Welcome to a Special Thanksgiving Edition Of Th Show to what i am coming the Mehdi Hassan Book Club via oprah. Bucks and all have been mainstay of the show giving me a chance to dive deep into a subject. Book segments helping me understand the male strip of this relentless news cycle so we will revisit some of our famous conversations wit authors this year. How the media needs to cover elections when one party i campaigning against democrac how Marjorie Taylor greene has gone from the fringe to th center of the Republican Party and how outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi consequentially one o the most consequential speaker of our lifetimes may have bought the Opportunit To Convict president donal trump. We start the day about books particularly the endless strea of tellall books about donald trump. What was to all of them was no the what or the when if that i with so many crucial whereas relations wait for a Boo Publishing date . I want to show you an old news we cover from almost 40 year ag
Cancellations. Over 4000 delays nationwide. The airport in buffalo, ne york has completely closed dow to the weather and will remain a closed until tuesday meanwhile, the president and first lady are spreading the warm this christmas. Many parts of the day callin u. S. Troops stationed around the world thanking them fo their sacrifice. We will be looking into what i the 1. 7 trillion dollar bill that Congress Passed on th Holiday Weekend as well as the final report released by the january Six Committee means fo former President Trump in 2023 lets start this hour with a severe winter storm that has left travelers scrambling to get to their destination Thi Christmas and then home, hopefully. Nbc shimmery stone joining u from Reagan National airport with how travelers there are very jesse curtis joins us from New York City with the latest on the storm as well. Shemarri, lets start with you for those who were able to mak it for christmas, tomorrow begins potentially throwing th dice can yo
Im paula reed in washington. For a ferocious freeze complicating Rescue Efforts after a deadly winter storm pummeled the u. S. Freed warnings in effect across the u. S. Snow and sheets of ice. The storm blamed for at least 26 deaths. Roads impassable in Upstate New York after a monstrous blizzard. For nearly 12 hours it was almost impossible to go anywhere in a vast majority of the community. This is an area with approximately 500,000 residents between the city of buffalo and the suburbs. It was such that we had to pull Emergency Rescue vehicling off the roads. The bitter cold icing over the christmas celebrations. This morning parts of the south seeing the coldest christmas in decades and making a mess of holiday travel. 1,800 Flights Canceled again today. We have a team covering this all tracking the latest Winter Weather developments but beginning in buffalo, new york. Paw lo sandoval is there. Last time we spoke we did see some trucks on the road. Whats the latest there . Reporter
Who are celebrating. Im ali velshi we begin this hour with th latest in the investigation an the insurrection, and th historic january Six Committees highly anticipated final report the document is massive, bot in scope, its 845 pages long, and importance, relating to th future of democracy in the United States. However, Synthesizing Th Monumental Report down to on line is easy its this. Quote, the Central Cause O january six was one man. The man is exactly who you think it is, donald j trump. The report also notes, quote none of the events of januar six wouldve happened withou him. Separately, the committee is voted to refer trump to Th Committee Of Justice for prosecution and for criminal charges, including obstruction of an official proceeding, a well as 18 and insurrection. Important to know right now, the 14th Amendment of th constitution, vance individual who engage in an insurrectio from holding federal or stat office the Committee Reports persists recommendations to prevent ano
Year they are history making, unprecedented, consequential from Criminal Investigations into the former president of the United States to midterm elections that preserved our democracy, from the makeup o the Supreme Court and th decisions that threatened ou rights to the very rapid ris of hate speech on public discourse, we have plenty to dig into you are watching simone and yo know i have a lot to say when i reflect on the wil ride that was 2022, i keep coming back to these words historic and unprecedented democrats bumped historica trends by expanding thei Senate Majority and preventing a red wave in the house of representatives. And voters, they changed the representation in more way than one electing the first gen z membe of congress with Maxwell Frost In Florida The First woman elected to congress from vermont, wit becca blunt, the First Out Lesbian governors, lamar heal in massachusetts, and tina kotek in oregon. The first black governor o maryland with wes moore. The list just g