you all. i am katie phang. welcome to the katie phang show. we are going to start today s show with a capitol hill countdown as lawmakers have just four more days of work before they head home for the holidays. i m joining you live from msnbc world headquarters in new york city. we have lots of news to cover and lots of questions to answer. let s get started. failure to lead the president of a prominent ivy league university steps down amid public outrage after a disastrous congressional hearing on the rise of antisemitism on college campuses. we re going to go inside the fallout ahead and a live report from capitol hill. state of emergency catastrophic storms strike tennessee, leaving a trail of death and destruction. six people, including at least one child, are dead, and dozens more are injured. we are live on the ground in the storm zone. no, i am not a threat. i will save democracy. the threat is crooked it joe biden. plus, day one dictator says he will save demo
it s sunday, december 10. i m victor blackwell. i m amara walker. thank you for joining us this morning. here s what we re watching for you. everything just, like, exploded. this is what it felt like. like everything exploded. a lot of pressure built up and popped. at least six people are dead after tornados ripped through tennessee overnight. we are hearing of significant damage in some towns and a state of emergency remains in effect. also, tracking a threat for more severe storms today. two university of pennsylvania leaders have stepped down after the hughley criticized testimony about antisemitism on campus. the reaction coming in to those resignations. former president trump is expected to testify in the new york civil fraud case against him despite advice from his attorneys not to do so. the potential legal implications of the decision. the house is preparing to vote on an impeachment inquiry into president biden this week. how the white house is responding
trying to be invisible. is this what they mean by acting chicken? did i do something? reporter: jeanne moos, cnn. what the reporter: new york. oh, my god. i don t care what you say, that hawk is in the tree, i am standing still. those chickens were not moving. what i also don t understand is one froze, then the other ones got it? or did they all see the hawk at the same time? at the same time. that s really remarkable. all right. thanks, jeanne moos. next hour of cnn this morning starts now. good morning, and welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, december 10th. i m victor blackwell. so remarkable. i can t get it off my mind. i m amber walker. thanks for joining us. here is what we are watching. everything just, like, exploded. that s what it felt like, like everything exploded, like a lot of pressure built up and just popped. at least six people are dead after tornados ripped through tennessee overnight. there is significant damage in some t
[national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] will: straight to a fox weather alert, at least six people including a child are dead and dozens more hurt after two tornadoes barreled through parts of tennessee, kentucky and mississippi yesterday. oh, [bleep] oh, my god. rachel: searching through the rubble for any known survivors, nashville s mayor says the city s left completely upside e down as the area is suffering from extensive damage. pete: residents are waking up in the dark this morning as tens of thousands of people are without power, more than 40,000 without electricity in tennessee alone. let s turn now to our chief meteorologist rick reichmuth. rick: yeah, so pretty dynamic situation yesterday, we ll tell you we had forecast storms, but i think even we didn t see this coming to be this significant like what we saw yesterday. right now 23 reports of tornadoes from this storm. that ll whittle down a little bit once they get out and do some of t
the northeast right now. new video of the twisters touching down in tennessee tearing through backyards, setting off explosions as they took down power lines, homes and businesses leveled. rescue workers searching through the rubble. this woman says she was picked up by the tornado. i got hit over my head with something and my eyes was closed as i was spinning. i was just so scared. now 52 million on alert for more severe weather across the northeast. overseas, a new warning about the humanitarian crisis inside gaza and the powerful holiday tribute from hostages recently released. what this father told us now that his children are home. former president trump s reversal. why he now says he will not testify at his civil trial tomorrow. growing pressure on harvard s president to resign after upenn s leader was forced out after her handling of antisemitism. thieves bust as police warn of a new gift card scam, how scammers steal money off the card before you buy them. b