and if somebody doesn t stand up and say we can t have our elections being run this way, then we ll never have another fair election. i mean, 60% of the polling places on election day, we re in operational, nonfunctioning. when do we stop and say enough is enough, but we have to get to 80 percent, 90%, 100% when we say we need to have our elections run fair? i completely agree with you. and if you care about democracy, this would be the top of your list. i m glad you re doing this. thank you for telling us about it tonight. good to see you. thanks, tucker. so atlanta isn t just any other city. it is what new york is to the northeast and los angeles s to the west. chicago is the midwest and denver is the mountain state. it s the hub of the entire region and it s a nice place. so if atlanta starts to fall apart, you should care. the murder rate in that city is up 78%. in just the last month, one of the victims was an elderly
so we re going to see a little bit of a chance of flooding. about 1 to 2 inches widespread. the biggest issue, airports with windy conditions and heavy rain. so atlanta, charlotte, miami, ft. lauderdale, including tampa and orlando, this is going to be on thursday. and as we go through friday, airport delays are likely early in the day. d.c., philadelphia, baltimore, new york city and during the afternoon heading up through areas of new england. so keep that in mind. saturday .sunday, that storm clears out. but thursday, the southeast. friday in the northeast. a lot of airport delays because a lot of our wind and rain storm. doesn t look like any white christmas will be in the cards for anywhere on the east coast. maybe even the midwest, too. we ll use our own special effects there to give you some snowflakes. you re watching morning joe. we ll be right back. look, if you re not the lead dog, the scenery never changes. that s why this is the view for every other full-size pickup. and
who the senate confirmed to the fifth court of appeals this week. he s very amusing. he is famous for having a twitter account with 100,000 followers. it is funny, it is witty. democrats tried to use that against him and tried tott discourage him from using it anymore. my plea to him is, don t stop! we need more laughter in this political age. paul: he is not as funny, though, as judge freeman. james. [laughter] i don t think i can pass that bar. i m it s not funny, i m very happy, i m giving a hit to the u.s. consumer who is pulling the u.s. back toward normal u.s.-style growth, a big increase in consumer spending in november versus a year ago. so atlanta fed now saying another quarter over 3% growth, it s looking like a great economy. paul: kate? this is a hit for ajit pai
area. so let s show where you it hit yesterday first. that was in california. that s where the snow began to paul. pine valley, california. picked up about 3 to 4 inches. some kids got to play with some snow. california has been just like many other areas with a lack of winter weather all season. so today as we go throughout the forecast period, wednesday is a day of concern for new england. that s going to be the problem up this. so today is fine. it s more or less wednesday, thursday that you ll have the issues. today s forecast looks great. temperatures in the 40s. 50 in philadelphia. 53 washington, d.c. the problem is that that storm system is now back here in the pour corner region. so atlanta today a chance of some showers. east coast looks okay. forecast in areas like denver, not a winter storm for you, in denver we ll see a wintry mix. phoenix, you should be just fine at 62 today. and even detroit should be fine, also. temperatures, it s really not all that cold. that s kind of