here in the uk, the family of cody fisher, who was stabbed to death at a club in birmingham on monday, say their hearts are broken. hello and welcome to bbc news. we start this hour with a special report from ukraine, from the southern port of kherson, which is under increased bombardment from russian forces, and where on tuesday the maternity ward of a hospital was among the places shelled. kherson is often called the gateway to crimea and, because of its strategic importance, it was one of the first places taken by russian forces at the start of the war. it was liberated last month, in a significant gain for ukrainian troops. but civilians are now living with a daily onslaught of russian shelling. 0ur correspondent yogita limaye has spent the last four days in kherson with colleagues imogen anderson, sanjay ganguly and mariana matveichuk and they sent this special report. i should warn you it contains some distressing images. kherson is being pounded. this is wh
irritated by the backlash and what he views as the probable sloppiness of his aides who packed his things when he left office. but the constant drip of new information is intensifying calls for transparency. and on the hill it s providing fuel more republicans hungry for investigations. in moments, the latest reporting from inside the white house and on capitol hill. and the unrelenting barrage of storms battering california has 7 million more people under flood was. half an inch of rain could fall per hour for people dealing with mudslides, buckled roads and homes submerged. in ukraine, the race to find remaining survivors after a russian strike destroyed an apartment building in dnipro. we are in the region with concerns about russia s new military strategy. we start with more pains found from president biden s post obama years. nbc news reports that president biden is frustrated with the backlash. explain what we re learning and what s happening inside the white hous
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
these agencies and look at how they ve been weapon eyes to go against the people they are supposed to represent. we are going to do that. investigating the investigators. house republicans are getting ready to take a sledgehammer to yet another american institution, with the false narrative that the doj is unfairly targeting the right. also, republicans learned nothing from the election. the new house majority is actively working to take away what s left of women s reproductive rights. voting on two abortion related measures today. hard to believe it, but george santos lied about being a star volleyball player he lied about attending the college. kevin mccarthy decided today to reward congressman catch me if you can instead. we begin with a noteworthy example of how the fbi can go wrong. back in the 1960s, dr. martin luther king jr. criticized the fbi. for failing to enforce civil rights. particularly in the south. hoover denounced the critique by calling king the mos
medals. republicans aren t the only ones out there who want to get rid of george santos. two democrats requested a house ethics investigation, and hand delivered a copy of the complaint to santos office, he wasn t there at the time, they had to give it to his assistant, admiral slorge santos. there are a lot of developments this morning with congressman george santos that we ll be updating you on. we re also learning a lot more this morning about the justice department s wide ranging investigation into january 6th. we re going to dig into new reporting on subpoenas sent to officials from former president donald trump s presidential campaign. which is significant, because, again, a lot of people have said, you can investigate a lot of different things, but at the end of the day, with everybody getting tried that was part of the riots and some people being charged with sedition, they re all pointing their finger at donald trump. most of them are saying he s the reason he