We are thrilled to have, as our speaker today. Debby applegate she is a graduate of Amherst College and has her ph. D. In american studies from Yale University. She is a historian her previous was the most famous man in america a biography of Henry Ward Beecher and he was a minister sort of a progress administer. But in her acknowledgments she talked about how interesting it was to move from a minister to a madam who is ran a number of houses of prostitution in new york. So her latest book is the biography of polly adler, icon of the jazz age. It won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for biography, and it was one of the new york society of libraries best books about new york and was also a finalist for the us Angeles Times book prize and. The National Book critics circle award and shes been married to bruce torgan. 36 years. So i read the book. Its a fascinating, fascinating book. One of the things i didnt realize is that is as much about the history. New york during the 2030s and forties as it
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
Plus, after meeting with republican senators, the president was set to talk budgets in a bipartisan leadership meeting, but, the dems are in resist mode. You have Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi abruptly pulling out of this meeting all together, accusing of the president refusing to play ball with the democrats. So are we heading for some kind of a Government Shutdown . Hillary clinton out there blasting President Trump saying he is escalating tensions in north korea. Get this, she did it while overseas in china. Talking about inappropriate . Dont forget, arent we in the situation in part because of her failures as secretary of state . Were on it for you. Plus, blake burman with the very latest on President Trumps move on tax reform. His move to push tax reform forward and move the budget forward. Coming on very important day when were dealing with the likes of kim jongun in another cree. Hi, blake. Reporter pick your topic kind of day. President trump up on capitol hill speaking with s
Of your daughter and her lemonade stand. On instagram. On this show. You shared it on instagram is how i saw it it is on facebook. It is also on instagram. It is out there in social media. I did see it on facebook but you know what mike jerrick says if it doesnt happen on tv it doesnt happen. So get that on tv. Lets do it. All right. Weve got a look at our sweeps of ultimate doppler and there is a a lot of orange here what does that mean . Heavy downpours. So we have put this in motion now and Flash Flood Warnings in baltimore right now, until 7 00 oclock in the morning. And, we do have some of that rain moving into just about to move into Chester County, and New Castle County in delaware. We will zoom in closer and you can see along i95, very heavy downpours not easy driving there. In newark delaware around the university you are to get heavy rain. Same for southern part of the Chester County pa. We will look at radar and show you future cast for rest of the day. It is not raining yet
Even blasting the roof. Winning the home run derby against the sports biggest stars. Wait till you hear who he credits with his success. Aaron judge hit it out of the house. Oh, my goodness. Good morning, america. A lot of news to get to and what a night at the home run derby. Lets see that shot again. That yankees star, 25 years old, judge, aaron judge sending the ball right to the roof. Built more like a Football Player. Yeah. Isnt he . Better than any Football Player ive ever seen but hes quickly turned into one of the sports biggest stars and one of the biggest stories in baseball and he put on a show. His fellow players were amazed. I know. Everybody looking up at that roof, that was the fun. A lot of news as well butting that brandnew report about donald trump jr. And russia and there is breaking news out of mississippi. Thats right, a marine airplane crashing in a field killing all 16 people on board. Abcs david kerley is in washington. Has that story for us. Good morning, david