it s heading. mike tobin at o hare airport in chicago with nightmare people trying to get on the plane. we begin with fox weather correspondent max gorden in new york just south of buffalo tonight. good evening, max. good evening, mike. along the shores of a very angry lake erie. all day today, waives have been crashing over the railing behind me as 14 to 18-foot as well as have come ashore. part of the parking lot that we are standing next to right here has been coming apart actually and neighborhoods near us have had to be evacuated because of a storm surge that has pushed through and caused flooding. now, of course with this bomb cyclone we have also had to deal with very heavy snow and extremely gusty winds. the gusts of 72 miles per hour was recorded at buffalo, niagara international airport. also experienced white outside conditions zero visibility and shut out operations at the airport no flights, in no flights out. of course, road conditions are also very treacherou
administration take to avert this looming catastrophe? former border patrol chief rodney scott and congresswoman claudia tenney joins us ahead. i believe it s about minus 13 out. i m doing ok, the sun is out, feels great. you are supposed to be used to it, but not this, it s frigid. it s not worth it. stay home with the family. went to the grocery store so we won t have to come out. we ll be stuck in the house looking at the snow. john: if folks in chicago tell you it s real cold, it s real cold. at least five people have been killed by the once in a generation storm that has threatened lives and travel plans across the country. john roberts in washington. good to have you here. almost every state is expected to be impacted by the brutal winter storm. more than 200 million americans under warnings or advisories and more than 1.1 million people are without power. subzero temperatures and snow pummelling the midwest. the worst still yet to come for those here on the
. right know, on msnbc, the massive winter storm bringing holiday travel to a virtual standstill, a dangerous weather system marching across the midwest, toward the east coast, as we come on the air. high winds and bitter cold keeping planes on the ground and many cars off the roads. threats now of a so-called flash freeze, in parts of new england, as heavy rain turns to ice. we ve got the latest forecast, with our reporters standing by. also this hour, new fallout from the final report of the january 6th committee, what committee members are telling us about how it all came together, and what former president trump is saying after the panel said squarely that he is the one to blame. plus, the clock ticking down to a government shutdown. the house voting now on a bill to keep everything open before the midnight deadline. our nbc news reporting on the last-minute vote wrangling on capitol hill. good to be with you. we start this hour with the latest on this monster storm t
With the investigation, cnn reports this, questions asked of two recent witnesses indicate smith is focusing on how money raised off those baseless claims of voter fraud was used to fund attempts to breach Voting Equipment in several states won by joe biden and squarely in jack smiths sights, unindicted coconspirator number three, thats trump codefendant attorney Sidney Powell. Cnn reports this, quote, according to sources, witnesses interviewed by jack smiths prosecutors in recent weeks were asked about powells role in the hunt for evidence of vote fraud after the 2020 election. Including how her Nonprofit Group defending the republic provided money to fund those efforts. If team trump was literally trying to break into the Voting Machines after the fact, then the truth spun by chris krebs about the security of the 2020 election was a real fly in the ointment. There is no foreign power that is flipping votes. There is no domestic actor flipping votes. I did it right. We did it right.
Waves of latinos came to americas heartland and they worked in its factories, farms, and Service Industries and they turned chicagoland into chicagolandia. So im here to find out what kind of impact decades of latinx influence have had on the windy city. And im gonna have some amazing food, because you know that happens a lot on this show. Its right here in my contract. Feed john. [tracks clacking] [upbeat horndriven music] [trills] [upbeat music] im here on chicagos west side in la villita, or Little Village, where theres one of the largest Mexican American communities in the midwest. The mexicans who settled here came looking for work and ended up creating the secondbiggest economy in chicago right here on 26th street, the mexican magnificent mile. With over hundreds of shops, i needed a local guide, so im meeting up with hollywood legend and chicago native, michael pena. You might have seen him in his breakout role in crash. You talking about that bullet that came through your windo