right now, though, a live look at a very snowy harrisburg, pennsylvania. you can kind of barely see it. the northeast is bracing for a major winter storm. what s expected to be the areas first big snowfall in two years. more than 40 million people are under winter alerts, from the mid-atlantic from new england, from 8 to 12 inches of snow expected through sunday. that storm already bringing heavy rain and sleet to the southeast, causing icy and hazardous driving conditions. in moments, the new video that shows the point of view of rioters on capitol hill, where three years ago, today. a very good day to all of you from nbc news here in los angeles, welcome to alex witt reports. we have this breaking news to share, several big developments impacting the boeing 737 max nine aircraft. this, after a mid air emergency for forced an alaskan airline flight to plant just minutes after taking off. let s go to nbc s priscilla thompson, joining us now from houston. priscilla, tell
going for jail for 20 years and 18 years, the doctors, lawyers, electricians, truck drivers? it s one of the saddest things. it will go down as one of the saddest things in the history of our country, and they went there to protest a rigged election. fourth and 1200 individuals have now been charged by the department of justice. january six defendants who donald trump is made murderous out of, suggesting he would pardon them, suggesting that he is being targeted, just like those individuals attacked the capital but i, are being targeted. there s one other note i want to make here. there s an individual named laurel bloom or, alex. laura rumors are it when provocateur in one of the chief denialists of the january 6th attack, calling it an inside job. laura loomer road to iowa with the former president on his plane yesterday to those campaign stops. i think it s important context to see who the former
okay, you re bringing up holes. there s a new one from the associated press, it finds that almost a third of republicans have low trust in the gop primary. could this have an effect on voter turnout? it s a great question. i think we re gonna be looking at singles from iowa about that just coming up in nine days. the iowa us course, it s a different kind of system. everybody shows up at the same time. it s a very collective experience. you all listen to speeches and then vote together. all, again, in that one evening. the votes are tallied right in front of you and announced to the crowd in that caucus site. it s a little bit more trust there. look i, i think that something to watch moving forward. there is no doubt that over the last eight years donald trump has shown a lot of distrust about the way we run elections in america. culminating, of course, we re talking a lot about the third anniversary of january 6th.
victory new hampshire. look, we ve had a lot of surprises before. i went back and looked about a week before iowa, in the last two campaigns. years ago, donald trump is leading by six points of the polling average in iowa. he lost. four years before that, rick santorum, who won the iowa caucuses, wasn t sixth place in the polling average in iowa a week before the caucuses. sixth place. and he won. new hampshire, similarly, lots of surprises in new hampshire. going back both on the republican side in the democratic side. we all remember barack obama winning iowa in 2008, riding the surge of momentum, only to get crushed in new hampshire by hillary clinton and a victory nobody saw coming. john mccain finished fourth or fifth in iowa in the 2000. and then won the new hampshire primary. if primaries can be really volatile, right now, the game play for trump s be down desantis in iowa. and then take it to haley in new hampshire. and then it over. we ll see if it succeeds.
this is basically gonna be a one-two punch of a succeeds. the first point doesn t i ll against ron desantis. that has been, quite, frankly for donald trump is going pretty well. desantis has bet a lot on iowa. he s not really doing as much in new hampshire. not running television advertising in new hampshire. big focus on iowa there. if trump can knock out desantis in iowa, then he can move on to new hampshire and knock out haley. and essentially, the primary will be over at that point. if it succeeds. nikki haley s been getting a lot of traction in new hampshire. and desantis kind of flagging a little bit in iowa. if haley can finish second in iowa, and ride that momentum new hampshire, then you can start to see things a little interesting. that s exactly what the campaign is trying to avoid. really, you can envision nikki haley giving trump a run for his money? you know, i don t know if i d go that far, but if it s going to happen, it s going to happen by a second place finish fo