vote for donald trump, as some electors are reportedly being harassed to change the results of the election. zplrchlts plus, evacuations in aleppo are back on after several buses meant to help people leave the city were set on fire. and lawmakers on capitol hill are asking to investigate russia s possible interference in the u.s. presidential election, as president obama claims he previously warned putin to cut it out. good morning, it s monday, december 19th, i m mark hal prin in new york, alongside kasie hunt in washington and louis burgdorf. 41 days since election day, 32 days since donald trump will take the oath of office. today members of the electoral college will cast their vote.
only the second player to win an nba championship in three different decades. the spurs beat the pelicans, improving to 22-5 on the year. mark, truly an end of the era there, retirement of tim duncan. incredible, one of the greats of all time, will be missed. louis, thank you. still ahead, joe scarborough joins me next to discuss the trump transition and a lot more. we ll be back right after this.
it was a very simple person, got involved with all these crazy people in hollywood. she had her share of legal headaches, in 1989 she was convicted of slapping a police officer during a traffic stop and spent three days in jail. in her later years, medical problems began to take their toll. in 2002, a car wreck left her partially paralyzed, then a broken hip kept her in and out of the hospital, and most recently, her right leg was amputated, but to the end, zsa zsa maintained a persona of flirtatious fun and a touch of old hollywood glamour. that was kristen welker reporting. what a fascinating life and career, mark. incredible, incredible woman and family. still ahead, there were record low temperatures across parts of the country over the weekend. meteorologist bill karins will have more on what to expect this week. plus, cowboys rookie sensation ezekiel elliot donates
and also for allies across the globe. this, mark, this would be two great choices and would be a very strong way. i think most people in washington and people who know foreign policy, would be a very strong way for donald trump to end his selection process. he s down in florida, as we said, but this will be a working vacation. what do you know about his attitude about how things are going overall? i think he s very positive about it. the campaign workers and transition staff very positive about it. i did notice one thing over this weekend, that a lot of his top deputies and even donald trump, they ve just started to tune out most of the news. they figure that they are not going to be able to control what s going on. every headline is a bad headline. everything they do they feel has turned into a negative story, and so they are just not worrying about it at this point.
investigators and the democratic staff investigators strategize together to fact find and get to the bottom of it. do you expect that kind of investigation, whether a select committee or not? yeah, this will be a bipartisan investigation. when you have mitch mckorconnel along with paul ryan, coming out and saying i don t understand how any republican senator could not want to get to the bottom of this, and basically mock and ridicule them for downplaying it, you know it s going to be a very aggressive investigation, at least in the united states senate, and i suspect, given what paul ryan has said, we re going to see a tough bipartisan investigation in the house. and that needs to happen, mark. we need to make sure this doesn t happen four years from now. you know what, four years from now, this could be the chinese hacking into the rnc. set your egg timers and countdown clocks, because joe is going to be back in 15 minutes for morning joe. thank you very much. thank you, mark.