good to be with you. i m katy tur. it s the economy, and/or is it the economy or, in other words what if everyone is deciding on multiple issues or one issue? with five days to go, who is still out there deciding? with that in mind, there are a lot of conversations happening both in private and in public about just what the democratic party is pitching to those still deciding. voters in the final days before the election, the midterms, and from the sound of it, the internal worries are that that pitch is wrong. for example, president joe biden spoke about the threats to democracy last night, some big name dems were openly wondering who he was talking about, former obama aide david axle rod says two former bernie sanders campaign managers, saying that if you really want to persuade the really persuadable, rewrite the speech and focus on the cost of living. after the guts of the address in which the president made an impassioned warning about what political lies are doing to
good monday morning. i m hallie jackson in washington we re coming on the air learning more people have been killed in a massive winter storm with emergency workers only starting to get to some of the hardest hit areas now. we just got an update from officials near buffalo we will bring you live what they said we are looking at western new york buried under several feet of snow. the governor describing it all as a war zone. i know how hard this is but western new yorkers are tough. we know how to deal with this. we will get through this together we ll have more on that in a second new tension on the korean peninsula after north korea fires drones over soak soak for the first time in years. how the south is responding. plus, the first christmas holiday inn ukraine since the war began. the defiant message from president zelenskyy later in the show here at home with holiday shopping season over, the return the gift season is kicking into high gear. what you should know abo
that brutal storm that killed 50 people, plus left thousands stranded across the country. why one governor is now calling her state a war zone and in ukraine, an attempted drone attack deep inside russia has vladimir putin once again saying he s ready for peace talks, but is anybody taking that offer seriously as president zelenskyy urges his countrymen to keep the faith. today the future of title 42 allowing migrants to be turned away quickly at the border because of covid-19 public health concerns remains in limbo. what is clear, that the dangser to migrants and the political fight are increasing the supreme court could grant the biden administration s request to end the trump-era border policy, or keep it in place issuing a longer stay. but with freezing temperatures not only is a humanitarian crisis growing at the southern border, the white house is now financial saying strong criticism for governor abbott after that busload of migrants was dropped off in front of vic
happy holidays we re here at msnbc headquarters in new york city, thank you for spending time with us on this monday the death toll from the once in a lifetime multi-state winter storm over the weekend continues to rise today. up by about 20 from this hour yesterday. we now have at least 55 people dead across 12 states with western new york especially hard-hit nearly half of those fatalities are in new york s erie county alone. the freezing temperatures and wind gusts also knocking out power for tens of thousands. in the latest update today, new york governor kathy hochul told drivers to stay off the roads and what first responders are discovering as they conduct rescue operations. going into homes, going into vehicles, and too many tragic times finding people who have not survived the experience. they re grieving inside, as we all are, for the families who are getting horrible heart-breaking news that their loved ones succumbed to the storm over the last day or two, and ou
until the midterms. when true democracy goes away, people get hurt. and it s hard to recover. we have to walk away from politics as usual. it s a choice between two vastly different visions for america. with the economy and inflation top of mind for voters, president biden is also focusing on the u.s. workforce set to deliver remarks on that this afternoon. about the same time, we re expecting the fed s announcement of another interest rate hike going up three quarters of a percentage point for the fourth consecutive time. what their decision today means for your wallet. new details rounding the attack on speaker pelosi s husband, paul. the washington post and nbc news confirm a live camera feed was rolling on the pelosi home on the night of the attack and the post reports that while cameras captured the break-in, no one was watching the feed at the time. ahead, new questions about security. we are going to start with the president s remarks tonight on threats t