to prove that intent. i think it is very likely that republicans will try and push this all, if only to make life difficult for the january 6th committee. >> how legitimate is the threat against the committee members? how can kash patel, if confirmed as head of the fbi

and pam bondi confirmed as attorney general, how would they play into trump's threats? >> i don't think they will. i think what republicans will do is open up congressional investigations and dragged all of these people through the process again and try to catch them under oath. i don't think bringing charges is number one. i think having the hearings and frankly creating typical trump style, a lot of smoking mirrors , to keep people distracted. but the findings, they can refer charges to doj but they can't really do anything. i think this is all about congressional hearings more so than when it comes to the doj pressing charges. >> last question to you. trump has repeatedly said the day one priority perjuring january 6th rioters. and those imprisoned on seditious conspiracy charges.

we are talking about the leaders of the oath keepers or the proud boys. the trump team didn't rule it out saying it would be handled on a case-by-case basis for those denied due process and unfairly targeted by the justice system. what happens when trump decides these offenders were unfairly targeted? >> then trump needs to be held accountable. some need to make cases like the grandmother that walked with a capital fine. some more really bad people including one that tried to sign up with the russians to fight ukraine against the inner- city united states. that is somebody he might pardon. i'm very curious on day one, starting with the inauguration speech, we saw american carnage. one of the things donald trump wants to do this term starting on day one is rewrite history and we will see it with covid having rfk jr. and russia having tulsi gabbard there. we will see it with a lot of prosecution by having kash patel there, should these

people get confirmed. we will also see the retail of january sixth. the question is, does that start with his inauguration speech? or is it something that happens by way of pardons? or is an attempted prosecution of liz cheney that? i think donald trump wants to rewrite history. to do that, he will force upon the american people, a narrative that is largely untrue but he hopes that with conservative media conservative media's influence, he can win that way. >> stunning commentary to which i say, buckle up everybody. good to see all three of you. thank you very much. it has been a rough weekend for many across the u.s. and there are more weather threats. those details next. threats. those details next.

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millions across the south under threats of new tornadoes as multiple twisters touched down saturday knocking out power for nearly 2000 customers. more watches and warnings are in place at this hour and damaging wind is not the only concern as storms could bring floods and hail. all of this is millions return home from the holidays. it is expected that 90% of all travelers will be on the roads driving. we will start with kathy park who is following the aftermath of constricting severe storms. >> the storms knocked out power to tens of thousands and now

many are looking at damage like this. uprooted trees and debris. now a big day of clean up ahead. >> overnight, another dangerous outbreak of severe weather stretching across texas , louisiana and mississippi. several twisters near houston killing at least one person. >> a possible tornado touching down in alvin, texas where a family was opening christmas presents when mother nature had other plans. >> the window started breaking. >> i could see the tornado. it was very scary. >> millions have been under the threat of extreme weather for days. 70-mile an hour wind knocking out power lines to trees and even ripping homes apart. in jackson, mississippi, a tree toppled over straight into this house sending two people to the hospital. and other parts of the state, first responders rushed to save stranded drivers and residents

after several inches of rain flooded roads and the campground. and air travelers finding themselves stuck too. thousands of flights delayed during a record-breaking holiday season. >> the danger is not over yet. the line of storms is moving east threatening millions more. >> overnight, another storm -related death was confirmed in mississippi. more than 20 million are in the pathway of more severe weather today stretching from the florida panhandle to southern virginia. tornadoes and large hail cannot be ruled out. back to you. let's go to the holiday travel crush. let's bring in marquise francis from ridgefield, new jersey. what are we hearing from travelers as the holiday season is winding down? >> we are just across the hudson at the vince lombardi breast up in richfield as you mentioned. what people are saying is they are excited to go home after

extended time with family. and people are saying that they are surprised by how little to no traffic was on the drive this morning. we are seeing the parking lot pick up a bit. the lines at the gas station are picking up. but this pales in comparison to what i saw a month ago when i was here just after thanksgiving. i talked to people about a host of things. the american automobile association, aaa, we know that 119 million americans are traveling more than 50 miles is holiday season. it started last saturday and expanded to january 1st of this year. i talked to a host of passengers about their strategy this time of the year and what they are looking forward to and three things stood out. patience, safety and starting early. take a listen. >> the longest part is getting through the city and everything. it wasn't as bad as it was for

thanksgiving but pretty bad. >> just hoping everybody gets to their destination safely. there are a lot of people on the move. patience is the biggest part of that and keeping the kids preoccupied in the car. >> let's hope everybody drives safe and slows down so we can all get home safely. >> all of the 119 million americans, 90% of them are traveling by car. back to you. >> thank you so much. is it the smell of success or something else? what to make of donald trump's latest business venture. latest business venture. cool right? look at this craftmanship. i mean they even got my nostrils right. it's just nice to know that years after i'm gone this guy will be standing the test of ti... he's melting! oh jeez... nooo... oh gaa... only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪

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we are 22 days away from the inauguration. with big corporations pouring big amounts of cash into president elect trump's inauguration fund which is set to outpace the $107 million raised for his first inauguration. among the big donors are 11 companies which, after the january 6 capital attack, pledged not to support lawmakers that contested the 2020 election results joining us is msnbc political contributor and author of the book. thank you for your servitude. welcome to you. some of the companies that may january 6th related pledges include goldman sachs, general motors, bank of america. they are not each giving a million dollars to the inauguration. do you see this as anything less than a pay to play kind of

move? what does it indicate about how corporate america expects its relationship with the incoming administration to play out? >> first of all, to even talk about norms and so forth and pay to play, obviously this is a completely different universe from what we were all experiencing four years ago, almost to the day this year, this week. there has been a retrenchment. obviously, he has been forgiven by the american electorate. and it makes sense that corporate america will follow suit and i think it is reflected in this. whether there is pay to play going on or someone is communicating with these companies and saying, if you give this, you will get that, it is hard for me to say. the norms we have talked about for centuries or decades certainly aren't a very new place now that donald trump has not just been in power but is back in power. >> we can't know for sure if there was an official pay to

play. but corporations could be hedging bets. there is that. and there is no sign trump is slowing down his peddling of trump branded merchandise. it seems he is wrapping and ramping it up. besides the usual maga merchandise, there is more swanky merchandise which includes $299 trump crypto president sneakers and a $199 victory cologne cologne. goodness knows what that smells like. how significant is the money trump makes her merchandising compared to his other businesses? and would this be normal for anyone but donald trump? >> of course not. but we have started having this discussion about eight, nine years ago at this point. this is just a mass iteration of it. we did not hear anything from crypto eight, nine years ago. it is all on brand and it seems we have had it for a year. and an interruption of something that felt more normal under the

biden years. now we are back to this. i don't think things like ethical norms or norms in general or how things have traditionally been done certainly apply to donald trump and i don't think we should have any reason to be surprised this is happening now. >> the new york times recent reported the identities of trump's merchandise business partnersare shielded through limited liability companies and llcs that were structured to allow those partners to remain anonymous. times reported that tried to track down the wyoming address for a couple of these llcs found rural strip malls or buildings populated by unrelated businesses. what you make of the opaque nature of these operations? >> i think the opaque nature of it goes back to the fact that the trump world believes that they have the permission structure to do whatever they want and the rules of the game don't apply. they have been forgiven by the

american electorate which is really all they care about and they have four years in power. and kind of oversight in congress with this. i feel like his mo will be to do what he gets away with and this is sort of an example of that. >> in your most recent article which i'm looking at and i want to get into with you, you explore what politicians mean when they say, we need to start an important conversation about any particular issue that is long overdue for a great no democrats in the postelection slug seem to be the ones asking variations of this question what are politicians signally when they call for these conversations? would you say they never actually happen? how does this fit into the current dilemma that the democratic party is in? >> is a good way to question it. people who have said in this seat and who you have interviewed many times, mostly elected people, have said, i think the conversation we have to have, rather than saying

that, they will kick it forward and differ and does not answer the question. i think what we have scene is, meet m. that is embarrassing. >> i was hoping that would never happen. democrats have been sort of putting off who they are going to lead in the future. and who will be the leader going forward. clearly, the conversation about joe biden's age is something that put kamala harris in a terrible position. but put them in the position they are in now. i think at some point, democrats have to have these conversations and they have not really gone there yet. >> can i ask what your cap's name is while i show you, are you ready for it? my cat. that is tigger. >> that was an amazing moment for me that i did not expect whatever happen. with that, i am going to wish you a happy new year. i think this is my last appearance on your show.

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happening now, major preparations ahead of new year's eve at times square. organizers held

confetti test before the official celebration. excitement is building in anticipation of the big night. we have more from times square. george, how are things looking at party central ahead of tuesday night? >> reporter: with the amount of people and excitement and energy, it is electric. we were part of the confetti test. we saw the confetti flying. people out here writing wishes and thoughts for the new year. so the confetti when it falls during the relevant will be all over times square as we are used to seeing. we caught up with some of the people here for the celebration. take a listen. >> and excited. we are having a great time. >> it is magical. >> we got to rockefeller center and we saw the tree. we wanted to get over here for this madness.

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♪♪ ♪ >> now today's other top stories. look at this video of a passenger train crashing into a fire truck. that happened saturday in florida. 15 people were injured including three firefighters. the faa is investigating a close call at lax involving an an atlanta charter jet, and it could be seen crossing the runway into the path of the delta flight as it took flight. it was yelling stop, stop, stop! and the faa certainly investigating. from seattle tacoma international airport, shows the moment a passenger opened the emergency and that woman was taken to the hospital for evaluation. his transition team now has an explanation.