his college and work history and what republican leaders are saying about the controversy also this morning with the war still raging on, ukraine s foreign minister is hoping for peace talks by the end of february we will get expert analysis on that idea. plus, parts of the united states are still under multiple feet of snow this morning as the death toll from a major winter storm continues to climb in western new york rescue crews are going car by car searching for any stranded survivors this as chaos unfolds at some of the nation s busiest airports thousands of flights have been canceled, as many americans try to head home after the holidays. we will have the very latest on the travel delays. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it s tuesday, december 27th. i m jonathan lemire in for joe, mika and willie. also with us at the table msnbc and nbc news national affairs analyst executive editor of the recount, host of the hell and high water podcast, the man of ma
we ll see how they react and see how that plays out. mehdi, great show, enjoy the rest of your evening. coming up on ayman, republican lawsuits designed to make it harder for you to vote. we ll discuss the anti-democratic actions with wisconsin attorney general josh kaul, new details on paul pelosi. reporting that zip ties were found at the scene. and the gop threat that media isn t covering, republicans are recruiting a new generation of young, far-right activists. how democrats need to fight back. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. all, right tonight, as of tonight, 22 million ballots have been cast across the country. early voting is now in full swing, so too are the legal challenges according to nbc news, more than 100 lawsuits have been filed this year, largely by republicans, targeting rules over mail-in voting, early voting, voter access, voting machines, voting registration, the counting of miss mark absentee ballots, access for partisan poll watchers. all
trend. we will discuss. plus a lot can change in three days. elon musk sows chaos and spreads dangerous misinformation as he takes over twitter. and a master class on messaging. former president barack obama shows democrats what they need to do in these final days before the midterms. good evening. i am mehdi hasan. we begin tonight with the effort to kill a top california democrat. i m not talking about house speaker nancy pelosi and the brutal attack on her husband with a hammer by a home intruder. i ll come to that in a moment. actually, i m talking about congressman eric swalwell, a really dark case for the justice department that was concluded on friday. a pennsylvania man, that we are choosing not to name in an effort not to glorify his actions, pleaded guilty to making threats to kill the congressman and at least three different swalwell staffers he claimed he had ar-15 rifles and wanted to travel to d. c. to shoot the congressman from california, to kill him.
advertisers. they re the only ones who can stop it from getting worse. absolutely. we ll see how they react and see how that plays out. mehdi, great show, enjoy the rest of your evening. coming up on ayman, republican lawsuits designed to make it harder for you to vote. we ll discuss the anti-democratic actions with wisconsin attorney general josh kaul, new details on paul pelosi. reporting that zip ties were found at the scene. and the gop threat that media isn t covering, republicans are recruiting a new generation of young, far-right activists. how democrats need to fight back. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. all, right tonight, as of tonight, 22 million ballots have been cast across the country. early voting is now in full swing, so too are the legal challenges according to nbc news, more than 100 lawsuits have been filed this year, largely by republicans, targeting rules over mail-in voting, early voting, voter access, voting machines, voting registration
6th committee. what more will americans learn about the former president. january 6th committee member congressman adam schiff will be here. one-you way ticket. washington and new york struggle to cope as border states bus thousands of undocumented migrants up east. it s just a mean and cruel thing. what is the long-term solution on the border? texas congressman dan crenshaw is coming up. hello, i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is wondering just how strong that red wave will be after months of democratic concern and despite persistently high inflation. democrats in washington, d.c., are now feeling more hopeful about their chances to maintain control of the u.s. senate this fall. polling in key battleground states where republicans had hoped to defend or pick up seats now appears to be trending blue. and senate republican leader mitch mcconnell is blaming, quote, candidate quality after a series of trump-backed hopefuls with liabilities rapin