and found the mother lode. how they can overturn an election by going through the state election results and you can control that if you have secretaries of state in these various battlegrounds who are going to say, okay, hold on. it shows joe biden one re-election, well, we are just going to throw that out and donald trump is the winner. i mean, we are we are really, you know, i think, facing that real-life scenario. and then, what do we do at that point, don? i mean, i think that is that is a crazy question to consider but i you know, it s it s becoming more real by the day. yeah. it was a wake-up call watching that. or i could say reality check but i don t want to take that away from mr. john avlon. she s been doing great reporting as all of our reporters on this. thank you very much. i appreciate it, jim. i will see you tomorrow night. this is don lemon tonight. and um, well, so let s talk about something that is i think this is good for not i think
find. and also, again, in murdoch-backed media, not just at the propaganda network. some of those people, don, they face death threats for reporting the truth. yeah. you mean some of the people over at fox, of course, or they have to leave the network. it s really sad. but it s also sad, the extremes on social media. social media is one of the biggest something has to be done about social media, i believe, because nothing has to be true on it. and immediately it is pushed out as if it s true and people start to believe it. it s also just such a mean place. have you noticed that? you said you stay off it because we were talking about having grace. it s really hard to have grace on twitter, you know? every once in a while i have to go on to make sure something is posted, but the person who does social media will say to me, can i post this or do you want me to wait for the firestorm to die down? and i ll say what firestorm. don lemon trending. i had no idea i was
good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is monday, january 17th. i m john berman. brianna is working nights this week. here with me, kasie hunt. great to see you, john. great to be back. you have had kind of an adventure. it has been an adventure, yes. i had brain surgery back in october. this is my first day back, and i m thrilled to spend it with you. i m so glad you re here. i know you just want to know the news, so i won t bug you. great to have you back. thanks, john. r50 million people are facing weather alerts as a storm batters the east coast. freezing rain, ice and snow stretching as far as florida. governor kemp staying for people to stay off the roads. high winds and sleet across northern georgia. more of the same in north carolina, where conditions turned deadly. a tractor trailer slid off the highway killing two people. multiple tornados touched down in southwest florida. in south carolina, the national g
escape from jail has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. authorities in indiana close inside on the fugitives. they were on the run for more than a week. also tonight the white house criticizing vladimir putin s remarks as, quote, patently false when he claimed that at moscow victory day celebration that nato and the west are to blame for the war in ukraine because he falsely claims they were threatening russia. and the senate passing a pill that ex spands security for supreme court justices after the draft opinion that would overturn roe v. wade. but i want to turn now to cnn s sam kiley for what it happening in ukraine as putin celebrates victory day in moscow. reporter: one man s parade for the many. the many on parade for one man. and on the eve of victory day, authorities here say 60 people died in a russian airstrike. the victory over german nazism once united the people of russia and ukraine. not anymore. this is what putin s modern campaign to de-nazify uk
ukraine. and accused the west of creating threats on russia s border. u.s. president joe biden says he s concerned that putin may feel backed into a corner with russian troops making little headway in ukraine and with no clear path to get out of the conflict. u.s. ambassador to the u.n. echoed those claims, telling cnn that clearly putin has no victory to celebrate and remarks show he s in denial, trying to rewrite history. many analysts have feared mr. putin would use the holiday to expand the war in ukraine or make a major announcement. instead, he stuck to a familiar script, aimed at selling the war domestically. cnn was there, tanks rolling across red square on monday. we have more there, but first, let s go to isa soares live in lviv, ukraine. thank you, john. well, even as fighting rages in eastern ukraine, russia now appears to be focusing on the southern port city of odesa. a barrage of missile strikes from fighter jets, ships, as well as submarines has hit the city