we have on tap so many people i need notes. my mom and my family. we have the roots of music with derek tab. derek, get over here! we have the hot a brass band. we have manny fresh as i introduced to you, the award-winning music producer. the 50th anniversary of hip-hop is coming up tomorrow as a matter of fact. we will talk about that. derek, let s talk about the rooster music. you come every year, you are the band for the rooster music. these are young people you are helping out. explain what happens with the roots of music. roots of music is an after school program dedicated to serving the kids of new orleans. we take kids from all around the city, from over 30, 40 schools around the city, bring them to one safe location where they learn how to play music, new orleans music. they learn how to be friends before enemies, we teach them skills. you know what i love about this, i love about new orleans is the diversity here. right. it is full of beautiful black people c
bill to avoid a government shutdown at midnight. and with respiratory viruses on the rise and kids medicine harder to find, we ll look at how to keep your family safe during the holidays. we begin this morning with the dangerous winter storm battering much of the country that has up ended holiday travel for many americans. this morning more than 200 million americans are still under some kind of weather warning orred a size ri. the storm continues to move east expected to bring powerful winds and bitterly freezing temperatures after dumping blind ing snow on parts of the midwest. hundreds of thousands of people are without power this morning. meteorologists have categorized the storm as a bomb cyclone. the storm disrupting travel for folks looking to head out for the holiday weekend. according to flight aware, there are already more than 3,000 flight cancellations and more than 2,000 delays in the u.s. joinings us now is shaq brewster in michigan and meteorologist agie lasm
heartbroken and traumatized, house speaker nancy pelosi is reacting publicly for the first time since the violent attack on her husband. new details this morning on his recovery and the lifesaving actions by a 9-1-1 dispatcher. plus, election deniers on the ballot this november. hundreds of them. if they win, they could impact future elections, including 2024, when donald trump could run again. i ll talk to my power political panel about those warnings. later, a top prosecutor joins the mar-a-lago document association. what says about the high stakes in that case, and whether donald trump should be starting to sweat. all of that and more is coming up. and a good sunday morning to you all. i am katie fang. thanks for starting your sunday with us. let s get right to our top story. house speaker, nancy pelosi, says her family is traumatized after the attack on her husband, paul. his condition continues to improve. this we were also learning more about the happening on capito
welcome to alex witt reports. developing this hour, new word on the condition of paul pelosi after the terrifying attack at his san francisco home. how speaker nancy pelosi speaking her silence, saying her husband is doing better and she s grateful for the quick police response. and comes as audio reveals how a 9-1-1 operator may have saved his life. all of these new details ahead, new reaction from both sides of the political violence. i think this was a deranged individual. you can say, people saying let s fire pelosi or the take back the house. saying go to violence. i don t to see attacks on any politician from any political background. it is important people realize it is not just this moment, this horrific attack. that we have seen violence perpetrated throughout our political system. we are counting down to the midterms now nine days away. both party these sharpening their messages in this final stretch, democrats bring in one of their biggest weapons on the camp
just days away from being seated, despite an avalanche of lies about almost every facet of his life. helping him, out the fact that kevin mccarthy needs santos and every single vote he can get to win his bid for speaker of the house. we will have a bit the latest on that battle ahead. but first, millions of people around the world already saying, hello to 2023. here are some live pictures from dubai where the clock is striking midnight. just a beautiful spectacular display at the world s tallest building. the burj khalifa. and, earlier australia rang in the new year with fireworks along the sydney harbor. and, crowds in new zealand were among the very first to enter 2023. here is a look at how they ring in the new year on pretoria island in, victoria harbour i should, say in hong kong. gorgeous colorful display there. and, here in new york we have still got several hours to go, but revelers are getting excited for the times square celebration with no covid restrictions for th