morning joe starts now. historic winter storm in western new york statement storm system is blamed for dozens of deaths across the country. it made holiday travel almost impossible on the roads or through the skies with thousands of passengers stuck at airports searching for new flights. meanwhile, the republican governor uses the christmas holiday to play hole papolitics migrants with no warning for groups. and we will take a look at the latest testimony released by the january 6 committee. including a conversation the former president had with one of his closest advisers in the days after the attack on the capitol. also ahead, we dig into the latest action by the democratic controlled house and how the white house is preparing for a divided congress good morning welcome to morning joe. it s monday, december 26th i m jonathan lemire. also with us at the table is affairs analyst and executive editor of recount and host of the podcast. like gene wilder in blazing
reporter: we met one woman trying to get to philadelphia from los angeles after missing a connecting flight. i have nowhere to go, i m stuck here i ve asked every single airline. we don t have enough money reporter: she thought she would miss a holiday, but thankfully found a last-minute flight. what does this mean pretty much everything to just be with people that i care about. we re so glad that she made it nbc s jesse kirsch with that report. just ahead, we re going to go live to chicago o hare s international airport for a look at how air travel is fairing this morning meanwhile, former president trump spent much of his christmas weekend on his social media site railing against the final report from the house select committee investigating the january 6th attack on the capitol hill which included that trump was chiefly responsible for the insurrection it s been nearly two years since that deadly attack on the nation s capitol
another 30% next year. and in 2023, that means the airlines will be profitable again and it means that the amount spent on international tourism will get back to its prepandemic level of about $1.3 trillion globally in that sense, tourism is back, but, actually, the number of trips will be lower than it was before the pandemic, 1.6 billion rather than 1.8. what s happening, each trip costs more and you ll have notice that had going out for me, buying a plane ticket costs more than it used to that s why even though the number of trips is slightly lower, the overall spending ends up in the same place people say revenge is best served cold. all of those people flooding to beaches and things, they preserve revenge to be served hot. revenge tourism is otherwise known as tourism tom, i have a question for you i see new year and new jargon. we always have a word of the year gaslighting was the word of
for 18 months, the house select committee has conducted over one thousand interviews and poured over more than a million documents. msnbc s katy tur is taking a look back at what the committee has uncovered. reporter: what happened on january 6th 2021 played live and unedited across all networks at the same time. meaning all of us saw the same thing, trump mobs beating up police officers, vandalizing the u.s. capitol, ransacking the floors of the senate, free of political spin or reimagination. but that was then. and by 2022, the events of that day had gotten fuzzier, muddied up by partnership. the committee made it their task to sharpen the country s memory and to prove who was to blame. you ll never take back our country with weakness. you have to show strength and you have to be strong.
for the long haul and putin calling it an endless war. that means more carnage in the days and months to come. the biden administration have been surprised at europe s revolve. that will only get harder in the next few months. the president trying to keep money coming from home and keeping their counterparts abroad with kyiv that will be a tall order in the months ahead despite how well things are going for ukraine at the moment mark, we hope traffic remains light on your way home thanks for joining us this morning. still ahead, a look at the stories mies making headlines a the country. and a look behind the january 6 committee. morning joe will be right back ooh, the chewy app. clumping litter. salmon paté?