has died at the age of 95. we will have a live report from the vatican in just a moment. plus, new year and even more legal troubles for the former president of the united states after decades of flying under the radar was 2022 the year that accountability finally caught up to donald trump? plus, the halls of congress will be crawling with election deniers in 2023. with a divided republican party set to take over the house, you can put democracy at the bottom of the gop agenda. good morning. it is saturday, december 31st, new years eve. i am mehdi hasan, sitting in for my friend ali velshi this morning. not only is today the last day of the year, it also marks the official end of the january 6th committee. it s a series of blockbuster public hearings dominated the news this year with its many revelations about donald trump s desperate and anti-democratic attempts to cling on to power. the committee repeatedly made the case that trump was culpable and liable for the insurrec
life in its tracks and left dozens of people dead. in eastern europe, millions of ukrainians are grappling with freezing temperatures in the dark with no power after russia unleashed another brutal series of missile strikes across the country today. we re going to take you live to kyiv. also this hour, the new year could bring some relief at the pump. we re going to take a look into why some experts say gas prices could continue to tumble in 2023. and in 25 hours from now, house lawmakers will release former president trump s tax returns to the public. what we can expect all coming up. but we begin with the latest on the recovery hours after a blizzard left 76 people dead nationwide. in buffalo, new york, we have national guard troops helping to dig that community out. then in rochester, state officials broke out a handy new vehicle with a tool that acts as a claw to pick up and drag cars and vans to clear the roadways. there you see it. but the travel chaos triggered by
80 inches of snow. there s nothing in this store, you can get a loaf of bread or anything. finally, with yuri similar to last year, a series of deadly cool season tornadoes ripped through the south. more than 100 reported over two weeks across seven states between thanksgiving and christmas. this is my house right here, my house is gone. the december twisters part of a massive weeklong cross-country storm that dropped four feet of snow in the west. brought blinding blizzard conditions to the upper midwest, and dozens of tornadoes to the south. dylan dryer, nbc news. for the third consecutive year, the u.s. passed a tragic milestone. with more than 600 mass shootings. here s nbc news senior national correspondent, tom jonas. it may, two shootings in the span of ten days shocked the nation. in buffalo, new york, a domestic terrorist motivated by hate, killed ten people at a
coffin for daytona beach. iain came in it at all of this damage and nicole is just putting us away. in upstate new york, a massive november snowstorm we wrote the history books, varying neighborhoods and even the bills stadium under eight inches of snow. there is nothing in the store. you can t get a loaf of bread or anything. finally, with eerie similarity to last year, a series of deadly cool season tornadoes ripped through the south. more than 100 reported over two weeks across seven states between thanksgiving and christmas. my house is just gone. the november twisters were part of a massive weeklong cross-country storm that dropped four feet of snow in the west, brought blinding blizzard conditions to the upper midwest, and dozens of tornadoes to the south. a historic and deadly bomb cyclone crippled half the country over the holidays, bringing with it plummeting temperatures, blizzard conditions lasting nearly 40
in the atlantic. this year running up to 3.5 degrees above average. it s the nail in the coffin. ian came in and did all this damage and now nicole is just putting us away. in upstate new york, winter arrived early when a massive november snowstorm rewrote history books, burying neighborhoods and the buffalo bills stadium under 80 inches of snow. there s nothing in the store. you can t get a loaf of bread or anything. similar to last year, a series of deadly cool season tornadoes ripped through the south. more than 100 reported over two weeks across seven states between thanksgiving and christmas. my house is gone. the december twisters part of a massive week-long cross-country storm that dropped four feet of snow in the west, brought blinding blizzard conditions to the upper midwest and dozens of tornadoes to the south. then a historic and deadly bomb