days before republicans assume the majority in the house and likely dissolve the january 6th committee, members released a new batch of testimony involving efforts of those closest to the former president and their attempts to overturn the election. i m pamela brown in for anderson tonight. and included in the new transcripts is testimony by donald trump jr. and remarks about what he believed was a, quote, sophisticated legal rationale to overturn the election, as in overturn the will of the people. one nearly identical to what his fathers allies would soon attempt. and there is also some rather unflattering testimony involving first lady melania trump s opinion of trump jr. and others in her husband s inner circle. also tonight, new details of a purported conversation involving senator lindsey graham who said he would become a champion of these baseless election fraud claims if the president s allies could, quote, just give me five dead voters. it is a lot to unpack. let s s
his college and work history and what republican leaders are saying about the controversy also this morning with the war still raging on, ukraine s foreign minister is hoping for peace talks by the end of february we will get expert analysis on that idea. plus, parts of the united states are still under multiple feet of snow this morning as the death toll from a major winter storm continues to climb in western new york rescue crews are going car by car searching for any stranded survivors this as chaos unfolds at some of the nation s busiest airports thousands of flights have been canceled, as many americans try to head home after the holidays. we will have the very latest on the travel delays. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it s tuesday, december 27th. i m jonathan lemire in for joe, mika and willie. also with us at the table msnbc and nbc news national affairs analyst executive editor of the recount, host of the hell and high water podcast, the man of ma
extra to be here to be on the phone helping passengers reunite with their luggage, but they are here trying to help folks get their suitcases back. again, it s probably going to be a bunch of days before people get reunited with their bags. but the flights at least should be continuing as normal tomorrow. pam? wow, that is a sea of bags behind you there, lucy. thank you so much for your reporting there. well, the death toll from that winter storm in the hard hit buffalo region of new york state has risen once again. it is now at 39. and officials expect it to rise further. cnn s miguel marquez has more on the trauma in this tight knit community. reporter: the death toll rising as buffalo continues digging out. the scope of this disaster still coming into focus. unfortunately, there are families in this community who still have not been able to identify where a loved one is. they re missing. and we do have still john does.