moscow next. happening right now, historic winter storm is pummeling bringing heavy winds snow and ice after slamming the rockies. we ll take you live to minneapolis. also this morning, the epa has now ordered norfolk southern to play for all cleanup operations related to the toxic chemical spill triggered by a train derailment in ohio earlier this month. we ll tell you which major political figures are heading to east palestine today. president biden is wrapping up a high stakes trip to europe as tensions continue to escalate between the u.s. and russia. this morning the president reacted to vladimir putin s decision to suspend participation in the last remaining arms control agreement between the u.s. and russia, calling it a big mistake. his response came hours after sharp new rhetoric from one of putin s top allies who told a russian news agency, quote, if the u.s. wants to defeat russia, we have the right to defend ourselves with any weapon, including the nuclear k
biden heading home after meeting with allies from european nations, bordering ukraine and russia and slamming vladimir putin s decision to suspend the new s.t.a.r.t. nuclear agreement. reaction to putin saying he is pulling out of s.t.a.r.t.? i don t have time. no time? no. it s a big mistake. president putin with china s top diplomat. they are considering providing russia with weapons for the war. joining me, samantha power about the humanitarian crisis from the war in ukraine and the earthquake zones in turkey and syria. this hour, stunning new comments from the georgia special grand jury foreperson about their recommendations. do they foreshadow potential criminal indictments against the trump inner circle or even the former president? are there bombshells of who is i don t think that there are any giant plot twists coming. i would not expect you to be too shocked, no. that includes of the former president? potentially. blayne alexander joining us a
good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. more inside information on the fulton county, georgia, grand jury investigation looking into possible election interference by donald trump and his allies. in her first television interview, the grand jury forewoman talks to nbc news about what happened behind the scenes and whether that list of recommended indictments includes the former president. bracing for a major winter wallop, 42 million people from california to maine under winter weather alerts. we re talking brutally cold temperatures, snow storms and blizzards. we ll get a live report from minneapolis where they could see the largest snow totals in more than a decade. and is there a plan b? new reporting on the hush, hush planning by democrats just in case president biden decides not to seek a second term. but first, we begin with that rare look inside the inner workings of the georgia special grand jury investigation. the forewoman, emily
rocket attacks in 24 hours as the military steps up its assault in ukraine. our reporters are here to cover all of the latest developments and we start there. nbc s richard engel is in dnipro, ukraine, this latest barrage of missiles, give us the latest we know about what s happening on the ground there. reporter: so ukrainians are shrugging it off. they so far say that the russian offensive, which was launched about two weeks ago, is not shaping up to be as devastating as province, the head of ukrainian intelligence earlier today said the russian offensive appears to be of such low quality that some field commanders don t even know that it has begun, that there has been intense activity from the russian side around bakhmut where we have been reporting over the last couple of weeks, but that in other areas, the russians are running so low on ammunition on artillery shells they are now in an ammunition conservation mode. so, yes, they are still able to launch rockets at unde
derailment have been prevented? if so, how? the answer to that question will eventually come from the ntsb, which is currently investigating the crash, but we can and should take a look at the conditions of rail freight across this country and the allegations that across the industry safety is being sacrificed for profit. we spoke with one 40-plus year veteran railroader and certified accident investigator who told us what happened in east palestine was the logical outcome of precision schedules railroading. and that without change it will happen again. we re going to explain what that means in a moment with greg reagan, the president of the transportation trades department of aflcio. it s important to understand the operating conditions because the crash itself is becoming a political football. donald trump is touring the derailment site, and the mayor of east palestine who told us on this show the other day that he didn t want president biden to visit because the security d