as he holds his christmas eve mass in the vatican. and looking ahead to the inevitably stressful cooking of christmas dinners we ll be getting tips from a chef from inside his restaurant kitchen. hello and welcome to bbc news. an icy blast is affecting nearly 250 million people in the us and canada, as one of the most severe winter storms in living memory takes hold with snow blizzards, strong winds and freezing temperatures. at least 19 people have died. hundreds of thousands of american households and businesses are without electricity and thousands of flights have been cancelled. the us state of montana registered a record breaking low of minus 45 celsius. nomia iqbal reports. for much of america, this is the coldest christmas eve. millions of them had plans to get away for the holidays. but the powerful bomb cyclone has thrown everything into chaos, causing car accidents, destroying power lines, leaving millions without electricity. the warning is, don t travel unle
never-before-seen video. plus, attorney general merrick garland is pressed about the justice department s response to the attack on the capitol. we ll show you his response to a question about prosecuting former president trump. and concerns about the next election have the senate taking rare, bipartisan action. there is promising progress on a bill to prevent future coup attempts. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, july 21st. big night tonight. with joe and me, we have the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former chairman of the republican national committee, michael steele. good to have you both. we begin with a new development surrounding those deleted texts from the secret service from the day before and the day of the january 6th attack on the capitol. a senior secret service official tells nbc news that employees received at least three emails, including one before the insurrection wow.
three-way contest seeking a place on the november ballot. and some drama on the democratic side there as well with the frontrunner, lieutenant governor john fetterman suffering a stroke last week getting a procedure at the hospital today. is he competing in a four-person field. we have fox team coverage tonight. we have you covered, jonathan serrie is following the north carolina primaries from charlotte. we head there in a bit. but, first, the keystone state. alexandria hoff is at kathy barnett s headquarters. bryan llenas dr. mehmet oz in newton. starting us off rich edson from david mccormick s campaign in pittsburgh. good evening, rich. good evening, bret. they are all getting set up at mccormick hq. john fetterman s watch party is getting set up but is he not going to be there. the progressive and democratic frontrunner has been in the hospital since friday with a stroke. today his campaign released this statement saying, quote: john fetterman is about to undergo a sta
Enough fentanyl coming in to kill everybody in the country. Isis smugglers, and all the numbers you just heard. Can the c. R. Be a way to get leverage to get ill leave that up to others. Well, and let me say this and we should wrap up. But some of yall may know brandon judd, the head of the National Border patrol union, brandon is a good friend. Ive spent a lot of time talking with Brandon Judd About what the Border Patrol sees and one of the interesting things brandon says, he says they dont particularly need more money. They dont particularly need legislation from congress. What they need is a policy change. What caused this crisis was a decision by joe biden and Kamala Harris and every Senate Democrat to embrace catch and release. What caused this crisis is when they apprehend people, they are given a court date years in the future, they are let go and the vast majority are never seen again. Joe biden could solve this today because the problem is he is brazenly defying federal law.
that state of the race less than six weeks out from the iowa caucus. kevin mccarthy officially stepping down. what his departure means amid chaos on capitol hill. then, pop megastar taylor swift named time magazine s person of the year. her global impact far beyond the charts, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle at headquarters here in new york city. tonight, some of the republicans running for president held for fourth and final debate before the iowa caucuses, now less than six weeks away. ron desantis, nikki haley, vivek ramaswamy, and chris christie came out swinging, facing off at tuscaloosa, alabama at a trump free event. trump free, why? because the former president was a no-show once again. but despite him not being there, things got heated and he did quickly. i am sick of republicans who are not willing to stand up and fight back against what the lift is doing to this country. you have oth