alvin bragg, he has stuffed the da s office with the department of injustice people including one top doj operative from dc that is running horse face witch hunt. some are questioning the timing of trump s possible arrest, mike pence defended former boss today saying the prosecution feels politically motivated, watch. at a time when there s a crime awe in new york city, the fact that the manhattan da thinks that indicting president trump is his top priority, i think, is just tells you everything that you need to know about the radical left in the country. feels like a politically charged prosecution here. very interesting. so i want to go to you first on this guy because we had little bit of discussion earlier today. now you have mike pence coming out in somewhat of a defense of donald trump, we know how donald trump feels about all of this. but i m wondering are republicans going to come together and circle the wagon an donald trump around this or his potential other 2
life putin and his reported girlfriend are leading now. plus, breaking news. new court filings in the defamation case against fox news have been released. you ll see the message tucker carlson spent to trump lawyer sidney powell, calling her out for conspiracy theoriestheories. and two americans kidnapped in mexico now back in the u.s. for treatment, the other two killed as the search for the killers ramps up. out front tonight on the run. here s the new video of russian soldiers appearing to abandon their posts just south of bakhmut, a shell of a city, the scene of the most vicious fighting of the past months. ukraine s president made it clear that when it comes to bakhmut, ukraine is not about to retreat. translator: this is tactical for us. we understand that after bakhmut they could go further. they could go to an open road for the russians after bakhmut to other towns in the ukraine in the donetsk direction in the east of ukraine. sticking by that. we ve got ne
. and i m amra walker. thank you all for spending a part of your morning with us and to you, victor, i have to tell you i tweeted out a photo of us yesterday and the excitement level for victor blackwell was pretty intense. and everyone s saying, look, is this permanent ? i m like, yes, yes. yes it is permanent for real and for keys as long as long as you wake up the reason. i mean, the schedule again, cycle is a chance. here is what we are watching this morning. i got my wife we got in the tub covered our heads. by the time we did that the storm was coming over and all we could hear was the house. breaking apart. so many terrifying stories. the death toll continues to climb after at least 10. tornadoes ripped through the south friday. the recovery efforts now underway as federal resources are moving in , and we are also tracking the threat for more severe storms today. due to the violence of the explosion and the amount of time that has passed the chance of finding survivors
we ll go live to the capital of ukraine and get the latest from inside moscow in just a minute. plus, does the future of the war in ukraine hinge on the midterms in the u.s.? the republican victories in the house and senate mean less money or less military support? we ll dig into that, plus get a gut check on a couple of big races you haven t heard a whole lot about. finally, jury selection just getting under way in the second sex crimes trial of harvey weinstein. the stakes have been raised exponentially after he was given a chance to appeal his new york conviction. what are the chances he could be allowed to walk free? we start with the brutal attacks in ukraine and apparent return to tactics that russia used early in the war to try to terrorize and kill civilians. it represents the biggest, most widespread attack in months. russia claims that it was going after energy and military command facilities. but the vast majority were civilian targets, including an apartment
you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex or parts. we ll begin again on the breaking news for the intensifying gantt hunt for the gunman wanted for a mass shooting near los angeles. here is what we know from police so far. at least ten people were killed which includes five men and five women. ten others have been injured. the suspect is still at large right. now police say they have received some conflicting descriptions from eyewitnesses. the shooting happened at a crowded dance studio in monterrey park just as lunar new year celebrations are underway. let s go to nbc s steve patterson who is on the scene since the wee hours of the morning. steve, welcome. what more can you tell us about this horrific shooting? what have you learned recently? top of my, we ve just had in your press conference as over the half an hour or so ago, with the l.a. county sheriff s department and with moderate police. with so many more that arrived on the s