he s leading us to a depression. trump asked supporters on wednesday to name one thing that has gotten better under biden and, i don t know, there s a lot, i can think of a lot, but i think maybe number one is we re drinking less bleach. good morning, welcome to morning joe, it is friday, december 15th. senate majority leader chuck schumer is calling the bluff, he has hopes of hammering out a deal on foreign aid which includes critical funder for ukraine. also ahead, how the biden campaign is trying to capitalize on the impeachment inquiry into the president. plus, rudy giuliani s defense team takes a very odd strategy in closing arguments in his defamation case. i will tell you about their pitch to the jurors. with us this morning we have columnist and associate editor for the washington post david ignatius, member of the new york times editorial board mara gay, host of the podcast unbrand with donny deutsch, and the co-founder of punchbowl news don bresnahan.
todd: the breaking news. ashley: a florida journalist and 9-year-old girl gunned down wednesday afternoon by suspect wanted in an early deadly shooting at the same scene. the slain journalist has been identified by his fiancee as 24-year-old dylan lyons with gofundme link tweeted the love of my life was murdered. i will never be the same person ever again. officials say two others were hurt including a photographer and mother of the 9-year-old girl. the authorities responded to the scene of a homicide yesterday where they found a 20 year old girl shot dead. later that evening 213 news reporters were on the scene reporting the crime. the same suspect return to the scene and opened fire on them around 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. the suspect walked into nearby residents killing a 9-year-old girl and seriously injuring her mother. speak with the deputies located two men who had been shot in or near a vehicle. they are news 13 reporter and photographer who were on the scene to cover it
i m whitny wild. cnn this morning starts right now. morning, everyone. we re glad you re with us. it s thursday, december 29th. don is off this week. and ukraine is our lead story. under attack. more than 120 russian missiles launched at ukraine overnight. 90% of lviv this morning is without power. we ll take you to crane. here in the united states, thousands of air travelers are struggling to find their way home still. one major airport is launching an investigation into the meltdown at southwest airlines. and the death toll is rising once again in buffalo. the city s mayor now coming under fire for handling of that recovery and the storm. a new migrant processing center is going up in el paso, despite a supreme court decision to keep title 42 in place. we begin this hour with ukraine. president zelenskyy s adviser says russia has launched more than 120 missiles at the country. it happened overnight. a top official in odesa is calling it a massive missile attack in
migrants are camping out in freezing temperatures as the white house asked the supreme court to live title 42 today. nearly 60 across 12 states with a massive storm over the holiday weekend. ranging from the great lakes all the way down to rio grande. the death toll 28 in western new york where blizzard conditions left parts of the state buried under 4 feet of snow backing up in the thousands. 500,000 are waking up in the dark this morning. carley: cleanup efforts in buffalo as president biden approves emergency declaration for the storm. even more snow could be in the forecast period and the mayor of buffalo is slamming looters who destroy stores during the blizzard. people who were out looting and people are losing their lives in this harsh, winter storm is just absolutely reprehensible. i don t know how these people can even live with themselves, how they can look at themselves in the mirror here they are the lowest of the low. ashley: looters did not appear to be an
from buffalo and she says she has never seen anything like this. we still have scores and scores of vehicles that were abandoned when people left during the storm, or in a ditch, they cannot possibly get out. we have had snowplows, major snowplows and rescue vehicles. i saw them myself in ditches buried in snow. anita: the brutal weather causing thousands of flight delays and cancellations. flight aware, charles watson is at the airport in atlanta with all of the latest there, and charles, you ve been chatting with us there from the airport over the last couple of days. how are things looking today? well, look, it s busy. the travel troubles continue here in atlanta, and at airports across the country. this is a taste of what it looks like here in atlanta, what we are experiencing. a lot of folks in the airport today. large crowds, large lines full of people who are just hoping that the day goes smoothly for them. unfortunately, that likely won t be the case for many as