we had a great conversation. i ve known him since 1999. he was a seminary student here in new york. came to a demonstration i had. he ended up getting arrested for peaceful demonstration with me. we ve known each other since then. we had a great conversation, coming right up after the fabulous simone. we will be watching, rev, you have just mentored us all. take away. thank you very much. thank you verlet me say, welcoo politicsnation. right now, republicans in both chambers of congress are doing what they can to sabotage the people s business. in protest of the 37 federal counts, donald trump is facing over his handling of classified materials. and five days after his arraignment, that sabotage is ranging from a media campaign, to publicly exonerating trump before he even stand trial. to pledge from substantial republicans to intentionally obstruct the biden administration, by blocking vital appointments, even if it puts our nation in jeopardy. georgia senator, i rap
you. thank you. thank you, andrea. and thank you very much. that s it for this edition of andrea mitchell reports. chris jansing starts right now. good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. ron desantis and his decidedly unconventional campaign launch trying to income off the most unconventional presidential candidate in modern history, donald trump. we ll have the latest on the florida governor as he heads to the twitter verse with the world s second richest man for the big announcement now just hours away. how do you solve an impending economic crisis if some people don t believe a crisis exists. a war of words between treasury secretary janet yellen and conservatives questioning whether the u.s. is really on the verge of default. breaking this morning, nearly two dozen new charges filed against convicted double murderer alex murdaugh, carrying penalties of nearly 500 years in jail. details on the multimillion dollar fraud scheme he s
this is all so disturbing. good morning, everyone. thank you so much for joining us this morning. the memphis officer who said that he wanted to stomp tyre nichols off the streets along with another officer and several emts. we re going to have more on the firings and the fallouts continue to grow here. millions of americans across the south waking up to a brutal ice storm. we ll tell you when and where to expect treacherous conditions, including sub zero temps. and former president trump facing the real possibility of criminal charges over hush money payments to the adult film actress stormy daniels. we re going to begin with what poppy told you about, dangerous ice, the governor of arkansas declaring a state of emergency. a live look near fayetteville, arkansas, 40 million americans from texas to virginia are under winter weather alerts this morning. dallas preparing for another round of freezing rain and sleet, and nearly a thousand flights have already been cancel
underway for millions across the u.s. and it s already canceled 1,000 flights. we are live on the ground. in memphis, two more officers and three emt workers off the job this morning for their response in the beating of tyre nichols. this as we are hearing nichols in his own words for the first time. secretary of state antony blinken walking a diplomat tightrope as vie less is escalating in the middle east. he is meeting with the palestinians. another suspicious incident at the dallas zoo. two monkeys believed to be stolen, also this. hollywood losing another tv icon. laverne & shirley star cindy williams died at 75. her family remembering her as kind and generous with a, quote, brilliant sense of humor. cnn this morning starts right now. we are going to begin with the dangerous ice storm freezing the south from texas all the way to west virginia. nearly 40 million americans under winter weather alerts. this is a live look in arkansas where the declared a
we ll give you an update on that and on the thousands of people without power in washington state after three electrical substations appear to have been attacked as people get together with friends and family over this holiday week, more and more concerns about a rise in cases connected with the triple-demic of flu, covid and rsv. we ve got a look at that in just a minute and the future of title 42 in the hands of the u.s. supreme cou court. a look at how the biden administration is getting ready for what could happen next. and we re learning what the january 6th committee learned and what comes next for the doj investigation into the insurrection we re starting with the winter weather that has already killed dozens of people. those freezing temperatures are going to keep up this week look at officials in eerie county, new york they re announcing 12 more people have been killed by that winter weather meaning 25 people in that county alone have died. nearly 60, 55 total